Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-17
ON THEa RIVER FRONT
WINTER FISHING SEASON BE-
GINS ATaaPogoMAc SHORES.
New Electric,Piant for Steamer Ran
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dan-Rebuilding Large Pile-Driv-
er-othsr Matters

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The winter hshingIseason on the Potomac
is now in full swing. and up to this time
the catch has been fairly good. but some
fear is felt that the present bad weather
may stop the fish running. Plum Tree fish,
Ing shore, operated by Frank Price. in Oc-
coquan bay, started up a few days ago, and
seine Is now hauled there on every tide. The
Passapatanzy shore, operated by Capt.
Neitzey, and Windmill Point by R. A.
Golden are both hauling seine with varying
success. At the Gums, Whitewater. Fair
Landing and other shores crews are at
work overhauling boats, nets and other para
phernalia preparatory to the shad and her.
ring season, which should begin next
month. The receipts of fresh fish at the
wholesale market at the 18th street wharf
was not large this morning, while the de-
mand was excellent. Shad and herring are
coming from southern waters, but it Is re-
ported that several herring We're caught in
Great Hunting creek, just below Alexan-
ara, a day or two ago. Prices today are:
For pan rock, 10 to II cents per pound; me-
olum rock, 10 to 16 cents per pound; boiling
rock, 10 to 20 cents per pound; jumping
muliet, to 8 cents per pound Spanish
mackerel, to 10 cents per pound; salmon
trout y 10 IL cents per pound; sheepshead,
cents; Potomac black bass, 10 to 10 cents
per pound; green pike, 10 to IL cents per
pound; white perch, 10 to 10 cents per
pound; white perch, small. 80 to 80 cents
bunch: catfish, small, 20 to 25 cents per
punch; yellow perch, 10 to 40 cents per
punch; carp, 10 to 10 cents each; cells, 5
cents each; Florida roe shad, go to 10 cents
each; buck shad, 80 to 40 cents each, and
herring, to cents each.
mere nave been numerous arrivals of
oyster-laden boats at the wharf in the past
Two Two days and the stock on hand is larger
had tendency to fall yesterday but the
coid weather stiffened the market and to-
Gay they brought from Coo. to SIPS per
puShei, the price at which they have been
selling for a month
The larger wharf building machine of
VIM; Banks, which is berthed in the dock
ADJOINING the Alexandria ferry wharf is
oelng rebuilt and put in thorough order for
1 work along the Potomac in the spring. The
null or the craft Is to be overhauled and
new decks placed on 1t. She will be ready
TOT service, 1t is stated, about March 1,
"nen work will be started rebuilding sew
eral wharves on the harbor.
Along the Wharves.
The steamer Harry Randall, at the time
OF receiving her new boiler, will also be
supplied with new electric lighting plant
of about double the power Of the one now
In her. She is also to have eight additional
state rooms built on her saloon deck to ac-
commodate the heavy night travel during
the summer.
Messrs. Cumberland & Son are building a
new s1xteen-foot fish lighter for Captain
WIN. Ne1tzey, to be used at the Fair Land
ing fishing shore during the coming spring
to take shad and herring from the nets to
the river boats which will bring them to
this city. The boat will be completed and
ready for launching in about ten days or
two weeks.
The little steam tug Bartholdi which has
been laid up at Cunlberland's boat house at
Georgetown for several weeks. is again in
service on the river.
The masters Of vessels arriving here this
morning from rown the river report the
weather last night as having been extren e.
ly rough The easterly gale was heavy, and
the snow and sleet freezing on the boats
made 1t difficult to work them
The three-masted5 schooner Thomas T
Shryock, Capt Insley, laden with about
100000 feet of lumber and shingles, is on her
way from Newbern, N. c., for this CITY.
She should arrive here about the end Of
this week.
The two-masted schooner Walter p. Snow.
laden with lumber from Virginia lumber
port, has arrived for the dealers.
The schooners Mayfower and Oakland
came into port yesterday evening with full
cargoes OF cord wood for Carter & Clark.
Barges Nos. so and n of the Standard OIL
Company, laden with Oil from Philadelphia,
Were brought into port yesterday by a
Baltimore tug. One barge will unload here
and the other at Alexandria.
The schooner Merrick has arrived laden
with cord wood from lower river point.
The Kate Muller having unloaded her
cargo sailed yesterday evening for a Po-
tomac river point.