Evening star., 1902-03-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER REPORTED ASHORE
NEAR FORT FOOTE.
Ample Supply of Fish and Oysters at
18th Street Wharf-Repairs
to Vessels.

A black two-masted schooner is reported
| high ashore on the flats near Fort Foote.
Md, where she went yesterday evening on
a good tide. The low water. caused by the
| heavy northwest winds, has left her lying
| a foot or more out Of the water. and she
| will remain on the bar until the tide re-
| turns The vessel is laden with shingles,
| and is believed to be the schooner Magic.
| due here from Newbern. N. c., for john
son & Wimsatt. Should she not succeed In
| getting ahoat today her consignees here
will send a tug to her assistance.
| The demand for fish Of all kinds at the
11th street wharf this morning was very
| good. and there was an ample supply or
| all varieties of fish on hand to meet the
| demand The fishing shore at Windmlii
Point is now in operation. and quantities of
river fish are being caught They are sent
to market here on sailing vessels, % Ies ,,aass
| this morning were as follows: For black
| bass 1Oc to 15c. per pound; salmon trout,
Sc to &c. per pound; pan rock loc. per
| pound: boiling rock, 1Oc. to loc. per pounu
| white perch, &c. to Sc. per pound; jumping
mullets. Sc. to &c. per pound; carp. &c: 10
&C. Der pound: hickory jacks, &C. to l9c
| each: river mullets. 15c. to zoe. per bunch {;
white catfish 3Oc to 4Sc, per s1o oIi,cm nerch oa
| Sc to 4Oc per bunch: roe shad. 6Oc. 10 81
| each: buck shad, 3Oc. to 45c. eacn ana
! herring $3.25 per hundred
|
| wharf is still ample to meet all demands.
| though there have been no arrivals OF oys-
| ter-laden vessels since TUESDAY morhlhs;
| The demand for oysters continues good ana
! this morning they were selling at ~ 10 QUO.
| ner bushel for the smaller stock. and 10 to
75c. per bushel for the selected stock
| Mr. William Dickinson. the inventor of
| non-sinkable and non-capslzable n1eDoat'
| will shortly give a public exhibition OF the
! workings of his boat He is having built on
the stern end Of the hurricane deck of the
| steamer Kent. now lying In the dock ao-
| Joining the Alexandria ferry wharf, plat
| form. from which he proposes to put his
| boat overheard. 1t will drop distance OF
| about twenty feet. Mr.. Dickinson will be
| in the boat when she makes the dive. and
1t is expected that several friends. with
| confidence in the boat, will be with him.
General Port News.
! NIessrs Carter & Clark nave a number Of
barges loading railway ties and poplar wood
at various points along the river. The
| barge Edward 8. Fay is loading at Grind
er's wharf, in Mattawoman creek; the
| barge John J. Brady Is loading poplar wood
| in Occoquan and the barges Pugh and Kate
N. Latta are loading In Aqua creek. The
! large barges Sharon Hill and Katherine
Brady. now in port here. are under charter
| to load poplar wood in Aqua creek.
| The new boiler has been placed in position
/ on Mr. Louis Smoot's tug Rosalie, and
soon as connections are made between the
| boiler and the engine the Doat will be ready
| to go into commission again. This morning
| she was taken to Benefits bOatyard. She
will be hauled out on the marine railway
| there to have new wheel placed on her.
The new boiler of the Rosalie is much
| larger than the one formerly in her, and
| the increased steam is expected to give her
| greater towing power.
The schooner Grace q. Bennett. which
had her bowsprit broken in collision with
the steamer Wakefield Sunday morning
| last is diScharging her cargo of lumber at
| the wharf of Johnson & Wimsatt. When
unloaded she will tow to Newbern. N. c.,
where a new spar will replace the broken
ore. and other repairs will be made.
| The tug Minerva which is hauled out on
| the marine railway at Alexandra, Is to be
| fitted with a new wheel to replace one
broken while clearing the river of heavy
ice the latter part OF February
| steam launch owned by parties here Is
| at Deans boat yard at Alexandria to be
| cut in halves and to be heightened seven
| teen feet. The boat. when completed will
| be about sixty feet long and will be one
| Of the largest vessels Of the kind on the
| river.
| nieted at their boat house. foot Of 9th
| street three sixteen-foOt batteauS. for use
| ia the construction of the new Long bridge.
| They will be turned over to the contractors
! within the next few days.
| The machinery operating the fog bell in
the Sharp's Island light station. on Chesa-
| peake bay. which has been out Of order
for several days. has been repaired and its
use resumed.
The new steamer Calvert of the Weems
| line, which has just been built in Philadel-
| phia arrived at Baltimore yesterday un-
| der the command of Captain William Geo
ghegan. 1t Is understood the Calvert VIII
] go upon the route between this city and
| Baltimore while the other steamers are
being oyerhauled.
| The Unite.. States light house tender
Holly left Baltimore yesterday on tour
! OF inspection in the fifth light house dis
| trict.
The tug BarthOldi, which has been lying
i at the ferry wharf for several weeks. Is
| being overhauled and Is expected to go into
1 service within the next day or two.
1t Is stated that the freezing weather OF
| last month killed a large number OF lamfs
L In King George aud XesfInnreland couutieS.