Evening star., 1902-05-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
REBUILDING WHARVES AT SEW
ERAL RIVER POINTS.
Fishing Season About at an End-Ice
Laden-Vessels Coming-Gen-
eral Matters.

The piles and other material for The re-
building of the long wharf at Somerset
Beach. Va, is on the ground and the pile
driver, operated by Mr.. l.. W. Payne, will
commence the driving within the next day
or two. The wharf Will be in readiness for
use again a steamboat landing in about
ten days Somerset Beach was one of the
wharves carried away by the moving ice
during the past winter.
Banks piIe-driver No. is at River View
rebuilding the excursion resort landing
place. Considerable work is to be done
there before the daily trips of the excur-
sion steamers begin.
Mr.. l.. W. Payne, one of the owners of
the Somerset Beach property. is in the city
on business connected with the rebuilding
of the wharf there.
The catch of shad and herring by the
fishermen on the river has fallen off so
greatly in the past two three days that
the general opinion is the fish have left
the river, and that the season is over.
Many of the giII-net fishermen have cut
out. and the larger shores are preparing
to follow their example. The catch this
year has been far below the average, and
the demand has always exceeded the sup
ply. This morning fish are scarce and
prices are as follows: For roe shad, 23 to
2sc. each: buck shad. 10 to 13c. each; her
70 ring. 81 To 81 per thousand; pan rock, to
1Oc. per pound; boiling rock 12Ibc per
&c per pound; white perch, to 10c. per
pound; sturgeon, Sc per pound carp. > to
loc. each: small white perch. ID to SOC. per
bunch; white catfish. 20 to soc. per bunch;
black catfish. 10 to 1Jc per bunch; eels
DC each, and small trout, 81 to 81 per
barrel The receipts by the dealers at the
wharf since Yesterday have amounted to
about 500 shad and 10.o5O herring.
There is still some demand for oysters in
the shell at the 11th street wharf, not
Witlistanding the warm weather. Hard
shell crabs are now coming to market and
are bringing good prices. This morning
oysters We're selling a 80 to soc. per bushel
according TO size and quality. CLANS are
arriving almost daily in small boats from
the Eastern shore They are selling at
4uc. TO soc. per hundred.
The steam yacht Diana. belonging to Cap
tain Crowder of the ordnance department.
L ;. A, which has been lying at Alex
andrld for several days. was out for a sail
Sunday, and on her return came up to this
city. where she remains.
The first Of the large four-masted schoon-
ers, laden with ice for this city, sailed
from Bath several days ago and is expected
To arrive here by the latter part of the
week. Several other ice-laden vessels are
on their way here or loading. and they will
arrive here two or three each week until
the summer is over.
a large force of painters and carpenters
were put aboard the steamer Harry RAN
dali yesterday to give her the usual spring
cleaning up and oyerhauling. She will il is
expected, be out of service about ten days.
News of the Wharves.
The schooner ]. B. Anderson is unloading
cargo of hard coal a the wharf of Garter
& Clark for c. c. Smithson-
The Lily May with a small cargo of fer
tilizer. has sailed from this city for a lower
river point.
The tug Alert came into port yesterday
with barge of the Standard Oil Company
In tow for Georgetown.
The fattie .IuDO * at
load OF scrap iron from a lower river point
for the fOundries
The schooner Fannie is in port with
load of sand from Greenway for George
town.
The two-masted schooner Mary Edenson
has arrived in port with a cargo of pine
lumber for Thomas r. Riley
The Julia and Annie. VIM II. Powell. Sid
ney Jones, J. Il. Robinson and Mary A
Shea arrived here with cargoes of cord
wood from river points for the local dealers
The steamer +. James Tull is in port with
Iuu cargo of cord wood from Nonin
creek for Robert Murphy. She will unload
on the East -rn branch.
The Harry Z. Ford. laden with barrels of
SAT- hSh. mas arrived at Alexandria from
RetdViil-. Va. for Charles King & Son
The trunk OF an oak tree about forty feet
long and four or five feet in diameter is ~
Ing on the flats near Mann's fertilizer fac
tory. The tree came from the upper river
In one OF the heavy currents of a few DAYS
ago and went ashore where found.
crippled swan, which had been left
when its mates flew away for the cooler
north several weeks ago. was seen on the
river near Buena Vista wharf Monday
There are st-I a hundred or more ducks
on the river which have been injured by
hunters and are unable to fly away.
Ii is stated that the negotiations for the
sale OF the steam barge Lily and Howard
to Philadelphia parties has fallen through
1t was reported several days ago that the
sale had been made.
The sea wall about the Potomac flats Is a
1aEorlte place for hook and line fishermen
ana many ENJOY the sport there each dav
Large perch. rock and other fish are said
to be biting quite freely
TWO ScoWS laden with railway ties from
PlScataway creek have arrived in port and
are unloading a the y street bridge over
the James Greek canal