Evening star., 1901-10-18
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
OF NEW BOILER OF
STEAMER ESTELLE RANDALL.
The Freight Carriers and Their Car
EOes-General News of
the Port.

goes-GenernI News of
the Port.
The rebuilding of the boiler OF the steamer
Estelle Randall was completed today and
it is expected she will be under steam this
evening and that the new work will be
tested. Tomorrow the steamer will go to
Alexandria and haul out to have her hull
painted, and to have some minor repair
work done. The steamer has been laid up
for nearly two months, and in that time
her engine and all her machinery have
been given a thorough overhauiing, and a
number of improvements made in her in
terror arrangements in order to give more
freight room. Her saloon is also to be re-
fitted, ard it is expected she will resume
her place the Glymont mail route about
October 49, relieving the steamer Samuel
J. Pentz, which viii be laid up for the win
ter.
Prices at the fish wharf this morning were
about the same as those of yesterday, gray
trout selling at s. to S. per barrel; spot, 81
per barrel; large trout, 3 to cents per
pound; bluefish, or tailorS, 3 to cents per
pound; black bass, to 10 cents per pound:
sea bass, D cents per pound; medium rock,
8 to 10 cents per pound; pan rock, to I
cents per pound; boiling rock, 121s to 10
cents per pound; croaker, = cents per pound;
sheepshead, 10 cents per pound; sturgeon
10 cents per pound; white perch. to 1212
cents per pound, or ) to 23 cents per bunch;
yellow perch, 10 to Is cents per bunch; eels
IL to % cents per bunch; catfish, - to 45
cents per bunch, and carp, 2h to cents
per pound, or % cents each.
The supply of oysters at the 18th street
wharf this morning was large enough to
meet all the demands, though the market
| was fairly brisk. Since yesterday several
vessels have arrived, bringing about 500
h.,c cha1s Of or
| ing prices ranged from 90 to 60 cents per
bushel for the smaller oysters and from
| that up to so cents per bushel for the larger
and finer ones.
The Passing Vessels.
The barge Pansy, loaded with lumber by
H. K. Field at Alexandria for lower
MARYLAND port, sailed yesterday evening.
The steamer James B. Anderson, with a
cargo of about 10000 feet of lumber from
the Rappahannock, arrived this morning
for johnson & Wimsatt.
The two-masted schooner Freddie L.
Hamblin with shingles and lumber from
| Newbern. N c. unloaded a part of her
cargo at Alexandria yesterday morning
and came up to this city to complete un-
loading.
The Schooner Miami is at Colton's wharf
loading a cargo of cord wood for the deal
ers here.
The tug Favorite, with an oil-laden barge,
arrived at Alexandria and after unloading
q part of her cargo there, will go to the
Standard Oil Company works on the East
ern branch to complete the dlscharging OF
her cargo.
The schooner c. c. Wheeler is lying at
the wharf of Thomas R. Riley, foot of .
street southwest, awaiting orders.
The schooner Five Sisters arrived in port
with a full cargo Of pine lumber from
Auuia creek for the dealers and after un-
loading went to Alexandra and VIII load
for the lower river.
The schooner Fannie is lying near Chap
mans fishing shore, taking on cargo of
sand for Georgetown.
The barge Joseph O'Brien will complete
the unloading of cargo Of fertilizer at
Alexandria tomorrow or Monday and will
sail for Norfolk.
The steamer Occoquan loaded cargo of
fertilizer and building material at Alexan-
dria yesterday and sailed for Occoquan.
The Kate Mueller has arrived in port
with cargo of cord wood from Nomini
for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Levin Woolford has unload
ed her cargo here and sailed for Alexan-
dria, where she will load a general cargo
for river points.
The Amanda f. Lewis has gone to the
Blackstone Island neighborhood and will
load a cargo for this port.
The schooner Eugie, completed the un-
and sailed for James River landing to re-
load.
The Leroy having loaded a cargo of
building material at Alexandria has sailed
for the lower river.
The E. r. s. Dougherty has sailed light
for the oyster beds in the lower Potomac
and will load for this market.
Of General Interest.
The favorable winds ofiwednesday night
and yesterday brought large feet of ves-
sells into port. The arrivals were the Wau-