Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-18
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE FISH LIGHTER COMPLEX.
ED AND LAUNCHED.
overhauling Steamer Arrowsmith-
Shipping Asphalt Bricks to Fort.
Monroe-Harbor News,

The fish lighter built by Cumberland q
Son at their boatyard at the foot OF 9th
street, for Capt. VIM. Neitzey, will be put
overheard at high water today. and will be
completed and made ready for service as
she lays in the dock. The new boat is about
sixty feet long and ten feet wide at its
widest part This is the second lighter
| built by Cumberland for Capt Neitzey, the
nrst one having been completed and
launched about month ago. The two
| poats Will be used during the spring fishing
| season to bring the catch of the big haul
seiners at Fairy Landing. opposite Fort
Washington, to this market. Each lighter
has a capacity of over a million OF herring
| at a load
The receipts of fish OF all kinds was very
| light at the 18th street wharf market this
morning while the demand was unusually
brisk and fresh fish of any size were sold
quickly and at good prices The oyster
market this morning was busy place. the
return of cooler weather having made the
demand good at prices ranging from 55c.
per bushel for the small oyS -ers to 75c. and
higher for selected stock.
There are some few ducks on the market.
but the demand for them is very light and
at low prices.
Carpenters are aboard the steamer T. V.
Arrowsmith overhauling her decks and
woodwork, and making such repairs as
may be necessary to put her in good trim
Tor the next season. 1t Is stated that the
smith will be succeeded on the Colonial
Beach excursion route by a newer and
faster boat.
The southerly and easterly winds which
have been blowing for the past two or
three days and until yesterday evening
caused very high tides in the river and
yesterday afternoon, and again last night
the water was almost upon some of the
older and lower wharves about the harbor
No damage was done by the water, The
prevailing west erly winds now blowing will
To ma lxa ha To-,
day two.
General Port News.
The steamer Lily and Howard. Captain
Ralcy, which came into port day or two
ago from Philadelphia with a cargo of hard
coal, has made her last trip north for the
season. During the winter she will remain
on the Potomac and will be employed in
general towing. She will resume the
freighting of railway ties to Philadelphia
in the spring
Shipments of asphalt bricks from the
manufacturing plants In this city to Old
Point, for use in the improvements at Fort
Monroe, are being made with considerable
regularity. The barge Dorchester Is lying
at the wharf foot of South Capitol street
loading large cargo of the bricks and
will sail from here for the fort in day or
two in tow Of the tug Dauntless.
The pungy Sidney Jones is on the marine
railway at Benefits boat yard for general
She will be launched the latter part of the
week.
The tug Martin Dallman. which has been
on the railway at the Alexandria ship yard
for five or six days past, was put overheard
yesterday afternoon, and the tug Baby will
be hauled out today to have a hawser re-
moved from her wheel
On the steamer Harry Randall which
came into port this morning from the lower
river. were several parties of sportsmen
who have been spending the past week or
ten days down the river on hunting expe-
ditions. They report game very scarce and
shy, and they had poor success.
The schooner John r. Reese, laden with
pine lumber from the James river, arrived
in port yesterday and is unloading at the
wharf of Forsberg & Murray.
The schooner Walter =. Snow has been
berthed at the wharf foot OF L street and
will discharge her cargo of lumber.
The three-masted schooner Agnes Quillan
has arrived at Alexandria from the Severn
river with cargo of glass-making sand
for the Belle Pre- glass-making plant.
The Edith Verrall, laden with straw on
deck and cord wood in the hold, was
brought into port this morning.
The tug George w. Pride came into port
yesterday evening with six scows, laden
with sand, in tow for the Smoot Sand Co.