Evening star., 1905-03-10
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HAULING SEINE AT PLUM TREE
CUT FISHING SHORE.
Windmill as Aid to Vessels Pumps
Buoys Damaged by Ice
Marine Matters.

rhe fishing season on the Potomac river
opened a day or two ago when Capt. Frank
Price put his big haul seine overheard at
the Plum Tree Cut fishing shore in Occo-
uuan bay and is making two hauls daily
As vet the catch is small. consisting OF
white and yellow perch. catfish, mullets.
bass and a few rock. but with two or three
days of warmer weather an increase in the
catch is looked for. Preparations are being
made to send men to the fishing
shores al Fairy Landing, Stoney Point
Bryans Point. Arkendale. Walters and
other big shores, in order to put them
in readiness for the shad and herring
fisheries. which should begin about the lat
ter part of this month. Besides these haul
seine shores hundreds of men who make a
living by taking fish from the Potomac
are preparing to set out their trap nets ana
are overhauling gill nets and boats Tor tne
shad and herring.
The supply OF fresh fish on sale at the
wholesale fish market on the 11th street
wharf was not large this morning. while
the demand was quite brisk. Fish from
the nets in the river are coming in IN falr
quantities and are commanding high prices
AS a general thing prices are somewhat
lower than last week and range about as
follows:
Mullets are selling at to cents per
pound: Spanish mackerei at IL and L
cents per p0un0, king IndckeTei dt CciitS
per pound: Florida shad at so cents
each: Florida buck shad at % cents each;
Florida herring at 81 per hundred; North
Carolina roe shad at 30 and so cents each;
North Carolina buck shad at 40 to 45 cents
each; North Carolina herring. $3.50 per
hundred mud shad. to cents per pound;
bluefish. II to II cents per pound; salmon
trout. 10 to II cents per pound; white
perch 10 to II cents per pound; pan rock,
13I2 cents per pound medium rock, 10 cents
per pound: boiling rock, % cents per pound;
yellow perch. 20 to 40 cents per bunch: cat
fish. % to 30 cents per bunch, and sand
perch - to 40 cents per bunch.
On the oyster wharf only Norfolk stock
is on sale, the fleet of oyster-laden vessels
looked for last night having failed to ar
rive. Prices for oysters range at about
$40 per bushel or $1.30 to 81 40 per gallon.
The Norwegian barkentine unloading
cargo of bone from South America at
Alexandria is equipped with novel ar
" rangement in the shape of a big windmill
located between the fore and main masts
of the vessel The windmill is used in
working the pumps of the vessel and 1t is
stated the marine laws of Norway and
Sweden require all vessels flying the Scan
dinavan flag to be equipped in this way,
= The barkentine is Overhauling and refltting
after her long trip On the Atlantic.
1t is stated that the owners Of the tug
Marion Cameron. which was built as a ten
der to the sand-digging machine of the
Potomac Dredging Company on the Poto-
mae. Will not be used for that service, it
ndNlTS Deen tndl Sne is TOO large
for the work. The Cameron will be con-
tinued in general towing on Chesapeake
bay and smaller tug will be chartered to
tow for the sand company
General River News.
The spar buoys marking the river channel
between here and Alexandria all show signs
of having met with rough usage from the
drifting ice during the past ten days. The
buoys are all badly cut by the hard ice and
will have to be replaced by new spars
when the lighthouse steamers make their
annual spring repairing trip up the river.
Small ieeberss stranded on the western
edge of the channel dot the river from the
Long bridge to Four Mile run, and to an
observer IN the distance .feoics like &srnaH
boats with men in them engaged in fishing.
The ieebergs vary in size from few square
feet to forty or fifty square yards. and
have an elevation of six or eight feet above
the surface of the water. The wash of the
muddy water in the light current coming
down is gradually eating them up, and
they viii disappear in a few days.
Capt. J. W. Barker will take the steamer
Wakefield to Newport News tomorrow and
the Randall line. will go in her to Newport
News and will remain by the steamer to
superintend the repairs to be made to her.
Mr. Harry Love of Coltons Point. Md,
who has been in this city for several days.
left for home yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Clark OF Carter & Clark has returned
from visit of several weeks to the Ber-
mudaS.
Mr. Chapman Sly, pilot of the steamer
Harry Randall. Joined the steamer at Rock
Point Wednesday night and is again on
duty aboard her.
The tug ]. T. Selectman is being made
ready to resume work towing sand and
grave-laden barges for the Columbia Ma
tionaI Sand Dredging Company. 1t is
pected the tug will go into commission
early in next week.
The tug Defiance of Baltimore arrived in
port today. having in tow the barges Lu-
cretia, Baltimore and Reliance and the
schOoners Lizzie A. Williams and w. p.
Hood. The vessels bring cargCes of lum-
ber and have been loaded for six weeks
waiting opportunity to come up to this
city.
The steam barge Lily and Howard. which
is lying out of service at Carter & Clark's
wharf, will go into commission in a few
days. She will run cargoes of wood from
river points TO this city.
Capt. Mcconnell of the revenue cutter
Window reports having passed can buoy
marked No. adrift off James Point in
CheSapake bay.
The steamer Samuel ]. Pentz is TO take
the place of the steamer Estelle Randall
on the Glymont mail route. the heavy
freghts running making it necessary
to a steamer larger than the Estelle
Randall on the route The change In
steamers will be made tomorrow.