Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER EMMA J. THOMAS
WRECKED AND LOST.
Shad on the MISUNDERSTANDING
Steamer Wakefield-Generala and
Personal Matters.

The schooner Emma J. Thomas, hailing
from Paramount, Nd, went ashore in the
easterly gale of December 90 last, in Piney
Island thoroughfare in Tangier sound, and
was so badly damaged as to be a total loss.
She was owned by Capt. John Thomas, who
was also her master, and was quite large
schooner, carrying about 1000 bushels of
oysters. She was valued at about 81, 500 and
there Is no insurance The Thomas was
frequent visitor to this city with various
cargoes and her master is we'll known here.
The steam yacht Giavota, Capt. Haney. is
berthed at the 9th street wharf of the
American Ice Company next to the United
States army lighter Kearney.
Florida shad and hickory shad from Geor-
gia have made their appearance at the
fish market at the 18th street oyster wharf
and are commanding good prices. Shad will
be on the market from now until summer
and will come from nearer home as the
season advances until our Potomac shad are
few changes from those of yesterday and
are as follows: For Spanish mackerel, 12c.
per pound; pan rock 10 to lie. per pound;
medium rock, lac. per pound; boiling rock,
1S to Zoe. per pound; salmon trout, to &C.
per pound; sheepshead. to 1Oc. per pound;
Potomac black bass, II to 15c. per pound;
North Carolina black bass, to 10c. per
pound; bluefsh and tailors, to SC. per
pound; founders, to &c. per pound; green
pike, s to 10c. per pound; white perch, 10 to
12c. per pound; white perch, small, 20 to
SOC. per bunch; catfish. large 20 to S5c. per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 to 15c. per bunch;
hickory jacks, 10 to SOC. each; carp, 10 to
4Oc. each; cells, sc. each; roe shad, S5c. each,
and buck shad, SOC. each.
There was a fair demand for oysters Of
all kinds at the 18th street wharf this
morning, but the supply continues quite
small. Prices ranged from Coo. per bushel
70 fha or
lected oysters.
Mr. William A. Moore of the Randall line
is in Baltimore experimenting the repair
work on the steamer Arrowsmith.
The steamer Wakefield is laid up at the
River View wharf to have her boiler tubes
taken out and cleaned. Considerable repair
work is being done to her boilers and ma
chinery. She will be out Of commission for
month or six weeks.
The Moving Craft.
The schooner murray Vandiver, Captain
Pratt has been taken to Leonardtown,
St. Mary's county, Md, and will be put
into winter quarters there While laid up
the schooner will be overhauled and made
ready for business in the early part of
next spring.
The Gov. P. F. Thomas, the steamer of
the Maryland oyster police fleet, is cruis-
ing among the oyster beds in the river and
gal oyster takers
The steamer Harry Randall is now the
only boat Of the Randall line on the lower
river route, and she is making three trips
each week, leaving here Monday and We'd
nesday at 4 pm, and on Saturdays at Z
pm. All the landings on the river are
made, but no stops are made in the creeks.
Grinders, Poseys, Brick House, Farrells.
Wirt's and Massey's are the Wharves not
on the winter schedule.
The large Chickahominy has arrived at
Alexandria with full cargo Of glasS-mak-
ing sand from the Severn river for the Old
Dominion glass works.
The three-masted ram schooner Harlan
W. Huston, laden with lumber and shingles
from Edenton, N. c., has arrived for the
dealers here and at Alexandria.
The Lady Bug has arrived here from a
fishing trip on the lower Potomac with all
her paraphernalia aboard.
The tug Edith G. Winship has been en-
ployed in towing sand-laden barges for Mr..
Louis Smoot in place of the tug Geo. w.
Pride, which is laid up at Alexandria for
repairs. Mr.. Smoot has large sand dig
ger at work in the river not far from the
wharf at Glymont, Md.
Vessel masters have been notified that
the heavy current has brought down
number Of large logs and tree trunks
which are floating about in the river be-
tween this city and Alexandria.
hauled out on the marine railway at Ben
nett's boat yard at the foot of 18th street
for general repair work.