Evening star., 1901-04-06
ALONG THE. RIVER FRONT
RANDALL L1NEha LAGsnIr To uN-
DERGo ExrExsIysE REPAIRS.
Tug Owners Interest4d in Plans for
Proposed Bridge over the Po-
temac-GenerAi News.

the Randall line ofiPatomac steamers, was
temporarily withdrawn from her route on
her arrival here yesterday evening, and left
last night for Newport News, where
she will at once SO into the dry dock. A
number of plates are TO be renewed in her
hull, and considerable work win be done
to her machinery and boilers while away.
1t Is expected she will be off her route
about ten days or two weeks The steam
er Wakefield will run the Randall's route
for the present, and the steamer I. v.
Arrowsmith win take the Wakefield's route,
leaving here on her first trip this MORN
ing.
The tughoatr men. of Washington and
Georgetown are greatly interested in the
proposed new bridge across the Potomac,
and the generally expressed opinion is that
the bridge should be, from twenty-five to
thirty feet above high water SO as to give
barges to pass under the bridge without
having the draw opened. They take no
stock in the proposition of having tugs to
lower their smoke stacks in-erder to pass
under the bridge, and say that such a
thing may have been done years ago, but
the idea has long ago been abandoned 10
conform to this plan the, smoke stacks of
every tugboat in the harbor would have to
be altered.
The present fishing season has been
great disappointment to the fishermen, for
at no time has the catch come UP to ex-
pectation. The bad weather it Is believed,
may nave mad much to do with this With
good weather it is expected the catch will
be much larger. Since yesterday only
$4,000 herring and 5000 shad have been re-
ceived from the fishing shores. Bunch fish
nave also been scarce and have brought
good prices. The demand this morning
was good and prices We're For herring,
70 to So per thousand; roe shad, $40 to $50
per hundred; buck sshad, $50 per thou
H. ,n1, In
ing rock, IL to 15c. per pound white perch,
0 to lec. per pound; founders, &c. per
pound; sturgeon, Sc. per pound; carp &c
per pound; catfish, 15 to 25c per bunch;
eels, 10 to 15c. per bunch yellow perch 10
to 2oc. per bunch and croaker 50 per bar
rel. -
The supply Of oysters which arrived at
the llth street wharf yesterday morning
was gone before noon. hut during last night
the Chishcon, Prohibition, Fannie Shepherd
and Lucille Western, with $40 bushels
came into port. These were selling rap
idly this morning, and it was expected they
would all be sold out before this even
ing.
Prices have jumped up to Csc. per bushel
for the smaller oysters and from that up to
9Oc. per bushel for the larger and more
select stock.
Movements of Vessels.
The large steam yacht Waucota, belong
ing to Mr. ]. J. Hill. president of the
Northern Central railroad Of New York,
which left here for Old Point with a party
aboard early in the week, returned to port
Thursday evening and is anchored in the
upper harbor near the Long bridge. Yes
terday evening she again sailed for Old
Point. -
The schooner A H. Quinby will. as soon
as she completes the discharging of her
cargo of lumber, return to Dividing creek
Va, for the purpose of loading another
cargo for Major H. L. Biscoe, here. The
Quinby will, it is reported, run regularly
between Virginia lumber ports and this
market throughout the spring and summer
season.
The steam yacht .Gaivota. with her own
er. Mr.. John Dos Passos of New York on
board, sailed yesterday evening for cruise
on the river.
The steamer Occonuanl is in port with a
cargo for Carter g. Clark
The tug Minerva has taken the house
barge of the Alexandria Chemical Com
pany to Quantico to toad sulphur rock for
Alexandria, - .sftg Z - S.''- 9 -
The Mary Frances land the Peri are In
port with cargoes OF cord wood for the
local dealers. .-s
with full cargo of railway ties from
Quantico for Carter & Clark
Inc Carl Costello, having completed the
unloading of her cargo at Alexandria, has
sailed for Colonial Beach.
The schooner Clara Leonard has gone to
Pope's creek to load lumber back to this
port for H L. Biscoe
The buoy tender Holly, now in port here,
sailed yesterday for the purpose of re-
newing the buoys along the river
The tug Stella has sailed for Baltimore
having a light IS. O. barge" and a coal
barge in tow for that port.
The pungy Ruth Price, lying at the wharf
Of Bryant & Co., at Alexandria is un-
loading cargo Of white sand
The pungy Elexena, having completed the
unloading OF her cargo of lumber, has
sailed for the lower Potomac to reload
General Matters.
The schooner Sidonia Curley sailed Thurs
day evening for the Rappahannock for
another load of boards AS she was going
down the harbor one of the crew attempted
to shift the yawl boat, which was towing
behind, when the line was pulled from his
hand and the yawl went adrift Having
no other boat the Curlay had to be brought
TO anchor While the tug d. NJ Key was
engaged In recovering the yawl
The kennebec river, out of which much
or the Ice used here comes. is now open to
navigation and vessels for this port will
shortly be loading there.
Ihe handsome new court house building
OF Northumberland county, Va, at Heaths-
Nliies VIII be ready for occupancy about
the first Of next month.
The largest catch made by the big seine
OF Waller & Moncure, at Whitewater on the
Potomac, has, up to this time, been 10000
AeIIIHS anu OOZen Shad. An ordinary
catch at this shore is over 600 herring
Inc steamer Estelle Randall made a spe-
cial trip to Fort Washington and Fort
Hunt last night to carry 1000 pounds of
powder for the government, and a large
quantity of terra Gotta pipe and woodwork
TOT the contractors at work on the new
buildings at Fort Washington.
The high tides of Wednesday night and
Thursday morning washed against the high
banks on the District side of the Potomac
Just above Mann's fertilizer factory and
undermined the bank, and for hundred or
more rect large masses of earth fell from
the bank into the river. At this point the
land Is being washed away at the rate OF
foot or more each year.
The tug James Jackson, which has been
htted with new boiler and has been thor
oughly oyerhauled, has gone into commits
sion again. O.,
The repainting and .pverhauling of the
River View excursion coInpany's wharf and
Office at the foot Of 7th street have been
completed and the office will be opened
about April Is. s1srt
Cumberland & Son are building a large
float for the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific
Dredging Company, to, be used in moving
anchors and pipe for tie dredging machine
now at work in the harbor.
The Weems Line steamer Sue, due here