Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-15
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DREDGE TO RESUME WORK ON
RIVER CHANNEL.
Ducks Plentiful About Ncmini-oyster
Dredging Season Here-others
News From River.

The work of overhauling the big bucket
dredge Pugh at the Alexandria boat yard is
about completed, and she will leave within
the next day or two for the Mattawoman
flats to resume her work of widening the
newly dredged channel there. Coal and
supplies for the use of the Pugh We're
taken from this city barge to Alexan-
dria yesterday by the tug James o. Carter.
When the Pugh completes her work on
Mattawoman, the widening and deepening of
the ship channel in the river will have been
completed and vessels of the largest size
can come up to Alexandra. Messrs.
Rittenhouse. Moore & Co. of North Caro-
lima were the contractors for the work on
the Potomac river and have been about
three years at it.
The supply Of fresh fish Of all kinds on
hand at the 18th street wharf market this
morning was good and the market was
fairly brisk. Salmon trout. winter shad and
Spanish mackerel, 1t is stated, made up the
bulk of the stock hand though other
varieties were on sale. Prices are about the
same as yesterday, and are as follows: For
Spanish mackerel, IL to lie. per pound ;
salmon trout, to Sc. per pound black
bass, 10 to 1Sc. per pound; pan rock to
10c. per pound: medium rock, 10 to 12c. per
pound; boiling rock, ID to 15c. per pound
founders, Sc. per pound; bluefish or tailors
to &c. per pound; white perch, large, 8 to
Zoe. per pound; white perch. small. 10 to
15c. per bunch; catfish, large, % to 40c. per
bunch: catfish. small, 10 to 20c. per bunch
cells, &c. each; carp. 10 to 4Oc. each; butter
fish, 81 per barrel, and gray trout, $3.50 to
81 per barrel
The much cooler weather has made the
demand for oysters in the shell much more
active. and the 18th street wharf has been
quite busy place all day. Boats are COM
ing in with fresh cargoes every day and
the stock on hand. while not large, as the
boats are only bringing the bvalves in
oil mt lie mr. ms pt
mand. Prices are about the same as yes
terday ranging from 80 to 60c. per bushel
according to size and quality.
The tomato canning factories along Nom
I'M, Coan. Lower Machodoc and other trib-
utaries of the Potomac are now closing up
their work for the season. The summer has
been a successful one. the demand for the
output of the factories being very large.
The pungy John 8. Beach Is hauled out
on the marine railway at Alexandria for
examination of hull. caulking and repair
work where needed The Beach will short
ly engage in the oyster carrying trade on
the Potomac
The steamer Samuel j. Pentz left here
last night for Baltimore and will go into
the dry dock at Woodali's shipyard today.
On her are Capt E. S. Randall, Capt. AL
Richards, II. s. Randall and George Cook.
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore is in charge of her en-
gines.
Reports from the lower river state that
ducks are quite plentiful and have been
seen III ioiSe iiuHiDeIS Oh HOEl lODdccO
creek and other places. The cool north
west winds will, it is expected, bring them
in the river in this neighborhood.
Mr. I. B. Garnet, purser of the steamer
Harry Randall, returned to duty this af-
ternoon, relieving Purser George J. STAFF
ford, who takes charge of the steamer ES-
telle Randall tomorrow.
Capt. George Cook has been assigned to
the steamer Estelle Randall as deck mate.
Barge No. has completed the unload
ing of her cargo of ice, and has sailed for
Baltimore to load coal for Boston.
Dredging season has now opened and the
sailing craft with their heavy drags have
begun work on the oyster grounds in the
lower Potomac. Up to this time oysters
could only be taken with tongs. Many of
the oysters now being shipped here in
barrels are very small, less than two inches
long.
The two-masted schooner John R. Reese
Is in port with cargo of Virginia pine
lumber consigned to George. r. Walker,
Thos. R. Riley and others.
The schooner Young Bros, laden with 4
full cargo of ice for the American Ice Com
pany here. sailed from Bath for this port
Saturday last.
The VIM. Mcdaniel laden with building
brick. has sailed from Alexandria for
lower Potomac point.
The flattie Metompkin has sailed for a
lower Potomac point and will load for the
dealers here.
The Dougherty and the Marie, laden with
oysters, came into port yesterday evening
The schooner John Maginnis will COM
plete the unloading of q cargo of glass
making sand today. and will return to the
Severn river to load back to this city.