Evening star., 1901-09-11
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FISHERMEN GETTING READY FOR
THE WINTER SEASON.
Brisk Demand for Fish Today at the
News of Cargoes and Carriers.

The fall and winter fishing season on
| the Potomac river will open in a few days
| and the fishermen are now preparing their
| boats and nets for the service from
Jones Point. below Alexandria, to Colonial
| Beach trap nets will be set out, not only
| along the river, but in the creeks that
| empty into it. Hundreds of men Will en-
gage In the work and the results of their
labors will mainly be shipped to this mar
ket on the river steamers. Black bass.
rock. yellow and white perch, catfish and
eels are the fish mainly caught, and they
all bring good prices here. Some few of
the fishermen ship their catch by way Of
this city to Philadelphia and New York,
where they claim they get better prices.
The outlook is for very good season. as
the fish market at the 11th street wharf
was quite brisk this morning, the demand
for fish of all varieties being good and at
advanced prices The supply received this
morning was large enough to meet all de-
mands. the Norfolk line steamer having
brought up about 40 packages from the
fishing shores about Norfolk and Old Point,
and ten or twelve packages having been
brought up by the river steamers.
Prices this morning were: For butterfish.
to &c. per pound; founders, to &c per
pound; sea bass, &c. per pound; bluefish,
to &c. per pound; croaker, to &c. per
pound; large trout, to DC. per
pound; white perch, to 15c per pound;
boiling rock. 12h TO 15c. per pound; pan
rock, 6 to &C. per pound; Spanish mackerel,
10 to 1211c. per pound; black bass, 10c. per
pound gray trout So to $6 per barrel;
crabs. $50 to 80 per barrel; porgies, 25
to 35c. each; drum. % to SOC. each; carp,
% to 40c. each, and catfish and eelS, % to
35c. per bunch.
Though the watermelon season is now
rapidly drawing to a close. the market at
the oyster wharf is somewhat more active
hon hos hoe cir r1y IN, hn
son. Since yesterday about 1900 melons
have arrived at the wharf in the r. H.
Shnn. About 1000 melons were on sale
at the wharf this morning at the increased
prices of the past two days. Selects sold
at $l2 to S15 per hundred, primes at Sc to s.
per hundred and culls, 81 to s. per hundred.
Oysters are being brought to the 11th
street wharf in quantities sufficient to meet
all demands. Since yesterday morning
about 400 bushels of Potomac river oysters
have been received at the wharf in the
Amanda F. Lewis, Ethel Stewart and Fair
American. The bivalves sold this morning
| at so cents per bushel.
The Augustus Hunt Not Injured.
The schooner Augustus Hunt which went
ashore early in the week on Marcus Hook
while on her way to Philadelphia with ice,
Is a well-known ice trader to this port,
and was last here with cargo for the
American Ice Company early in August.
She was floated yesterday with the assist
ance of three tugs, and was taken to Phila-
delphia No damage has been done her.
Harbor Master Sutton will leave here this
evening on a vacation of ten days down the
river. Under order issued by the Dis
trict Commissioners yesterday Captain Rus
sell Dean of the harbor police force will
act as harbor master during Commodore
Suttons absence.
The pungy James Beach is laid up at the
dock, foot of Prince street, Alexandra,
preparing to run oysters to this market
when the cold weather begins.
|. The new schooner VIM. H Yerkes will
load ice on the Kennebec river and will
make her maiden trip to this port In honor
of Mr.. VIM. H. Yerkes of this city, for
whom she is named. She is expected to
arrive here early next month
In consequence of the heavy easterly
winds of the past two or three days. the
tide was Unusually high yesterday evening,
the low grounds about Jackson City being
flooded.
cargo of lumber and building material from
Smoot & Co. for a river point.
The scoop dredge Fannie has been taken
to Aitcheson's wharf, Alexandria, to have
her machinery installed and put in order
for work.
The officers of the incoming steamers re-
port quite a heavy fog in the lower river
last night.
The four-masted schooner Francis NJ
has finished unloading her cargo of ice and
has sailed in tow of the tug VIM. H.
Yerkes, jr., for Baltimore, where she will
load about 1,5O0 tons of soft coal for
New England port
The tug Favorite, with Standard Oil
barge No. 49, laden with oil, in tow, has
sailed from Baltimore for this port.
The schooner Belmont, with a cargo of
pine wood from Aqua creek. has arrived
in port for the dealers here.
The little schooner Rebecca Smith has
sailed from Alexandria for a lower river
point, and will, it is stated. load oysters
for this market.
Movements of Other Vessels.
The schooner George E. Bowdoin, laden
with a cargo Of about 10000 feet of pine
boards is in port for Reland & Brooks.
The Mary and Rebecca has completed the
unloading of her cargo of oysters and has
sailed for the lower river oyster beds to
load another cargo for this market.
The schooner Saml Wood came into port
yesterday evening with cargo of cord
wood for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Fannie. laden with white
sand for the dealers here, is reported in the
river below Fort Washington bound up.
The sloop Belvedere has sailed from Alex
andria for river point for cargo back to
this port.
with cargo Of Carolina shingles, arrived
in port yesterday evening from Newburn.
N. c.. for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner P. w. Sprague, which un-
from Baltimore for Portland with cargo
of coal.
The large bugeye Kathleen has gone to
Alexandria and will there load general
cargo for lower river points.
The four-masted schooner Edward +.
Briry, from this port, has arrived at New
port News to load Pocahontas coal for Bos-
ton.
The schooner r. d. Biffer will unload her
cargo Of ice at the 9th street wharf Of the
American Ice Co.
The big four-masted schooner Lewis H.
Coward will complete the loading OF a
large cargo Of Cumberland coal at George
town by tomorrow and will sail for an
eastern port.
The Weems line steamer Potomac which
sailed yesterday evening for the lower
river landings and Baltimore, carried
large cargo and big passenger list.
The revenue cutter Window has sailed
from Baltimore for New York, where she
Is to do duty as a guard boat during the
international races.
The steamer c. James Tull arrived in