Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSELS BUILT FOR THE CHES-
APEAKE TRADE.
Steamer Norfolk Under Repairs-Fur.
Their Tests of Oil Fuel-other
River News.

The new two-masted schooner Humphrey
Toomey built at the shipyard of NJ. Mitch
ell Davis, at Solomon's Island. Md, is fit
ting out and will be ready for service in a
few weeks. She was built for Toomey
Bros, the contractors for the building of
new lighthouses, and will be used by them
in their work on several lights on Chesa-
peake bay. She is a schooner of about 100
tons burden and is an exceedingly able
craft for small boat.
The new three-masted ram-schooner Vic
tor c. Riends, built for the lumber trade
on Chesapeake bay, has gone into commits
sion under the command of Capt Griffith.
She will be used for transportation of lum-
Der from Virginia and, North Carolina lum-
Der ports to this city and Baltimore.
The receipts of fresh fish of all kinds by
the dealers at the 18th street wharf mark ct
continue light and have been SO for several
days The market this morning was firm
and fish sold at about yesterdays figures,
Is follows: For Potomac black bass, 10 to
15c. per pound; North Carolina black bass,
8 to 1Oc per pound; sturgeon, to lie. per
pound; founders, to &c. per pound; salmon
trout, lie. per pound; pan rock, to 10c.
per pound; medium rock, 10 to 12c. per
pound; boiling rock, - to 15c. per pound;
green pike, to SC. per pound; bluefish and
tailors, 8 to 10c. per pound; white perch, s
to 1Oc. per pound; white perch, small, 10 to
l5c. per bunch; yellow perch. 10 to 4Oc. per
bunch; mullets, 10 to 25c. per bunch: cat
fish, large, 20 to 35c. per bunch; catfish.
small, 10 to 15c. per bunch; carp, 10 to 4Oc.
each; cells. sc. each, and gray trout, lie.
per box. Game Is selling at about yester-
days figures.
The supply of oysters at the 18th street
wharf was ample to meet the demand to-
day. Prices were about the same as yes
terday, ranging from 10 to SOC. per bushel
for the smaller oysters up to Coo. per
bushel for the finer stock
Empty barrels are now being shipped in
large quantities to the farmers in the river
counties in Maryland and Virginia. and po-
tatoes and turnips will be shipped back in
them to the commission dealers here. The
crops of sweet potatoes and turnips have
been unusually heavy this year, and the
local market is being amply supplied with
them.
General Port News
The steamer Newport News yesterday af-
ternoon took the place of the steamer Nor
folk on the route between this city, Old
Point and Norfolk. while the latter steamer
Is laid up at the company's wharf here
to have some broken Joiner work repaired.
The Norfolk will be off her route for two
three trips.
The naval experimental oil fuel station,
at the foot Of Sth street southwest is in
operation every day, and trials are being
made of new oil fuel burners. Most of
the tests are with natural draft, and but
little noise is made by the escaping steam.
The men from the United States torpedo
boat Rogers are conducting these expert
ments and have become experts in the use
of oil as a fuel for steam making.
The large coal barge John r. thinner
man is lying at Stiff's wharf, Virginia, to
complete her cargo of railway ties for the
Philadelphia market. She will be taken
by a tug through the Delaware and Chesa-
peake canal to the Pennsylvania city.
The three-masted schooner Twilight, we'll
known here, has recently been rebuilt at
Sharpstown, Md, and is practically a new
boat. She is now lying at Baltimore for
a cargo.
A portion Of the flooring on the Alexan-
dria and Washington ferry line wharf, at
the foot Of 18th street southwest is be-
ing renewed.
The big seven-masted schooner Thomas
w. Lawson, the biggest schooner af1oat
sailed from Baltimore yesterday with
cargo Of 1888 tons Of coal. She is COM
manded by Capt. Arthur Crowley, we'll
known at this port.
The pungy Silver Spray, laden with oys-
ters, has arrived in port from the lower
river for the dealers.
The steamer Dennis Simmons and the
pungy j. H. Beach have unloaded cargoes
and sailed. the former for North Carolina
and the latter for the lower river.
The bugeye Goldie c. loaded a general
cargo at Alexandria yesterday and sailed
for Colonial Beach.
The Edna and Maud will complete the
unloading Of her cargo Of North Carolina