Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-07
ALONG TIE river FRONT
SCARCITY q sHsD rnAcHAprr TO
Ack BASS.
The Latter 50 til Raid the Spawning
Ground SAT- of Property
fer pnal.

| S"AA> dilu Inc poiice
force have, as far a KNOWN prevented any
illegal seining 10 theEwaters of the District
of Columbia this seal on. 1t is stated, how
ever, by men who have made fish study
it the law forbidding the taking of bass,
except with n hook and line, were repealed,
| 1t would result in a large increase in shad.
| While the waters of the District of Column
| Ola are made a spawning ground for shad
| ana no one allowed to use a net in them,
| SILL, pass, both black and plymouth, in one
| season eat millions of young shad. This,
| Il is SAD, will account for the fact that
so lew shad are now being caught, despite
the work of the fish commission.
| The sixth big sand scow for Mr.. Louis
Smoot Is on the stocks at Mr.. Jos. Sum-
mers building yard on the Eastern branch
| anu VIII shortly be put overheard. Two
| more scoWs still remain to be built for the
| same order. and they will be pushed along
| as rapidly as possible. The sand-digger of
| Mr.. Smoot is also at Summers yard, to
| nave Improvements made in her machinery.
| me little sloop Ella c., which arrived in
| port on saturday evening last is a small
| noatlng machine shop, with every appliance
on her for the building and repair of a
patented screw steering apparatus Sht.
mas attracted considerable attention along
me river front and has been visited by
| large number of river men.
Sale of Wharf Property.
Inc wharf property at the foot of Sth
street southwest formerly occupied by the
National Capital Ice Company has been
leased Tor a term of years by Captain E.
>. Randall Of the Randall line, and yester-
day the officials of the Randall line took
possession of it. The rapid increase in the
amount of freight handled on the Randall
steamers, it is said. rendered the present
WharveS at the foot of nth street made
qGate for the business
The demolition of the old ice chute and
engine house of the ice company 20 make
room Tor new warehouse, T2X:s2 feet in
dimensions. was begun yesterday. A new
wharf, 9oN66 feet is also to be erected
and when completed the steamers Harry
ftandall, Estelle Randall and Kent will be
berthed there. The Randall line will have
us headquarters there also The present
wharf OF the line will be fitted up and
used exclusively for the River View excur-
sion business
The schooner Harp, while living at the
cord-Wood wharf in Nomini creek loading
wood for Carter & Clark, recently, sud
dehiE sprung a leak and sunk in about
1MeiVe ieeI OF water, where she now lies.
me sunken schooner obstructed the chan
mel TO the wharf, so that it was necessary
| to get a line to her and, with the aid of a
w1ndlass, to haul her, as she lay on the
vessels coming in. The vessel it is said is
owned in this city, and efforts to float her
Will be made
Receipts at Fish Wharf.
me receipts of herring at the fish wharf
are still light and prices are advancing
About 10000 herring and 1000 shad We're
received. Herring sold for 50 to So per
l 1l roe shad at SIS to $50 per hun
dred, and buck shad 81 to SIS per hundred
The arrivals at the Alexandria fish wharf
We're about 10000 herring and 800 shad
frlces there were about the same as in this
market.
The bugeyes Matte Thompson. with about
30 bushels of oysters, and the j. c. VAIN
wright, with about 12J bushels have arriv-
ed at the oyster wharf. These are the first
oyster-laden vessels to come up since Tues
day last.
The United States steamboat inspection
officers Saturday morning inspected the
steamer Harry Randall preparatorv to
granting her a license to carry freight and
passengers on the Potomac river and
Chesapeake bay during the coming year
The Inspecting officers were Capt. Wright,
as to boilers and machinery. and Capt
White as to hull and woodwork. The
Randall met all the requirements of the in
spection laws and her license to run was at
once renewed.
The Passing Craft.
Since Saturday the schooners Annie
Hodges, Captain Waterford, and the Alice
Hodges, Captain Smith, with cargoes of
pine lumber from the lower Potomac have
arrived for L. H. Biscoe.
The schooners Lottie Carter. Captain Gas
kins. and ]. ID. Bell, Captain WEIGH; long
boat Criah Horner, Captain Fisher; bug
eyes Kathlene Captain Kelly and Silver
Spray, and the pungy Stevens are at Car
ter & Clark's wharf discharging cargoes of
cord wood
The schooner Thos. p. schatt. with lum-
Der for T. W. Smith, arrived up this morn
ing.
The new Weems line steamer Northum-
berland will reach baltimore today from
the yards of Neafie &: Levy, Philadelphia,
where she was built AS soon as she can
be fitted out with furniture she will relieve
the steamer Potomac on the route between
this city, Alexandria, the lower river land
ings and Baltimore.
There is lying at the fish wharf a little
canoe, with a load of conch shells aboard.
The vessel is under the command Of Cap
tain Primer, and though only about fifteen
feet long, runs outside the Capes to Sea-
side to obtain the shells.
The bugeye Edgar of Tangier. with about
20 bushels of oysters, and the bugeye Vigil
liant, with 10000 clans, the arrivals at
the oyster wharf since Saturday.
The steam launch May, with a large
party of the leading German residents of
creek yesterday.
The schooner Fortuna Chase, with a
cargo of plaster, sailed from Hillsboro',
Nova Scotia, for Alexandria the Sd in
slant.
The steamer Wakefield arrived up from
the lower river yesterday, with a large
cargo of fish, oysters and country produce
for the commission houses.
The steamer Harry Randall, which has
been laid up for repairs for some weeks
past, made her first trip yesterday with
an excursion to Clifton Beach. Further re-
pairs are to be made to her engine and
Wheels and she will resume her place on
the lower river route tomorrow.
The harbor police boat Vigilant was
launched from the ways at Benefits ship
yard this afternoon.
The gasoline launch just built by Mr..
Townshend of the boat exchange for pri-
vate use was put overheard Saturday. The
new boat is about twenty-five feet long and
six feet beam.
Mr.. Robert Wilson of this city is having
built at Canastoa, N. Y, handsome gas
oline launch at a cost of over 81 600 for the
boat and engine She will be ready for
service about the LIST of June. 1t is stated
that quite a number of new boats will be
seen on the river this summer.
The schooner W. HI. Skinner, now in port