Evening star., 1901-09-13
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
FISH AND OYSTER SUPPLIES GOOD
AND DEMAND FAIR.

Ice Houses Filled to Their Capacity
| Advance Flocks Of Ducks-Move-
| ment of Vessels.
| The fish market at the 11th street wharf
| was fairly well supplied this morning with
| salt water fish, the dealers at the wharf
having received about 65 packages on the
| Norfolk line steamer this morning from the
shores about Norfolk. River fish continue
| very scarce. The demand today was good
and prices were: For black bass 1Oc per
| pound: Spanish mackerel, 121hc. to lac. per
pound; pan rock. to 1Oc. per pound; boil
| ing rock. 12h to 15c. per pound: white
perch, to 15c. per pound; large trout. 4
| to SC. per pound: croaker. to &C. per
| pound: bluefsh. 9 to 7c. per pound: sea
| bass, &c. per pound: founders, to &c. per
| pound; butterfish. to &c. per pound: por-
| gies, 25 to 35c. each: drum 25 to SOC. each:
carp, 25 to 45c each: catfish and eels, -
to 35c. per bunch. and gray trout. $5 to 80
per barrel. Crabs are In demand and are
selling at 800 to $3.50 per barrel. The
supply received this morning was large.
Oysters were selling fairly well at the
1 18th street wharf this morning at prices
ranging from 4Oc. to SOC. per bushel. The
stock on hand is mostly from the beds in
| the lower Potomac, though there are q few
| from the eastern shore OF Virginia on hand.
| Since yesterday three vessels, with about
$50 bushels aboard. have arrived. the
| Hiawatha and Cogswell coming from Cur
| riomen and the Matte Lee from the east
ern shore.
The watermelon season Is now rapidly
drawing to close and but few more ves-
| sells laden with them will arrive here this
year. This morning the stock on hand at
the 11th street wharf was about 5000
melons.
| The only arrival since yesterday was the
| schooner VIM. d. Lehman. with about
1,5OO aboard. Prices today are SIS per
hundred for selects, So per hundred for
| prime and s. per hundred for culs.
Within the past two or three days sew
| eral small fiocks Of blue-wing ducks have
been seen on the river between this city
and Alexandria, and reports from the lower
river say few blue wings have also been
seen there. The hunters do not look for
| the arrival Of ducks in any numbers until
| cool weather and the northwest winds be-
| gin to blow In Four-Mile run and on the
| river flats the wild grain on which the
ducks feed Is reported rather scarce, and
| the birds will be hard to get a shot at in
consequence Reed birds and ortalan are
still quite plentiful in the marshes about
Alexandria, and hunters are having some
excellent sport there.
| Plenty of Ice.
| The Ice storage houses of the local ice
| companies are now full of ice. the supply
on hand being ample to meet all demands
for several weeks unless exceptionally lot
| weather should prevail. AS a consequence,
no vessels are being chartered to bring ice
| here, and but one vessel. the new schooner
| VIM. H. Yerkes, is loading for this port.
She will bring a cargo of about 1900 tons
from the Kennebec river, and Is expected
| to reach here about October 1. About the
| middle Of October several large vessels will
arrive with 10000 or 12.OOO tons Of Ice,
| which will be stored away for use during
| the winter months At the ice wharves
here but one vessel Is now unloading.
| A large tugboat for service on Chesapeake
| bay and its tributaries, including the Po-
| tomac river, will be launched at one Of the
Baltimore shipbuilding yards tomorrow.
| The new boat will be 1O2 feet long. % feet
! wide and will have 1O1a feet depth of hold
| The engine will be Of the fore and aft
| compound type, with cylinders Is and 80
| inches in diameter and % inches stroke.
The name for the new boat has not yet
been selected. She Is owned by p. Dough-
| erty & Co.
| The large auxiliary power yacht ST.
| Charles. belonging to Mr.. J. w. Jones Of
this city. Is being dismantled and will
| shortly be laid up for the season. She Is
| now lying at anchor in the channel of the
foot Of 8th street.
| The newly built barge Jackson is at the
| wharf Of FNorsberg & Murray. awaiting the
arrival OF her boiler, which Is being built
at Baltimore
A day or two ago Mr.. John Biswen ex-
changed his sailing sloop Johnnie for
hunting ark for use on hunting and fishing
trips during the fall. The ark was tied up
In the dock adjoining the wharf Of the
steamer c. ]. Seufferle, and during We'd
nesday night IT sprang aleak and sank in
about five feet of water. The damage is
believed to be small
Other Vessels and Cargoes.
The tug VIM. II. Yerkes jr., is at Balti-
more, having some minor repair work done
to her machinery before returning to the
capes OF the Chesapeake on the lookout for
a tow to this port.
Colonial Beach has been connected by
telephone with Warsaw and other points
in the northern neck of Virginia. The new
line went into service last week.
The list Virginia Regiment Volunteer In
fantry will reach here t,hs evening about
1880 o'clock on the Norfolk and Washington
line steamer. en- route to the Pan-American
exposition They will take train at 9th
street and Maryland avenue.
Captain Samuel w. Linthicum, master OF
the schooner Samuel L. Russell. now in
| port here, has taken command Of his ves-
sci after a long Illness.
Mr.. Louis Hart. the well-known river
engineer, who was injured In the explo-
sion of boiler at the Portner brewery at
Alexandria several weeks ago, has recover
| ed and returned to duty.
Mr.. Bob Grigsby is acting as engineer Of
| the Alexandria and Washington ferry line
| steamer Belle Haven, in place Of Mr.. JEFF.
Burnell.
Mr.. w. T. Mayo, well-known resident
| of Westmoreland county, Va, who has
| ing. and expects to be out again shortly.
| The steamer e. James Tull was at the
! wharf of VIM. A. Smoot & Co. at Alex
| andria yesterday evening taking on a gen.
| eral cargo for Occoquan.
The schooner John H. Butterick. now un-
| loading ice here, will finish unloading by
| today, and will go to Baltimore for a load
| of coal.
The bugeye Lily May Is at Alexandria,
| and Is loading a cargo Of door and win
| dow frames and lumber for a new building
,ry,6n nafi Ncfn
The schooner Agnes. with load of lum-
ber from H. K. Field & Co., sailed yester-
day from Alexandria for Colonial Beach,
A large barge laden with fertilizer sailed
from the Bryant factory at Alexandria for
points along the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal
The fattie Rose E. Shelton has arrived in
port with cargo of cord wood from Colon
ial Beach for Carter & Clark
The sloop Belvedere Is at the Alexandria
fish wharf with load Of watermelons for
the dealers there.
The bugeye Kathleen is loading a cargo
of fertilizer from the Alexandria Fertilizer
and Chemical Co. a lower river nOfnt