Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CHRISTMAS TRADE ON RIVER
NOW BEGINNING.
Winter Schedule of Steamboat Line
Steamer jackson to Be Overhauled
Personal and General.

The Christmas trade with residents of
the counties in Maryland and Virginia.
along the lower Potomac, has begun. AL
ready the shipments from the merchants
here to points on the lower river are quite
heavy. From this time until about the
10Th Of this month the shipments will con-
unue to grow heavier, md from about that
time the heavy freights will come from
down the river this way. Hundreds Of
pounds Of cake. candy. nuts and groceries
and many boxes of toys will be handled by
the steamboat companies in the next ten
days day or two before Christmas they
Will be flooded with small boxes and pack
ages containing Christmas remembrances
LOT 1rlends and relatives here and down the
country.
Business was quite brisk at the fish
wharf in the early hours of the morning,
though the supply vas rather light, and
consisted mainly of fish from North Caro-
Ira. Prices show some changes from
these of last week, and are as follows:
For small trout, cents per pound; large
trout, Z cents per pound; medium trout 6
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, II
cents per pound; pan rock. IL cents per
pound; medium rock. 10 cents per pound;
poli1ng rock, 70 cents per pound; bluefish
and tailors, to cents per pound: Po-
toMac bass, 10 to IL cents per pound; North
Carolina black bass, to cents per pound:
salmon trout, to cents per pound ;
white perch. large, II to IS cents per
pound; white perch small, 30 to So cents
per bunch; catfish, large, % to so cents per
bunch; catfish, small, 10 cents per bunch;
yellow perch, small, Is to 30 cents per
bunch; mullets, 20 to % cents per bunch;
carp, 10 to % cents EACH cells, 5 cents
each; jumping mullets, 21a to 3 cents per
pound
The demand for oysters in the shell at
the wharf market was fair this morning
end the stock on hand was ample to meet
me demand Prices ranged from zoe. to
S125 per bushel according to size of oyster
wanted.
The supply of ducks was larger than it
mas been for several days, and canvas
packs sold at So to $3.50 per pair redheads
" per pair, mallards 81 to 81 % per pair
shuffiers soc. per pair, and butter balls, soc.
per pair
commencing about January /, the steam
BOAT companies doing business on the river
VIII considerably curtail their service nv
Withdrawing several of the steamers One
steamer of the Weems line and the steamer
Harry randall of the Randall line will be
Kept upon their routes as long as the river
remains open. The small business of the
winter months and the high prices of coal
ana other steamboat supplies make this
change IN the service necessary.
Along the Wharves.
Inc steam barge Danl. K. Jackson is ex-
pected TO arrive in port today, and will at
once be hauled out on a marine railway to
nave her null calked and painted and to
De made ready for winter service on the
river. The Jackson will run between this
city and Aqua creek and Occoquan bav
during the winter 10y
Light ship No. II, reported disabled in
chesapeake bay, has been towed into Bal
t1more by the tender Maple and will go
into dry dock for repairs
Capt. f. S. Randall left yesterday for
Kentucky to inspect some propertv in
winch he and others in this city are inter-
ested 90 y A1''ei
Mr.. Robert Brown, CHIEF engineer of the
tug VIM H. Yerkes Jr, has resigned to
accept the Charge of the engine room of
the sea going tug Savage. belonging to the
Consolidation Coal Company.
Mate George Cook has been made master
of the steamer Kent, on the Glymont route
Mr.. George Baker succeeds Mr. Cook as
mate.
Hunters returning from the Montross
neighborhood, in the northern neck of Vir-
cartridges in fiocks of the birds in differ
ent parts of the county White partridges
are but seldom seen by hunters.
The ram schooner ]. Dallis Marvel, laden
with lumber and shingles from Elizabeth
City, N. c., came into port this morning.
The schooner c. Fl. Dagger has arrived
with a cargo of lumber from the lower Po-
tomac
The Isaac Solomon and Clara Cowart ar
rived here yesterday afternoon with cord
wood aboard.
The steam barge Lily and Howard, which
came into port last night, brought up a
raft of several hundred piles for the sewer
construction work the Eastern branch.
The cold weather makes it very difficult
for the sand and gravel-digging machines
to operate, owing to the freezing of the
separatorS 1t is understood the machines
Will be obliged to "cut OUT unless warmer
weather comes.