Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-24
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM LAUNCH RUNAWAY
AGAIN IN COMMISSION.
Yacht Aquilo Returns to Port-Soft-
shelled Crabs Plentiful
Personal and General.

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The large steam launch Runaway, owned
by Mr.. Joseph Moore of Alexandria. and
used mainly to convey the mechanics living
in Alexandra and working at the naval
ordnance foundry hereto and from their
work. is again in service. The Runaway
was hauled out on the big marine railway
at Alexandria Saturday last, when her old
propeller wheel was removed and new
one put on and she was put overheard
ready for service yesterday morning. The
Runaway will be used by pleasure parties
during the summer smonths in trips on the
river in the evenings. Capt. VIII Davis of
Alexandria is In command of the Runaway.
Mayfies were late IN making there APP
pearanee this season. but they have at
last arrived. During the past Two or three
nights they have been seen. flying about the
street lights In the water front section OF
the CITY, but they are by no means as
numerous this, year as In former years
The wholesale fish market on the 18th
street wharf was very dull this morning,
the demand for fresh fish OF all kinds being
very light In consequence or the warm
mainly of butter fish, trout, croaker and
blues from Norfolk, and a few shad and
bunch fish from the river, was more than
large enough to meet fairly brisk de-
mand and prices are declining. Some few
soft shelled crabs are coming from the
down river wharves, and hard crabs are
being received from the vicinity Of Nor
folk Soft crabs sold this morning at 20
cents to 40 cents per dozen, while the hard
ones brought 81 to $150 per hundred.
CLAIMS are on sale and in fair demand at
prices ranging about 30 cents per hun
bred The stock on sale Is coming mainly
from the lower part of Chesapeake bay
The steam yacht Courier, which spent
several days in port here last week, sailed
Saturday with her owner, Mr.. B. F. Keith
of New York and party Of friends
aboard. Yesterday the yacht was In Balti-
more, but will sail from there today on
her way to New York. She will make sew
eral stops on her way up the coast
The steam yacht Aquilo has returned to
port after a pleasant cruise on Chesapeake
bay and its tributaries, during the past
ten days. Her owner, Mr. w. p. Emo, and
his family and party of friends made
the trip on the yacht and visited the James,
York and Rappahannock rivers in Virginia,
Chesapeake bay on the Eastern shore OF
Maryland Capt. D. A. French of this
city was the pilot in charge of the yacht
on her trip.
that soft-shelled crabs are quite plentiful,
hut are small in size. The demand for
them is unusually heavy and large guam
titles are being caught and shipped to this
city, Philadelphia and New York.
General and Personal News.
The Randall line steamer Kent made
special trip to Fort Washington and Fort
Hunt Sunday last to carry two car loads of
commissary stores and a large quantity of
furniture The trip was necessary in order
not to delay the steamer in making her
schedule in the Glymont mall route yester-
day.
to Carter & Clark of this city. Is hauled
n,t on the marine railway at the Alexan-
dria ship yard, to be fitted with a new pro-
peller wheel to replace one lost by the
steamer in Occoquan bay about ten days
ago. The steamer WILL 1t is expected, be
ready to return to service tomorrow
The machinery aboard the new sand and
gravel digging ma chine building at Alexan-
dria for the Potomac dredging Company
has been placed In position and the con-
struction of the house aboard the boat is
being pushed. The digger will, 1t is stated,
be ready to go intB commission early in
June and will take sand from a number of
deposits along the river below Fort Wash
ington. s0I
Wakefield, has been transferred TO the
steamer Harry Randall on the Nomini creek
route and First G6hceEs Michael Rolf has
and is temporarily On duty as purser of the
Capt. Bailey Rssd4 will command the
steamer T. v. ArraWsmith on the Colonial
Beach route during, the, coming summer
Mr. Llewellyn Phiilips has been made
steward of the steamer Randall in place of
Mr.. M. S. Parker, wsho has been transferred
to River View, tasactJas cashier of the
resort. s5s Z 81
M. stephen Gardella has been relieved
from duty aboard the steamer Kent and is
on duty as purser of the River View ex-
cursion steamer Samuel J. Pentx
The repainting and overhauling OF the
steamer Arrowsmith has been completed
and the steamer is ready, for excursion
work on the river. She will make her first
trip to Colonial Beach Saturday evening
next and will commence her daily trips to
the resort about July B.
The two-masted schooner T, Tower, laden
with glass-making sand from the Severn
river near Annapoliss Md. has arrived at
Alexandria, consigned to the glass bottle.
making plants there
The schooner Irene came into port yes.
terday afternoon with deck load of white
oak piling for use in rebuilding wharves
here. kt
The steamer e. James Tull and the
schooners Regulator. VIM, H. Mcguire, A.
X. Dukes and Reckaway are among the