Evening star., 1902-08-25
ON THE RIVER FRONT
EXCURSION SEASON DRAWING TO
A CLOSE.
Last Trips Of the Steamers-Schooner
Sold to Norfolk Party-Gen-
eral Matters.

IL Is UNDERSTOOD that the steamer Harry
Randall will make her last evening trip to
Colton's, Piney Point and ST George s. Island
Saturday evening next and that the daily
trips of the steamer T. V. Arrowsmth will
end the first week in next month. The last
week day excursion of the steamer Kent
to Chapel Point will be made tomorrow.
The excursion season on the river will end
with the Labor day trips and within few
days thereafter the resorts will be shut
down and prepared for the winter. Though
the summer has been cool, the river resorts
have done an excellent business and the
managers are more than pleased.
The demand for fresh fish at the 18th
street wharf market has been good for sew
eral days past, and in the early hours of
this morning it was again quite brisk. The
supply, however, continues light, the great
er part of it coming from Norfolk. Prices
this morning show some few changes and
are as follows: For pan rock, &c. to SC. per
pound; medium rock, 10c. to 12c. per pound !;
boiling rock, 15c. per pound; black bass,
15c per pound; bluefish and tailors &c. to
312c. per pound; sturgeon, 10c. to 12c. per
pound; founders, &c to DC. per pound; white
perch. Sc. to 10c. per pound: small white
perch, &c. to 15c. per bunch; catfish, 10c. to
35c per bunch; eels, &c. to sc. each; spot,
81 to $50 per barrel: gray trout, s4 to So
per barrel; butterfsh, s. to So per barrel;
hard crabs, 81 to S150 per barrel, and
clans, 40c. per hundred.
The demand for watermelons at the 18th
street oyster wharf this morning was light,
slightly better than on Saturday. Since
yesterday five vessels, with about "a 0CO
melons aboard, have arrived al the wharf
and the total stock on hand today Is about
5000 melons. Prices $1.5O to 81 per
hundred for culls. "a to So per hundred for
primes, and s. to $12 per hundred for Sc
lected fruit.
The big ocean-going tug Piedmont, the
property of the Consolidation Coal Com
irtr ~:
barge No. 5 and barge No ID both light. to
load coal at Georgetown for Boston or other
new England ports. There are now in port
here five large Consolidation barges waiting
TO be loaded They will carry away nearly
5000 tons Of soft coal from the GEORGETOWN
piers.
The two-masted schooner Ef1e T. Rets-
worth has been sold by Mr.. Anthony Troeg
er of Baltimore to f. B. Williams of Nor
folk, who has taken possession of the boat
Her new owners will continue the schooner
IN the lumber carrying trade on Chesapeake
bay and It's tributaries and the Carolina
| sounds. The Betsworth registers forty six
tons and was built at Baltimore in 1869.
General Port News.
The efforts made to raise the sloop Water
Lily, before reported sunken in James Creek
canal. have so far been unsuccessful but it
is expected she will be foated within the
| next day or two and will then be taken to
Alexandria for an overhauling and repairs
where necessary.
The work Of rebuilding the caved in por-
tion of Forsberg & Murray's wharf at the
foot of Sth street will be completed within
the next day or two. When the wharf
caved in several tons of earth and stone
slid into the dock, helping to fill up an al
ready shoal dock.
The new power launch Aquamata sailed
Saturday evening with party aboard for a
| cruise on the river.
The launch Alma, belonging to Mr. Fra
| zee, will leave here in a day or two, with
| Its owner and his family aboard, for a two
weeks cruise to the lower Potomac
DR.. L. E Rauterberg is having the boat
| house of his large power launch, the Alert,
| at the Sth street wharf, rebuilt in such
| manner as to protect his boat from the
| heavy wash Of the wheels of passing steam
! ers.
Commander Hawley, United States navy,
inspector in charge of the light stations in
| the fifth light house district, has just COM
! pleted a tour of inspection among the light
| stations in the Potomac and on the bay
| The light house tender Holly was used on
! the cruise
| Captain Miles Of the light house tender
| Maple is away on leave, and Mate Almy is
! In command of the ship in his absence.
Mate Dorry Is in command of the tender
! Holly in the absence of Captain Drinnel
who has been called away by death In his
| family.
The schooner W. p. Snow has arrived in
| port with full load of pine lumber from
| the Rappahannock river for H. l.. Biscoe.
| The Samuel Kirwan, laden with cord
| wood from river point, is in port. con-
| signed to Stephenson & Bro.
The schooner Edith H Verriell is in port
| with full cargo OF oak wood from Pohick
| creek for Carter & Clark
| The schooner Fannie, having a full cargo
| of river sand aboard, has arrived in port
| for the dealers at Georgetown
The ffattie c. c. Crosswell arrived in port
! Saturday evening with cargo of water
| melons for this market