Evening star., 1902-03-17
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM LAUNCH MERCEDES TO GO
INTO COMMISSION.
Vessel to Be Repainted and Decorated
Fish and Oyster Market
General Items.

The handsome steam launch Mercedes, the
flagship of the War Department on the PO-
tomac. will shortly go into commission for
the summer. Before she is ready for ser
vice, however, she is to be repainted and
decorated. and her engine and machinery
will receive a thorough overha ulng. 1t is
expected the painters will go aboard her
early next week. and that within ten days
she will be ready to take the War Depart
ment officials a cruise. She will. this
year, be again under the command of Cap
tain Carpenter, with Mr.. James Nash in
charge of her engines.
The demand for all varieties Of fish con-
tinues good at the 11th street wharf. and
the receipts from the nets in the river and
the bay and Atlantic coast shores about
Norfolk continues fair. Some few shad
from the Potomac have been received and
small lots Of herring are being brought up
from the lower river daily. Prices today
are as follows: For pan rock. 1Oc. to 12c. per
pound; boiling rock. 12lsc. to 15c. per
pound white perch, &c. to &c. per pound;
black bass. 1Oc. to lac. per pound; carp, &c.
to 4c per pound: hickory jacks. Sc. to 15c.
each: white catfish, 15c. to &c. per bunch:
black catfish, &c. to 15c: per bunch: yellow
perch. sc. to 35c. per bunch: Chesapeake
roe shad. 75c. to Soc each; Chesapeake
buck shad. 35c. to 4Oc. each: southern roe
shad. 4jc. to SOC. each: buck shad. 25c to
| .of.- eacn ana herring, $lO 10 $.OU per
hundred.
The supply Of oysters at the wharf has
been increased by the arrival Of oyster
laden craft. with about 500 bushels OF
oysters aboard. The demand continues
very light and prices are low. the small
oysters selling at 40 to 80 cents per bushel
and the large oysters at 60 to 70 cents per
bushel.
Chris. Faunce was carried down the river
in the moving Ice few weeks ago. Is now
at Benefits boat yard for an overhauling.
The vessel was not at all injured by the
moving ice and beyond some minor repair
work to her rigging nothing Is to be done
to her.
Along tho Wharves.
The twO-masted schooner Matilda. loaded
with pine lumber from the Coan river, has
arrived In port for the local dealers.
The barge Rebecca T. Mclean. in tow Of
the tug Emma of Baltimore. came into port
Saturday evening. i
The schooner E. L. Bowen. laden with
fish from the nets in the river. has arrived
In port for the dealers.
The large covered scow Of the Alexan-
dria Chemical Company arrived at Alex
andria Saturday in tow OF the tug Miner
va. from Occoquan. Va.
The large barge Chesapeake. with q
Delaware river point. has arrived for the
Keystone Plaster Company. She IL un-
loading at T. r. Riley's lumber wharf
The schooner James b. Anderson. with
a cargo OF lumber from tho Rappahannock
river for johnson & Wimsatt, has arrived
and 10 unloading cargo.
The schooner T. ]. ParkeG laden with fish
boxes from Alexandra. has sailed for the
fish packing houses on the Yeoconico river,
near Kfnsale.
The Alice Carlisle and the Oakland have
unloaded car9oes OF cord wood. and have
gone to the lower Potomac to load back to
this port. -
The hurricane deck OF the river steamer
T. v. Arrowsnixh is to be renewed and 1es
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