Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
ICE BECOMES AN OBSTRUCTION TO
NAVIGATION.
Canteens and Omcers' Clubs ut River
Forts Closed by Order OF
C0mmandant.


the thickness of the ice on the river to
such an extent that it seriously interferes
with navigation by steam vessels and COM
pletely closes the river to sailing vessels.
The steamer Harry Randall. which should
have gone down the river Thursday morn
ing remained in her dock here, the mana
ger Of the line deeming 1t unwise to send
her out. The steamer Wakefield is also ly-
ing in her dock. She WILL II possible, make
a trip tomorrow, and the Randall will go
down Sunday. II the cold weather con-
tinues, however, they will remain here.
The Weems line steamer Potomac, which
left Baltimore Tuesday evening for this
port, came up the river as far as Mary
land Point but finding the ice very heavy,
she abandoned her trip and returned to
Baltimore.
| The mail steamer Estelle Randall is
making her daily trips but Is running
from an hour to an hour and half behind
her schedule. This time is lost in battling
with the ice at Fort Washington and ely
| mont, where it is several feet In depth.
The steamers arrive In port with tneir
bows covered with ice several inches IN
| thickness from the spray thrown upon
them by the wind.
BY the orders of the commanding officer
| of the artillery stations at Fort washington
and Fort Hunt, In compliance with the re-
cent anti-canteen law, the sale or beer ana
other intoxicating beverages has been
stopped at the post exchanges OF the Two
posts The officers clubs at the forts have
I also been closed quantity of beer ship
ped by the local breweries to Fort w ash
ington was returned yesterday, the boxes
| unopened. The bar rooms near Fort Wash
ington and Fort Hunt, outside the govern
ment reservations, are laying In large
stocks of drinkables, in the expectation OF
greatly increased business.
The cold weather and the prospect Of
| freeze has made the market at the oyster
ybar ~ ri hriSk In the past two or
| three days, and nearly every vessel In port
| has sold out This morning. while several
vessels had oysters on board, there were
but about 100 bushels In all for sale, the
rest having been bought up by the local
dealers. Unless a tow Of laden boats sue
ceeds in getting through the Ice tonight
| there will not be an oyster for sale at the
wharf by tomorrow evening. The stoppage
of the river steamers has made the price
of oysters jump up, as the Norfolk boat Is
bringing but few from Norfolk This
| morning the bivalves were selling at 9Oc.
| to 81 per bushel
There was scant supply of fish at the
fish houses along the 18th street wharves
| this morning. and the prices brought were
| slightly in advance of the early part of the
| week. Since yesterday but ten barrels of
| fish have been received by the local dealers
| two coming from a Potomac river point.
| three by express from the south and five
| being brought up by the Norfolk and Wash
| ington line steamer from Old Point and
| the neghborng shores. The market this
! morning was good, trout selling at 10 cents
per pound jumping mullets. at cents per
| pound; black bass. at u to 10 cents per
| pound; rock, at 12A to 10 cents per pound:
| shad, at 30 cents to 81 each; blue pike,
! to ) cents per pound: frozen trout. 6R to Z
| cents per pound: haddock and pollock,
cents per pound: winter shad. 31z cents per
| pound, and smelt, to I cents per pound.
schooners and Tugs.
The schooner Hulda, with cargo of pine
| lumber and shingles has sailed from New
berne, N. c., for this port
| The tug Camilla is at the mouth of the
river for tow of oyster boats. which she
| will bring UP soon as the ice will per-
| init.
| The United States revenue cutter Win
| dom has sailed from Baltimore for cruise
| on her district on the lookout for vessels
| in distress in consequence of the recent
| gales.
| Culver have sailed in tow of tug for the
| lower river, and will load oysters back to
! this port
The tug NJ. NJ. Davis has gone for a
| cruise on Chesapeake bay on the lookout
| for vessels bound to this point or Balti-
| more
| 1t is stated that the schooner Rodney
| Parker has been chartered to load ice at
| the Maine ice fields for the Purity Ice Com
pany Of this city.
| General and Personal.
Oliver, which recently arrived at New
| York, reports having sighted the wreck OF
| the schooner Ida l.. Ray about 40 miles
| off Sandy Hook. The Rays decks were
| awaSh, the cabin windows were all smash
| ed in and everything movable had been
washed from her decks.
| A recent order of the Treasury Depart
| ment. made on the recommends ton of the
stes mboat inspectors. allows licenses to be
| issued as master mate Of a steam Ves-
sci to any one who has had from three to
| five years experience on a sailing vessel
| Under the old regulations could get
| a license for steam vessel who had not
served three years on one
| Capt. l.. S. Mcnamara has purchased the
two-masted schooner Howard Dali from
Capt. Charles o. Tubman of the eastern
| shore of Maryland. Captain Mcnamara re-
| Gently sold the schooner John B. Conner
| to Captain Causley. The Dali registers
| seventy-seven tons and was built in 1871
She will be continued in the bay trade.
| The residents Of the neighborhood of
| Point Lookout, Md, greatly pleased at
the recent order of the Post Office Depart
place.
| Mud shad reported extremely plentt-
ful in the Rappahannock river. Over a
thousand We're recently caught in two
| hauls of a small net.
| A scow, said te belong to Messrs. Carter
& Clark of this city is sunk the flats
near Monkeys Point, below Fort Washing
ton.
The discharge pipes which lead from the
| dredge to the portion of the Potomac park
to be raised have been placed in position on
the piling recently driven at the southeast
corner of the park.