Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PLACING WHA1TES IN ORDER
FOR sUMMxR TRAvEL.
Freshet May Damage Oyster Beds
New Boiler for.6teamer Ram
dall-Othar News.

The work of rebuip1iAg the wharf at ely
mont. Nd. which wass discontinued at the
beginning of the cold weather of last fall.
will be resumed inaa few days and will be
hurried to completion But little Of the old
wharf Is to be left, az the plans call for an
almost entirely new structure.
Preparations are being made for the re-
building of Stn's wharf, King George
county. Virginia. which was carried away
by the Ice In the early part Of the winter.
The pier head was left standing and a
walkway Is to be built to the shore. The
wharf at Riverside. which was damaged
one day last week by steamer running
into 1t, Is also to be repaired and put in or
der again.
Those at work on the fishing shores on
the river below this city are now sending
their catch to the wholesale market at the
wharf each day, and the dealers are also
receiving good supplies from the nets in
the lower river and from the fisheries about
Norioik The demand today was brisk and
in the early morning hours the fish wharf
was busy place. Prices today range as
follows:
Pan rock. Is to 15c per pound; medium
rock, 10 to 1Sc per pound; boiling rock, %
to 25c. per pound; jumping mulet, to &C.
per pound; Spanish mackerel, o to 10c. per
pound: salmon trout. 10 to lie. per pound :
sheepshead, to &c. per pound; founders, s
70 &C. per pound; Potomac black bass, Is to
I6c. per pound; green pike. 10 to 12c. per
pound yellow perch, Is to 25c. per pound;
Whte perch, II to 15c. per pound; white
perch, small, 30 to SOC. per bunch; catfish,
large, 30 to 4Gc. per bunch; catfish, small,
~ ~ I. to sSe per bunch; yellow perch, small,
eels &c. each: Florida roe shad, 60 to &C.
each: buck shad. 80 to Soc each; herring, 2
to 2lsc. each; North Carolina roe shad, 20
TO ooc. each; buck shad. 30 to 50c each;
hickory jacks. Ice. each
There have been two or three arrivals of
oyster-iaden craft at the wharf here since
thursday and the supply on hand this
morning was excellent. The demand was
sooa ana prices are the same as those
quoted yesterday.
some rear is expressed by the rivermen
that the large volume of fresh muddy
water which has gone down the river in
the past week will ruin the newly planted
oyster beds in upper Machodoc creek and
about Colonial Beach. Fresh-water cur
rents have injured these beds each season
Tor the past three four years.
Inc owners of the pleasure boats, which
are in winter quarters in the tidal basin,
are preparing to bring them to the summer
anchorage grounds, in the harbor off the
foot Of 10th street southeast. The boats are
10 pc oVerhauled and repainted and made
ready for trips on the river during the early
part of the summer. Ten or twelve boats
are lying in the tidal basin.
Along the Wharves.
The building of the new boiler for the
steamer Harry Randall is being pushed by
the Baltimore firm which has the contract
for the work. Under the terms of the con-
tract the boiler is to be ready to be placed
In the steamer by May 1. About April 1
the steamer will leave here for Baltimore
and will there DE prepared for the reception
of the boiler, and considerable other work
hn 1<r,o -
ing route to lower river points
The large seine boat (which was recently
launched at Cumberland & Sons boat yard
for Captain NeitZey is being fitted out for
service during the coming fishing season.
She is to be provided with oars, oar locks
anchors, cable and other paraphernalia as
well as nets and thelilAe. 49,.
The tug Rosalie, belonging to Mr. Louis
Smoet of this city and used by him in
towing sand and graveilladen barges, from
the digging machines tnathe siower river
to this city, has been out of commission
days past. The work of repairing the boat
Is about completed, and, she will return to
service at once The Rosaie is under the
command of Captain Matthew Kersey.
empty. barrels, left port yesterday after
noon for Norfolk. She will load lumber at
Norfolk for H. L. Biscoe, this city.
The schooner e. P. Evans, laden with
oysters, has arrived in port from river
point.
The two-masted schooner, Walter p
Snow. laden with lumber. came into port
yesterday afternoon for the dealers.
The Peri has arrived with cargo of cord
wood from Aqua Creek for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Sidonia Curley left port
yesterday evening, bound for Clearmont,
Va, under charter to load lumber there for
this city.
The tug ]. T. Selectman came into port
yesterday with a tow Of sand-laden scows
for the Columbia Sand Company.