Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
YACHT GREYHOUND TO WINTER
IN HUNTING CREEK.
Small Supply of Wood Coming-Dredge
Preparing for Service
General News.

The large sloop-rigged power yacht be.
longing to DIR. Arthur Rauterberg of this
city has been taken to Little Hunting
creek, near Mt. Vernon, and will be laid
up there for the winter. This creek affords
a splendid harbor for small boats, being
well protected from the storms Of winter
and from the ice drifting up and down the
river with the tides The Greyhound will
be out of commission for about four
months, and meanwhile will be painted and
overhauled and put in order for next sea-
son.
Fish Of all kinds continue to be very
scarce at the 18th street wharf fish houses
and as a consequence good prices are be
ing obtained. The ice in the creeks along
the river prevents the fishermen from haul
ing seine and the traps in the river have
been taken up. Today salmon trout sold
at to cents per pound Spanish mack
erel IL to II cents per pound; bluefish and
tallors, to 10 cents per pound; gray trout
to Z cents per pound; pan rock, 8 to III
cents per pound; medium rock, II to Il
cents per pound; boiling rock. IL to ~
cents per pound; Potomac and North Caro-
lima black bass, II to II cents per pound;
pike, to 10 cents per pound sheepshead
to 10 cents per pound; white perch, III
to II cents per pound; white perch, small
10 to 10 cents per bunch; yellow percn,
10 to 40 cents per bunch; catfish, large, 20
to 35 cents per bunch; catfish, small, Il
to % cents per bunch; carp, 10 to 80 cents
each, and cells, 3 to cents each.
There was a good demand for oysters of
all kinds at the 18th street oyster wharf
today, and while the stock on hand in the
vessels lying at the wharf is not large 1t
is ample to meet the demand. Prices are
ranging from 60 cents per bushel for the
smaller oysters up to S1.20 per bushel Tor
the large stock. Little or no game is on
= ,oylxat or6 hat &c inc iS
at high figures.
Capt. George L. Flowers of the coast
survey schooner Matchless, who has been
away on leave, returned to duty yesterday.
Mr. William Carpenter has been detached
from the cost survey office here and ord
cred to duty on the schooner Matchless.
The steamer Potomac will do duty this
winter on the route between this city, the
lower river and Baltimore, and will make
one round trip here each week.
Along the Wharves.
The steamer Wakefield has been with
drawn from the Wirt's wharf route of the
Randall line for her regular winter over
hauling. She will be out of service for a
month or six weeks and while laid up will
be given a thorough overhaulng in prep
aration for her heavy WORK in the spring.
The cold snap has caused a heavy de-
crease in the receipts of cord wood here
and in the past week but one or two vessels
laden with the fuel have come into port.
Vessel owners and masters who have been
bringing wood to this city decline to leave
home through fear that they will be caught
in freeze and have to remain frozen up
for several weeks. A return of mild
weather will again start wood laden vessels
to this CITY,
The small mud-dredging machine which
was brought into port a few days ago by
the tug Alice has been taken into the
Eastern branch. and, 1t is stated. is pre-
pairing for active work on the navy yard
channel.
The wood work on the steam launch built
at the foot of It'll street southwest has been
completed. One of the old boats Of the
United States dispatch boat Dolphin was
used as the hull of the newly built launch.
The large power launch Alert, belonging
to DR.. l.. E. Rauterberg, will remain. in
commission until the ice prevents her from
running.
A large seine boat built at the Baltimore
and Ohio barge wharf at Alexandria, has
been completed and put overheard ready for
service in the spring
The three-masted schooner Mary Lee Pat
ten, which brought a cargo of about 100000
feet of yellow pine lumber from Pensa cola,
Fla, has been locked at the wharf foot Of
18th street southwest and will unload there.
The large sailing barge Daniel, Capt.
Finn is lying at the ship yard wharf at
Alexandria.
The tug Rosalie, with three scows laden
with sand in tow, arrived in port yesterday
from Greenway flats.
The tug Spray is laid up for the winter
at the wharf of ]. w. Hammond at Alex
andria.