Evening star., 1902-08-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG ICE-LADEN BARGE ARRIVES
FROM KENNEBEc.
Towed Down the Coast - Flocks Of
Birds on Marshes-other
River News.

The large three-masted barge Narragau-
sett, laden with ice for the American lea
| Company, arrived here yesterday evening In
tow of the tug Ice King from the Kenne-
| bee river. The tug took the tow line of tho
| barge at the ice fields in the Kennebe. and
| brought ii down the coast. never letting 20
| of the line until the barge was anchored
| on Alexandria for orders. She arrives here
! IN good time to replenish the ice supply.
| This is the first visit OF the Narragansett
| to this city. She is a new vessel and one
OF the largest Of her class now i'm this port,
| bringing over 1890 tons Of ice
| Ihere has been no great increase in the
| supply OF fresh fish received by the dealers
| al the l1th street wharf. Prices today are
about the same as those of yesterday and
| are as follows: For buefsh = TO &C per
| pound; sea bass, to &c. per pound: black
bass, &C. per pound; Spanish mackerel, II
TO l5c. per pound; sturgeon, 10 TO l2c per
pound; pan rock. G to Sc. per pound. me-
| dunn rock. TO 12c. per pound: boiling
rock, IL TO l5c. per pound; founders, Sc.
| per pound; white perch, 10 10 12c. per
| pound; small white perch. IL TO l3c per
pound; catfish, 10 to 4oc. per bunch; ees,
| TO &c. each; gray trout. 81 per barrel.
| spots, $3.50 to 81 per barrel; butterfish, 81
per barrel; hard-sheled crabs. 81 to s. per
| barrel, and CLAIMS, 30 to 40c. per hundred.
The demand for watermelons at the nth
! street oyster wharf is very light this morn
| ing in consequence Of the cool weather,
! for several days. The melons We're selling
| at prices follows: For culls s. TO s.
| per hundred; primes. s. to SD per hundred.
| and selected melons, as high as $40 per
| hundred
| The large house boat the property Of
| Professor Langley, lying at Forsberg a
Murrays wharf is receiving an overhaul
| ing and repainting, and 1t is reported the
| beat will be taken 10 some secluded spot on
| the river where experiments with Professor
Langley's flying machine will be made dur
| ing the fall months.
The hoisting machine OF Littlefeld. Alyord
| & Co. is at the lower end of the arsenal
| wall removing the heavy stone that formed
a portion of the old wall that is being
| removed to make room for the improve
ments. The high tides of last week great
| y interfered with the building Of the new
sea wall about the harbor front OF the park
| Of Washington barracks.
General and Personal.
Tomatoes in large quantities are arriving
| at Alexandria from lower river points for
| the tomato canning factory there. Leaf to-
bacco In hogsheads is also being brought up
in quantities for shipment TO Baltimore.
Large flocks OF game birds can now he
seen almost daily on the marshes OF Four
Mile run, between this city and Alexandria,
and on Great Hunting creek, just below
Alexandria.
The schooner Alice Carlisle is hauled out
on the large marine railway at Alexandria
for calking and general overhaulimg. The
ciildl idu"dS Is dlSO III use al liit <AifA-
andria yard, a small pungy being hauled
out upon 1t.
The overhauling of the power launch Ale
ma at Capt. sonny Reagan's boat house
has been completed, and the launch will he
| ready for service within the next day or
two. She is to take party on cruise
among the resorts along the lower river
during the latter part of this month.
Capt. c. W. Ridley, manager Of the Mt.
Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamboat
Company. has gone north on a vacation.
Mr.. VIM. NJ. Reardon, agent at AleXan-
dria of the Weems and Randall line steam
ers, has returned from trip to Occoquan.
The schooner Mayflower is in port with
a cargo of pine wood from a river point
| for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Chase is at Aitchesons
| wharf at Alexandria with load Of sand
| for the Virginia glass works.
The schooner John Reed has arrived I'm
| port with a cargo of Virginia pine lumber
for the local dealers.
The bugeye Quicktime, laden with lum-
Der, has arrived here from a Virginia lem
ber port with a cargo of cord wood for
Carter & Clark.
The two-masted schooner Murray VAN
diver, laden with lumber, is 1t the wharf
| of T. w. Riley discharging cargo.
The Leroy, having full load Of cedar
| posts aboard, from Aqua creek, has ar
| rived here for H. L. Biscoe.
The schooner Peri is in port with full
| load of lumber from a river point for John
| son & Wimsatt.
The schooner Lizzie Williams. laden with
| fertilizer material. from Philadelphia. has
| arrived at Alexandria, and is unloading at
! VIM. A. Smoots wharf