Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-28
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAM YACHTS WILL HARBOR
HERE FOR THE WINTER.
Preparing Steamer Estel1e Randall for
Service-Dredge to Go North
Other Matters.

The steam yacht Gretchen owned by Mr..
John E. Reyburn, leftuhere Wednesday
under the command of Capt. Jos. Richard
son for Norfolk, where she will be joined
by her owner and party of friends. who
will make a trip to the sounds of North
Carolina to enjoy the duck hunting and the
fine fishing. The yacht will be gone for
TWO or three weeks, and when she returns
to this city it is understood she will go out
of commission until about April l next
The Gretchen is the only private yacht of
large size that will lay up here for the
winter this year. The naval yacht Sylph
and the yacht Oneida of the Naval Bat
talon, d. c. N. G., vessels, will usual,
remain here during the winter months The
Gretchen will lay up at the wharf foot of
o street southwest, the Oneida at the Naval
Battalion wharf and the Sylph at the navy
yard.
Business was quite brisk at the wholesale
fish market on the 11th street wharf this
morning, the demand for the fish being eN-
cellent. The supply on hand was not very
large, and the stock on hand came Drinci-
pally from the fisheries about Norfolk. Re-
ceipts from the nets along the river were
very light and the demand for some stock
was excellent. Prices this morning ranged
as follows: For trout, 81 to - per barrel;
small tailors, S. to So per barrel; rock, pan,
to Z cents per pound; medium, 10 to l.
cents per pound; broilers 10 to Is cents per
pound; carp. to ) cents per pound; 'Poto-
mac bass large, 10 to II cents per pound;
small, Is cents per pound; North Carolina
bass large, 10 to 1215 cents per pound;
small. to 10 cents per pound; green pike,
to 10 cents per pound; spot, . to cents
per pound; salmon trout, cents per pound;
large bluefish, cents per pound; small
bluefish, i cents per pound; sheepshead,
to 10 cents per pound; Spanish mackerel.
10 to 10 cents per pound green pike TO
10 cents per pound: black catfish, 10 cents
bunch; white catfish, % to 80 cents per
bunch; white perch, large, 10 to II cents
per pound; small, 10 to % cents per bunch;
yellow perch. ) to 80 cents per bunch; null
lets, 10 to 20 cents per bunch; cells, ) cents
each.
The supply of oyters on sale is quite large
while the demand is good About 900
bushels of oysters were on sale at prices
ranging from 30 to GO cents per bushel for
small oysters and 30 cents per buShel Tor
the selected stock.
Chief Engineer w. A Moore of the Ran
dali Line has force of mechanics at work
aboard the steamer I. V. Arrowsmlth re-
building her wheels and getting her in con-
dition for efficient service. During the VIM
ter months. while the Smith is out of serv-
ice she will be given general overhauIns.
The work of retubing the boiler of the
steamer Estelle Randall is being pushed by
the boiler makers, and as soon as steam
can be made the steamer she will be
taken to Alexandria and hauled out on the
marine railway there to have some repair
with heavy galvanized iron as protection
against ice. While the steamer is on the
railway she will be fitted with a new speed
wheel AS soon as the steamer is launched
she will go into service on the mail route
between this city and Glymont Md
Of General Interest.
The clam shell dredging machine belong
ing to Dean & Son Of Alexandria has re-
turned from Riverside wharf, where it was
Ar
rowsmith off mud bank, and was yes
terday taken to the Aqueduct bridge to do
some dredging for the United States army
engineers in charge of the improvements
to the bridge.
The crew aboard dredge No of the At
lantic, Gulf and Pacific Dredging Company.
which has been lying at anchor In the har-
Dor since she finished dredging the George
town channel, are preparing the big ma
chine to be taken to another port.
large lighter on the stocks at Deans
boatyard at Alexandria is being built for
Mr. T. w. Smith of this city and will be
used in the carrying Of lumber about the
harbor and to nearby points on the river.
The barge Columbia, laden with pyrites, at
Quantico, Va, was taken from there day
or two ago bound to Philadelphia, where
the pyrites will be used in the manufacture
of chemicals. Quantities of the ore from
the Potomac pyrite mines are being used at
Alexandria in the manufacture of sulphuric
acid.
Grow ducks have been very numerous on
the river for the past two or three days |
but the finer varieties of the water fowl |
have been very scarce.
The James Clark Company are building a |
new tug at Baltimore for general towing in |
the river. The tug will not be ready for |
service for several weeks.
The two-masted schooner John r. p. |
Moore, laden with about 100000 feet of pine |
lumber from the James river, came into |
uprt yesterday evening.
The Isaac Solomon has arrived here laden |
with cord wood from the lower Potomac |
for the dealers.
The barge Carroll was brought into port |
in tow Of the tug Dauntiess. la |
den with lumber from Norfolk. The Daunt- |
less sailed later with tow of light barges |
for Philadelphia.
The schooner Brina A. Pendieton. laden |
with phosphate rock from Charleston. s.