Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-16
ON THE RIVER FRONT
BOAT HOUSES VACATED BY Or
DER OF GOVERNMENT.
Overhauling Steamer Estelle Randall
Colonial Beach Lighting Plant
Personal and General News.

The occupants of the boat building and
repair houses at the foot of 7th street have,
by order of the War Department officials.
vacated the buildings and turned them
| over to the government. These boat build
| ing plants have been in use for many years
and some of the best known pleasure craft
on the river were built on them. The up
per end of the arsenal wall about the boat
houses was favorite boat anchorage, but
| it is gradually being deserted, the boat
owners having come further up in the har-
Dor for anchorage grounds. It is under
stood the site Of the old boat houses will
| be used for the construction of a new wharf
| for the War Department fleet on the Po-
tomac.
Fish of all kinds were in fair demand at
the 18th street wharf wholesale fish mar
ket this morning, while the supply on hand
was quite small, coming mainly from the
fisheries about Old Point and Norfolk and
| by express from North Carolina Prices
range at about the same figures and are as
follows:
For gray trout IS to 50 per barrel; but
terfish so to ST per barrel; founders, 8 to Z
cents per pound; Spanish mackerel, II to
ID cents per pound; rock, IS to % cents per
pound; sturgeon, 10 cents per pound; green
pike. to cents per pound; white perch
10 cents per pound; white perch, small. 20
| to 30 cents per bunch; catfish, large, % to
u cents per bunch; catfish. small, Is to 10
cents per bunch: yellow perch, large, 10 to
% cents per bunch yellow, perch, small, 8
| to 10 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to 20 cents
each: cells. 3 to cents each.
There is yet a fair demand for oysters in
the shell and the dealers at the wharf who
now get them by the barrel on the river
steamers are selling them at 81 to $1.25
per bushel. Hard crabs sold this morning
at 30 to 81 per barrel; soft crabs at 40 to
SOC. per dozen and CLAIMS soc. per hundred.
The Randall line steamer Estelle Randall
has been out of service for the past two or
three days, while her engineer Is cleaning
the boiler and overhauing machinery. She
will return to the route within the next day
or two, relieving the steamer Kent, which
will be laid up for painting.
The new electric lighting plant which is
to illuminate Colonial Beach during the
excursion season is now rapidly approach
ing completion and will be ready for service
about the list of July.
General Port News.
The schooner Isaac Solomon, well
known trader to this port from down river
points, is lying at Poseys wharf undergo
Ing general overhauling and repainting.
She will return to service in few days and
will load cargo for this city.
1t is stated that the little two-masted
schooner Maggie L., which Is lying sunken
off Deans boat yard al Alexandria, is to be
raised and after being repaired and put in
good order will be employed in the wood
and lumber freighting business on the Po-
tomac
The cool and rainy weather of the past
three weeks has had depressing effect on
the river excursion business, and while
fairly large crowds have braved the wealth
er to go to the river resorts, business Is not
as good as 1t was last year at this time
Mr.. Michael Dugan has been made chief
engineer of Carter and Clarks steamer
LILY and Howard on the route between this
city and Philadelphia
Engineer Joseph Nash has been deta ched
from the steamer T. " Arrowsmith and as
signed to duty as assistant to Chief Engi-
neer Charley Kersey of the steamer Harry
Randall.
Mr.. Peter Baggott has been made mate
OF the steamer Kent, now running on the
Glymont route.
The schooner Junet has been chartered
by III. l.. Biscoe to load lumber on the Ran
pahannock river for this city,
The schooner Fannie, laden with building
SAND from down river point, has arrived
In port for the dealers at Georgetown.
The schooner Virginia Hawley and the
schooner Walter 2. Snow have arrived in
port from Virginia lumber points with
lumber for Johnson & Wimsatt
The Col. e. j. Merrick and the j. D. Bell
for Carter & Clark
The pungy Five Sisters has arrived IN
port with load of pine lumber from Coan
river for the dealers.
The steamer E James Tull left port YES
terday with the barges Ewing and l.. M.
Provost in tow for river points, where
the barges will load railway ties for Fred
ercksburg, Va.
The barge Flora McNaughton has ar
rived at Alexandria with a cargo of fer
tilizer material for VIM. A. Smoot & Co
The steamer Dennis Simmons unloaded a
cargo of lumber and shingles and sailed
from NeWbern, N c., for this city.
The schooner George H. Bunker laden
with about G0,000 feet of pine lumber, came
into port yesterday for the dealers.