Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BUILDING OF FIRM RoADWAYS
TO WHARF APPROACHES.
Repairing Tug Sunbeam-New Buoys
in Harbor-General and
Personal Items

The frequent recent rains have made the
approaches to all the earthen piers along
the river front extremely muddy, and
though oyster shells have been used In
| large quantities, they do not seem to be
of much benefit. At the Norfolk and WASH
| ingtoa line wharf broken stone Is being used
In large quantities to make solid roadway.
and If it is a success ii will be adopted at
the other wharves.
AS the ground along the river front was
nearly all redeemed from the river, there is
no firm foundation under 1t. and the stone
and shell placed on it soon sinks out OF
sight, leaving the approaches to the
wharves as muddy as ever. Paving may
have to be resorted to in the end to do away
with the nuisance, but this VIII not be done
until the wharf leases are all settled
There was a good supply of fresh fish Of
all kinds on hand at the wholesale fish
market at the 11th street wharf this morn
ing, and the demand was excellent. Prices
remain steady, and are as follows: For pan
rock, 10 to 12c. per pound; medium rock, 10
to Ice. per pound; boiling rock. 10 to zoe.
per pound; jumping mullet, 212 to 3iac. per
pound; Spanish mackerel, to 10c. per
pound; salmon trout, 0 to 1Oc. per pound;
red snapper, e to Sc. per pound; red drum,
4c per pound; sheepshead, to &c. per
pound; founders, to &C. per pound: Po-
tomac black bass. to Zoe. per pound;
North Carolina black bass to 1Oc per
pound; green pike. 8 to Zoe. per pound;
white perch. IL to 12c. per pound; white
perch, small 80 to SOC. per bunch; catfish,
large 80 to 40c. per bunch; catfish, small, 20
to 25c. per bunch; yellow perch. 10 to 4Oc.
per bunch; carp, 15 to 4Oc. each; eelS, &c.
each; Florida roe shad, 75c. to 81 each:
buck shad, 40 to Soc each, and herring. 4c.
each.
There is but little change in the con-
ditions at the oyster wharf today from
those Of yesterday. except that the cooler
weather has had stiffening effect on the
at yxvti nh Yhn f1,nr
making weak. Prices range from % cents
per bushel for small oysters up to sl.1O
per bushel for selected stock.
The tug Maryland. having three lighters
in tow, laden with lumber and machinery,
left port yesterday. 1t Is understood the
machinery is to be used in new brick
making plant. to be built at point on
the river below Alexandria.
The little tug Sunbeam, belonging to
Weand & Mcdonald, the contractors for
the new Long bridge and used by them
in the bridge work. is hauled out the
marine railway at Benefits boat yard for
caulking Of hull and other repair work.
She will be put overheard in the next day
or two.
1t is stated that the tug George W.
Pride, Capt. AL Fair, will go out of conf
mission shortly to be fitted with a new
boiler and to have her machinery put IN
thorough order.
ala Along the Wharves.
The schooners Clara Leonard and Irene
are lying in Nomini creek loaded with
cord wood for the dealers here. A large
proportion Of the cord wood used in this
city comes from Nomini creek.
The easterly winds of Tuesday night ana
yesterday caused unusually high tides in
the river, and all the low lands in the
neighborhood were flooded. The high tide
was followed by an equally low tide. caus-
ed by the heavy westerly winds.
The workmen employed in the building OF
the new sea wall about the Washington
barracks park ran out of stone yesterday
and work had TO be discontinued. Stone for
the wall is now being blasted at the quar-
ries above Georgetown, and work will be
resumed as as a supply reaches the
barracks.
For the past two or three days the river
filled with logs and trash brought off shore
by the high tides. The winds last night,
however, blew most Of it ashore
The lighthouse authorities report that
buoy No. 2 on Geisboro' Point, and buoy
No. in the Georgetown channel, which
were carried away by the ice several days
ago. have been replaced by new spar
buoys.
guire, after coaling up at Baltimore. sailed
for a cruise on Chesapeake bay on the
lookout for vessels in trouble on account OF
the ice and storms Of winter. She will be
kept in this service until the mild weather
of the spring begins
The tWo-mas ted schooner Walter p. Snow,
laden with pine lumber from q Virginia
lumber point, has arrived here for the
dealers.
The W. H. H. Bixler came into port yes
terday afternoon laden with oysters for the
dealers.
The schooner Julia and Annie, with full
cargo of cord wood aboard, came into port
yesterday for Carter & Clark.
The Ada Ballenger has arrived at Alexan.
dria with a load Of lower river oysters for
the dealers.