Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG FLEET ICNADEN SCHooN-
ERs IM PORT.
Fish Market Poorly Supplied-sched
ule to Summon Resorts-Other
Mariner News.

since Yesterday morning two four-masted
schooners the EstenesPhinney and the Liz
Zle M Parsonss and a three-master the
Helen H. Benedict, have been brought into
port py the tugs VIVA. H. Yerkes, jr., and
Camnia. All three of the schooners are
lce-iaoen. They bring 3,4O6 tons to swell
the already large quantity of ice in port
here.
The Parsons sailed from Bath June 81,
the Benedict June "a and the Phinney the
10Th. There Is now at the wharf here wait
ing to be unloaded total of nearly 1900
tons of Ice. There will be but few arrivals
OF 1ee-laden vessels here now for several
weeks, until some of the large stock now
stored In the icehouses is exhausted.
There is but slight increase In the sup
ply OF fish received by the dealers on the
Norfolk line steamer from Old Point, and
few, if any, fish are coming from the nets
In the lower Potomac. Trout, butterfish,
with few rock and catfish, are about the
only fish coming up. The demand for all
varieties of fish Is good, and prices are as
follows: For Spanish mackerel, 10 to 13c.
per pound; white perch, to 12c. per pound;
black bass, 15 to 15c. per pound; founders
to &C. per pound; boiling rock, IA to 15c.
per pound; pan rock, 10 to 12c. per pound;
salmon trout, to &c. per pound; bluefsh, s
to DC; per pound; sturgeon, 10 to lie. per
pound; drum, Is to SOC. each; carp. ID to
15c. each; cells, to Sc each; small white
perch, 20 to 25c. per bunch; catfish % to
soc. per bunch; gray trout, 8 to &C. per
pound; butteriish, = to $3.50 per barrel;
hard crabs, $3.50 to 81 per barrel; soft
crabs, 90 to Toe. per dozen, and clans, 40
to soc. per hundred.
The steam barge James Jackson came in
to port yesterday afternoon with a raft of
about 600 pine piles in tow and about TWEEN
ty white oak piles on deck. The piling
comes from Occoquan, and Is consigned to
the Engineer Corps of the United States
army and will be used in the work about
the arsenal river front.
commencing on Monday evening next the
steamer Harry Randall will begin her sum-
mer schedule of trips to the summer re-
sorts in the mouth of the Potomac She
Will leave here every Monday and Wednes-
day afternoon at o'clock, and in addition
to her regular schedule the steamer will
go to Coltons wharf, Piney Point and st.
Georges Island. She will not this summer
go INTO Smiths creek or the Coan and
Yeocomico rivers. Daily trips to Colonial
Beach will begin about July is.
OF General Interest.
The steam launch ]. s. Douglas, with a
party Of Alexandrians aboard, was out for
a cruise on the river yesterday. Marshall
Hall and other points were visited.
The steam launch Joe Blackburn carried
party to Gunston from this city, and the
launches Fannie II. and Bartholdi and the
yacht Ciconia weres also out with parties
aboard.
The little two-maated schooner Rebecca
Smith, which has been used in the oyster
and fish running business on the Potomac
and which was sold by her owner, Capt.
James Elliott several weeks ago, has been
given an overhaulfnX painting and fitting
up for pleasure cruises by her new owners.
The Smith is a. handsome little vessel, a
fast sailor and is admirably adapted for
pleasure cruising.
The overhauling Of the dredee Puph at
the Washington navy yard has been COM
pleted and the dredge is lying at an
CHOIR IN the harbor OF the fish wharf, being
put In thorough order before being taken to
the Mattawoman Shoals to resume work
deepening the river channel.
Inc tops of largesnumber of piles which
have been cut off in building the new bulk
head at the arsenal floating in the
river between thiS1 city and Alexandria,
and are dangerous to side-wheel steamers
should their wheels strike one of the logs.
1t is stated that the steam barge Daniel
Jackson will within the next day or two
begin regular route between this city,
Alexandria and points on Occoquan creek
and Its vicinity In place of the steamer
Occoquan.- which was burned.
The two-masted schooner A. H. Quinby,
laden with pine lumber from the James
river, has arrived in port for H. l.. Bscoe
The Edith VerriI is in port with a full
load OF cord wood from Occoquan for Car
ter G. Clark.
The tug ]. S. Hoskins. with the large
barge D. Fairfax Bush in tow has arrived
at Alexandria, The barge has aboard about
1900 tons Of fertilizer from Norfolk for
Herbert Bryant
The schooner Chas. H. Dagger has COM
pleted the unloading Of her cargo of pine
boards and has sailed for a lower Potomac
point to load.
The schooner Carrie Is in port with
cargo Of lumber from a Virginia lumber
port for the dealers.
The ram schooner Harlan w. Huston
with a cargo of shingles from North Car
DINA, is at anchor off Alexandria, She is
consigned to dealers here and at Alexan-
dria.
Mr.. Peter Baggott Of Alexandria has been
made pilot Of the Randall line steamer
Kent for her excursion trips thsis summer
Mr.. Jerry Posey has been made pilot of
the steamer Wakefield, succeeding Capt.
Theodore Keen, promoted.
Mr.. Elezey Phillips, the Alexandria boiler
maker, who was quite badly hurt at In
dian Head few days ago, Is now recover
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