Evening star., 1901-05-04
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
OWNERS RECEIVE OFFERS FOR
LEASE OF EXCURSION BOATS.
u. and o. Tug to BE Rebui1t-F'ish and
Oyster Trade-(;encral
News.

York for the excursion business this sum-
rler. and efforts are being made by New
York parties 10 charter vessels to supply
the deficiency. Recently Capt. e. S. Ran
dali, manager of the Randall line of steam
ers and several of the other steamboat
owners of the city have received offers
| from New York TO charter steamers here
for service on the Hudson and in the
neighborhood of Manhattan for the sum-
mer months but all these offers have been
declined.
The Baltimore and Ohio tug. Major Hen
ry Beaverton. which tows the car transfer
barge to and from Alexandria and Shep-
herds landing. left last night for Balti
more. where she will be rebuilt before re-
turning to service on the Potomac. The
tug Transfer arrived here from Baltimore
yesterday evening to take her place upon
the route. Mr.. George Windsor who has
been pilot of the transfer tug for nearly
twenty years has been promoted to it's
command. to succeed Capt. "Al Fair. He
Will take charge today. Mr.. George Lay
cock. who has been in the barge service of
the Baltimere and Ohio railway for many
years will succeed Capt Windsor as pilot.
The big four-masted schooner Estelle
fhlEney, with cargo of about 1,400 tons
of ice from the Kennebec river. has arrived
for the American Ice Company. She is the
first of the ice-laden vessels for the Ameri-
can Company to arrive in port since the
warmer weather began. The Phinney was
brought into port by the Baltimore tug
Rescue
a lot of lumber. aggregating LOCO 900
feet. was brought into port Thursday I'm
vessels. The arrivals are the schooners K.
H. Blunden, Carrie l., Charles Roeble
Dexter Murray Nandiver and Kate Tilghi-
man. They come from Virginia and North
Carolina lumber ports and are consigned to
Johnson & Wimsatt, H. L. Biscoe and
others.
The supply of herring at the 11th street
wharf large this lint Sho1
were scarce and brought good prices
Sfi.ce yesterday 2o0.%D herring and about
2,Nn shad have been brought to port by
tue river boats. Prices this morning were
for herring. 81 to So per 1000: roe shad
SlS to SO per 100; buck shad, $40 to sl1 per
lto: Spanish mackerel. 10 to II cents per
pound sturgeon, cents per pound; broil-
ing rock, y to y cents per pound: pan rock
> 10 10 cents per pound; founder. ; cents
per pound; white perch. I to 10 cents per
pound: catfish. eels, yellow perch and null
lets range from . to p cents per bunch
The oyster market at the wharf was but
poorly supplied this morning less than 300
bushels being on hand. The only arrival
III the past forty-eight hours was the bug
eye r.. L. Crockett, and she had aboard
about serenty-five bushels The market
TINS morning was dull and the smaller oys-
terS sold as low as 40 cents per bushel
and from that price up to 10 cents for the
Larger stock.
Movements of Vessels.
The schooner r. NJ Branard has ar
rived at Georgetown with cargo of plas-
te: from Red Beach. Me-
The steamer Dennis Simmons arrived at
ALEXANDRIA with full cargo of shingles
from Newbern, y. G., and after discharg-
ing a portion of her cargo came to This
city TO finish unloading
lie three-masted bugeye Beuiah Land
has arrived at Alexandria from a Virginia
lumber port. with a cargo of about fs, ONO
10 fnr~ L.
The schooner Alice Carlyle is in port
with load of cord wood from river.
point. She is discharging cargo on the
James Creek canal
The three -maSted schooner F. O. n,,r
sailed from Alexandria yesterday evening
with cargo of 1900 railway ties for Bos-
ton.
The schooner Cooper is living at the
wharf foot Of 18th street loading a cargo
of lumber and building material for F,ort
Washington.
The barge Cecil is at Johnson Bros
wharf discharging a cargo Of bnrd COS,
from Philadelphia.
lhe Oakland. Dove. Silver Star. I-rjah
fiorher. Thos. X. Carroll. American Patrior
;.i!'i Leroy have all arrived in port, with
fulI cargoes of cordwood from river land
legs for Carter x Clark
lhe schooner James e. Anderson. with
a cargo of about $4,000 feet of Vireini,
pine lumber, has arrived. and is dischars
lis her cargo the wharf Of Forslu1re
d Murray 9
The schooner Kate came into mort
thursday evening with d full cargo of
lumber FOR local dealers
The schooner K. B. Spcdder b.,.;,o, o
beard cargo of North Carolina laths Ia.
arrived at the wharf of II. X Field, Alex
or General Interest,"
The bugeye A. NJ ToWnshend C,r4,;r
VI. smith, was on her way up the river
To this port Thursday evening with a
sails. when, without warning, her mast
snapped off close to the deck. and fell
forward over the bow. completely disabling
tlic vessel. She was taken in tow by the
tug camilla and brought to the 1Ith street
"farf. where she will retit and then re-
turn to the lower Potomac
ne GiymOnt mail steamer Estele Ram
utI has been withdrawn from her route
Tor hef annual painting and orerhaulinp
her place ON the route will be filed by the
steamer Kent. The crew of the Randau
will be transferred to the Kent.
Ihc work of putting the engine boiler
ana other machinery in the new tugboat
VIM. II. fcrkes at Baltimore is progress
ing rapidly. and it is expected the boat
VIII be ready for service within the next
month or six weeks. The vessel belongs
t" Taylor Bros. of this city. She will en-
gage in towing on Chesapeake bay and
Potomac river.
The tug Jas. II. Richards has been hauled
out at Benefits boat yard for examina-
tion of her hull and for an overhaIIing.
The steamer Harry Randall will undergo
her annual inspection Wednesday next
She Will then resume her place on the
river route, and the steamer Wakefield
VIII be Withdrawn for her annual over
hauling.
The harbor office force is engaged in re-
painting the launch Allie Moore the sub
stitute harbOr police boat. The boat will
be put in thorough order for service in
the hdrbor.
PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY ROADS.