Evening star., 1903-10-19
On THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE SUPPLY OF WOOD COMING
FROM RIVER POINTS.
New Sailing Craft About Completed
Army Lighter in, service-Gen-
eral Marins News.

The demand fof5 wood for fuel has been
very heavy this fall and the dealers are
striving hard to get large stock on hand
before the cold weather sets in. The
southerly winds are bringing large num-
bers of wood laden craft into port. and
within the past two or three days fifteen
or more vessels, each having from forty to
nifty cords of pine oak chestnut wood
aboard have arrived, In the fleet were the
schooners Father and Son. ]. D. Bell Saml
Wood, American Patriot, Mayfiower, Sid
ney Jones. Northumberland, Gilman Dove,
Osceola, Eta, Lottie Carter, Col. j. Mer-
rick, Belmont and H. Belle. The wood
comes from various points on the Potomac
river, from Mount Vernon to it's mouth but
the bulk of it comes from the creeks empty
ing INTO the lower part of the river.
mere was fair supply of fresh fish
OF all kinds on sale at the wholesale fish
the demand was light
Prices were somewhat lower than they
We're early in the week and this morning
were follows:
For small trout 81 to $40 per box: medium
trout, D cents per pound; buttertish. 3 cents
per pound; spot, 50 to IS per box; fioun-
defs, . 10 cents per pound; Spanish mack
erel, Ie 10 70 cents per pound; pan rock,
cents per pound; medium rock, 12 to -
cents per pound; boiling rock Is to 20
cents per pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per
pound; green pike, to cents per
pound; bluefish and tailors to cents per
pound; bass. IA cents per pound; salmon
trout, = cents per pound; white perch, small,
10 to 70 cents per bunch; catfish, large. 25
to 80 cents per bunch; catfish small, II to
10 cents per bunch; yellow perch, small, 10
10 ~ cents per bunch: mulletS, 20 to %
cents per bunch; carp, Is to 25 cents each;
ees, to 10 cents each
y teet OF fifteen or twenty oyster-laden
boats were lying at the wharf this morn
al ard thppl tod
TO fully 5000 bushels, mainly Potomac river
STOCK, though there were a few oysters
from the eastern shore on sale. Prices
ranged from 80 to 10 cents per busheI.
Inc schooner George c. A. Travers has
arrived at Alexandria with full cargo of
glass-making sand from the Severn river
1or one OF the bottle-making plants. In
coming through the drawer Of the Severn
river bridge the schooner fell against the
bridge and was damaged, having her rail
broken and rigging damaged.
me tug ID. NJ: Key, which has been in at
tendance on the Langley flying machine
boat through the trials on the river. re-
turned to port when the house boat did and
mas returned to service. She is towing about
the harbor.
The United States naval yacht Oneida
the smaller of the vessels of the naval
battalion. d. G. N. G., is lying at anchor
IN the harbor off the naval battalion wharf
She has been berthed in the stream since
she went into commission about a month
ago.
The hull of the new sailing craft built by
Mr.. Edward Whyte for parties here has
Deen completed at the boathouse at the
foot OF Ith street and is now ready 10 he
htted with mastsl and sails 1t is stated
that the new boat will be kept under cover
during the winter and will be put overheard
in the early spring. j
Kearney in Commission.
The United States army lighter Kearney.
which has been lying at the wharf Of the
steamer River Queen for several days mast
undergoing a general everhauling has gone
into commission Saturday she made a trip
10 Fort Foote. She carried a detachment
OF the United States army engineer corps
TO the old fort for a drill and RETURNED
with 1t to the barracks in the afternoon
Ihe canning factories along the lower
Potornac, which have been very husv
throughout the summer, are now shutting
Gown Tor the season, having packed their
quota of fruit.
The report that the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal had been badly damaged bv the re-
cent heaVy rains turns ont to be untrue
Inc canal has sustained little or no dam
age. ~
Mr.. Ernest Germond has been made chief
engineer of the tug j. r. Selectman Of TIA
Sand Dredging Company's fleet
ne engine OF the power sloop Greyhound
Is being rebuilt and improved by the owner
of the boat The changes in the enpira ara
expected to add considerably to the snaad
of the little craft. NP"
The owners of a large number of tl,e
pleasure boats here are fitting them up for
cruising IN the river during The cold
weather for ducks and other game NJ
boats are being housed in where omen ami
arrangements are being made aboard them
for heating 'iieih
Inc schooner b. S.Wagner has arrived
win a tull cargo OF fertilizer rnatari.,i
| from baltimore for the Alexandria chem
! lcal and Fertilizer COMPANY
81 .1 tla.,-
lafd coal for parties IN Georgetown. vas
brought into port Saturday by the ting
Vulcan '0 'us
The steamer Jackson is here with
cargo OF lumber from Aqua creek for r
w. Riley 'oi l.
The Two Sisters is in port with q f,lI
cargo of lumber from a river point for
johnson q; " Winsatt.
Ihc four-Tnasted schooner Independent ia
dlscharginB a cargo of over 1.5O0 tons Of
ice zee az the 10Th street wharf of the Ameri-
can Ice Company.
The schooner Mcclure is in port with a
large cargo OF canned goods from NoTcini
creek
The schooner Fannie has arrived in MORT
with Il full cargo of sand for the dealers
in Georgetown.