Evening star., 1901-04-02
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
LIGHT HOUSE STEAMER RETURNS
FROM INSPECTION CRUISE.
Increased supply of Herring and shad
From the POtOmac-General
and Personal Items.

Holly is in port from cruise among lne
lights on the Potomac river. She brings
up with her gas buoy No. from Ragged
Point which she has just replaced with
one fully charged. Buoy No. Will Of
charged with gas here and will then oe
taken to the light station at Point LOOKOUT
and kept until necessary to replace another
light burned out. When charged, these gas
buoys have a supply of gas suficient tc
burn night and day for about three months
There are ten or twelve of these lighted
buoys in service in the Potomac from Mary
land Point to Smiths Point, and close
watch is kept on them to see that they
burn.
The catch of herring and shad at the Po-
tomac river fishing shores continues to In
crease, and last night and this morning
81, 900 herring and 1000 shad were received
by the local dealers. Prices as conse-
quence are somewhat lower than last week,
roe shad selling today at S25 to $40 per
hundred and buck shad at $12 to $l4 per
hundred Herring brought 81 to 50 per
thousand. Several of the packing houses
the wharf are now busy packing ana
sailing fish for winter consumption, and the
cutters are busy.
The supply of bunch fish is small today
and prices are: For pan rock, to 10 cents
per pound: boiling rock, 10 to II cents per
pound; white perch, to lO cents per
3 cents per pound; croakers. 81 to S3 per
barrel; eels, 10 to 10 cents per bunch; yell
low perch, to 10 cents per bunch, and cat
fish, 10 to 20 cents per bunch.
The oyster market at the 11th street
wharf was fairly brisk this morning, but
the supply of oysters is still small, the
Water Lily, Zephyr and Prohibition having
brought up about 500 bushels since Satur-
day. Prices in consequence of the limited
supply, keep up, the smaller grades of the
oysters selling at 60 to 20 cents per hushel
and the larger and finer stock at IS to 50
cents per bushel. The oysters now coming
to market are all from the Potomac river
oyster beds, and are good stock
The Freight Handlers.
The tug Minerva has been engaged in
towing coal-laden barges between Shep-
herds Landing of the Baltimore and Ohio
railway and this city while the tug Win
ship was under repairs.
The schooner Travers has sailed from
Georgetown for Norfolk with a cargo of
oil in barrels.
The schooner Lily May has discharged a
cargo of cord wood at Alexandria for d.
E. w. Aitcheson.
The steamer Dennis Simmons, having un-
loaded a cargo of shingles at Alexandria.
has sailed for Edenton, N. c., to reload
lumber for this port.
The schooner Cooper has discharged her
cargo of lumber at Fort Washington and
has come to the Alexandria shipyard for
repairs
The schooner VIM Deveris is loading a
cargo of brick at Alexandria for a point on
the lower Potomac.
The schooner Daylight, which had been
ashore the flats near Mt. Vernon since
Thursday, was pulled off on the high wa
ter Saturday night and was brought into
port by the Baltimore tug Sarah. She will
discharge her cargo of ice at Willis ice
house at the foot of 18th street.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley
Is in port from the RaDpahannock river.
with q cargo of about 100000 feet of Vir-
ginia pine lumber for Major H. l.. Biscoe.
The fOur-masted schooner James Judge,
which has been unloading lumber for
Johnson & Wimsatt, has completed the
diScharging of her cargo and has sailed for
coal.
The schooner J. P. Robinson loaded a
cargo of empty barrels at Alexandria and
sailed Sunday for one of the fish factories
on the upper Machodoc.
The schooner Leroy is In port from the
lower river with full cargo of cord wood
for Carter & Clark.
The f. R. 8. Dougherty, having loaded a
cargo at Alexandria for
river ports, has sailed.
General and Personal.
The large sand and gravel digger VIM.
A. Smoot, which has just been built for Mr..
Louis Smoot, was Saturday taken to a point
on the river below Alexandria, where sand
and gravel Will be dug for the trade here.
The new machine is equipped with specially
designed sieves, which separate the sand
and gravel quickly and in one operation.
The overhauling of the tug Edith God
dard Winship having been completed, she
has gone into commission and Is engaged
IN towing coal-laden barges from George
town.
The crew of the lighthouse tender Holly
has been engaged at the wharf foot of o
ST. ant In liTNtg htJny In
vessel had on board. They will be used
to replace the buoys in the Potomac from
which the paint was cut by the running
ice during the winter.
The schooner Belmont, before report ed
ashore near Holland Point, is having her
cargo of cord wood removed to lighters
In order to float her. all efforts to pull her
into deep water having failed. She will be
foated today. Her cargo is consigned to
Carter & Clark.
The longboat Gilman Dove, which was
hauled out at Benefits boat yard and
repaired, has been put overheard. and
one of John Millers large lighters has
taken her place on the railway. The light
er will be caulked and have other repair
work done.
Mr.. Harry Miller will, it is stated, short
ly begin the erection at Colonial Beach of
a small marine railway for the purpose of
craft of all kinds.
Capt. Charles McKenney, with the pungy
Cora McKenney and a large ark, has gone
to the lower river to engage in gill net
fishing.
The sloop Olive is in port with about
20,0OO CLAIMS from Crisfeld, Md, on board.
These are the first CLAIMS to arrive here
this season.
Rawlings yacht Francina II has been
put overheard at Townshends boathouse
and has oeen rugged out for spring cruising
on the river.
A large bunch of white swans was seen
on the flats near the mouth of Four Mile
run Sunday evening. They are reported
as being very plentiful in the neighborhood
of Occoquan. Ducks are also very plenti-
ful there.
Mr.. Theo. Ballinger has a force of hands
engaged at the Alexandria fish wharf cut
ting. skinning and packing catfish for the
New York market.
Mr.. John Mcclure, the owner of Nc
CURES wharf In Nomini creek, died at his
home In Westmoreland county recently.
Richard Wi hay nd