Evening star., 1901-09-06
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
RANDALL UNDRESSING REPAIRS.
Fish Market QuOtatfsns-Water lOns
Thrown Into the River-The
Oyster Suppfy-Briefs.

The Randall line steamer Harry Randall
is lying at the River View wharf, being fit
ted up for her winter trips to the landings
in the lower Potomac Her main deck for
ward which has BEEN open for excursion
purposes, is being inclosed with wooden
shutters to protect the horses and cattle
she will carry. She is also being fitted uE
throughout with the --latest steam heating
apparatus, and painters are repafnting the
boat where needed. She will make one more
excursion trip to Colonial Beach, and on
Monday morning next will take her place
on a night route to the lower river landings
The steamer Wakefield will run the day
route as far as Wirt's wharf.
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
this morning was quite brisk, and prices
were: For black bass, 1Oc. per pound
Spanish mackerel, 10 to 1212c. per pound
pan rock, to &c. per pound; boiling rock,
121a to 15c. per pound: white perch, to
1oc. per pound; large trout to 4c. per
pound; croaker &c. per pound; blue fish, DC.
per pound; sea bass, &c. per pound; houn-
ders, &C. per pound; gray trout, % to $6 per
to zoe. each; drum, % to 40c. each; carp,
2oc each; catfish and eels, 20 to 30c. per
bunch Hard crabs are selling well, and
are bringing from 81 to 81 per barrel.
. me receipts of watermelons at the llth
street oyster wharf since yesterday have
been light, but the supply on hand is still
large enough to fill all demands. Prices this
morning are about the same as early In
the week, selects selling at $40 to ST. per
hundred, primes at $4 to $6 per hundred
and culs at 81 to So per hundred.
Two small vessels, the r. H. Stuart and
the Seabelle, have come into port since
yesterday with about 200 bushels of Poto-
mac river oysters. They are in demand and
sold this morning at 90 cents per bushel.
The Passing Craft.
The steamer I.ily Howard having
loaded a cargo of general stores at Alex
andria, has sailed for Aqua creek points.
The three-masted schooner Pheneas w.
Sprague sailed light from Georgetown yes
terday in tow of the tug Camilla for Bal
timore to load a cargo of soft coal Tor
Portland Me.
The barge Comisky with a load of rail-
way ties, will sail today from MattaWoman
creek for Philadelphia.
The pungy Frances and Eliza has sailed
from the oyster wharf for the eastern
shore of Maryland.
The tug Peerless arrived in port today
with Standard Oil barg, No. IS in tow.
The little three-masted schooner Hattie
E. Giles, loaded a cargo of broken stone
at Georgetown and sailed yesterday even
ing for Cape Charles City.
The schooner Irene has completed the un-
loading of her cargo here and has sailed
for Crisfield Md, to fit out for the oyster
trade
from this port to Aqua Creek, and will
there load cargo of poplar wood for the
paper mills near Philadelphia.
The pungy Ella Hill has arrived at Alex
andria with cargo of melons for the deal
ers there.
The schooner John P. Robinson, with
cargo of wheat, came into port yesterday
in tow of the tug Spray. She was taken to
Georgetown to unload.
The schooner Gilman Dove has arrived
here with a large cargo of railway ties
from the vicinity of Aqua Creek for Carter
& Clark.
The bugeye Elizabeth A. Rowe, having
finished discharging her cargo of melons,
has sailed for the eastern shore OF Mary
land.
The barge John T. Brady has been taken
to Occoquan to load railway ties for the
Philadelphia market.
The fattie Cogswell loaded a cargo Of
melons here yesterday for the Alexandra
market and sailed.
The steamer Wakefield. which came into
port this morning from the lower river,
brought up a large cargo of fruit, and
quantity Of oysters for the dealers here.
The schooner. Cowart, with a cargo OF
about 10000 feet of Virginia pine lumber
from the Coan river for Johnson & VIM
satt, is in port.
The Iongboat Mayfower has arrived with
a cargo of cordwood for Carter & Clark
Coal freights advanced cents per ton
from Baltimore to New England ports yes
terday The rate paid has been so cents
per ton.
Capt. Proctor Hagan, master Of the
schooner Frances NJ, unloading a cargo of
ice here is in Baltimore arranging for a
charter for his vessel.