Evening star., 1901-08-07
ALONG THE ,RivER FRONT
STEAMER ESmSIKE RANDALL DIS
ABLED YEsrEnDAY MORNING.
LongbOat Earh RascOe Rebuilt and
Launched-ThGt Fish Market
General ana Personal.

AS the steamet HEtelle Randall OF the
Randall line which icarries the mails be-
tween this city and psints on the river. was
on her way Gown the river yesterday morn
ing the circulating Immp. which feeds the
boiler with water, got out OF order and so
disabled the steamerrfhat she bad to tie up
at the Marshall Hall wharf. Efforts were
made by her engineer to correct the dini-
Guilty, but without success, and she had to
be towed back into port by the steamer
Wakefield Of the same line. The engineers
worked on the damaged pump all OF last
night and put 1t in order. and the steamer
was able toresume her trips this morning
The longboat Earl Biscoe, which has been
rebuilt at Benefits boat yard. foot Of 11th
street, was this morning launched from the
railway and will go into commission at
once. The Biscoe is owned by Messrs. Car
ter & Clark and was built in this city In
1883. While on the railway new stem was
put. on the boat, all the unsound plankfng
IN her null was replaced with new W0ou; @
she was redecked all over and was caulked
from stem to stern. She was also repalnteo.
The boat will be employed in the wood car
rying business on the river.
The tug Curtin, with tow OF two coal
barges, came inta~poEt from Philadelphla
Yesterday. The barges were brought by the
inside route, through the Delaware and
Chesapeake canal, the bay and river, to TINS
city. Yesterday evening the tug sailed with
one light barge for Chesapeake City, en-
route to Philadelphia. The Curtin Is hand
some craft, and this is her first visit to this
port. She Is built Of wood ana IS 800 zee!
long, 1872 feet wide and has depth OF hoid
of SS feet. She is of IS tons burden and
was built at Cramer Hill, N j., in 1898
Her present hailing port is Camden, N. ].
The supply of fish at the 11th street
wharf was small this morning, the dealers
having received but about twenty-five
packages of bay and sea fish from the fish
cries about Norfolk, and but few coming
up from the nets in the river. The demand
was again in excess OF the supply ana
prices keep up. trout selling at S. to $6
per barrel; butter fish. $4.75 to Sc per bar
rel: blue fish, sc. to &c. per pound; rock,
boiling, 10c. to 12kc. per pound; rock, pan.
&c. to 10c. per pound; white perch, DC. to
1Oc.' per pound; sturgeon, &c. to 1oc. per
pound; sea bass, &c. to &c. per pound: cat
fish, 25c. to 30c per bunch; eels, Csc. to 3Oc.
per bunch; porgies, 15c. to Zoe. each; drum
2oc. to 3Oc each, and carp, 15c. to Zoe. each.
The demand for hard crabs Is good, and
today they sold at 81 to $1.25 per barrel,
according to size and quality.
Since yesterday morning 1890 water
melons have been received at the oyster
wharf, 1900 being brought up by the Min
erva, from the Wicomico river, Md; $500
by the Wirtz Roberts, from the Wicomico,
and 2O0O by the Muir, from the Nanticoke
river, Md. They all came consigned to A.
Frank Evans, and are fine stock: Prices
this morning were for selects, $1S to $50
per hundred choice, so per hundred, and
culls, SO to IS per hundred The first load
of melons to arrive at Alexandria came
up yesterday in the schooner Rebecca
Smith, from Upper Marlboro.
The Passing Craft.
The schooner Samuel Wood has arrived
In port with a cargo of gravel from Co.
lcnial Beach for Harry Carter.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett has on
board cargo Of -t44.750 shingles consigned
to Johnson & Wimsatt
The large barge York, laden with coal
from Philadelphia, has arrived at AleXan-
dria, consigned to VIM. A. Smoot.
The schooner Sidonia Curley, with a car
go of lumber and shingles from Norfolk.
has arrived at Alexandria for H. K. Field
& Co.
The three-masted schooner Eliza A. Scrib-
from Georgetown and Alexandria,, arrived
at Boston, her destination, yesterday.
The steamer Lily and Howard is at VIM.
A. Shoots wharf at Alexandria and will
there load general stores for Aqua creek
points.
The steamer Wakefield, which sailed for
the lower river landings this morning, took
a heavy cargo from this city and Alexan-
dria.
The United States revenue cutter Win
dom is in port from a cruise on Chesapeake
bay She is anchored in the stream off
the foot of 10th street
The schooner Ada Ba1lenger, laden with
lumber at Alexandria by Smoot & Co.,
sailed for Pamunkey, Md, today.
The yacht Gravota returned to port this