Evening star., 1901-11-11
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FEAR EXPRESSES THAT sHAD WILL
BE SCARCE NEXT SEASON.
Depleted by the Game Fish-Passfng
Freighters and Their Freight
-Genor&l News.

-Genssal News.
Old fishermen express some fear that
there will be great shortage in the catch
OF Potomac shad during the, fishing season
next spring, and base their belief on the
large number of bass, rock and perch now
being caught in the river. They say that
these game fish live on the young shad
and such like, and yearly eat an enormous
quantity of them; and that the catch of
shad has been growing smaller and smaller
each year. ever since the fish commission
stocked the Potomac with bass. They claim
that the present law restricting the catch
OF bass and rock to certain seasons, and
only allowing large fish to be put on sale.
should be repealed, and the bass should be
thinned out to protect the shad
Fish of all kinds were In demand at the
l1th street fish wharf this morning. and
the supply was fair. Prices were as fol-
lows; For pan rock, to 10c. per pound;
medium rock, to 10c. per pound; boiling
rock' Ia to 15c. per pound: white perch,
to 12c per pound; jumping mullets, 3 to
3!ac per pound; butterfish, sc. per pound;
black bass, to 121sc per pound; pike, s
10 &c. per pound; sturgeon, 10c. per pound;
oioehsh or tafiers, to &c. per pound; yell
low perch, 10 to 25c. per bunch; carp, 10 to
Zoe. each; catfish, 25 to 50c per bunch: eels.
10 to Zoe. per bunch. and river muliets, 10 to
15c. per bunch
The demand for oysters at the 11th street
wharf continues fair, and there Is a good
supply of fine stock hand. Prices are
al about the samedgures as yesterday. the
small oysters selling at from so to 60c. per
ousnel. and the larger ones from Is to SOC.
per bushel.
Passing In and Out.
The fonr-masted schooner Orlando V.
Wootten arrived in port Saturday evening
In tow of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr.,
with cargo of about l, 100 tons of ice from
Bath Me, for the American Ice Company.
The Wootten is a new schooner and is max
ing her maiden trip to this port. She is
unloading at the 9th street wharf Of the
American Ice Company.
The scow Washington is at@the wharf at
Fort Washington unloading a cargo Of brick
lot the buildings in course of construction
at the post.
The Silver Star having unloaded a cargo
OF cord wood at the wharf Of Carter &
Clark. has sailed for the lower river and
will load.
The steamer Harry Randall, which ar
rived In port from the lower river yester-
day, brought up a large cargo Of stock,
oysters and country produce for the local
dealers.
The steamer Lily and Howard has ar
rived In port with a cargo of railway ties
from river point for Carter & Clark.
The longboat Peri is in port with a load
or pine wood from the Aqua creek neigh
borhood.
The two-masted schooner Murray Vandi-
yer has arrived in port with a cargo OF
about 125,000 feet Of Virginia pine lumber
from the Rappahannock river for Gallaher
& Bro
The schooner Samuel L. Russell, with a
full cargo Of fertilizer from T. w. Riley,
has sailed for Norfolk
The Ruth and Fl1as having np1oadod bor
cargo Of oysters has sailed for the Blackis-
tones Island neighborhood, and will load
The three-masted schooner John ]. Han
son has been taken to Alexandria from
way ties for Boston.
The Belmont is In port with cargo of
cord wood from the Aqua creek neighbor-
hood, for Carter & Clark. ~.
The Ida May Is discharging a cargo of
cord wood for the dealers on the James
Creek canal
The schooner Eugfe unloaded her cargo
of lumber at the wharf of Forsberg &
Murray and has, sailed for North Carolina
to reload. os
The barge G. B. Roberts, laden with a
cargo Of hard coal from Perryvhle, Md, has
arrived and is unloading at the wharf of
Stephenson & Bro.
The pungy Shining Light sailed from
Alexandria Saturday with a cargo of gen.
eral supplies for a river point. She will
load return cargo of oysters.
The barge Pugh has been taken to Mar
shall Hall from Occoquan, to complete her
cargo of railway ties for Philadelphia.
The longboat Mayfiower has arrived in
port with cargo of cord wood from Occo-
guam for Carter & Clark.
The Uriah Horner has been taken to
Georgetown to discharge a cargo of cord
wood for the dealers there.
The pungy James Beach, laden with oys-
ters. has arrived at Reardon's wharf at
Alexandria for the dealers there
The schooner Wooily having unloaded her
cargo of canned tomatoes and fruit has
sailed for the eastern shore.
OF General Interest.
The tug Maryland, which was undergoing
repairs at the Alexandria marine railway,
has been put overheard and went into SER
vice yesterday, towing clay-laden scows
from Broad Creek, Md, to this city.
1t Is reported that the schooner Morning
Star, which recently unloaded a cargo Of
shingles here, lost one of it's crew in the
river near Mt. Vernon Saturday. The ves-
sci was on her way down the river. when
she was seen to stop suddenly, and a boat
was quickly lowered and rowed hurriedIy
away from her. For fifteen minutes the
men in it pulled about as If looking for
something but without finding it returned
to the vessel, which resumed Its Journey
down the river.
A force of hands is aboard the steamer
T. V. Arrowsmith. lying at the River View
line wharf, rebuilding the large wheels of
the steamer. Several years ago the Ar
rowsmith was by far the fastest side wheel
steamer on the Potomac, but Of late, while
fast, she has not developed her old time
speed. The rebuilding of her wheels and
the other work to be done on her during the
winter will, 1t Is expected, make her very
fast again when she goes into commission
in the spring.
Large numbers Of railway ties continue
to be shipped from Potomac river points to
Philadelphia. The barge Gen. Wooster has
been taken to Piscataway and will there
take on board several thousand chestnut
ties, and the schooner Chase Is at Stiff's
wharf on the river also loading ties
The tug J. s. Hoskins Of Baltimore has
arrived at Baltimore with oil barges n and
78 of the Standard Oil Company from TINS
city in tow. On her way from this port to
Baltimore she went into Quantico for the
large barge Calvert, which had load ed a
cargo of nonlar wood there for the no.+h b.