Evening star., 1901-02-19
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE POTOMAC CHANNEL ABOUT
CLEARED OF ICE.
The Greeks Still Closed Fish and
Oyster NarkctS-Gencral and
Personal Matters.

The warm weather of the past three days
and the strong tides which have been run
ming have almost entirely cleared the ice
from the river between this city and Fort
Washington. Only few loose cakes are to
be seen, and they do not at all interfere
with navigation. The officers of the steam
cr Estelle Randall report no ice of conse-
qUence as far down as Glymont and be-
low that it is running with the tide and the
light winds are blowing it ashore. In the
creeks, however, it is still quite heavy and
several days of warm weather will be re-
quired to open them. Old rivermen say
that this will be the last heavy freeze of the
winter, and that no more difficulty will be
had with the ice.
The opening of the river and the higher
tides have made fish more plentiful and
ccEsignments are being received by the
local dealers from points on the Potomac.
Snce yesterday the steamer Estelle Randall
has brought up three barrels from the nets
about Gunston for the dealers at the Sth
street wharf eight packages have arrived
upon the Norfolk and Washington line
steamer and fifteen packages of frozen fish
have come by express from the northern
markets.
business at the wharf this morning was
brisk, nearly the entire stock on hand being
sold out at prices about the same as yes
telday. Unless another freeze comes, and
lnlS is lnOuSnl unlikely, lIe receipts OIL IlSn
will continue to increase.
This morning black bass sold at 121a to 10
cents per pound; rocktish at 121s to 90 cents
per pound; white perch, 12Ea to Is cents per
pound; sheepshead, 6 to I cents per pound;
green pike, cents per pound; green trout
10 cents per pound: haddock, 4 cents per
pound; smelt, to 7 cents per pound; blue
pike cents per pound; frozen trout 6la
cents per pound; yellow perch, 20 to As
cents per bunch; mullets, 90 cents per
pound; catfish, 30 cents per bunch; buck
shad, 40 cents each; roe shad, 81 each, and
sand perch 30 cents per bunch
The market at the oyster wharf at the
foot of 11th street was quite brisk this
morning, and the bivalves We're selling at
prices that enabled the vessel owners to
make some profit on them The seven ves-
sells in port this morning had about 1900
bushels on board, but this supply will be
greatly reduced before tonight. Another
tow from the lower river is however, looked
for this evening or tonight. This morning
the larger oysters We're selling at from so
cents to 81 per buShel, and the smaller ones
from Go cents to 10 cents per bushel. The
only arrival is the Salle and Seth, with
about 400 bushels from the eastern shore.
Tugs, Steamers and SchOOners.
The Baltimore tugs Volunteer and Stella
have arrived in port with the coal barges
Caroline and Columbia and barge rs of the
Standard Oil Company in tow. The OIL
laden barge was left at Alexandria to dis
charge her cargo and the coal barges were
taken up to Georgetown.
The steamer Dennis Simmons has arrived
at Alexandria from Edenton, N c., with
a cargo of lumber and shingles for Henry
K. Field s. Co.
The pungy Ella Hill has sailed from Alex
andria for lower river point to load
oysters back to this port.
: The tug Mitchell M Davis has gone to
the lower river on the lookout for vessels
bound to this port Baltimore.
The tug Camilla, with the J. ]. Underhill,
Seabelle Julia and Annie, Agnes, Emmet
Arthur Col. Seth and the John Smith in
tow, has sailed for the lower river where
the vessels will load oysters for this port.
The two-masted schooner Harry Russell,
with a cargo of fertilizer aboard. from 7. r.
Riley, will, 1t is understood, sail for Nor
folk today. She has been detained by the
Ice.
Alexandria with a full cargo Of oysters for
the dealers of that city.
The schooner Childe Harold will complete
the discharging of her cargo of ice at the
wharf foot OF 18th street by the middle of
the week. and will sail for Baltimore or
Norfolk to load
The steamer E. James Tull which has
been ice-bound at Alexandria for a week or
ten days. will sail today, with a cargo Of
grain, for Occoquan, and miscellaneous
stores for Glymont and other points
The schooner sidonia Curley, will sail for
load cargo Of lumber for H. L. Biscoe
of this city.
The Ruth and Ella, Centennial, Silver
Spray and Mary Ganday are all light at
the oyster wharf, and will sail for the
Blackistone's Island neighborhood to load
back to this port.
The tug Volunteer will take tow of light
coal barges from this port for Chesapeake
City, en- route to Philadelphia.
The Kathleen sailed from the oyster
wharf this morning for the lower river. She
Is the only vessel that has gone out under
sail Tor several weeks.
Tha schooner BENJAMIN C. Firth, Capt.
KeeM a weli-known trader at this port, has
p&f9nto Norfolk, leaking badly. and with
canvas lost in the recent heavy gales.
General Matters.
The oyster planters of the peninsula of
Virginia have formed the Virginia Oyster
Planters Association for the purpose of