Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-12
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PREPARING FAIR LANDING
SHORE FOR FISHING WORK.
Painting Excursion Steamers-Digging
Sand on Hard Bargain-Gen-
eral and Personal Matters.

The tug Spray Of Alexandria, which has
recently been overhauled reprinted and put
in order for service, has been chartered by
Capt. William Neitzey to tow fish-laden
vessels from the fishing shore at Fair Land
ing, Va, to this city.
This fishing shore was formerly one of the
best known on the river. but has not been
fshed for ten or twelve years, since big
freshet in the river filled the seine hauling
grounds with logs and debris. Capt. Neitzey
has had the shore cleaned up and in a few
days will put a big seine overheard there.
He now has a force of hands at the shore
putting it in readiness for active operations.
In consequence Of the fog delaying the
steamers the receipts of fish by the dealers
at the 18th street wharf market have been
light, and the demand this morning was
brisk. There has been an advance In the
price of herring, but prices on other fish are
about the same as yesterday. Today they
are selling az follows: For pan rock, 10 to
lie. per pound; medium rock, 121sc. per
pound; boiling rock, ID to 15c. per pound;
jumping mullet, to &c. per pound; stur-
geon, 12c. per pound; Spanish mackerel,
to 1Oc per pound; salmon trout, 10 to lie.
per pound; sheepshead, to &c. per pound ;
founders, 5 to &c. per pound; Potomac black
bass, 10 to 12c per pound; green pike 10 to
12c per pound; white perch, to Sc. per
pound; white perch, small, Is to 3Oc per
bunch; catfish, large, 3Oc. per bunch; cat
perch, large, 20 to 25c. per bunch; yellow
perch small, 5 to 10c. per bunch; carp, 70
to 40c. EACH cells, &c. each; Florida roe
shad, 60 to Csc. each; buck shad, 80 to Boo.
each: herring, 81 per hundred; roe shad, W
to 75c. each; buck shad, % to SOC. each;
hickory jacks, 10c. each.
There is little change in the conditions
at the market on the oyster wharf, there
being fair demand for oysters in the
she'll The stock on hand while not large
is ample to meet all demands, and prices
range from Soc per bushel for small oysters
up to s1.2O per bushel for selected stock.
The River View excursion steamer Samuel
j. Pentz is in the hands Of the painters to
be painted and decorated for the coming
excursion season on the river.
The down river steamers are now taking
numbers of horses to the different fishing
shoves, where they are used in working the
windlasseS that haul the heavy Seines and
the fish ashore.
Work on New Long Bridge.
The work1nen on the new Long bridge are
now employed in building the heavy trestle
work for the draw of the new bridge. The
piers are all completed ready for the iron
work.
The new lighter built by W. H. Winston
&. Bro. for use at Colonial Beach, in build
ing the wharf there, has been put overheard
at Alexandria.
The large sand and gravel digging ma
chine of Mr.. Lewis Smoot. which has been
working above the Long bridge, has been
taken down the river and is now digging
sand on Hard Bargain, at the south side
of Piscataway creek, near the Bryant S
Point fishing shore.
The oyster packers in Lower Machodoc
creek are now shipping large quantities
of Potomac oysters north Yesterday fifty
three barrels were brought up on the river
steamer for shipment to Philadelphia.
Mr. NJ s. Parker, steward Of the steamer
Randall. who was sick, has recovered and
is again on duty. Mr.. PLY George,
uuartermaster of the Randall, is at his
home in Maryland on leave.
The steamer T. V. Arrowsmith, from a
Baltimore shipyard, is expected to arrive
here this evening or tomorrow morning.
The Ice storage plant Of the Maine Lake
and Home ice companies, at the foot of
1872 street southwest, adjoining the Long
bridge, is being repaired and put in order
for the handling of ice during the coming
warm weather.
The tug VIM. II. Yerkes, jr, belonging to
A. J. Taylor & Bro, is hauled out on the
marine railway of the Spedden Shipbuilding