Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-27
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCHOONER FOR POTOMAC
LUMBER TRADE.
Launch Santa Barbara in Trouble
Tug Camilla in Service
Other Matters.

Capt. John Malone has sold his schooner.
the Lula Lowe. to parties in Richmond,
who will use her In the freighting business
on the James river. The schooner has
been turned over to her new owners and
Captain Malone has purchased the schooner
Ethel. now at Philadelphia, for service in
the Potomac lumber trade. The Ethel Is
a handy little two-topmast schooner of
about eighty tons burden, and Is said to
be quite q smart craft. The vessel will be
at once brought to the Potomac. and Cap
tain Malone is in the city arranging char
ter for his vessel from Virginia or North
Carolina lumber port to this city. The
Ethel will. 1t Is expected, arrive here early
in next month.
The Thanksgiving market at the fish
wharf was quite brisk In the early hours
Of the morning. and while the supply was
not large 1t was ample to meet the demand.
High prices for fish Of all kinds is the rule,
and today salmon trout Is selling at II
cents per pound; green pike, to cents per
pound; Potomac black bass. 10 to Is cents
to 10 cents per pound: sturgeon, 8 to IL
cents per pound: founders, to 8
cents per pound: medium rock. 10 to 12
cents per pound bluefish and tailors, II
cents per pound: white perch. 10 to II
cents per pound; white perch. small, 10 to
Is cents per bunch: yellow perch. 10 to 40
cents per bunch; mullets. 10 to 25 cents per
bunch: catfish. large. 20 to 35 cents per
BUNCH catfish. small. 10 to Is cents per
bunch: carp, Is to 20 cents per bunch: cells.
cents each. and gray trout. $11 per box.
Birds. ducks and other game were very
scarce this morning. and prices are about
the same as yesterday.
Several vessels laden with Potomac river
oysters came Into port last night and early
this morning bringing about LOO bushels
of the bivalves for the Thanksgiving day
market. The demand today was fair and
the oysters are selling at from SOC. per
bushel for the smaller stock up to 55c. and
Coo. per bushel for the better grades.
The Philadelphia tug Baltic paid her first
visit to this port yesterday with a tow. and
after lying here for a short time sailed
seventy-two tons burden and Is seventy
two feet long. She II, comparatively new
vessel, having been built at Philadelphia In
1894.
General Port News.
The schooner Fortune, which went ashore
Tuesday on the flats near the naval pow
der magazine. floated yesterday. and she
came up to this city with her cargo of
oysters.
The steam launch Santa Barbara. the ten
der to the naval proving grounds at Indian
Head, Md. is reported to have broken down
on her way to her station yesterday. The
naval tug Tecumseh. which was on her way
from this city to Indian Head. took the
launch in tow.
The repairs to the tug Camilla. which
have kept the boat laid up for the past
week, have been completed and she is again
in service.
Since being laid up the boiler Of the tug
has been retubed and her engine and ma
chinery have been given thorough over
hauling and she Is now ready for her wiz
ter's towing on the Potomac.
The steam launch LOWE Randall is back
In port from a cunning trip to the lower
Potomac.
Mr.. Edward A. Weiss of the Randall line
has recovered from his recent Illness and
Is again on duty at the office Of thee
pany at the foot of 9Th street.
Capt. Kelsey of the schooner Edith q.
Foiwell. with Mrs KELSEY. is visiting
friends Ia Baltimore
Capt e. 8. Randall. Capt. Harry s. Ram
dall and Chief Engineer Vim. A. Moore
have returned from six-day cunning trip
on Elle lower Potonnac.
1Ae tne los. q. Carter came into port