Evening star., 1901-04-23
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
TWO LINE STEAMERS HAVE TRIAL
OF SPEED.
Washington Gains Six Minutes in
Time Over the NOrfOlk-Fish
and Oyster Markets.

and Oyster Markets.
Ever since the big steamers Norfolk and
Washington have been running there has
been question as to which was the faster,
and it was not until recently that an op-
portunity was had to settle it. The Wash
ington was on her regular run, and the
Norfolk was returning from a special trip
to Newport News. Both left Old Point at
the same time. With the crews on the
qui vive. the steamers kept side by side
for several hours. Not until Smiths Point
was nearly reached did the Washington
begin to draw ahead, and when she went
into Alexandria. 10 miles from Old Point,
the Norfolk was but six minutes behind
her. This record is a remarkable one.
The supply OF oysters on hand at the
wharf is nearly exhausted, and unless YES
sels laden with the bivalves reach port to-
day, there will not be an oyster on sale
this evening. In all there are less than
100 bushels on hand. and they are selling
today at % to 60c. per bushel for the
small stock and 60 to 10c. per bushel for
the batter grades. Since Sunday but one
vessel. the WestmOreland, has reached the
oy ster wharf, and she brought up about
101 bushels.
The receipts of shad and herring at the
fish wharf, while they have not been large
since the season opened. have fallen off
since Sunday, and in the past twenty four
hours only 10000 shad and 1000 herring
have been brought up on the river boats
from the nets in the river. The supply of
bunch fish was again small The market
today was fair and prices were for herring,
So per thousand; roe shad, SO to $50 per
hundred; buck Shad, ST. to S15 per hundred
pan rock, to 10c. per pound; boiling rock,
10 to l2c. per pound white perch 6 to
ioc- per pound; carp, Sc. per pound; fioun-
Ger, &c per pound; sturgeon. Sc. per
pound catfish and muIlets, ) to 1Oc per
bunch; yellow perch, > to 1Oc per bunch;
eels. 50 to 10c. per bunch, and croakers,
81 per barrel.
The two-masted schooner Rio Grande
has discharged a cargo of 1S0 900 shingles
and $4,000 laths at Alexandria from the
Roanoke river, North Carolina, for H. X.
Field & Co. AS the Rio Grande was being
put into the dock few days ago by tug
the line by which she was held broke and
the vessel ran her bow on some piles lust
below the surface of the water, breaking
one of her bob chains in the eyebolt and
doing some little damage to her stern.
The Passing Craft.
The Baltimore tug Sandow came into
port yesterday evening, having in tow two
coal-laden barges She attempted to take
the barges up to Georgetown, but could
make no headway against the current and
had to bring them to Forsberg & Murray S
wharf to tie up.
The steamer Newport News of the Nor
folk and Washington line is back in port,
and has been laid up at the wharf foot
of Ith street. The News is to be the re-
serve steamer of the line.
The bugeye Mildred has arrived at Alex
andria with d cargo of oysters for the
market there.
The steamer Wakefield brought good
cargo of country produce from the lower
river on her way up yesterday.
The barge Kent, having on board 50OO ODD
feet of lumber and 100000 shingles from
North Carolina. is unloading her cargo at
the wharf of Johnson & Wimsatt.
The four-masted schooner E. c. Tanner
has arrived at Baltimore from Alexandria
and will load coal for Boston.
The pungy Zephyr has gone to the lower
river and will load oysters at Blackisto one S
Island for the local market
The pungy Fox is at the wharf of II. X
Field & Co. at Alexandria, and will load
a cargo of lumber and building supplies
for q river point.
The two-masted schooner c. C. Wheeler
Is diScharging her cargo of lumber at the
wharf of T. W. Riley for T. r. Riley and
others.
The schooner Sidonia Curley with a
cargo of lumber for H. L. Biscoe, is eX-
pected in port within the next day or two.
The steamer f. Jos. TuIl will complete
the unloading of her cargo of lumber to-
day, and will sail for Occoquan after tax
ing on miscellaneous cargo at Alexan-
dria.
The schooners William DonnelIy and
Henry H. Pitts have sailed from Baltimore
for Alexandria with cargoes of salt.
OF General Interest.
Light ship No. 46 which gives warning
of the danger of the Tail-of-the-H Horseshoe
in Chesapeake bay, will shortly be removed
from her station and taken to Baltimore,
where she will have a thorough overhaul
ing. Notice will be given of her removal
and another light will be substituted
Efforts are being made at Fredericks-
burg. Va, to raise the large barge Jen-
nings which was sunk by colliding with
a rock in the Rappahannock river during
a freshet last week. Another barge, which
got adrift with the Jennings, is high on a
dyke where the waters left her. The
barges are both owned in Philadelphia.
Large quantities of broken stone from
the quarrieS about Occoquan are being
brought to this city in barges towed by
the tug Spray. The stone Is used for build
ing and paving operations in this city.
The tug Samuel Eccles of Norfolk has
been chartered as the tender Of the dredge
which Is engaged in deepening the water
over the Mattawoman shoals. The dredge
began operations, it is stated, few days
ago.
- The first excursion of the season to River
View will be given Sunday next by the
Hessen Darmstadter Nerein of this city.
Mr.. Lucky Adams has been appointed
mate of the steamer Belle Haven, in place
of Mr.. William Davis resigned.
Mr.. Lawrence Percy will become the To-
cal agent of the Alexandria and Washing
ton ferry about May l.
Mr.. w. H. Callahan, the general passen-
ger agent of the Norfolk and Washington
line, has returned from trip to Roanoke
Va.
The compasses of the Norfolk and Wash
ington line steamer Norfolk were adjusted
by Mr.. NJ. U. O'Neill while in the bay yes
terday.
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