Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER TULL UNDER CHARTER
TO BALTIMORE PARTIES.
Transport Kearney Returns to Port
Shot for Fort Hunt-Among
the Freight Cruisers.

The steamer q. James Tull. Capt. Select
man, which has been bringing cargoes of
lumber and other freight from Aqua creek.
Occoquan and river points to this city, has
been chartered by Baltimore parties and
will leave the Potomac in few days. The
steamer will be employed In transporting
canned tomatoes from the factories on the
Sassafras river to Baltimore and the taking
Of empty cans and boxes to the factories.
The steamer Is under charter for several
weeks, but on the expiration OF her con-
tract will return to the Potomac and take
up her regular route here. The departure
of the Tull will leave the steamer Lily and
Howard the only vessel of the class on the
river.
There was but very scant supply of
fresh fish of any kind on sale at the 18th
street wharf wholesale fish market this
morning. the easterly storm on the bay and
coast having prevented the fishermen from
working their nets yesterday. The demand
continues excellent, the stock on hand be-
Ing disposed of early Prices show no
changes from those of yesterday and are
as follows:
Small trout. IS to 50 per barrel; medium
trout, $40 to $l1 per barrel: large trout,
| to 7 cents per pound: butterfish. 50 to 81
per barrek spot. 50 to 81 per barrel; fioun-
ders, to cents per pound; Spanish mack
erel. IL to IA cents per pound; pan rock. 10
to II cents per pound; medium rock. ID to
L
cents per pound: sturgeon. 10 to II cents
per pound; green pike. to cents per
pound; porgies, ~ to cents per pound:
blue fish and tailors. to cents per pound;
pompano, 10 to 20 cents per pound bass,
10 to 20 cents per pound; white perch, 10 to
IL cents per pound: white perch, small. 20
| to % cents per bunch; catfish. large. 25 to
30 cents per bunch; catfish, small to 10
| cents per bunch: yellow perch. small. 10 to
30 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to % cents
each; cells. 3 cents each.
| The supply of crabs is also light. while
| the demand. owing to the scarcity Of fish,
has been good. This morning they were
| selling at $1.50 to 81 per barrel. CLANS are
also in good demand at prices ranging from
| 40 to 30 cents per hundred.
| Since yesterday six eight vessels with
cargOes OF watermelons from the eastern
shore of Virginia and North Carolina have
arrived and this morning there was large
stock on hand. The demand Is fair and
they are selling at $1S to $40 per hundred
for selects: sl2 to $14 per hundred for
primes and as low as - per hundred for
small and inferior fruit.
The transport Kearney having completed
repairs and overhauling at Alexandria re-
turned to this city yesterday and Is again
at anchor in the harbor off the Washington
barracks She will be used during the re-
mainder of the summer by the engineers
battalion stationed at the barracks In their
practice work. -
| chimes are working in the river below Fort
| Hunt wharf taking from the river bed fine
grades of building sand, which are loaded
| in scows and sent to this city for use in
building and street improvement work.
General News Of the Port.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom passed out at the capes Of the Chesa-
peake yesterday bound for New York.
where she has been assigned to temporary
| duty as one Of the guard boats during the
| international cup races.
| Twenty-four large and eighteen small
shot were carried to Fort Hunt yesterday
| on the steamer Kent with lot Of quarter
masters stores. The shot will be used in
| the practice work with the guns.
| The schooner Rockaway Is unloading her
cargo of pine lumber at the wharf of Thos
r. Riley, foot of 9th street.
The schooner Lewis NJ Thomas is in port
with a cargo Of pine boards from lower
Potomac point for Johnson &c WimSatt.
The schooner Isaac Solomon is in port
with a full cargo Of cord wood from a river
port for Carter & Clark.
The Kathleen. laden with lumber from
| a river port, was among the fleet of ves-
sells that came into port yesterday.
The schooner Alice Strickland has been
taken to Alexandria to complete the I'M
loading Of her cargo of lumber for A1tche-
son & Bro.
The two-masted schooner William Oliver,
with about 10000 feet Of scantlings aboard,
came into port yesterday afternoon from a
Virginia lumber port.
The schooner Manuel R. Curza has COM
pleted discharging a cargo of lathes here.
| and was yesterday taken by the tug James
o. Carter to the Alexandria shipyard. where
she will load railway ties for q northern
| port.
The schooner Clara Coward has arrived in
port with full cargo Of cord wood from a
| river point for the dealers.
| The two-masted schooner James H Oliver.
laden with grain and cord wood. Is In port
| from down river for the dealers.