Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE WORK ON POTOMAC PARK PRO-
CROSSING FAVORABLY.
Walls Complete for InclOsing Made
GrOund-The Freight-Laden Craft
General and Personal.

The workmen engaged in preparing the
Potomac Park, as the reclaimed hats are
now known, for the work Of the big dreose
which is to raise it some six or eight leet
higher have partially thrown up two lines
of earthworks-one about four ieet hlsh
lust back of the sea wall and extending
from the Long bridge eastward around the
mark, and back of this a second embank-
ment. eight feet high. The big dredge now
building will, as soon as completed, be put
to work pumping mud and earth from the
bed of the river into the basin inclosed by
the earthen walls. The inner line will hold
the main mass of earth and water pumped
I'D. and all that leaks through will be
cat ght by the outer line and prevented from
flowing back into the river.
The statement coming from Old Polnt TO
the effect that the new steamer fenns!lNas =
MIA belonging to the Cape Charles route OF
the N Y p and N. railway, had proved
her mastery over the Norfolk and WASH
ington line steamer Newport News OF TINS
city by beating her badly one evening iase
week Is denied by the officers OF that BOAT.
They say the evening in question they maze
no effort to run with the Pennsylvania, as
her chief engineer had received orders from
the office of the company here that he was
not to force his boat and that when the
PENNSYLVANIA claimed to have beaten the
News the latter was running under easy
steam at about her usual travelling gait
The steamer Harry Randall of the Ran
dali line arrived in port yesterday showing
marks Of her fight with the gale IN the
mouth of the Potomac on Thursday night
and Friday morning. On her port SIDE the
guards forward of the gangway are ripped
off for a distance of twenty feet and her
forward bukhead door was broken by
heavy sea from it's fastenings and badly
broken. The force of the sea was tremen-
dous CAPTAIN Joseph II. Barker. her COM
t. of oldest and most
perienced steamboat men on the Potomac
river, and he reports this storm as the
worst he has experienced in twenty years.
A force of hands is now at work on the
steamer repairing damages.
The Norfolk and Washington line steamer
this morning brought up twenty barrels of
salt water fish from the fisheries about
Norfolk for the dealers at the wharf, and
the steamer Harry Randall last night
brought up fourteen barrels from the nets
in the lower river. The sales this morning
were good for weeks end market ana
prices remain steady except in some KINDS
of fish that show a slight advance. Trout
this morning sold at 81 barrel; boiling
rock, 15c. per pound; pan rock, 6 to &C. per
pound white perch, to SC. per pound;
bass, 6 to Sc. per pound; spot, &C. per
pound; carp, Sc. per pound; blue fish and
tailors, &c. per pound; founder, &c per
pound; pike, 3 to &c. per pound; catfish, 20
to Csc per bunch; cells, 10 to 15c: per bunch;
winter shad, 10c. per bunch and river null
While but two oyster-laden vessels
have arrived at the wharf since yes
terday, still there are plenty of the
bivalves there, the fifteen vessels lying
there having in about 300 bushels. The
continued cool weather keeps prices up
somewhat, the smaller oysters selling at
from 80 to 65c per bushel and the larger
and finer, grades OF which oo there Is
ell The demand for the bivalve is good,
but not as brisk as it was yesterday. The
arrivals in the past tWenty-four hours have
been the schooner Amanda Lewis, with
about 600 bushels, and the Winnie Wind
sor, with 400, both from Machodoc.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Annie T. Bailey sailed
Thursday from Fernandina, Fla, with a
cargo of pine lumber for this port.
The steam yacht Gretchen has been
berthed for the winter at the old wharf of
the steamer Estelle Randall, at the foot OF
18th street.
having completed the discharging of 500
hays of plaster at Fort Washington, has
come up to this city to discharge. the re-
mainder of her cargo-5,4OO bags-for the
keystone Plaster Company.
The schooners w. H. Ohler and d. P.
Davis are at the ice fields on the Kennebec
river near Bath, Me-, loading cargoes of Ice
for this port.
The Lottie L. Thomas and the Kathlene
sailed from the fish wharf yesterday for
the lower river to load oysters back to
this port.
The schooner Carrie is discharging her
cargo of lumber at the wharf foot Of 9TH
street.
The Miami is lying at Stephenson's wharf
waiting an opportunity to go TO the lower
river for a cargo of cord wood
The schooner Thos. x. Carroll Is lying
Weather-bound at the lower end OF the
hsrbor. opposite the arsenal.
The tug Favorite brought up an oil barge
for the Standard Oil Company yesterday.
She will sail with the light barge today.
A large rarty from Arkansas left for
Newport News on the Norfolk and Wash
ineton line steamer last night to be present
AT the launching of the battle ship Arkan-
SaS. -,
a little sailing sloop, supposed to be the
Ida Nav is high and dry on the flats Off
the mouth of Four Mile Run. The boat
went ashore yesterday evening, and those
on her had to leave her in a small boat.
In consequence of the heavy gale yes
teriay the United States naval tug Triton,
with the gun barge inflow, was Unable to
| land at Indian Head and was forced to re-
turn.
The schooner Oliver s. Barrett has ar
rived with a cargo of ice for the American
Ice Company. She Is locked at the 9th
street wharf.
General and Personal.
| The Capital Yacht Club will, it is under
stood, have Its annual oyster roast and out
| ing at River View next week. The use OF
| the grounds OF the resort has been obtained
i of +ha ol,,t Tar al