Evening star., 1901-09-12
ALONG THEa RIVER. FRONT
TEN-DAY OUTING eF RANDALL LINE
EMpLoYEs.
Condition Of OysHes, Watermelon and
Fish Markets --Anglers Having
Luck - MOveuents Of Vessels.

Fish Markets a--Anglers Having
Luck Movenasnts Of Vessels.
The employees of THE Randall line steam
ers, with a number OF invited guests. sailed
yesterday evening ensthe steamer Kent Tor
a ten days outinss on the Potomac. Inc
steamer was gailys. decked out with nags
and streamers, and ksd q band OF music
aboard. Stops will be made at dinerent
points for cunning and fishing Ionignt
the steamer will lay at Colonial Beacn ana
a ball will be given there. Harbor Master
John R. Sutton, who accompanies the ex-
pedition. Is its commodore and commander.
Those who went are George Shechnard, J.
H. Bradley, j. F. Heare. Charles Reisinger'
John Gates. John Newtraft. Frank II. FIN
ley. Walter DeAtley, Captain Harry ..
Randall, Captain AL. Richards. Steve Gar
della, John D. Hart Eugene Peters, M. 3.
Parker, William Buck, Edward daIuWicN,
Bun Browning, Commodore sutton, george
Yoe, Charles Tewback, Jack Philllps, EoW.
Callahan. August Getz, ]. w. Waillng, :.
FL. Elberling, Martin kaupp ana AieWehSH
Ballinger.
Oysters Becoming PlenttfuI.
Since yesterday morning five vessels
cargoes of fine Potomac river oysters, IN
all about TOO bushels They come from be-
low Colonial Beach and are selling well
this morning at from 40 to 80 cents per
bushel. The arrivals are the Winnie Wind
sor, Seabelle, Stuart Emmett Arthur ana
Beno. Most of them will be out by this
evening and will saff for the lower river.
{ Watermelons are selling but slowly this
at prices about the same as early
In the week. The supply on hand ths
was about 5000, of Whlcn ABOUT
/ 500 have arrived at the wharf since yes
terday morning in the schooner Emma
Laughammer. Selected melons were sell
ing this morning at $12 to SIS per hundreo'
primes, at Sc to So per hundred, ana culis'
at So to 81 per hundred.
The dealers in fish at the l!th street
wharf market this morning received nfty-
five packages of salt water fish from the
shores at Virginia Beach and about Old
Point and twelve barrels or river nsn
came up on the steamers from the river
The market this morning was
quite brisk, but the supply was ample to
meet all demands at prices on many Varle-
ties slightly in advance Of those or yester-
day. Today black bass are selling at lOc
per pound; Spanish mackerel, 12h2 to lac.
per pound; pan rock, to 1Oc. per pound;
boiling rock, 121a to 15c. per pound; Wntte
perch, to 15c. per pound; large trout, TO
&C. per pound; croaker, 8 to 4c. per pound;
7c per pound: sea bass, &c. per
pound; founders, to &c. per pound; put
ter fish, to &c. per pound; gray trout, 80
to Sc per barrel; porgies, % to 3oc each;
drum, % to SOC. each; carp, 70 to 4oc each,
and catfish and eels, % to 35c. per bunch.
Crabs are in demand and are selling $1.5O
to $3.50 per barrel.
The longboat Silver Star is at Benefits
boat yard for general overhauling as
soon as the longboat Osceola, now on the
is put overheard Within the past
two months the Earl Dtscoe. the Kate Null
Ter and the Lottle Carter have been thor
oughly overhauled at Benefits.
The three-masted schooner Bertha Dean,
which discharged q cargo of ice here. sailed
In tow OF the tug Camilla for
Baltimore, where she will load coal for an
eastern port. On the Dean are Mr.. and
Mrs. P. Willis Harding and Miss Harding
Of Baltimore, who are the guests Of Capt
and Mrs. Thomas on the trip.
Good Anglins Reported.
The water is now clear in Occoquan bay,
Powell's creek am other places in that vi
cinity, and good nport is being had fishing
for plymouth black bass and rock there
The fish are said to- be biting freely
and large catches are reported. Some few
bass are also being caught OF the wharves
here and at Afexan6fraa with hook and line
oaited with smelts. -.
Mrs. Kelsey, wife Of Capt Kelsey Of the
schooner Edith G. Folwell, has her sister,
Miss Andrews. with her on the schooner,
now lying at Georgetown taking on a load
Of coal. They have made q long trip on
the boat. They left Baltimore on her early
in the summer for Bahia. Brazil; thence to
Trinidad, where asphalt was loaded for this
port. From here she will go to Portsmouth,
NJ H, whence Mrs. Kelsey and Miss An
1rews will return home.
The tug Louisa, one Of the tenders Of the
iredge at work deepening the channel over
he Ia nd Point shoals
evening
The schooner Ella R. Hill, laden with
lumber and shingles for local dealers, has
sailed from Newberne, N. c..
Eighty-five cents per ton is now being
paid on coal cargoes from Baltimore to
eastern ports. The rate from this port is a
few cents less.
Mr. VIM Cook, father of Capt George
Cook of the steamer Harry Randall, died
at his home, 1126 Robinson street
southwest. He was sxty-five years of age.
The flats adjoining the Long bridge, on
which the mud from the river bottom was
with carpet of green vines. and but little
Of The earth will be showing in a week.
The large Norfolk tub Albemarle is act
ng as the tender Of the dredge Alabama,
1T work on the Smiths Point shoals
The tug Maryland brought the sand-suck-
ng dredge of Mr.. John Miller to the Alex
andria shipyard yesterday evening to have
some repair work done.
Inc lOnBDOdI MdyIlOWeF, Wnlcn mas Deen
On the railway at Alexandria, has been put
overheard and has gone to the lower river
10 load.
The steamer Belle Miller came into port
with a cargo of about 500 tons Of
nard ccal from Philadelphia for the naval
ordnance foundry. The vessel is docked at
The navy yard.
The schooner E. p. Evans has gone to
The oyster beds in the lower Potomac and
will load oysters for this market
The American Patriot has arrived In port
with a load of pine wood from river port
FOR Carter & Clark.
The schooner Freddie l.. Hamblin came
nto port yesterday with cargo of North
Carolina lumber. from Newbern, for George
:. Walker, Galliser and others
The schooner Susan Porter has been
taken to Alexandria to unload a part of
her cargo of shingles for Aitcheson & Bro
Other River Items.
The two-masted schooner John R. Reese
arrived in port yesterday evening with a
full load of pine boards for T. w. Smith
and Grayson & Cain.
The schooner Sidonia Curley is at the
9th street wharf Of the American Ice Com
pany unloading he's cargo Of lumber
The schooner Agnes. having completed
he unloading of her cargo Of cord wood on
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