Evening star., 1901-07-22
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
NEW EQUIPMENT OF HARBOR
POLICE BOAT FINISHED.
Steamer EsteIIe Randall Meets With
Slight Accident General
Marine News.

The harbor police boat vigilant. which
has been on a private marine railway in
Georgetown for several days past. while
the connections under water of her new
boiler and engine were being made, Will be
put overheard today. and the boat will be
brought to the harbor office wharf to DE
completed. The new condenser for the boat
is now in position, and the wheel is on. and
her new iron rLdder is in position Much
work remains to be done to her in making
the necessary pipe connections between the
boiler and engine, but Harbor Master SUIT
ton expects to have the boat in service by
the 1st OF August Chief Engineer Jimmy
Neal is experimenting the work the
boiler and engine. and Capt Russell Dean
is looking after the woodwork.
The Randall line steamer EStelle Randall,
which runs the mail route between this
city and Glymont. Md, is laid up at Alex
andria with disabled machinery, and the
steamer Harry Randall is running on her
route today. The accident happened at
Marshall Hall on Saturday last, as the
steamer was her way from this city to
Giymont. and was caused by the breaking
Us the die block on the high-preSsure cyIin-
der of her engine, which totally disat. ed
her The officials of the COMPANY here
were notified of the accident, and the
steamer Kent was sent to take off her mail
and passengers and complete her trip. She
parts replaced. and it is expected she will
resume her place on her route tomorrow
morning.
The handsome steam yacht Gretchen. be-
longing to Mr.. John L. Reyburn. which was
rebuilt and made considerably larger at
the Alexandria ship yard this summer.
will .eave this afternoon or tomorrow for
New London, Conn, where she will spend
the summer The Gretchen will be brought
from Alexandria. where she has been for
several months. TO this city today to be
fitted out for the cruise. On her will go
her owner, Mr.. Reyburn; Mr. w. H. Hoeke.
Mr.. Coffin and others of this city. The trip
from here to New York will be made by
way of Chesapeake and Delaware bays
York. thence to New London. Captain
James Richardson will be in command of
the Gretchen.
At the Fish Wharf.
The fish market at the 11th street wharf
was well supplied today with all varieties
OF fish from the fisheries in the vicinity of
Norfolk and from the nets in the river.
The demand was fair and prices show a de-
cided decline from the figures of last week.
This morning gray trout sold at 81 to s.
per barrel; butter fish, s. to So per barrel;
croaker, ) cents per pound: bluefish, 6 to
cents per pound: weakfish :: to 4 cents per
pound; rock pan, to 10 cents per pound;
rock boiling, Il to 10 cents per pound;
white perch. to 10 cents per pound; stur-
Seon. IL cents per pound; catfish, 30 to %
cents per bunch; eels and yellow perch. 10
TO ~ cents per bunch; porgies. ~ cents
each; drum, 70 to so cents each, and carp.
- to ~ cents each Hard crabs have also
dropped in price and selling this morn
Ing at 81 to $50 per barrel
The three-maSted schooner VIM. H
olet. with about !sA tons of COAL from
Georgetown. sailed Saturday for a New
England port The tug Camilla will take
her to the mouth OF the river and perhaps
to the caDes
The schooners Annie x Dukes and Mag
gle l.. with cargoes of cord wood. have
arrived in port for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Rebecca 4. Taulane. which
p GnIoadsd a cargo of plaster at Alexano ria,
has sailed in tow of the tug VIM H. Yerkes
Jr-. Tor Baltimore. TO load a cargo of soft
coal for a New England port.
The tug Samuel Eccles jr the tender of
the dredge Alabama. at work on the Mat
tawoman flats. spent yesterday in port
Craft and Cargoes.
Ehe schooner Carrie, with a cargo of
Virginia pine lumber has arrived in port
for local dealers
The schooner Cooper with load of
gravel came into port yesterday evening
for the local dealers
The schooner Belmont has sailed for the
vicinity of Aqua creek and will load pine
wood back to this port
The bugeye Silver Spray loaded a cargo
of wheat at Alexandria Saturday and
took 1t to the mills at Georgetown
The steamer Dennis Simmons has COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo at Alex
andria and has sailed for Edenton n c.
and will load lumber there.
The three-masted ram Edwin and Maud,
with a cargo of hard COAL anchored or
Alexandria yesterday evening. Her cargo
Is consigned to the dealers there
The schooner Maria o. Teel having COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo of ice for
the Purity Company, has been taken to
Georgetown to load coal at the Winship
COmDdDyS En-
land port
The schooner Samuel Washington has un-
loaded her cargo and has sailed for a river
point to load cord wood for this market
The Ida and the Carrie L. Pinto have ar
rived in port with cargoes of cord wood for
Carter & Clark
feet of pine lumber from the Rappahannock
river. has arrived in port for Johnson &
WimSatt-
The schooner Edward l. Marten, with
cargo of lumber and shingles for Alexan-
dria. passed through the Dismal Swamp
canal yesterday.
The schooner w P. Snow has been char
tered by Johnson & Wimsatt to load lum-
Der and shingles for Southeast river Md.
Personal and General
Mr.. VIM E. Woodall OF Baltimore. the
builder of several of the Potomac river
steamers. was in the city today
The schooner j. Manchester HAYNES
laden with loss tons of ice from the Ken
nebec river for the American Ice Company
arrived in port yesterday morning in tow
of the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr. The Haynes
sailed from the Kennebec July s and pass
ed the capes OF the Chesapeake on Friday
last She is discharging her cargo at the
9th street n hart of the ice company
This morning the large barge, Centipede
with about 800 tons of ice for the American
Company. was brought into port by the tug
Mitchell Davis She will also unload her
cargo at the 9th street wharf. The Cent?
pede was towed down the coast from New
York and was met on the bay by the Davis
who brought her up
The large tug Joe Zane. belonging to the
Columbia Sand Dredging Company 1t Is
stated. is TO have new boiler and will be
given an overhauling preparatory to going
into commission again. The Zane has been
laid up for several years in the tidal basin
at the foot of 18th street
Large quantities of grain Is still being
brought from the lower river counties of
Maryland and Virginia to the commission
merchants at Alexandria and of this city
by the river boats Yesterday evening the
steamer Wakefield landed about 800 bags of
wheat at Alexandria Much of this grain Is
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