Evening star., 1901-08-06
ALONG THE. RIVER FRONT
BOAT owNERsH PREPARING FOR
OPENINGsOF ,oYsTER SEASON.
Progress Of = sPreiiminary Work ON
Sewage Rnmpang Station-The
Moving eraft-Brfefs.

The oyster season will open regularly
September ]. and with cool weather in the
latter part of august oyster-laden vessels
may begin to arrive in port week carrier.
About forty boats, from a med1um-sized
two-masted schooner to twenty-hve-ton
fatue, are usually engaged during the Iail
and winter months in bringing oysters to
this port, and In all the harbors along the
lower river their owners are now engaged
in painting and overhauling them and get
ting them ready for the coming season
work.
The large raft of pine piles which was
brought into port Saturday evening last by
the steamer Occoauan are to be used in the
work at the pumping station OF the new
sewer at the foot of New Jersey avenue
Ihe building of the big Golfer dam and the
drlvlng or the piles for foundaton Tor the
heavy pump and other machinery TO be
used at the station has required very
large number of piles, several Thousand
having already been used. Almost as many
more Will be sunk in the river bottom be-
fore the work is completed. The work Is
being pushed on the pumping station, and
Messrs. Carter & Clark are supplying the
contractors with the piles as rapidly as
they can be delivered.
Ihe demand for bay and sea fish at the
llth street wharf iish market was greatly
In excess of the supply this morning, the
eaSteriy storms on the coast preventing
Since yesterday the entire receipts at the
wharf have been less than thirty barrels.
AS a consequence prices went up with 4
jump this morning, small trout selling at
to &c. per pound; large trout at 512 to &c.
per pound; butter fish,5c per pound; croak-
ers, 8 to &c. per pound; bluefish, 3 to &c.
per pound; mackerel, 10c. per pound; rock
pan, TO to 12Rc. per pound; rock, boil, u
TO loc. per pound; white perch, . to Joe.
per pound; sea BASS &c. per pound; stur-
geon, to loc. per pound; catfish, 20 to
soc per bunch; eels, - to Soc. per bunch;
drum, 20 to zoe. each. and carp, Is to 25c.
each. Hard crabs have also advanced in
price, and this morning sold at S1.50 per
barrel.
Since yesterday about 1000 watermelons
nave arrived at tie oyster wharf in the
Water Lily and Little Jennie, both of
Wnom bring their cargoes from Salisbury
on the eastern shores of Maryland and are
consigned to A. f. Evans The melons are
in fine condition, but the demand for them
IS light. This morning prices were, for
selects. $40; primes, So. and culls. s. per
hundred There are also a thousand or
more North Carolina melons at the wharf.
Vessels Coming and Going.
The schooner Alice NJ Colburn has clear
ed from this port for Baltimore, and win
load coal for Boston
The barkentine Davis is at Port of Spain,
Island of Trinidad, loading asphalt for
this port.
The tug Curtin, with two barges In tow,
is reported in the river bound to this
city.
The Mary Ann Shea and Marry Frances
are in port with tpll cargoeS of cordWood
for Carter & Clark.
The three-masted schooner Jessie r.
Burt, having completed the unloading of
her cargo of ice, has sailed for Newport
News, in tow of the tug NJ. NJ Davis and
viii load coal for Boston
The Randall line steamer Kent, which
arrived yesterday evening from the lower
river, brought up a large cargo of peaches,
apples and other fruits from the lower Po-
tomac landings.
The iongboat Five Sisters came into port
yesterday evening with load of cord
wood.
The sloop Mamie Gertrude has sailed for
lower river point and will load lumber
for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The steamer L. James TulI, after loading
a general cargo at Alexandria, sailed yes
terday for Occoquan. She took q light
barge in tow to Occoquan to load railway
ties.
The steamer Lily and Maud has complet-
ed the discharging of her cargo of railway
ties at the Alexandria shipyard and has
come up to this city to load a general cargo
for Aqua creek.
The schooner Pocahontas with a cargo
of lumber and building material, sailed
from Alexandria for Lodge landing yes
terday.
The four-masted schooner Estelle Phin-
ney, which discharged cargo Of ice at
Alexandria, has gone to Newport News and
will load about 300 tons of coal for a New
England port
The schooner Sidney Jones has arrived
in port with a cargo of cord wood for the
local dealers.
The barges John l. Brady and General T.
j. Wistar have arrived at Alexandria with
about 500 tons of hard coal from Hayre de
Grace for d. w. Aitcheson
The barge Pugh has been taken to Occo-