Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-04-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DEEPENING DOCK FOR NEW
CRAFT BUILT FOR SPEED.
Fish Plentiful on Rappahannock River
Rebuilding Launch Candoc-
Personal and General.

| 4Hc HtdNy gaze Oh the past tWO OdyS
| greatly interfered with the working OF
the nets at the shad and herring fish
| cries in the river and as consequence the
| receipts by the fish dealers at the wharf
here have been very light. This morning
! only about 200 shad and 10000 herring had
been brought up by the fish running boats.
The supply of bunch fish was also light
with good demand This morning roe shad
sold at 80 to 45c. each, buck shad at 20 to
22c. each and herring "a to s. per thousand
The supply of oysters on hand was small
this morning. but two vessels laden with
Potomac stock are reported at anchor In
the river between this city and Alexandria.
The continued cold weather keeps the de-
mand fair. CLANS are on sale at prices
ranging between 80 and Coo. per hundred.
Millers clam shell dredging machine is at
work deepening the water in the dock be-
tween the lumber wharf at the foot of Is
street southwest and the boat house adjoin-
ing it towards the west. At present the
dock has but three or four feet of water in
it at the best of tides and 1t is proposed to
deepen it to about ten feet. The dock Will
then be used as a berth for the new model
craft, built at Rayners boat house last sum-
mer, and which her builder expects to
develop high speed.
The new craft has not yet been launched
although she has her engines aboard and is
ready for service She will, 1t is stated, be
put overheard in few days and her trial
trip is awaited with interest by river men,
who have watched her building. The YES
sci is called the 1903, at least that is the
name that shows on the sides of the pilot
house.
Reports coming from the lower part of
the Rappahannock river state that the
catches of shad and herring at the shores
along that river are so large that the pack
Ing houses are not able to handle all the
fish and low prices prevail. On the Poto-
mac the contrary state Of affairs has ex-
listed SO far this season, and the fishermen
say the catch will remain small until we
nave several days of good warm weather.
More wild ducks have been seen on the
river in this neighborhood in the past two
or three days than ever before this late in
the season. Tuesday afternoon between
Alexandria and Washington three f1ocks of
the birds were observed, and each flock
numbered several hundred. The late stay
ing or the ducks in this vicinity is due. it
is stated, to the continued cool weather.
AS the duck-hunting season is passed, the
hunters after them are very few.
General and Personal.
Capt. Frank Taylor. who has been in the
city on a visit to his family for several
days, left Tuesday night for Norfolk to
again take command of the tug NJ Mitchell
Davis.
Capt. Jos. Barker of the steamer Harry
Randall has been detained at his home
here by the serious illness of his wife
While Capt Barker is ashore Capt Harry
randall Is in command of the steamer
ardall.
Capt. AL. Richards is experimenting the
leaning and painting of the steamer SamI
]. Pentz and preparing her for the opening
of the excursion season.
The steam launch Candoc. on Benefits
railway. has had her entire hull stripped of
Its planking and is to be rebuilt from her
keel up. When the little vessel is put
overheard again she will be practically
new The launch will be used by the
chesapeake and Ohio canal officials on
business trips on that waterway from
georgetown to Cumberland
The gale of the past twenty-four bours
was one or the heaviest that has been
experienced on the Potomac in several
months mo The steamers arriving in port
TINS morning from the lower river report
having had a bad night of it. The winds
caused unusually low tides in the river
the flats between this city and Alexandria
being uncovered.
River Queen decorating her and MAX
Ing her ready for the summer season. She
will run between this city. Motley Hall and
other points on the river,
The three-masted schooner Edna A.
Pogue, laden with fertilizer material, is
reported at anchor near Fort Foote
The two-masted schooner Farmers
Friend, laden with pine lumber from the
lower Potomac, came into port early this
morning.
The two-master schooner Kate Woodau,
with cargo OF about $1,000 feet of pine
lumber aboard from the Rappahannock
river, has arrived in port
The schooner salisbury, laden with lum-
Der from Fernandina, Fla, is at sea, bound
to this city, and should arrive here before
the end of this week.
The twomasted schooners Roxanna
Frances and Carrie S. Wright are in port
with cargoes Of lumber aboard.
The sloop-rigged yacht Title, belonging
to Mr.. Whitman Osgood, has been given
general overhauling and repainting at Cum
berland's boat house, at Georgetown, and
is now ready for service.
The bugeye ADELAIDE Steffens has arrived
with a cargo of cord wood
The schooner w. H. Mcguire sailed to-
day nth a cargo of empty fish barrels for
the fisheries on the Great Wicomico river.