Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
HEAVY FREIGHTS REQUIRE AN
EXTRA VESSEL.
Steamer Washington on Route
The Arrowsmith to Be Over
hauled - General News.

Yesterday the steamer Sue came into port,
direct from Baltimore. with miscellaneous
cargo that crowded her decks for the mer-
chants here and at Alexandria, The Sue
! is now making extra trips, relieving the
! regular steamers of the line, which are car
rying heavy freights to and from the land
ings in the lower Potomac. Business GER
orally has picked up greatly on the river in
the past two weeks and the steamers from
and to this city are loaded both ways.
Travel on the river just now is quite light,
however.
Fish of all kinds were in fair demand
this morning. and in the early hours of the
morning the fish houses at the 18th street
wharf were busy places. The stock of fish
on hand was good. the shipments from the
fisheries about Norfolk and from off the
river being quite good. Prices are firm and
are as follows: For bluefish and tailors, &C.
to &c. per pound: Potomac black bass, loo.
per pound; North Carolina back bass, &c.
to 10c. per pound; sheep/nead, Sc. to loo.
per pound; Spanish mackerel, 1Oc to 12c
per pound; salmon trout 512c to &c. per
pound; pan rock. sc. to &c. per pound: me
dunn rock, Sc. to Ice. per pound: boiling
rock. Zoe. to BE. per pound; founders, &c.
per pound; green pike, &c. to &c. per pound;
white perch, large, 10c. per pound; white
perch, small. 1Oc. to zoe. per pound; catfish,
large. zoe. to 25c. per bunch: catfish. small,
&C. to 1Oc. per bunch; cells, &C. to &c. each;
carp, 10c. to 2oc each; butterfish, so to
50 per barrel. and gray trout, 81 to 50 per
barrel
There was an ample supply Of oysters of
all grades at the wharf this morning to
meet all possible demands, the ten or twelve
boats lying at the foot of 18th street having
about 1000 bushels aboard. Some of the
oysters now coming to this market are as
fine stock as has been brought here for
years and are selling at low prices. The
demand since the G. A. r. encampment has
been very light, and as a consequence the
poorer grades of oysters can be~bought for
45 to SOC. per bushel, while the better stock
sells for Coo. per bushel. Since yesterday
the M. ]. Stephenson and the B. H. Lam
bert have arrived with oysters aboard
The steamer Washington of the Norfolk
and Washington line, which has been at
Norfolk for several days past having
to this city and is again the route. The
steamer Newport News has been with
drawn and Is lying at her wharf In this
city.
The Randall line steamer T. v. Arrow
smith will in a few days be taken to Balti-
more, when she will go into the builders
hands and will be given a thorough over
hauling to prepare her for excursion bust
ness next summer. The improvements to be
made in the steamer will, it is expected,
make her faster and will materially reduce
the time between here and the Beach. An
electric lighting plant is also to be Installed
in the steamer.
The tug Annie of Norfolk, the tender of
the dredge Pugh, left port yesterday, and
will take the dredge and scows to Malta
woman flats
The lighthouse tender Violet is in port
from a cruise among the lights and buoyS
in the Potomac. She has taken aboard
a number of spar buoys here and will re-
place broken and missing buoyS in the
river.
The two-masted schooner Curley has been
chartered TIC load pine lumber at Norfolk
for II. L. Biscoe of this city.
Work on the new wharf building at the
foot of Queen street, Alexandria, for John
r. Zimmerman & Co, is being pushed, and
the pier will be ready for this fall.
Commodore John r. Sutton, the harbor-
master, is confined to his home, 1919 18th
street northwest, by illness. During the
absence of Commodore Sutton Capt Rus
sell Dean is in command of the harbor
police force.
Capt. William Davis Is in command of
the pungy James H. Beach of Alexandria.
Mr.. Hugh E. owen has recently been APP
pointed keeper of Carriers creek light,
new beacon recently established for the
guidance of mariners into Carter's creek.
Capt. Harry Randall is with the steamer
Samuel J. Pentz at Baltimore superintend
ing the repair work on his steamer.
Mr. Jacob Deemer had number of ladies
out for a sail in the river in his sloop Sea
Gull yesterday afternoon.
The three-maSted ram schooner Grace q.
Bennett, laden with shingles from North
Carolina point, came into port yesterday
afternoon in tow of the tug Camilla tor
Johnson & Wimsatt
The schooner Pearl, laden with lumber
from the James river, has arrived and is
unloading at T. w. Riley's wharf. foot Of
18th street southwest.
The steamer Lily and Howard has I'M
loaded a cargo of cord wood at the wharf
of Stephenson & Bro.
The schooner Rover. having aboard full
load of Virginia pine lumber consigned to
Johnson & Wimsatt, is in port and will I'M
load on Forsberg & Murray's wharf. foot
of 9Th street
The bugeye Goldie C. is at the wharf of
H. X. Field & Co., at Alexandria,, load
ing cargo of building material and gen.
eral stores for Colonial Beach.
The schooner Chas. H. Dagger. loaded
with lumber from the James river, is in
port for H. l.. Biscoe.
The schooner James H. Beach has ar
rived at Alexandria with cargo of Poto-
mac river oysters for the dealers there.
The schooner E. S. Johnson is at Alex
andria with load of canned tomatoes and
fruit from the lower Potomac.
The steamer E. James Tull and the bug
eye Seabright, laden with wood, are in port
consigned to Carter & Clark.
The Kate Muller, Mary Francis, Alice
Carlisle and Two Sisters left port yester-
day for river points and will load cargoes
back to this city.
The PIumieI Smith has sailed for Black