Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW OIL BARGE FOR SERVICE ON
POTOMAC.
Fleet Of Freighters Bound Here-Re-
pair Work at Boatyards-
Other Matters.

Barge No. 50 Of the Standard OIL Com
pany. a new vessel. is now in port here and
is on her second trip since being launched
few weeks ago. No. 81 is fine craft and
has developed in her construction all the lat
est ideas for a tank ship. She is a large
vessel and is fitted with tanks capable OF
carrying several thousands of gallons OF
OIL and Is equipped with powerful pumps
to aid in loading and unloading. She is con-
structed entirely Of steel, even to her deck
houses. and is as near fireproof as she can
be made. 1t is understood that the barge
will be used exclusively for the transporta-
tion of oil from Baltimore and Philadelphia
to this city and Alexandria
There was a good demand for fresh fish
at the 18th street wharf market this morn
Ing and prices keep up. The northwest
winds have caused the fish to leave the
shoal creeks and are now being caught in
fair quantities in the nets in the river, and
but poor, supplies are coming from the At
lantic coast fisheries. Prices today show
few changes and are as follows: For Span
tsh mackerel. 10 to zoe. per pound; blue
fish and tailors, to &c. per pound; green
pike, to &c. per pound; sheepShead. TO
10c. per pound; pan rock, to &c. per pound;
medium rock, to 10c. per pound; boiling
rock, IL to 15c. per pound; founders, to
41sc. per pound; Potomac black bass, to
12c per pound; North Carolina black bass,
6 to 1Oc. per pound; salmon trout, o to &c.
per pound; white perch. large. to 10c. per
pound; white perch, small. 10 to 20c per
bunch; catfish, large, 20 to &c. per bunch;
catfish. small to 10c. per bunch; carp.
10 to 25c. each; cells. to Sc each; butter
fish, S. to 81 per barrel, and gray trout, 81 to
SO per barrel.
Oysters are somewhat more in demand
today than they have been for several days
past in consequence of the cooler weather,
but prices continue to be quite low. The
supply on hand, in about ten boats.
TO al hIrSh eIc oil frny
the beds in the lower Potomac. This morn
Ing the smaller grades of oysters were SELL
ing at from 40 to 45c.. while the better
stock was held at SOC. per bushel.
There are now at sea bound to this port
three large schooners loaded with asphalt
from the Island of Trinidad, two with lum-
Der and laths. one with plaster from Nova
Scotia and two or three with phosphate
rock. All these vessels should arrive Here
early in the next month --f
The barge Cecil, one of the Dougherty
company's large freight-carrying boats,
was hauled out on the big marine railway
at Alexandria Monday, and after being
caulked and having some minor repairs
made to her hull, was put overheard yester-
day.
The tug Geo. w Pride has been repainted
and overhauled, and is again in commission
towing the river.
Work on the new pleasure craft of Mr..
G. ]. Fisher is being pushed, and it is I'M
derstood the mast and other spars will be
placed in position in a day or two. AS yet
the boat has not received a name. She is
to be used for hunting trips on the Poto-
mac, and will go into commission this fall.
She is now lying at Whyte's boat house, at
the foot of 7th street southwest.
One of the small dredging machines of
Mr.. John Miller, which has been employed
in digging a channel through the river flats
on the Virginia side to new brick yard
near Fort Hunt, has been brought up to
Alexandria to do some dredging work in the
docks there.
The wreck Of the steamer Richmond of
the Weems line. which was burned while
lying at her wharf at Fredericksburg last
summer, is to be broken up and removed
so as to be no obstruction to ma CATION
The United States revenue cutter Window,
the revenue vessel on this station, is now at
Baltimore being prepared for winter cruis-
ing. She is to be hauled out on marine
railway and will have her hull cleaned and
painted. ..- ,..
The Baltimore tug Peerless came into
port yesterday with the barge Juanita. laden
with fertilizer material for Alexandria and
the barges Fredericksburg with fertilizer
and Standard OIL Company No. 81 with oil
for this city.
The schooner John P. Robinson arrived at
Alexandria yesterday and unoaded a full
cargo of grain for the dealers
The schooner Chas. H. Dagger, laden with
cord wood, arrived in port yesterday for
Carter & Clark
The schooner Irene has arrived in port to
unload a cargo of canned goods from Nom
mi for Robert Murphy.
The bugeye Goldie c. has loaded a large
cargo of general stores and has sailed for
the lower Potomac.
The e. R. Johnson and the steamers Lily
and Howard and Dennis Simmons have
sailed for lower river and North Carolina
points to load.