Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
IMPROVEMENTS AT FORT WASH
INGToN ARTILLERY STATION.
Cutter Window to Aid Distressed Yes
sels-Tug selectman on Railway
Other Matters.

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mortar batteries at Fort Washington un
| der the supervision of the United States
army engineers, and the electrical lighting
| and telephone system of the fort is being
put under ground. Numbers of new
I phones are being established at isolated
points of the post, which is being made one
] of the most complete both as to sanitary
\ arrangements and for the comfort of the
men On the Atlantic coast. Hardly day
passes but that the steamers from this
! city take quantities of wire cable, electri-
| cal apparatus hardware of all kinds and
| other material to the fort, and barges arc
| constantly lying at the engineer dock al
/ the fort unloading cargoes of stone and
| lumber. The work mapped out for the
| fort will take, it is stated, two or three
years to complete.
There was fairly large attendance OF
dealers at the wholesale fish market on the
| demand for the few fish on hand was quite
brisk. The bulk of the supply received by
the commission houses the wharf this
morning consisted of mullets from North
Carolina and bass and perch from the
river. The mullets sold at 3 to AGENTS per
pound and bass at II to 13 cents per pound.
There was plentiful supply of oysters on
sale at the wharf market this morning,
and the demand for them was fairly brisk.
Prices range at about the figures quoted
yesterday.
Several barrels of wild ducks and geese
from North Carolina waters were among
wharf market this morning. Mallard sold
at 81 per pair, redheads at $3.50 per pair
and canvas backs It $3.50 per pair
The revenue cutter VIM Window, Capt.
Mcconnell Is taking aboard stones and
coal at Baltimore preparatory to sailing on
a cruise on Chesapeake bay to aid vessels
that may have been blown ashore in the
storm of the early part of this week. There
a nj re hn hoy
but no definite information regarding them
can be obtained.
The barkentine Glad Tidings, one of the
Chesapeake fleet of coffee clippers trading
between Rlo Jane1ro and Baltimore, has
been sold by her owners to parties in Bos-
ton, who will change her rig to that of a
three-masted schooner and will use the
remodeled vessel for the coasting trade.
The Glad Tidings was built at Belfast,
Me-, in 1884, and is beautiful and fast
sailing vessel.
The cold, blustery weather has stopped
the work of building the house on the
houseboat at the wharf of the steamer
River Queen. The houseboat is said to be
intended for Philadelphia club OF hunters,
who will seek sport on the Potomac in the
early spring and summer.
The steam yacht Deane, it is stated Will
be hauled out on the marine railway at
Benefits boatyard for attention to her
hull soon as the tug the rail-
way is launched The interior fittings OF
water of the harbor when she sank about
two weeks ago.
General River News.
Dean & Son, at Alexandria. are prepar-
ing the material tor the building of the
new pleasure craft for Mr.. Goldsborough
of this city. and the keel for the boat will
be laid within the next few days. The boat
will be ready for service in the spring.
Capt. Charley Radey has taken charge Of
the tug Baby, belonging to the Columbia
Sand Dredging Company, and is employed
in towing for the sand company.
Capt. w. T. Robertson, master of the
yacht Giavota, has returned from a visit to
Westmoreland county, Va.
Capt. Bob Browne is rapidly recovering
from the wound on his leg and will be able
to return to the command of his tug
shortly.
Capt. Curley, owner and master of the
schooner Sidonia Curley, will spend the
winter at his home in this city.
The repairing and calking of the hull of
the tug ]. T. Selectman will be completed
in a day or two, and it is expected she will
be ready for launching early in next week.
The tug is to be fitted with an ice pow at
Deans boatyard, at Alexandria, when she
is launched from the railway.
The schooner A. H. Quinby, loaded with
cord wood for the dealers here, is eX
pected to arrive in port from the lower
river within the next day or two.
The tug Juno, Capt. Davis, brought a
tow of oyster laden boats into port yes
terday.
The Weems line steamer Calvert which
sailed yesterday evening, had aboard an
unusually large passenger list for the
lower river wharves.
The tug NJ Mitchell Davis of this city
is in service at Newport News tender to
dredging machine. 1t is expected this
service will keep her employed for several
months.
The little harbor tug D. NJ. Key has
gone out of service until the ice leaves
the river.
The schooner Porcella has completed the
discharging of her cargo of stone for the
highway bridge, and sailed for Norfolk to
load.