Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FOUR HUNDRED POUND SUR
GEoN CAUGHT.
overhauling the Potomac Towing Fleet
Government Takes Possession Of
Wharves-Marine Notes.

The river boats from the Passapatanzy
fishing shore yesterday morning brought up
monster sturgeon, the largest that has
been captured on the Potomac this season.
Inc nsh was about ten feet long and
weighed 400 pounds. 1t was caught in the
shad net at the shore. 1t was taken to the
Center market yesterday and was placed
on exhibition there. Old fishermen believe
the sturgeon are coming back into thu
river. as several large ones have been
caught recently.
Chapman's fishing shore near Glymont,
Nd. cut out yesterday. While the catch of
hsh was quite large there was no market
for them.
iumbia on the Alexandria ferry route re-
turned from trip to Norfolk yesterday and
is again on duty on his steamer.
There was a decided falling .off in the
receipts of shad and herring from the fish
ing shores on the river, but fairly good
supplies of salt water fish and of shad
were received from Norfolk. Herring are
numerous in the waters of the District of
columbia, but down the river they have
become scarce. Since yesterday almost 75,-
oo0 herring and 10000 shad have been re-
ceived by the dealers
Prices show some few changes and ara
as follows:
Gray trout. &C. per pound: founders. &c.
per pound; Spanish mackerel, 1Oc to 12c.
per pound: pan rock, 10c. per pound; med
ium rock, 12c. per pound: boiling rock 13c
TO loo 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 2Dc. to Soc. per
bunch; catfish, large, 25c. to 40c per bunch;
catfish, small, 10c. to 15c. per bunch; yellow
perch, large, 15c to 2Jc. per bunch; yellow
perch, small. &c. to 10c per bunch carp.
In tn En n,l,. 1,1~
ring, zoe. to 4Oc. per hundred; Potomac roe
shad. Zoe. to 22c. each buck shad, 1sc. to
19c each.
There were no oysters on vessels on sale
at the wharf this morning, but oyster laden
beats are looked for at any time.
Hard crabs are scarce and are selling at
81 per barrel: soft crabs are bringing 5Oc
to 6Oc. per dozen; clans, COO. to 65c. per
hundred
The auxiliary power yawl Stranger. with
a party aboard, left port yesterday after
noon for short cruise on the river.
Work on the new wharf for the Naval
Battalion, d. c. N. G., Is being greatly de-
layed by the non-arrival of necessary ma
terial- About half the pling to be used in
the wharf have been driven and there the
work has stopped.
1t is stated that the occupants of the boat
houses at the foot of 7th street have been
notified to vacate by the War Department
officials. and that the government authori,
ties will shortly begin the erection near the
arsenal of a wharf to accommodate
government vessels. The new wharf is to
be one Of the largest on the river front.
Repairs and Rebuilding.
The bay schooner Julia Hopkins is hauled
out on the marine railway at the AleXdn-
dria shipyard for caull<ing and for general
repair work. She will be put overheard
within the next day or two.
The little tug Baby, belonging to the Co
lumbia Sand Dredging Company of this
city. which has been on the small marine
railway at the boatyard of Augustus Dean
& Son, near Alexandria, for several weeks
past, being rebuilt, was put overheard yes
terday and will go into service in few
days
The tug Sunbeam, which was purchased
by William A. Smoot & Co. from the con-
tractors for the building of the stone piers
for the new Long bridge, will, it is stated,
go to one of the local bodybuilding yards to
be overhauled and put in thorough order
for work. She is to tow sand and gravel
laden scows on the river.
The tug George w. Pride, which is al one
of the Baltimore shipyards TO be thoroughly
overhauled and to receive new boiler,
will be ready for SERVE again about
June 1. The Pride is owned by Capt AL
Fair of Alexandria, and is to engage in
general towing on the Potomac.
The work Of installing the boiler and
CINE in the new tug D. NJ. Key of the
Taylor Bros fleet is progressing rapidly
pul IL Will De several weeks before she IS
ready for service. The tug is lying at tho
10th street wharf of the American Ice
Company.
The tug Martin Dallman is lying at the
shipyard of NJ. M. Davis at Solomon's Is
land, Nd, and her engine will be removed
and placed in a new tug building there for
Mr.. John Miller of this city. 1t Is under
stood the Dallman will be rebuilt and have
a smaller engine placed in her.
The schooner Edith Verrall, laden with
cord wood, from a lower river point, has
arrived in port for Carter & Clark.
The big four-masted schooner Young
Brothers has been locked at the 10th street
wharf of the American Ice Company to
unload her cargo of ice.
The schooner Fannie has arrived in port
with cargo of building sand from Green
way flats for Georgetown.
The schooner A. H. Quinby has been
chartered to load lumber at Norfolk for
H L. Biscoe of this city
A schooner laden with salt fish from
Kinsale, Va. arrived at Alexandria yes
terday for Chas. King & Son.
The sand towing tugs brought eleven
scows of sand and gravel from the lower
river yesterday afternoon.