Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DREDGE DEWEY COMPLETES
WORK ON EASTERN BRANCH.
Overhauling Pleasure Craft at Boat
yards-Cargoes of Ice Coming
Personal and General.

The hydraulic dredging machine Dewey,
which has been employed for nearly two
years in deepening the channel of the East
ern branch from its junction with the main
channel of the river to the navy yard. COM
pleted the work several days ago and since
That time has been prepared for towing to
Baltimore She left here yesterday morn
ing IN low OF the tug Leader and will be
oVerhauled at Baltimore before she again
goes into service. The large barge Round
out, now unloading coal at Georgetown
mas been chartered to load the pipes, pom
ICONS and other paraphernalia used by the
dredge and will carry them to Baltimore
The Dewey is owned by the Sanford and
Brooks Dredging Company of Baltimore
the contractors for the dredging of the
Eastern branch
There was big supply of fresh fish of
all kinds on sale at-the wholesale fish mar
ket on the 18th street wharf this morning
ana there was a good demand. The supply
Oh Shad was small, the receipts amounting
to less than 1000 fish, and about 400, 900
herring We're on the wharf this morning
The bulk of the shad and herring was from
the nets in the Potomac. Prices this
morning ranged as follows:
Spanish mackerel 10 to IL cents per
pound; Chesapeake bay and Potomac roe
shad, 40 to Al cents each; Potomac and
Chesapeake bay buck shad, 20 to "a cents
each; herring, 30 cents per hundred; blue
fish, to 10 cents per pound; salmon trout
10 cents per pound extra large white perch,
10 to 10 cents per pound; pan rock, 10 cents
per pound; medium rock, II cents per pound ;
boiling rock, 10 cents per pound; large yell
low perch, 90 to 80 cents per bunch; cat
fish, Ii to 40 cents per bunch; sand perch,
10 to % cents per bunch; small yellow
perch, to 10 cents per bunch; white perch,
large, % to so cents per bunch; white
perch, small, to 10 cents per bunch; stur-
10 Mound and aEprS
31a to cents per pound. The supply of
oysters on sale at the wharf was increased
last night by the arrival of two vessels
with Potomac stock aboard. They sold this
medium stock and up to 81 for selected
oysters.
Hard crabs were on sale, but the supply
was small. CLAIMS were selling at 20 cents
per hundred this morning.
The houseboat Diamond Back, belonging
to the Diamond Back Fishing Club of this
city, which sprang a leak and sunk In the
dock at the foot of 18th street southwest,
is to be raised at once and will be hauled
out on the marine railway at Reagan's boat
yard for cau1king, painting and general re-
pair work to put it in condition for service
during the summer. The pleasure sloop
Surprise will be hauled out at the same
time for cleaning and painting.
The power launches Marion and Charlotte
have been painted and overhauled and were
launched at high water from Reagan's rail-
way Wednesday night. The Marion devel-
oped a leak and filled with water. She will
have to be hauled out again, it is stated. to
find the leak and stop 1t, If the swelling of
the timbers in the hull of the little craft
does not put an end to the trouble.
Of General Interest.
The tug Uncle Sam of Baltimore is on
duty as tender to the dredging machine
Baltimore, employed in deepening the chan
nels into Nomini creek, at the lower end of
the Potomac river
Charters are now being made for schoon-
ers to load Ice at Maine ports for this CITY,
and the first cargoes are expected to arrive
here before the end of the month. One
schooner loaded with lake ice Is reported
at sea on her way here for the Home COM
pany.
The large deadrise Sea Gull, belonging to
Mr.. Jacob Deemer of this city, which has
been overhauled and put In order for service
on the river at the Motley Hall pier. will
be launched tomorrow and will make her
first trip of the season down the river Sun
day next with a pleasure party aboard, If
the weather is suitable for sailing.
Mr. Harry Carter is out again, after
stay in hospital for several weeks to have
a trouble with his ear attended to.
Capt. e. s. Randall also returned this
morning from business trip to the Beach.
Capt. Arthur Vaux, mate of lightsh.p
No 30 on Cape Lookout shoals, North Car
DINA, Is at his home in Baltimore on
months leave of absence.
Co., with two scows in tow of the tug Ag-
mes Miller, left port yesterday afternoon for
river point, where the machine viii deep