Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-08
EDWARD STEVENS,
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LOOKING FOR SEVERAL ASPHALT
LADEN VESSELS.
Funeral Of Engineer Nash-Tug Davis
to Tow on Ocean-Other
Matters.

Capt Jack Taylor of Taylor Bros, tug
owners here, has received a letter from the
master of the four-masted schooner Edith
G Folwell requesting him to have the tug
N. NJ. Davis to meet his vessel at the capes
of Virginia to bring her to this city. The
Folwell has full cargo of asphalt aboard
from the Island of Trinidad for one of the
paving companies here. The schooner sail
ed from Port of Spain October 10 last and
Is due at the capes. She is the first of a
feet of three or four large schooners which
have been chartered to bring asphalt from
Trinidad to this city within the next month
or six weeks. The Folwell is anew vessel.
but has made several trips to this city
within the last year
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
, was not as brisk this morning as 1t has
been for the past two or three days. Prices
showed but few changes. and are as fol-
lows: For salmon trout, &c. to SC. per
pound North Carolina black bass. &c. to
1Oc. per pound; Potomac black bass, 1Oc to
12c. per pound; pan rock, &c. to &c. per
pound medium rock, loo. to 12c. per pound:
. boiling rock 121zc. to 15c per pound; Span
ish mackerel, 121zc. to 15c. per pound; stur-
geon. 10c to 12c. per pound; founders, &c.
per pound: green pike, &c. to sc. per pound;
white perch 10c. to lie. per pound; white
perch. small, 1Oc to 15c per bunch; null
lets 1Oc. to Csc. per bunch; catfish, large,
2Oc to 35c. per bunch: catfish. small, 1Oc.
TO 15c. per bunch; winter shad. &C. to 1oc.
per bunch; carp. 1Oc to 2Jc. each; cells. &c
to Sc ach: gray trout. So to 50 per barrel,
and butterf1sh. s. to So per barrel
The demand for oysters in the shell at the
91th street wharf, while good, is not quite
as heavy as it was early in the week. when
the supply was short. Five or six boats
were lying at the wharf this morning with
oysters aboard. and they are selling at
good prices, the small ones ranging from
IS to soc. per bushel and the larger stock
selltng at 55c per bushel.
The funeral of Mr.. Jas. r. Nash, the old
marine engineer. took place from his home.
a1A Robinson street this afternoon at 2
O'Clock. and was attended by many of the
steamboat men Of the city.
The repairs to the two-masted schooner
Pearl have been completed at Benefits
boat yard. and the schooner left port yes
terday evening for Virginia lumber port
10 load.
OF General Interest
The large tug NJ NJ. Davis. the flagship
of the fleet OF Taylor Bros of this city. as
eoon as the busy season on the bay is over,
will be taken TO the ship yard Of NJ. NJ.
Davis. on Solomon's Island. Nd. where she
VIII be supplied with two masts and sails
60 tit her for ocean towing. The tug, 1t is
stated will next season engage In towing
On the Atlantic coast. and will not confine
her operations to the Potomac and to
Chesapea axe bay.
The small dredging machine belonging to
MT JbHD Miller mas competed IlS WOrK OF
deepening the water IN the dock at Bry-
ants wharf at Alexandria, and has been
taken TO the Eastern branch for work at
one of the wharves there. The tug Mary
land Is the tender of the dredge.
The schooner John Rose. which fs bringing
cargo pf lumber from Georgia for Johnson
& Wimsatt sailed from Brunswick for this
city November last
The pungy Cora McKenney is at Alexan-
dria, being fitted with a new suit of sails
The schooner Mabel and Ruth has arrived
in port with a fun cargo of North Carolina
pine lumber from Newbern. N. c., for the
dealers here
The Seabright is in port laden with cord
wood from river point for Carter & Clark
The Emmett Arthur and the Lizzie Burt
are in port with cargoes OF oysters for this
market
The three-masted schooner Sarah 8. Tyler
Is at the wharf of T. w. Riley. at the foot
OF 11ih street. loading fertilizer for Norfolk
The Oyster Boy Is in port with a cargo
from the lower Potomac.