Evening star., 1903-07-15
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE CARGOES OF LUMBER AR
RIVING FOR DEALERS.
British Vessels in Port-Shortage Of
Tugs for Bay9Towing-
General News.

Since Sunday last ten or more vessels,
all laden with pine humber of various kinds.
have come into port from Virginia and
North Carolina points,. consigned to the
dealers here, and they bring nearly 2,OOO,OO0
feet Of the commodity.
The favoring breezes from the south
brought the larger portion of the fleet up
the river yesterday evening, and in this
fleet are the schooners VIM. H. Taylor,
Annie Cowbers, c. ]. Bowley, John McGin-
mis-, Neptune and 8. J. Della. Already in
port and unloading are the schooners Sam
uel L. Russell. Brooklyn. Murray Vandiver
and B. F. Caton. Washington is rapidly
becoming the chief lumber distributing
point for a large section of Maryland and
Virginia.
The cool weather of the past two days
has made the demand for fresh fish of all
kinds much greater than 1t was last week,
but the supply now being received by the
dealers is small, and this morning con-
sisted mainly Of gray trout and porgies,
with a few bluefish and rock. River-caught
fish were very scarce, and prices this morn
ing were as follows:
For gray trout, 50 to 81 per barrel; but
ter fish. So per barrel; founders. to 7
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel. to II
cents per pound; pan rock, to cents per
pound; medium rock, to cents per
pound; boiling rock. 12a to Is cents per
pouilN, Slui 6cOL, ~ " IL CeHIS pei pOuhos
green pike. to cents per pound; porgies.
21a to cents per pound; bluefish. 31a to
cents per pound; bass, 10 to % cents per
pound; white perch, 10 to II cents per
per bunch; catfish. large, II to 10 cents per
bunch: catfish. small, 5 to cents per bunch;
yellow perch. large. Is to 80 cents per
bunch; yellow perch. small, 10 cents per
bunch; carp, 10 to 25 cents each; eelS,
cents each.
Hard crabs are again scarce and prices
nave taken an advance. This morning they
sold at 81 to 81 per barrel according to
size. There are no soft crabs on the mar
ket at the wharf. small vessel laden
with clans from Pocomoke sound. Va, ar
rived at the wharf today. They are SELL
ing at 45 cents per hundred from the boat
and in the houses on the wharf.
Inc British schooner Syranaria, having
ABOARD cargo Of over q million laths, ar
rived In port yesterday evening from ST.
Johns. New Brunswick, consigned to the
dealers. On her way up the river she
stopped Off Alexandria while Dr. Snowden
the marine hospital surgeon. went aboard,
and finding no cases of sickness allowed
her to come to this city. There are now
two British vessels in port the steamer
Myrtledene and the schooner Just in
The heavy iron girders on which the new
morgue building is to rest have been placed
In position on the wharf at the foot of 7th
street and the work Is being pushed. The
girders are all over forty-one feet long and
are heavy pieces of iron
General News Of the Port,
Two new barges built in Baltimore for the
Columbia Sand Company of this city have
been completed and will sail for this city
to be turned over to their owners in a few
days. The barges will bring sand and
gravel from the dredges down river to this
city.
The present scarcity Of towboats on
Chesapeake bay has caused vessel masters
taken by vessels In sailing up the bay to
baltimore. The tugs of Taylor Brothers
Meet have taken good care Of the vessels
bound up the Potomac and all have been
promptly delivered here Many of the tugs
which are usually employed in towing on
the river are now chartered for special
work.
The schooner William H. Taylor with
full load of wood from a river point came
into port yesterday evening consigned to
the local dealers.
The schooner Fannie. with a cargo Of
building sand from Greenway flats, arrived
this morning for alers in Georgetown
The schooner Kate Muller is in port light
with cargo Of cord wood from a river
point for Carter & Clark.
The schooner John McGinnis, having
aboard a load of pine boards from the
James river. has arrived here consigned to
H. l.. Biscoe.
The three -masted schooner Dora Allison
on the Eastern branch unloading a cargo
of stone from New York for in the
Army War College now building.
The steamer Tull came into port light
yesterday evening and will load a cargo to
the lower Potomac.