Evening star., 1902-02-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
THE HOUSEBOAT ARCADIA TO BE
REBUILT.
Tventy-Four Foot Launch Being Con-
structed-The Oyster Supply
General Port News.

NJ Sn,r,- Peran has at his boat build
,o ,-ard At the foot of 13ia street south
west the houseboat Arcadia, Whicn was
,,ti,Il,- d.stroysd by fire about ten days
ago AS soon as the weather VIII aiio"
th. rebuilding of the boat VIII pe pesua
,d sba viii he improved and made more
complete than she has ever been II =
exnected the Arcadia will be read! loi
service in the early spring.
Cant Regan is also buiialnS twenty
four foot launch for Messrs. Wm. okiiihei !
Garrett Palten and other members oi 'he
lola Boat Club. The new craft VIII nc q
fine boat and will be equipped Win
three ard a half horse power naphtha en-
.ine it,is to he ready for service ABOUT
III. middle of May or first or June.
Ther. were but few fish on sale at the
lIth street wharf market TINS hoi i,iis,
,ha receipts from the fishing shores aooul
Norfolk and from southern waters my ~ .
been light The demand was excsnei.
and nrices were as follows: Fo- BLACK
bass II to - cents per pound; Ju,hpiils
mullets to cents per pound sheeps
head q to \ cents per pound. carp, ~
= cents per pound: drum. to , cents per
pound; frozen yellow perch. 8 cents per
pound. pike, : to ~ cents per Pouhu' "a,
mon trout, IL II l2l2 cents per pounu
gray trout to III cents per pound, White
uerch = to L. cents per pound, Seiow
nerch - to a. cents per bunch roe silau'
81 Ia 81 -, each. buck Shad - 10 to cehts
each and Florida herring p" per nun
Grcd ..
Th, supply Of the Potomac river oysters
in vessels at the 1lth street wharf IS no"
nearly exhausted and oyster lovers WI
have To depend upon the supplies from W .>oI
folk and such stock as can be oDtalhea lioIii
baltimore until the ice opens ana the yes
sells now loaded down the river are aDie 70
come up The Norfolk line steamer TINS
morning brought up but four barrels from
81 ainf
nj soc 10 sl2J per buShel at the Whart TINS
morning.
The Weems line will this week make
strong effort to send its boats through the
Ice to this city and Fredericksburg. The
steamer Potomac has been supplied with a
new ruddcr and tomorrow evening she VIII
leave Baltimore en- route to this city. The
steamer Northumberland Will try to force
her way up the Rappahannock river.
The two-masted schooner VIM. r. James
was brought into Baltimore yesterday
leaking badly. having been cut by the Ice.
The pungy SeabeHe, with cargo or 6s
bushels of oysters, was cut through by the
Ice and sank in the Patapsco river. Both
vessels were in tow of the tug Sarah and
are both well known at this port
Matters of General Interest.
There are lying at the wharf of VIM A
Smoot & Co, at Alexandria,. six large
barges laden with gas-making coal FOR
Georgetown. The barges were loaded with
the fuel from the cars at Shepherd S landing
but in consequence of the heavy ice on the
river il was deemed unsafe to attempt to
take them TO Georgetown, and they were
conveyed across the river to Alexandria
for safety Two large barges, laden with
sand are also at Smoot's.
Mr. Harvey Kersey. the eldest OF
Chief Engineer Charley kersey. of the
steamer Harry Randall. fell on the ice al
Easton, Pa. Saturday and fractured his
leg. A telegram announcing the accident
was sent Engineer Kersey who will go to
Easton as soon the young man can be
moved.
Two fine center board batteaux have re.
Gently been completed by Mr.. Cumberland
for Mr.. VIM. Willers of this city. Both
boats are over sixteen feet long. and are tl
be fitted with spars and sails.
The steam launch Marian is on the small
railway at the foot of 131s street southwest
being painted and overhauled for the sum
mer.
The ice remains solid In the river as far
down as the Kettle Bottomss and shows nc
Eigrs of break up. Above the Long bridge
il Is reported to be from eight inches to a
foot thick, and is becoming harder each
hight.
The big barge Columbia and the barge.
Jonn l. Brady and Kate n. Latta are al
Ice bound at the Alexandria coal wharfs.