Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-18
ON THE RIVER FRONT
Underwater FISHING SHORE IN
NEW HANDS.
Grabbing Season Very Boor-Work at
the Local Boat Earils-Per-
sonal and General.

The supply of fresh fish Ton sale at the
18th street wharf wholesale fish market
| this morning was quite small. the receipts
continuing very light from the fisheries
about Old Point and Norfolk. and little. If
anything, coming from down river sources.
Mackerel. tailors, trout and mullets con-
stituted the bulk Of the stock on sale, and
the demand was excellent, at the following
prices:
Small trout, IS TO $3.50 per barrel: me-
dunn trout. &c. per pound; large trout. &c.
per pound; butterfish. 50 to 81 per barrel:
spot. s. to a per barrel: founders. &c. to
&c. per pound: Spanish mackerel. 1Sc. per
pound: pan rock, 1Oc to 12c. per pound:
medium rock. 13c. to 14c per pound; boil
ing rock. tic. to 1Sc. per pound; sturgeon.
lOc. to 12c. per pound; green pike. &c. to &c.
per pound; porgies. PIC. to 4c. per pound;
bluefsh and tatlors. &c. to &c. per pound;
pompano. 15c. to Zoe. per pound; bass, 15c.
to zoe. per pound; white perch, 10c. to 12c.
per pound; white perch, small 20c to 25c.
per bunch: catfish, large. 26c. to SOC. per
yellow perch. small. Zoe. to soc. per bunch;
mullets. 2Oc. to 25c. per bunch; carp, 15c. to
25c. each: cells, &C. each.
Hard crabs are still quite scarce and are
selling well. at from $3.50 to 81 per barrel,
according to size and quality. Soft crabs
have almost entirely disappeared from the
market. CLANS are being received in small
quantities from Norfolk and are selling at
45 to 90 cents per hundred Oysters are
also coming from Norfolk and sell at 81 to
SLIPS per bushel.
The watermelon market, on the 18th
street wharf, was amply supplied with
melons of all grades this morning. there
being twelve to fifteen vessels in port, each
having several hundred melons aboard.
The cool weather has made the market
rather slow up to this time. but the fruit Is
bringing fair prices, culls selling for s. to
S. per hundred; primes. so to $12 per hun
dred, and selected fruit, at SIS to $18 per
hundred.
General and Personal.
The steamers coming into port from the
lower Potomac are bringing up large guam
titles Of apples. peaches and other fruit
from down-river points, consigned to the
commission dealers Of the city. Some few
cantaloupe are also being brought into
port
Messrs. Cumberland & Son are building a
number of batteaux for use on the river
about the wharves. They will be COM
pleted and made ready for service this
week.
The fishermen engaged on the lower Poto-
mac in catching and shipping soft and hard
crabs to this market report the season SO
far this year has been very Improbable
and many Of them have been forced out
of business.
Mr.. Michael Robb, purser of the steamer
Kent. who has been on sick leave for sew
eral days, has returned to duty on his
steamer,
Capt w. ]. Robertson OF, the steam yacht
Giavota is at Alexander with his vessel. su-
perintending the repair work being done on
her.
Capt James Barker Of the steamer Harry
Randall has recovered from his recent Ill
ness and Is again In command of his
steamer.
DR.. Arthur Rauterberg lis cruising on
Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries in the
power yacht Greyhound THE cruise will
last for two or three weeks
Capt Bailey Reed IL again in command
OF the steamer 7. v. Arrowsmith on the
Colonial Beach route after a visit to his
home In Westmoreland county. Va.
The little power launch Boss Is hauled out
yard to be prepared for n cruise on the
river. She is to be- given a general over
hauling.
The steam yacht Giavota,t belonging to
Mr.. John r. Dos Passos of New York has
been taken to Alexandria and. will be haul
ed out on the marine railway there for
general repair work. When put overheard
the yacht will sail for the lower Potomac
on cruise
Bennett has hauled out on his railway
at the foot Of 18th street, a large clay
carrying seow for caulking and for other
repair work The rebuilding of the marine
railway at this yard has been completed
The three-masted schooner Beulah Land
with a full cargo of lumber from the James
river. has arrived In port, consigned to the
dealers.
The big four-masted schooner Lewis H.
Coward. laden with big cargo of Ice for
the American Ice Company has arrived
and Is discharging her cargo at the 10th
street wharf
The schooner Clayton is in port with
cargo of pine lumber from a river point
for Galliher & Bro, Pierce and other deal
ers. She Is unloading at w. w. Riley's
wharf.
The Charles H. Dagger has arrived with a
full load Of pine wood from a lower river
point for Carter & Clark.
The two-masted schooner Walter p
Snow, laden with pine lumber from the
Rappahannock river, for H. L. Bscoe has
arrived.
The schooner William Oliver is living at
the wharf foot Of 13k street southwest
unloading cargo of pine boards
-Four large barges, laden with hard coal
were brought into port this morning by
Baltimore tug and were taken to George
town to unload.
Messrs. Charles King & Son of Alexan
drla. who have fish packing houses in the
Potomac at different points, have pur-
chased the Whitewater fishing shore in Stat
ford county from Messrs Waller & Mon
cure, and will have 1t in operation during
the next fishing season. The Whitewater
shore Is one OF the most successful on the
Potomac and immense catches of herring
are made there every season. It is stated
that the new owners of the shore will fit
it up with modern fish taking appliances.
and 1t is believed that during the season
coming that the work done there will be
more effective than ever.
Capt ]. /. Buoling Of lightshfp No. 46.
on the TALBOT the-Shore, who has been iii
at his home in Baltimore, has returned to
duty on his ship.