Evening star., 1901-10-16
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
BARKENTINE ARRIVES FROM TRIM
DAD LADEN WITH ASPHALT.
Schooner Edwin G. Hight Overdue
The Fish and oyster Market
General Port News.

| The barkentine Crowell, with cargo of
asphaltum from Port of Spain Island, came
| Into port yesterday evening in tow of
| Baltimore tug and was at once taken up
| to the asphalt wharves at Georgetown to
| unload her cargo. The vessel came into
| port with heavy list to port. having been
| for several days on that tack in warm
| weather, which caused the soft asphalt to
run to one side. On vessels carrying as
| phalt the list sometimes becomes so very
| dangerous that her crew have to open her
| matches and trim cargo in order TO bring
| her back on even keel.
The three-masted schooner Edwin g.
| Hight is several days overdue at this port
| with lumber from Jacksonville, Fla, for
johnson & Wimsatt. She sailed from Jack
sonville September 26 and under ordinary
conditions should have been here about Oc
tober 10, but since leaving port she has
not been reported and her consignees here
have tidings of her. The general >opin-
ion is that her delay Is due entirely to ad-
verse winds and that she may come in the
capes Of the Chesapeake at any time. A
tug Is now at the capes in the lookout for
the Hight and will bring her into port as
| soon as she is signaled. She has a cargo
| of about 25,0O0 feet of pine lumber and
boards.
The Norfolk line steamer this morning
brought up about fifty packages of fish
from the shores about Old Point and Vir-
ginia Beach and the river boats about
twenty barrels from the fisheries in the
river for the dealers at the 11th street
wharf market.
The market today was quite active and
fish sold at prices as follows: For large
| trout, &c. per pound bluefish or tailors.
to 4c. per pound; black bass &C. per pound
medium rock, to 1Oc. per pound; pan
rock. o to SC. per pound: boiling rock, 12Iac
rrr,sl Shn
mead, y to 1Oc. per pound; sturgeon, &c. per
pound; spot, &c. per pound; white perch.
to 1Oc per pound, or 10 to 25c. per bunch;
yellow perch, 10 to 15c per bunch; eels
Is to 25c per bunch; catfish 10 to 35c per
bunch; carp, 21ac per pound, or 25c each
gray trout, So to 81 per barrel, and butter
fish, S. per barrel.
The supply of oysters at the 11th street
wharf this morning is small, the large fleet
of boats which arrived Saturday and Sum
day having disposed of their cargoes and
sailed. The market today is fair. and the
oysters are selling at 60 to 7Oc. per bushel
for the small stock and 75c. to 81 per bushel
for the larger.
The large tomatoe and fruit canning fac
tories of Mr.. Edw. Hardwick and Mr. Geo.
P. Bailey at Kinsale. have closed down for
the year.
Passing To and Fro.
The steamer Lily and Howard, laden with
cord wood and canned tomatoes from Nom
ini creek, has arrived in port. The wood
Is consigned to Carter & Clark and the to-
matoes to the local dealers.
The bugeye R. H. Stewart has gone to
Alexandria to load a small cargo of gen.
eral stores for Curriomen bay points.
The Fair American, VIM. Turner w. H.
Bixler and Emmet Arthur have all unload
ed cargoes and have sailed for the lower
river.
The schooner John P. Robinson has load
ed a cargo of fertilizer in Alexandria and
has sailed for Upper Machodoc creek, Va.
The pungy Ella Hill has sailed from Alex
andria for the lower river and will load
oysters.
The steamer Occoquan has arrived with
small cargo of oak boards and two hum
dred or more baskets of grapes from Occo-
quan, Va.
The E. P. Evans has completed the un-
loading of her cargo and has sailed for
the Blackstone Island neighborhood.
The schooner Wheeler will complete the
o street wharf this afternoon or tomorrow,
and will sail for Norfolk.
The Nettie May, Maggie Smith and Fay
mond Oliver have all sailed for the oyster
beds in the mouth of the Potomac
The small three-masted schooner Martin
D. Cuza, which discharged a cargo of lum-
Der here and at Georgetown, has been
taken to Alexandria to load railway ties
for Boston. She is loading at the wharf
Of William A. Smoot & Co., foot Princess
street.
1He lWO-HldSiSu SCuOUUcT A. w OOley,
which unloaded a part of her cargo of
canned goods at Alexandria, has come up
to this port.
The bugeye Kathleen, having, loaded
cargo Of building material and general
stores at Alexandria, has sailed for river
port
The Leroy has completed the delivery of
her cargo of pine lumber at the wharf at
Fort Washington and has returned to a
lower river landing.
The Fannie Shepherd has arrived in port
with full cargo of Potomac river oysters
for the dealers here.
The schooner Eugie has been taken to
the wharf of T. w. Smith, the East
ern branch, to unload cargo of lumber
General News of the Port.
The oyster dredging season in the Po-
tomac river opened yesterday, and all
the public oyster rocks and beds hundreds
Of dredgers are at work. The officers of
the incoming steamers report the dredgers
so thick in places that it is difficult for
the steamers to navigate without danger of
accidents. Up to this time oysters could
only be taken from the river with tongs.
The tug j. S. Hoskins sailed from Perry
vile, Nd, day or two ago with four
barges laden with coal in tow, bound for
this port. OF the mouth of the Severn
river it was discovered that one of :he
barges, the Ann Thompson, was leaking
badly, and she was taken into Annapolis
for safety The tug has returned to Balti-
Aioi loi VI iOcIS, put IL IL tApcCtIu Sn6 Will
at once resume her trips to this city with
her tow.
The schooner Clara Coward, laden with
cord wood for the James Creek canal
started up the Eastern branch Monday
evening, but abreast the wharf of the
Washington barracks she ran ashore on
the channel bank, and despite the efforts
of her crew she remained aground for
several hours She was foated yesterday
by the rising tide.
Bass fishing has been particularly fine
in the river for the past two or three days.
OFF the Long bridge and along the Potomac
Park wall good strings of fish have been
caught, some weighing over two pounds.
The sloop yacht Nymphoe is hauled out
at the foot of 18th street southwest, and
after preparation will be laid UP for the
winter.
The barge Edward Fay is at the Somer-