Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-22
ON THE RIVER 'FRONT.'
QUANTITIES OF STORES GOING TO
FORT WASHINGTON.
Steamer Randall Makes Special Trip
With Supplies-Repairing Potomac
Tugboats-other Matters.

The steamer Harry Randall of the Kan
dali line made a special trip to Fort WASH
ington yesterday afternoon to carry large
shipment of government stores of all kinds
for the soldiers use during the coming army
and navy maneuvers in this vicinity. On
board the steamer when she left her Wharf
here were 343 boxes of commissary stores
dried fruits coffee, sugar, tea, dried ana
timed meats and the like, fourteen bags
of beans and salt, several barrels of vine
gar and pickles, 1913 bags of oats, seventy
barrels of lime besides a number of bales
of bedding and bundles of iron bedsteads.
At Alexandria the steamer picked up sew
eral more boxes consigned to the quarter
master at Fort Washington. The shipment
was made through the Office of the depot
quartermaster Captain A. w. Butt, in TINS
city.
The closing day of the Lenten season
made the wholesale fish market on the 18th
street wharf a busy place this morning,
there being a large number of buyers on
hand and the fish selling on advancing
prices. Herring continue to increase in re-
ceipts. while shad are scarce and high;
river fish are fairly plentiful and sell well.
The supply of oysters in the shell on sale
at the oyster market on the wharf was not
large but was ample to meet the demand.
The stock on hand comes from the Potomac
beds and sells at SOC. to COO. per bushel.
Soft shell crabs are on sale but are
scarce and high. Hard shell crabs are also
scarce and sell at $l.25 per hundred. CLAIMS
are sale and are in fair demand a zoe.
per hundred.
Repairs to Vessels.
The southery winds continue to bring the
fleet of wood-laden vessels up the river
and into the harbor Several vessels have
arrived here in the past twenty-four hours
and are lying at anchor in the harbor. In
the fleet are the schooners J. p. Robinson.
c. A. Travers, Clara Leonard, Richard p.
All, X. Moran and w. 2. Snow.
The schooner William 2. Coff is lying at
the Alexandria shipyard loading large
cargo of railway ties for Boston. The ties,
which came from interior points In Virginia,
along the line of the Southern railway.
are run out upon the pier alongside the
schooner in the cars and are transferred to
her hold.
The steamer Dennis Simmons, from
North Carolina and the Nellie and Matte.
from a irginia port have arrived at Alex
andria with cargoes of lumber and are I'M
loading at tie Cameron street wharYeS.
The tug ]. II. Selectman, belonging to the
Columbia Sand Company of this city, has
completed a general overhauiing and is
again in service on the river.
The overhauling and painting of the tug
William H. Yerkes, jr., of Taylor Bros
fleet has been completed and the tug has
returned to service, leaving here with the
schooner Jordan, tie laden for Boston.
L.
tug.
The Baltimore tug Alpha is out of service
for day or two while repair work is being
done on her boiler. The tug is on the Po-
tomac under charter to tow fish-laden boats
from the Stony Point shore.
The schooner Grace G. Bennett has gone
IN Alexandria to haul out on the big marine
railway there for cleaning and repairing
and painting of her hull under water.
Mr. Harry johnson, the tugboat engineer
who was quite badly burned by the explo-
sion of a gasoline stove at his home in Alex
andria several weeks ago, has recovered
sufficiently to return TO duty. he is on the
tug Resale as chief engineer.
Cant Bailey Reed and the crew of the
steamer Harry Randall have been trans
ferred to the steamer NakeneId, on the
lower Potomac route.
Mr. VIM. A. Moore, chief engineer of the
Randall line has returned from Newport
News. where he has been for the past three
weeks.
Mary A Brady Kate l. Brady and Sallie,
all laden with soft coal, from Norfolk at
the naval proving grounds at Indian Head,
Md The coal will be used in the naval
powder factory
The schooner Flora and Agnes, with
cargo of pine lumber from the Rappahan-
mock river, has arrived in port, consigned
| to local dealers.
The schooner Carrie is lying at the 18th
street wharf unloading a cargo of pine
| boards from Virginia port
The barge Potomac, from Baltimore, is
| lying at Carter & Clarks wharf unloading
| a cargo of about 500 tons of hard coal
The river schooner Lizzie Williams has
arrived in port from North Carolina, loaded
with pine lumber.
The steamer Lily and Howard is in port
with a full cargo of cord wood from No
mini creek for the dealers.