Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-20
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING NEW TUG DALLIS
FOR COMMISSION.
Digging Channel Through Flats Con-
templated-oyster Tongers Raising
Coal-Other Marine Matters.

The new steam tug Dallis, built at Alex
andria for Judge ]. D. Yoemans, is now
lying at the Alexandria ferry line wharf,
at the foot of 18th street, being put In order
for service. The hull Of the tug follows
the lines of the harbor police boat Vigilant,
which was built by the same firm, very
closely, and she is a handsome little craft.
feature of the new boats construction is
the large deck space she has forward and
on top of her house, which will be used to
stow freight on her trips between this city
and Sandy Point, Va, where her owner has
q large dairy farm. Work on the Dallis
is being pushed and it is expected the boat
will be ready for service in a short time.
Fish were plentiful at the 18th street
wharf fish houses this morning the dealers
having received good stocks from North
Carolina and from the fisheries on the At
lantic coast and in Chesapeake bay near
Norfolk. The supply Of river caught fish was
rather light. Prices range about at last
weeks figures and are as follows: For
sheephead, to 1Oc per pound; Spanish
mackerel. 10 to 12c. per pound; salmon
trout, 51a to &c. per pound; bluefish and
tailors, to &c. per pound; pan rock, to
&c. per pound; medium rock. to loo. per
pound; boiling rock, 10 to 13c. per pound:
founders, &c. per pound; Potomac black
bass, 1Oc per pound; North Carolina black
bass, to 10c. per pound; green pike, to
&c. per pound; white perch, large, 10c. per
pound; white perch, small, 10 to 2Oc. per
bunch; catfish large, 20 to 25c. per bunch;
catfish, small. to 1Oc. per bunch; cells,
to DC, each; carp, 10 to 25c. each; butter
fish, $3.50 to 50 per barrel, and gray trout,
50 to IS per barrel.
The return of warmer weather has had
quite depressing effect on the oyster mar
ket at the 18th street wharf the demand
being quite light today and prices are some
what lower Since Saturday several boats
have arrived at the wharf with excellent
Virginia stock aboard and matches were
opened this morning. In consequence Of the
light demand prices this morning ranged
from As to 55c. per bushel for the different
grades.
Mr. w. L. Gale, who operated the large
fishing shore known as Chapman's, just
above the wharf at Glymont, Md. died
few days ago. Mr.. Gale had already begun
his preparations for the opening Of the
spring fishing season.
The work Of digging a channel through
the fats on the Virginia side Of the river
Just below Fort Hunt wharf. into the brick
yard of Mr. John Miller Of this city Is about
completed and the building Of a wharf for
barges to lie at while loading has been
commenced The channel just dug Is fully
a third Of a mile long and about eighty
feet wide.
The hull of the old side wheel steamer
Forest City Of Baltimore has been pur-
chased by an oyster packer on the York
river Va and will be used as a Gull boat
on that river for oysters to be packed and
shipped to northern markets. The big Sea
King will take the hull to West Point on
the York river.
The steamer Harry Randall, which sailed
for Nomini yesterday morning. carried a
large quantity OF guano in sacks and
steam boiler and engine for Nomini. s
The launch Effle. with ducking party