Evening star., 1902-09-11
ON THE ,sRWER FRONT
RoADWAYs AT FORT WASHING
TON nrAaL4 COMPLETED.
Schooner Lottie Carter Rebuilt
Sunken Scow Raised-General
and Personal River News.

The new roadYays Through the military
reservation at Fort Washington, Nd, will
be ready to turn over to the government
before the end Of next month. The road
built Of fine maGada1, from the wharf at
the fort, around by the creek on the north
side of the grounds and connecting with
the county road near the guard house, will
give an easy approach to the wharf and
will take the place of the old public road
over the brow OF steep hill up which 1t
was almost impossible to pull heavy load.
Mr. Martin McNamara of this city is the
contractor for the building of the road
ways.
The supply of fresh fish at the 11th street
wharf was fairly good this morning and
the demand was good. Prices were as fol-
lows: For Spanish mackerel II to 15c per
pound; bluefish, 8 to &c. per pound; white
perch 10 to 12c. per pound; pan rock, 6 to
loc. per pound; medium rock, 1o1a to 12c
per pound; boiling rock, 15 to 1sc. per
pound; founders. &c. per pound; sturgeon
10 to 12c per pound: small catfish, 10 to
15c. per bunch; large catfish. 20 to 30c. per
bunch; small white perch, to 25c. per
bunch; eels. to 0c each; gray trout, S. to
$6 per barrel; butterfsh 81 to So per bar
rel: hard crabs, 81 to 81 per barrel, and
CLAIMS. 40c. per hundred.
The watermelon market continues quite
active considering the cool weather There
were on hand this morning only about /, 500
melons. An Increase in the supply, how
ever, is looked for within the next day or
two from the lower Potomac. Prices today
were: For large selects, $1S per hundred ;
small selects, $12 per hundred; primes, IS
to s. per hundred, and culls, 81 per hun
dred.
There have been no new arrivals of oyster
laden craft since yesterday, and today only
seventy-ive barrels remained in the boats
at the wharf. The market Is rather slow
today and the bivalves are selling at 40 to
Coo. per bushel, slight advance in price
for the better grades. Several vessels laden
with oysters are reported in the river bound
The schooner Lottie Carter, belonging to
Messrs. Carter & Clark Of this city, has re-
Gently been hauled out on the maxine rail-
way at Solomons Island Md, where her
hull has been rebuilt and the boat has been
made practically a new vessel. She is ly-
ing in Nomini creek and will load for this
port.
The old tug Ajax, which formerly towed
on Chesapeake bay and the Potomac river.
has been purchased by Baltimore parties.
who have had her engine and machinery
removed and will convert her into a floating
hotel. She will be used quarters for the
men employed in dredging operations in
the Delaware river near Philadelphia.
General News Of the Port.
The large power launch Alert. belonging
to DR.. L. e. Rauterberg, is out OF the water
in her house the 9Th street wharf to have
a new rudder post put in and for repair
work about the outboard bearing Of her
propeller shaft. She will be out of service
for ten days or two weeks.
The scow loaded with pine lumber re-
ported sunken on the fats near the naval
powder magazine was pumped out yester-
day, but the strong northwest wind made
the water in the tiver so low that the scow
could not be fioated until this morning,
when n tug pulled her into deep water and
took her to Alexandria. The lumber on the
vessel is consigned tosEAitcheson & Bro.
Mr.. Harry Low OF Coltons Point, Nd.
who has been in the city for several days
past on business, returned to Coltons yes
terday evening
Mr. James o. Carter has returned from
Atlantic City and the north
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Reardon. agent of the Ran
dali and Weems lines of steamers at Alex
andria, is seriously i'll of pneumonia at his
home.
: Mr. Stephen Gardelia, steward Of the
steamer Samuel J. Pentz, has been as
signed to the steamer Estelle Randall in
the same capacity.
The large barge Majestic, with about 100
tons of fertilizer material aboard from Nor
folk. has arrived at Alexandria for the
Fertilizer and Chemical Company. The
barge will unload her cargo at the wharf
of VIM. A. Smoot & Co., at the foot OF
Queen street.
The three-masted schooner William Mar
shall has competed the unloading of her
cargo of lumber and has gone to George
town to load railway ties for New York
Boston.
The schooner Chas. r. Sprague. laden
with cement, has arrived at Georgetown
from Red Beach. Me.
The schooner John Diverty Is unloading
a cargo Of laths at the wharf of Thos. r.
Riley at the foot of 9Th street southwest.
The Baltimore tug Maud H. came into
port yesterday evening with tow Of barges
laden with fertilizer from Norfolk.