Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
COAL CARGOES GOING TO NEW
ENGLAND PORTS.
Launch Americas Under Repairs
SpeedRecord Breaker Under Con-
struction - Other Matters.

! Barge No. 10 of the Consolidation Coal
| Company left here a day or two ago with
| about 100 tons Of soft coal aboard for
| Boston, and yesterday afternoon the tug
| VIM. H Yerkes, jr, brought another barge
| of the Consolidation Company to George
| town and she will also load soft coal for
a New England port About 5000 tons of
coal have been shipped from Georgetown
| in these barges for northern points in the
| last month or six weeks
| Preparations now being made for the
opening of the excursion season at Motley
| Hail. on the Maryland side of the river be-
| low Alexandria. The wharf at the resort
| is being rebuilt and the steamer River
| Queen makes daily trips with painters and
| carpenters who are working on the
| grounds.
There was fair stock of fresh fish on
| sale at the 18th street wharf wholesale
market this morning, the dealers having re-
| ceived supplies of salt water fish from the
! shores about Old Point. Shad are scarce
| and are commanding good prices. The
follows: For gray trout, to cents per
| pound founders, to 10 cents per pound
| Spanish mackerel, 10 to u cents per pound;
| pan rock, 10 cents per pound; medium
rock, - cents per pound: boiling rock, 13
| to 10 cents per pound; sturgeon, 10 cents
| per pound; salmon trout, 10 to II cents per
| pound; green pike, y 10 > cents per poulu,
| white perch, 10 to Is cents per pound;
| white perch, small, % cents to $1.2o per
| bunch; catfish large, % to 40 cents per
bunch; catfish. small, 10 to IS cents IN per
| per bunch; yellow perch, small, to 10
cents per bunch; carp. 10 to 20 cents each;
| cells, 8 to 8 cents each; herring. 10 to 20
| cents per hundred; Potomac roe shad. 81
| to 35 cents each; buck shad. 16 to II cents
| each; hickory jacks, to cents each The
| end of the present week will bring the
| a1n hut oCa10 will
| continue to arrive for several weeks, as
long as there is any sale for the oysters.
This morning they were selling at 90 to
| 10 cents per bushel CLANS and hard Shell
| crabs continue in demand, and are selling
| at the prices quoted yesterday.
| The large steam launch Americas, owned
by parties in Alexandria, is hauled out on
! the big marine railway there for overhaul
| ing of hull, painting and repair work to mt
| her for service on the river during the
summer. She will be used for hunting and
| fishing parties on the lower Potomac.
| Cumberland & Son have large house
boat at their boatyard foot of 9th street,
to be rebuilt and put in condition for serv-
| ice on the river. They are also building
| several batteauS and small row boats for
| parties here.
There is building in Rayner's boathouse
| on Water street near 10th a small scoW-
| shaped boat which the builder claims will
| made a speed of forty miles an hour. The
boat will be driven by two gasoline ex-
| plosive engines, working twin propellers Of
| a pecullar design
General Port News.
| One of the large sand and gravel digging
machines belonging to sand company
here has been taken into the cove on the
lower side of Piscataway creek near Bry-
ans Point, and will dig sand and gravel
| for use here.
The occupants of the wharf on which the
new District morgue is to be built are va
eating the property preparatory to turning
| 1t over to the Commissioners.
| Machinists are at work aboard the
steamer Kent lining up her shaft and over
hauling her machinery. preparatory to
placing her upon the river route during the
! summer months.
| The pleasure craft now lying in the tidal
basin near the new bathing beach will in
| a day or two be brought to their summer
anchorage in the harbor off the fish wharf
The building of the new wharf for OK
| cursion passengers at Colonial Beach is
| being pushed and will be ready for use by
the time the excursion season begins in the
| latter part of May.
| Mr.. H. L. Biscoe has gone to Fredericks-
burg, and will, it is stated, make bust
ness trip along the Rappahannock river
| from that point.
| Yerkes has gone to his home in Charles
| county Nd to see his aged father, who is
| i'll.
| Capt. Pete Baggott has been made mate
| of the River View excursion steamer Sam
| uel j. Pentz. Mr.. Bob Wood has been APP
| pointed quartermaster on the Pentz
| The schooner William Meekins has ar
rived here with cargo of about 100000
feet of Virginia pine lumber for the dealers.
| The British schooner. Fred H. Gibson,
| which left port Saturday, will go light to
| Fernandina, Fla, and will there load pine
lumber for a northern point.
The barge Black Giant yesterday carried
a load of lumber to Fort washington Tor
| use In the construction work there.
| The schooner Silver Star has arrived in
| mort with q full cargo of cord wood from
| Ouantico creek for Carter & Clark.
The Nellie BLY,, having aboard a large
| cArgo of foundry iron, has arrived at Alex
andria from a river point for julius Dri-
fuse & Co.
| The tug Eugenia brought three scows
laden with gravel into port yesterday even
ing from the diggers near Fort Hunt.
The sailing barge Daniel Is unloading a
| cargo of soft coal at the Bryan's Point fish
ing station for use In the shad hatchery
| there.
| The Mary Francis, Farmers Friend, But
| cher Boy, J. D. Bell, Annie c. Johnson.
s. l.. Bowen, J. ]. Saunders, Alphabet and
| Minnie May completed the unloading of
their cargoes yesterday and sailed for ports
| on the Potomac and Chesapeake bay.
The schooner, Rover, laden with lumber
from Norfolk, is expected to reach this city
| within the next day or two
The Marietta Out Of Commission.
The Navy Department is informed that