Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-11
ON THE RIVER FRONT
POTOMAC HERRING NUMEROUS
IN DISTRICT WATERS.
Transfer Tug Beaverton to Be Over
hauled-Sale Of Launch Aquamata
General News.

Herring are still very plentiful In tne
waters of the District of Columbia, ana
fishermen are having good sport snagsins
them with a short line whipped through the
water, and large numbers are Delns
caught daily. The fish were so thick ABOUT
the wharves that hundreds of them couio
be seen swimming about only few feet
below the surface There have been more
herring in this part of the river this year
than for many years past. and the old nsn-
ermen ascribe 1t to the fact that Just be1ore
the fish came into the river heavy storm
tore up all the trap nets, and before they
could be replaced the main body OF the
fish had gotten well into the river and had
some opportunity to reach their naturai
spawning grounds in this vicinity.
There was an ample supply Of both fresh and
salt water fish on hand at the wholesale
market at the 18th street wharf TINS morn
ing, and the demand was fair. Prices TINS
morning were as follows: For gray trout,
&C. per pound founders, 7c per pound I;
Spanish mackere1, 10c. to 12c. per pound;
pan rock, 10c. per pound; medium rock nc.
per pound; boiling rock, 13c. to 15c per
pound; sturgeon, 10c. per pound; salmon
trout, &c. per pound; green pike, &C. to &c.
per pound; white perch, 1Oc. per pound;
white perch, small, zoe. to 30c. per bunch;
catfish, large 25c. to 4Oc. per bunch: cat
fish, small 1Oc. to 15c. per bunch; yellow
perch large, 15c. to 25c per bunch; yellow
perch small, &c. to 1Oc. per bunch; carp,
1Oc. to zoe. each; cells. &c. to &C. each; her
ring, zoe. to 25c. per hundred; Potomac roe
shad, 2Oc. to 22c. each; buck shad, 1Sc. to
19c. each.
There were but few oysters on sale at the
wharf this morning by the dealers. They
sold at soc. to Csc. per bushel Few clarns
are arriving from the eastern shore, and
they are selling at CSC. per hundred. Hard
crabs are coming from Norfolk. and are
selling at 81 per barrel; soft crabs are held
at Coo. to Csc per dozen.
The tug Maj. Beaverton of the Baltimore
and Ohio railway transfer service, towing
the car barge between Alexandria and
Shepherds landing, on the District side Of
and will go out of commission for a general
overhauling and reftting. While she is laid
up the tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr, will do the
work in the transfer service.
Of General Interest.
The large power launch Aquamata, be-
longing to the estate Of the late Mr.. Camp
bell, which has been lying at Alexandria
for several months, has, it Is stated, been
sold to parties here. The launch will be
reprinted and fitted up al Deans boat yard,
hear Alexandria, and will be in service dur
ing the summer months
The Maryland state fishing steamer Gov.
R. NJ McLane, which has been in service
on the river guarding the oyster grounds
from illegal dredgers for several months
past, has been taken to Baltimore and
placed in a dry dock to be cleaned and
painted.
The United States naval tug Triton
brought a twelve-inch gun from the prov
ing grounds at Indian Head, Md. to this
city Friday, where 1t had been tested.
The gun will be sent to one of the new
vessels of the navy.
The schooner Harriet Z. Ford with a
cargo of salt fish in barrels from Coan
river, has arrived.
The ram schooner Grace G. Bennett,
which has been lying at Johnson & VIM
salts wharf here unloading cargo of lum-
Der and shingles, has been taken to Alex
andria to LOAD several cars for shipment up
the line of the Southern railroad.
The two-masted schooner Farmers Friend,
with a load of about 100000 feet of pine
boards from a Virginia lumber port has
arrived for Johnson & WimSatt.
The three-maSted schooner O. D. Wither-
ell, laden with about 900 tons of ice for
the American Ice Company, has arrived
here and has been taken to Georgetown to
unload.
The ram schooner Harlan w. Huston,
with lumber and shingles aboard from a
North Carolina port, has arrived at Alex
andria for dealers there.
The Belmont, Sidney Jones, MayfloWer
Lottie Carter, G. H. Dagger and r. L. Pri-
vot have arrived here with cargoes of cord
wood since Saturday last.
The schooner Father and Son is in port
with a load of railway ties for Carter &
Clark.
The steamer E. James Tull came into
port this morning with load of logs for
Carter & Clark.
The three-masted schooner White Cloud
laden with pine boards has arrived and is
at anchor in the stream.