Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-11
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE RAFT OF PILING FOB
SEWER WORK ARRIVES.
Cargo of Cumberland Coal for Boston
overhauling at the Boat Yards
General: News.


arrived here from Occoquan towing a raft
of about LOGO pine piles consigned to the
contractors building the new sewer in the
southeast section of the city. The piles are
to be used in the construction of the outlet
basin of the sewer. The steamer will re-
turn at once to Occoauan and will bring an
other raft of 1000 more piles to this city.
The raft brought in yesterday morning was
several hundred feet long and was the
largest tow of timbefAs II Is stated that has
ever been brought UP the Potomac Rats
containing from 800 to- 5oDspiles are not un-
common on the rivertsa
There was but small supply of any
thing but catfish and trout at the whole
sale fish market on the 18th street wharf
this morning. and business was very dull
there being but little demand for fish of any
kind and prices were, lower than they have
been for some time and were as follows:
fish. Sc per barrel; Founders, 5 to cents
per pound: Spanish rnackefel, "A to 10 cents
per pound. pan ROCK, q to L cents per
pound; medium rock, to Scents per pound;
boiling rock. 1214 to 10 cents per pound;
sturgeon. IL cents Per pSund; green pike.
6 to cents per pound; p0rgies. to cents
per gouh hass 6s cents ne, per
white perch, 20 to u cents psr pound; white
perch. small 20 togo Cents per bunch; cat
fish, large. e12 to~15 cents per bunch: cat
fish, small. 8 to 8 cents per bunch; yellow
perch, large, Is to 40 cents per bunch; yell
low perch. small;4 10 cents per bunch; carp.
10 to 20 cents each; eels, 3 to 5 cents each.
The demand for hard crabs was also very
light this morning and the supply was larg-
er than 1t has been for several days. AS
consequence they sold at almost any price.
good. crabs being sold as How as Is cents per
barrel. CLANS sold at 5vcents per dozen,
with but fair demand. =.
~ ~ ~ 49,, L. a.
full cargo of soft coal at Georgetown was
taken IN tow yesterday afternoon by the
tug VIM. II. Yerkes jr.. and will be towed
to the month of the river where she VIII
Consolidation Company. and will make one
of a tow of barges for Boston.
Barge 10 is now at the Georgetown coal
piers loading for Boston,
The barber dredges Alice Vivian, employed
in retaining land from the river and East
ern branch was out of service for while
yesterday in order that the mechanics
aboard her might make some necessary re-
pairs to her mud cutter. The dredge will
complete its work at the arsenal in a few
days.
General Matters.
The schooner Iidonia Curley, which has
been at the Alexandria shipyard for the
past ten days receiving a thorough over
hauling. was completed and sailed yester-
day for Norfolk to load cargo of lumber
for H. l.. Biscoe of this city. 80
. Augustus Dean & SON. the Alexandria
boat builders, have completed and put over
board a fifty-foot sand and gravel carrying
scow for one of the'slocaf sand companies.
They have another scow of the same style
on the stocks. and will complete and launch
it In about ten days
The schooner J. D. Bell which has been
on the railway at Benefits boat yard for
several days past for caulking and other
repairs, will be completed and put over
board today. -. ~
from the steamer Wakefield to the steamer
Kent as chief engineer during the illness
of Engineer George Sherwood. Mr.. Chase
Nash has been made assistant engineer on
the steamer Wakefield.
Mr.. w. H. Yerkes, jr-. Of the American
Ice Company is on a trip through the
north.
The large barge Baker is lying at Somer-
set Beach wharf on the lower potomac, and
will load cargo. of railway ties: for Phila-
delphia.
The schooner seabright, laden with cord
wood, came into port today from a river
point consigned to the dealers
The schooner Shea left port this morning
for o river point alf Wl load a. cargo for
d The laden s a fast " Van nam
lumber from a Vaf ss5umSer port It f has
The steamer .paarVss 4asmons consigned
to Field q Co., atosAleHndria. is unload
, ,ng cargo of \ sst1 from Eden
from ghs Ed Ii1er gg NTH cord odt wood
terday for Carter NMCahS.
The schooner ISAAC gSoISmon, loaded with
building material ffn Johnson & VIM
satt. sailed yesterday fofna river point
The schooner Ma yf0wAr has arrived with
fun load of railway sHSss for the dealers
The schooner Brooklyneowith pine boards
for Johnson & WinxatQf came into port
this morning.