Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SNOW MAKES ICE AN INCH THICK
ON RIVER.
British Bark at Alexandria - Wood
Schooner Goes Ashore-Matters
General and Personal.

The storm Saturday evening filled the
river with floating snow. and the drop in
temperature solidified it into ice. 1t was
broken up Sunday by the steamers and the
winds and tides carried it ashore
The ice piling against the new pier head
at Glymont last week did the wharf no
damage, but it Is feared it has injured the
wharf structures along the lower river. The
ice formed Saturday night was about an
inch thick.
Plans are now being prepared for the cree
ton at Colonial Beach, Va, Of a new wharf
for the use Of the excursion steamers dur
ing the summer Work on the wharf will
be begun in the early spring.
The supply of fresh fish on hand at the
18th street wharf this morning was not
large. but was ample to meet the demand.
But few fish are now coming from nearby
waters, most Of the stock on hand coming
from the south. Prices today are as fol-
lows: For pan rock, 10 to II cents per
pound; medium rock. Is to IS cents per
pound; boiling rock, 10 to 20 cents per
pound; Spanish mackerel, 10 to II cents per
pound; salmon trout, to 0 cents per
pound; gray trout, 6 to cents per pound;
sheepshead, to 6 cents per pound fioun-
ders, to cents per pound: Potomac black
bass, ID to Is cents per pound; North Caro-
lima black bass, to 10 cents per pound;
bluefish and tailors, 10 to II cents per
pound; green pike, to 10 cents per pound;
white perch, IL to Is cents per pound: white
perch. small, 20 to so cents per bunch; cat
fish, large, IS to so cents per bunch; cat
fish, small. IL to 25 cents per bunch; yellow
perch, 20 to 40 cents per bunch: carp. IS to
40 cents each; eels, cents each; Florida
roe shad, 60 cents each: buck shad, 40
cents each. and herring, 4 cents each.
The arrival Of several boats laden with
oysters from the lower river since Saturday.
last has replenished the supply, which was
becoming low. and the demand is good.
Prices range from Csc to $1.20 per bushel,
according to quality.
The barkentine Albatross, flying the flag
OF Great Britain, has arrived at Alexandria
and Is lying at the wharf Of Bryant & Co.,
70 discharge cargo of fertilizer material.
This Is the first vessel flying a foreign flag
to come up the Potomac for long time.
The vessel is from Punta Gorda.
The flying jib schooner Clara Leonard,
laden with cargo of cord wood from
Nomini for this city. came up the river
Saturday evening. and in lacking across
near Mann's fertilizer factory in the heavy
snow storm she went ashore on the river
flats and remained there hard and fast
aground until early yesterday.
Ducks Numerous in River.
Ducks continue quite numerous on the
river between this city and the mouth Of
Four-Mile Run, several large focks Of over
a hundred birds each having been seen yes
terday by the officers Of the ferry line
steamers. The birds are very shy, and fly
before boat can get within shooting dis
lance.
The large sand digging machine of the
Columbia Sand Dredging Company of this
city, which is at Deans boat yard Alexan-
dria, is having her hull almost entirely re-
built. Another of the sand digging machines
Is at the Alexandria shipyard being pre-
pared for work soon as spring opens.
The tug VIM. H. Mohler, which has been
out on the railway at Alexandria for sew
eral days having her hull metal painted
and overhauled, has been launched from
the railway and will be ready for service
in few days.
Ten cars laden with gas coal for this city
were on the trestle at Shepherds Landing
yesterday evening. The coal will be trans
ferred to barges today and brought to this
city.
Chief Engineer White of the steamer Es-
telle Randall was attacked by pneumonia
on his steamer Saturday evening and was
taken to Providence Hospital for treatment
Chief Engineer VIII Reed has taken charge
of the Randalls engine room during Mr.
Whites illness.
tow Of an Oil barge and five coal-carrying
barges which have recently unloaded their
cargoes here, for Philadelphia, by way of
Baltimore.
bushels Of Potomac river oysters came into
port under her sail power yesterday even
ing.
The Lady Shelton, which Saturday COM
pleted the unloading Of her cargo Of Ium-
ber sailed Yesterday for the James river
The p. p. Evans and Amanda Lewis sailed
for the oyster beds in the lower Potomac
The tug George w. Pride, with a fleet of
six vessels laden with oysters In tow, came
into port Saturday.
The pungy James H. Beach is at Alex
andria with cargo of Potomac river oys-
tiers for the market there