Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM YACHT SYCAMORE
LEAVES FOR CHARLESTON, S. G.
Cruise on Southern Waters in Prospect
The Supplies at Fish Wharf
Brief Port News.

The palatial steam yacht Sycamore Of
Philadelphia. which has been lying in port
here for several days. sailed yesterday. her
owner. Mr.. ]. c. Lee OF Philadelphia, and
| his family having taken possession Of her
Saturday night The Sycamore, 1t is
stated. is on her way to the Charleston ex-
position and a cruise in southern waters.
The Weems line steamer Sue. which has
| been arriving here Saturday morning and
remaining in port until Tuesday afternoon,
| will from now on make an extra trip from
this city to the st. Mary's river and return
| each week. Under the new schedule she
| leaves here Saturday afternoon. goes to
Millers wharf and returns Sunday night.
| The trip is made for the purpose of bring
ing fish and other freight here for the Mon
day market.
Shad and herring are being received by
the dealers at the 18th street wharf in
slowly increasing quantities, but the re-
ceipts are still much lighter than the corre-
spending time last season. The supply of
other varieties of fish is ample to meet the
demands, and prices today are follows:
For roe shad, 30 to 35c. each; buck shad,
| 10 to 1Sc. each; herring, 40 to Coo. per hun
dred; pan rock, to lie. per pound; boiling
rock 12la to 15c. per pound; carp, to 4c
per pound; salmon trout, to 10c. per
pound; large white perch, 8 to 10c. per
pound; small white perch, 10 to 25c. per
bunch; white catfish, 20 to 25c. per bunch;
black catfish, 10 to 15c. per bunch; cells, 3
to DC. each; hickory jacks, to &c. each;
croakers, "a to s. per barrel. Since Satur-
day morning 100000 shad and 5000 herring
have been received by the dealers at the
wharf from the nets on the Potomac.
There Is still a plentiful supply Of Poto-
mac river and Chesapeake bay oysters on
hand in the vessels at the 18th street wharf
but the demand is much lighter. Prices this
morning are about the same as last week,
the small oysters selling at SOC. to Coo. per
bushel and the larger stock from CSC. to
hr,ch al H. III L., =,
oysters are the NJ. j. Stephenson and the
Fannie Shepherd
The tug Favorite came into port this
morning with a Standard Oil barge, laden
with Oil, in tow.
The schooner Ella Flaherty is at W. W.
Riley's wharf unloading a cargo Of white
sand.
The two-masted schooner Howard Russell,
laden with Virginia pine lumber from the
Rappahannock river, has arrived in port
for H. l.. Biscoe.
The Miami has arrived at Alexandria with
a full cargo of cord wood from Chcka-
muXen creek for D. E. w. Aitchison.
Along the Wharves.
The schooner w. J. Schubert has been
taken to Libby's wharf at Georgetown to
unload her cargo of Florida lumber.
The sloop Dove has arrived at Alexan-
dria with a cargo Of foundry iron from
Coltons wharf for Drifuse & Co.
luo schooner Trace ". bennett, idOeH
with shingles and lumber from North Caro-
lima, for Johnson & Wimsatt, is expected
to arrive here within the next day or two.
The barge Daniel is at Grinders wharf
loading cargo of cord wood for Carter
& Clark here.
The steam launch LOWE Randall, with a
| party aboard, left here Saturday night for
a trip to Mattawoman creek, where they
were entertained by Mr.. w. c. c. Grinder.
They returned home last night.
The schooner Irene is hauled out on the
large marine railway at Alexandria for
caulking and general overhauling.
The new naphtha-power launch Eola,
with her owners and party of friends
aboard, was out for a short cruise on the
river yesterday.
The United States buoy tender Holly has
returned from the lighthouse supply sta
ton at Point Lookout with full supply
of spar buoys aboard She will at once be-
gin the work Of replacing the channel
marks in the river in this vicinity with new
ones.
Messrs. Augustus Dean & Son Of Alexan-
dria have just completed a handsome
clinker-built yawl, thirteen feet long, for
Mr.. ]. E. Reyburn's steam yacht Gretchen.
The yawl will be turned over to the Crotch
en- as she passes down the river her
way to North Carolina
The work of refitttng the tug James o.
Carter. which was disabled on the river
day or two ago. has been completed and
the boat is now in service again towing
the river
The steam yacht Giavota sailed Saturday
evening for Sandy Point, in the Coan river,
where Mr.. John r. Dos Passos of New York
has country home. On the Giavota were
her owner and party of friends.
The sloop Greyhound Is at the wharf foot
Of Sth street, being overhauled and pre-
pared for cruises during the summer.
In consequence Of the extremely poor fish
ing season and the heavy expense of op-
Grating big seine the Gums fishing short,
operated by Mr.. Theo. Ballinger of Alexan-
dria. and Stick Landing, operated by Mr..
John Roam, have "cut OUT and the men
sent home. The fish caught there SO far
this season would not pay the food bills of
the men employed at the shores.
Mr.. r. G. Craren has returned from a
business trim to New York