Evening star., 1902-08-11
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BARGE LILY AND HOWARD TO
RUN TO PHILADELPHIA.
Stone for Long Bridge-Big Crowds ts
Summer Resorts-Genera1
Marine News.

Carter & Clark, has been thoroughly over
hauled and ter machinery rebuilt and pre-
pared for service in salt water. Her own
ers. 1t is understood, will place her on the
route between this city and the lower river
and Philadelphia, with cargoes of railway
ties and poplar logs. and she will bring re-
turn cargoes of merchandise for business
men here. The steamer will also tow rail-
way-tie-laden barges from river points to
Philadelphia. The Lily and Howard is q
fine boat Of her class, and the improve
ments recently made in her fit her admir-
ably for the work for which she is designed
by her owners.
There was a small supply of fish on sale
at the fish wharf this morning; the receipts
from the nets in the river and from Old
Point via the Norfolk line steamers was
light The demand was fairly good and
prices were as follows: For founders, Sc. to
&C per pound; pan rock, &c. to 1oc. per
pound; boiling rock, 13c. to 15c. per pound;
Spanish mackerel. 15c. per pound: black
pass, 14c to 15c. per pound; white perch,
1Oc. to 12c. per pound: sturgeon, 1Oc. to 12c.
per pound; catfish, 15c. to SOC. per bunch;
white perch, small. 10c. to 12c. per pound;
eels. &c to sc. each; butterfsh s. per bar
rel; gray trout, s. to 81 per barrel spot,
$ per barrel: hard crabs. $50 to 81 per
barrel, and CLAIMS, 40c- to SOC. per hundred.
There are no soft crafs on sale at the
wharf Since Saturday about 10000 Vir-
d
the wharf In eight vessels The demand
this morning was quite brisk. the melons
selling readily at good figures. Prices this
morning were 81 to s. per hundred for
culls, 50 to $40 for primes and SIS to so for
selected fruit. The watermelon season so
far has been an excellent one, the fruit
being in good demand and at fair prices.
The steam barge Jas Jackson on her last
trip up the river brought cargo of granite
to be used in the building of the massive
piers of the new Long bridge. The stone
comes from the quarrieS at OccoQuan, Va.
The Jackson Is expected to bring several
other cargoes Of stone for the bridge work.
She will sail for Occoquan today.
Fully 1000 people left this city Saturday
afternoon and yesterday morning for CO.
lonial Beach, where they will spend their
vacation. The hotels at the Beach are all
well filled with summer boarders and many
camping parties are to be found along the
Beach.
Along the Wharves.
The steam barge E. James Tull, which
was hauled out on the marine railway at
Alexandria for repairs. was put overheard
Saturday, and is now at Aitcheson's wharf,
Alexandria, preparing for her annual in
| spection by the United States steamboat in
spection officials
Barge No. 20 of the Consolidated Coal
Company has arrived in port with a load
| of about 1,200 tons of ice from the Kenne-
bee river for the American Ice Company.
|
| the lower river wharves yesterday brought
| quantity of tobacco in hogsheads for re-
| shipment to Baltimore.
Two of the five large scows building at
| the Alexandria shpyard for Mr.. Lewis
| Smoot of this city have been completed,
| and the hull and wood work of the big lift
ing machine are nearly complied.
| 1t is Understood that the United States quar-
termaster's lighter, Kearney, which is bring
| ing a quantity of the personal effects of the
army officers returning from Cuba. will ar
| rive here tomorrow. She Is to be trans
| ferred from the quartermaster's departme ent
| to the engineers battalion at the Wash
| fngton barracks.
| The schooner Antelope arrived in port
| Saturday night with cargo Of coal for the
| dealers.
| The two-masted schooner A. H. Quinby
| has been taken to Alexandria to unload a
| cargo of Virginia pine lumber.
| The Mary Francis has arrived in port
| with a cargo Of cord wood from q lower
| river port for Carter & Clark.
| The Peri has arrived here loaded with
| lumber from Aquia creek for Johnson &
| Wimsatt.
The Water Lily. Queen and A. A. Steven
| son are in port with watermelons for A.
| F. Evans and J. H. Richardson.
The w. P. Snow has arrived with load
of lumber from the lower Potomac for H.
| L BiscOe.
Mr.. ]. D. Hart. pilot of the steamer Har-
ry Randall, has been temporarily trans
| ferred to the steamer Kent in the same
| capacity.
Mr.. Ernest Germand has returned to duty
| as chief engineer of the Randall line
| steamer ArroWsmith.
The schooner Lottie E. White has ar
rived here with a cargo Of grain from the
lower river for the mills at Georgetown.
| The schooner Hester A. Waters will ar
| rive today with a cargo, supposed to be
| plaster.
The revenue cutter Window Is in por.
| from cruise on the bay and river.