Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER JOHN W. ELwELL
FIRST BIG VESSEL TO ARRIVE.
Laden With Phosphate Rock From
Florida - The Fish and
Oyster Supplies.

The four-masted schooner John ". Eli
well, now lying 1T Alexandria with a cargo
Of phosphate rock. is the first of the fieei
OF large vessels to come up the Potomac
since last December. Owing to her heavy
draft Of over twenty-five feet, she cannot
get into a wharf to unload and lighters are
alongside her taking of her cargo. This is
the second trip the Ellwell has made to
the Potomac in the past six months. Com
ing up the river the schooner ran ashore
on Greenway flats, but was soon fioated.
Her cargo of about 1900 tons of rock comes
from Florida and is consigned to the Alex
andria Chemical end Fertilizer Company.
On. her trip up the coast to the Potomac
the little son of the commander died aboard
the vessel.
There is an increase In the supply of shad
and herring from the upper river landings
at the wharf, and the receipts of other va
rieties OF fresh fish is also good. The de-
mand this morning was fair and prices
show slight decrease in some varieties.
This morning roe shad from the Potomac
sold at % to Soc each; buck shad, Is to 15c.
each; herring, 60 to 75c per hundred; pan
rock. Sc. per poand; boiling rock, 10 to
12c. per pound; carp. 3 to &c. per pound;
sturgeon, &c. per pound; salmon trout. 8 to
Ice. per pound; croaker. 50 to 81 per barrel;
hickory jacks, to &C. each; white catfish,
20 to 25c. per bunch; black catfish, 10 TO
15c. per bunch; river muflets, % to soc. per
bunch; cells. to 10c. each, white perch, &
to 10c per pound. Within the past twen-
ty-four hours about LOGO shad and 10000
herring have been received by the dealers
at the wharf
There was an ample supply of oysters of
all grades on hand at the oyster wharf this
morning several boats having arrived since
yesterday. Prices today are about the
same as those of last week. the smaller
grades of the bivalyes ranging from soc.
to Goo. per bushel, and from that up to 75c.
per bushel for the finer grades. The arri-
walls are Amanda Lewis, r. H. Stuart,
Levin Woolford and Fair American. An
unnamed canoe with about 1900 clans
from the Eastern Shore has also arrived.
First Officer Made Commander.
Capt. Chap Posey, first officer of the
steamer Washington of the Norfolk and
Washington Line, has been made command
er OF that steamer, vice Capt. Tull, who
has been transferred to the wharf and
made wharf captain, in charge of the
steamer Newport News and of the general
overhauling of the boats of the line.
The large steam pile driver Of MIR. Will
lam Banks is being fitted up for q repairing
cruise among the wharyes along the lower
river. The wharf at River View is to be
rebuilt, and considerable work is to be done
to Stiff's, Stewards and Somerset Beach
wharves.
A small pile driver is being rebuilt at the
wharf at the foot of Prince street, Alexan-
dria- The driver is said to be the property
of Mr.. Rogers and will be used for general
work in the river.
The little steam launch Samuel W. SUIT
ton, which belongs to a club OF Alexan-
drians and which has been lying at Alex
an6ria throughout the winter, sank at her
mcorings at the foot of Wilkes street, AL
exandria, Friday. What caused her to
spring leak and go down is not known. as
the water in the dock was not deep; little
trouble was had in floating her and she
was raised yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. John Roam has his nets overheard at
the Tent landing fishing shore and has be-
CUR to haul seine, and the hauling of the
big seine at Walters shore, Whitewater, in
Stafford county, has commenced, but the
catch Of fish is stin light. 1t is under
stood the taking of fish spawn will be begun
by the fish commission at Bryans Point, as
soon as shad become more plentiful in the
river. Last year the first spawn was taken
about April -. and it is thought it will be
about that time this year before opera
tions begin at the Brysn's Point station.
The Passing Craft. 81
The strong southeriy winds of the past
two days have brought several wood-laden
boats into port from the lower Potomac
among them the lola, Oakland. E. S. Cros-
well and the J. P. Robinson, all consigned
to Carter & Clark.
The steam yacht May has been hand
somely repainted and fitted up for cruising
In the river during the summer. She made
her first trip down the river yesterday with
large party aboard. " ~
The United States dispatch boat Dolphin
arrived at the navy yard yesterday from a
cruise of several weeks on the coast OF
Porto Rico. The tug Triton took the Dol
phn in tow off Alexandria and brought her
to the navy yard.
The yacht Oneida of the d. c. n. c. ma
val battalion was out for a short cruise on
the river yesterday with a detachment of
the citizen sailors in charge.
The schooner Thomas Benton has arrived
In port with a full cargo OF pine lumber
from q Virginia lumber port for the local
dealers
The schooner Thomas j. Seward has ar
rived at Alexandria with cargo of salt
from Norfolk for Chas. King & Son and
Harry Kirk. .-......-
The sloop Daisy is at Reardon's wharf at
Alexandria. loading general cargo OF
stores for Pennington, Md.
The schooner Edna and Nellie laden with
shingles for johnson & Wimsatt, is expect
ed to arrive here today from Newbern,
N. c.
The tug Eugenia with four sand laden
scows in tow ana the-tug Rosalie with two
came into port here Saturday evening.
The two-masted schooner Roxana Frank
lin has arrived In port with a full cargo of
pine lumber.
The schooner Alice Carlisle has loaded a
cargo Of fertilizer and has sailed for Nom