Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-05-08
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
RANDALL LINE FLAGSHIP INSPECT
ED THIS MORNING.
Extensive Alterations TO NapAths
Launch lofa-TAe Fa.h and
DYsaer Trade.

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| Oyster Trade.
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The steamer Harry Randall. flagship of
the Randall line feet which has been I'm
dergong an everha uling for the past three
weeks, was Inspected Dhis morning In
| spector Wright made. the examination as
| to hull. beats andssequiRment, and Assist
| ant Inspector Staunton conducted the tests
on boiler pressure, engines and ether ma
| chinery. The inspection was satisfactory
| in every particular, and the steamer will
be licensed to carry freight and thousand
passengers on each trip she makes during
the summer 1t IL expected the Randall
will resume her place upon the Namini
route tomorrow. relieving the steamer
| Wakefield, which is next to be oyerhauled
The large naphtha launch lola, belonging
to Mr.. E. Hagenbuekner OF this CITY is at
Benefits boat yard for extensive altera-
lions. The ffoor of the boat and the can
Opy top have both been lowered a foot
which Is calculated to make her much
stead1er In a heavy wind. and her cabin
will be housed in all around with glass
The woodwork is Of mahogany, and will
present very rich appearance 1t is ex-
pected the boat will go into commission by
the middle of June.
The supply of herring at the 18th street
wharf was quite heavy this morning but
the receipts of shad were light. Country
people are now taking advantage of the
low price at which herring are selling to
lay in supply for sailing down for winter
use. and their wagons crowd the fish wharf
every morning. The market this morning
was brisk. and the fish sold at the follow
ing prices: Roe shad, $lS to $50 per hun
dred; buck shad. $40 to $12 per hundred
herring. H.50 to 3 per thousand: boiling
to 1oc. per pound: white perch &C. to 1Oc
per pound: carp &c. per pound founders
&C to &c per pound: sturgeon. Sc. per
pound; Spanish mackerel. 10c. to l2hc. per
pound; croakers. $3.50 to So per barrel
trout. $3.50 to So per barrel: catfish and
mullets. 10c. to 20c. per bunch yellow
perch, 10c. to 12c. per bunch and cells, &c.
to l0c. per bunch.
quite dull, the sales being few in number
and small in size. The stock now at the
wharf is small, there being not over 200
bushels in all the vessels at the wharf
Prices today are from 40c. to 55c per BUSH
el for the smaller oysters and ranging from
that up to SOC. for the large and more Sc
iect stock. The only arrival at the wharf
Is an unnamed bugeye with a cargo of
| about $4,000 CLAIMS from the eastern shore
of Virginia.
The Moving Craft.
The steamer Occoquan has arrived with
a cargo of cord wood for Carter & Clark
She also brought up in tow raft of about
2J0 pine piles for use in the harbor work
here.
The schooner Vandyer is loading a cargo
of yellow building brick from one of the
Virginia brick works for parties in Leon
ardtoWn, Nd
The schooner John A II. Dixon is I'M
loading her cargo of pine boards from the
lower river for Johnson 4 Wimsatt
The bugeye Nettie, Waiston. from the
eastern shore is unloading a cargo of
foundry iron at Alexandria.
The schooner Henry II. Pitts has COM
pleted the unloading of Iher cargo of hard
coal at William A. Shoots wharf and is
The schooner A. II. Quinby Is unloading
her cargo of lumber at wharf of Forsberg
q Murray, betwfen. ;Sth and 9th streets
southwest
The schooner Alberta, with a cargo of
laths from Norfolk foreH L. Biscoe ar
rived in port this morning.
The schooner Katie, which has just COM
pleted the unloading of a cargo of lumber
for Frank Libbey & Co. sailed this morn
ing for the Rappahannock and will reload
for this port. = j. y.
The American Refinery barge No. IS.
which sailed from Baltimore yesterday in
tow with cargo OF oil,ffwll arrive in port
this evening. .ty .. ,nJfr . .s .
The steamer E. Jas TUT is at Shoots
wharf. Alexandria,, loading a cargo of
grain and supplies for points in Occouuan
bay. She will sail today.
The tug Spray has arrived in port from
Occoquan with barge loaded with broken
stone in tow
The canoe Lottie L. is at the King street
wharf. Alexandria, loading a mixed cargo
for Britain's bay.
The schooner Henry s. Little, with ice
for the American Ice Company here, and
another four-masted schooner for Alexan-
drta are reported at the Kettle Bottoms,
bound up.
Items of General Interest.
Mr.. Henry Seymour's yacht Seabelle.
which was rebuilt here in the past year,
was taken out day or two ago for
trial OF her auxiliary engine. and it was
found to work in most satisfactory man
ner. The new sails for the craft have
arrived and will be bent at once and the
yacht Will again go into commission.
Preparations are being made by the
River View management to entertain a
large throng at the planked shad dinner
to be given by the Washington Board of
Trade Saturday next.
The repainting and overhauling OF the
Gymont mail steamer Esteile Randall,
will be completed in few days. and it is
expected she will resume her place upon
the route during the latter part Of this
week. relieving the steamer Kent.
1t is stated that within the next six
weeks considerable improvements will be
made at Somerset Beach, and during the
summer season it will be conducted as a
resort.
The tug James H. Richards which has
been hauled out on Benefits railway for
several days to have her hull below the
water line repaired. scraped and painted.
was put overheard today. 1t will go into
service at once
The Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hall line
steamer Charles Manchester is receiving
her spring painting. The work is being
done while the vessel Is in commission.
The mast was yesterday evening placed
In DR.. Arthur Roterbergs auxiliary power
yacht Greyhound. The yacht Will now be
fitted out for service
The barge E. e. Jackson is sunk at
Windmill Point, In the month of the Rap
pahannock. She will be raised.
Mr.. Robert Robb Of Alexandra has been
made mate Of nghtship No. II. marking
the ail-of-the-Horseshoe in Chesapeake
bay.
PARTY OF INSURGENTS DEFEATED.
Lieut., Hartman Wafh Sixfv.Theee Men