Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-06-02
ON THE RIVER FRONT
WORK ON MANY PLEASURE
CRAFT AT THE BoATYARDs.
Will Rebuild Burned Ice House
Gathering Vegetables for Market
Other River Matters.

Tho United States fish commission yacht
Philarope Is at the wharf of Forsburg &
| Murray, foot of l. street, having her en-
| CINE and machinery overhauled and put
| in good order. The yacht will leave here
| it Is stated, within the next few weeks
for New London, Conn.,, where she will be
| used in the work of the fish commission.
The tug Sunbeam, used by the contractors
| for building he piers of the new highway
bridge, Is also at Curnberland's to have
her machinery given general overhaul
ing. While the Sunbeam LIS out of service
her place on the bridge work has been
taken by one of the larger power launches.
The steamer Lily and Howard while on
the big marine railway at Alexandria, has
been painted from stem to stern, has had
her machinery put in the best of order
and has been provided with a new wheel
and shaft.
The power launch Bess. which has been
lying at Reagans boatyard for the past
year or more in a half sunken condition,
has been hauled out on the marine rail-
way there for a general oyerhauling and to
be made ready for active service.
The large launch of Mr.. Gillfillen is at
Cumberlands boat house to be scraped
ana painted preparatory to going into serv-
Ice on the river
The power launch Falcon, which has been
| remodeled and made practically new boat
has been showed out of Rayner's boat house
| ana IS being prepared to go overheard for
| ner trials. This is the launch that last
| tall ran upon the sunl1en piles of an old
wharf short distance above Alexandria
and was badly wrecked having a big hole
punched In her hull and her house torn off
| her; she is now practically new vessel.
| Inc supply of fresh fish received by the
dealers at the wholesale fish market from
| the hsherfes In Chesapeake bay was by no
means large this morning, while the de-
| mand was extra heavy. The receipts of
l rlVer-cauRht fish 5iobt Tn
| quence of the good demand prices are
| higher, and are as follows:
For pan rock, 10 cents per pound me-
| dunn rock, 12h to IA cents per pound; boil
| Ing rock, 10 to Is cents per pound white
| perch, large, 10 to u cents per pound, white
perch. small, 30 to 40 cents per bunch;
white catfish, % to 35 cents per bunch; roe
| shad, 40 cents each; bucks, 20 to % cents
| each; salmon trout, 9 to cents per pound;
gray trout. small. "a to IS per barrel; gray
| trout large, to cents per pound; croek-
| er. $3.50 to s. per barrel; founders, 3 to 8
cents per pound; sturgeon, 8 to 10 cents per
| pound; bluefsh, to cents per pound;
| butterfish, to cents per pound; Spanish
mackerel to 10 cents per pound; Sleeps
| head, to 10 cents per pound; carp, / to 2
cents per pound, and cells, 8 cents each.
| Soft and hard-shelled crabs are both very
scarce, and are small in size The former
| are selling for 70 to 80 cents per dozen, and
| the latter at $1.50 per hundred. CLANS are
in fair demand at 90 cents per hundred, and
| oySteis dl dpout GU ccntS TO 81 per DuSnei
| OF General Interest.
| The revenue cutter Window, Capt. Nc
| Connell, has returned to Baltimore from
| short cruise on the eastern shore of Chesa-
peake bay. The Window is expected to
| visit this city shortly.
1t is stated that the American Ice Com
pany will shortly ask permission of the
District government to rebuild the big Ice
/ house that burned two three
| ago. The ice house stood on the wharf at
| the foot of 9th street, and until a month or
six weeks ago remained in the condition the
| flames left it, short time since, how
| ever, all that part Of the burned building
| facing Water street has been rebuilt and
| made into a blacksmith and wheelwright
| shop. All the repair work on the ice-carry
| ing wagons of the company is done in the
| new building.
The truck farmers along the river on the
| District side are now busily employed in
| gathering green peas and other early sum-
| mer vegetables for the market here and at
| Alexandria. Large numbers of hands are
| employed in the work, and many of them
| cross from and to the Virginia side in
small boats morning and afternoon.
| Dean & Son, boat builders at Alexandria
| nave several large clay-carrying scows be-
| longing to John Miller & CO. at their boat
yard to rebuild. The scows are torn down
| almost TO the waters edge, and when they
leave the yard they are practically new
| craft.
The pleasure craft which left here Satur-
day and Sunday last for cruise on the
| fotomac have completed their voyages and
have returned to the yacht anchorage in
the harbor off the foot of 18th street.
| The schooner Carrie has arrived in port
| with full cargo of pine lumber from
| Virginia lumber port for the dealers
The sailing barge Daniel has gone to
Colonial Beach with a full cargo of soft
| coal for that place.
The Mary L. Thomas, S. S. Smith and
l yxyif n Mo- Of
| cord wood for the dealers
Z. I. barge No. 20 was brought into port
yesterday by the tug VIM. H Yerkes jr.
ana taken 10 Georgetown to unload a cargo
| of soft coal for Boston
| considerable muddy water is now coming
down from the upper river and quite a
heavy current was running down yesterday
| evening.