Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
LAUNCH CANDoC ON Halfway
FOR MINOR REPAIRaL
Boiler for Tug Pride - Movements Of
Yachts and Tugs-oeneral
Marine News.

The large power launch Candoc belong
| Ing In Georgetown, was yesterday morning
| taken to Alexandria and hauled out on
| the marine railway there to have some
| minor repair work done to her, hull. The
Candoc is said to be owned by officials Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company,
and is used by them for trips bn the canal,
with the paymaster and his force aboard
The launch is fine boat, driven by
gasoline explosive engine. and makes ex-
cellent speed. She is not often seen on
| the river, and attracted much attention.
The tug George w. Pride OF Alexandria
is lying at Baltimore shipyard, where
she is to be fitted with new boiler and
to have other repair work done. The tug,
1t is understood, will return to service in
about two weeks While away the engine
and machinery of the tug will be over
hauled.
The supply of trout and other fish from
Norfolk was good at the wholesale fish
market on the wharf this morning but
the receipts of shad and herring have
fallen off to a considerable extent. The
demand was good and prices were as fol-
lows:
For gray trout, to S cents per pound:
founders, to cents per pound; Spanish
mackerel, 10 to II cents per pound; pan
rock, 10 cents per pound; medium rock, IL
cents per pound; boiling rock, 13 to 10 cents
per pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per pound;
salmon trout. cents per pound; green pike
to cents per pound; white perch, 10
cents per pound; white perch. small, 20 to
30 cents per bunch; catfish, large 25c to
40 cents per bunch; catfish, small, 10 to IL
cents per bunch; yellow perch, large Is
to 20 cents per bunch; yellow perch, small,
to 10 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to 20 cents
each; eels, 3 to cents each: herring, 20
to 40 cents per hundred; Potomac roe shad,
20 to 30 cents each; buck shad, IL to II
cents each.
morning with oysters aboard, but they were
selling slowly at 60 cents per bushel CLANS
are high and in demand, at 60 to 65 cents
per hundred. Hard and soft crabs are COM
ing from Norfolk, the former selling at
s1.5O to 81 per barrel. ~
The steam yacht Gretchen, belonging to
]. H. Reyburn, was out for short trip
on the river yesterday afternoon, with her
owner and number of guests aboard. The
yacht went to Mt. Vernon and returned
home by midnight.
The tug Major Beaverton is hauled out
on the big marine railway at the Alexan-
dria shipyard for repair work. 1t was
expected that she would be. taken to Bal
timore for repairs but 1t was finally con-
Guided to do the work here. While out
of service her machinery will be given a
thorough overhauling..
The tug Columbia of Baltimore which
has been towing fish-laden vessels from
the Stony Point fishing shore during the
season just closing, has been relieved from
Carp Driving Out Perch.
There has been a large increase in the
supply of carp in the river, and they are
said to be driving the perch and other fish
from the river. One fisherman drifting
net in the mouth of -Four Mile run cap
tured over sixty of the carp at one haul
and shipped them to Philadelphia, where
they bring a high price. So
The shipment of railway ties from this
section to New England ports will begin
with the loading of the schooner Ralph M.
Hayward. The Hayward is now unloading
a cargo of ice at Baltimore, and is under
charter to load ties at Alexandria.
The new side-wheel steamer Virginia,
built for the Baltimore, Chesapeake and
Atlantic railway for service on Chesapeake
bay, was given trial trip Tuesday, and on
two hours run on the bay made a speed
Of over fifteen miles hour
The handsome yawl-rigged pleasure craft
Seabelle is to be hauled out on the marine
railway at Benefits boat yard to be
scraped and painted, and to have repaired
a broken place In her side, received when a
fish-carrying craft ran into her about three
weeks ago.
The large power launch Joe Blackburn
Is lying at the wharf of her owners,