Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-14
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT
HARBOR BOAT vIGILANT GOES TO
RESCUE OF WORKMAN.
Effects of the Gale on Tides and
Markets-The Moving Craft
General News.

Tuesday evening" about 6 o'clock the
harbor police boat Eigilant was called upon
to go to the resCuet of one of the employees
of the force at work on the flats. He had
started in a rowboat for the end of the row
of piling, at the southeast corner of the
flats, to place a night light The wind
caught the boat and blew it across the river
into the ice near the Buena Vista wharf,
and it was feared the man would not be
able to get ashore and that he might there
fore freeze to death The Vigilant went to
the place and found the boat. but the man
was not in it, he having succeeded in max
ing his way to the shore over the broken
ice, which was piled three feet high. The
beat was left where it was found.
The cold weather has made the oyster
market at the 18th street wharf fairly
brisk, and vessels are daily selling out
their cargoes and sailing for the lower
river. Today there were about twelve
vessels at the wharf, having in all about
2o0o bushels of oysters aboard. The ice
and the stormy weather on the lower river
have prevented vessels from loading, and
but few are now coming into port. Prices
this morning ranged from 60 to 20 cents
per bushel for the smaller grades of oysters
up to 81 per bushel for the larger and more
select stock. The steamers from down the
eighteen barrels Of oysters for the local
dealers.
The supply of fresh fish from the waters
of Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries was
very small at the 11th street wharf this
morning, the ice yesterday having prevent
ed the fishermen from working their nets.
The market was quite brisk the demand
being much in excess of the supply, and
prices show slight advance. The Norfolk
line steamer this morning brought up three
barrels from the neighborhood of Old Point
and two packages were received by express
from the south. Today fresh trout
sold at 10 to lie per pound mullets, &c. per
pound; frozen trout. 61ac. per pound; had
dock, &c. per pound; blue pike, &C. per
pound: smelts, 6 to &c. per pound; Sleeps
head, &c. per pound bass, lac. per pound;
herring $3.50 to So per hundred: catfish, 20
to Doc. per bunch, and yellow perch, 20 to
SOC. per bunch.
Passing In and Out.
The three-masted schooner Childe Harold,
with cargo of about ,101 tons of ice from
the Maine ice fields, has arrived in port in
tow of the tug NJ. NJ Davis. This is the
first ice-laden vessel to arrive in port for
about two months. The officers of the tug
Davis report having had very rough trip.
The steamer Harry Randall arrived in
port with light cargo from the lower river
last night. She had stormy trip to the
lower river and was prevented from making
many of her landings by the extremely low
the wharf, and had much trouble in getting
afloat again, over two hours being lost at
that wharf.
The barge VIM. S. W. Kirby has been
taken to QuanticO to load poplar wood for
a northern port.
The four-maSted schooner Catherine D.
Perry, with cargo of over 1,40O tons of
ice for the American Ice Company, has
sailed from Bangor. Me. for this port. She
is expected TO arrive early next week.
The barges Fredericksburg Isaac E. Nc
Lean and II. J. McDermott, from this port,
have arrived at Norfolk
The steamer Wakefield was unable to get
out of her dock yesterday in consequence
of being aground and her trip to the lower
river had to be abandoned. She will leave
on regular schedule Saturday.
The Mary Virginia has sailed for the
lower river and will load back to this port.
The schooner Fair View, which has been
lying at the Alexandria shipyard for several
days past, has sailed for a lower river port
The schooner John l. Krantz, which is
dischargng a cargo of lumber at the wharf
of Johnson & Wimsatt, will, it is under
stood, go to Baltimore for cargo Of coal
when light.
The schooner Eta, on which the case OF
smallpox discovered last week, has
sailed for the lower river.
Doughertys tug. Stella, with Standard OIL
barge No. IS in tow, has sailed from this
port for Baltimore.
The Zephyr has sailed for the oyster beds
in the lower river to load back for this port.
- Inc tug GAMMA mas SalleQ Tor the lower
river with tow of light oyster boats.
General Matters.
The Mount Vernon and Marshill Hall
line steamer Charles Manchester underwent
her annual inspection by the U. S. marine
inspection service Tuesday. Assistant In
spector Dunn examined her hull, boats and
appliances and Assistant Inspector Staun-
ton examined her boiler. The inspection was
satisfactory In every particular, and the
steamers license Will be renewed for an
other year.
The river this morning was covered with
ice over an inch in thickness, which made
last night Navigation except to tugs and
steam vessels is practically closed. At Fort
Washington, Marshall Hall, Glymont and
other points the eastern side of the
river the broken ice has been blown in
and packed to the depth of several feet, so
that it is extremely difficult to make a
landing at any OF these points. The mail
steamer Estelle Randall left here this
morning and will make an effort to get to
them with her mall The continuation of
this cold weather will close the river COM
pletely to navigation in few days
The heavy northwest gale of the past
forty-eight hours is the fourth in the past
three weeks. The water in the river is