Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BUILDING SAND MACHINE FOB
SERVICE ON POTOMAC.
New Steamer for Weems Line-Load-
ing Big Cargoes Of Coal
Marine Matters.

The hull OF the new sand and gravel
digging machine. built at the Alexandria
Marine railway yard, for the new Potomac
Dredging Company, was launched a day
or two ago, and is now having the boiler,
engine and digging machinery installed
aboard the boat. The hull was yesterday
taken to the Duke street dock at Alexan-
dria, where a quantity Of machinery was
loaded upon 1t and 1t was later taken back
to the shipyard. 1t is expected the new
machine will be completed and ready for
service early in June, and the new COM
pany will then begin operations. With
the advent OF the Potamac Company ma
chine and scows on the river. there will
be three sand companies in the field to
supply Washington with sand and gravel
for building and other purposes. Mr..
Angus Campbell of Baltimore is the presi-
dent of the new company.
The supply of fresh fish OF all kinds on
the wharf market was amply large to meet
an excellent demand this morning, and
prices are somewhat lower than they were
early In the week. The supply OF herring
continues very large, in excess of the de-
mand, over 100000 being on hand this
morning. Shad are rather scarce, less than
thousand being on sale.
Prices this morning ranged as follows:
For pan rock to 10 cents per pound;
medium rock, IL to IA cents per pound;
boiling rock, Is to II cents per pound;
white perch, small 10 to 80 cents per bunch;
black catfish, 20 to Is cents per bunch;
white catfish. Is to IS cents per bunch;
roe shad, IS to 80 cents each; bucks, Is to
20 cents each; herring, so to ~ per thou
sand; small yellow perch, 10 to 10 cents per
bunch; large wellow perch. 70 TO 80 cents
per bunch; salmon trout, to o cents per
pound; gray trout, So per barrel; croakcI
s. so to 81 per barrel, and founders, D
to cents per pound; sturgeon, 10 cents
per pound. Carp are plentiful ana prices
are too low TO be quoted.
Oysters are on sale at the llth streco
wharf at prices ranging from 10 TO ~
cents per bushel. The supply is amply
large to meet all demands and Is OF GOOD
quality. CLANS are selling at about W
cents per hundred and the demand for them
Is quite heavy
A pile driver is at work rebuilding the
big wharf at the River View excursion re-
sort This work will be completed In
few days and the driver Will De prouene
to this city to do considerable WORK on
the wharves here. force OF hands were
nut to work yesterday rebuilding the
wharf used by the steamer River queen.
The new steel hulled propeller steamer,
building at Baltimore for the wsei ms
Steamboat Company, will, it is stated, pc
launched in the latter part OF TINS montn.
Work is to be hurried on the steamer IN
order to have her ready for the heavs
expected she will go into service ABOUT
.Iuiy l. The new steamer will be larger
than any of the river steamers anu mas
plenty of. deck room to carry truck;
The tug VIM H. Yerkes, Jr., brought lhto
mort Thursday afternoon Consolidation Coai
Company's schooner barge NO ~ " ioau
soft coal at Georgetown for New England
mort Barge No. is now at the Georse
town wharf loading a cargo ot nn.I no,v
coal The larger portion OF the coal now
coming down the canal from the mines
ahont Cumberland is shipped by barge
north
Fifteen Barges of Sand and Gravel.
The tug Unity Thursday afternoon
brought I'D from the sand-digging machines
at work on the river between Fort WASH
ington and Marshall Hall fifteen large
barges laden with sand and gravel. II Is
said that the local sand companies are now
making every effort to have large stock
of sand on hand to meet the heavy demand
expected when the work on the railway
tunnel under Capitol Hill begins.
The barkentine Francis OF Baltimore mas
been sold to northern owners and Will De
taken to Bath Me-. to have her rig changed
into that of a three-masted schooner. she
will be used, by her new owners, on the
coasting trade.
The United States army quartermaster's
department lighter Pontonier, the tender TO
the United States engineers battalion at
Washington barracks, made a trip to Fort
Foote Nd, yesterday with company OF
the engineers aboard. The soldiers were
given a practice drill for several hours be-
fore they were brought back to this city.
The power sloop Resale, which was haul
ed out on the marine railway at Reagan's
to have leak stopped, has been put over
board, ready for service.
The tug Emma. having in tow the barges
John l. Brady, Mary Brady, F. w. COMM
sky and Sharon Hill, has arrived. The
barges bring hard coal from Philadelphia
The schooner Ella is in port with cargo
of salt fish in barrels from a fish-packing
house on the river.
The schooners Irene, Edith VerraI. May
flower, j. D. Bell, Fife c., Nettie May,
Clara Cowart, Samuel Wood and Oak
Point are in port with cargoes of cordwood
for the dealers
The schooner G. c. A. Travers is at
Alexandria loading a cargo of glass bottles
from the Old Dominion Glass works, for
Norfolk.
The schooner Annie has sailed for Rock
Point on the lower Potomac, with cargo
of building material.
The schooners Wildf1ower. Ida, William
Lewis Hattie Stark and Bill Nye, laden
with lumber from Virginia ports, have ar
rived