Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-01
ON THE RIVER FRONT
OIL FUEL PLANT BEING PAPIDLY
DEMOLISHED.
Schooner Quinby Completed and
aunched-Steamer Edda Sails
Personal and General Mention.

The work of demolisi,ing the oil fuel ex-
peflmental plant at the foot of l. street
southwest is progressing rapidly. and with
in the last two or three DAYS the smaller
of the two boilers used in the experiuents
and the big tank in which the fuel oil was
kept, have both been loaded upon wagons
and taken away to be prepared for ship
ment to the Louisiana purchase exposition
at St Louis. The big marine boiler in
which all the testing work was done is
being taken down piecemeal for shipment
The taking down of the steel alright boiler
house, which covered the big boiler. will,
1t Is understood begin next week This
IS II Is stated, to be regretted at St Louis
exactly as it was on the wharf here
The supply of fresh fish on sale mt the
18th street wharf fish market this morning
was light and consisted mainly of spot and
trout, with scattering supply OF rock.
blues and other salt water fish The de-
mand was rather poor and the market was
dull. as Is generally the case on Saturday
morning. The scarcity of fish from the
nets in the river has continued this
son much longer than usual but the deal
ers are now looking for larger catches.
Prices today are follows:
For small trout. $3.50 to ST. per barrel:
medium trout. 81 to 81 per barrel; large
trout, to Az cents per pound. butterfish.
Sc per barrel: small spot. 81 to s. per bar
rel; founders 8 to cents per pound;
Spanish mackerel, 10 to 10 cents per pound:
pan rock, 10 to IL cents per pound medium
rock, IL to IA cents per pound: boiling
rock. Is cents per pound; sturgeon, To 10
cents per pound; green pike, to cents
pound; bluefish. to I cents per pound:
pompack, 10 cents per pound: bass, II to %
cents per pound white perch, 10 to u cents
per pound: white perch, small, 20 to %
cents per bunch; catfish. large, % to 80
cents per bunch; catfish. small, to 10
cents per bunch: yellow perch. 10 to 30
cents per bunch; carp. 10 to % cents
each: cells. cents each
Hard crabs and CLAIMS were on sale at
the wharf in good quantities this morn
ing. and are selling at the figures quoted
yesterday. SOft-shelled crabs are scare
and high, selling from 30 to 60 cents per
dozen.
Watermeons are selling at 90 to % cents
each, and are coming mainly by steamer
from Norfolk.
The two masted schooner A H. Quinby
which has been hauled out on the marine
railway at Alexandria for overhauling of
her hull and general repair work has been
launched, and sailed for the lower river
to load. small schooner is now on the
railway for general repairs
The hull of the longboat Mary Ann Shea
Is being thoroughly repaired at Benefits
boat yard. and she will be out of service
for several days When launched she will
go to the lower river to load for this city.
The large power launch Alert is out OF
the water at her boat house the Sth
street wharf for some repair work to her
engine Since being hauled out the boat
has been handsomely reprinted and made
ready for pleasure trips on the Potomac.
General and Personal.
Chief Engineer White OF the steamer
Kent has been sent to the steamer Estello
Randall to prepare her for service. 1t IL
understood she will take her place on the
Glymont mail route early next week.
Mr.. Ernest Germond. who was overcome
10, H.. yI,,a~
View wharf. has recovered and returned to
duty this morning as assistant to Engineer
Will Reed on the steamer Wakefield.
Another large sand-carrying scow. built
for sand-digging firm here. was put over
board at Deans boatyard, near Alexandria.
yesterday This makes the second new
scow launched at this yard within the
past two weeks Six or more scows are
now at Deans to be rebuilt.
The Norwegian steamer Edda COM
pleted the unloading of a cargo of asphalt
at Georgetown and sailed yesterday for
Baltimore, and will there load soft coal for
a foreign port.
The Weems line. 1t Is understood will
make no change in the tri-weekly sailings
of their steamers from this city to Balti.
more via the lower river landings. 1t was
reported they proposed to put third
steamer on the route and would increase
the number of trips to four five. While
freights are quite heavy the steamers are
able to handle them without trouble.
The schooner Peri. laden with cord
wood from a lower river point, mas arrived
in port consigned to Carter & Clark.
The schooner Walter P. Snow. laden with
nine lumber from the Rappahannock
river, has arrived, consigned to H. l..
Biscoe.
The tug Radiant arrived yesterday with
Standard Oil barge No. 81 in tow from
Baltimore The barge brings oil to the
Standard Oil Company agency here.
The r. II. Stuart and William James
completed unloading cargoes here yester-
day and have sailed for the lower river.
The tug Rosalie and Eugenia came into
port yesterday afternoon with six scows.
laden with sand and gravel, from the
dredges down the river.
The schooner Lottie White, with full
cargo of pine lumber. has arrived In port
from Virginia lumber port for the deal
erS.