Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCHEDULE OF STEAMERS TO
LOWER RIVER.
Heavy Squalls Do No Harm - Sand
Barge Turns Turtle-Other
Aquatic Matters.


steamers went into effect this morning.
The steamer Harry Randall, Captain James
Barker, which has been making day trip
on Saturdays to river landings as far down
as Nomini, has been taken from this route
and put on the Saturday evening trip to
Colonial Beach, Colton's, Pney Point and
ST Georges Island She now makes three
trips each week to these wharves. The
steamer Wakefield, Captain Ned Owens,
will take the place of the Randall on the
Sa turday trip to Nomini, and her place
the Wirts wharf route will be taken by the
steamer Kent, Captain Theodore Keene,
on the Sunday trips from this city. The
stea mer Arrowsmith will make all the day
trips to Colonial Beach.
The fish market at the 18th street wharf
was quite dull this morning, and the re-
ceipts were light from all sources. CLAIMS
and soft shell crabs are reported scarce,
with excellent demand at fair prices.
But few changes are to be noted in prices
today, which are as follows: For black
bass, IA to Is cents per pound; pan rock,
to II cents per pound; boiling rock, II to
IA cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, 10
cents per pound; founders, ) cents per
pound; white perch, 10 to II cents per
pound; sturgeon, u cents per pound; sal
trout, cents per pound; pluefsh, 8
to cents per pound; eels ) to cents
each; catfish, 10 to 80 cents per bunch;
small white perch, 10 to u cents per bunch;
butter fish. 81 per barrel; gray trout, $f.5o
to 81 per barrel; hard crabs, 81 to 81 per
barrel; soft crabs. - to - cents per dozen,
and CLAIMS, 70 to 80 cents per hundred
The thunder squalls which passed over
the city yesterday were of great severity,
the gale for while blowing with hurricane
force. The vessels in harbor had time to
prepare for the storm and so far as can
be learned, no damage was done to ship
ping. Along the river between this city
and Alexandria a number of trees were
blown down and the fields of standing corn
somewhat damaged.
There are now in port here but two three
masted and one ur-masted schooner and an
Ice laden barge, all the remainder Of the
large fleet of ice and lumber-laden craft
which were in port here a few days ago
having unloaded their cargoes and sailed 30
Baltimore or Norfolk. At Alexandria two
large sChooners are unloading cargoes
Another large detachment of the engi-
neers battalion. stationed at the arsenal.
was taken TO Fort Foote, Md, yesterday
in pontoons towed by the launch Capron.
for practice work. On their way home the
party ran into one of the heavy rain squalls
and Were thoroughly drenched.
The tug Selectman having in tow several
scoWs laden with sand for the Columbia
Sand Company, arrived here Thursday
night, and not caring to venture in the
James Creek canal. where the scows I'M
load, in the dark, the captain of the tug
anchored his tow at the forks of the chan
of the scOws leaked a little, and. becoming
top-heavy. turned turtle and dumped its
cargo of sand into the river The scow
was found floating bottom up yesterday
morning
The newly rebuilt launch belonging to
Messrs. CranstOn and Ellerbrook, which is
lying at Cumberland's boat house, is now
nearly ready to receive her new naphtha
explosive engine.
The new tug. NJ. Mitchell Davis which
has just been completed at Baltimore for
Taylor x Bro. of this city. will reach here
Tuesday next. She will leave Baltimore
Monday and will stop at So!omOn's Island,
Md, for Mr.. NJ. NJ. Davis. her builder,
after whom she is named Captain A. ].
Taylor, the managing owner of the new
tug, will bring her from Baltimore.
Several large schooners are reported at
sea with cargoes of ice from the Kennebec
river.
The steamer E. James Tull was at the
wharf of VIM. a. Smoot & Co, Alexandria,
yesterday evening. washing boiler and
overhauIing preparatory to sailing for the
lower river.
The fattie Daisy. the pleasure yacht of
Judge j. X. NJ Norton of Alexandria, is
to be fitted with new suit of sails be-
fore beginning her summer cruises on the
river
The big ocear-going tug Savage of the
Consolidation Coal Company of Baltimore
is still in port here waiting the loading of
another barge with soft coal at George
barge at anchor off Alexandria for Bos-
ton.
Captain Jerry Posey Is with Captain Ned
Owens in the steamer Wakefield of the
Randall line as pilot
The two-masted schooner Rocka way has
arrived in port with a cargo of about 10000
feet of Virginia pine lumber from the Rap
pahannoch for Major Henry L. Biscoe.
The barge McLain is at the wharf of the
United States powder factory in Malta
woman creek. unloading cargo of hard
coal from Philadelphia.
The schooner Melrose will complete the
unloading of cargo of fertilizer material
at Shoots wharf, Alexandria, today, and
will sail for Baltimore to load coal for a
southern port.
The Earl Biscoe has arrived here with a
load of cord wood from the lower river for
Carter & Clark.
The American Patriot is at the Aiexan-
dria FISH wharf discharg ng a cargo of cord
wood for the dealers of that city.