Evening star., 1903-10-08
ON The RIVER FRONT
BRISK BOATING SEASON ON PoTo,
MAC LOOKED FOR.
overhauling Tugs Mohler and Yerkes1
Heavy Arrivals of Wood Cargoes
General River News.

Inc outlook for a busy winter at the
local boat-buiding yards is said to be ex-
| cellent Several of the boat builders are
nsuflns on building new power launches
Tor local parties, and 1t is expected the con-
struction of the new boats will take place
during the winter Two or three fin-keel
sailing boats of the knocka bout type will,
1t is understood, be put into the water in
the spring, and a number of new craft Will
De brought here from northern boe build
ing yards. The coming boating season on
the river promises to be a brisk one as
tlere mas been great revival in interest
IN aquatic matters in the last year or two.
Inc supply of fresh fish on sale at the
llth street wharf market was quite light
TINS morning, and the warm weather of the
past TWO or three days has made the de-
mand quite light. Trout. mackerel, spot
ana other varieties of saltwater fish We're
on sale, and there was also a scattering
supply of river-caught fish. Prices are firm
and are follows:
Small trout, 81 -to. SO per box: medium
trout, cents per pound; butterfish, : cents
per pound; spot, $3 to S4 per box; rioun-
ders, . to = cents per pound; Spanish mack
erel 10 to Is cents per pound. pan rock, .
cents per pound; medium rock, to IL
cents per bound: boiling rock. 10 to l6
cents per pound; sturgeon. 10 cents per
pound; green pike, to cents per
pound; bluetsh and tailors. 6 to cents per
pound; bass, IA cents per pound; salmon
trout, q cents per pound; white perch. small
10 to % cents per bunch; catfish large. "
TO 30 cents per bunch; catfish, small. to
~ oi'a an pei puicii' yeiio" pefch, small, ~
to 30 cents per bunch; mulets. 20 to -
cents per bunch; carp, 10 to - cents each;
cells, D to 10 cents each
me supply OF oysters on hand TINS morn
!ns was qulte iarSe- frlces ranged from %
70 c" cehts per bnshel, according to the
size of the oyster wanted.
Inc tug W. H. MoDler is lying at the
wharf adjoining the new District morgue
"hdll' OUT OF service Wille the mead OF her
steam drum Is being renewed and other
IeP0ii Moik ooiie 70 the 30 ler ana machlh-
eiS Vi tle poat- She VIII De out OF service
ioT several days
, me .us opid! OF AleNahdria' "inch mas
~ I'll lGi!iiiis 1elhPo'ary le:rS between
tAieAaiiuila ara washington Tor the con
nsiIvnoc III. VI 'lle navy Siiu "o'klneh ilNihs
H.; -. @ @sli.'a' anu wIlch discontinued her
ta5 - ,p ~. W. We "e'ho No dso, nd pseh ciat-
r,,,, ~ - " :, - 'iii INC
~; dS ''r t!,e itsei I've tpors rSot stto"n 10
snryica WI, bI lug - 1u' VI
darstoo, sh III. ~ ,a ,,,. ~ - 49, ~, - - " - IN
an tbe ri,9ar "''' eNs"ee III se'iei "i 'o"i"s
The farorin,, hraa,os ,-os.o,,,,,. ga, lac.
n;ebt hrougbt, n,,rta f 80 ~ ar, ~ @
saIs ;,ta -. - ~, a. - ~ -, -, -
Merrick ISao cn,or,o,, -, t,o 80 tr;, ..
sidney Ioras 7 n pem nt.;, 90 -. ~ ,, 10,
7 p Pohincon rbai. ,ntat go, 80. LII
amount in ali to about 400 car5s "
VI General Interest.
The tug VIM. II. Yerkes ir of the fleet
of 7 ,r,,,or o d. 80 ut, -, :, -,
-. - ~ - " ~
ou' On marine faitwa9 at baitimore lor
.I atni,ion , ~ nun anu otiet IePaiI ~orh thal
VI, Nj heep het l'ilu up Ior several Gays
,odin, iiae Ti SCI % zee ilel Wo'h VIII pe
- 60. ny 'ii', anu 'tii,eS
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Ii IN - 49,. -, - ms , e a. "de a.
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~ - Urti. VI siiil'' piL'e ioiii'et
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hu;Idin.s ~ ,ba tort IT, -, fii, .sa
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,oad;ng n c,r.a nf ,arr, oo.., ,;r.i va "
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