Evening star., 1902-03-03
ON THE RIVER FRONT
NEW SCHEDULES FOB HARh1
RANDALL AND WAKEFIELD.
Fish and Oysters in Demand - Boats
Lay Aside Their leo Plows
General News.

The Randall line steamer Harry Ranoali
resumed her trips to the lower river land
| ings Saturday. Under the new scheduie Oh
the line, which has just been published. the
Randall makes three round trips each week.
She leaves here Monday and Wednesday al
ternoon at 4 O'Clock for Alexandria, Fort
washington, Marshall Hall, Glymont. In
dian Head, Clifton Beach, Stiffs. Somerset
| Beach, Stuart's. Riverside, Matthias Point,
| Dius. Wilkersons s, Colonial Beach, Bush
wood, Rock Point. Colton's Curriomen,
| Henderson's. Beales, McGuire's, Thomp-
sons. Deep Point, Mt. Holly. Nomin,, Edge
| water Parham's Point and returning
leaves Parham's Point at 10 O'Clock am
Tuesdays and Thursdays, arriving at WASH
| ington about 4 am. Wednesdays anu rli
days. Saturdays the steamer leaves he,e d.
| 7 o'clock am and makes all the landings
| named above except Edgewater ana Far
| hams Point. Returning she leaves NoHi-
| nj at $3.50 o'clock am. and arrives nome
| about $3.50 O. clock pm Sunday.
The steamer Wakefield leaves here Sun
days Tuesdays and Thursdays. at Am
| for Alexandria, Fort Foote, Hiver view
Fort Washington, Marshall Hall Gpns.on, no.s
wharf. Liverpool Point, Clifton @ Beacn,
StIIrs wharf Somerset Beach, Stuarts
wharf, Riverside, Matthias Point, Chapel
Point Brent WndII, LII WAAA -
Wilkerson's wharf. Colonial Beach, Mas
| sey's wharf Wirt's wharf. On her return
| trips she leaves Wirt's wharf at am
| Mondays, Wednesdays and fridays ana ar
| riyes at Washington about pm the
same day. This schedule will be run
throughout the spring and summer
| The supply of fresh fish from the Poto-
| mac at the 11th street wharf TINS morning
| was ample to meet all demands the river
boats having brought up good quantities:
| Prices today are somewhat lower than last
| week and are as follows: For pan rock. O
to 12c. per pound: boiling rock 10 10 IVc:
| ner pound; black bass. 10 to 15c. per pound;
salmon trout. to &C. per pound; white
! perch, to 12c. per pound; jumping mul-
| lets, to &c. per pound; carp. to 6c. per
pound river mSltts sn 10 TO Tof hupeb pe BACK
| catfish, to 2Oc. per bunch: yellow perch.
to 4Oc per bunch. Shad and herring are
scarce and are in demand. North Carolina
herring are selling at 1928 per hundred.
while shad are bringing 90c. to 81 for North
Carolinas and 60 to 75c. each for Florida
! and buck shad, 40 to 45c. each for North
Carolinas and 80 to S5c. each for Flor1das s.
The oyster supply at the 11th street wharf
| is ample to meet all demands and prices are
| lower than they have been since early In
| February. Since yesterday several poats
cargoes Of Potomac oysters. In an
about 1000 bushels. The demand this
| morning was excellent and sales were made
| at go to CSC. per bushel for the small
| oysters, up " - PcI bdSASi AVA sAAS Ae~A oS~
| stock.
| General News Of the Port.
| The new ice plow which was placed on
the harbor police boat Vigilant few days
ago, has been removed and will be put
away for use another winter. As all dan
ger of Ice is now over for the season the
plow will be removed from the mail steamer
Estelle Randall at once. and by the end
| - oil hc tup will have dis
| carled their Ice beaks
| Workmen are busily engaged In over
hauling and putting in order tho Motley
Hall excursion steamer River Queen. in
preparation for excursion trips in the early
summer.
steamer Charles Manchester today recon-
| menced her trips to Mount Vernon. The
boat has been given a thorough overhauling
| and put In good order.
The schooner A. H. Quinby, with a cargo
Of pine lumber from the Rappahannock
river, came into port yesterday. She Is
| consigned to II. L. Biscoa-
The pungy Ella Hill has arrived at Alex
| andria with cargo OF about 800 bushels
| of Potomac river oysters for the dealers
| there.
| The three-masted schooner John A. Cur
| tbs arrived in port yesterday evening, in
tow Of the tug Camilla. with piling for the
navy yard and lumber from North Carolina
|
| navy yard unloading her cargo Of piling.
The schooner Irene is in port with a load
| Of cord wood from a river point for Robert
Murphy. The Irene brings the first cargo
| Of wood since the freeze. She will unload
| on the James Creek canal.
The two-masted schooner Sidonia Curley.
with a cargo Of about 100000 feet Of lum-
ber from Clearmont, on the James river,
Va, came into port yesterday for H. L.
Biscoe.
The schooner Leonard has arrived with a
load Of pine wood for Carter & Clark.
The officers of the steamer Wakefield,
| which came into port last night from her
| first trip to river points since the freeze.
report the river and creeks entirely free
Of ice
The Baltimore tug Emma has sailed with
| three light barges In tow for Fredercks-
| burg The barges were the Isabelle. Laura
v. Gloves and F. G. McNaughton, which
| have been lying in port here for several
weeks. They will load poular wood for
| Philadelphia.
The schooner Isabelle has gone to a lower
| river point and will load wood
The T. j. Parks. E. P. Evans and Zephyr
sailed from the oyster wharf and have gone
| to the Blackistone's Island neighborhood to
| load.
The tug Spray. with a barge laden with
| urday evening from Occoquan.
The steam yacht Glavota. with her owner,
| Mr.. John R. Dos Passos OF New York and
party aboard: sailed Saturday night for
| Sandy Point, Va. where Mr.. Dos Passos
| has q country residence.
Tho schooner Aiethea, with a cargo Of
lumber. came tnto port yesterday for the
dealers.
| has been hauled out on Benefits railway,
was put overheard this morning and Is
| again In service.
| Sons and Daughters Of Maine.
A growing interest in the Maine Society