Evening star., 1902-01-03
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCT
ED At FORT WASHINGTON.
Designed as Quarters for NOn-COm-
missiOned Omcers-Demand for
Fish and Oysters.

! The buildings at the United States army
post at Fort Washington, Nd, are not
| sufficient 1t is said, to accommodate all
! the non-commissioned officers and soldiers
| stationed there, and plans are being pre-
| pared for the erection of two sets of quar-
| ters for the non-coms. The contract for
! the erection of these buildings will be
made next week, and the work on them
will be begun as possible. The
| structures are to be of frame, but will be
| large and airy. and will embody all the re-
| cent improvements in the erection of army
| post buildings. The work will be done un-
der the supervision of Major Abe S. Blk
| ham. the constructing quartermaster.
| The supply of fresh fish from the nets
| in the Potomac between this city and ely
| mont continues fairly good at the 1ltn
! street oyster market, and there was an
ample supply of salt water fish on hand
| this morning. Prices were as follows: For
| pan rock, IL to lac. per pound; medium
rock. IL to 1Sc. per pound; boiling rock
30 to pc. per pound; black bass, to 1Ic.
per pound; green pike, to 10c. per pound;
white perch. to 13c. per pound; jumping
mullets, to sc. per pound; drum, to &c.
per pound carp, Sc. per pound: river null
| lets, 10 to zoe. per bunch; catfish, ID to DOC.
per bunch; eels. 20 to 3oc. per bunch; yel-
| low perch. 10 to 4oc. per bunch. ana WIN
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are selling 40c. for bucks and 81 each Tor
roeS.
The demand for oysters in the shell at
the 11th street oyster wharf seems TO nave
| increased as the supply became scarce.
There were only about 800 bushels of oys-
| ters sale this morning. Prices TO-DAY are
about the same as yesterday, the small
oysters selling at so cents to 20 cents per
bushel and the large ones bringing as high
as s1.20 per bushel. The Winnie Windsor,
Centennial Horn Point. NJ. ]. Stephenson
and C. J. Cunningham have arrived here
since yesterday morning.
SchoGners. Tugs and Other Craft.
The two-masted schooner Charles V.
Dagger has arrived in port with cargo of
Virginia pine lumber. She is unloading at
one of the Eastern branch wharves.
The barge Kate n. Latta is unloading
cargo of hard coal at the wharf of J. r.
Zimmerman & Company at Alexandria.
The schooner Amelia Hearn is lying at
the wharf of T. w. Riley, and is unloading
a cargo of lumber for Frank I4ibbey & Co.
The Iongboat Edith Verrill is at Mt. Ver-
non Springs, Va. and will load cargo or
cord wood there for Carter & Clark
The schooner Walter P. Snow. from
Virginia lumber port. arrived here yester-
day evening with a cargo of lumber for
Johnson & WimSatt.
The Weems line steamer Potomac, which
sailed yesterday evening, carried a good
cargo to the wharves in the lower river and
Baltimore.
The two-masted schooner Hester A. Wa
ters which unloaded a cargo of lumber at
Georgetown, has sailed for a lumber port
for another cargo.
The pungy Shining Light is in one of the
creeks in the lower river loading a cargo
of oysters for the Alexandria market.
The Grace Bennett is at Newbern, N. G.,
loading a cargo of lumber and shingles for
the dealers here.
The schooner Irene has arrived here with
load of cord wood from Nomini creek
for the dealers.
The schooner William Marshall has been
taken TO Georgetown to finish the unload
ing of her cargo of Nova Scotia shingles
The schooner Jennie r. Bell has sailed
from Newbern, n. c., for this port with
cargo of lumber.
The r. H. Stuart is In Curriomen loading
a cargo of oysters for this market.
The Ella Hill is at Alexandria, and as
soon as she completes the unloading of her
cargo of oysters she will sail
OF General Interest.
The steamer Harry Randall, which went
ashore on a bar near Matthias Point wharf
Wednesday night, succeeded in getting off
the bar by her own power at high water
yesterday, and continued on her trip to the
lower river, arriving here on her return
trip this morning with heavy freight.
The wharf at River View, Nd, 1t Is
stated, will be rebuilt and greatly enlarged
during the coming winter. The plans for
the work are now being prepared and the
rebuilding of the wharf will, it is expected,
be begun as soon as the weather will per-
init.
Quantities of coal from the Cumberland,
Md, mines are daily arriving at the Shep-
herd s transfer point OF the Baltimore and
Ohio railway for the dealers here. Yester-
day about twelve cars arrived at Shep-
herds and the cargoes We're transferred to
barges to be brought here.
DIR. Arthur Rauterberg has his yacht the
Greyhound hauled out at the wharf foot
of sth street southwest. A new metal rud-
der will be built for the yacht and other
improvements made before the yachting
seasons opens in the early spring.
1t is stated that the Messrs. Selectman
the owners of the burned steamer Deco
quan. will, during the winter months, build
another steamer of the same class as the
OCcoquan for general freightage business
on the river. The boat, it is stated, will be
built in Occoquan bay.
The engineer battalion at the Washington
barracks is engaged in laying sewer pipe
from the officers quarters at the south end
of the grounds to the river
A large batteau, painted a dark brown
color, was seen adrift in the river near the
wharf at Fort Washington, Md, day
two ago. The batteau was full of water
and was drifting down with the current.
The heavy current which has been run
ming in the river since last Monday is not
so strong today as it has been and some
little flood tide was seen for the first time
this week The muddy water caused by the
heavy rains extends far down the river
as Colonial Beach.
The work of rebuilding the bow of the
schooner Alice Carlisle at the Alexandria
boat yard is being pushed and the boat
will be ready for launching in a few days
Mr. NJ S. Parker, one of the wharf clerks
of the Randall line. has been transferred
to the steamer Harry Randall and made
steward.
Flowers for Dinners.
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