Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-13
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM BARGE JACKSON IN TRoU
BILE ON ToMPKINss BAR.
Tug Dallis Prepared for Winter-Re-
building Burned House-Gen-
,...,. eral River News.

The steam barge James K. Jackson, hail
ing from Washington, and belonging to
Capt. T. A. Owens of this city, which left
alexandria few days ago, bound to Nor
folk. where she is under charter, went
ashore on Tompkins bar Thursday night
last, and remained aground until Saturday
morning, when the unususify high tide en-
abied her to work back into deep water by
her own power. Though exposed to sew
eral heavy gales while ashore, it is under
stood the steamer was unframed She was
at last reports lying at anchor in St. Glenn
ent's bay awaiting favorable weather be-
fore resuming her trip to Norfolk. The
Jackson will be employed about Norfolk
for several months.
Except for a few bass from the Norfolk
neighborhood and frozen fish from northern
points the market was but poorly supplied
this morning, while the demand was good.
Prices this morning were as follows: For
Spanish mackerel, 10c. to 121zc. per pound;
sheepshead, &C. to SC. per pound; pan rock,
.1Oc. to 12c. per pound; medium rock, 15c.
to Ice. per pound; boiling rock, zoe: to -25c.
per pound salmon trout, &c. to nc. per
pound; gray trout, &C. to 7c per pound;
founders, sc. to &c. per pound; Potomac
black bass, 12c. to loo per pound; North
Carolina black bass, 1Oc to 12c. per pound;
bluefish and talors, 1Oc. to 12c. per pound;
green pike, &c. to DC. per pound; white
perch, loo. to lie. per pound; white perch,
small, 2Oc. to SOC. per bunch; catfish, large,
zoe. to 35c. per bunch; catfish, small, 1Oc.
to 15c. per bunch; yellow perch, 20c.- to
40c. per bunch; carp 15c. to 40c. each; cells,
DC. each; Florida. roe shad, Toe. to Soc. each;
buck shad, SOC to Coo. each, and herring
SC. each.
The cold weather and the prospect of
the river being closed to navigation in a
few days by the ice have caused an adj
vance in the prices of oysters and an in
crease in the demand. Tugs are now down
the river after the few loaded vessels now
ready to come to market and will have
them here in the next day or two. Prices
TINS morning ranged from 20 cents to $1.2o
per bushel. Ducks are in demand and the
supply snail. Prices show no change from
those quoted yesterday.
Capt. Theodore Keene has been appointed
mate Of the steamer Belle Haven, to sue
coed Captain Billy Buck
Mr. Wesley Lucas has been appointed
agent of the Deep Point wharf in Nomini
creek, Virginia.
Engineer Will Reed is experimenting the
work on the boilers of the steamer Wake
field, now under repairs at the River View
line wharf.
Of General Interest.
The tug Dallis, the tender of the High
Point Dairy Farm, which was hauled out
on the marine railway at Alexandria Sat-
urday to have new wheel and ice pillow
placed in position, was put overheard yes
terday evening ready for service. All the
tugs that will be kept in service during the
winter have plows on and are ready for
the freezing weather We are now having.
The dwelling house on the farm~of Cap
tain Kintz near Marshall Hall. which was
destroyed by fire about two weeks ago, is
to be replaced by new and larger struc-
ture, the plans for which have been COM
pleted and the material is on the ground
The erection of the building will be pushed
as rapidly as the weather will allow.
The United States naval tug. Triton yes
terday took tank car Of oil and box car
with material for the naval powder maya
zine, to Indian Head .I
The steamer Norfolk, in tow of the tug
NJ. Mitchell Davis, has arrived at the New
port News shipyard and will go into the
drydock there.
The telephone line through the northern
neck of Virginia will, it is understood, be
extended in the early spring from Heaths-
vile to Wicomico Church, with stations at
several points in Wicomico district
The steamer Lily and Howard has ar
rived in port with a full cargo of cord wood
from the lower river for Carter & Clark.
The ram schooner Harlan w. Huston has
been taken to Alexandria to complete the
unloading of her cargo Of lumber at the
wharf of Smoot & Co.
The pungy Cora l.. Mckenney has ar
rived at. Alexandria with a cargo of Po-
tomac river oysters for the dealers there.
The schooner Rebecca Smith, the Goldie
c. and the slOop Ethel have arrived in port
with full loads of oysters, and are at the
18th street wharf.
The Jos. b. Anderson is unloading her
cargo of lumber at the old planning mill
wharf, between Sth and 9th streets south
west,