Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FAVORING WINDS BRING LARGE
FLEET INTO PORT.
Good Summer Fishing on Potomac
Work of Dredge About Complet-
ed-General Matters.

Inc meet OF vessels which was Drought
up the river and into port by the favoring
winds of yesterday numbered in all about
fifteen. Six brought lumber from Virginia
and North Carolina ports. their total car
goes being nearly a half million feet Wood
was brought into port by five small craft,
while one came up with a load of railway
ties. Two vessels brought watermelons and
fish was the cargo of another. These ves-
sells now lying at the wharves unload
ing their cargoes.
The tug Sandow has sailed from Perry
vile. Md. with six large barges laden with
hard coal in tow. They should arrive
-Hep eql stump aIsu
The steamers from Norfolk brought up
this morning about thirty barrels Of butter
fish and six barrels of blue fish and tail
ors to the dealers here, and this consti-
tuted the bulk of the stock of fresh fish
on hand at the 18th street wharf fish
market this morning. The supply from
river sources is very limited and has been
light for the past six weeks. The demand
was excellent and prices. which show some
few changes were as follows:
Tailors, to cents; small trout, IS
to 50 per barrel: medium trout. SO to $11
per barrel; large trout, to cents per
pound: butterfish. S. to s. per barrel; spot,
s. to "a per barrel: founders, to Z cents
per pound; Spanish mackerel. la to 10
cents per pound; pan rock. 10 to II cents
per pound medium rock. 13 to IA cents
per pound; boiling rock, 10 cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 to II cents per pound;
green pike. to 8 cents per pound, por--
gies. 21a to cents per pound; blue fish,
to 5 cents per pound; pompano, 10 to 20
cents per pound; bass. Is to 20 cents per
pound; white perch. 10 to - cents per
pound white perch. small. % to % cents
per bunch catfish. large. % to so cents per
punch; catfish, small, to 10 cents per
bunch: yellow perch, small 10 to 30 cents
per bunch: carp, 10 to % cents each; cells,
cents each
Hard crabs are now very scarce and have
been for several days. They are selling at
81 to $3.50 per barrel, with good demand.
There are no soft crabs on sale at the
wharf. CLANS are selling at 45 to 30 cents
per hundred, but are scarce and are selling
readily.
Since yesterday two small vessels laden
with watermelons have arrived at the
wharf and the stock on hand this morning
was about 1000 of all grades. The de-
mand for the fruit is fair and they are sell
ing al prices follows: Selected fruit.
from SIS to $40 per hundred; primes. at $40
to S12 per hundred and culls at s. to 81
per hundred.
C. C. C. barge. No. 8. with load of about
15O0 tons of Cumberland coal aboard from
up the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, left
Georgetown yesterday in tow of the tug
VIM. H. Yerkes for the mouth of the Poto-
mac. where she will be turned over to one
of the seagoing tugs of the Consolidation
Company to be taken to Boston. A light
barge is looked for here in day two
and will at once be taken to Georgetown
to load.
The pungy Ella Hill of Alexandria, Capt.
Frank Dixon in command. has gone to the
lower Potomac to resume summer fishing
about Point Lookout. The Hill has been
employed in this work al summer and came
into port few days ago to dispose of
small cargo of fish and to obtain ice and
supplies before returning to the fishing
grounds. The Sea Bird and the Margaret
Ann are also down river fishing summer
SeineS-
General News Of the Port.
Large catfish. weighing from five to fif-
teen pounds are now being caught almost
daily off the city wharves, with hook and
line The fish are of the spotted, or Mis-
sissippi river veriety, and are fine speci-
mems of the finny tribe. Dough and raw
cotton is the bait used
The big hydraulic dredge Alice Vivian,
which has been employed in the reclama-
ton of land from the river. for the Wash
ington barracks park. for the past year or
more. will complete her contract very
shortly. She is now employed in raising
the low portions of the park along the
James creek canal side of the reservation.
The steam launch Jennie Irene is hauled
out on the marine railway at Reagans
boat yard for painting and for cleaning Of
hull. preparatory to a cruise on the river.
The schooner Rockaway, laden with lum-
Der from a river point, came into port yes
terday afternoon for the dealers.
The Gilman Dove. laden with railway
ties, has arrived from Occoquan and is
consigned to Carter & Clark.
The schooner William Donnelly, with a
full cargo of lumber aboard from North
Carolina. came into port yesterday
The Peri having aboard full cargo of
cord wood, is in port, consigned to local
dealers.
The schooners A c. Johnson and Price.
having cargOes Of pine boards aboard were
among the arrivals yesterday and are con-
signed to the local dealers.
The Rose A. Lee. with watermelons
aboard. came into port yesterday and is
lying at the 18th street wharf to unload
cargo.
The Mary Ann Shea, with a cargo of cord
wood aboard, came into port yesterday
from Aqua creek, consigned to Carter &
Clark.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, with q
cargo of about 100 900 feet of pine lumber