Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-30
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
CATCH OF SHAD SPAWN AT FISH
FISH COMMISSION STATION.
Total of 6S, 100000 in Thirty Days
Drift Seines in Use at
Jones' Point.

During the thirty days the Bryan's Point
station of the United States fish commits
sion was in operation this spring. the
spawn takers succeeded In getting the enor-
nous number of IS, OoOOO shad eggs, all OF
which were Matched, and when the young
shad were about two inches long all except
4OOO,OO0 were put back into the river. to
grow and furnish next seasons supply OF
this toothsome fish. The 100000 retained
were shipped to a station in Georgia, and
the experiment OF stocking a stream there
will be tried.
Although all the fishing shores along the
river have been shut down for the past two
weeks, shad and herring are reported to be
plentiful enough to pay large number OF
Alexandria fishermen to operate drift seines
on high tides just below Jones Point The
fish are sold in the Alexandria market.
Several of the seines in use are over a
hundred fathoms long. and as fifteen or
twenty are operated on every tide there is
small chance of the fish being able to es-
cape.
Banks big pile driver is in Alexandria
making repairs to the Washington and
Alexandria ferry slip and the pier Of the
Norfolk and Washington line of steamers.
Posey's wharf. in Chickamuxen creek,
which has been in such bad condition that
steamers were unable to land at it. has
been rebuilt and landings are now being
made there again. So important was the
wharf that 1t is stated, the farmers resid-
ing in the neighborhood assisted in its re-
building.
stiff's wharf, an important landing about
forty-five miles down the river, is to be en-
larged and improved.
The receipts at the fish wharf this morn
ing were 1915 shad and % barrels of trout
and butter fish from Norfolk. In conse-
quence of the scarcity OF hsh prices nave
gone up with a bound. shad this morning
bringing from Il to % cents each and the
trout sold at 81 to SIS per barrel.
The papers transferring the old Norfolk
line steamer George Leary from her former
owners here to parties in Baltimore have
just been received in the custom house at
Georgetown. The Leary was sold and
taken away from here over a year ago;
The steamer +. V. Arrowsmith made q
special trip to Colonial Beach today with
a large passenger list. Capt. Charley En-
twisle was in command, with Dr. CHAMP
Walker. purser: VIM Davis. pilot; VIM.
Henry, chief engineer, and Robt. Grigsby,
assistant engineer.
Coming In and Going Out.
The schooner Sebago, with a cargo of
1.631 600 laths for Johnson & Wimsatt, ar
rived in port this morning from ST. Johns,
n B. The Seoago came into port with a
list to port caused by the shifting of her
deck load in heavy gale Friday night
AMI Saturday last. For a time her officers
feared she would lose all the laths she had
on deck. She was nine days on the voyage.
The schooner United, with cargo OF
white sand for the local dealers. arrived
last night.
The schooner Henry H. Turner, laden
with broken stone, cleared from George
town yesterday evening for Cape Charles
City The tug Minerva took her out.
The big three masted schooner Fortuna,
which has just finished discharging a cargo
of plaster at Alexandria. left last evening
in tow of the tug Favorite for Baltimore
to load coal.
The schooner Shining Light, with cargo
of 800 barrels ot salt fish fer A. d. Brock
ett has arrived at Alexandria,
The steam launch Americas is lying at
the Buena Vista wharf, having repairs
made to her boiler and engine.
The United States lighthouse supply
steamer Armenia has sailed on a cruise to
supply the ocean lighthouses from Cape
Charles to New York.
The American Patriot, Capt. Wright; the
MCGEE, Capt Corsey; Jas a. Garfield, Capt.
Bailey. and Kathlene have arrived with
cargoes of wood for Carter & Clark.
Standard oil! barge No. n, with load of
oil, arrived at Alexandria from Philadelphia
yesterday evening. Part of her cargo will
be discharged there, and the remainder
will be brought to the oil plant on the East
ern branch.
The lighthouse tender Holly is back in
port from trip to Old Point and Norfolk,
with Secretary Gage as a passenger.
The coast survey steamer Bache and the
other vessels in port are all gaily deco
rated with bunting in honor of Decoration
day