Evening star., 1902-01-20
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NOTICE OF CHANGES IN BUOYAGE In
FIFTH DISTRICT.
Oysters Plentiful i'm Local Market
The Demand for Fish-Gen-
eral Port News.

age in the fifth light house district has
been issued:
Elizabeth river Va.-Lower Lambert
Point buoy, No. II, a black second-class
can, was found in sinking condition, and
was replaced by a perfect buoy, January
II. Western Branch buoy, a red second
class nun, was established January II, to
mark the junction of the Western branch
and the Elizabeth river.
Channel leading into dividing creek, Va.
West Flats buoy, No. /, black spar, re-
ported adrift December %. was replaced
January ii. Jarvis Point Shoal buoy, No.
3, black spar, reported broken off Novem-
ber 80, was replaced by perfect buoy
January IA.
Potomac river, Md.-First mid-channel
buoy, a first-class can, was reported
adrift January 8. and will be replaced as
soon as practicable, Of which notice Will
be given
The demand for fresh fish at the 18th
street wharf was good today. though the
supply was small, and but few varieties
on sale. Prices are steady, and are as
follows: For pan rock, 12c. per pound;
medium rock, 16 to 1Sc. per pound; boiling
rock, % to 25c. per pound; drum, to &c.
per pound sheepshead, to Sc. per pound;
silver perch, to 7c. per pound; carp, 4c.
per pound; jumping mullets, 3 to 4c. per
pound; green pike, 8 to 1Oc. per pound;
black bass, 10 to 1213c. per pound; salmon
trout, SC. per pound; catfish, 20 to 35c. per
pound; river mullets, 20c. per bunch; yell
low perch, 25 to 40c. per bunch, and win
ter shad, $1.15 to 81 per hundred.
Good Supply of Oysters.
There was good supply of oysters on
hand at the oyster wharf this morning, a
fleet of nine boats having come into port
since Saturday, with cargoes amounting
to about 1900 bushels. The demand con-
ctiu oh
the small oysters bringing 65c. per bushel,
the medium grades 70c. to Soc per bushel
and the larger stock as high as $1.25 per
bushel. The arrivals are the Genesta, E. p.
woolford, Bessie Ford, Scion. Spray, VIM.
Lowery and John Smith. There is no
scarcity of oysters in the local market.
The schooner Hattie c. Wheatley, with a
cargo Of lumber from Plymouth, N. c., is
expected to arrive here within the next
day or two.
The barge c. B. Rosselle which was laid
up at Alexandria for several weeks past,
sailed yesterday in tow Of tug for Balti-
more.
The tug Favorite, with the Standard Oh
barge No. u from this city in tow, has ar
rived at Baltimore.
The tug J. s. .Hoskins, with two light
barges in tow, sailed Saturday for Balti-
more
The tug Camilla arrived in port Satur-
day evening with a tow of nine vessels
from lower river points.
The schooner ]. D. Bell has been taken
to the wharf of Thomas r. Riley, foot of
o street southwest to complete the unload
ing of her cargo.
The Ada Ballinger has gone to Alexan-
drta, and will there take on a cargo of
supplies for lower Potomac trade.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, under char
ter by H. l.. BiScoe, sailed yesterday from
Alexandria for Clearmont on the James
river, and will load pine boards for this
city.
StiH's Wharf in Bad Condition.
stiff's wharf in King George county. Va,
the greater portion Of which was carried
away by the ice about Christmas, Is still
being used as a steamboat landing. The
head Of the wharf. on which stands the
warehouse, was left intact and communi-
cation with the shore is kept open by
means of large fat-bottomed scow.
The engine which is to drive the dynamo
for the electric lighting plant on the
steamer Wakefield will arrive within the
position, and the plant will then be COM
pleted. 1t is expected the steamer will be
ready for service again by the latter part
Of this month.
The river from this city to Fort WASH
ington is practically full Of ice.
The Curlew and the Dawn are in winter
quarters at the boat house foot Of 10th
street southwest.
On the high tides of Saturday last the
tugs were enabled to dock the four-masted
schooner George McFadden at the wharf
of VIM. A. Smoot & Co, at Alexandria.
The schooner is unloading phosphate rock
for the Alexandria Chemical and Fertilizer
Company, and brings one of the largest
cargoes that ever came up the Potomac.
The steamer Columbia Of the Alexandria
and Washington ferry line will leave here
within the next few days for Baltimore.
While she is away the steamer Belle Haven
will keep the ferry line open The Column
bia will be off the route for about three
weeks.
The steamer Harry Randall, which ar
rived up from the lower river yesterday
evening, brought up large cargo Of grain,
oysters and cattle for the dealers Of the
city.