Evening star., 1903-07-01
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BIG BU0EYE BUILT FOR CHESA-
PEAKE BAY TRADE.
Preparing to Rebuild Burned Steamer
Painting q. s. S. Fern-General
and Personal Matters.

I
| tertown. Md is the largest vessel Of her
class in service on Chesapeake bay. II not
| in the American registry. She is a new
boat and has been completed but few
days. She is now at Baltimore, to be meas
ured and registered at the custom house
there. and will be employed in general
freighting. The Miriam is S21a feet long.
% feet beam and has depth of seven
feet in the hold. She will carry one hum
dred and thirty tons of dead weight Most
OF the bugeyes employed on the Potomac
are less than two-thirds the size of the
Miriam. Her masts are lofty. the foremast
being eighty-four feet long and the main
mast seventy-nine feet
The total receiuts of fresh fish of all kinds
by the dealers at the wholesale fish market
was fifty-two barrels from Norfolk and Old
Point, brought up by steamer this morning.
Trout were again on hand in good quantt-
ties and prices for them show a falling Off
Porgtes have made their appearance and
are selling well. From the river routes
little except catfish are being received. The
market was fairly brisk this morning, and
prices show but few changes, as follows:
For gray trout. 81 to $s per barrel; but
terfsh, to cents per pound; founders,
to cents per pound; Spanish mackerel.
IL to Is cents per pound; pan rock, II to II
cents per pound: medium rock. IA to Is
cents per pound; boiling rock Is to II cents
per pound; sturgeon, IL cents per pound;
green pike, to cents per pound; por-
gies. 3 to cents per pound; bluefish,
to cents per pound; bass 10 to % cents
per pound; white perch, 10 cents per pound;
white perch, small. 20 to 80 cents per
bunch; catfish, small. 10 to 15 cents per
bunch; yellow perch. large, Is to 40 cents
per bunch; yellow perch, small 10 cents
per bunch; carp, 10 to 20 cents each; eels, 3
to cents each.
No soft-shelled crabs were on sale at the
wharf market today, but a few paper
shelled were and brought 15c. per dozen.
Hard crabs are coming in larger quantities
and are selling at 81 to $I5O per barrel.
CLANS continue in demand at 40 to 80 cents
per hundred with a small supply
The Weems Line steamer Potomac,
which has been running on the route be-
tween this city and Baltimore, has been
temporarily transferred to the route be-
tween Baltimore the Rappahannock river
and Norfolk. taking the place of the
steamer Essex. The Potomac it is under
stood. will be placed upon the route on the
Potomac river as an extra steamer during
the summer.
A representative Of the large shipbuilding
firm at Baltimore, who built the ferry
steamer Columbia, was in the city yester-
day to inspect the burned steamer in order
to make an estimate as to the cost of re-
building her. 1t Is stated that the steamer
will be taken away within the next week
and that the work of making new steam
boat OF her Is to be pushed. Except for
the burning of her upper works the
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General News Of the Port.
The hui! Of the U. s. 8. Fern. the practice
vessel Of the Naval Battalion, D. c. N. G.,
which Is lying at anchor in the stream off
the Washington barracks is receiving a
coat Of black paint. The vessel Is being
prepared for the practice cruise of the citi-
zen sailors.
The U. s. army quartermaster's depart
ment lighter Kearney is also at anchor in
the stream off the barracks. She is kept in
readiness for service and makes an oc-
Engineer Battalion U. s. A, from this city
aboard. Her daily trips to Fort Foote have
not yet been started.
The U. 8. naval yacht Oneida. which was
the small practice vessel of the Naval Bat
talon, is now at the navy yard to be given
a general overhauling and to be repainted
The pungy Spray is being generally over
hauled. at Alexandria. Portions of her
decks are being renewed and her cabin is
being rebuilt.
The current in the river was so strong
yesterday that it was impossible for sail
ing vessels to make headway against 1t and
steam vessels were considerably delayed.
Two tugs had tow lines to six scows laden
with sand for Louis Smoot. and they were
six or eight hours coming from Fort Foote
to Washington. distance ordinarily made
in two hours. The force of the current Is
holding the buoys under water from the
forks of the channel to Georgetown.
Capt Joseph Smith has been detached
from the command of the steamer Potomac
and assigned to the command of the steam
er Northumberland. on the Washington
Baltimore route. Capt. Davis, from the
Northumberland goes to the steamer Lam
caster, on the Rapjahannock river route.
The schooner Five Sisters has arrived in
port with full cargo Of cord wood from
a river point for the dealers.
The barge e. L. Neff is at the wharf of
Stephenson & Bro. at the foot Of 7th street
southwest to unload a cargo Of hard coal
from Philadelphia.
The big four-masted schooner Alicia
Crosby will complete the unloading of her
cargo of ice this afternoon or tomorrow
and will then be taken to Baltimore to load
coal.