Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-05
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
yEAGOING TUG on ITS FIRST TRIP
TO WASHINGTON.
The Trade in Fish and Oysters - The
Freight-Laden Vessels
GeneraI Matters.

General Matters.
The big seaeoing tug Mitchell NJ. Davis.
of Taylor Brothers fleet, underwent her
annual inspection at the ferry wharf mere
this morning. Two representatives OF the
o. Baltimore inspection office came over carry
this morning and made a thorough exam
nation of the tug. tested her oolier anu
other machinery and reported everything
to be in excellent condition. Her license
will be renewed at once for another year
The Davis sailed this afternoon for the
capes of the Chesapeake. on the lookout for
the ice-aden vessels bound to this port.
Capt Frank Taylor Is in command of her,
with Capt Ollie Crowder his second IN
command. The Davis is rated as the finest
tugboat on the Potomac and among the
finest the bay.
Within the past week crow mallard' red
head and other varieties of duck, water
witches, teal and the like have become very
plentiful on the river between here and
Alexandria 1t is estimated that SATURDAY
evening there were 2p,GD water witches on
the fats off Four Mile run, and with them
were numerous valuable ducks. Mr. Joseph
Moore of Alexandria, who was out about
an hour. bagged sixty-eight ducks, ana
other hunters report equally as good luck
Mr. Charles Dean. hunting on the flats near
Glymont, came home with 40 ducks In his
bag. Among them were several fine can
vas backs.
The IoHgboat Belmont which arrived
in port with a cargo of cordwood for Car
ter & Clark today, made her first trip to
this city She has just been built by Mr..
Oliver Underwood at Occoquan, Va. and is
owned by Mr.. Underwood and Mr. VIM.
Hunter of Prince William county, Va She
Is Of new type of longboat. being entirely
decked over and having two matches, in
stead of having like most longboats, her
hold open the entire length Of the boat.
She is about so feet long. Is feet wide and
of light draft, to enable her to get in and
out of the shoal creeks on the Virginia side
of the Potomac after cordwood She will
be principally engaged in the transportation
of cOrdwood.
Fish and Oysters.
Fish were very scarce this morning. owing
10 the rough weather which has prevailed
on the bay and outside the capes. Yester-
day morning the steamer Norfolk brought
up but sixteen barrels. and this morning
the steamer Newport News had on but four
teen barrels from the nets about Norfolk
for the dealers at the wharf. Only two bar
rels of river fish brought up by the
dOwn-river boats The market this morn
ing was very poor. Trout sold at 81 to Sc
per barrel: mackerel. 15c. per pound: boil
ing rock. 15c. per pound. pan rock &c. to
lie. per pound; white perch. 4c. to 10c. per
pound: bass. Sc. 10 Toe. per pound: carp,
sc. per pound: southern mulets, &c. per
pound bluefiSh and taiiOrs. &c. to SC. per
pound; catfish zoe. to 25c. per bunch cells,
15c. to 2oc. per bunch: winter shad, 1oc.
per bunch and river mullet. 15c. per bunch.
Saturday evening about o'clock the
pungy Ballenger arrived with 400 bushels of
oysters from Curriumen. She was followed
closely by the Fannie Shepherd and the
Volunteer. { lch with good cargoeS. These
vessels Ought good market and sold
most of their oysters at 20 cents per bushel,
the Shepherd selling out completely and
getting away for another load yesterday.
vessels
arrived. bringing up $3.50 bushels, SO that
the market is again well stocked. Prices
this morning range from 80 to 60 cents per
bushel for small oysters and 20 to SO cents
per bushel for the large ones.
The vessels in port are the Eta. with 400
bushels, from Herring Point: the ]. ]. I'm
derhill, 400 bushels: the Flora, $50 bushels
and the Seabelle. 800 bushels, from Wico-
mico; the Benjamin Franklin. $50 bushels
and the Martin Wagner, 500 bushels, from
Lower Machodoc: the Leroy. $50 bushels;
the Silver Spray. 80 bushels, and the Win
ME Windsor. 800 bushels, from Blacki-
stones Island, and the NJ. E. Smith, with
$50 bushels, from st. Georges Island.
The Moving Craft.
The steamer Estelle Randall carried quite
large party to a private oyster roast
down the river yesterday.
The schooner ]. J. Stanison sailed from
the Maine ice fields with cargo of S25
tons of ice for this port on October 80.
The schooner Grace Bennett will COM
piete the discharging of her cargo of lum-
Der tomorrow and viii sail for Newbern
n. G., to load back to this port.
The WeemS line steamer Potomac sailed
yesterday afternoon with large number
of passengers bound home to vote and a
heavy general cargo for points on the
lower river.
The Julia and Annie and the J. H Dixon
have arrived in port with cargoes of cord
wood.
The SCHOONER Hilda has arrived at Alex
a of Iafb he nd
for H. X. Field q Co
The steamer E. James Tulle will sail
today for Aqua creek to load lumber back
10 this port
The Washington Steamboat Company's
steamer Wakefield arrived up from the
lower river yesterday evening with a good
cargo OF fish. oysters and country produce
The tug Camilla is in Chesapeake bav on
the lookout for incoming ice-laden schoon-
ers for this port.
The schooner Sidney Jones' has gone lin to
Georgetown with cargo of cordwood
The tug Favorite. with an oil barge in
lew for the Standard Oil Company arrived
in port last night.
The Volunteer and Flora will sail TODAY
for the lower river for cargoes of oysters
The steamer Lily and Howard arrived In
port this morning with cargo of cord
wood for Messrs. Carter & Clark
The schooner Horatiu l.. Baker ladan
with ice for the American Ice COMPANY 10
reported in the bay, bound to this mort
Two other schooners behind her are also
supposed to be bound here
General Matters.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
Washington left here for Baltimore this
morning. While there she will be fitted
with new boiler and ether extensive i'm
provements will be made
Reardons wharf at Alexandria where the
"eems line boats, the Randall line boats
snd the Mt. Vernon steamers all land ia RI
he rebuilt The new piling for the work
has been received
the epidemic which was killing the horses
along the river in WestmoreIand county
Va. has entirely disappeared. While 1t pre-
vailed a large number Of very valuable ami
mails died.
The deepening of the channel on the Mat
tawoman flats Is progressing slowly. 1t Is
hoped to have twenty-four feet of water
over II by spring.
The steam yacht Gavota. belonging to Mr.
Dos PassOs. has been hauled out in The
stream from Cumberiands BOAT yard Her
hull has been painted jet black making
her look much larger.
The easterly winds of the past week
have caused unusually high tides In the
river.