Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-07-13
ON THE RIVER FRONT
COAST SURVEY VESSELS TO RE
CEIvE REPAIRS.
Tugs Scarce in Chesapeake Bay
Steamer John I. Brady Sold.
General News

The United States coast survey steamer
Bache. Capt. Walker. which recently COM
pleted a tour of surveying duty on the
coast of Porto Rico. will go out of commits
sion at Baltimore in a few days. to be given
thorough overhauling and to be made
ready for service in the early fall She Will
be out OF service for several weeks.
The coast survey steamer photographer
has gone to New York and will go into a
dry dock there for extensive repair work to
fit her for survey work among the keys Of
the Gulf of Mexico during the coming cool
weather.
The steamer Endeavor now at work on
the lower Potomac. when she completes the
work. will go out of service for short
time for repairs.
| The fish market at the 18th street wharf
was a dull place this morning. and though
there was but small supply of fish on
hand. the demand even smaller and
the sales were light. Trout. catfish and
rock fish, the main stock, sold at low
figures, and prices were follows:
For gray trout, 81 per barrel; butter
fish, ST per barrel: founders, to I cents
per pound; Spanish mackerel. IA to IL cents
per pound; pan rock . to Z cents per
pc und: medium rock to cents per
pound; boiling rock 12l. to u cents per
pound: sturgeon. IL cents per pound; green
pike. to 8 cents per pound: porgies. 3 to
1 cents per pound: bluetiSh. 3la to cents
per pound: bass. - to - cents per pound:
white perch. 10 to l. cents per pound;
white perch small 10 to 30 cents per bunch:
catfish. large. l. to II cents per bunch: cat
fish. small. ) to cents per bunch; yellow
perch. large. u to 30 cents per bunch; yell
low perch. small 10 cents per bunch; carp.
10 to 10 cents each; cells, cents each.
One small fiattie with clans aboard from
the eastern shore of Virginia came into
port this morning and is the first arrival
at the fish wharf for several weeks with
CLAIMS aboard They are selling at 10 cents
per hundI
Hard crabs are still very plentiful and
are selling at prices ranging from 10 cents
| to 81 per barrel with but light demand
The canning of tomatoes is one of the
leading Industries in the counties on the
Virginia side of the Potomac, and the TWEEN
ty-fve or more factories are ready for work.
A short crop of the fruit is now looked for.
as the hot weather of the past week has
destroyed an immense number of the young
vines.
There Is said to be a scarcity Of towboats
on Chesapeake bay. and the fruit-carryng
vessels from the Bahamas have 20 sail into
port, often causing delay of over twenty
four hours. Many of the tugs are under
charter with the dredges operating on gov
eminent contracts in various parts of Della
ware and Chesapeake bay. Delay in reach
ing port last week caused the fruit with
which they were laden to ripen and their
cargoes were lost.
General and Personal.
The new power launch which Capt Son
| ny Reagan is building for parties at Hamp-
| ton, Va Is now being planked and will be
| ready to be launched in a week or ten
days. The new boat will be about thirty
feet long and will be fine craft.
The lighthouse tender Maple Is on a
cruise on Chesapeake bay among the buoys
She is making her first trip under the
command of Capt. Holder Amy. recently
pr omoted from mate. The tender Violet
has returned to Baltimore from a cruise.
The tug James I. Brady. which has been
employed in towing coal barges between
this city and other points to Chesapeake
City, has been sold by her owners to
Thos. Desmond and others Of Philadelphia
for $4,000. The Brad is steel hull boat
and was built at Baltimore in 1891. She
will be used for towing in the Delaware
river and bay.
Mr.. Ernest c. Tull of this city. mate Of
the tender Maple. in the lighthouse serv-
ice, has been transferred to the steamer
Holly in the same capacity.
Rev. Father Coleman of Fredericksburg
and Rev. Father Cutler Of Alexandria went
to Colonial Beach Saturday evening on the
steamer Harry Randall and conducted
services there yesterday for the Catholics
spending the summer at the resort Father
Coleman will visit the Beach every week
Mr.. VIII Yerkes has returned from
trip north and is again on duty at the 9th
street wharf station of the American Ice
Company.
Chief Engineer George Sherwood Of the
steamer Kent is confined to his home at
Alexandria and Mr.. Ernest Germond IS in
charge of the Kent's engine room
The schooner VIM. Fl. Yerkes, jr Ia I'M
loading her cargo of ice at the 9th street
wharf Of the American Ice Company. The
Ida Southland Is unloading at the 10th street
wharf
The steamer Lily and Howard came into
port Saturday evening with a raft of pine
piling for use in the new sewer work.