Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
UNLOADING CARGO OF ICE FOB
FALL CONSUMPTION.
Fish and OystersMarket-The Moving
Craft-Generm News From
the River.

The big four-masted schooner Edwin r.
Hunt which unloaded a part of her cargo
OF Ice at Georgetown. has been brought to
the 9th street wharf Of the American Ice
Company to complete the unloading OF her
cargo. The Hunt brought about LOO tons
OF ice here and Is the only large vessel
now In port here She sailed from Bath,
Me-, August 80, and had an uneventful
trip down the coast. and arrived at George
town early Thursday morning last An
other vessel laden with ice Is expected to
arrive here early next week, and this will
in all probability be the last cargo of ice
to come into port this year, as the output Of
the icemaking plants of the American Ice
Company will be ample to meet all demands
for ice during the coming winter.
The demand for fish of all kinds at the
18th street wharf market was good this
morning and the stock hand was fair,
the dealers having received considerable fish
from the shores about Norfolk and Vir-
ginia Beach and from the nets in the river
Prices, which are about the same as yester-
day, are as follows: For Spanish mackerel,
12sc. to 15c. per pound black bass. 15c. to
lec per pound; salmon trout, &c. to &c. per
pound; pan rock. &c. to SC. per pound; me
dunn rock. &c. to 10c. per pound: boiling
rock, 13c to 15c. per pound; founders, &c.
per pound; green pike, &c. to Sc. per pound;
bueffsh or tailors, &c. to &c per pound;
white perch, large, &c. to 10c. per pound;
white perch, small, 1Oc. to 15c. per bunch;
catfish, large, zoe. to 35c per bunch; cat
f1sh, small, 1Oc. to zoe. per bunch; cells, &C.
each; carp. 1Oc to 40c. each: butterfish, 81
per barrel, and gray trout, "a to IS per bar
rel.
Three or four small vessels laden with
oysters have arrived at the 18th street
Wharr since yesterday morning, and there
was a good demand for their cargoes today.
me stock on hand in all the boats is not
large, and prices are steady, the small oys-
tiers selling at 45c. per bushel and the
larger, selected stock at from SOC. to 55c.
per bushel. Oysters still scarce along
the lower river and are bringing good
prices.
The sand-digging machine of Mr.. Louis
p: Smoot, which has been operating near
Glymont, Md, was yesterday brought to
understood. go to work on the sand banks
IN the river above the Long bridge
Drifuse Co. have a force of men en-
gagged In tearing up the BOXERS and machin-
cry of the little sideWheel steamer Harry
Loder for the metal in them. The hull of
the old steamer is lying in the dock at the
foot or King street and the tide Is rising
and falling In it. 1t is stated that it will
be Hoated to the river shore above Alexan-
drla and burned to obtain the metal in 1t.
The pungy Father G. Son, which sunk In
the river near Mt. Vernon last week while
bound here with cargo of wood, and
winch was raised land towed to this city,
mas been repaired and II is stated Is again
ready for service. Il The vessel shows signs
Of having been sunk. her sails being badly
dlscolored by the muddy water.
The new steam launch Dallis was yester-
DAY taken to the navy yard, where her
boiler and engine will be taken from the
cars by the powerful derrick and placed in
the boat. Work on her is being pushed as
rapidly as possible.
Tests of burners, using oil as fuel are be-
Ing made almost daily at the experimental
boiler on the wharf Of Forsberg & Murray
al the loot of Stb street by the engineers
from the topedo boat Rodgers
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes, which came into
port yesterday evening, brought in tow a
small dredging machine belonging to Mr.
John Miller. The machine has been Mt
summer and will now be employed in dig
ging the channel through the fats to the
new brick making plant below the wharf at
Sheridans Point, Va
Mr.. Thornton Smoot, formerly a purser on
the Randall line steamers, has accepted
position IN the marine hospital service and
has been assigned to duty at Fort Staunton
New Mexico. He will leave for his new
post in few days.
Chief Engineer VIM. A. Moore Is in Baltt-
more experimenting the work of overhaul
ing the steamer Samuel J. Pentz, now w.
ing in the dry dock at WoodalPs shipyard
The schooner Rover, laden with lumber
has sailed from Claremont, Va, for this
city.
The schooners Chase, VIM. Turner. FANNY
Sidney s. Johnson, Daniel, Mary EIvis and
the c. K. Young left port yesterday for
river and bay points to load cargoes for
this city
The two-masted schooner Thomas Rich
ards, laden with pine lumber, came into