Evening star., 1902-01-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF sCOWs AWARDED.

| Two of the large scows which will be
| used by the workmen in the erection of the
| Pennsylvania railway bridge over the Po-
| tomac from this city to the Virginia shore
| will be built at Alexandria, the contract
| for the work having been awarded by the
Philadelphia firm of contractors to Mr..
| Augustus Dean & Son several days ago.
| The scows, which are to be eighty feet
| long by twenty-four feet wide and about
| five feet deep will be large craft capable
of floating large quantities Of structural
] iron. The work of building the barges will
be begun at once and a large force of hands
will be employed to push them to compile
{ ton, to have them ready for service in
| the early spring.
Lightship No. Il. recently built at Balti-
more, which is to be the guard ship on the
dangerous Diamond shoal off Cape Halter
as. has sailed for her station on the North
Carolina coast. She has crew of fourteen
men aboard, with Captain TaweS in COM
mand and Mr.. Gordon chief engineer. No.
| II is equipped with powerful search light,
! the light from which can be seen many
miles away, and will warn mariners OF
their approach to a dangerous coast, when
| other signals could not been seen or heard.
| The ship is thoroughly equipped in every
particular for her winters vigil on a lonely
| coast.
The supply Of fish at the wharf this
morning was again very small. Prices were
as follows: For roe shad. 81 each: buck
shad, 3Oc. each; white perch. &c. to BE. per
pound; jumping mullets, DC. to &c. per
pound; carp, sc. per pound: pan rock. 12l4c
to loc. per pound; medium rock, lac. to 1Gc
! per pound; boiling rock, 20c to 23c. per
| pound; green pike, Sc. to 1Oc. per pound; !;
| black bass, Sc to 12c. per pound; salmon
| trout, DC. per pound; river mullets, Zoe. 10
2Oc. per bunch; catfish, 15c. to 35c. per
bunch; eels, 20c. to :;Uc. per bunch; yellow
| lC n lr p1 w
! shad. S1.5O to 81 per hundred
The demand for oysters in the shell at
the 11th street wharf continues quite
heavy and the supply is small Fhe tongers
and dredge boats are again at work on
the oyster beds IN the lower river, and it
is expected the supply will be ample by the
end of the week. Prices are steady, the
small oysters selling at TOc. per bushel,
and range from that to S1.40 per buShel
for the larger stock.
Passing In and Out.
The steamer f. James TuI has gone to
Alexandria to load general cargo ara
will sail in day two for Nof1Iini creek
The tug Stella of Baltimore, with an oil
barge of the Standard Oil Company in
tow, has sailed from Georgetown for Balti-
more.
The t. Z George W. Pride has gone to the
love- river for a tow of stone-laden scows
fer this city.
The barge Edward Fay is at the wharf
! of FOsberg & Murray, foot of Sth street,
unloading a cargo of hard coal from Phil
| adelphia.
The three-masted schooner VIM. Marshall
is at Alexandria and will load a cargo Of
railway ties for Boston.
The barge Ellen S. Jennings has unoaded
her cargo of coal at Georgetown and is
now at the wharf foot of 9th street waiting
tug to take them to Baltimore.
The tug Camilla has gone to the lower
river oyster beds for a tow of oyster
laden boats for this market.
The schooner Sidonia Curley has been
chartered by H. L. Biscoe to go to Clear
mont the James river to load pine lum-
| ber for this city.
The pungy Shining Light is in the mouth
/ this market
| The barge A. w. Embry has completed
the unloading of her cargo of hard coal and
will sail in a day or two for Baltimore to
| load.
! The sailing barge Daniel is at Mt. Yer
! non Springs loading full cargo of oak
| wood for the local dealers.
| The large barge Col. H. A. Barry, having
! discharged her cargo of coal has been
| brought to the wharf al the foot of 9th
| street awaiting a tug to take it away.
! The schooner j. II. Hargraves has been
| taken to the wharf of Thomas r. Riley.
! foot of o street southwest, to complete the
unloading of her cargo of lumber.
| The small three-masted schooner Alice
| tdTllSle from Alexandra Is lying CeUdT
| Point waiting the opening of the river.
| The schooner Sarah S. Tyler will complete
! the unloading of her cargo Of lumber for H.
L. Biscoe this evening and will go to the
wharf of r w. Riley to load fertilizer.
| The schooner Amelia Hearn has COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo of lum-
| Der and will sail for Virginia lumber port
! to load. =
OF General Interest.
| The dynamo which is to furnish the cleo
| tricity for the lighting of the building and
| grounds at the Fort Hunt, Va, artillery
| station was yesterday taken to Sheridan S
| Point, the landing place of the post, on the
steamer Estelle Randall. The building to
be used as the electric power house is COM
pleted and ready for the Installation of the
machinery. 1t is expected the fort will be
lighted up within the next week or two.
One of the small sand diggers of Mr..
Louis Smoot. which has been taking sand
from the river bottom near Motley Hall
Md, has been brought to this city and is
| now at work just above the long bridge
Several of the diggers of the National Sand
! Dredging Company are also in operation
| above the bridge.
| The pungy Azalia Peart is laid up at the
| Alexandria shipyard, but it is understood
! will be made ready to run fish during the
latter part of next month.
| The United States naval tug Triton, with
I a barge, which a large oil tank
in tow. went through the ice to the nava
proving grounds at Indian Head, Md, yes
terday.
Launch No. % of the coast survey ser.
vice which has been operating in QuanticC
during the summer and fall, has beer
brought up to Benefits boat yard and Will
go into winter quarters there In the early
spring she will be metaled and prepared tt
resume work.
The tug d. NJ. Key. the harbor boat OF
Taylor Bros fleet of towboats, has beer
laid up for general overhauling She will
be out of Commission for about two months
and will have her engine and boiler thor
oughly repaired and considerable work viii
be done on her bows and hull. ..-,.
| Topmasts are being placed on the three
masted ram schooner j. H. Hargraves, nov
ia port here. The work is being done by
her crew.
| The handsome sailing yacht Priscilla
owned by Mr.. ]. II. Alden of this city, ha.
been taken to the boat yard of Mr.. Angus
tus Dean. at Alexandria, and will be giyeI
an overhauling.
While the ice on the river is not heav
enough to prove any serious impedimen
to steam vessels. it has effectually close
navigation to all sailing craft and thos
coming In and going out of pert have t
be towed- -.i-H-
The schooner Bertha Dean, a well-know
visitor to this port during the summe