Evening star., 1902-01-24
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NOTICE GIVEN OF REC rr CHANGES
IN BUofAG]
Ample Supply of Fish and Oysters At
the Local Whayf-General
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The following notice lof interest to river
men has been issued Sy the light house
board:
Chesapeake bay, Md.-The machinery
operating the Daboll trumpet in Cove Point
light station, which was reported disabled
December 21, was repaired and the use
Of the trumpet resumed on January 1S.
Elizabeth river va.-Channel buoy. No.
IL. a red spar, which was found out OF po-
sition. was replaced January q.
James river Va.-The. post supporting
Goodies Rock lower post light, on the outer
end Of the jetty, easteriy side Of the James
river. opposite Goodies Rock, which was re-
ported carried away by q food on January
8, was replaced by a new post on January
II and the light re-estabHshed.
The demand for fish at the wharf was
good this morning, ana Lne Supply, paI.ae- TIC
ter than It has been for several days.
Prices this morning are at about the same
figures quoted yesterday.
On the oyster wharf the demand was al
SO good today and there Is still good
stock of all grades Of oysters on hand.
Prices this morning range from 80 to 6Oc
per busheI for the small oysters, up to
95c. and $115 per bushel Tor the larger anu
selected stock. E...
The Mt. Vernon line steamer Charles
Manchester has been temporarily withdrawn
from the route, and Is iaid%up at her wharf
foot of 7th street for her annual overhaul
ing. While laid up her boiler will be re-
built and considerable work will be done
to her engine and other machinery. Her
wheels will be put in thorough order and
she will be painted. Inc boat Will be ON
her route about thirty days. during which
time there will be no Communication by
water between this city and Mt. Vernon.
The Freight Handlers.
The schooner Lizzie Burt. with a cargo
of ppahannock river oysters, arrived in
port last night. =
The schooner Beulah Land, which has
been laid up at Alexandria for several
weeks, sailed yesterday for Baltimore to-
load.
The tug Favorite has arrived at Baltimore
with Standard Oh Company barge No. u
in tow from this port.
The loneboat Edith Verrin arrived in
port last night in tow Of the tug James o.
Carter. with full cargo OF cord wood from
the Mt. Vernon Springs neighborhood for
Carter & Clark
light at the wharf Of T.. W. Riley and will
sail for Virginia lumber port to load.
The Avalon sailed yesterday for a lower
river point and will load a cargo for this
city.
The tug Minerva has taken the large
covered barge Of the Alexandria acid works
to Quanttco to load sulphur ore for Alex
andria. -.~
General Port News.
The steamer Columbia win leave here for
Baltimore tomorrow night. and will go into
the dry dock at VIM. E. Woodalrs ship
yard for an overhauaNs.. Captain R. 7.
Fowkes will take the steaufHr to Baltimore.
1t is expected she will be OF the ferry
route about two weeks.
W0-TN hn
which left here yesterday morning with a
cargo OF fertilizer for appoint near Norfolk,
went ashore on Sandy barr near Marshall
Hail. and at latest accounts was still
aground. It is expected she will get of
at high water today. No damage was done
the vessel in striking the bar.
Messrs. johnson & Wimsatt are having
their wharf at the foot Of 18th street
southwest rebuilt for the reception of Ium-
Der cargoes during the spring and summer
The wharf of Littlefeld& Avord in
Georgetown Is being everhauIed by one Of
Banks pile drivers and some pile driving
Is being done at the navy yard.
The ice IN the Potomac above George
town and about the Long bridge has bro
ken up. and yesterday large quantities OF it
came down IN the current and banked on
the eastern side Of the river below Buena
Vista. The river Is practically free Of ice
and sailing vessels can arrive and depart
without difficulty.
III
To the Editor Of The Evening Starr
AS there seems to be a great misappre-
hension as to what the citizens Of the ma
tional capital do for the support Of the
municipal and national governments, It may
not be amiss at the present time, when 1t
is proposed to inoEease our taxes. to show
briefly what the facts are. It is not sur
prising that such Misrepresentation should
exist, both in Congress and the country at
large. for it is only few years since one
Of the leading papers published an editorial
entitled Government Paupers" in which it
asserted that the citizens Of the national
capital insisted that the general govern
ment should grade. sewer, pave and light
all the streets for them!a The mass Of the
members before coming to Congress have
nad no occasion to study the local condf-
tions. and hence are not informed either
as to the peculiar conditions under which
the location of the national capital was ef-
lected or what the resident citizens have
zone ana are doing to make the nations
capital the grand city that it's founders de-
signed 1t should be, and which we all hope
1t will be; and hence 1t has occurred that
some members have labored under the i'm
pression that we citizens pay no taxes and
do nothing for the support Of the local or
the national government
rms condltlon as to want of knowledge
OF local anafrs was foreseen by the men,
oeiS VI tuo edfly congresses, ana In Q1S-
cusslng the necessity for local govern
ment by the resident population Randolph.
IN lSO5, said that senators and members
came here to represent their states and dis
tricts and would not have, time to obtain
that knowledge Of local affairs necessary
TO enable them to legislate intelligently for
the District. and the result would be that
the chairman of the committee or the COM
mittee itself would be the Lycurgus of the
District. In order to obtain clear idea Of
the subject 1t Is necessary to understand
the anomalous condition of the resident
population.
Inc District was established by the ma
tlonal government for it's own purposes and
use, without reference to the resident pop
ulatlon, which at that time was very
sparse, numbering but 8,210 in the city
When the seat Of government was trans
lerred here in 1900. and but 1908 in the en-
tire District. In the bargain made by Gen.
" ashington with the original proprietors it;
was agreed that he should have the city
!aid out as he pleased, and that all the
lana taken for streets and avenues, and
Wnicn amounts to 54 per cant Of the entire
area OF the city-more than in any other
city IN the world-shoHld, be free gift to
the Onited States. the fee simple of which,
as decided by the Supreme Court, is in the
general government. OneIfalf Of all the
lots and all the reservations were also
taken taken by the governniengS for which it
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