Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
CONTRACTS ON HAND AT THE
WASHINGTON BOAT YARD.
Good Ducking Season Predicted-New
Wharf in Service - Personal
and General Mention.

The snail tug J. T. Selectman. belonging
| to the National Sand Dredging Company,
was brought to Benefits boat yard yester-
day to have the upper part of her deck
house removed, in order to have her old
boiler removed and to be prepared for the
installation of a new boiler now building
The tug will be out of service for several
| weeks while the workmen are aboard her.
The tug Eugenia, also belonging to the
| National company, was yesterday taken by
| the tug Jos. o. Carter to the tidal basin.
not far from the bathing beach. and will be
laid up pending a complete rebuilding Of her
| machinery.
The plan of overhauling the tug Joe Zane
which has been lying out of service in the
tidal basin for the past two or three years
preparatory to putting her in commission,
has. 1t is stated, been abandoned for the
present. but may be done in the spring.
The sailing sloop Curlew, owned by Mr..
George Marion of this city, is hauled out
! on the small marine railway at Capt. Rea-
gan's boat yard at the foot of 18th street,
for such repair work as may be necessary
and for painting and cleaning up. She will
leave here in a few days with her owner
and party aboard on an extended hunting
trip on the river.
Capt. Reagan has laid the keel for a large
fat-bottom lighter which is to be used on
the Potomac The vessel will be about
forty feet long, ten or twelve feet wide and
will have good deck room. 1t is stated that
1t is to be ready for service in the early
spring, and the work on t is progressing
slowly.
The receipts of fish at the wholesale
market on the wharf this morning were
heavier than they have been for several
days past. and there was more of va
r1ety on sale. The demand was brisk but,
in consequence of the increased supply,
prices were somewhat lower, and were as
follows:
Small trout s. to SO per barrel: medium
trout. s to cents per pound; large trout, q
to cents per pound butterfish s. per bar
rel; spot s. to 81 per barrel; founders, 5 to-
cents per pound; Spa ish mackerel IS
cents per pound; pan rock 10 to IL cents
per pound; medium rock u to 10 cents per
pound; boiling rock. IS to % cents per
pound; sturgeon 10 cents per pound; green
pike, to cents per pound porgies 20 to
20 cents each; bluefish and tailors, to y
cents per pound pompano, IS to 20 cents
per pound: bass Is to IS cents per pound;
white perch, 10 to u cents per pound;
white perch, small. 70 to 25 cents per
bunch: catfish, large, % to 30 cents per
bunch; catfish, small, to 10 cents per
BUNCH yellow perch, small. 10 to 30 cents
per bunch; mullets. 70 to Is cents per
bunch carp, Is to % cents each: cells & to
10 cents each.
Crabs are very scarce and in good de-
mand- They sold this morning at 81. so to
81 per barrel. One small vessel with CLAIMS
from the eastern shore arrived this morn
ing. and the shell fish are selling at 60
cents per hundred
There was a good supply of watermelons
on hand this morning. and they sold at
from "a to so per hundred.
Oysters in the shell from the beds In the
mouth of the Potomac are on sale at the
18th street wharf market this morning
The Winnie Windsor from the Wicomico
river. Md, and the Ethel from Lower
morning, each having about 100 bushes
aboard. The oysters selling at 50 to
60 cents per bushel.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Julia and Annie came into
port yesterday with large cargo of cord
wood aboard. The schooner was formerly
owned here and ran freight cargoes of
various kinds from river points to this city
About two years ago she was sold to par
ties in southern Virginia, and this Is her
first visit here since that time.
Old hunters who have been ducking on
the POTOMAC for many years are looking
Tor Dig hocks on the river during the COM
Ing fall. The growth of reeds and grasses,
on which the ducks feed. has been prolific
this summer in Four Mile Run and on the
river flats. The advance guard of the
ducks are expected to arrive with the first
OF the northwest gales of the fall, which
generally come in the latter part of this
month or early in October.
Several large schooners are reported in
Chesapeake bay, below Point Lookout,
bound up. One of them, four-masted
schooner, is supposed to be the William H.
ferkeS, bound here with a cargo of ice for
the American Ice Company.
The rebuilding of Millers wharf, at the
root OF 1917 street, is completed and the
wharf Is In service. The covered barge of
the Alexandria Chemical Company was
lying at the wharf yesterday taking on a
cargo for Alexandria.
The Labor day yacht races of the local
clubs will not take place this year. as most
or the boat owners will either have their
boats on hand to witness the regatta or will
take parties down the river on cruises from
Saturday until Monday.
Capt. Peter Boycott is in command of the
tug Jas. Richards of the sand company's
towing fleet.
Mr.. William Hayden. chief engineer of
the United States army launch Mercedes.
who has been quite Ill at Providence Hos
pital. is recovering rapidly and will short
ly be ready to return to duty
The coal carrying barge which was haul
ed out on the marine railway at Alexandria
lying at the shipyard waiting for tug to
take her away.
The schooner Stephen Chase with full
cargo Of canned goods from the canning
factories at the mouth of the Potomac. has
arrived In port and is unloading at the 10th
street wharf of the American Ice COMPANY
The three-maSted schooner Charles II
Sprague. having aboard a cargo of plaster
from Red Beach. Me-, arrived up Yesterday
afternoon and anchored off Alexandria She
had slow trip down the coast
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