Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
AMPLE SUPPLY OF ICE TO MEET
GENERAL DEMAND.
Barge Jackson Returns Home - Big
Supply Of Coal Arrives-Per-.
sonal and General.

with ice from the Kennebec river was
brought into port last night and is lying
at the 9th street wharf of the American
Ice Company to unload. The schooner
brings a cargo of about Loo tons Of Ice.
She had a good trip down the coast and
came in the capes Monday. The big four
masted schooner VIM H. Yerkes sailed
from Bath August %, and the Malcolm v.
Seavey August 80 with big cargoes of ice
for this city. The two schooners will bring
about 5000 tons. They should arrive here
early in next week. The schooner Merom
and two other vessels are loading on the
Kennebec for this city and will arrive here
before the end of the month.
There was an excellent demand for all
varieties of fresh fish at the wholesale mar
ket on the wharf this morning, while the
supply was very light, only few barrels
of gray trout. with some bluefsh. Spanish
mackerel and butterfish, having been re-
ceived. AS a consequence prices are ad-
vancing. and this morning were follows:
Small trout. 81. SO to IS per BARREL med. UNI
trout. 5 cents per pound; large trout, to Z
cents per pound; buttertish. S. per barrel;
spot, So to 81 per BARREL founders, ) to Z
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, IL to 1S
cents per pound; pan rock 10 to II cents
per pound; medium rock. II to Is cents per
pound; boiling rock. Is to 20 cents per
pound: sturgeon, 10 cents per pound: green
% cents each; bluefish and tailors. to .
cents per pound; pompano, IS to 20 cents
per pound; bass. Is to IS cents per pound !;
white perch, 10 to IL cents per pound;
white perch, small, 20 to % cents per
bunch; catfish large. % to 30 cents per
bunch: catfish, small, s to 10 cents per
bunch; yellow perch, small, 10 to 80 cents
per bunch; mullets, - to % cents per
bunch: carp, Is to IS cents each; cells, 20
10 cents each.
CLAIMS and crabs are in good demand but,
like fish. they are very scarce. and are COM
handing good prices. CLANS today sold
from 30 to 30 cents per hundred and crabs
at 81 30 to 81 per barrel. AS yet no vessels
laden with oysters from the beds in the
river have arrived at the wharf here,
though they are looked for at any time.
Watermelons are plentiful at the wharf.
and the demand for them is fair. Prices
range from $50 per hundred for the better
grades down to 81 per hundred for small
and inferior fruit.
The steam barge Daniel X. Jackson, built
at and hailing from this city, came into
port yesterday under the command of her
owner, Capt. A. T. Owens after an absence
of about eight months. during which time
she has been running various cargoes on
the North Carolina sounds.
The retirement of the steamers Lily and
Howard from general freighting on the
river. and the charter of the steamer E.
Jos. Smell has opened the field on the river
to the Jackson. and she returns home to
run lumber and wood cargoes from Aqua
creek She is in port with load of lum-
Der from that point for Thos. R. Riley.
General and Personal.
Mr.. Jack White, chief engineer Of river
steamers, who left here in charge of the
steamer Tulrs engine room, to run out
of Baltimore, has resigned and has been
made, 1t Is stated, chief engineer of the U.
8. army quartermaster steamer Kearney.
Mr.. Norman Pruett returned yesterday
afternoon from a short hunting trip on
Mattawom creek and reports that in two
few other species of birds. Ortolan are re-
ported to be fairly plentiful in the river
marshes.
Mr.. VIM. Hayden chief engineer of the
Ill at Providence Hospital. Is recovering
and will be able to return to duty in a
few days. 80 .a-- -T.
Mr. Luckett Adams has been made en-
gineer in charge on the tug Sunbeam Of
the Smoot Sand Company fleet.
The steamer Wakefield is temporarily on
the River View excursion route while some
repair work Is being done to the shaft Of
the steamer Samuel j. Pentz. The Pentz,
1t Is expected. will be in service by the end
Of the month.
The schooner Beulah Land, which unload
ed cargo of lumber here and left port
few days ago for North Carolina, ran
ashore near Motley Hall yesterday and was
aground at last report.
The Baltimore tug Vulcan came into port
yesterday afternoon with five loaded barges
In tow from Philadelphia. The barges
bring about 5000 tons of hard coal for the
local market, and will unload here and at
Georgetown.
The large sailing barge Daniel. which
was reported sunk in the river off Maryland
Point last week, was brought to Alexandria
and is hauled out on the big marine rail-
way there for general repair work to her
hull. A small pungy is also hauled out on
the Alexandria railway for caulking and
overhauling of hull.
The large steam launch Augusta, belong
ing to Mr.. August Gaines, which was
hauled out on Deans railway for repair
work to her hull, has been completed and
was launched yesterday. She will be made
ready at once for hunting and fishing on
the river.
The work of repairing the hull of the
large clay carrying barge of Mr.. John Mil
Ter at Benefits boat yard has been COM
pleted and the vessel has been launched.
The bugeye Fannie E. Howard, loaded
with lumber from river point, arrived in
port last night consigned to dealers.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley,
with cargo of about 1875 600 feet of lum-
Der aboard from Norfolk. came into port
this morning consigned to H. L. Biscoe.