Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-03-28
ON THE RIVER FRONT
THE ESTELLE RANDALL WITH.
DRAWN FROM SERVICE.
Will Be Placed on Marine Railway for
Repairs-The Fish and
Oyster Market.

oii Tie HAL IOUl6 between CnlS CITY anu lily
mont. has been temporarily withdrawn and
Will be taken to Alexandria in day or
two to be hauled out on the marine railway
there for repairs to her wheel and to have
her hull reprinted. Before she returns to
her route she will be given thorough over
hauling and will be repainted and refitted
for summer travel. 1t is expected she will
be out of commission for about two weeks.
The steamer Kent was yesterday placed
| upon the route between this city and City,
mont, and will run upon it until the Estelle
Randall is ready for service.
The demand for fish today was good at
advancing prices. Shad are still scarce.
Prices this morning were as follows: For
pan rock, 10 to 12c. per pound; boiling
rock, 121a to 15c. per pound; carp, 3 to &c.
per pound; salmon trout, 12c. per pound;
black bass, 10 to 14c. per pound jumping
mullets. 6 to &c. per pound; hickory jacks,
Z to 13c each; black catfish. 20 to 25c. per
bunch; white catfish, % to 35c. per bunch;
river mullets, 25 to Soc per bunch; yellow
perch, 10 to 4Oc. per bunch; Chesapeake roe
shad, Csc. each; Chesapeake buck shad, 3Oc.
each, and herring are selling at $3.50 per
hundred.
The steamer Potomac broughtup yesterday
morning about 10000 Potomac herring
caught in the trap in the Coan and other
lower Potomac streams. This has caused
the decline in the price of herring.
Four oyster-laden boats have arrived at
the wharf since Wednesday morning and to-
day there were about 600 bushels on sale
The demand for them was fairly good and
at prices about the same as early in the
week, the small oysters selling at 30 cents
per busheI and ranging from that figure to
20 cents per bushel.
The Moving Craft.
+ The steamer Lily Owen came into port
x1,itb Of
$4,000 feet of lumber from the Rappahan-
mock for Johnson & Wimsatt
The pile driver of VIM. H. Winston left
Alexandria last night in tow of the tug
VIM H. Yerkes, jr., for Chesapeake Beach.
The Yerkes also had a scow in tow from
this city for the same place.
The two-masted schooner Alethea with
cargo of about 10000 feet of pine lumber
aboard, has arrived in port from Virginia
lumber port.
The steam barge E. James TulI, with a
load of about 100 cords of pine wood, is in
port for Carter & Clark.
The schooner Rover has arrived at Alex
andria, laden with fertilizer material from
Norfolk for Herbert Bryant & Co.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart from the lower
Potomac, is in port with cargo of white
sand.
The schooner Fannie arrived yesterday
evening with full load of building sand
from off Greenway, for Georgetown.
i The Carrie c. Pinto has unloaded a cargo
of about forty cords Of pine wood at Alex
andrla for a dealer there.
The schooner Ella Miller. has arrived in
port with a cargo of shingles from North
Carolina for johnson & Wimsatt.
The schooner w. P. Snow came into port
Wednesday evening with a cargo of about
$1,000 feet Of pine lumber from a Virginia
lumber port for Johnson & Wimsatt.
The small two-masted schooner Kate
Muller. which went ashore on the flats near
Jones' Point, below Alexandria, a day or
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a cargo of cord wood for Carter & Clark
was f1oated by a tug and is at the 10th
street wharf discharging her cargo
Cutter to Go Out Of Commission.
The United States revenue cutter Window
will shortly go out of commission for about
month or six weeks and will be taken to
shipyard at Baltimore, where she will be
given a thorough overhauling to fit her for
summer cruising on her station.
The steamer Washington of the Norfolk
and Washington line underwent her annual |
inspection yesterday by the United States |
steamboat inspection officials. Inspector |
Wright and Assistant Inspector Staunton |
We're the examining officers. The Washing |
ton returned to her place upon the route |
last night, relieving the steamer Newport |
News, which is laid up.
The tug Camilla of Taylor Brothers fleet
which has been on the marine railway at |
Alexandria for several DAYS past was put
overheard yesterday and was brought to
this city by the tug d. NJ. Key. She will |
complete repainting and refitting here be- |
fore going into service today.
The tug Minerva, which was at Moore's
machine shop at Alexandria for repairs, |
went into commission yesterday. |
The repairs to the steam launch Doc Raw
having been completed at the Alexandra |
shipyard the launch was put overheard !
and brought up to this city. She is now at |
anchor in the harbor near the Long bridge
The tug Irene of Baltimore has arrived |
here, and will during the coming fishing |
season tow fish-laden craft from Windmill |
Point and other shores along the river for |
r. A. Golden.
The longboat Uriah Homer, which has |
been laid up at Alexandra for several |
months past, is lying at the dock foot of |
Queen street for an overhauling before |
going into service
The schooner Edith Verril has been fitted |
with new outfit of sails at Alexandria |
and has sailed for the White House neigh
borhood and will load cord wood
A light coal barge is hauled out on the
railway at Agnew's shipyard at Alexandria |
for caulking and other repair work
Mr.. George o. Carpinter general agent of !
the Randall line of steamers. who has been |
confined to his home for several days, has !
recovered. and is again at his desk
Capt. John d. Hart of this city has gone
to the Bryans Point fishing shore, and will
take command of the fish commission
launch Blue Wing for the summers work.
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