Evening star., 1900-09-24
ALONG / the RIVER FRONT
LARGE C6Nsf6NMENT OF OYSTERS
RECEIVED AT THE WHARF.
Vessels Bein19 Fitted Ont to Go for
Addit1snzSt suppiy-TAe Pass
d tfhg Craft.


The puns6es james H. Beach. Azaila H.
Peart. Wm, Washington and Northumber-
land. are a AGAew's shipyard in Alexan-
dria, being gffitted out for the oyster trade.
They will al btilrt running oysters to this
port and Alexandria as soon as the weather
gets cool. Quite a large feet Of small ves-
sels-pungies. schooners and bugeyes-are
also fitting out at points along the lower
river for the oyster trade and the outlook
is for an extremely busy season. The num-
Der of vessels expected to engage in the
trade will be larger than 1t has been for
several years past. The oyster season will
not be fully open until about the middle Of
October
Seven vessels, fladensrwith oysters from
lower river points, have arrived at the
wharf since Saturday. The demand Is still
good and the vessels are rapidly selling
their cargoes at from 4Oc.+to b0c. per bushel
bushels Of oysters. cane from Windmill
Point; the Seabelle with $50 bushels; the
Wn1s Turner, with 200 bushels, and the Ella,
with 800 bushels. came from the Wicomico.
The Fannie Shepherd. with 200 bushels.
Sunny South with 800 bushels and the ]. ].
Cnderhffl with 800 bushels, are from Black
istone Island
About 1900 watermelons on the Lizzie
Lane. Alexina and Mist are at the wharf
They are selling at So to $12 per hundred.
according to grade and quality
The Norfolk line steamer Washington
yesterday brought up about fifty barrels OF
fish from the shores on the Atlantic coast
and about Old Point for the dealers here.
and the steamers Wakefield and Northum-
berland brought up fifteen barrels from the
down-river nets. This morning prices were
as follows: For spot. cents per pound;
butterfish, cents per pound; rock, 8 to 10
Vvh to
per pound; mackerel. 121a cents per pound: !:
bluefish. cents per pound ;strout, "a to So
per barrel mullets, IS per barrel and cat
fish. Is to Is cents per bunch.
Eight barrels Of crabs were also received
and were sold at prices quoted last week.
.1+~ General and Personal.
Sea gulls are making their appearance on
the river. Their arrival so early In the sea-
son Is said to fortell an early and cold Win
ter.
1t is now stated that the building of a
tugboat for river work by synu,cate Of
Alexandria business men has been tenn
porarily abandoned.
Townshend has orders for the building Of
seVeral small sailing vessels for Washington
parties, during this fall and winter They
are to be ready for service in the early
spring.
During the summer quite a large number
OF new dwellings have been erected on the
river farms between Buena Vista and Shep-
herds 'A-N S''ep
The tug Spray is at the Alexandria ship
yard receiving some slight repairs
@ ne baltimore and Ohio transfer tug
breWerton was hauled out on the marine
ra1iway-a Alexandria Saturday evening to
have new ffiuke put On her propeller
ne nun OF 'fhe steamer Potomac was
pariaIiy scraped and painted while she
was lying at her wharf here Saturday last
The sloope Rena Lewis is hauled out at
Bennetts boat yard for examination of her
hull.
Mr.. Champ Walker of the washington
and Alexandria ferry, line is still confined
to his home by the effects of injuries re-
ceived in an accident on the. Mt. Vernon
railway several days ago.
Capt. Charley Entwisle of the steamer
Arrowsmth has returned home from Balti-
more. where he went in command of his
steamer.
Capt. e. 8. Randall, manager of the Ran
dali line of steamers, is at Atlantic City
He will renitiin few days for the benefit
of his health.
officer John Perry rof the harbor force,
who has Been quite Ill, is reported some
what better today.
MessrsqiW. WLyDufiefd, ajr., and s. r.
Putnam, from the coast survey office here,
have been assigned 7? the coast survey
steamer Brake. to7 aid in laying off the
speed trial, course for torpedo boats on
Chesapeake Bay.
Capt. Ross, the commander of the steam
er Charles Manchester, has gone to New
The Passing Vessels.
The tug Mary ]. Walker, with tow of
several pontoons for,a.the A. p and c.
Dredging Co., to be used on the harbor i'm
provement work, arrived in port this MORN
ing from Wilmington, Del. The pontoons
are tied UP against the sea wall of the fats,
opposite the foot of NJ street.
The schooner Henry j. Raymond, with q
cargo of lumber, sailed for this port from
Norfolk Saturday last
The Father & Son, Francis X. Carroll
and j. D. Bell, have arrived in port with
cargoes of cord wood FOR Carter & Clark.
The Weenls line steamer Potomac sailed
yesterday evening with a large cargo for
the lower river landings and Baltimore.
The United States revenue cutter Win
ston is in port from a cruise on Chesa-
peake bay and the river.
The schooner John p. Robinson is at
Alexandria, loading forty tens of fertilizer,
fifty barrels of flour, building material and
supplies for the stores on Upper Machodoc
creek.
The schooner Frank Vandercherchen, with
a cargo of about 2,3O0 900 lathes, arrived in
port yesterday evening from Bathurst, New
Brunswick, in tow of the tug Sarah. She
is consigned to Thos. Smith & Co.
The tug Camilla, with a barge in tow,
sailed for the St. Marys river yesterday
evening.
The Bush has arrived in the Eastern
Carter & Clark.
The BENZ. Franklin, Eenora Russell,
Raymond Oliver, Edith Muir and Kate Nc
Namara, all light, sailed yesterday evening,
the last named for Norfolk, Va, for a car
go of lumber. and the others to the lower
river to load oysters.
The schooner Francis j. Ruth arrived in
port yesterday evening with a cargo of
5000 feet of oak and pine lumber for John
son & Wimsatt.
The schooner Lily and Howard is at AL
exandria with a full cargo of cord wood.
The steamer Estelle Randall carried a
large party of young people trip to
Gunston landing yesterday.
The schooner Sidney s. Jones Is dis
charging cargo of cord wood at Johnson
Bros wharf
The schooner e. James Tull arrived this
morning with load of pine timber from
King George county, Va, for Johnson &
Wimsatt.
The schooner j. X. Souther will this even
ing complete the discharging of her cargo
of ice and will sail for Fernandina, Fla,
for a cargo of lumber.
The schooner Flying Scudd is discharg-
ing a cargo of lumber at the wharf, foot
of 9th street.
The schooners Augustus Hunt and Ber-
tha Dean, from this port, have arrived at
Baltimore.
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