Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-20
ON THE RIVER FRONT
IMPRovEMENHE TO ALERT FOR
INCREASING HER SPEED.
Steamer Tull to Lave for Baltimore
Stone for Bort Monroe
General News.

"hoiA AoOt VI CtH&s5tIcct, WIulc uci CAplo-
sive engine Is being uverhauled and is hav-
ing improvements made in 1t that will
greatly add to It's effectiveness. A new
three-bladed propeller wheel, which Is to
be placed on the boat before 1t is put over
board. has also been received at the boat
house. and is now waiting to be placed on
the boat. The new wheel is built for speed
and with the improvements to the ma
chlnery OF the boat, is expected to give her
increased speed. The Alert is now one of
the fastest boats of her class on the river
but her owners are confident when she
comes out she will be the fastest launch
on the Potomac.
The steamer E. James Tull Capt Select
man. arrived in port yesterday afternoon
with cargo of pine lumber and wood The
Tull Will leave the Potomac shortly for
baltimore, where she will be employed in
Irelghtlng between the Canning factories
on the upper part of Chesapeake bay and
Baltimore The steamer will be away for
six weeks or two months.
The big tug M. Mitchell Davis, owned by
A. j. Taylor & Bro. of this city, which has
been under charter, towing mud alden
scows from the dredges at work in Balti-
more harbor for several months past, will
complete her contract in few weeks, and
Will at once return to this city. The Davis
VIII be given thorough oyerhauing here
pe1ore returning to duty at general towing
on M, chesapeake bay and tributaries.
street wharf wholesale market this morn
ing was by no means heavy, though it was
Ialriy prisk. Porgies have appeared on the
market and are i'll good demand. Prices
sno" some FEW changes and are as follows
small trout. 81 to $50 per barrel; me-
clum trout. &c. per pound; large trout, &C.
per pound; butterfish, Sc to 81 per barrel;
spot, $3 to. - per barrel; founders, &c. to
&C. per pound; Spanish macke. ell, 1Sc per
pound; pan rock. Zoe. to 12c per pound );
meolum rock. BE. to 14c per pound: boil
ing rock, lie. to 1Sc. per pound; sturgeon
loc per pound; green pike, &c. to SC. PEI
pound; porgles, 20c. to pc. each; bfuefish
and ta1lors &c. to &c. per pound; pompano,
l5c to &c. per pound; bass, lie. to 15c
per pound: white perch 1Oc. TO 12c per
pound; white perch. small DOC to BIC. PEI
puncn; catfish, large, &c. to iOc. per bunch :;
catflsh, small. Sc. to 10c. per bunch; yellow
perch. small, 10c. to 30c. per bunch; mullets
1oc. to 2oc. per bunch; carp, 15c. to 2Jc
each cells, sc. each
Hard crabs are on the market in fairly
large quantities and come mainly from
lower river sources. They were selling at
II 20 to - per barrel this morning, with
Ialr demand. CLAIMS still coming from
Norfoik in small quantities and are selling
at 1Oc. per hundred. Oysters are on the
market and sell at 81 to 81 % per bushel
Watermeions are somewhat more scarce
this morning than they have been for sew
eral days the receipts yesterday and today
having been very light. There were on
sale this morning about 1000 melons, and
selected fruit sold at SIG to S1S per hun
bred. primes at $40 To $12 per hundred and
culls at 81 to Sc per hundred
OF General Interest
1t Is stated that ssmuch of. the broken
stone to be used In the rehabilitatio of
Fort Monroe will be- obtained at the quar-
ries on the Potomac:near GEORGETOWN. One
schooner is now iyinY at Georgetown load
ing cargo of the istone, and will leave
n -,
will load there for the fort within the
next month or SIX weeks .., e4-.,
Mr.. John Callahan, general manager Of
the Norfolk and Washington line of steam
ers, with number of the members of the
board of directors of the line, has gone to
New York to witness the international
yacht races -a-
Mr.. Thomas b. Garnett,p purser of the
steamer Harry Randall. has also gone to
New York TO witness the races. During
Mr.. Garnett'x absence Mr.. Mittie Grimes
will act as Durser of the Randall
Mr.. Ethel Sanford is acting as a deck
mate on the Randall Hne during the alb
sencey of Mate PLY George at his home in
Westmoreland county, Va.
The schooner Nettie W. Craig was
brought into port this morning in tow of
the tug Camilla, and will unload her cargo
at the Georgetown wharves
The schooner Sarah E. Wright laden
with lumber from the Kappa hammock river
arrived in port today for Johnson & VIM
satt.
The steamer Stella Lewis has arrived
here with a cargo of river gravel for one
of the street paving companies.
The Silver Spray. Lottie White and c. c.
Wheeler were among the vessels that I'M
loaded cargoes and sailed yesterday for
various ports to load.
The large four masted schooner Lewis H
Coward completed the unloading of a cargo
of ice at the 10th street wharf of the Ameri-
can Ice Company yesterday and sailed for
Baltimore or Norfolk to load coal
The schooner c. w. Reach is in port with
cargo Of pine lumber from the lower
river for the dealers. She is lying III the
harbor waiting an opportunity to berth and
unload.
The bugeye R. H. Stuart has arrived at
Alexandria with a cargo of grain from
Nomini for the dealers. 800
The schooner Clara Leonard, laden with
cord wood from Quantico, came into port
yesterday evening consigned to Carter &
Clark
The schooner Earl Biscoe having aboard
a load of pine boards from a river point
has arrived in port for the dealers.
The tug George w. Pride with seven
scows laden with sand in tow and the tug
Eugenia with four sand-laden scows, came
into port yesterday afternoon for the CO.
lumba Sand Company.