Evening star., 1902-02-27
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PLANS COMPLETED FOR CON-
sTRUCTIoN OF A SCHOONER.
Handsome Two-Masted Club Topsail
Craft-The Fish and Oyster
Market-Briefs.

plans for the building of a handsome two
masted club topsai schooner. Material
for the vessel has been ordered and the
work of building the hull at Bladensburg
will be commenced shortly. When COM
pleted the schooner will be brought 20 the
river and put overheard before being
rugged She will be quite large craft and
will be a great addition to the Potomac
river fleet of pleasure boats.
The heavy current in the river yester-
day prevented the crew of the harbor po-
lice boat Vigilant from dragging for the
body of William Washington. a colored
deckhand of the tug James o. Carter, who
was drowned off Jones Point Friday last
The Vigilant was yesterday afternoon
hauled out on the marine railway at Ben
nett's boat yard to have some repairs
made to her wheel. damaged by the ice.
When she is launched she will go to Jones
Point and effort will be made to re-
cover the body of the drowned man.
Potomac caught fish were on sale at the
11th street fish market this morning in
good quantities. for the first time In sev-
eral weeks, the dealers having receiv I'd
fifteen barrels from Hunting and Pohck
creeks. In the catch We're black bass,
catfish yellow perch and nlullets The
demand for fish was good and they brought
excellent prices. Prices We're as follows:
For white perch. to - cents per pound:
salmon trout. 10 to II cents per pound ;
Shcepshead, q to s cents per pound: black
bass II to ~ cents per pound; jumping
mullets, : to = cents per pound: carp, to
cents per pound: river mulets. 10 to %
cents per bunch; catfsh. 10 to - cents per
bunch: yellow pcarch 10 to 30 cents per
bunch: North Carolina herring, 81 per hun
dred Florida herring. SD per hundred; !;
winter shad, 81 to 81 ~ per hundred; Geor-
gia and Florida roe shad, 81 to 81 .2j each,
and buck shad, 40 to 60 cents each.
The supply of oysters at the 11th street
wharf is still quite small. but the present
shortag" viii. 1t is expected be relieved by
the arrival of oyster-aden craft within the
next week. Prices this morning are about
the same yesterday, the few Potomac
oysters on hand selling at soc. to 81 per
bushel and shucked Norfolk oysters at 81. %
to $50 per gallon.
General Items of Interest.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, which
has been lying at the 9th street wharf Of
the American Ice Company for several
weeks past, was yesterday evening taken
by the tugs VIM H. Yerkes, jr and Ca
milla to the Randall line wharf and
there berthed. The work of overhauling
the steamer and fitting her out for the COM
ing excursion season will be begun at once.
The steamer Harry Randall is at the Ran
dali line wharf taking on freight and pre-
pairing to resume her trips to the lower
river.
The officers of the Glymont mail steamer
Esteile Randall report large scow adrfft
in the Ice and sunken to the waters edge
off Fort Washington. The scow seems to
be one of the many vessels used to bring
sand from the river points to this city.
The schooner Winnie Windsor is loading
a cargo of lumber and bodybuilding ma
teria1 at the fish wharf fer Cotton
Point, Md.
The pungy Shining Light has sailed from
Alexandria for a lower river point and
will load back to this port.
The barges Kate n. Latta and the Brady.
will be taken to Aqua creek within the
next day or two and will there load rail-
way ties for the Philadelphia market.
The bugeye Emma Ford which has been
lying at Alexandria for the past six weeks,
sailed yesterday for a river point.
The overha uling Of the coast survey
launch in Benefits boat yard is about
completed and the launch will be ready
for service very shortly.
The five barges loaded with coal, which
have been lying at Smoot's wharf, in Alex
andr1a. for several weeks, will be taken to
Georgetown tomorrow or Saturday.
Mr.. Thomas E. Garnett will be the purser
of the Randall line steamer Harry Ran
dali when she returns to her route.
Mr.. w. f. Thompson of Colton's wharf.
Md, well-known boatbuilder, was in the
city yesterday. He reports the outlook
for busy season in lower Maryland to be
extremely good
Capt. James Richardson of the steam
yacht Gretchen was in Alexandria yester-
day arranging to have his boat hauled out
on the marine railway there for some
minor repairs
Mr.. Harvey Kersey. son of Engineer
broke his leg in Easton, Pa, about two
weeks ago, is now rapidly recovering from
his injuries. AS soon as the doctors will
allow 'he will be brought to his home at