Evening star., 1903-07-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HEAVY RAINS CAUSE STRONG
CURRENT IN RIVER.
Vessel Charters Reported - Overhaul
ing at the Boat Yards Personal
Mention and Ge1sral News.


along the upper waters of the Potomac and
an immense volume of water is now pour
Ing down the river on it's way to the
The current is very strong, and while
the tide swells in the river. it is stated.
there has been no flood tide since Sunday.
The current caused by the rains in the
early portion of the month had stopped
running but few days ago and from the
speed with which the water is rushing by
the piers at the Long bridge. it looks II
II would require several days to run of.
even should there be no more rain. These
frequent currents of mud and water from
the upper river are doing much to cause
the shoals in the river complained of by the
steamboat men.
The receipts of fresh fish at the whole
sale market on the 11th street wharf were
somewhat larger this morning than they
have been for several days past, trout.
mackerel. porgies and bluetish having been
received IN good quantities from the bay
fisheries. The stock of river-caught fish
was small.
There was fair demand from the huck-
sters. and uptown dealers, and prices re-
mained firm and at the following figures:
For gray trout. 81 per barrel: butter
nsh, $6 per barrel; founders. to cents
per pound; Spanish mackerel. IA to Is cents
per pound: pan rock, 5 to cents per
pound; medium rock. to cents per
pound; boiling rock, 12h to 15 cents per
pound; sturgeon. II cents per pound: green
cents per pound: bluef1sh. 31 to cents
per pound; bass. Is to % cents per pound;
white perch, 10 to IL cents per pound;
white perch. small 20 to 30 cents per bunch;
catfish, large II to 15 cents per bunch; cat
fish. small. to cents per bunch; yellow
perch. large, Is to 80 cents per bunch; yell
low perch. small. 10 cents per bunch; carp.
10 to Is cents each; eels. 3 cents each.
CLAIMS also nlentfful than they
have been for several weeks. but they con-
tinue at one price45 to 50 cents per hum
dred. Crabs were not numerous today,
though there plenty to supply the de-
mand, at 80 cents to 81 per barrel.
The schooners VIM. II. Yerkes and the
Ida c. Southard, now unloading full car
goes of ice here, have been chartered to
load soft coal at Baltimore for Bangor.
They will sail for Baltimore within the
next day or two.
The schooner John Maginnis is under
from Clearmont. Va. to this city for H. l..
BiscOe. and the three-maSted schooner
Manuel r. Cora has been chartered to
bring cargo of laths from ST. Johns New
Brunswick, to this city.
One of the large sand-dEging machines
of the National Sand Dredging Company
is at work digging sand on the Virginia
side Of the river. a short distance above
the new Long bridge. This, a year two
ago. was a favorite digging place in this
neghborhood.
General and Personal Notes.
The schooner ]. D. Bell. which has been
hauled out on a marine railway here. has
been launched and is again in service.
The pungy Mary and Rebecca is at Ben
nett's boat yard and will be hauled out
today for caulking and general repair work
before engaging in ruitrunning from the
lower river to this city.
One of John McCuen's stone-carrying
scows is hauled out the marine rail
way at Alexandria for caulking and for
general repairs
AS soon as the work on the vessels now
at BENEFITS boat yard Is completed work
will be started on the new cradle for his
marine railway and will be pushed to
completion.
Mr. Mittie Grimes who has been acting
as assistant purser on the steamer Harry
Randall, has been detached from that duty
and made assistant to Mr.. G. o. Carpin
ter. general agent of the Randall line, at
the headquarters Of the line on the Sth
street wharf.
Mr. Ernest Germond is on duty on the
steamer r. v Arrowsmith as chief engi-
neer in the absence of Mr.. Jeff Burnell.
Mr.. G. p. Lohr, manager for johnson &
Wimsatt lumber dealers, will leave here
today for Chapel Point, Md, to spend two
weeks.
city, is reported In the lower part Of the
river waiting for favoring breeze to come
to this city Her cargo. 1t Is stated, will
be used in the erection of the new build
ings at the Washington barracks.
The steamer E. James Tull laden with
pine lumber and having wood-laden YES
sci in tow, came into port yesterday. She
loaded her cargo in Aqua creek for local
dealers
The schooner Peri has arrived here with
a full load of cord wood from a river point
for the dealers.
The schooner Sa muel l.. Russell is at the
wharf of T. r. Riley, foot of 9Th street,
unloading a cargo of lumber from North
Carolina port.
The cargo Of lumber aboard the schooner
James B. Anderson is consigned to Church
& Stephenson.
The B. F. Cation has arrived and is at
T. W. Riley's wharf foot of 11th street,
unloading a cargo of lumber for w. 7.
Galliher.
The schooner Brooklyn, which arrived
Saturday. has lumber aboard and is con-
signed to Thos. X. Riley. She will unload
at the 9th street wharf.