Evening star., 1901-11-18
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
BEAM ENGINE OF STEAMER PENTz
TO De RENEWED.
Prices at Fish sand Oyster Market
Effects of Recent Gn1e-Gen-
erfals News.

The large beamaeEsine of the River View
| excursion steamer 1Samuel ]. Pentz has
| been removed from, the boat and is to be
rebuilt during the winter under the d1rec-
ton Of Capt. William A. Moore, engineer
in charge Of the Randall steamers. When
the engine is ready to be replaced 1t will
be in thorough order, and it is expected the
boat will again be one OIL the fastest side
wheel boats on the Potomac. The Pentz
was regarded as the fastest excursion boat
that ever came out Of Baltimore harbor,
| when she was owned there, and has kept
| up her reputation since she has been on the
Potomac. She is now lying at her wharf,
foot Of 7th street
The supply of fish on hand at the 1Hh
street wharf market this morning was not
1asge' lar but was ample to meet all demands; Is,
This morning gray trout sold at So to 81
per box; spot, So per box; jumping mullets.
$3.50 to 81 per bex;ssalmon trout, Z to &c.
per pound; blue fish or tatlors, 8 to &c.
pound; pan rock, to &c. per pound; boil
ing rock, 121a to 15c. per pound; white
perch. to 1oc. per pound; butter fish, &c.
per pound; black bass, to 1Oc. per pound;
lOc. per pound; yellow perch, 10 to 2oc. per
bunch; catfish, 25 to soc. per bunch; ee1s. 10
10 29c. per bunch; river mullets, 10 to 2oc.
per bunch, and carp, 10 to 25c. each.
the 11th street wharf this morning with
about 2,400 bushels of oysters aboard The
demand was fairly; good. but the sales were
small and prices were little higher than
they were during the latter part of last
week. This morning the smaller oysters
were selling at so to GO cents per bushel,
While the larger ones sold at rs to 80 cents
per bushel The recent arrivals are the
Amanda F. Lewis, Lizzie Burt, Edith Muir
and Zephyr
One of the small pile drivers Of Mr.. VIM.
Banks is being rebuilt in the dock near the
Alexandria ferry line wharf. New timbers
are being placed where needed in the hull,
and the boat is to be newly decked over.
The driver will be ready for service in
about two weeks.
The two-masted schooner before report
ed ashore near Stiffs wharf, Virginia, is
named the Chase, and was loading railway
ties for Philadelphia. She is not as badly
damaged as was first reported, but has a
large hole stove in her bottom and is full
OF water. The Chase is a sixty-three ton
vessel and is owned in Baltimore.
In and Out of Port.
The steamer Occoquan, having loaded a
general cargo at Alexandria, has sailed
for points on Occoquan creek
The schooner James b. Anderson is un-
loading her cargo of lumber at Fosberg &
Murray's wharf, foot Of Sth street south
west
The schooner Orlando v. Wootten, which
Is unloading cargo Of ice here, will, when
light, go to Baltimore to load coal for a
New England port.
The schooner Martin Wagner has gone to
the lower Potomac and will there load Il
cargo for this city.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett has re-
turned to Newbern. N. c.. to load lumber
for this port.
The lighthouse tender Jessamine, which
has been in port for several days, sailed
Saturday night for a cruise on Chesapeake
bay.
The schooner Bertha Dean has been char
tered to load coal at Baltimore for Wey-
mouth, Nova Scotia, at 81 per ton.
The steamer Dennis Simmons has arrived
at Williamston,4 n. c., and will load pine
lumber for the dealers here and at Alexan-
dria.
The steamer Newport News has been tenn
porarily withdrawn from the Norfolk route,
another steamer, Of the line taking her
place. c.r--
3 The Leroy -isaexpscted to. arrive here to-
day with a cargo of cord wood for Carter
& Clark.
The schooner Charles5V. Darger has gone
to the Blackstone Island neighborhood and
will load oysters for this port.
The steamer Harry Randall which ar
rived up from river landings yesterday,
brought up a large cargo of poultry stock,
fish and oysters for the dealers here.
The schooner John B. Hanson will COM
plete the loading of her, cargo Of railway
ties at Alexandria this afternoon or tomor-
row and will sail for Boston. A canal barge
was along side the schooner today trans
ferring ties from canal points to the
schooner.
The schooner Irene unloaded a cargo Of
wood on the canal and sailed yesterday for
a river point.
News Of General Interest.
Large catches of fine black bass have
been made by the trap net fishermen in
Gunston bay and in the neighborhood Of
Marshall Hall in the past four or five days.
The heavy weather seems to have turned
the fish from their beds in the river bot
tom.
The steam yacht Oneida. the practice ship
Of the Naval Battalion, D. C. N G., was
out on the river for short trip yesterday.
The vessel went as far down the river as
Fort Washington. She is now in excelle ent
order and is making high speed. The U. S.
S. Fern, the larger D. c. N. G. ship, is still
laid up at the wharf foot Of o street SOUTH
west.
longing to the Lambert's Point Towboat
Company, has taken the place of the tug
Louise the tender of the dredges at
work deepening the water over the Smiths
Point shoals. The Pocahontas is large
seagoing craft, and halls from Norfolk She
was in port for short time Saturday.
A two-masted bay schooner is reported
hard and fast ashore near Matthias Point,
where she was blown during the heavy
westerly gales of the latter part of last
week. The name Of the vessel is not
known.
The steam launch May, with party
aboard. made a trip down the Potomac
yesterday.
The steam yacht Alert, with a hunting
party aboard, has gone to Blackstone ISL
and on trip Of several days.
The schooner Patrick McCabe, we'll
known at this port has arrived at Balti-
more with a mast broken. The accident
happened during the gale of the middle of
last week.
The schooner r. and s. Corsen had her
sails blown to pieces in the bay Thursday
last.
The revenue cutter Window is to be sent
on a cruise along the shores of Chesa-
peake bay on the lookout for vessels in
trouble, in consequence of the gales.
The lighthouse tender Holly is on a
cruise among the lighthouses on the bay.
Taksma fPark News.
A meeting of the Christian Endeavor So
siety of the -Takomaa Presbyterian Church
was held last evening at Z O'Clock in the
chapel Of the ,churciL 1t was addressed on