Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-25
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
THE HEAVY NORTHERN WINDS
CAUSE LosylTEDEs.
Steamers Unable to Afake landings
Fish and OysterpTrade-Gen-
eral POrtssNews.

Harry Randall, in consequence of the low
water, was unable to- make some of her
landings in the creeks, and the steamer
Samuel j. Pentz, which carries the mails
below this city and points in Maryland
and Virginia, had considerable trouble in
getting into the landings at Fort Foote
ND, and Gunston, Va. The heavy norther-
ly winds caused very shallow water for
several days.
The Baltimore barkentine Davis has been
chartered to load phosphate rock at Port
Iampa, Fla, for one of the Alexandria
fertilizer-making plants. The Davis is row
at sea bound from Baltimore for Mar
Unique, laden with coal When she unloads
her coal she will go to Tampa to load.
This will make the second trip the Davis
has made to here this season.
Inc steam yacht Gretchen of this city,
with her owner, Mr.. J. H. Reyburn, and a
party aboard, passed through the Dismal
Swamp canal Tuesday ON her way to a
North Carolina sound port, where, it is I'M
oerstood, she will winter. Captain Rich
ardson OF this city is the commander of the
Gretchen.
The demand for fish of all kinds at the
lIth street wharf market this morning was
excellent but the supply was rather small.
Prices today are as follows: For Sleeps
head, &c. to Zoe. per pound: boiling rock,
l21sc. to 15c. per pound medium rock, SC.
pound; bluefish or tailors, &c. to &c. per
pound; large trout &c. to sc. per pound;
salmon trout, SC. to &c. per pound; black
bass, &c. to 15c per pound; sea bass, sc.
per pound; croakers, &c. per pound; stur-
geon, 10c per pound;. white perch, sc. to
l21sc. per pound, or 25c. to 30c. per bunch;
mullets 10c to 15c per bunch; cells, 15c. to
2oc per bunch; catfish, 15c. to 45c. per
bunch yellow perch, 1Oc to 15c. per bunch;
carp, 2hc to Be. per pound, or Csc. each;
gray trout, So to 81 per barrel, and spot, So
per barrel
The cooler weather of this morning
caused revival of business at the oyster
wharf, and the demand for the bivalves to-
day has been good. The supply of oysters
on hand today is amply sufficient to meet
all demands and prices are somewhat
smaller oysters selling at 40c. to 60c. per
bushel and the larger ones bringing as
high as 75c per bushel. Since yesterday
the arrivals at the wharf have been the
Windsor
Incoming and Outgoing.
The schooner A. H. Quinby, with a cargo
of hard coal from Baltimore, arrived in
port yesterday for the local dealers.
The Mary Francis has sailed for lower
river port and will load for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Fannie has arrived in port
with a full cargo Of white sand for the
dealers in Georgetown.
The schooner Miami unloaded her cargo
of cord wood at Alexandria yesterday and
sailed for Maryland Point to load.
The schooner Green Hill Is unloading her
cargo Of canned goods at the 9th street
wharf of the American Zee Company.
The steamer Occoquan has arrived in
port from Occoquan with cargo of fruit
in baskets for the dealers here.
Consolidation Coal Company barge
sailed from Alexandria yesterday with a
cargo of fertilizer Tor points on the canal
between Georgetown and Cumberland.
The schooner Grace B. Bennett, from this
city, has arrived at Newbern, N. CT and
will load lumber for this city.
The schooner William Mcdaniel, laden
with cord wood has arrived at Alexandra
from Aqua creek for the dealers there.
The schooner Susie E. Porter has loaded
fertilizer at T. w. EHey's wharf and has
sailed for Norfolk.
The schooner Ida CT Farren, with a
cargo of shingles from North Carolina for
Smoot & Co., at-Alexandria, passed through
the Dismal Swamp canal north bound day
or two ago. raa
The schooner Dennis Simmons, from this
port, has arrived at Williamson, N. c.,
to load lumber and shingles for the dealers
at Alexandria and this city.
The Shining Light has arrived at Rear
don's wharf at Alexandria with cargo
of oysters for the dealers there.
The steamer Lily and Howard came into
port yesterday morning with a cargo from
Aqua creek and will repair.
"A. ..
canned tomatoes from the eastern shore,
arrived in port in tow of the tug Carter
yesterday evening for the dealers.
OF General Interest.
The tug George w. Pride, Captain Al
Fair, Is lying at the wharf Of the Usage
Manufacturing Company, at the foot Of
Wolfe street, Alexandria, having some re-
pair work done to her hull. She will, it is
expected, be ready for service again this
evening.
The tug James O. Carter of Taylor Bros s
fleet, which has been in the service Of the
engineers experimenting the deepening of
the channel over the Smiths and Maryland
Point shoals, respectively, and which has
also been employed in running digging
lines for the dredging of the humps in the
Kettle Bottoms, has returned to port, and
is now engaged in general towing about the
harbor.
The schooner Bertha Dean has been char
tered to load about 1900 tons Of ice on the
Kennebec river for the American Ice Com
pany houses here. Three vessels are now
under charter to load ice for this port, and
are expect ed to arrive here about the mid
die or latter part of November.
The steam yacht Gaivota, belonging to
Mr.. John r.. Dos Passos of New York, is
at the wharf of the Alexandria and Wash
ington Ferry Company, and will, it is un-
derstood, have some repair work DONE
large flock of about twenty wild geese,
the first reported on the river this fall,
was seen by the officers of the steamer
Samuel J. Pentz on Greenway flats yester-
day.
The bodybuilding yard of Mr.. Augustus
Dean has been removed to a point near
the mouth Of the old canal, Just north of
Alexandria, and as soon as the timber ar
rives the work of building the new pile
driver for Carter & Clark Of this city will
be begun.
The tug Peerless, which brought tow
of barges here from Perryville, Md, sailed
light yesterday morning for Baltimore, her
home port.
The schooner yacht Ciconia was out on
the river between this city and Alexandria
yesterday evening for Al short trial SAIL
The large barge James A. O'Brien is in
port and will loads cargo of about $50
tons of fertilizer for point on the Eliza
beth river near Noz9olk
One of the large saridisscows of Mr. Louis
A. Smoot is hauledl out son the large ma
rine railway at the zAlesandria shipyard for
caulking and general sDverhauling
The bark Rebecca Cruwell has loaded a
cargo of coal at Geergekown and sailed this
morning In tow ofstheitug Camilla to the
mouth of the riverfor Bangor, Me.
Bird Mamma restores song and cures dis
eases of canaries. &c, 1t druggists'.-Adyt