Evening star., 1901-07-06
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SHAD DYING IN LARGE NUMBERS
FROM UNKNOWN CAUSE.
Stock of Ice Ample for All Demands
Dull Fish Market-Gen.
eral Mention.

The shad remaining in the Potomac above
| the Long bridge are dying in considerable
| numbers from some unknown cause. Yes
! terday evening the officers of the ferry
steamer Columbia counted about fifty of
the fish floating on the surface of the river
between the forks of the channel and Alex
andria, the greater portion OF them dead
but several were still feebly moving. The
| shad generally leave these waters before
July, but this season they are reported as
still quite plentiful in the upper river. 1t is
understood the mortality among them is to
be brought to the attention of the fish
commission for investigation.
The excessively hot weather of the past
ten days has made the demand on the stock
of ice at the wharf ice houses very heavy,
but there is still sufficient supply on hand
to meet all emergencies for ten days or two
weeks, and one vessel is known to be in
the river with a large cargo of ice bound
here She should reach this city within the
next twenty-four hours; and two other
large vessels. the Henry L. Peckham and
Thos s. Dennison, each with over a thou
sand tons of ice aboard, should be in port
here early next week. The platform men
at the ice houses are working night and
day to supply the demand, which is un-
precedentedly heavy.
The trial trip of Mr.. ]. E. R-yburn's
steam yacht Gretchen was very satisfac-
tory. 1t is understood the yacht will be
fitted out at Alexandria instead of being
taken to the Hudson river for that pur-
pose.
The fish market at the 11th street wharf
still remains unusually dull. and the sup
plies coming from the Norfolk neighbor-
hood and the lower river are very small
Prices remain about the same as early in
the week. This morning white perch sold
at 1c to 10c- per pound; boiling rock. II G.
to 1oc. per pound: pan rock. 4c. to Sc. per
pound: sturgeon. Sc. to 1Oc. per pound;
weak fish. blues and founders. &c. per
pound EACH Spanish mackerel, DC. to &c.
per pound: gray trout, 81 to 81 per barrel;
croakers 81 per barrel; butterfish. s. to 8
per barrel; catfish and eels 1Oc. to 20c. per
bunch: drum, carp and porgies 1Oc. to 25c.
each. Soft shell crabs are very scarce and
are selling at SOC. to 60c. per dozen.
The Moving Craft.
The three-masted schooner Eliza A.
Scrivner has arrived in port from Jackson
Vile, Fla, with 100000 feet of lumber and
10OooO shingles for Johnson & Wmsatt
The two-masted schooner E. S. Johnson,
with a cargo of about 60000 feet of Vir-
ginia pine lumber has arrived in port for
Johnson &, Wimsatt.
The big four-masted schooner NJ. A Ran
dali, which has just finished unloading a
cargo of ice at the 10th street wharf, has
gone to Georgetown to load coal for a New
England port.
The large sailing barge Daniel of Alex
andria has been taken to the lower river,
and Will load lumber for the dealers here
The barge Katie Bradley has completed
the discharging of a cargo of hard coal.
and is now at Forsberg & Murrays wharf.
waiting tug to take her away
The little two-maSted schooner John p.
Robinson has gone up to Georgetown with
a cargo of grain from the lower river.
The schooner Alberta. in tow of the tug
Minerva. has gone to a lower river port
and will load lumber.
The tugs Camilla and Yerkes, jr. have
sailed for the capes on the lookout for sew
eral fce-laden vessels, bound to this port,
which are now due about Cape Charles.
The steamer Lily & Howard sailed today
for Aqua creek, with several light coal
barges in tow. The barges will load rail-
way ties and poplar wood for Philadelphia.
The Rosie Beatrice has arrived in port.
loaded with fine boards, from the Coan
river for the local dealers.
The bugeye Silver Spray is at Alexandria
and will there load a cargo of wheat for
the mills at Georgetown.
The longboat Silver Star has gone to the
lower river and will load cord wood back
to this port for Carter & Clark.
The Little Dorrett is at Alexandria with
a cargo of foundry iron for julius Drifuse.
She will load building material for the
lower river.
The Weems line steamer Potomac which
arrived last night from the river landings.
brought up a large number OF passengers