Evening star., 1900-11-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CLOSE OF FALL WORK on MATTO-
WOMAN FLATS.
Advance in Price of Oysters-Scarcfty
of Fish at the Wharf-Gen-
erai Notes.

The big pile-driver of Mr. Thomas Banks
of this city is now az work on the Matta-
woman flats drawing the range piling that
was used to mark the channel lines along
which the dredger engaged in deepening
the water worked. The drawing of the
piles will take about week. The boat will
then be taken into Mattawoman creek and
tied up for the winter The dredging opera
tions on the flats have been discontinued
for this season. 1t was found necessary to
haul the big dredge Pugh off for repairs
and they will take some time it was
deemed best to discontinue the work. The
dredge taken to Norfolk by her ten
der, the tug T. V. McCauley. She will re-
sumo operations in the early spring.
The latest arrival in port is the hand
some sloop-rigged sailing yacht Lawrence
j.. hailng from New York. The boat is
owned by Mr.. NJ. w Hall. and he, with his
wife and brother, are making their home
on her during their stay in this city. The
Lawrence J. Is Al feet long, 16 feet beam
and draws bat two feet of water. 4 large
ara handsomely appointed cabin covers
more than half her length, ana she is splen-
Gidly fitted up having all the conveniences
She is now lying anchored in the stream
near Townshend's boat house and has
been greatly admired. Mr.. Hall expects to
remain here with his boat for some time
Effects of Heavy Weather
The heavy weather of the past three or
tcur days off the coast and in the lower
part of Chesapeake bay has kept the fisher
men from working their nets, and as a con-
sequence the supply of salt water fish ar
riving at this market is small the Norfolk
line steamer this morning bringing up but
eight package
The steamer Harry Randall last night
brought up but ten barrels from the lower
river nets.
Prices this morning show but little diff
ference from yesterdays figures trout sell
irg al 81 TO $40 per barrel; pan rock 8 to 10
cents per pound; boiling rock. II to y,
cents per pound. white perch, > to 10 cents
pei pound; bass. to 10 cents per pound;
carp cents per pound; pike, ) to cents
pei pound; bluefish and tailors, to $
cents per pound; spotted trout ) to q
cents per pound: croakers cents per
pound; river mullet. to cents per bunch
catfish 10 10 - cents per bunch, and eels
Il, 70 - cents per bunch.
There have been but three arrivals at the
oyster wharf since yesterday morning, and
there Is no scarcity of the bivalve About
eishteen vessels are i'll port. with supplies
ABOARD in al about 5000 bushels The
market this morning was fair, and prices
keep up and are advancing and Will con-
uhue 10 DO so unless it becomes consider
ably warmer This morning the small oys-
ters were selling at from 40 to 90 cents per
bushel the larger and more select ones
bringing frcm 40 TO 80 cents per bushel
The steamer Harry Randall brought up Az
barrels OF river oysters for the local deal
ers and p barrels We're brought up on the
Norfolk steamer. The arrivals are the
Amanda Lewis. with 100 bushels. and the
Ernest and Arthur with 800, and the Ruth
and Ella, with 300 all from the ne:shbor-
hood of B!ackistone's Island or the WI
comico.
Craft and CargOes.
The schooner William Oliver has sailed
from Baltimore with cargo of fertilizer
for Alexandria.
The schooner l.. II. Coward. with about
1900 tons Of ice, and the Clara A. Good
win, with 1,2S2 tons, arrived in port Mon
day night, both for the American Ice Conn
pany. The Coward and the schooner Day-