Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-26
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE LIGHTHOUSE BOARD ISSUES
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
Changes in Buoys and and other Mat
ters-Increase in Catch
of Fish.

| The following notice to mariners mas
been issued by the lighthouse board:
| Meadowyille post light James river. Va.
! The iron spindle, from the projecting arm
| of which A fixed white light is shown, on
.Woodson's rock, about half a mile below
| Meadowyille wharf, east side of the river,
| was carried away by flood the night OF
| April ~ 1901. and the light will be discon-
! tinued until further notice.
| Chesapeake bay, main ship channel-New
| Point Comfort middle ground buoy, No.
| /. was changed from a second-class can
| to a first-ciass can, and the spar marking
buoy removed for the summer season on
April Is. 1901. Tangier Island shoal lump
buoy. a red first-class nun, which was re-
| ported adrift April 10, 1901, was replaced
April 16 York spit buoy, No. ., black, was
changed to a second-ClasS can for the sum-
mer season on April Is, 1901.
The following buoys have been changed
for the summer season: New Point COM
| fort shoal buoy. No. 9. from spar TO
| second-class can; Wolf Trap shoal buoy
| No. 13. from a spar to second-class can,
| Milford Haven spit buoy No. 10. spar
marker removed; Rappahannock spit puoy'
| No. H. spar marker removed
Elizabeth river, Va.-Elizabeth river en-
| trance bell buoy, which was removed Janu,
| airy IL, 1901, for repairs. was replaced
! buoy, reported out April II, 1901, was re-
| lit April 3D.
Mobjack bay va.-New Point Comfort
spit, No .. a red second-ciass nun, hau
the spar marker removed for the summer
season on April 16, 1901.
Potomac river, Md-Maryland Point shoal
buoy a frst-class can, was moved INTO
twenty-four feet of water to mark the de-
tached shoal on which the L. S. ). Dixie
grounded 1t is now painted black. with
M. P" in white letters on the can.
Increase in Fish Catch.
| 4 considerable increase has been noted in
| the catch of herring 1T the up-river Shores
Stoney Point, Chapman's Point and in DC
| couuan Bay. Since yesterday about lo,ooo
| herring have been received by the DEAL
4 ers at the 18th street wharf from the
| shores but only 1000 shad have been
| brought up The receipts of bunch fish
| continue extremely light and prices remain
| high. The market this morning was good'
| and herring sold at s. to s. per thou
| sand; roe shad, iS2o to $50 per hundred;
| buck shad. So to S14 per hundred; Spanish
mackerel 10 to &c. per pound; sturgeon. &c
| per pound; rock to 12c. per pound; white
perch. 6 to Zoe. per pound; carp, sc; per
| pound; founder. SC per pound; croaker, -
| per barrel; catfish and yellow perch, 10 to
| 15c. per bunch; eels to 1oc. per bunch,
| and mullets 10 to 15c. per bunch.
| The supply of oysters at the 1lth street
| wharf continues very small, the supply in
| hand this morning being less than 300 BUSH
| els The market today was slow and the
| smaller oysters brought from 30 to toc: per
| bushel, while the larger ones sold as high
1 as zoe per bushel.
| A small fattie owned and sailed by man
\ named Collins, laden with fish for this
| market was caught by the eddies of the
| current off Buena Vista wharf, at the
| forks of the Georgetown and Washington
| channels. and forced on the piling OF the
old wharf. just south of the Buena vista
| wharf When the tide fell the vessel vas
| left high UP out of the water on the piling,
| so that her captain could get under her
| In a boat. In order to float her he cut the
| piles from under her, allowing the vessel
| to drop down into the water, and when the
| tide came up again she fioated Off. Con-
| siderable damage was done her hull. and
| she will have to be hauled out Tor repairs.
The Moving Vessels.
| The I.otties Carter has arrived in port
| with full cargo of cord wood for the
| local dealers.
| The schooner Charles G. Joyce is in port
from Petersburg with a cargo of about
| 10000 feet of pine lumber for johnson &
! Wimsatt.
The lonsboat Five Sisters will arrive in
port today with a cargo of wood
The barge Kent has been taken to the
! wharf of T. ". Riley to finish the dis
| charging of her cargo of lumber.
The Winnie Windsor is at the Prince
street wharf. Alexandria, loading a cargo
! of brick for river point
| The pungy Z. J. Thompson is in port
with a cargo of cord wood for Messrs. Car
| ter & Clark.
The schooner Cora. having completed the
| unloading of her cargo of wood, has sailed
! for the lower river.
A Baltimore tug with two laden barges
| in tow arrived in port from Chesapeake
| City this morning.
| The schooner Rio Grande has completed
| the unloading of her cargo of laths and
shingles. but is lying at the wharf of n.
X. Field, at Alexandria. awaiting orders
l. rifrnt r.
| rived in port with cord wood from river
| point for Garter & Clark.
| The barges T. J. Cleaver and Annie E.
| Jennings. laden with hard coal from Phila-
| dephia, are at the wharf of Forsburg q
| Murray.
| The schooner Alberta is discharging a
! cargo of lumber at the 10th street wharf
| of the American Ice Company for II. l..
| BiScOe.
The steamer Clara Leonard has arrived
| in port from Pope's Creek with $1,000 feet
of Virginia pine boards for H. L. Biscoe.
The tug James H. Richards, while on her
way up the river with a tow of fish-laden
boats Wednesday night, injured her rudder
| She was taken to Alexandria to be hauled
out on the marine railway for repairs.
The Windmill Point fishing shore, oper-
ated by R. A Golden, and the Passipa-
tanzy shore. operated by Capt. al. Faunce
| have cut out.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, which was
| reported ashore near Fl. Foote Tuesday
| evening. did not get off until yesterday
l evening, anu not tnen until the schooner
| Dove went alongside of her and took off
| a large portion of her deckload of lumber.
| She is consigned to d. II. Biscoe. No dam
| age of consequence was done her.
The Iongboat Gilman Dove was forced
| ashore by the heavy current Tuesday
| evening off Alexandria. but floated at high
| water Wednesday and continued her trip
| down the river.
The launch Breeze, belonging to Mr..
Shepherd of this city, is being overhauled
and painted at the boat house foot of 10th
street
The schooner G. J. THOMPSON with a