Evening star., 1901-12-16
ALONG THE i RIVER FRONT
STEAMER wAKEasaELD TO BE sUp-
Piled WITH ELECTRIC PLANT.
Work of Installation to He Done
Next Month-Big Demand for
Potomac oysters.

days. The work of installing the new p ant
in the steamer will be-done next M nth,
when the boat is withdrawn from her route
and laid up for her annual soverhaulins and
repairs. When she resumes her piiece on
her route, about the 1st of February, she
will be equipped through with electric
lights, and a powerful searchlight will be
on her pilot house to aid her officers in en-
tering the difficult creeks along the river
Prices today at the fish market foot OF
nth street, were as follows: For Spanish
mackerel, 101a to 12c. per pound Jumping
mullets, 21a to SC. per pound; boiling rock,
20 to &c. pei, pound; pan rock, : to loc per
pound; medium rock, 1212 to 14c. per
pound: salmon trout, to &c. per pound
black bass, to 10c per pound; carp, TO
sc. per pound: green pike, . to SC. per
pound; yellow perch, 10 to 30c. per bunch;
catfish, Is to Acc. per bunch; eels, ID to 2oc
per bunch, and river mulets, 10 to soc. per
bunch. Much of the supply of fish is now
coming to this city by express from south
ern waters.
The change in the weather has caused
quite an increase in the demand for oysters
in the shell at the 11th street wharf and
today business there has been quite brisk.
The supply on hand is good and prices are
somewhat higher than on Saturday, the
small oysters selling at 80 to soc. per bushel
and the larger ones~bring 20 to soc. per
bushel. The recent arrivals at the wharf
are the Plurme E. Smith, Waunita, w. Ill.
Baxter and Carpenter.
Passing In and Out.
The new steamer Bache, built by the
Townshend e Downey Company at Short
ers Island New York for the coast sur
vey service, had her trial trip on Long Is
land sound Saturday, and over a twenty
mile course she developed a speed of 12.3
knots, making her one of the fastest YES
sells in the coast survey service. This speed
Is matter of much pleasure to the oHi-
GERS, as it is a full knot in excess of her
contract speed. When ready for service
the Bache will have Baltimore as her head
quarters
The VIM Mcdaniel has completed her
cargo at Alexandria and has sailed for
Matthias Point
The steamer Westmoreland of the WeemS
line, due here about midnight Friday, did
not reach port until Saturday afternoon in
consequence of having run ashore the
Blue Sow point, the Maryland side of
the river near Blackistone'S Island The
accident occurred in heavy fog and the
steamer was ashore nearly twelve hours,
when the unusually high tides floated her
off. No damage was done the steamer and
she LETT here Sunday afternoon for Balti-
more on her regular schedule.
The A H. Quinby is in port. with load
of lumber from q. Virginia lumber port for
the local dealers
The large barge E. S. T. Easton has ar
rived at Alexandria with a load of fertilizer
material for the Chemical and Fertilizer
Company.
The Alice Carlisle is in port with cargo
of cordwood for the dealers.
The barge E. r. Clinton has arrived with
load of coal for the dealers at George
town.
The Earl Biscce has arrived with cord
wood for this port
The Mary Francis is in port with cargo
of pine lumber from Aqua creek for john
son & Wimsatt. IT,
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of pine wood from the lower river for Car
ter & Clark.
The schooner J. g. Anderson has come up
from Alexandria to complete the unloading
of her cargo of lumber.
The Edith Verrill Is. at Alexandria load
ing asgeneral cargo for Pollick creek.
The tug Peerless has arrived in port with
a tow Of two laden barges from Balti-
more.
The schooner Annie Leonard has sailed
for lower river port and will load cargo
for the dealers here & .s.-
The schooner j. " Dagger has gone to a
lumber loading point on the river and will
take on cargo Of pine boards for the local
market.
The VIM. A. Parks loaded cargo of gen.
eral stores at Alexandria Friday and sailed
fo. lower river point.
The Uriah Horner is in port with cargo
of cordwcod from the Aqua creek neigh
bcrhood for dealers.
The Ada Ballenger. having completed tak-
(,
the lower river to load
The j. T. Parks has sailed for a river
point and will load for this market
The tug Geo. w. Pride came into port
last night with a tow of several small YES
sells.
OF General Interest.
The steamers from river points are now
bringing good quantities of Potomac fish
from river points tc the dealers. The catch
is made up largely of big mouth bass and
larger and finer specimens of this fish have
never before been on the market here.
Green pike, catfish, carp and mulets are
also being brought up by the river boats.
The launch Della, which was purchased
from parties in this city by the Messrs
Moore of Alexandria, will, during the win
ter months, be supplied by them with new
engine and boiler, and will be made ready
for service by the early part of next spring.
The Della was some years ago one of the
best boats of her class in the river.
The work of stripping the old schooner
Thomas X. Carroll, which lies sunken on
Craney Island, of everything of value has
been completed and the hulk has been
abandoned to the mercy of the tides and
the weather.
The work of rebuilding the wheels of
the steamer T V. Arrowsmith has been
completed and she is now ready for service
on a freight and passenger route to the
lower river in the early spring.
The steamer Dennis Simmons is at Will
liamston N. c., and is loading a cargo Of
shingles and lumber for the dealers here
Lightship No. II, which is to be stationed
on the dangerous Diamond Shoal, near Cape
Hatteras, is at Baltimore being supplied
with a powerful searchlight, which can be
seen, it is said, by vessels thirty miles
away.
For violations Of the Virginia oyster laws
the inspectors, it is stated have collected
fines amounting to 1865 from seventeen yes-
sells. Most of these fines were collected for
the taking of oysters smaller than is al
lowed by law.
The tug Minerva, which has been laid up
at the wharf of the steamer Estelle Randall
for repairs to her boiler, went into commits
sion again Saturday81hst
The high tides OF Saturday were followed
yesterday and today Bw tides equally as low
and the steamers are having trouble in
making their creek landings
Read the Standar I'd Brick Co.'S announce
ment in today's Star Df the sale of bricks
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