Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT.
POTOMAC .TowBoATs- UNDERGO
ING GENERAL REPAIRS.
Sea Wall Nearing Completion-Work
to Begin at Bryan's Point
River News.

The tug Martin Danman OF the Column
bia Sand Dredging Company's feet, which
has been on the marine railway at Ben
nett's boat yard for several days past for
a general overhauffng Of her hull. has been
launched and win be ready for service
in q few days.. The U. s. army Q. NJ D.
launch Lieut.. F. B. Crosby IL at Benefits
for overhauling and covering Of hull with
metal.
The tug Edith g. winship Of Georgetown
Is out of commission for a few days while
her machinery is being overhauled. The
tug Camilla will tow coal-laden barges
from Shepherds landing of the B. ana o.
railway to Georgetown while the Winship
Is laid up
The receipts of fish at the wholesale
market. 18th street wharf, were quite
heavy this morning. good supplies coming
from the nets in the river and from the
shores about Norfolk. The tug Yerkes.
with five f1sh-laden boats in tow, arrived
this morning The boats brought about
$4,000 herring and 1000 shad from the
gill nets in the lower Potomac. The total
receipts of shad and herring will reach
about 200 shad and 275 600 herring. Prices
show few changes and are as follows:
For pan rock, to SC. per pound; medium
rock 10c per pound; boiling rock, 12c. per
pound: jumping mullet. 4c. per pound;
sturgeon, 10c per pound: salmon trout.
to &c. per pound: sheepshead. to &c. per
pound; founders, to &c. per pound; Poto-
pike, to SC. per pound; white perch. to
SC. per pound: white perch, small, to 1Oc.
per bunch: catfish, large. Is to 30c. per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 to 15c. per bunch;
yellow perch, small to 10c. per bunch;
carp, Is to zoe. each; cells, to &c. each:
herring, 60 to roc per hundred; Potomac
roe shad, 45c. each; buck shad. IS to zoe.
ooc h. fctrn ocro 70 Eo noCH
The oyster market at the wharf continues
very dull, but the return of cooler weather
Is expected to have revfving effect on the
market. The demand this morning was
better than it has been for several days.
and prices range from 40 to 9Oc. per bushel
The steam yacht Giavota. belonging to
Mr. John r. Dos Passos of New York. is
lying In the stream off the foot of 10th
street southwest and Is being reprinted
and prepared for service. Her owner will
make frequent trips in her to the mouth
Of the river during the coming summer.
Several scows laden with stone for the
new sea wall about the Washington Bar
racks Park were received yesterday. and
the work on the wall is being pushed.
With low tides the work will be completed
before the end of this week. Only about
thirty or forty feet Of the wall remain
to be built, but work can now be. done
on It only at low water-as soon as 1t Is
above the tide It can be pushed to COM
pletion.
Among the Fishing Fleet.
The tug William H. Yerkes, jr., has been
chartered to tow fsh-1aden vessels for
Cogswell & Bro. and the tug James o. Car
ter will tow for r. A. Golden. A fleet of
twenty-five or thirty vessels will be en-
ployed as run boats by the fish packing
houses here.
Preparations for the Matching of shad
spawn at the Bryan's Point fishing station
Of the United States fish commission will
begin early next week and the taking %
spawn will begin as soon as the Shad reach
this part of the river.
The fishermen who are drifting nets in
the river below Alexandria are catching
an increasing number of shad and herring
each day, but the season Is not on good as
yet.
The large steam yacht Gretchen, Captain
Richardson, owned by Mr.. J. E. Reybufn
Of New York, is hauled out on the marine
railway at Alexandria for some repair work
to her wheel bearings and for examination
Of hull. She is being prepared for service
during the coming season.
DR.. Arthur Rauterberg is overhauling his
handsome little power sloop Greyhound in
preparation for the opening of the boating
season early in next month.
The crews Of the United States naval re-
serve ships Fern and Oneida are employed
in scrubbing the white paint on them, in
preparation for repainting and overhaul
ing for the summer.
The schooner Sarah 8. Tyler Is lying at
w. w. Rileys wharf, unloading cargo Of
| lumber from Norfolk for Galliher & Bro.
The United States army tug Gibbon, Cap
tain Todd, Is making three trips daily be-
tween this city and Fort Washington. She
has secured the use of the lighthouse estab-
lishment wharf, foot Of 7th street, for q
landing place.