Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE CHRISTMAS SHIPMENTS
TO RIVER POINTS.
Farmers Friend Afloat-Rebuilding
Wharves at Glymont and
Stone's-Other Matters.

The Christmas trade from this city to
points along the lower river has now
opened, and the shipments of candies. nuts,
toys and groceries during the past two or
three days have been very heavy, all the
boats going away we'll loaded From now
until after the Christmas holidays business
on the Potomac will be quite brisk, turkeys,
chickens and country produce coming to
this city in large quantities and Christmas
goods going away. Much of this down
river Christmas trade formerly went to
Baltimore but the Washington merchants
now have drummers all through the river
counties, and undersellinS the Baltimore
merchants, have captured the trade.
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds was
somewhat better today than it has been for
several days. Prices are firm and as
follows: For pan rock, to Zoe. per pound;
medium rock, 10 to 12c. per pound; boiling
bass, ~ to loo per pound; North Carolina
black bass, II to 15c. per pound; blue
fish and tailors, Sc. per pound; salmon
trout, to Sc. per pound; founders,
to &c. per pound; green pike, to
DC. per pound; white perch, 10 to 12c. per
pound; white perch, small, 10 to 15c. per
bunch; yellow perch. 10 to 40c per bunch;
mullets, 10 to 25c. per bunch; catfish, large
% to 35c. per bunch; catfish. small, 10 to
15c. per bunch; carp, 10 to 40c. each: eels
sc. each, and gray trout, 81 to So per barrel
The cooler weather has caused a slight in
crease in the demand for oysters in the
shell at the 18th street wharf, and the sup
ply on hand is ample to meet all demands
Three boats, laden with oysters, have ar
rived since yesterday. Prices ranged from
SOC. per bushel for the smaller oysters up
sizes.
While the supply of game Of all kinds
at the wharf is small, the demand is excel
lent, and prices are: For partridges. 10 to
49,, IL
lard ducks 75c. to $1.OO per pair; red neck
ducks, $3.50 per pair; shuttle ducks SOC. per
pair: whistle wing ducks, SOC. per pair;
rock, 40c. per pair, and wild geese, SOC.
each.
Rabbits, squirrels and opossums are on
the market and are bringing good prices.
The two-masted schooner Farmers Friend
which ran ashore on the Broad creek flats
Monday while bound up the river, floated
Tuesday morning and came up to this
city with her cargo of Virginia pine lum-
Der.
The rebuilding of the wharf at Glymont
Md, will be pushed to completion rap
idly the weather will permit The " harf
Is being used for the steamboat landing
while the repairs are under way. The new
structure will be completed before the end
of the present month Abel's wharf, on
Britton's bay, and Stones wharf. ST.
Clements bay, which are being rebuilt, are
nearing competition.
Along the Wharves.
The pleasure yachts Dorothy, belonging
to Mr.. o. A. Danzenbaker; the Almo of Mr..
Fred Heine, and the Recreation are at the
boat yard of Capt. Sonny Reagan at the
foot of 18th street southwest, to be hauled
out and laid up for the winter.
The United States War Department
launch Kanawha sailed Tuesday for New
York. She will return to this city in
week or ten days.
Mr.. E. V. Miller, jr., captains clerk on
the United States coast survey steamer
Kettle Bottom shoals in the lower Potomac,
has been granted thirty days leave of alb
sence, and has gone to his home, Chicago.
Large quantities of commissaries' stores
are being sent by the quartermaster's Of
flee here to Fort Washington and Fort
Hunt.
The two-masted schooner Nellie, laden
with lumber from Virginia lumber port,
for the dealers here, has arrived.
The schooner J. P. Robinson is In port
with cargo of grain from Upper Macho-
doc for the Georgetown dealers.
The S. L. Bowen, American Patriot Five
Sisters and OSceola have arrived in port
with cargoes of cord wood for Carter &
Clark.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett, for North
Carolina; the Magic, Seabright, Evangeline,
Oakland, NJ. ]. Stevenson, Leroy, Isaac
Solomon, Clara Leonard and Avalon I'M
loaded cargoes and sailed yesterday.
The Evangeline and William Turner are
in port with cargoes of oysters from the
river for the dealers.
One of the cutters formerly on the United
States dispatch boat Dolphin, but which
was sold at public auction several months
ago, is being made intO.a power launch on
the shore of the river at the foot of 7th
street southwest.