Evening star., 1903-11-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING TUGBOATS FOR WIN
TER's WORK ON ICE.
Dredging of Eastern Branch Channel
Tug Baby in Service-Other
Marine Notes.

The prospect of cold weather and the dam
ger of freeze has caused the tug boat
owners to look after ice plows. The plows
are being overhauled and put in readiness
to go on the boats on the first appearance
of a heavy freeze. The owners of the large
feet Of pleasure craft owned here are put
ting their boats in shape to be laid up in
some sheltered spot about the harbor, or to
be hauled out for the winter months. At all
the boat yards here and at Alexandria the
little craft are being taken from the water
and put under shelter to protect them from
the storms of the next two or three
months.
The barge Cecil. laden with stone to be
used in the improvements now being made
at the Washington barracks. is loaded at
New York and is expected to leave there
in tow of tug for this city today. She
should be here by the end of the week.
The supply of fresh fish on hand at the
11th street wharf market this morning was
very small, while the demand was quite
heavy. Prices this morning fol-
lows For small trout, cents per pound;
large trout, cents per pound; medium
trout, 8 cents per pound; butterfish. to
cents per pound spot, So to So per box;
founders, to 6 cents per pound; Spanish
mackerel, II to 10 cents per pound pan
rock, cents per pound; medium rock. 10
cents per pound; boiling rock, - to IS cents
green pike 8 to 10 cents per pound; bluefish
and taiors, to cents per pound; Potomac
bass, 10 cents per pound; North Carolina
black bass, to cents per pound; salmon
trout, Z to cents per pound: white perch,
small, 10 to p cents per bunch; catfish,
large, 20 to 30 cents per bunch; cat
hsh, small, 10 cents per bunch; yellow
perch. small, ID to 35 cents per bunch; null
| let's 20 to % cents per bunch; carp, 10 to p
cents each; eels cents each; jumping
mullets, 4 cents per pound; drum, cents
per pound.
The demand for oysters In the shell has
peen quite heavy at the wharf market dur
ing the past two days, and the supply this
morning was quite small. Prices range
from 55 to 80 cents per bushel
Ducks from North Carolina are on sale,
but they are not up to the standard of the
market and are selling at low prices
The hydraulic dredge Dewey, which is
employed in deepening the water in the
eastern branch channel from the river to
the navy yard, has completed her work to a
point short distance above Buzzard's
Point. This point. which projected out into
the creek for nearly hundred feet maxi
ing sharp bend in the channel has been
cut away and the channel made nearly
straight.
The tug Baby of the Columbia Sand
Dredging Company's fleet, which was haul
ed out the marine railway to have a
hawser taken from around her propeller
was out of the water but few hours. No
damage was done her wheel by the accident
ana the tug was able to return to service
as soon as launched
General Port News.
A little power launch. with no name has
been brought to the wharf of Forsberg &
Murray to be given an overhauling and to
be supplied with new engine
The mast of the power SlOop Greyhound
has been removed and her owner is pre-
pairing to put her out Of commission for the
season.
1t is stated that soundings recently made
at the entrance to the harbor below this
city show that since the dredging was done
in the Georgetown channel, near Buena
Vista wharf, about two years ago, the
channel has hlled from six inches to a foot
and half.
The United States army engineers tug
General Warren made trip down the river
yesterday with a party of engineer officers
aboard on a tour of inspection
The large float used in the experiments
with the Langley flying machine at Wide
water last summer has been taken to
Deans boat yard at Alexandria, where
also has new sand-carrying scow on the
stock ready to be put overheard In a day
OF two.
The overhaulng of the tug Martin DALI
man at Alexandria has been completed,
and the boat returned to service towing
clay-laden scows this morning.
The schooner Julia, laden with pine lum-
bef from the James river is in port unload
ing at l. W. riley 5 WndrI 1Or Cnurch d
Stephenson.
The cargo of hard coal aboard the schoon-
er Quinby is consigned to Stephenson &
Bro, and she is at the wharf foot of Tth
street unloading her cargo.
The barge Calvert, laden with about 800
tons of hard coal from Philadelphia, was
brought up to Alexandria yesterday by the
tug DaunteSs.
The bugeye r. II. Stuart is in port with
a part cargo of sweet potatoes from Nomini
Creek, Va.