Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-08
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BOATS BEING MADE READY FOB
THE OYSTER SEASON.
General Notes and Gossip About YES
sells Coming and Going at
Local Wharves.

The oyster season in Maryland and vir-
| ginia win open September /, and already
the tongers are preparing for the coming
| season. Boats are being overhauled and
| put In order, tongs made ready for use and
by the first streak Of the dawn OF next
| month hundreds of boats will be on the oys-
| ter grounds and hundreds of tongs will be
| overheard picking the bivalves from their
beds for the market here and in Baltimore.
Reports from down the river state that the
| numerous freshets in the river during the
spring and summer have done the oyster
| beds no harm. and that the bivalves will be
found fat and quite plentiful Although the
| oyster season opens September 1 there will
not be much sale for them until the cooler
weather Of October comes
There was fair demand for fresh fish of
all kinds at the 18th street wharf market
this morning, but the stock on hand was
again light the receipts both from river
and Chesapeake bay sources having been
very light The dealers all say they cannot
account for the small catch of fish this
summer, for the supply has been limited for
several weeks. Prices show but few
changes and are as follows:
For small trout, IS to 81 per barrel; medi-
UNI trout. s. to So per barrel; large trout.
to cents per pound; butterfish IS to 50
per barrel; spot. s. to - per barrel: found
ers to cents per pound; Spanish mack
erel, IA to 10 cents per pound; pan rock, 10
| 70 II cents per pound; medium rock, Ii to
| IA cents per pound: boiling rock, IS cents
per pound; sturgeon. 10 to IL cents per
| pound: green pike. 8 to cents per pound:
porgies, 2h to cents per pound; bluefish.
| cents per pound: bass. is to % cents per
pound; white perch, 10 to II cents per
pound; white perch. small 20 to Is cents
per bunch; catfish, large. Is to 30 cents per
hvrvHo 1ps no tAoh IN ~ moi
bunch; yellow perch. small, 10 to 30 cents
per bunch; carp, 10 to % cents each; eels,
| cents each.
The supply Of watermelons on sale at the
wharf was ample to meet the demand.
! though the maret is by no means over
stocked. Prices ranged from to Ii cents
| EACH according to size and quality. Hard
| crabs are selling at $3.50 to 81 per barrel
and CLAIMS 40 to 30 cents per hundred.
Many OF the vessels which were employed
| in running oysters from the beds in the
| lower river to this city during the season
are now being overhauled and fitted up to
| carry watermelons and fruit and will for
! the next month or two make trips from
river points to this city and Baltimore with
| fruit aboard About the middle Of next
month they will be preparing to return to
oyster running.
Inspection Satisfactory.
The inspection Of the steamer Kent was
| satisfactory to the United States steam
| license to carry freight and passengers on
| the river for another year. The Kent went
| into service yesterday afternoon. being
| used to carry excursionists to River View
| on the flremen's excursion. She will return
| to her place on the Glymont route early in
| the coming week
The large coal carrying barges York, Al
bemarle and Thomas McNaulty. which I'M
loaded large cargoeS of hard coal here, left
| port yesterday afternoon in tow of a tug.
| They will load cargoes of railway ties and
| timber at Virginia ports for Philadelphia
and the north.
The sloop Silver Spray. which has re-
Gently been rebuilt at Alexandria, has gone
| into commission and will leave Alexandria
| today with a party Of excursionists aboard.
| She will cruise on the river for q week or
| ten days. viseiting all the resorts.
The United States lighthouse engineers
tender JeSsamine. which has been on a re-
pairing cruise among the light stations on
Chesapeake bay. returned to Baltimore yes
| terday. She will remain in port for sew
eral days before sailing again.
The power launch Charlotte, with her
owner aboard, was out on the river yes
| terday evening for trip. 1t Is understood
she will leave here shortly for another ex-
tended tour on the lower Potomac.
The steamers running to the lower Poto-
mac are taking large throngs Of passen-
gers from this city to river points. where
they go to attend the camp meetings on
the northern neck Of Virginia.
The schooner Bertha May, which Is lying
at Aitcheson's wharf at Alexandria has It
is reported. been purchased by parties re-
siding near Colonial Beach and she will be
used in the Potomac river trade in the fu-
ture. The May is an able little craft and
will give her owners good service
The schooner ]. D. Bell which came into
port yesterday afternoon. has recently been
given an oyerhauling and repainting at
down river point
The three-masted schooner Sarah H.
TYLER which has haan hQn1ad IA
marine railway at Alexandra for several
days past receiving general overhauling
of hull and caulking. was completed and
launched yesterday. She sailed at once for
a Virginia lumber port and will load back
to this city.
The United States army quartermasters
department lighter Kearney will be hauled
out ON the Alexandria railway today or
Monday to be fitted with a pair OF new
wheels, which are designed to give the
steamer increased speed. She will be ready
for service by the middle of next week.
General Notes.
Consolidation Coal Company Barge. No.
6, with about 500 tons Of Cumberland
coal from Georgetown aboard, sailed yester
day for the mouth of the river. where
seagoing tug will take her In tow for Bos-
ton.
The schooner Clara Coward is at the
wharf of Stephenson & Bro, unloading
The schooner B. M. Bramble Is lying in
Upper Machodoc creek taking aboard q
large cargo of railway ties for Baltimore.
The Earl Biscoe. with a load Of pine
wood. came into port yesterday afternoon.
| She Is consigned to Carter & Clark.
The schooner reported with watermelons
at Alexandria Thursday afternoon, came up
to this city yesterday to unload.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett with
cargo of shingles aboard. has sailed from
Newbern. N. c. for this city and should
arrive here within the next day or two.
The schooner Neptune Is at the wharf
foot Of 18th street unloading full cargo
OF pine lumber from the Rappahannock
river for Galliher & Bro.
The steamer e. James Tull has gone to
the wharf of Frosburg & Murray, foot OF
9th street, to complete the unloading OF
her cargo OF pine lumber.
The schooner Lottie Carter, laden with
cord wood for Carter & Clark, came into
port yesterday evening from the lower
river.
The two-masted schooner Janet, which
unloaded a cargo of pine boards for H L.
Biscoe. left port yesterday afternoon.
The schooner Isabelle is In port with a
cargo Of pine wood from Nomini, consigned
to Robert Murphy.
The bugeye R. H. Stuart. completed the