Evening star., 1902-03-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
OPERATIONS TO BEGIN SOON At
FISH HATCHNa STATION.
Superintendent Having Tanks and Ap-
paratus Put in nsOrder-Along
the Wharves.

erations, and Capt. w. l.. Heron, the su-
perintendent OF the station, has force Of
hands at work there putting the tanks and
apparatus In order for the Matching of the
fish eggs. large quantity of the para
phernalia to be used at the station was
taken to Bryan's Point Friday on the
steamer Estelle Randall AS soon the
shad and herring arrive in the river and
the hauling of seine begins the shad eggs
will be purchased from the fishermen in
the neighborhood of the station. and will
be Matched there. and the young fish will
be shipped to all parts of the country to
stock streams. The fishing shore at Chap
mans Point will be operated by the fish
commission this season.
There was an ample supply of fish Of all
kinds both from the Potomac nets and
from those about Norfolk and Virginia
Beach, to meet all demands this morning,
and prices are about the same as yesterday.
Bunch fish and shad are in demand. To-
day prices are as follows: For black bass
&C. to 121ac. per pound; salmon trout, &c.
to Dc per pound; pan rocA, 1Oc. to 12c. per
pound; boiling rock, 121ac. to 15c. per
pound; white perch, &C. to Sc. per pound ;
jumping mullets &c. to 4c per pound;
carp, &c. to DC. per pound; hickory jacks
&c. to 15c. each; river mullets, 15c. to 2Oc
per bunch; white catfish, 25c. to 35c per
bunch: black catfish, &c. to 15c. per bunch;
yellow perch, SC. to 3Oc per bunch: roe
shad, 6oc to soc. each: buck shad, 3Oc. to
4Oc. each. and herring, S3 per hundred.
About thousand bushels Of oysters have
been received at the oyster wharf, in four
vessels, since Friday morning, from points
on the lower Potomac and on the eastern
shore Of Virginia. The demand today is
excellent. and prices are about the same as
yesterday, the small oysters selling from
80 to Doc. per bushel and the larger ones
at 90 to FSc. per bushel. The recent ar
rivals are the VIM. Turner, Ruth and Ella,
Geo. II. Lowry and Waunita
The sloop Fannie Shepherd has sailed
from Alexandria with a cargo of flour for
river point.
The schooner Dorchester. which was
ashore on the flats abreast of Fort Foote.
was yesterday lightened Of her deck load Of
shingles by the schooner Edith Verrill, and
was pulled into deep water by the tug Ca
milla. Both boats were brought to this
city last night by the Camilla, and are
now at the wharf of Johnson & Wimsatt
unloading. The Dorchester was not in
Jured by running ashore
Ihe Ice beak OF the steamer Estelle Ran
dali was Yesterday evening removed in the
dock adjoining her wharf at the foot Of
7th street
received eighteen shad and 242 herring from
OId Point the first Virginia shad and her.
ring received this season It is now only a
question OF a few days before they will be
caught in the Potomac.
General Port News.
The newly built cost survey steamer
Bache has arrived at Norfolk en- route to
Baltimore from Shooters Island where she
was built The Bache will shortly go to
Key West to take up survey work there,
The officers Of the Bache are p. A. Welker,
captain; c. L. Green, executive officer; III.
s. Smith, C..L. Roeth and Gresham Brad
ford, watch officer; J. E. Shepherd. sur
geon, and NJ. T. Hannery. chief engineer.
large barge Is expected to arrive for
the Keystone Plaster Company this even
ing, having aboard about 400 tons of plas-
ter from Philadelphia.
Several large f1ocks of ducks were seen on
the river between this city and Alexandria
Friday evening. One flock had several
hundred shuffler ducks in it.
Mr.. Edward Whyte is building two four
teen-foot bateaus at his boat house, foot Of
7th street, for Mr.. Thos. Wallace of this
city. One of the boats is about completed
and the other will be ready to put over
board In about ten days.
The fishing and hunting ark Of Mr.. Harry
Humphries is at Townshend's boat house
at the lower end of 7th street for an over
hauling. The decks of the ark are to be
extended about five feet at each end, max
ing 1t much more roomy and comfortable
for use In summer.
number of vessels took advantage Of
the favorable breezes to sail yesterday
Among them were the Grace e. Bennett
bound for North Carolina, and the Eliza
Ballard, Eta, e. P. Evans Martin Wag-
ner, Irene and Fair American, to river
points for oysters, lumber and cord wood
The tug Spray came into port yesterday
evening with two scows laden with broken
stone from Occoquan in tow.
three-masted schooner, the - Stone,
is reported in the river, bound to this port
with q cargo Of lumber.
The schooner Alethea, having completed
the discharging of cargo Of pine lumber
has gone to T. w. Rileys wharf to load
fertilizer.
The tug Eugenia Of the Columbia Sand
Dredging Company is again in service af-
ter having been Overhauled.
Mr.. w. II. Callahan, general passenger
agent Of the Norfolk and Was:linaton
Steamboat Company, has returned from a
trip to New Haven.
Mr.. Maurice Hughes of the police boat
Vigilant, who has been quite Ill at Prcyi-
dence Hospital for the past week, is rccov-
ering and will be able to return to duty in
a few days.
Mr.. Edward Hardwick has been placed
In charge of the wharf Of the River View
excursion line at the foot Of ?th street.
Capt. E. S. Randall, who is in Florida.
has gone up the ST. Johns river to inspect
the steamboat methods there
Mr.. Henry Thornfordt Of this city is hay-
ing his sloop, the Dauntless, oyerhaulad
and put in order for hunting and fishing
trip of several weeks. The James river
will be first visited and from there the
trip will be extended to the North Carolina
sounds for the spring hunting