Evening star., 1902-02-21
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SPRING AND SUMMER SCHEDULE
OF HARRY RANDALL.
Increase in the Supply of Fish-Fine
Stock of Ice Being Gathered
Brief Port News.

The spring and summer schedule of the
steamer Harry Randall will go into effect
when the overha uling of that vessel is COM
pleted and she resumes her trips to the
lower river landings early next week, II
the ice will allow. Several changes of i'm
portance will be made in the schedule.
which will make her arrive here an hour
or two earlier each trip
No landings will hereafter be made at any
OF the wharves above Glymont except at
Fort Washington and Marshall Hail. and
Stones, Howard's and Cobrums wharves.
in st. Clements bay, Md. will be dropped
from the new schedule. The leaving time
from Lower Machodoc creek will be made
earlier and other changes will be made.
The demand for fish at the wharf today
was good. and prices continue very high.
This morning roe shad sold at 81 90 to 81 %
each, and buck shad brought 40 to 6Oc.
each back bass, IA to zoe. per pound:
jumping mullets, to &c. per pound; frozen
yellow perch. &c. per pound; sheepshead. D
to Sc. per pound; carp, to SC. per pound; ;
pike, to 1Oc. per pound; salmon trout, IL
to 12c per pound; gray trout 8 to 1oc. per
pound; white perch. to 12c. per pound,
and yellow perch. 2o to 75c. per bunch.
Florida herring are scarce and are in de-
mand at So per hundred. There are no
them are not quoted.
The prices at which oysters were quoted
were: Shucked oysters, $1.25 to $3.50 per
gallon, and oysters in the shell at S. per
barrel. The bugeye kathleen. Captain Cur
ley, came into port yesterday evening In
tow of the tug Yerkes. bringing about 700
bushels Of Potomac oysters for an uptown
dealer. This is the first oyster-laden vessel
to arrive here for about three weeks.
The American Ice Company, taking ad-
vantage of the heavy freeze in the Susque-
hanna river near Perryville, Cecil county,
Md, have had a force of several hundred
ms and 1Qr h0r af or G6
In harvesting a crop of fine ice. Many
thousand tons have been stored in the large
ice houses on the banks Of the river.
The recent severe cold weather has
caused serious losses to the owners of sheep
In the northern neck Of Virginia. 1t is
stated that many early lambs have sue
cumbed to the intensely cold, stormy
weather
The residents of the Mount Holly neigh
borhood Westmoreland county, have Sc
sured a tri-weekly mail service between
that port and Erica. The new service goes
into effect about the middle of next month
and will be q great convenience to that
portion of the county
General News Of the Port.
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr., which has
been towing on Chesapeake bay from the
capes to Baltimore for the past three
weeks. returned to this port Wednesday
evening. Captain Taylor, her commander,
reports the Ice in the river very heavy.
The Yerkes brought up one oyster-laden
craft from Colonial Beach. She comes
here to take part in Commodore Sutton's
campaign against the ice. and will be the
flag ship of the ice-breaking fotilla. The
tug Camilla is expected to arrive here to-
day and will also join the harbormastcr's s
fleet.
One of the large barges which is to be
used for transportation of material to be
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has been completed and launched at the
boat yard of Augustus Dean & Son. just
north Of Alexandria. Another Of the
barges is in frame on the stocks at Dean S
board about the middle Of next month.
These boats are about fifty feet long.
twenty feet wide and have ample deck
room.
pairing for the coming excursion season.
Charters are being made with local organ
izations for outings during the warm
weather and extensive improvements will
be made on all the excursion grounds.
Those who have made the excursion bus
mess a study say the outlook for the COM
ing summer Is most promising.
AS soon as the river Is navigable for side
wheel boats the little steamer Estelle Ran
dali will be hauled out at Alexandria and
a new steel propeller wheel will be placed
upon her. The new wheel will be of an i'm
proved type and it is expected to add ma
terially to her speed.
Chief Engineer VIM. A. Moore of the
Randall line is pushing the work of rebuild
ing the engine of the River View excursion
steamer Samuel J. Pentz. The engine when
completed will be practically new.
The steam yacht Joe Blackburn Is to re-
ceive thorough overhauling to fit her for
excursions on the Potomac during the COM
ing season.
Two large sailing sloops owned by parties
in this city are hauled out at Deans boat
yard at Alexandria to be overha uled and
put In order for spring cruising One of the
boats is a new one and will make her first
appearance on the river during the coming
season.
The owners Of the canning factories along
the lower river are negotiating with the
farmers for their crops of tomatoes, beans,
peas and corn.
Capt. August Gaines will have his stea m
yacht, the Augusta, now lying at Alexan-
dria, repainted and overhauled and put in
thorough order for hunting and fishing
trips during the approaching season.
It Is stated that the hauling of big seine
for shad and herring will be begun at the
Plum Tree Gut fishing shore early in
March. and by the middle Of the month it
is expected that several Of the large shores
will be in operation. All of their catch will
be sent to this market.
Mrs, Jones Painfully Hurt