Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-31
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CONSIGNMENT OF POWDER FOR
wARDED TO FORT WASHINGTON.
Work on Barracks Seawall-Large
Quantities of Wood Coming
Other Port News.

The Randall line steamer Esteile Ran.
dali made special trip to Fort Washing
ton yesterday evening to carry 500 pounds
OF powder. shipped by the depot quarter
masters office here to the ordnance officer
at the fort. The powder Is TO be used in
target practice with the big guns at the
fort Under the regulations of the bureau
of navigation of the Treasury Department
only small quantity of gunpowder or
other explosive be carried on a steam
boat with passengers aboard, so that when
Colonel True, the depot quartermaster
here, has any considerable quantity of ex-
plosive to send to the Potomac forts the
steamer has to make special trip to
carry it.
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds
was quite good at the nth street wharf
market this morning but the supply was
not large. Prices today varied but little
from those of yesterday and are follows:
For Spanish mackerel, 15c. to 20c. per
pound bluefish and tailors, Sc. to &c per
pound green pike. sc. to &c. per pound:
sheepshead, SC. to l0c. per pound; Potomac
black bass, 10c. to 12c. per pound North
Carolina black bass, &c. to 10c. per pound:
pan rock, &C. to 10c per pound: boiling rock,
12c. to 15c. per pound: medium rock, 10c.
to lie per pound; founders. &c. to 41kc. per
pound salmon trout, &c. to &c. per pound;
white perch, large, SC. to 10c. per pound:
white perch small, 10c. 10 zoe. per bunch:
catfish, large, zoe. to 25c. per pound; cat
~.
to 25c. each; cells, &c. to sc. each; butter
fish. 80 to 81 per barrel. and gray trout, 81
to $40 per barrel.
Four five vessels bringing about 1900
bushels of fine Potomac oysters, have come
into port since yesterday morning. making
the total number of bushels on sale at the
wharf about $500. The demand. in conse-
quence of the cool weather. continues good
and prices are from 40c. to SOC. per bushel
for the small oysters, up to 60c. per bIshel
for better stock.
General News Of the Port
Mr.. c. L. Roath has been detached from
the coast survey steamer Blake and as
signed to duty on the steamer Endeavor.
now at work on the Potomac river near
Colonial Beach. Mr.. c. A. Thompson, who
has been employed in the Endeavor, with
the party in charge of Assistant Engineer
w. I. vinal. has been ordered to duty on
Long Island
The frame work for the sixty-foot seine
boat which Cumberland & ,Son are build
ing at the foot of 9th street for Capt. Will
lam Neitzey. is In position and the work Of
planking will be begun early next week.
She will be used m the shad and herring
fishing on the Potomac in the early spring.
The new stone seawall which is being
built along the western side of the WASH
ington barracks park is somewhat delayed
in consequence of the lack Of stone, but
several scow loads are expected to arrive at
any time and work will be resumed at once.
The wall on the harbor side of the park Is
about completed and work on the eastern
branch has commenced.
The strong southerly wind Of yesterday
brought large feet of wood-laden vessels
in port. Many of them had been detained
down the river by contrary winds for sew
eral days In the fleet were the Alice Car
Isle, the Mary Francis, the Mayf1ower, the
Seabright and the Five Sisters. They bring
in all about 200 cords of oak and pine fuel.
Barge No. IS of the Consolidation Coal
Company, laden with a full cargo Of Ice
from the Kennebec river, came into port
yesterday in tow of the tug Cumberland.
The steamer E. James Tull, consigned to
Carter & Clark, reached port yesterday.
The sloop Daisy, laden with furniture and
general merchandise, has sailed for Farm
ington, Nd.
The sloop Annie has arrived at Alexandria
with cargo of oysters for the dealers
there.
lighter laden with cedar posts from City,
mont has arrived in port, consigned to
Johnson & Wimsatt