Evening star., 1902-01-16
ALONG THE NER FRONT
WASHINGTON ANu ! ALEXANDRIA
STEAMER To- nm IMPROVED.
Boat to Have an Elee4rfc Light Plant
The Fish and Oyster
MnRkaf.

Extensive improvements are to be made
to the Washington and Alexandra ferry
line steamer which diW make her practi-
cally new boat. According to the plans
perfected yesterday by the managers of the
| line, the steamer is to be taken to Balti-
| more. where she will gointo dry dock and
her hull will be replanked. The interior ar
| rangements of her saloon are also to be
changed, and she will be refurnished and
supplied with an electric lighting plant.
The supply Of fish at the wharf this
morning was small, the demand good. and
prices were as follows: For silver perch, j
to &c. per h.; drum, &c. per h.; sheepshead,
to sc. per lb.; jumping mul.ets, &c. per ID.
carp to &c. per lb.; pan rock, 12Ac. per
h.; medium rock, IA to 16c. per h.; boiling
rock y to 25c per lb.; green pike, to 10c.
per ID; black bass, 8 to 12c. per lb.; salmon
trout sc: per h.; river muiiets, 10 to 20c. per
bunch;. catfish, 15 to 35c. per bunch; cells.
70 to 30c per bunch; yellow perch 10 to 40c.
per bunch, and winter shad, S1.7o to 81 per
dozen.
The stock of oysters at the wharf
has been very small for several days past,
but this morning five boats, with about
1,JOO bushels of Potomac oysters aboard,
came into port. Prices this morning range
from TO cents per bushel for the small
better grades. The arrivals are the Eta,
Centennial, Martin Wagner, Captain and
Avalon.
Arrivals and Departures.
The three-masted ram Jennie D. Bell.
with a large cargo Of shingles, from New
bern, N. c., has arrived in port, consigned
to Johnson & Wimsatt
The Baltimore tug Favorite has arrived
in port with a Standard Oil Company
barge, laden with oil, in tow. The barge
Will unload here and at Alexandria.
steamer TIIl1 a
cargo of cord wood from Nomini creek for
this port has sailed
The tugs VIM. H. Yerkes, jr,, and Ca
milla of this city have returned to port
with several vessels in tow.
The schooner John Conner has unloaded
a cargo of lumber and will load with fer
tilizer for the Nansemond river, Virginia.
The schooner James Beach is lying in
Lower Machodoc creek, loading cargo
for this market
The large barge John R. Zimmerman is
unloading her cargo of coal at the wharf
of Stephenson & Bro.
The Zephyr is Ill the lower river loading
cargo Of oysters for the dealers here.
The schooner Isabelle has loaded a cargo
Of cord wood in Nomini creek for Robert
Murphy.
General and Personal.
Mr.. F. H. Harper Of Fairfax county, Va,
has under construction near the Sheridan's
Point wharf, the landing at the Fort Hunt
al ehiCiy StolioHo, d ldISe WHICH Will
be used for hunting and fishing purposes
during the summer months. The ark,
which is about thirty feet long and ten
feet wide, is now nearaS5 completed.
The ice on the bayssand creeks of the
river have completely Istopped the opera
tlons of the trapszand haul-seine fisher
m n, and but few fishsare now coming to
this city on the river beats.
Capt Emmons Babbitt. last here as cap
tain of the schooner Agnes Mason, has
taken charge of hesscheoner Lucy H. Rus
sell. and Capt Tulloefr Of the schooner
Zacharias Sherman has taken command
of the Agnes Mason. Mate Miller of the
Mason has been given the command of the
Sherman.
Mr. Herbert c. OgdensDf the hydrogra phic
office here was in Baltimore Tuesday in
specting the repair swork on the coast sur
vey steamer Endeaxor.7
Mr.. Bert G. Fauihaher Of New York.
representative of the owners of the Alex
andria and Washington ferry line, was IN
the city yesterday. = -r--r.sz,
Dredge No. I OF the National Sand
Dredging Company which has been dig
ging sand and gravel just west of the
Virginia end of1the Long bridge, has been
withdrawn from service and laid up for the
winter. One Of the 1towboats Of the COM
pany has also been laid up.