New-York tribune., 1901-02-16
ICE BLOCK RELAXING.
EBB TIDE CARRIES OFT A GOOD DEAL
AND NAVIGATION FARES BETTER
THAN IN SEVERAL DAYS.

a., roon Yesterday little Of the ice that has
been sucb = bother to navigation during the
las, few dsvs remained in the Hsrbor on the
Es-,erv II had hoated down the Bay on the
ebb tide When IL reached Robbins heef II
stretched from the reef across the water 10 say
Fidge and formed a heavy and troublesome roe
II forced IT'S way along TO the NarroWs ana
squeezed and jarnmed and pushed into the XIII
Won Kull
Al the KIN Won Kull it caught the tugs
cyclops and J Fred Lohmann. Both were
driven aground. They had 10 wait for the noe
70 rise before they could proceed. The FERRY
hoat Mortified OF the Staten Island Line was
also caught and was helpless for more than an
hour The Castleton, Of the same line' was
DELAYED for about thirty minutes. These two
ferrv,osts three steamers. number of lighters
and the tug Charles Runyon. bound from Bar
ren Island 10 the city, were all compelled 10
,-si, until the greater part Of rhe ice had passed
,broueh the Narrows before any progress could
bs made This foe was the principal one en-
oou,.ered during the DAY. The wind was sun
,oU,erful and in some cases actually lmpeueo
traffic
A ting a1th a soow in tow. off Pier No. 3. East
River was unable 20 get around the batlerN
early IN the afternoon because. puff as she
might the wind heat her back. But in generai
traffic was in pretty fair shape All the East
river ferries ran with the exception of the Ihir-
tv-ninth-st line which has been idle since
"Wednesday Tugs are now a. work opening
channel 10 the lines ferry slip in South Brook
,,-r The only line on the North River which
did not run was the Fort Lee. People VINO nv
:, F,rleu,ood and nearby districts had - come
80 the CITY by the ferries lower down the river
The l,oats Of the West Shore Railroad line from
-t,atf frrac acr1ll2
The ice in both the rivers has been blown ny
.he west wind 70 the eastern shores. so that
,,hua half Of each river was obstructed the other
half was open The ice was SOFT ana leauIl.
GIVE way before boats This allowed ,hdns
small boats 10 get out The lnlnlls alloh III Pt
boat John G. Carlisle. made trips from 1he , pa, %,
terz, 70 Ellis Island, and the ferryboat AtlanIc
,oade trims from the Battery 20 Governor ,i ieL-
and, taking on her first trip tnIi,y ta,
v.ho have not been able 10 get TO the haffachs
Tbe 7oe in the Buttermilk Channel and in the
,cu-er Fact River has not entirely disappeared.
and has caused coal barge traffic 10 be tempo
Tarilv saspended Jobbers and other dealers IN
coal received notice yesterday that the agents
of the big coal companies would no longer sell
coal alongside" hut only at the pockets ana
that without a guarantee as TO the time OF de-
livery The tuFboat captains have declined 10
risk strainng their boats and yesterday retused
as much as 500 an hour for their use
Oyster barges are frozen in al Long Island
CITY. The Tribune said Thursday that no oy
ter famine was likely. on account OF the laIse
stock Of oysters kept on hand by dealers. ms
stock is kept in barges and If the barges ne
come inaccessible famine OF course, nidE ny
nccur contrary To expectations. A Vegetable
famine is also a possibility. since hundreds OF
rars Of produce are tied up in the Jersey city
railroad yards This produce cannot be nrought
across the river because there are no boats now
TO carry II.
Six codfshng sChooners, which have been az
sea since Tuesday. have not been heard nom
They generally lie off the Nantucket Shoals, ana
IL is thought that they ran into the nearest
shelter from the recent heavy winds, or that
thev were driven 20 the southeast. The nearest
shelter is in the lee Of Block Island
There were snow flurries yesterday in sections
~ New-York and New-England, but the
weather was on the whole. fair throughout the
entire country
The forecast for to-day is fair with brisk
ror-fh nindS