Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCOW LAUNCHED FOB CO.
LUMRIA SAND COMPANY.
At the bodybuilding Yards-Cargoes Of
Ice Coming - Personal
and General

MeSSrS. lean q son yesterday afternoon
at high water launched large sand-carry-
Ing scow. which they have just completed
for the National Sand Dredging Company
of this city. Within the past two months
Deans boatyard has completed and launch
ed three or four Of these scows Tor the
local sand companies. and they are all now
In service. The scows are large boats of
their class and will carry nearly hundred
yards Of sand. They will run between the
dredges. below Alexandria. and this city.
The wharf-building machine. belonging to
w. H. Winston. which has been employed
since early last spring in building a wharf
at Colonial Beach. Va. and rebuilding the
wharves at Wilkersons and Riverside, on
the Potomac. has completed its work and
was brought into port yesterday.
The schooner 8. L. Bowen which has
been hauled out on the large marine rail-
way at tho Alexandria shipyard, was COM
pletsd yesterday and was put overheard.
she sailed for the lower river and will load
BACK 20 TINS city. Her place on the railway
was taken by the small three-masted
schooner Sarah s. Tyler which is t. have
her hull caulked and for other necessary
repair work When the Tyler Is launched
the United States army lighter Kearney
viii be hauled out to be supplied with new
propeller wheels.
The schooner Mary Ann Shea has been
launched from Benefits railway here after
being caulked and having her huh generally
everhauled. The Shea has also been re-
painted. and will leave here TODAY for the
lower river to bring a cargo Of cord wood
to this city.
At the Fish Market.
While the supply Of fish on hand at the
wholesale market on the nth street wharf
this morning was not large, it was ample
| to meet the light demand
The fishermen operating the summer
seines In the river have had a very duh
season of 1T. and the supply of. river fish
has been very light for several weeks past
But few black bass and perch are coming
TO this market from any source. Prices
today are firm and are as follows:
For small trout, 81 to So per barrel: me-
olum trout. ~ to 81 per barrel: large trout
TO . cents per pound; butterfish So per
parrel; spot. - to s. per barrel: founders
to cents per pound; Spanish mackerel
10 to ~ cents per pound; pan rock 10 to-
IL cents per pound; medium rock, 13 to IA
cents per pound; boiling rock Is cents per
pound; sturgeon, to 10 cents per pound ::
green pike 6 to cents per pound porpies
~ to cents per pound; blueffsh. to I
cents per pound: pompano. 15 cents per
pound; bass. 10 to % cents per pound:
white perch. 10 to IL cents per pound:
white perch. small. 20 to Is cents per
bunch: catfish. large. % to 30 cents Der
bunch; catfish, small, to 10 cents per
bunch; yellow perch, small. 10 to 30 cents
per bunch; carp, 10 to % cents each; cells,
5 cents each. '
Hard crabs and CLAIMS were on sale but
| In small quantities. The former are selling
| at $1-15 to 80 per barrel and the latter
at 40 to 80 cents per hundred. Watermelons
from North Carolina by steamer via Nor.
folk sold this morning at 20 to % cents
each.
The four-masted schooner Merom. laden
with about 800 tons Of ice from the KEN
| nebec river. has arrived In port for the
American Ice Company. She Is unloadin
her cargo at the 10th street wharf. Five
or six other large sehooners are either at
sea coming here or are loading Ice at the
Maine ice houses for this city and win ar
rive here during the month
Several large barges. which brought car
goes OF hard coal to this city, are now ly-
| goes of railway ties for the dealers in
Philadelphia and at other points in the
north. The barge George H. Baker has
completed her cargo at Stifs's wharf and
William A. Smoot has taken her place at
Stifs to load.
The Rappahannock is lying at Somerset
Beach wharf taking on a large load of ties
and oarses are lying In quantities for car
goes.
The steamer Estelle Randall on her trip
from Glynont yesterday afternoon brought
up six fine horses from the Yoemans stock
farm near Gunston. Va. where they had
been trained. They were on their way
north to go upon the track.
The tug George w. Pride Is under charter
by the National Sand Dredging Company of
this city, and is employed in towing sand
and gravel laden scOws from the digging
machines at work in the river below Alex
andria to this city.
The old warehouse on the wharf, between
the new morgue wharf and the harbor office
has been converted into stable for the
wagon and boat used by the harbor police
In recovering the bodies Of persons found
drowned in the river.
Personal and General
Capt. James Marmaduke has resigned
his position mate Of the steamer Ar
rowsmith and is now on duty on the
steamer Queen.
Capt. Theodore Keene and Engineer
White Incorporating the steamer Kent for
her annual inspection.
Mr.. Frank Luckett has been made mate
Of the steamer T. v. Arrowsmith on the
His talk with Graham had in a measure
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