Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BRICK FOR BUILDINGS GOING TO
RIVER POINTS.
Barge Laden With Coal Sails-Work
at Local Boat Yards-Gen-
eral River Matters.

Larger quantities of brick and other build
ing material have been taken down the
river IN the past two weeks than for long
time before. Besides the extensive build
ing operations now in progress at Fort
Washington. numbers of cottages are be-
ing erected at other points on the river and
considerable material is required for them.
The schooners Seabright, Ruth and Ella.
and Lottie Carter, laden with brick and
building material, left Alexandria yes
terday and this morning, and other YES
sells are loading here for down river points.
The steam barge Lily and Howard came
into port last night with load of ping
on deck, and towing long raft of pine
ples.k The big sticks come from the vicn-
ity of Occoquan and are to be used II is
understood in the bridge work now going
on in the vicinity of the old Long bridge.
The wholesale fish market at the 18th
street wharf was this morning well supplied
with gray trout from the north and when
the steamer from Norfolk arrived She
brought butterfish. croker and other salt
water stock from the, vicinity of Norfolk.
1 he demand for fish of all kinds was excel
lent AMI prices ranged as follows:
For ! an rock, 121& cents per pound; me-
dunn rock, Ii to 10 cent: per pound; boiling
rock. - to 16 cents per pound: white perch,
large, 10 to i cents per pound; white perch,
small. II to 30 cents PEI bunch; black cat
fish, II t. 20 cents per bunch: white catfish,
20 to 30 cents per bunch; gray trout, small,
$3.50 PEE barrel; gray trout. large, ; to
cents per pound crodkcr, 81. 30 TO 81 per
barrel: founders, 3 to . cents per pound:
sturgeon, to 10 cents per pound bluefish.
D cents per pound; butterfish, 81 to 81 per
barrel; Spanish mackercl. 1212 cents per
pound: carp, 8 to > cents per pound; ecls,
cents each; porgies. } to , cents each and
yellow perch, 90 to 80 cents per bunch.
There has been an increase in the receipts
of hard shelled crabs from the Potomac
AID prices are lower, selling at S1.J0 to 50
per barrel. Soft crabs arc still very scarce
and are selling at prices ranging about 40
cents per dozen CLANS are also scarce and
are selling at 30 to 60 cents per hundred.
One of the big schooner barges of the
Consolidation Coal Company completed the
loading of her cargo of Norfolk coal at
Georgetown yesterday and started on her
voyage to Boston. The barge left here in
tow OF the tug. Camilla for the mouth Of
the Potomac. and will there be turned over
to one of the ocean towing tugs. to be
taken up the coast
The new sailing craft which is being
built at the Alexandria ferry wharf by Mr..
Arthur King will be ready to put over
board early next week Mr. King is build
ing the boat for his own use, and will put
it in commission for fishing and hunting
trips during the summer and fall.
The new ground at the Washington bar
racks which was recently sown with grass
seed. has produced almost as many weeds
ing a hard time to keep the grass from
being choked out.
The big schooner Mary Lee Patton was
reported in the river yesterday morning
and a tug has gone after her. The Patton
has a cargo of phosphate rock aboard from
the south and is consigned to parties in
Alexandria.
General Shipping News.
The four masted schooner Alice Holbrook.
Capt Ellis. laden with ice from Rockport
Me-. has arrived and is lying at the wharf
foot of 1872 street to unload her cargo. The
Holbrcok sailed from Rockport. Me. May
IL and arrived in port here a week later,
having had remarkably fast run down
the coast. The fourmasted schooner Ed
win r. Hunt, Capt. Crowell, sailed from
Bath May Is for this city, and is expected
to arrive in port at any time. The last
named vessel brings cargo of about loo
tons of Kennebec ice.
The power launch belonging to Messrs
Kelley, Burroughs and others of Alexau-
dria. which has been hauled out on the
marine railway at Deane's boat yard. near
Alexandra. has been put overheard ready
for service.
The steam launch Santa Barbara, the
tender to the United States naval proving
grounds at Indian Head. Md, was in port
yesterday with officials from the station
aboard.
The little bugeye Marcus. which unloaded
a cargo here, has gone to Alexandria and
will haul out on the marine railway at
Deane's to have some repair work done to
her hull under water.
Fires were yesterday made under 'he
boilers of the new sand and gravel digging
machine building at Alexandria for the
Potomac Dredging Company, to warm the
metal and make the' boiler ready for use.
The digger will, it is stated, be ready for
use in ten days or less.
The schooner Fannie, laden with sand
from Greenway Flats. has arrived in port.
consigned to one of the street paving COM
panies. She will unload at Georgetown
wharf.