Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LARGE BUGEYE BUILT FOR THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY TRADE.
Tender Maple on Inspection Cruise
Steamer Seufferle Sails for Balti-
more-Other Matters.

The largest bugeye ever built for the
Chesapeake bay trade will be launched at
the boat yard of ]. w. Brooks, at Madi-
son. Nd, in a few days. The vessel will
be so feet long. 221a feet wide and will
have depth of hold of @ feet. She be-
longs to parties in Cambridge, Md. and will
be employed in oyster and general freight
business.
Augustus Dean & Son are building a
large sand carrying barge at their boat
yard. near Alexandria, for parties here
The barge will be about 60 feet long and -
feet wide and will carry a big load of sand.
Several of the sand carrying scows of the
Columbia Sand Company are also ut Deans
boat yard to be rebuilt for service on the
river.
The wholesale fish market at the 18th
street wharf was quite a busy place this
morning, the demand for fresh fish being
quite brisk, and there being a fair supply
OF river-caught fish on hand. Trout and
catfish. with some few saltwater fish from
about Norfolk, constituted the bulk OF the
stock on hand.
The market was firm and prices were
as follows:
For gray trout. $40 per barrel; butter1sh.
IS to Sc per barrel; founders. to cents
per pound; Spanish mackerel, II to Is cents
per pound; pan rock, to 10 cents per
pound; medium rock, u to ii cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per pound; green
pike, to cents per pound; white perch.
10 cents per pound; white perch, small. 20
to 80 cents per bunch; catfish, large. % to
q cents per bunch; catfish, small, IL to 10
cents per bunch; yellow perch large, Is to
% cents per bunch; yellow perch, small,
to 10 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to 20 cents
each; cells, 3 to cents each.
The receipts of hard crabs from the
lower river have been larger during the past
two days than for a week past, but prices
keep up. Today they sold at $50 to 81
per barrel. Soft-shelled crabs are scarce
and find ready sale at 30 to GO cents per
dozen. CLAIMS are also scarce and in de-
mand, and are selling for 80 cents per hun
dred.
The four-masted schooner Mary V. New
lille is at sea bound to this city from Bath,
Me-. with a cargo of ice for this city. Sho
will bring cargo of over LOCO tons TO the
American Ice Company She is expected
to arrive here within the next week. Three
other ice laden vessels are also at sea
bound here.
The lighthouse tender Maple. Capt. Miles,
has left Baltimore with Commander Haw-
ley. the lighthouse inspector, aboard on
tour of investigation.
The light station on Hog Island. on the
Atlantic coast. and other light stations VIII
be visited and inspected before the inspec'
tor returns to his office in Baltimore.
General and Personal.
The little side-wheel steamer George ].
Seunerle, which has been SOLO 10 paFUeS III
Baltimore, sailed from Alexandria yester-
day for Baltimore, where she will be turned
over to her new owners.
The United States army lighter Kearney.
the tender to the United States engineers
battalion at the Washington barracks,
which has been berthed at the barracks
wharf in the Eastern branch, has been
taken from the wharf and is anchored in
the harbor off the arsenal park.
The tug Jos. Jackson, belonging to the
Columbia Sand Dredging Company. is TO
be hauled out today the marine railway
at Benefits boat yard for general over
hauling.
Mr. F. NJ Grimes of this city is acting as
purser of the steamer T V. Arrowsmith on
the route to the lower river.
Mr.. J. NJ. Carpenter, purser of the
steamer Harry Randall, had an attack of
vertigo on 18th street near the wharf a few
days ago, and fell upon the sidewalk badly
cutting his face He has recovered suffi-
GENTLY to return to duty on his steamer.
Capt Joseph Smith, formerly commander
of the steamer Calvert 'of the Weems line,
has been made captain of the steamer Po-
tomac of the same line on the route be-
tween this city and Baltimore.
The schooner Florence, with a full load
of cord wood has arrived in port from
the lower river for the dealers.
The schooner J. d. Bell has completed the
unloading of a cargo of lumber, and has
sailed for the RapDahannock river.
The schooner Flora and Agnes, laden with
lumber has arrived in port from North
Carolina with a cargo of cord wood for
johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, laden with
lumber from Norfolk is expected to arrive
here this afternoon or tomorrow. She is
consigned to III. L. Biscoe.
The barge John ]. McNally, laden with
fertilizer from Alexandria, has arrived at
Baltimore.