Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
RANDALL GOES AGROUND, BUT IS
SOON FLoATED.
River Resorts Well Patronized-Com-
plants of Nude Bathing-Gen-
eral Potomac News.

80 The Randall line steamer Harry Randall,
which ran aground on the edge of the chan
mel between Colton's wharf and Black
istone's Island early Tuesday night, re-
manned aground until about O'Clock yes
terday morning, when her engines succeed
ed in backing her off, and she reached
here about = o'clock yesterday afternoon,
about ten hours late. She was able to dis
charge her cargo and leave here on her
regular trip to the lower river yesterday
evening. The steamer Wakefield completed
the unfinished trip of the Randall to Piney
Point and ST Georges Island, and she
reached here about 8 o'clock last night. In
her cargo were about 400 bags of grain for
this city and Alexandria and twenty-five
hoSsheads of tobacco for shipment to Bal
timore.
The supply of fresh fish on hand at the
1lth street wharf market this morning was
not at all large, though it was somewhat
better than it has been for several days.
The demand is not heavy and but few
changes are to be noted in prices. Today
Spanish mackerel are selling at 1Oc. per
pound; black bass, IA to 15c. per pound;
pan rock, to 1Oc. per pound boiling rock,
II to lac. per pound; white perch, 10 to
l2c. per pound; salmon trout, 4 to sc. per
pound; sturgeon, 12c. per pound founders
&c. per pound; bluetish, to &c. per pound;
catfish, 10 to 30c. per bunch; small white
perch. 10 to 12c. per bunch; gray trout 81
to ~ per barrel; butterfish, 81 per barrel;
hard crabs, 81 to 81 per barrel; soft crabs,
10 to zoe. per dozen, and CLAIMS, SOC. per
hundred.
The big four-masted schooner j. Edward
Drake, which arrived at Baltimore Tuesday
with a load of phosphate rock from Port
Royal, had a remarkably quick trip, max
ing the run from Port Royal bar to Cape
henry IN sixty hours. From Cape Henry
10 baltimore she was in tow of tug.
Much complaint IS made by the managers
and masters of the river excursion steam
ers of the nude bathing by young men and
boys in the river near the south end of
the Potomac Park and off the Buena Vista
wharf. The bathing takes place from row.
boats, and generally about the time the ex-
curs1on steamers are due to pass. The
matter Is to be brought to the attention of
lice force.
Inspections and Surveys.
The lighthouse tender Holly. Capt Dun
nell, is cruising among the lighthouses on
the Potomac, with Commander Hawley
lighthouse inspector for this district, aboard
Commando Hawley joined the vessel here
The large tender Maple, Capt. Miles, is
working the buoys the coast of Virginia
and MARYLAND
The coast survey schooner Matchless is
to make a survey of the Big Annamessix
river, Maryland. Capt. G. l.. Hoover is in
command of the Matchless and his staff
are: w. B. Proctor. executive officer; Ed
ward j. McIntire, deck officer; W. C. Shop
herd and f. l.. Scott, watch officers, and
Il. Vance Miller. jr., captains clerk The
Matchless will be employed in this work for
the remainder of the summer.
The lighthouse service has placed two
buoys on bars in the mouth of the Currio-
man river, Virginia, where they were quite
badly needed. Application is to be made to
the lighthouse board for a buoy to mark
the wreck of the Old steamer City of Alex
andria off Alexandria, The buoy which
fl,y
ice last winter and has not been renewed
this spring.
The new tug Alice, built al Baltimore for
service on Chesapeake bay and the Poto-
mac has had her boiler placed in position
and the engine from the big Ajax will be in
stalled on the new boat. She will be ready
for service in the early fall.
Tide of Summer Travel
The tide of summer outing travel seems
to have turned toward the river again this
year, and all the resorts down the Potomac
have numbers of guests.
The tearing down of the old wharf of the
Washington barracks. on the Eastern
branch, has been completed, and the
structure will be re-ere cted in new and
much more substantial manner.
The WeemS line steamer Potomac, which
came into port last night from Baltimore
and landings in the lower Potomac, brought
up the first installment of cantaoupes from
tOdN ana 1eOcCnlcO rivers. Inc heavy
shipments of the melons here will begin in
about ten days, and hundreds of crates will
be brought up on each trip of the steamers.
The pungy Sidney Jones has arrived in
port with full cargo of lumber for Carter
& Clark
The schooner ]. P Robinson has unloaded
a cargo of grain at Georgetown, and has
sailed for Upper Machadoc with a large
general cargo
The VIM Oliver will complete the unload
ing of cargo of lumber today, and will
sail for lower river port.