Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
GENERAL NEWS GATHERED
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT

It is stated that bids for the construc-
ton Of the new pier for the United States
lighthouse service at the foot Of o street
southwest will be asked for by the light
house authorities In a few days, and
tina. the construction work on the pier
will be begun this fall IL the weather
will allow. The old. dilapidated pier used
by the lighthouse establishment at this
city has long been an eyesore and dis
grace to the national government Had
the pier been under the control of a pri
vate firm or corporation the District au-
thorities would have condemned 1t and
forced It's rebuilding long ago. The pier
ago. and for many years 1t was one of
the most important steamboat landing
places in the harbor. When used as the
pier Of the Inland and Seaboard Coasting
Company over twenty years ago 1t was
the headquarters of lines of steamships
to New York, and of steamers to Nor
folk, the Rappahannock river and Po-
tomac river points. On the District gov
erEment obtaining control Of the river
front property this pier was turned over
to the lighthouse establishment. 1t was
well worn out then. but since the light
house authorities have had it little has
been done to improve 1t or make 1t more
slightly.
In consequence of the heavy northeast
gales on the Atlantic coast the fishermen
at the coast fisheries have been unable
to work their nets for several days past.
and the receipt Of fresh fish from the
Virginia and New Jersey fisheries has
been very light. The demand. however,
has been supplied by the catch from the
nets in the Potomac and from those in
the interior waters Of North Carolina and
further south. The receipts of fish from
the Potomac have largely increased during
the past two weeks and the river steam
ers on each trip bring up a number of
barrels of trout, perch, bass, rock, cat
fish and other varieties consigned to the
local dealers. The season for bass in
day and again this morning a number
of barrels Of this fish were received from
the Carolina sounds by the dealers at
the 18th street wharf. The demand for
fish Of all kinds is reported good and
prices are firm.
At present there Is not a large vessel
of any description lying at the wharves
here, the largest Of the fleet in port being
a two-masted bay schooner of possibly
400 tons burden. There is at sea, bound
here, a three-masted coasting schooner.
bringing lumber from a southern port,
and three or four schooners are either
on their way here or loading at North
Carolina points for this city. Since the
ice-receiving season closed there have
bee.l but few large vessels In port here.
The last one to leave was the barkentine
John F. Emery of Boston, which un-
loaded asphalt from Trinidad on the
EASTERN UIdHCIl
Arrived: Schooner Eta, oysters in the
shell from a down-river point for the local
market; schooner s. L. Bowen, cord
wood from q Potomac point for the deal
ers: tug James o. Carter with q tow of
coal-carrying barges from Indian Head
for Georgetown; sloop Essex and bugeye
Nicholas. oysters from the lower river for
the dealers here: tug Camilla with a tow
Of river craft to this port: tug Resale,
towing sand and gravel lighters from
Piscataway creek.
Sailed: Schooner Oscar, light, for the