Evening star., 1901-03-19
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
BUILDING OF NEW WHARF At BRY-
ANTS POINT.
For Use of United States Fish Com
missiOn-The Passing Craft
General News.

The building of the new wharf at Bry-
ans Point Md. for the United States fish
commission has been begun by Mr.. Thomas
Banks, the contractor for the work. MT
Banks has two large drivers at work dr1v-
ing the piIing, and the work will be pushed
in order to have the wharf ready for ser
vice before the spawn-taking season be-
gins The new wharf will be about loo
feet long and forty feet across the face
and will be used by all the people residing
in the neighborhood of the station to re-
ceive their supplies from here and A1exan-
dria. Only one steam launch will be used
by the Bryan's Point station in the taking
of spawn during the summer.
The stock of oysters at the wharf market,
foot of 18th street, has been augmented
since yesterday by the arrival of the B.
H Lambert Maggie and Elizabeth Zephyr,
w. III. H. Bixler and George B. Faunce,
all with cargoes of Blackstone and VII
comicO oysters on board. The market to-
day was fairly well attended and the bi-
valves sold at prices ranging from 80 to
50 cents per bushel for the smaller stock
to 90 cents for the larger The Norfolk
line steamer this morning brought up about
fifty barrels of Lynn Haven Bay oysters.
The supply of river fish at the 11th street
wharf this morning was plentiful sixty
seven packages having been brought up by
the river steamers, Gao punches having
Arthur and E. l.. Bowen and 200 punches
from Plum Tree on the Smith. Forty-siX
packages were also received from Norfolk
and the south. AS yet but few Potomac
shad and herring have been caught by
the nets in the river. The market today
was brisk and prices were: Roe shad, 40
to 45c each; buck shad, % to 30c each;
pan rock, to 10c per pound; boiling rock,
10c. per pound; pike. SC. per pound; sheep
head, &c. per pound; white perch, to &C.
per pound; jumping mullets, 4c per pound; ;
croaker, 4c. per pound; founder, sc. per
pound; eelS, 15c. per bunch; yellow perch,
3 to 20c. per bunch; river mullets, 10c per
bunch, and catfish, to 15c. per bunch.
Steamboats, and SaiIers.
The steamer Occoquan has arrived here
with cargo of railway ties for Carter &
Clark She also brought up a raft of
about 100 pine plings for the same firm.
1t is understood the pilings will be used
for the navy yard improvements.
Enough of the cargo of asphalt was re-
moved from the hold of the schooner F.
F. Stenson to float her yesterday evening,
so that she could get up to the Barber
asphalt wharf at Georgetown to complete
the discharging of her cargo.
The schooner J. D. Bell is in port with
full cargo of cordwood for Carter &
Clark.
The J. ]. Underhill and Ruth and Ella
have gone to Blackistones Island and will
load cordwOod back to this market.
The tug NJ. NJ. Davis. with the tug Rat
tlesnake in tow, sailed for Norfolk yes
terday evening
The steamer Harry Randall arrived up
from the lower river yesterday evening
with a good cargo of eggs, country pro-
duce and oysters for the local dealers.
The long boat Osceola is in port with a
cargo of cordwood for Johnson Bros. She
is unloading at the wharf foot of 18th
street.
The schooner Murray Vandiyer, having
completed the unloading of her cargo, has
sailed for the lower river and will, it is
stated, load lumber.
The steam yacht Giavota, with her own
er, Mr. D. P. Passos of New York, on
board, has gone to Sandy Point, on the
Coan river
The schooner Lottie Carter has sailed for
a river point TO load cordwood for Garter
& Clark.
The tug Juno arrived In port yesterday
evening. having several oyster boats in
tow.
OF General Interest.
The tug Camilla has been chartered by
r. A. Golden to tow fish-laden boats from
Windmill Point during the summer. The
tug NJ. NJ. Davis will tow for Cogswell &
Bro. and the tug Eva Belle Cain for Capt.
VIM. knight from Stoney Point. Other
dealers will charter tugs later.
Mr. T. r. Riley, for the Union Trust
company, To-Day shipped q ScOW laden with
$500 feet of lumber to Fort Washington, to
be used in the erection of the new build
ings there.
The scow belonging to Mr.. Wilbur Kintz,
which sank on the flats opposite Alexan-
dria has been floated, and will be brought
to this city for repairs.
| About 12j,00o feet of pine lumber have
| been shipped from Wakefield Va, in the
| past ten days.
Carpenters are engaged in overhauling
| the little side-wheel steamer George J.
| Seufferie, in preparation for the coming
The large sand digger belonging to Mr..
| Lord. has been taken to the neighborhood
| of Motley Hall, and will commence opera
| tions there in a few days.
| Capt. Dixon is fitting out the pungy Ella
| Hill for gill net fishing on the lower river.
1t is expected operations will be begun In
| about two weeks,
The lessee of McCuire's wharf in Nomini
creek is having the storehouse at the wharf
| rebuilt, and other improvements are being
| made.
! The fitting up of the buildings at the
| River View wharf, foot of 7th street fol
| the coming excursion season has been COM
pleted.
DR.. Arthur Rauterberg is fitting UP his
| steam launch Greyhound for service on the
| river this summer.
Nearly all the twelve fishing shores OF
| the river are now ready for service, and
the nets will be put overheard early next
week BY the first of next month the
nShlng season ShOuld be IN fuH operation
Mr.. Theodore Keene has been appointed
| pilot of the steamer Harry Randall and
| has gone on duty.
Captain James McCracken has returned
| from Norfolk, where he has been In at
| tendance on the Dixie court of inquiry.
| Captain E. d. Atkins, well known here
| as master of the three-masted schooner
| Horatio and Baker, has arrived at Baiti-
more in command of the new schooner
/ Malcolm 3. Searcy.
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| PROBABLY A FATAL BLOW.