Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NOMINI WHARF TO BE MADE A
BUSY RIVER POINT.
Painting q. s. s. Fern-Tug Maryland
on Railway for overhauhng
General News.

The Nomini wharf property, in West
moreland county, Va, was purchased few
days ago by syndicate. and is to be
made one of the busy points on tine river.
A large vegetable canning factory is in
process of erection, and will be in opera
ton this summer The new plant viii
give employment to a large number of
hands. and thriving village is expect
ed to grow up at Nomini within the next
year. The steamboat landing is to be re-
built by the new owners. and other
changes and improvements will be made.
The tract purchased by the syndicate con-
tains $50 acres of land, storehouses
wharves, wood yards and the like. The
purchase price Is said to be 5000.
There was good supply of fresh fish.
particularly Of Potomac herring, on hand
this morning, and they were in great de-
mand. Shad and bunch fish were not so
plentiful. but the supply on hand was am
pie to meet the demand. Prices show no
change. and are as follows: For pan rock,
to &c. per pound; medium rock, 1oc. per
pound; boiling rock. 12c. per pound; jump
ing mullet, 4c. per pound: sturgeon. 10c.
per pound; salmon trout, to &c. per
pound; sheepshead, to &c. per pound;
founders, to &c. per pound; Potomac
pike. to SC. per pound; white perch, to
SC. per pound; white perch small, ) to 1ac.
per bunch: catfish, large, 25 to 3Oc per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 to 15c. per bunch;
yellow perch, large. 10 to 25c. per bunch;
yellow perch, small, to Zoe. per bunch;
carp, Is to zoe. each; eels 3 to DC. each;
herring, 60 to Toe. per hundred; Potomac
roe shad, 45c each; buck shad, 1S to 20c.
each; hickory jacks. 3 to sc. each.
The oyster vessels lying at the wharf
here have but few oysters aboard and there
is an increase in the demand for them
Prices show few If any changes from yes
tcrday's figures and range from SOC. to
90c. per buShel.
Painters are aboard the United States
ship Fern, the practice vessel of the Naval
Battalion of the National Guard, preparing
her for service during the summer. The
yacht Oneida is also to be repanted and
decorated before the opening of the sum-
mer season.
The dredge Alice Vivian, engaged in
pumping mud from the river bottom upon
the Low ground at the Washington bar
racks park, has found the ground very
hard and much difficulty has been expert
enced in cutting 1t to go through the pipes.
Large stones are often caught in the sucker
pipe and have to be removed before the mud
sucked up and forced through the pipes are
over foot in diameter.
Of General Interest.
The tug Maryland, belonging to the NIL
Ter fleet Of towboats, which was disabled
while on her way up the river day or
two ago, is hauled out on the marine rail-
way at Benefits boat yard, and will re-
ceive general overhauling before being
put overheard again.
. The tug George w. Pride left today for
Baltimore, under the command of Capt.
Walter Posey, and will there receive new
boiler and will have general repair work
done to her. She will be out of service
three weeks or a month.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom, Captain Mcguire, which has been en-
ployed In partolling Chesapeake bay and its
tributaries for several months, came into
port yesterday, and is now at anchor off
the foot of 10th street. This is the first
visit the Window has made here since last
summer.
One of the shade trees which stood on
the edge Of the old seawall at the arsenal
was undermined by the wash of the waves
and fell into the river.
The yawl-yacht Seabelle is lying in the
west being prepared for the boating sea-
son, which will open in a short time.
The steam barge E. James Tull, laden
with a large cargo of hay and other stores.
sailed yesterday for Aqua creek.
The tug Rosal;e, with three scows laden
with sand, and the tug Selectman, with
four. came into port from river points
yesterday.
The B. H. Lambert left port yesterday
for a river point and will load back to this
city.
The bugeye Della Townshend is engaged
in running fish from the nets at Plum Tree
Gut to this city.
The schooner Belmont is in Occoquan