Evening star., 1900-07-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE FISHING SEASON WILL SOON BE
IN FULL BLAST.
Need of Better Boiler in the Police
BOat-ArrivaIs of Freight
and RORts.

The season for fishing with summer seine
has already commenced, and now the boats
coming up from the river landings are
bringing up small quantities of rock, perch
and bass. but in few days the catch will
largely increase. and the Washington mar
ket will not have to depend on Norfolk for
its supply. Within the past ten days a
number of the Washington fishermen have
gone to the grounds with their nets. Mr..
Edward Lyon is in the Lily Lyon. Mr. VIM.
Faunce in the Ella Treadweil, Capt. Polly
Gibson in the Danl. Sheetz, Capt Cumber
land in the Skipjack. ]. s. Faunce in the
Dixon and Messrs. Frank Luckett, Bob
Carroll. Nick Norris and others also
have boats and seines down the river.
These fishermen have no fixed fishing
ground, but move from place to place, put
ting their nets overheard wherever the indi-
cations point TO fish in plenty While the
larger quantity of the fish caught in the
Potomac is sent to this market, still a large
quantity is shipped by express to the Phil
adelph:a and New York markets
AS result of the scarcity of ice about
Norfolk and Newport News, the fishermen
have been unable to ship fish in any guam
titles, and the scarcity has caused an ad-
vance In prices Yesterday morning but
eleven barrels of fish came up on the Nor
folk boat, and this morning none at all
were received. Trout sold at S375 to 81
per barrel Croakers at $40 per barrel.
No tailors, butter fish or mackerel were on
the market. From the Potomac river
steamers two barrels of rock fish were re-
ceired, and sold at 0 and 10 cents per
pound.
Grabs are somewhat scarcer, but no
change in prices is noted.
In consequence of the non-arrival of ice
laden vessels here the supply of ice in the
Ice houses is getting very short. One large
fCur-masted vessel with about 800 tons on
h.fs slr-Til
the d. Howard Spear. is hurrying from
Philadelphia. in tow of a tug for this
port She will be met at the capes by the
tug James o. Carter, and should be here
within the next twenty-four hours. Four
ice-laden vessels are at sea bound to Wash
1Egton. the Lydia NJ. Deerng and the
MerOn. both of whom sailed on July l6: the
II l. Baker, on the 18th. and the Augustus
Howe, on the 18th. They cannot reach here
until the latter part of this week at the
earliest.
For the past two years, ever since the
harbof police boat Vigilant was built Com
modore Sutton. the harbor master, has
been trying to get a new engine for the
hoat. the one In her now being entirely too
small 1t was taken from the Joe Black
purn when the new boat was built. and,
though large enough to drive the Black
burn along at good speed. the steam 1t
can develop only enables a speed of about
SIX miles an hour to be made by the Vigil
liant So slow is she that there is not a
tugbOat in the harbOr but can run around
her. and many of the small steam launches
can do the same
Commodore Sutton in his report to the
Commissioners this year recommends a
larger engine for the Vigilant, and if the
boat is to do good service it should be put
in her
The schooner Magnolia, with a cargo of
about $1,000 feet of Virginia pine lumber
from the Rappahannock river, for Thos
K Riley, is discharging cargo at the wharf
foot of 10th street.
Fishermen report the stream known as
the Dyke, the Mt. Vernon electric rail
way, below Alexandria, full of large black
ana strawberry bass, but they bite but
slowly at the hook and line. So clear Is
the water in the stream that large bass
can be seen swimming about or living on
the sand at the bottom.
The steam launch Dixie is on the wavs
at Bennett's shipyard being calked and
Overhauled.
The longboat Gilman Dove will be hauled
out at Benefits boat yard this evening for
general repairs.
The big four-masted schooner Estelle
tow of the tug NJ. NJ. Davis on Saturday
night. She is discharging cargo at the
wharf foot of 10th street
The pungies Jas. H. Beach. Peet. Ameri-
can, Patriot and Lottie May have all ar
Clark.
The steamer James Tull cleared Saturday
evening for the lower river with a small
cargo of grain.
The steamer Wakefield, which arrived
yesterday evening. brought up a large
cargo Of fruits and vegetables from Nomini
for the river landings.
The schooner o. ID. Witherall is in George
town discharging a large cargo of ice.
The Weems line steamer Potomac sailed
yesterday evening for the river landings
and Baltimore. with quite large freight
The first cargo of cedar posts to arrive
in port for some time came on Saturday
on the schooner Isaac Solomon consigned
to Johnson & Wimsatt
The steamer Harry Randall sailed al mid
night last night for the lower river with
quite a large passenger list and heavy
freight.
The tug Stella of Baltimore arrived I'D
this morning with a tow of barges laden
with hard coal for Alexandria, George
town and this port
In consequence of the extremely low
tides. the launching of the big scow at
George T. Cumberland's boat house for
the National Sand Dredging Company has
been postponed.
Mr.. ]. y. Lord of this city is having a
new boiler built for the tug James B. Jack
son at the shops of the Clark company at
Baltimore
The four-nasted schooner independent,
CAPTAIN Case, sailed from Boston for this
of ice
The schooner Alice Holbrook from this
port to Baltimore, to load coal for Boston,
Will receive ~ cents per ton her freight
General Manager John T. Callahan and
Chief Engineer Trower of the Norfolk and
Washington line steamers have gone to
Baltimore on business of the line.
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