Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-31
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SUNKEN BUoYS TO BE REMOVED
BY LIGHT TENDER.
Vessels Ashore on the River Flats
Powder for Fort Washington
Other Matters.


| board has notified the Randall line authori-
ties here that the two buoys which are hid
den from sight by the deep water of the
channel between this city and Alexandra
will be removed soon. 1t is expected the
| lighthouse tender Violet, which has been re-
Gently rebuilt, will take the buoys UP on
her first trip on the Potomac
The buoys referred to were dragged out
of place by the moving ice last winter and
We're left in the channel directly in the
path of moving vessels. They are both two
feet under water at an ordinary high tide.
Several vessels have run into them recent
ly, but fortunately escaped without serious
| injury.
The supply of fresh fish at the 18th street
wharf this morning was ample to meet all
demands. Crabs both hard and soft have
made their appearance on the market, and
met with ready sale. Prices this morning
were as follows: For pan rock, to 10
cents per pound; boiling rock, 10 to l.
cents per pound; Spanish nlackerel, to $
cents per pound; founders. 3 to cents per
pound: white perch, 10 TO II cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 to IL cents per pound;
bluefish, cents per pound; salmon trout.
. to u cents per pound; gray trout, Sd to
$50 per barrel; butter fish, 81 to 81 per
barrel; white perch. 25 cents per bunch:
catfish, % to 30 cents per bunch; carp, 10
to Is cents each; eels, 3 to 5 cents each;
porgies, 20 to % cents each; roe shad. 30
to 30 cents each; buck shad, Il to 20 cents
each, and herring, so cents per hun
dred. oysters are selling at 50 cents to 81
per bushel, and CLAIMS, 80 cents per hum
dred Hard crabs are selling at $50 per
barrel and soft crabs 40 to 50 cents per
dozen. Swapping turtles, cents per pound.
The two-masted schooner Mary Eddisou,
laden with oyster shells from the 18th
street wharf started for the lower river
Yesterday morning hnf ashore he
flats near the naval powder magazine be-
tween this city and Alexandria and was
aground for several hours. She was finally
fioated, however, and continued on her way
down the river.
AS the power yacht Almo, belonging to
Mr.. Heine of this city was returning from
the races of the Capt. tI Yacht Club off Mt.
Vernon yesterday evening, she stood too
far inside the black buoy, marking the
channel, near Bueua Vista wharf, and went
aground in the soft mud. Considerable
trouble had in getting her afioat, but
she finally succeeded in backing into deep
water unaided.
The yawl-rigged yacht Seabelle. belong
ing to Mr.. H. A. Seymour, was out for a
spin the river yesterday evening with
her owner aboard. The Seabelle is the
largest vessel of her rig in the harbor. and
will shortly leave port for extended
crise on the north Atlantic coast.
The United States naval tug Triton, with
a large party aboard, took sail down the
river below Indian Head, and returned to
the navy ydTU ABOUT SIN u CIOch yesterday
evening. The Triton has recently been
overhauled and repainted, and is now a
very handsome craft.
The Silver Spray. Ada Ballinger and
Shining Light are all laid up at AleXan-
dria and will in a short time fit out fer
the melon trade during the summer
months.
Of General Interest.
The steamer Estelle Randall made a spe-
cial trip to Fort Washington yesterday |
evening to carry about $500 pounds of !
powder to Fort Washington. The powder |
is to be used for target practice and the !
firing of salutes !
The first barge load of coal from the I
Cumberland mines via the canal to be de- |
livered at any of the steamboat wharves |
here was received yesterday by the " ash |
ington and Alexandria Ferry Company. All |
the steamboat lines will stock up with coal |
for an emergency.
The large dredge Pugh. which has been |
employed IN deepening the channel in the |
lower river is now at work digging out |
the mud in the river bottom at the point /
where the heavy masonry piers Of the Long |
bridge are to rest. The dredge is attended /
by the tug Annie of Richmond. and will |
be at work for several weeks at the bridge. |
The schooner Murray Vandiver.. loaded |
with Virginia pine lumber from the Kappa
hammock river, has arrived in port for the
dealers.
The Kate Muller, having cord wood
aboard from a river point, is in port for |
Carter & Clark. and is unloading at the
wharf foot of 10th street.
The bugeye S. s. Smyth has discharged a /
load of foundry iron at Alexandria and will |
carry miscellaneous cargo back to the
lower river.
The Earl Bscoe, laden with cord wood in
Nomini creek, came into port yesterday |
evening for the dealers.
The tug Eugenia, with three scows I'm
tow, came into port yesterday evening from
the lower river.
The schooners Clarence H. Venner and
Mount Hope. both laden with ice for the
American Ice Company, are in the river
and will arrive here today in tow of the
tug Camilla. The former vessel sailed from
Bath May 20 and the latter May 81. They
bring 2,5S3 tons of ice