Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
REPAIRS TO SHAFT OF STEAMER
NORFOLK COMPLETED.
Tug Carter Working at Long Bridge
-Overhauling Steamboats, and
Tugs-River News.

The steamer Norfolk Of the Norfolk and
Washington line, which has been at the
shipyard at Newport News for the past
two weeks being fitted with q new main
shaft, returned to this city yesterday and
at once took her place on the route, leaving
here in the evening for Norfolk. While
away the interior Of the state rooms on the
steamer was painted and decorated and
other work was done. The steamer New
port News was relieved from duty by the
return of the Norfolk and is laid up at the
wharf of the company here. 1t is under
stood that the steamer Newport News will
leave shortly for Sparrow's Point, near Bal
timore, where she will have additional state
rooms put on her hurricane deck.
The supply of fresh fish on sale at the
18th street oyster wharf was somewhat
larger this morning than usual at this time
of the year. Fish are now coming to mar
ket from Georgia and South Carolina points
and are selling readily. The demand today
was fair and prices were: For pan rock 10
to - cents per pound medium rock, Is to
Is cents per pound; boiling rock, 10 to 20
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 10 to -
cents per pound; salmon trout, to 8 cents
per pound; gray trout, to cents per
pound; sheepshead, 3 to e cents per pound ;
founders, to 6 cents per pound; Potomac
black bass, Ii to 10 cents per pound; North
Carolina black bass, to 10 cents per pound
bluefish and taiors, 10 to II cents per
pound; green rike, to 10 cents per pound
white perch, II to 10 cents per pound; white
perch small 20 to 80 cents per bunch; cat
fish, large, 35 to so cents per bunch; catfish
small, 10 to % cents per bunch yellow
perch 20 to 40 cents per bunch; carp. 10 to
40 cents each; cells, 8 cents each; Florida
roe shad, 20 to 80 cents each; buck shad 40
to so cents each and herring, cents each.
There is little change in prices at the oys-
ter wharf since yesterday, the oysters sell
ing at from 60 cents bushel for the small
er sizes up to $1.2O a bushel for the larger
and better stock The supply continues
quite small and the demand good
Nearly Ready for Service.
The clam digging dredge lying in the
Eastern branch is nearly ready for service.
She is to throw up the undertaking dams
which will form the pools in which the
hydraulic dredges will pump the liquid
mud over the Eastern branch flats to be
reclaimed.
The tug James o. Carter is under charter
by Messrs. Weand & Mcdonald contract
ors, for the Long bridge, and Is employed
in the work about the bridge. Yesterday
she broke up all the ice about the bridge
and gave clear water for the scows.
The large barges Pacific and Atlantic,
which bring cargoes of fertilizer material
and coal and lime, are to be fitted with two
spar masts and sails and will be used for
deep sea freighting on the Atlantic coast.
The houseboat reported adrift in the river
between Fort Washington and Fort Hunt
was yesterday claimed by her owner at
Alexandria and tug took her up to that
city and laid her in harbor for the winter.
Carpenters are at work on the steam
barge. E. James Tull, lying at Alexandria,
overhauling her and putting her in order
for freighting business on the river. She
will shortly sail for the lower river to load
Carpenters and painters are busy aboard
the Mount Vernon line steamer Charles
Manchester, overhauling her and preparing
her for service. She will resume her trips
as soon as the work Is completed.
The tug Mohler is on the marine railway
at Alexandria, having her hull covered with
metal and being repainted.
Driftwood.
AS the tug Gov. P. F. Thomas of the
Maryland oyster navy was on her way
from Baltimore to Annapolis few days