Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-07-25
CRAFT WITH COLD CARGOES
ALL DANGER OF AN ICE FAMINE HAS
DISAPPEARED.
Several Vessels Have Arrived and
Others Are Following in q
Welcome Procession.

While there was still a shortage of ice In
Washington this morning all danger OF an
ice famine here has disappeared, for with =
in the next twelve hourse six large vessels,
having on board i, 4;s3 tons of ice, will have
arrived, and will be unloading their car
goes at the wharf ice houses. Yesterday
was trying day the ice men, and they
were accused of having the houses full OF
ice and refusing to let it go out except TO
a favored few, when the fact was that
there was practically TO ice at all In the
houses. The main supply of yesterday ana
this morning came by rail from Balti-
more, and this sent out as fast as II
could be unloaded from the cars and into
wagons for delivery. This supply was not
large enough to fill the orders, and the
purchasers, in many instances, were asked
to cut their order down. At the fish wharf
the need of ice vas badly felt. 1t is there
used in large quantities to keep the fish
sent from the shores about Norfolk. A
large number of the dealers sent their
wagons to Alexandria and obtained al the
ice they wished from the plant of the
POrtner Brewing Company. About twenty
five wagon loads were brought up on the
ferry steamers and several car loads were
sent by the Portner company to Chesapeake
Beach.
First of Fleet to Arrive.
The first of the feet of ice-laden vessels
to reach port was the large four-masted
schooner Mt Hope with 1900 tons, which
came in last night in tow of the tug Peer
less. She is consigned to the Purity Ice
Company, and is discharging her cargo at
Willis ice house foot of 18th street. The
American Ice Company have one vessel, the
schooner l.. H. Brayton in port. She came
in the capes of Virginia about o'clock
yesterday morning, and was at once taken
in tow by tug and brought here as fast
the tug could bring her, arriving here
about l O'Clock. She is lying at the 9th
street wharf. unloading her cargo of 1,345
tons. The officers of these vessels both tell
a story of fogs that delayed them several
days, of drifting about at sea in dead calms
and then when the wind did blow it was so
very light that sailing was but slow work
They say they We're fortunate in making
as quick passage as they did under the cir
cumstances
A procession of the tugs NJ NJ Davis
VIM. H. Yerkes, jr.. Camilla and Balti-
more boat. each with an ice-laden schooner
in tow. will come into port this afternoon
and tonight. Since o'clock yesterday the
SchoouerS Augustus Hunt with 1,523 tons;
the r. & T. Hoagraves. with 1O4O tons.
and the w. c. Tanner with 800 tons, have
been reported as coming in the capes. They
were there met by the tugboats and are in
the river coming fast as possible Be
sides these the large five-masted schooner
Henry o. Barrett, in tow of the tug Males
tic, is somewhere between here and Balti-
more. The Norfolk line steamer which ar
rived this morning failed to see her in the
river, but it Is thought she was passed in
the darkness without being observed She
has on board 2,259 tons of ice and will I'M
houses
The barge McNulty, which started from
HaVre de Grace, was turned back when
the news of the arrival of the fleet at the
capes was received. and will go to Baltt-
more where the Ice can be used to advan-
tage.