Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-04
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BUOY WORK BY TENDER MAPLE
IN NEARBY CHANNELS.
Vessels at the Local Boatyards-Clos-
ing Of River Fisheries-Arny
Freight Craft.

pie, which has been in port here for the
past four or five days replacing buoys, has
completed her work and has sailed for the
Point Lookout supply station to unload a
number of spare buoys she has on deck.
While here the Maple replaced two buoys
in the harbor, abreast of the old wharves
at the arsenal and several marking the
channel up the Eastern branch to the navy
yard. Two broken buoys marking the
Eastern branch flats were replaced with
new ones. The river men state that one of
the new buoys on the south side of the
mouth of the Eastern branch channel is
about hundred feet out Of position, and
that If a vessel of any draft attempts to
pass close to 1T the vessel will go aground
There was fair demand for fresh fish
of all kinds at the 18th street wharf whole
sale market this morning, and the supply
was ample to meet the demand Shad are
being received at the wharf in fair num-
bers and sold this morning from Is cents
to 80 cents each. Bunch fish sold at prices
slightly lower than those of yesterday. Her
ring are plentiful and sell at low figures.
The supply of oysters in the shell aboard
vessels at the oyster dock this morning was
large for the season Of the year. Potomac
oysters constituted the bulk of the stock on
hand, and they sold from 40 cents to 60
cents per bushel, according to size.
CLANS from the eastern shore were also
on sale, and the demand for them was fair.
Prices ranged about so cents per hundred.
The power sloop Stella, belonging to Mr.
J. A. Nicholson, has been hauled out on the
small marine railway at Reagan's boat
yard to have her bottom cleaned and
painted. The sloop Rosalie is also out at
Reagans TO locate and stop small leak in
her hull that developed since she was
launched about two weeks ago.
The frame work of the new lumber light
er building at Deane's, at Alexandria, for
L. W. smith Is all In place, and the work
OF planking the boat is being pushed along
very rapidly. The new boat will be ready
TO De put overheard about the latter part
OF next week. 1t is to be used in Tightening
lumber about the harbor and along the
river In this vicinity. The lighter is about
sixty feet long and will have beam Of
about twenty feet.
~ The whale boat being converted into n
power launch at Reagan's boat house for
Mr.. John Williams of this city will be ready
10 be put overheard in the latter part Of
ped with six and e-half-horse power
gasoline engine, and is expected to be a
speedy little craft
The tugs VIM. H. Yerkes, Jr., and James
". carter, which have been towing fish
boats from the lower river for several
weeks past, have been released from their
charter and have returned to service on
the river. ga
The big seine at Marlboro fishing shore
on the Potomac in Stafford county, va.
has been cut out At Whitewater the big
net is making tremendous catches of fish
over 100000 herring are often caught at a
single haul.
Two new masts are building at the A,ex-
andria boat yard for the schooner Nav
flower The vessel will go out of service
In few days to have the new spars placed
in position aboard her.
Capt. A. j. Taylor, managing owner of
the Taylor fleet OF tug boats, has gone to
Philadelphia on a business trip
- capt. Wm Luckett piioted the United
states steamer Dispatch to the mouth of
the Potomac, and will take the naval Yacht
MaynoWer out when she sails
capt BAILEY Reed, who has been acting
as master of the steamer T. " Arrow
smith While that steamer was in service
returned 10 duty today as pilot of the
steamer Harry Randall. The steamer Az
roWsmith has gone out of commission.
Inc steamer James K. jackson has ar
rived from Acquia creek with a cargo of
timber. 81 Vi
The schooner Sidonia curley is In port
from the Rappahannock river, laden with
about 10000 feet Of pine lumber for local
dealers.
The schooners Earl Biscoe, Lola Bennett
and William H. billiard are in port with
fuIi loads of wood from the river
The schooner e. ]. May, laden with
dressed piles from North Carolina. was
brought into port yesterday morning nv
the Norfolk tug A. B. Covington.
The tug Emma has arrived In port with a
tow of four coal-laden barges from Phila-
delphia for the local market.
The three-masted schooners Virginia F.
Havley, Addie and the ]. r. Reese. are in
port, laden with full cargoes of boards
from Virginia ports
The schooner Virginia, with a cargo of
fertilizer. and the schooner H. P. Ely, with
load of lumber, arrived at the Alexandria
wharves yesterday afternoon