Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
ON THEa RIVER FRONT
HUNTING FOB A ROAD BOILER
LOST IN RIVER.
U. s. Training Yacht Restless Sails
Gretchen to- Winter Here
Other Marine News.

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stone road roller, which was lost overheard
from the steamer Estelle Randall, while on
her way down the river last week, and
heavy net is being drifted over the spot
where it went overheard, in the expectation
it will catch in it and locate it. When
found, as It is expected 1t will be today,
chains will be hooked to the frame work
about the roller, and 1t will be raised to the
surface by a pile driver or derrick and
placed on scow for transportation to Fort
Washington, where it will be used in the
road work there The difficulty in recover
ing the roller is great, as the stone weighs
nearly three TONS
Fish were in fair demand at the 18th
street wharf fish houses this morning, and
wh,le the stock on hand was not large II
was ample to meet all demands. Spanish
mackeref are coming in good quantities
from the Chesapeake bay fisheries, and
good supplies of river fish are being re-
ceived.
Prices today are as follows: Spanish
mackerell, - to 15c per pound; black bass,
10 to 1Sc. per pound; salmon trout to &C.
per pound; pan rock, 6 to sc. per pound;
medium rock, to 10c. per pound; boiling
rock, Ii to 15c. per pound; founders, &c. per
pound; green pike, to Sc. per pound; blue
fish or tailors, to &c. per pound; white
perch, large, 0 to 1Oc. per pound; white
perch, small, 10 to 15c. per bunch; catfish.
2oc per bunch; cells. &c. each; carp. 10 to
4Oc. each; butterfish, 81 per barrel, and
gray trout, 81 to IS per barrel.
Six or seven vessels laden with fine grades
or Potomac river oysters were lying at the
1lth street oyster wharf this morning. and
the cooler weather has made a decided in
crease in the demand. The boats now COM
Ing into port are bringing larger cargoes
than formerly, averaging about 400 bushels
to the boat. The oyster dredging season
opened Monday last and now hundreds of
dredge boats are at work on all the natural
oyster beds in Maryland and Virginia, ano
to obtain. The recent arrivals at the wharf
are the Goldie c.. Two Sisters, Silver Spray
and Shining Light.
The United States training yacht Restless
has sailed for Norfolk, after a stay of two
days at this city. The Restless has been
used for recruiting purposes for the navy
in the inland waters of North and South
Narolina. About sixty young sailor boys
were aboard her.
The United States naval tug Tecumseh
which is in service between the navy yard
here and the naval proving grounds at In
dian Head, Md, has recently been given
thorough overhauling and is now one of
the fastest boats of her kind the river,
easily d1stancing many of the larger steam
boats The Tecumseh was formerly the
ocean towing tug Edwin Luckenbach of
New York
The steam yacht! Gretchen, owned by Mr.
John e. Reyburn, is now at Norfolk and is
expected to arrive here early next week and
will remain here for the winter. The Gret
chen. under thencommand of Captain Rich
adrson. has been cruising the New Eng
land coast all summer.
Freghts from.this city and Alexandria to
lower river points are now quite heavy, the
steamers leaving well loaded every trip.
The merchants at the river landings are
laying in their fan stocks of goods.
Mr.. G. j. Fisher is completing the work
on his little pleasure craft recently launched,
and it is expected it will be ready for hunt
ing and fishing trips to the lower river this
fall and in the early part of the winter.
Captain f. S. Randall is in New FORK on
business connected with his steamboat line.
Large quantities of tomatoes are still
being shipped from the wharves in the low
er river to the canning factories at Alexan
dria. Nearly all the canning factories at
the mouth of thesriyer have closed for the
season.
Nine cars laden with gas-making coal are
at Shepherds landing of the Baltimore and
Ohio railway. waiting to be transferred to
barges for transportation to this city.
The big schooner Edwin r. Hunt, which
will complete the unloading of her cargo
of ice today at the 9th street wharf, has
been chartered to load coal at Baltimore
for Boston or other New England ports.
The bugeye r. H Stuart is in port with
a load of canned goods from Nomini for
the wholesale grocers.
The steam barge Daniel X. Jackson came
into port yesterday evening with load Of
cord wood for Garter q Clark.
The steamer Dennis Simmons with a car
go of lumber from North Carolina points
has arrived. She unloaded part of her
cargo here and has gone to Alexandria to
finish discharging her cargo.
The two-masted schooner Isabel, laden
with railway ties; consigned to Robert Muir
ply, is discharging her cargo on the James
creek canal.
The American Patriot and the Lottie
Thomas have sailed for lower river points
and will load back to this city.
load Of canned tomatoes and fruit for the
dealers.
The barges Swansboro' and VIM Donald
son. which unloaded cargoes here, sailed
yesterday in tow the tug J. s. Hoskins for
Baltimore.
The schooner Thomas Richards is dis
charging a cargo Of lumber from Clear
mont, Va, at 7. w. Rileys wharf for the
dealers.
The schooner Clara Leonard is lying in
Currioman bay, loading for this city for
Carter & Clark
The Belmont has completed the dis
charging Of her cargo of cord wood and
has returned to the lower river for another
load.
The four-masted schooner Young Broth
ers. laden with ice for the American Ice
Company, Is expected to arrive here tomor-
row or Monday.
The sloop Daisy sailed today for Farm
ington, Md. with cargo Of general stores
from Alexandria.