Evening star., 1901-09-09
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
WINTER SCHEDULE OF RANDALL
LINE STEAMERS ANNOUNCED.
Fish, Oyster and Watermelon Quota
tiOns-SchOOner Injured In Sudden
SquaIl-General Port News.

The new fall and winter schedule of the
| Randall line of steamers to the Potomac
| river landings goes into effect TO-DAY. oh-
| der this new schedule the steamer L. V.
| Arrowsmith leaves the Sth street wnarl
| Mondays and Wednesdays at pm for
| Alexandria, Fort Foote, River View, Fort
| Washington. Marshall Hall, Glymont, In
| dian Head, Liverpool Point, Clifton Beach,
Stiff's. Somerset Beach, Stuarts, Swan
| Riverside) Matthias Point, Dilrs, Wnker-
SONS. Colonial Beach. Bushwood, Rock
Point Oancasters), Colton's, Howard 8,
Ccbrum's, Stones, Curriomen, Hendersons S,
Beale's, McGuire's, Thompsons, Deep
Point, Mt. Holly, Nomini, Edgewater, Par
hams Point (Oliverson's). Returning the
steamer will leave Parham's Point Tues
days and Thursdays at l. m.; EdSeWater'
1915 pm; Curriomen. 1:15 pm, and Nom
ini 3 pm, making all the above landings
and arriving in Washington ABOUT ain.
Wednesdays and Fridays.
On Saturday she leaves here at am
making the above landings as far as Nom,
ini, except at Howards, Cobrums ana
Stones On the return trip the steamer
leaves Nomni at 3:30 am. and reaches
Washington at 800 pm ,
The steamer Wakefield leaves the Sth
street wharf every Sunday, Tuesday ana
Thursday at am, and stops are MADE
at Alexandria, Fort Foote, River V1eW'
Fort Washington, Marshall Hall, Gunston.
| Glvmont, Indian Head, Grinders, Posey S
wharf, Liverpool Point, Clifton ctr,, beasn, T.
wharf Riverside, Matthias Point. Chapel
Point Dil's wharf, Brick House, Ferrall s.
Wilkerson's wharf, Colonial Beach, Mas
sey's wharf, Wirt's wharf, the terminus OF
the route. She leaves Wirt's wharf Mon
day, Wednesday and Friday, at am,
and reaches Washington about PM
Fish, watermelOns and Oysters.
The supply of salt water fish received by
the dealers at the 11th street wharf hsh
market from the shores about Virginia
Beach and Old Point while not large this
morning was ample to meet all demands
The market was fair and prices are: For
black bass, 10c. per pound; Spanish mack
erel, 10 to 12hc. per pound: hounders, &C.
per pound; pan rock, g to 9c. per pouno' ;
boiling rock, 10 to 16c. per pound; white
perch, to 15c. per pound; large trout, 3
to 4c. per pound; bass. &c. per pound {:
croakers, 3 to &c. per pound; bluehsh, &c.
per pound porgies, 10 to 2Oc. each: drum;
25 to SOC each; carp, 20c. each; catfish and
eels 20 to 3Oc. per bunch: gray trout, 81
to S5 per barrel and butter fish, 50 per
barrel.
Hard crabs are selling well and prices
are 81 to 81 per barrel, according to size
and quality.
There has been a slight increase in the
demand for watermelons, and with the de.
crease in the supply prices have advanced
hand this morning amounted to about 1000
melons, and selects were selling at Sl2 10
S15 per hundred; primes at So to $40 per
hundred, and culls, 81 to ST per hundred
Since Saturday morning about 400 bushels
of salt water oysters have been received at
the 11th street oyster wharf on the schoon-
er z. P. Evans, the Zephyr, the Mary and
Rebecca and the Cogswell. They all come
from upper river points. The demand con.
tinues good and the oysters are selling at
SOC. per bushel.
Vessels and CargOes.
The little two-masted schooner Carrie c..
Pinto has arrived in port with load of
about 1000 feet of Virginia pine boards
for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The big four-masted schooner Augustus
Welt, which unloaded a cargo of ice here
for the Purity Ice Company, has been taken
in tow by the tug Rescue to Baltimore
where she will load coal for port in New
England
unloaded a cargo Of coal at the Washington
barracks wharf on the Estern branch, has
sailed for Norfolk.
The little sloop Daisy sailed from the
wharf Of H. X. Field & Co. at Alexandria
Saturday evening last with cargo of sup
plies
The sloop B. H. Lambert is laid up in the
dock foot of Prince street, Alexandria.
The three-masted schooner j. II. But
terick, with a cargo of S77 tons Of ice for
the American Ice Company. has arrived
and it at Georgetown discharSing her
cargo.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart has sailed for
the dealers here.
The barge VIM. A. Smoot, with a cargo
of fertilizer from the Alexandria Chemical
Company, left Alexandria Saturday for
points along the Chesapeake and Ohio ca
nal between Georgetown and Cumberland.
The pungy A. J. Tubman. laden with
about 1000 watermelons, arrived at the
11th street wharf yesterday evening.
The longboat Mayflower has gone to the
lower Potomac and will load cord wood
back to this market
The schooner William Summers. laden
with full cargo of lumber from Virginia
port, has arrived for the local dealers.
The longboat Five Sisters, having un-
loaded a cargo Of cord wood at Carter e
Clarks. has returned to the lower river to
load.
The Baltimore tug Sandow, with the
schooner Edward E. Briery In tow sailed
for Newport News yesterday. The Briery
will load Pocahontas coal for Portland, Me.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, laden with
lumber from Norfolk for H. L. Biscoe, is
expected to arrive in port today.
The United States lighthouse tender Hol-
ly has arrived in port from cruise among
the lighthouses in the bay and Potomac
river.
Sudden Squall Injuries Schooner.
AS the two-masted schooner Eugfe of
Crisfield. on the eastern shore Of Maryland.
was on her way up the river yesterday
evening. bound for this city, she was
struck by a sudden and heavy flaw Of wind
off Alexandria. and had her jibs and other
head sails carried away. The damaged
sails were repaired as we'll could be at
the time, and she came on to this city early
this morning. The Eugie brings a cargo OF
hickory wood for Carter & Clark.
The Randall line steamer Wakefield
sailed at midnight last night for the New
port News shipyard, where she will go into
the dry dock tomorrow for a general over
hauling. Capt. Ned Owens is In command
Of the steamer. with Capt. AL. Richards
and George Cook as mates. Mr.. VIM. A.
Moore rs in charge of her engine room.
Broken stone for use in the work of re-
claiming jamestown Island. on which the
first settlement was made in 1900 by the
colonists from England in Virginia. from
the ravages Of the tides of the James river