Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-28
ON THE RIVER 'FRONT.'
IMPROVING WHARvES HERE ANu
DOWN THE POTOMAC. "
Changes in River Boat Schedules-New
Buoy at Maryland Point -
Harbor News.

One of Banks large pile drivers from thf9
| city is at work on the excursion wharf ae
! the River View resort, putting the landing
| In thorough order for the excursion season.
| which has just opened.
The rebuilding of Stevenson's wharf tho
| landing place of the Weems line steamers,
| at the foot of eth street, has been COM
| pleted and is ready for service. During the
summer, many of the wharves for which
| leases have been obtained will be greatly
| improved.
DIR. L. E. Rauterberg is building an adj.
dition to his boat house on the wharf at:
the foot of sth street. The size of tho
| house is being nearly doubled and the ada.
dition will be used for a general Workshop +
The wholesale fish market on the 18th
| street wharf this morning quite brisk.
| the demand for fish being active the supply
was light; the easterly storm of the past
two or three days having prevented the
fishermen from working their nets.
Shad are still coming to market but they
are soft and not the fine table fish they
were few weeks ago. Prices show somd
few changes and are as follows: =
For gray trout 81 to IS per barrel: butt
ter fish. 81 to ESQ per barrel; founders, 8
to cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, n
| to cents per pound: salmon trout 3 TO 8
cents per pound; rock. to 1211 cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per pound; green
pike, Q to cents per pound; white perch
to 80 cents per bunch; catfish, large, % to
40 cents per bunch; catfish small, 10 to 10
cents per bunch; yellow perch. large, Is to
% cents per bunch; yellow perch, small, 8
to 10 cents per bunch carp, 10 to 70 cents
| each; cells, to cents each; Potomac roe
shad, 30 to 40 cents each; buck shad, 10 to-
20 cents each
Crabs are scarce and are in demand, sell-
ing at 81. 80 to 81 per barrel No soft crabs
| were on sale at the fish wharf houses this
morning
p,,l
boats with them aboard having arrived
from the eastern shore of Virginia In the
| past forty-eight hours. They are selling
at 80 to 60 cents per hundred and are in
good demand.
The steamer Kent. which has been UNI
dergoing repairs. Is about ready for serv-
| ice and will take the place of the steamer.
Wakefield upon the Wirts wharf route I'M
til Sunday. The Wakefield will run the
route of the steamer 7. V. Arrowsmth to
Nomini while the last-named steamer Is
| making trips to Colonial Beach, Saturday
and Sunday mornings next. These will be
| the first of the excursion trips to the beach
this summer.
The yacht anchorage in the harbor is
now crowded with pleasure craft of all
kinds, which have been reprinted and are
now ready for pleasure cruises on the river.
Twenty-Five or more boats are in the fleet.
The yacht Greyhound has recently been re-
painted and made ready for the season at
Cumberlands boat yard. and the schooner
yacht Mist was out on the marine railway
at Alexandra yesterday Tor some minor re-
pair work.
General News of the Port.
The schooner Isabelle, weli-known
Potomac river trading vessel. is reported
high and dry in the Rappahannock river,
where she went to load a cargo of lumber
for this city. The schooner is said to be
we'll out of the water and considerable
trouble is anticipated In getting her afioat.
1t was at first reported that she was ashore
in Nomini. The Isabelle Is owned In West
moreland county, Va.
The lighthouse tender Holly on her last
visit to the Potomac short time ago,
placed a new black buoy in the upper end
Of Tompkin's bar, a short distance from
Maryland Point light. The buoy is at a
point where there has never been a buoy,
but where one has been needed.
Within the past month six or eight new
buoys have been established In the river
at points where they were badly needed
The bugeye Seabird Is hauled out on the
marine railway at Captain Reagan's boat
yard, foot of 18th street, for caulking and
painting of hull and for general repair
work.
The Kate Muller Is out of service on the
railway at Benefits boat yard for a gen.
eral overhaulng and for painting.
The repair work on the schooner Sidney
Jones at Benefits boat yard has been COM
pleted and the vessel has gone into COM
mission.
The tug Camilla of the Taylor Bros fleet
of towboats. was hauled out on the large
marine railway at Alexandria yesterday
for examination of hull and for repainting.
She will be put overheard this afternoon
and will go into commission. sailing at once
for the mouth of the Potomac on the look
out for vessels bound to this port.
The four-masted schooner K. R Hunt.
laden with ice from the Kennebec river.
came into port today in tow of the tug
Camilla, laden with about 200 tons of ice
for the American Ice Company. The bark
Essex is unloading ice at the 9th street
American company.
The bugeye Pearl Is at the 18th street
wharf. unloading cargo Of foundry iron
from river point.
The Harriet E. Ford has arrived with q
full load of salt Ash from down-river
packing house for the dealers.
The schooner Five Sisters unloaded a
cargo Of cord wood at Alexandria yester-
day for the dealers.
The schooners Cuza and Hayward will
complete the loading of large cargoes of
railway ties at Alexandria for Boston with