Evening star., 1901-07-05
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
SUMNER SCHEDULE OF THE RAN
DALI LINE STEAMERS.
Movements of the Freight Handlers
Fish Market QuOtations-Items
of General Interest.

will sail at am. Monday, Wednesday
| and Saturday for Alexandria, Fort Foote,
River View. Fort Washington, Marshall
| Hall. Glymont, Indian Head, Liverpool
Point, Clifton Beach, Stiff's, Somerset
Beach. Stuart's, Swans (Riverside), Ma
thias Point, Chapel Point Brent's, Diirs,
wnkerson's, Colonial Beach. Bushwood,
Rock Point Uancaster's), Colton's. Currio-
men. Henderson's. Beale's. Thompson's,
Deep Point Mt. Holly, Nomini.
| On the Wednesday trip down the steamer
| will also make the landings in the lower
Machodoc creek. On the return trips she
| will leave Nomini at $3.50 a. M, Tuesday and
! Sunday and will make the above landings.
reaching here about pm. Thursdays she
| will leave Nomini at p m and will arrive
| here early Friday morning.
| The Kent will run what is known as the
upper river route, her schedule only ex-
tending to Wirt's wharf in Munroe creek
near Colonial Beach She will leave here
every Sunday. Tuesday and THURSDAY at 7
am and will make the following landings:
Alexandria. Fort Foote, River View Fort
Washington. Marshall Hall. Gunston, Gly-
mont, Indian Head. Posey's Wharf, Liver
pool Point. Clifton Beach. Stiffs wharf
Somerset Beach. Stuart's wharf Riverside
Matthias Point, Dill's wharf, Wflkerson's
Wirt's wharf.
On the Sunday trip down the steamer
VIII also go into Grinders wharf She will
IeaNe writ wharf at . m. Monday We'd
hesday and Friday, and will reach here
ABOUT 4 pm. On the up trip twice a week
the steamer will go into Upper Machodoc'
and Grinders '
The officers of the excursion boats ont of
thls city are much annoyed at the conduct
OF number of grown men who make II q
practice to go In bathing in a nude condi-
tlon In the neighberhood of the Buena
vista wharf, on the south side of the East
ern branch, in the full view of hundreds
OF women and children who daily crowd
8 a lYDna fnr
Yesterday afternoon three men were bath
ing In the channel but a short distance
from the passing steamers. When the har-
Dor officials were notified and the launch
went after the men they had disappeared
commodore Sutton will take steps to break
up this nude bathing
Ihe hsh market at the 11th street wharf
continues to be extremely dull in conse-
quence of the warm weather and the sun-
ply Is light Prices were again low this
morning. Gray trout sold at 81 to 81 per
barrel; croakers; 81 per barrel bluefsh, &c
per pound; mackerel. sc. to &c. per pound;
1ounders. 1lec. to &c. per pound spots, &C.
to 4c per pound; sturgeon, &c. to 1Oc per
pound; weak fish, &c. per pound; butter
per pound; boiling rock, 1215c. to 15c per
pound: white perch. Sc to 1Oc. per pound;
catfish and cells. 1Oc. to 2Oc. per bunch, and
drum. carp and porgies. 1Oc to 25c each.
Soft shell crabs are selling at 4Oc, to 55c
per dozen, and hard crabs 81 to $3.50 per
barrel.
Ihe Fre1Ehters.
The bugeye Crockett is lying in the
stream near the Washington wharf with a
cargo of lumber awaiting a berth at which
to unload.
The barge Pacific has completed the un-
loading of her cargo of ice at the 9th street
wharf Of the American Ice Company, and
will sail for Baltimore.
Ihe schooner chesapeake, having COM
pleted the unloading of her cargo of lum-
Der, has sailed for river point to reload.
The steamer Wakefield arrived up from
the lower river this morning with a guam
tity of tobacco to be reshipped to Balti- |
more.
The schooner Cooper has gone to Fort
Washington with a cargo of building ma
tertal to be used in the improvements there
The tug Saml. Eccles, the tender of the
dredge Alabama, now at work on Mattawo-
man flats, was in the harbor yesterday for
the day.
The schooner Cherubim, with a cargo of
bricks from this port, has arrived at Ply
mouth n. G.
The schooner Henry S. Little. with a
large cargo OF ice from the Kennebec for
the American Ice Company, is reported in
the river and should be in port tonight or
tomorrow morning.
The schooner Francis M having on
board large cargo of Ice, for this port
passed In at the capes of the Chesapeake
at o clock this morning
OF General Interest.
The yawl yacht Cineona, belonging to Mr..
c. c. Wilkinson. was out for a cruise on
the river yesterday.
The steam launches Samuel w Sutton
and Augusta. with parties from Alexandria
aboard. were at Gunston wharf yesterday
evening
made an extended trial trip down the river
yesterday before leaving for New London.
wnere she Will remain during the summer
The launch Joe Blackburn took a large
To
points on the river yesterday
The buoys taken from the river in Tho
early spring. and landed on the light
house service wharf at the foot Of n
street southwest, are being remained and
put In order for reuse as channel marks
Inc steamer Estelle Randall on her trim
from Hlymont yesterday, brought up over
two hundred bushels of new wheat for the
dealers in Alexandria. This grain will he
sent to the mills in Georgetown
The longboat Mary Francis, which has
peeii recently overhauled at Benefits boat
yard. has been launched from the railway
Yesterday she went to Alexandria and
point 'i
The sloop r. H. Lambert, Captain Davis
with large party of young people aboard
was yesterday taken by the tug George w
Pride to Glymont "
The schooner E. L. Bowen. which has
peen on the marine railway at Alexandra
Tor several days, has been put overheard
and Will sail for the lower river.
The boat building and repairing house Of
MT John Regan, at the foot of 18th street
southwest. has been rebuilt and greatly
enlarged
The tug Juno is still laid up at the Alex
andria shipyard. and. it is stated. win NOT
go into commission this summer
The crew of the steamer T. V Arrow
smith for the summer are R. Bailey Reed
captain; Jerry Posey, first officer; chap
Sly second officer; T. B. Garnett, purser
Ernest German, chief engineer; William
HAYDEN, second engineer, and John Abend-
shein, steward.
Mr.. George Cook has been transferred
from the steamer Pentz to the steamer
Harry Randall as first officer
Mr.. Thomas Broderick of this citv is in
charge of the harbor police boat VigiIant
while she is lying at Alexandria,
Manager John B. Padgett of the Wash
ington and Alexandria ferry line has trans
ferred his office from this city to Alexan-
drta.
S125 to Baltimore and Return via b.
and o. Saturday and Sunday, July 8 and 7.
tickets good for return until following Mon
day. Good on all trains except Royal Linz
ted-AdVt