Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT
TESTS TO BE RESUMED AT OIL Elk
PERIMENTAL PLANT.
Stranded Vessels F1oated-Schooner
Shubert May Be Saved-General
and Personal Mention.

Inc United States tOrredO boat Rodgers
left the wharf Of the fuel oil experimental
station, at the foot of 9Th street, yesterday
morning for the navy yard. where she will
take aboard a supply Of coal. The fuel oil
plant has been shut down for the past week
or ten days owing to a lack Of oil, but the
tanks are being filled today. and 1t is ex-
pected tests will be resumed tomorrow
when the Rodgers returns from the navy
yard.
Few If any of the fish on sale at the 18th
street wharf market this morning came
from the nets in the river, the ice covering
the creeks and fishing shores preventing
the working of the nets. There was good
supply from southern waters. and the de-
mand was good. Prices generally were
higher and were as follows: For pan rock,
13c. to 15c. per pound: medium rock. 15c. to
1Sc. per pound; boiling rock. 23c. to 25c. per
pound: jumping mullet, &c. to &c. per
pound: Spanish mackerel. Sc. to 1Oc. per
pound salmon trout, 1Oc to lie. per pound;
Sc. to &C. per pound; Potomac black bass.
1Sc. to Joe. per pound; North Carolina black
bass lac. to 15c. per pound; green pike, 1Oc4
to 12c. per pound: yellow perch. &c. per
pound; white perch, 13c to l5c. per pound'
white perch. small. SOC. to SOC. per bunch;
catfish, large. Soc to COO. per bunch; catnsn,
small, 25c. to 35c. per bunch: yellow perch.
small, Zoe. to 40c. per bunch; carp, loo TO
40c. each: cells, SC. each; Florida roe shad.
Coo. to Csc. each; buck shad, 30c. to 5oc
each, and herring, &c. to 4c. each. North
Carolina roe shad, 81 each; buck shad, DOC.
each.
There have been no new arrivals of
oyster-laden craft at the wharf since Sun
day and the supply is becoming smaller,
and the warmer weather of the past two
or three days has made the demand light.
Prices range from SOC. to $1.2o per bushels
according to grade.
Ice Heavy on Greek and Bay.
The officers of the river steamers report
the ice quite heavy in both Maddox creek
and Currioman bay and several vessels are
frozen up in both streams. The taking OF
oysters has been almost stopped by the Ice
in lower river. The warm weather of yes
terday softened the ice and clustering will
be resumed in a few days.
The new bugeye Ford and the large
pungy, which were reported ashore In
Dukehart's channel near Blackstone Is
land last week were fioated on the high ude
of Friday last Neither vessel was harmed
by going ashore. This Dukeharts channel,
the watermen claim, is not properly buoyed
and a number of vessels have gone ashore
there this winter. -
II Is believed the three-masted schooner,
VIM H. Shubert, which stranded off Bodie' 9
Island on the Atlantic coast, Will be saved
The Merritt Wrecking Company's tug Res
cue, which went from Norfolk to the aid
of the schooner, succeeded in moving her
$50 feet seward. but had to cease work on
account of the storm. Work on the schoon-
ter will be resumed as soon as the weather
will allow. The Rescue brought Captain
Doughty and the crew of the Shubert to
Norfolk.
The fish lighter now building for Captain
William Neitzey, at the boat YARD OF cum
.berland & Son. for use at Fair Landing
fishing shore is now rapidly approaching
completion and will be Launched IN Ie"
days.
Mr. Will Reed, chief engineer of the
Steamer Wakefield. who has been super
Intending the overhauling of the Steamer
Estelle Randall. returned to duty yesterday
on the Wakefield.
The fattie recently purchased by Mr..
Henry Thomfordt of this city. which Is
rebuilding at Townshend's boat house, Is
nearly completed. She will be used for
hunting trips to the lower river early in the
spring. Z
The ram schooner Jennie D. Bell a reg.
ular trader to this port. came into Baltl-
more Monday after having all her. sails
blown away in a gale off the scapes OF the
Chesapeake. A revenue cutter went to her
aid while she was at anchor off Cape Henry
and lowed her into Hampton Roads. -5''~-
The work of setting up the new rigging Of
the schooner Samuel Wood. at the wharf
of Carter &Clark has been completed, ard
the vessel has sailed for the Delaware river
to run oysters to Philadelphia.
The ram schooner Thomas J. 'Shyroclk.
loaded with about 10000 feet Of North
Carolina pine lumber, from Edenton; N O.,
came into port yesterday, for Johnson &
Wimsatt.
The w. j. Lowery and Quicktime sailed
yesterday evening for points on the lower
Potomac.
The schooner Peri is at Alexandria load
ing a general cargo for Potomac river
points and will sail today. a-slr
The schooner Samuel Dillaway, now un-
loading a cargo of ice here, has been char
tered to load coal at Newport News for Bos-