Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TUG MARION CAMERON BREAKS
PUMP ON TRIAL TRIP.
Supplying Light Stations With Fuel
Wharf for New Sand Company
Marine Matters.

states that while the new tugboat Marion
Cameron built for the Potomac Dredging
Company of this city, was on her trial
trip out off Baltimore a day or two ago
she broke one of her circulating pumps.
and the repairing of the broken parts will
delay her going into commission for few
days. 1t is stated that the tug will not
come to the Potomac for service towing
sand scows until the charter of the tug
now in service is completed but will en-
gage in general towing on Chesapeake bay
and it's tributaries for several months.
The easterly winds of yesterday caused
good high tides in the river, but the water
did not get high enough to float the steam
er T. " Arrowsmith which has been lying
ashore near Riverside wharf for the past
three weeks.
There was an ample supply of fresh fish
of all varieties on sale at the 1ltn street
wharf market this morning, but the de-
mand was light as usual at the week emo
market The bulk of the stock on sale is
coming from the fisheries on the coast OF
New Jersey and from about Norfolk Prlces
are steady and range as follows:
Salmon trout, &c. per pound; large trout
3R to &C. per pound; tallors, small sc. 10
4c. per pound; green pike, &C. TO &C. per
pound black bass, 121ac. to 16c. per pound;
1Oc. per pound; medium rock, IL to 121ac.
per pound; boiling rock, lie to loo per
pound carp, Sc to &c. per pound; small
trout, 81 to s. per barrel; butter fish, &C. to
sc. per pound; catfish. 13c to 33c. per
bunch Spanish mackerel, 15c. to 1Sc per
pound; large white perch, Ice to l2c. per
pound; small white perch, loo. to 2oc per
bunch; cells, &c. to Sc. each; blue fish, &c
to Sc. per pound; spot, &c. to &c. per pound,
and mulletS, 15c. per bunch.
The receipts of oysters in the shell from
the beds along the lower Potomac have been
very light in the past twentyfour hours,
while the demand is good. They are sell
ing at soc. to roc. per bushel
Hard Crabs are on sale, but the demand
for them is extremely light. This morning
they were offered at 81 to $1.2o per barrel,
and the buyers were very few.
The United States light house tender
Holly has gone to Point Lookout, and will
there take aboard supply of fuel for the
light houses in the central part OF Chesa-
peake bay Between this time ana the
houses in this district will be given sup
ply of wood and coal to carry them
through the winter.
The wharf at the foot OF lo1s street
southwest is being overhauled and put IN
condition for use by the Tangier Sand
Company, a new corporation which is
about to enter the field of supplying sand
is stated that the sand will be brought to
this city from Colonial Beach and points
on the river, and will be stored ON the 10 1a
street wharf for delivery about the CITY
The new company Will DC5li ooSiAAS.7S 80 -
few days.
Of General Interest.
The big four-masted schooner Edward Il.
Rriry which has been lying of Alexaharla
for the past two months, left yesterday al
ternoon in tow of the tug M. Mltcheil LAWS
for Baltimore. where she has peen char
tered to load The Briry was the last OF
the large feet of schooners which lay In
the river out of service durlnS lle ieeeh'
rate war to get a CHARTER -,
The two-masted schooner Jerome, Whch
went ashore on Sharps Island in Chesa-
peake bay, during a recent gale on me
hav and which has been lying ashore for
the asst two weeks, was fioated day or
two ago. but the services OF Wrecklng
company were necessary to get her aEoat.
The Jerome has been taken to Baltimore
for such repairs to her hull as may be nee
eSsary.
Mr.. Edward A. Weiss of the Randall line
is away on short vacation and has gone
on fishing expedition to the upper Poto-
Mr.. George Sherwood is on duty aboard
the steamer Sam1 ]. PentZ as chief en-
gineer.
mand of the steamer George Washington
on the Alexandria ferry route yesterday, In
the absence of Capt R. T. FowKes.
Capt Isaac Caulk, master of the schooner
Lady Chelton, is i'll at his home In SOM
erSet county, Mo-, ana captain LEACH she
owner of the schooner, has taken command
of her.
Mr.. VIM. A. Moore chief engineer of the
Randall line, is experimenting the over
hauling of the boiler and machinery of the
steamer Estelle Randall, being prepared
for service on the Glymont mail route.
The schooner Lorenas Bramble has ar
rived at Alexandria with a cargo of cord
wood from Nomini creek.
The big barge Baltimore is lying at Alex
andria with large cargo of lumber from
Norfolk for Smoot & Co. The vessel drew
too much water to be locked at the Mu-
tual Ice Company wharf when it came into
port Wednesday, and the tug Center went
to Alexandria yesterday afternoon to dock
the barge.
The schooner Mary Lee Patton, unload
ing a cargo Of phosphate rock at Alexan-
dria, has been chartered to load lumber at
Fernandina, Fla, to Philadelphia. at S.
per thousand feet.