Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-09-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
RIVER SAND IN DEMAND FOR
BUILDING WORK.
0verhauling Long Bridge Pile Driver
Digging Channel to Brick Yard
Other Matters.

Inc large amount or new street Work anu
| the number of brick buildings going up in
this city have caused quite heavy demand
for building sand. and the sand-digg1ng ma
chimes owned here are at work at different
points on the river taking the material from
the bottom of the Potomac. One OF
Shoots machines is at work on Greenwuy
flats near Glymont. and another above the
Long bridge. The Columbia Sand Com
pany has machines at work above the
bridge and on the Maryland side of the
river near Fort Foote. Eight or ten large
scows laden with sand come into port from
the down-river diggers each day.
The demand for fresh fish continues good
at the 18th street wharf fish houses. and
there has also been an increase in the re-
ceipts to meet the demand. Prices today
are as follows: For black bass. II to 1Sc.
per pound; sturgeon 10 to 12c. per pound;
pan rock, 6 to Sc. per pound; medium rock.
Zoe per pound boiling rock, Is to 1Sc per
pound; bluefsh or tailors to &c. per
pound; founders, to &c. per pound: Span
ish mackerel, 10 to 1Sc. per pound; white
perch, large, to 10c. per pound; white
perch, small, 10 to 15c. per bunch; catfish.
large, % to 4Oc. per bunch; catfish, small,
10 to 25c. per bunch; cells. to sc. eachi
carp, 10 to 40c each; gray trout 80 to Sc
per barrel, and butter fish, S. per barrel.
Soft crabs are selling at 35c. per dozen.
The warm weather has had a very de-
pressing effect on the oyster market at tho
18th street wharf and the demand has been
very small for two days. Prices have
dropped somewhat and this morning the
bivaves could be bought at from 40 to SOC.
per bushel.
While the warm weather has had a bad
effect on the oyster market, 1t has not
benefited the watermelon trade at the
wharf. There are about 1900 melons on
hand and but little sale for them. Melons
this morning were held at from SOC to -
h,,rI ,nI 1trcy 10 Ct1
The dealers do not look for any further ar
rivals of melons this season.
One of the large pile driving and hosting
machines used by Weand & Mcdonald, the
builders of the new Long bridge, Is hauled
out on the marine railway at Benefits boat
yard for overhauling of the hull and other
repair work. The machine will be put in
thorough order for work on the bridge dur
ing the coming winter months.
The two-masted schooner Lottie Carter,
Captain Olive in command, which sprang
leak and t1lled with water while on her
way to this city with a cargo of cord wood.
has been brought safely into port and as
soon her cargo is unloaded she Will be
hauled out a marine railway for re-
pairs. The Carter is owned by Messrs. Car
ter & Clark OF this city.
General News of the Port.
Mr.. John Miller of this city has his dredg-
ing machine at work cutting channel into
Roams old brick yard on the Virginia side
of the river below Fort Hunt wharf. A
wharf Is to be built there and brickmaking
clay will be shipped from that point to this
city.
The large hosting machine built for Mr..
Louis Smoot of this city has been COM
pleted and has gone into service. 1t Is used
to transfer sand from barges to cars for
shipment along the line of the Southern
railway.
The tug James o. Carter of Taylor Bros
fleet Is hauled out the marine railway
at Alexandria for a general overhauling of
hull and machinery in preparation for her
work on the river during the coming win
ter.
Mr.. l. NJ. Furman unsupported aboard the
coast survey steamer Blake at New Bed
ford, Mass, for duty as executive officer.
MIR. Furman recently returned from Ma
mia. where he was attached to the Path
finder watch officer.
Chief Engineer White of the steamer Es-
telle Randall Is experimenting the over
hauling of the machinery of his steamer
at the wharf. foot of 7th street southwest.
Mr.. E. Vane Miller has been detached
at Baltimore, and assigned to the steamer
Endeavor. now at work on the Kettle Bot
toms. in the Potomac river.
The tug Engenia, with three gravel-laden
scoWS In tow, has arrived at Alexandria.
The gravel Is to be used in the street work
there.
The three-masted schooner Sebago laden
with laths from St. Johns, New Bruins
wick has arrived in port and Is unloading
at johnson Wimsatts wharves.
The schooner Mabel and Ruth loaded a
cargo of hard coal at the wharf of VIM. A
Smoot & Co. at Alexandria yesterday, and
sailed for Newport News.