Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-23
ON THE RIVER FRONT
PLEASURE PARTIES OUT FOB
TRIPS ON THE RIVER.
Oyster Police Boat in Service-Over-
hauling Tug Jackson-General
News Of River.

The steamer Estelle Randall. Capt. Geo.
Cook, took party of forty or nifty OF the
clerks employed in the United States CEN
sus bureau out for a trip on the river yes
terday evening. The steamer left here
about O'Clock. went down the river as
far as Indian Head and returned. The
steam launch Doc Reb. with a party aboard.
was also out on the river last night on q
pleasure trip The cool weather has made
outings on the river at night rather few
in number so far this season. though good
crowds have been going to all the river
resorts.
The easterly winds continue to cause
unusually full tides in the river. Yester-
day afternoon the water was over the sea
wall about the Potomac Park and the low
lands on both sides the river were under
water.
There was a decided increase in the re-
ceipts of fresh fish by the dealers at the
18th street wharf wholesale fish market this
morning, the shipments being particularly
heavy from the neighbOrhood OF Nor1olk
and from Old Point.
Some few river caught fish were also on
sale, but they were scarce.
Prices are about the same as yesterday
and are as follows: For gray trout, $3.50
to 50 per barrel; butterfsh, 81 to So per
BARREL founders, to Z cents per pound;
Spanish mackerel II to Is cents per pound;
pan rock to 10 cents per pound; medium
rock, II to IA cents per pound; boiling rock.
Is to 16 cents per pound; sturgeon. 10 Genus
per pound; green pike, 6 to cents per
pound bluefish, 10 cents per pound; white
perch, 10 cents per pound; white percn'
small, 20 to 20 cents per bunch; catfish,
large, % to 40 cents per bunch; catfish,
small, 10 to Is cents per bunch; yellow
perch. large, Is to % cents per bunch; yell
low perch, small, to 10 cents per bunch;
carp. 10 to 20 cents each; eels to cents
each.
Crabs, both hard and soft shelled. were
scarce this morning. but were In excellent
demand. The former sold at $1-5O to 81
per BARREL and the latter at So to 45c. per
dozen. CLANS continue to sell at 40 to SOC.
per dozen, and oysters at 81 to $1-25 per
bushel The cool weather keeps the de-
mand for shellfish good.
The Maryland oyster police boat Bessie
Jones' which has been undergoing an over
hauling at Rock Point on the Wicomtco
river, Md. has been completed and is again
in service. Several of the other Maryland
police boats are now out of service under
going their annual overhauling.
The bugeye Seven Marys, which arrived
here Saturday with a cargo of lumber from
the Coan river, is equipped with gasoline
explosive engine of sufficient power to give
her a speed of seven or eight miles an nour
against the tide. She halls from Cape
Charles City, Va. The use of small gaso-
line power engines on sailing vessels Is
becoming quite common in Chesapeake bay,
so fitted out.
General Port News.
The big fourmasted schooner Alice M.
Colbourn was brought into port yesterday
evening by the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr..
and locked at the wharf foot of 9th street.
She brings a cargo of about 1900 tons Of
ice, and Is the third large ice-laden vessel
to arrive here, in the past three days, from
Bath, Me. Several other schooners with
cargoes of Ice for this city are on their
way here and are expected to arrive at any
time.
The tug Jackson belonging to the Column
bia Sand Dredging Company of this city
Is hauled out on the marine railway at Ben
nett's boat yard for general repairs to hull.
Her stern IS being renewed, and she is to be
caulked and painted before being put back
into the water
Steam was made in the boilers of the pile
driver employed in building the new wharf
for the Naval Battalion, D. c. N. G., and
1t is understood work on the structure will
be resumed at once.
The United States coast survey steamer
Endeavor, which came into port Saturday,
sailed yesterday for her station at the Ket-
tie Bottoms in the Potomac and will re-
sumo survey work there.
The steamer Calvert Of the Weems line is
at a Baltimore shipyard to be overhauled
she will resume her place upon the route
between this city and the lower river land
ings to Baltimore.
Mr.. w. B. Proctor. executive officer Of the
coast survey schooner Eagre, Is on a leave
of absence of thirty days.
The schooner Belmont has arrived in
port with a cargo of cord wood from
river point for Carter Clark.
The steamer e. James Tull, laden with
pine lumber, unloaded cargo at johnson
& Wimsatt's wharf, and sailed with a
cargo Of hay for Occoquan.
The schooner Uriah Horner unloaded
cargo of cord wood at the wharf of
Stephenson & Bro. yesterday.
The schooner e. p. Evans is unloading
a cargo of laths at Alexandria for Aitche-
son & Bro
The schooner Sarah A. Gwyther came
into port light yesterday afternoon and will
load general cargo.
The 2. e. Layton has arrived and is I'M