Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-03-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FISH COMMISSION GETTING READY
TO COLLECT SPAWN.
Work VIII Commence April 1O-Oys-
ter and Fish Market-The
Passing Craft.

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States fish commission. at Bryan's Point,
Nd, Monday and will at once begin the
fitting up of the station for the Matching of
| shad, herring and bass the coming season.
1t Is understood the taking of spawn will be
begun about April 10, and will continue I'M
TIL the end of the season. Contracts will be
| made with fishermen in the neighborhood of
| Bryans Point for the taking of spawn from
| their catch of shad during the season. The
| commission will have but one steam launch
| in service this season.
The receipts of fish by the dealers at the
18th street wharf this morning were ample
for supply of the demand, but were not as
large as those of yesterday. Herring from
the Potomac nets are also somewhat more
I scarce, only 1000 having been received by
| the river boats, and 1000 having come up on
| the steamers. About a dozen shad have
| also been received from the river the re-
| mainder coming from Old Point and North
| Carolina. The market this morning was
| fair and prices were: Roe shad, 40c. to SOC.
each: buck shad, 25c. to 30c. each: pan
| rock. &c. to SC. per pound; boiling rock, Zoe.
| to lie. per pound; pike, &C. to Sc. per pound;
| sheepshead, sc. per pound; founder, &c. per
| pound; carp, 4c. per pound; white perch,
| DC. to Sc. per pound; jumping mullets, &c.
| per pound; croakers, Sc. per pound; river
mullets, 10c per bunch; cells, Zoe. to 15c. per
bunch: catfish. SC. to 15c. per bunch; yellow
| perch. &C. to 20c. per bunch, and herring,
$50 to 81. 10 per hundred. Sturgeon was on
sale this morning for the first time this
season and brought SC. per pound.
The oyster market at the 18th street
| wharf was very dull this morning, the sales
| being few and small. Prices ranged from
| 4Oc. to SOC. per bushel for the smaller
| oysters up to soc. per bushel for the larger
stock By the first of next month there
| will be but ten twelve boats left in the
| oyster business. the others having gone to
running fish. Since yesterday the schooners
| Eta and E. P. Evans have arrived in port
| with Potomac river oysters,
Passing In and Out.
| The Mary Francis is in port with a cargo
of cord wood for Carter & Clark
The Nettie May, Elenora Russell, Avalon
and George B. Faunce are fitting out at the
| 18th street wharf for the fish trade. They
will sail this evening or tomorrow.
| The steamer Occoquan has unloaded her
cargo of railway ties for the Baltimore and
| Ohio railway at the st. Elizabeths Asylum
wharf and will sail for Alexandria this
| evening.
| The schooner Cora. now loading barrels
| in Baltimore for Norfolk, has been char
tered to load lumber at Petersburg, Va,
| for Johnson & Wimsatt.
| The schooner Joseph Beach is in port
with full cargo Of cordwood for the local
| dealers
| The schooner Belmont having completed
| the unloading of her cargo, has sailed for
wood-loading point on the river for cargo
back to this port
The bugeye A. G. Stiles, with cargo of
oysters from the st. Mary'S river, has ar
rived at Alexandria.
The schooner Frank T. Stinson, now dis
charging a cargo Of asphalt at George
town, has been chartered to load coal at
Baltimore for Portland, Maine.
The long boat Harry and Charley is in
port with cargo of cordwood from the
lower river for Carter & Clark.
The schooner John Travers is at the
wharf at Colonial Beach, Va, unloading a
cargo of 4S3 tons of ice for j. O. Stiff
The pungy Ella Hill has sailed from AL
exandria for the neighborhood of Coan riv-
er to engage in trap-net fishing
The f1attie Lulie Springer, having sold
out her cargo of oysters at Alexandria, will
sail today for the mouth of the river
General Matters.
There still remains in the newly dug
channel through the Mattawoman shoaI a
large stone, which will have to be blasted
before it can be taken out Of the way of
vessels. This will be done very shortly
Work will also be commenced soon on the
deepening of the water in the neighbor-
hood of Maryland Point.
Captain John E. Pearson who is charged
with having scuttled and sunk his schoon-
er, the c. w. Buoy. in the river near
Blackistone's Island December "a, 19O0 has
been held for the grand jury by United
States Commissioner Z. p Wyatt of Girls
field. Nd. His bond has been fixed at
$1,000.
Inc Gilman Dove has been hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boatyard
to have her hull overhauled and repaired,
and to be calked and painted.
The bugeye Silver Spray, having been
fitted with new mast, has sailed for the
lower river.
The steamer Estelle Randall this morn
ing took down 10000 feet of lumber con-
signed to the United States engineer Of
ficer at Fort Hunt.
Lightshfp No. IS has been locked at
Woodalrs shipyard in Baltimore, and as
soon as she can be repaired she will be
taken to the Head-of-the-Midd ground in
Chesapeake bay to mark the shoals there
The tug John l. Brady is on Bixler's ma
rine railway in Baltimore for examination
of her hull.
The tug D. NJ Key, after having been
thoroughly overhauled, has again gone into
commission. Captain Charley Railey is in
command of the Key.
Captain James Barker will resume the
command of his steamer, the Harry Ran
DALI tomorrow morning.