Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCHOONER FOR CHESA-
PEAKE LUMBER TRADE.
Game Circular to Steamboat Pursersz
Working on Mattawoman Chan
nel-Other Matters.

The new four-masted schooner Stanley
H. Minor. built for the Chesapeake bay
lumber trade, Is ready to be launched at
the shfpyard of Eben Haggett at New
castle. Maine. She Is owned by the ]. S.
Hoskins Lumber Company of Baltimore
and Is named for a prominent lumber dealer
Of New York. She is 200 feet long over all
and 10 feet long on the keel. Her beam
Is ~ feet and she has 1871 feet depth Of
hold. and will carry about 300 600 feet of
lumber. She will be equipped with steam
holsters. capstan and windlass, and will
have all other labor-saving devices aboard
her. Two large lumber ports will be put in
each bow, to facilitate the loading and dis
charging Of heavy timber. Capt E. L. Full
ton will have command of the Minor, which
will be ready for sea about November 10
next.
The demand for fresh fish, in consequence
OF the cooler Gather, has been quite brisk
today. especially in the morning hours, and
"hlle the stock on hand was not large it
was OF good variety, and all demands were
met. Prices today were: For Spanish ma ok
erea' Ioc. to nc. per pound founders, &c. to
&C. per pound; sheepshead Sc. to 1Oc. per
pound; Potomac black bass, &c. to 1Oc per
pound; North Carolina black bass &C. to
loc per pound; bluefish or tailors, &c. to
t..
pound; pan rock, sc. to &c. per pound; me-
dunn rock, SC. to 1Oc. per pound boiling
rock. l2c. to loo per pound; green pike, &c.
to &c; per pound: white perch, large, 1Oc.
per pound; white perch, small, Joe to zoe.
per bunch; catfish, small &c. to 1Oc. per
punch; cells, &c. to sc. each; carp, 1Oc. to
25c each; butterfish, 80 to 50 per barrel,
and gray trout, 81 to s. per barrel.
The oyster market at the 1lth street
wharf is good today The small oysters are
bringing SOC. per bushel and the larger
ones are selling at SOC. to 6oc. per bushel
Along the Wharves.
A circular has been sent by the Agrtcul-
tural Department. through the office of
the harbormaster, to the pursers Of the
steamboat lines. giving them full Informal
ton as to the game laws Of the District of
Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, stating
when 1t is lawful to bring game to this city
for sale. Particular attention Is called to
clause in the circular requiring all boxes,
barrels or packages of game to be plainly
marked with the sender's name and stating
what each. barrel, box or package contains.
A fine of 5000 is imposed for failure to OBJ
serve this regulation
The United States lighthouse tender Vio-
let, which has been lying in port here for
several days, sailed vest rday with a num-
Der OF spar buoys aboard and will place
The dredge Pugh has arrived on the Mat
tawoman shoals and has begun the work of
widening the channel through that bar
This is the last Of the dredging to be done
on the Potomac. and will be completed be-
fore the winter begins. Vessels of the
heaviest draft can now come up the Poto-
mae without difficulty.
Mr. Bert G. Faulha Der. representative of
the New York owners OF the Washington
and Alexandria ferry line was In the city
yesterday on business connected with his
steamers.
Mr.. Michael Dugan. engineer of the War
Departments launch Mercedes, is at New
port News, at the bedside of his son, who
is Ill Of typhoid fever.
Capt. John Beecham, formerly Of this
city, but now residing in Norfolk, is here
on visit.
Commodore John R. Sutton, harDormas-
ter, who has been quite sick, is much better
and expects to return to duty in a day or
two.
The Peri and the Clara Coward are in
port with cord wood for Carter & Clark.
The Mary Elvis, Martin Wagner, Winnie
Windsor and Crosswell have arrived at the
18th street wharf with oysters.
The Miami has arrived at Alexandria with
a cargo of cord wood for the dealers.