Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-29
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM LAUNCH ANNIE H. PLACED ON
THE WAYS.
Dull Market in Oysters and Fish-New
Dredge Receiving It's Boiler
General News.

The steam launch Annie H.. belonging to
Mr.. Charles X. Heath Of this city, while
lying at the wharf near tho Bennett boat
yard few nights ago, suddenly sprung a
leak and sank in deep water so that no
sign of the boat could be seen. Yesterday
Mr.. Bennett succeeded in getting lines I'M
der her and raising her so that she could
be hauled out on temporary ways at his
boat yard for the necessary repairs. 1t
was thought that one Of the larger pipes
into the boiler had burst, but an ex-
animation failed to show the broken pipe,
and there is now some doubt as to what
caused her to sink. Before being put
overheard again she will be thoroughly
caulked and made tight from stem to stern
The oversupply and the warmer weather
Of the past several days has had a very
depressing effect on the oyster market at
the 11th street wharf, and a tendency
toward a drop in prices is shown among
the vessels that have been here for several
days. A. forest of masts is to be seen on
all sides Of the fish wharf, and fully thirty
five vessels of all sizes are in port with
oysters. They each have in anywhere
from 200 to 500 bushels. This morning
oysters were selling at from 45 to 60 cents
per bushel for the smaller stock and from
TO to IS cents per bushel for the larger.
The arrivals at the wharf since yesterday
have been the Seabelle, Kathleen and Ag-
mes, with about 900 bushels of oysters in
all from the Wicomico neighborhood.
The stock of fish at the wharf this morn
ing was limited, and the demand was
much in excess of the supply. There was
a larger supply of river fish on hand today
than yesterday, but the bay and sea fish
were still extremely scarce. The steamer
Estelle Randall brought up ten barrels of
river fish yesterday evening for the local
dealers and nine barrels were also brought
up on the steamer Harry Randall. This
inc fha IL l,.l
packages Of fish on board, and some few
fish were also received by rail- Prices this
morning were about the same as yesterday,
gray trout bringing &c. per pound; salmon
trout, sc. per pound pan rock, II to 15c.
per pound; sheephead. &c. per pound; boil
ing rock, zoe per pound; bass, to 12c.
per pound; white perch, 10c. per pound;
yellow perch. &c. per pound; mullets, &c.
per pound; carp, &c. per pound; cells and
catfish, % to SOC. per bunch. and winter
shad Zoe per bunch.
The Passing Craft.
The Baltimore tug Peerless has sailed,
with a light Oil barge in tow, for Chesa-
peake City route to Philadelphia.
The schooner Sarah S. Tyler has sailed
for Norfolk for a cargo Of lumber for this
port or Baltimore
The schooner John B. Coyle, which ar
rived with cargo Of asphalt yesterday,
has been locked al the asphalt brick works
IL.
The tug Vulcan has arrived from PhiIa-
delphia with barge laden with hard coal
for parties in Georgetown.
The steamer Harry Randall brought up
fairly large cargo Of stock, oysters and
country produce from the lower river for
the local merchants yesterday.
The schooner A. H. Quinby, having finish
ed discharging her cargo Of lumber, has
sailed for one of the lumber ports on the
James river for another cargo.
The schooner Edward G. Hight from this
port has arrived at Baltimore for cargo
Of coal.
The Col j. Merrick has sailed for the
lower river to load cordwood back to this
port.
The schooner Dexter is in port with a
cargo of Virginia pine lumber for the local
dealers.
The schooner Isabelle has arrived in port
with cargo Of cordwood from the lower
river. She has been locked at Robert Muir
phys on the James Creek canal.
The schooner Zephyr, after sailing from
this port, went into Alexandria and COM
rieted the discharging of her cargo of oys-
tiers before sailing for the lower river for
fresh cargo.
The tug Juno is in port awaiting a tow
of light oyster boats bound for the oyster
grounds In the lower river.
The tug Davis, after turning the schoon-
ers Coyle and A. L. Martin over to the
Camilla, to be brought to this city. went
to Baltimore with the Hight, and today will
leave Annapolis with a dredge Of Mr.. John
Miller's for West Point, Va
The steamer Wakefield, on her down trip
this morning, took quite a heavy freight
from this port and Alexandria for lower
river points.
The Mary and Rebecca, H. H. Blxler. Fair
American and VIM. Turner have all sailed
for the oyster grounds in the lower river
to load oysters to this market.
The schooner Helen L. Martin, which ar
rived at Georgetown yesterday with a car
go OF lumber, is consigned to Dill & Co.
of Baltimore.
The tug Camilla Is in port for a day or
two before returning to the capes on
lookout for tow
General and Personal.
The big new dredge just built at the foot
Of 18th street by the Atlantic, Gulf and Pa
cifc Dredging Company. for service on the
Potomac flats about Washington harbor,
was taken to the naval ordnance foundry
to have her big boilers placed in her by the
big crane. The other machinery will be In
stalled as rapidly as possible.
The light house service has given notice
that the Diamond Shoal light vessel is To-
Gated In $50 feet of water five and three
eghths miles to the southeast from the
easterly point Of the outer Diamond ShoaI.
dangerous point on the coast of North
Carolina. The Cape Hatteras light house IL
about fourteen miles to the northwest OF
the Diamond ShoaI.
The little tug d. M. Key. the smallest OF
Taylor Bros fleet of tugboats, Is now out
Of commission and is lying at the boat shop
of Cumberland & Son, at the foot of 9th
street. being overhauled. Considerable
work is being done on her engine, under the
supervision of Captain Jack Taylor, her
managing owner, and much boiler work
will also be done before the tug goes into
service again, in about week or ten days.
The ''air cushion boat of Mr.. MotheraII.
its inventor, which was found adrift in the
river one night last week and was taken
to the harbor boats wharf for safe keep
ing, was yesterday claimed by parties in
terested in it, and was taken back to the
dock to the east Of the Randall line wharf
and there tied up.
A new platform has been laid and other
improvements made recently at the new
Randall line wharf at the foot Of 9Th street
southwest.
Cumberland & Son have just completed a
gaff on the new flag pole recently erected
at Fort Myer, near Arlington, Va.
The Ice plow will be put on the Glymont
mail steamer Estelle Randall early next
week. The necessary braces are now being
made for 1t.
Nearly all the longboats which have been
engaged all the summer and fall in bring
ing cord wood to this port have returned
to the lower river and have been laid up
For fbo