Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
MASTER OF PEERLESS WANTS NO
DUMMY TORPEDoES.
Schooner Ashore at Alexandria Wharf
Among the Towboat Fleet
Other Marine Matters.

The Philadelphia tug GeeFieSS caiho iii'o
port yesterday afternoon with the COAL
| laden barges Thomas ]. Cleater and Brady
| in tow. The barges bring cargoes of coal
| from Philadelphia The Peerless is the tug
that ran afoul of an army torpedo in Hamp-
| ton Roads several days ago, and despite the
| fact it is claimed the weapon of warfare
| was harmless the master of the tug says
he does not care to run into that much
guncotton floating around where it can be
struck by a apidly-revolvng propeller
wheel The Peerless left port yesterday
afternoon with the VIM. w. Curtin and I.
| E. McNaughton in tow, bound for Philadel-
phia.
| There was a fair supply of all kinds of
fresh fish at the wholesale fish market
| this morning, and the demand for the clos los
| ing days of Lent was quite heavy. The
catch of shad is quite light at the shores,
| only about 800 being received at the wharf
| this morning. Over 100000 herring were
brought up by the river boats. Prices this
morning are lighter, and range as follows:
| Chesapeake bay and Potomac roe shad,
! % to 80 cents each; Potomac and Chesa-
peake bay buck shad. 20 to 80 cents each;
herring. So cents per hundred; blue1sh, 3 to
10 cents per pound; salmon trout, 10 cents
per pound; extra large white perch, 10 to
| IS cents per pound; pan rock, II cents per
pound; medium rock. 10 cents per pound 7;
boiling rock Is cents per pound; large yell
low perch 20 to 30 cents per bunch; catfish,
15 to 40 cents per bunch; sand perch 10 to
20 cents per bunch small yellow perch, D
to 10 cents per bunch: white perch, large
% to 80 cents per bunch; white perch, small,
| 5 to 10 cents per bunch; sturgeon, 10 cents
per pound, and croakers, 31s to cents per
pound.
The southerly wind of the past two or
three days brought a fleet of several
oyster vessels into port, with about LOCO
| bushels of Potomac river oysters aboard
| They are selling at so to 60 cents per bushel,
with fair demand.
Hard and soft-shelled crabs and also
CLAIMS were on sale this morning, and the
demand was quite brisk.
1t is stated that the work Of rebuilding
| the ferry slips in this city will be started
| early in next week and will be pushed rapid
| ly to completion. The delay has been
| caused by the plans for the work being in
| the office of the building inspector for ex-
animation and approval.
Several OF the large sand and gravel
carving scows belonging to the Columbia
Sand Company are lying at Deans boat
yard. near Alexandria. waiting to be hauled
out for rebuilding. The boatyard just now
| is busy overhauling a number of pleasure
craft and putting them in readiness for
active service.
The steam launch Cygnus the small ten
der to the army post at Fort Washington,
is making one trip daily to this city, gener-
ally in the morning, and one In the after
noon to Alexandria. 1t is stated 1t Will be
two or three weeks before the work on the
again ready for service.
The little two-masted schooners Clarence
Travers and Richard Cromwell, bay traders
have sailed from Baltimore for Nassau, in
the Bahamas, and will there load pineapples
for the Baltimore market. They are part
Of feet Of fifteen or twenty small vessels
employed in this work.
General River Matters.
The two-masted schooner Francis Routh,
which arrived at Alexandria yesterday. went
ashore while trying to go into a dock In
order to unload her cargo. She remained
ashore for several hours. but finally hoated:
only to take up again on bar on a wnart
at which her master attempted to land her.
At high water last night she was berthed,
and begun the unloading OF her cargo to-
day.
The power yacht Dart was out for a trip
on the river yesterday evening after having
been laid up for the winter The Dart Is to
be given a general overhauling and paint
ing, and will be used by her owner for
pleasure trips to summer resorts along the
river.
Workmen are engaged in scraping the
house and hull Of Mr.. ]. w. Frazee's power
launch Alma, preparatory to repainting and
decorating the handsome little boat Inc
Alma will be the last of the fleet of pleasure
craft to go overheard at Reagans boat
yard.
The tug James 0. Carter is temporarily
employed in towing sand and grayel-laden
scows from the lower river to this city for
the Columbia National Sand Dredging Com
oany.
Yeries, jr. will be completed today. and
she will go into service at once towing ves-
sells on the Potomac and on Chesapeake
bay.
The tug Juno which has been hauled out
on the big marine railway at Alexandria for
repairs to her hull for several days past
was put overheard today. and 1t is stated
will 90 in service on the river.
The tug Camilla ID again employed in gen.
eral towing on the river, having been re-
leased from her charter In attendance ON
the dredse deepening the water In the river
channels
The tug Sunbeam. It u stated, Il lying q