Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CORD WOOD DROPS IN PRICE
ALONG THE POTOMAC.
Schooner Mcdonald Again Ashore
Tender Maple Makes Short Visit
Other River News.

During the coal strike, when 1t looked as
if the miners and the mine operators would
not get together. cord wood was in great
demand and readily brought 81 per cord on
the shore anywhere down the river. Higher
prices were often paid. Many of the farm
ers down river however. held their wood
for an advance and the quick settlement
of the coal strike did not give them the OPP
portunity to unload. Now cord wood can be
bought on the river shore at $3.50 to So per
cord. but the demand has fallen off greatly,
so that many of the down-river wood men
Will be left with their stocks of wood on
hand On the Rappahannock river large
quantities of wood are cut and stored. and
prices there are said to be even less than
on the Potomac.
Fish have been quite plentiful at the 18th
street wharf market in the past day or
two, but the trout and spot coming from
the Atlantic coast fisheries near Virginia
Beach have been of very small size. River
fsh are of good quality and find ready sale
Inc demand this morning was excellent
and prices are: For salmon trout to Sc.
per pound; sturgeon, s to 10c. per pound;
nounders, &c. per pound; Potomac black
bass, 10 to 15c. per pound; North Carolina
PACK pass, to Zoe per pound; green pike.
q to &c. per pound; pan rock, to Sc per
pound; medium rock, 10 to 12c. per pound;
boiling rock, 121a to 15c. per pound; tailors,
to Zoe per pound; white perch. s to lac.
PNA Pouhu, Willie perch, Small, ID TO lac.
per bunch; yellow perch 10 to doc per
bunch; mullets, 10 to 25c. per bunch; cat
fish. large, 20 to Doc. per bunch; catfish,
small, 10 to l5c. per bunch; carp, 10 to 4Oc.
each; eels, to SC. each; gray trout IS to
$40 per barrel, and butterfish, Sc to So per
barrel.
The supply of oysters at the wharf is not
very large, there having been but few ar
rivals of oyster-aden craft since yesterday.
The demand today, as usual in the latter
part OF the week, Is quite good. Prices are
ABOUT the same as yesterday, the small oys-
ters selling at 40 to soc. per bushel and the
larger stock at SOC. per bushel
General and Personal.
Mr.. Harry Carter, who has been confined
to his home with serious attack of typhoid
fever, is now reported much better.
Capt. Dan French has returned from
Philadelphia, where his eyes were success
fully operated on for cataracts.
The coast survey steamer Hydrographer
has gone to Shingotiaque, on the eastern
shore of Virginia, for work
The two-masted schooner Mcdonald
which was ashore In the Eastern branch
twice Wednesday last, and which was pull
ed out into deep water by the naval tug
Triton, started down the river yesterday,
but just above Shepherds landing Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad she again
ran into the mud flats and was still aground
late last night.
The pungy Stephenson, which went ashore
on Inc mats near MannS fertilizer factory
Wednesday night, was left high and dry
by the tide, and at low water her bottom is
entirely exposed. She will remain ashore
until an extra high tide comes, as 1t would
be difficult to pull her into deep water, even
with powerful tugboat.
The United States lighthouse tender Ma
pie. Capt. Miles, came into port early yes
terday morning, but only remained here for
a few hours sailing for the bay after talk
Ing several spar buoys aboard, for work
among the channel and danger marks.
The tug James o. Carter Of Taylor Bros
fleet has been engaged in towing canal
harges laden with coal in place of the tug
Edith G. Winship. The latter vessel is un-
dergoing her regular overhaulng.
Work on the boiler and machinery of the
steamer Samuel ]. Pentz is giving employ
ment to large number of hands. It will
be several days before the work is COM
pleted The new stack for the Pentz will
be ready to put in position shortly.
The schooner John Q. Ferguson laden
with lumber from Virginia lumber port
has arrived in port for the dealers
The schooner G. G. Wheeler, with large
cargo of canned toma toes and fruit from
the eastern shore of Maryland, has arrived
Her supplies are for the wholesale grocerS
here and at Alexandria.
The Earl Biscoe, laden with cord wood
from Nomni, has arrived in port for Car
ter & Clark, and the Mayfower and Amer
lean Patriot will arrive today with wood
for the same dealers.