Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-06-06
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER ESTELLE RANDALL
AGAIN IN toMfIssIoN.
Rebuilding Sailing Craft at tho Boat
xards-Larss 3.sJas Coming
other i. Aatsir..

The steamer Estelle Randall, which has
| been out of service while some necessary
repairs were being made to her machinery
went into commission tTuesday evening
and resumed her piaS UPON the mail route
between this city and Glynont. Nd. We'd
| nesday morning, relieving the steamer T.
V. Arrowsmith, whichs will lay up to pre-
pare for the opening Of the regular excur-
sion season to Colonial Beach. about the
middle of this month. Capt. Bailey Reed
| will have charge Of the Arrowsmith during
the excursion season. Mr.. Ernest Germs 70
will be her chief engineer The Arrow
smith has recently been altered and fitted
for carrying excursions.
The supply Of fresh fish at the nth street
wharf Is ample to meet all demands and
the cooler weather has made the market
quite brisk. Gray trout are arriving in the
market In large quantities and have fallen
or three days. Prices today are as fol-
lows: For Spanish mackerel, Sc. per
pound; white perch. 10 to 12c. per pound !;
pan rock. to 1Oc. per pound; boiling rock,
10 to 12c. per pound; founders, to sc. per
pound: sturgeon, 10 to lie. per pound blue
fish, to &c. per pound; salmon trout. to
&c. per pound: gray trout, 81 to "a per bar
rel; butterf1sh, So to s. per barrel; small
white perch 25c. per bunch; catfish % to
35c. per bunch; carp, II to 15c. each; cells,
3 to &C. each; roe shad, 80 to 35c. each;
buck shad. Is to Zoe. each, and herring 4Oc.
per 100. Oysters are few and are bringing
soc. to 95c. per bushel; CLAIMS are selling at
SOC. per hundred.
The fattie Skipjack has been reprinted
and overhauled at Capt. Sonny Reagans
boat house and has been put overheard
ready for service The steam launch Bess
which is building at Reagan's boat house.
is rapidly approaching completion, and will
be put overheard about the latter part Of
this month.
The sloop Louise, belonging to Capt
Dove Shekles. which has been down the
river for several months engaged in fishing,
is hauled out at Cumberlands boat house.
at the foot of 9th street for a general over
hauling and repainting.
General Port News.
The schooner Kate Muller which was
hauled out on the marine railway at Ben
nett's boat yard. has been caulked and has
had some repair work done to her hull
The new pile driver. building at the boat
yard Of Augustus Dean & Son. at Alexan-
dria, Is being built on the order of the
Pennsylvania Railway Company, The new
machine Is large and powerful one and is
to be used on the Long bridge work.
The Weems line steamer Sue, which sailed
for Baltimore Tuesday evening, has made
her last visit to this city for the summer.
Her place on the route will be taken by
the steamer Potomac. which will arrive here
Saturday.
The large ram schooner Ella and Maud
laden with full cargo of lumber and shin
giles from North Carolina, arrived in port
Wimsatt. ~ M
The longboat Osceola and the schooners
s. l.. Bowen and Sidney Jones are in port
With cargoes of cord wood for Carter &
The schooner Fannie laden with sand
from the lower Potomac, is in port for the
dealers at Georgetown ,,,2
The Grace G. Bennett and the J. D. Bell
have. sailed light. the first named for a
lower river
The schooner Howard Russell brings a
load of Virginia pine lumber from the Rap
pahannock river for H. T9 Biscoe.
The tug Martin Dalman'io of this city has
arrived at the works of the Baltimore ma
rlne railway, and will be given a thorough
overhauling Her boiler and machinery are
also to be rebuilt before she returns to
duty on the Potomac.
The schooner Alert, laden with pine lum-
ber is In port from siie fB'wer Potomac for
Galliher & Bro. baA aEui"' tl"ff III = =
The two-masted schooner John r. Reese
Is lying at the Nth street wharf unloading
a cargo of lumber for the local dealers
The Chas. V. Dagger is lying at the wha IF
OF Forsberg Il Murray, discharging a cargo
of lumber.
diversions wharf, on Lower Machodoc
creek. has been rebuilt and heightened about
twenty feet and put in thorough order for
the shipment Of fruit and garden vegeta-
bles to this city during the summer months
The schooner Sidonia Curley has loaded A
cargo of railway ties at Riverside wharf
for Philadelphia parties :