Evening star., 1902-02-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT

The first icebOat to make its appearance
on the Potomac ice in several years was seen
on the basin between the bathing beach and
the Long bridge yesterday evening The
| craft sailed on and Off the wind with ease
and made fast speed. A number Of the
skaters in the basin are using the breezes
as motive power. They have provided
| themselves with large kite-shaped sails,
and, attaching them to one arm, 30 as to
| present a fair surface to the wind, they
| glide about the basin with no effort at all
and at high rate Of speed
| The Lenten season has made the demand
for fish at the 11th street wharf quite
heavy. The supply is very small, there be-
ing little II any, receipts from nearby wa
| ters. and the supply coming by express be-
ing very light. Prices show an inclination
to go higher, and are as follows: For black
bass, IA to 20 cents per pound; jumping
to 6 cents per pound; carp, & to cents
per pound; drum, to cents per pound;
frozen yellow perch. cents per pound;
pike, to 10 cents per pound; salmon trout,
10 cents per pound; white perch to II
cents per pound sand perch, 35 cents per
bunch, and yellow perch, 25 to 20 cents per
bunch. Shad and herring from Georgia
and Florida are in demand, roe shad selling
at 81 to $1.25 each bucks 80 to 30 cents
each and herring $3.50 per hundred.
The supply Of Potomac river oysters IS
growing smaller each day. but there are
yet some oysters on hand and about twenty
barrels from Norfolk and Old Point were
received on the Norfolk steamer this morn
Ing. Prices today are about the same as
YESTERDAY, the smaller oysters selling al at
SOC. per bushel and ranging from that 10
$1.25 for the larger and finer stock.
The schooner John Maginis, with SAND,
bound from the Severn river for Rlcnmono'
was found fast In the Ice and In danger
CIT ho Doft
by the Baltimore tug Neptune few days
ago. The tug broke her out of the Ice ana
conveyed her to a safe harbor in the
PatuXent.
General Port News.
The Baltimore tug Favorite arrived here
yesterday with a tank barge Of the stan
dard Oil Company in tow for Georgetown.
She towed the barge to the Long brldse'
where the tug Mohler took it In charge ana
docked 1t at Georgetown. The Favor1te had
hard battle with the ice coming up the
Potomac, and her ice plow shows the result
of the conflict, part Of one side having
been knocked off. The stem Of the tug was
also badly broken by the hawser OF the
barge becoming caught in her wheel. She
is now at Benefits boat yard and Will
have necessary repairs made before start
ing back to Baltimore.
The schooner A. H. Qunby, bound for
this port, is reported frozen in the Kappa
hammock with cargo Of lumber.
The schooner James M. Hill, laden with
fertilizer, Is lying at the wharf OF i. w.
Riley, awaiting an opportunity to sail.
The schooner Dorchester has sailed from
Newbern, N. c., for this port with cargo
Of lumber.
The bugeye r. H. Stuart. laden with
oysters, Is lying in the ice in Currtomen
bay, and will come to this port as soon as
she can pass through the ice.
The Emmet Arthur a living light at the
sail for the lower river.
Mr.. George c. Taylor, a well-knoWn resi-
dent OF Oak Grove. Westmoreiand county.
Va, has returned to his home from Balti-
more, where he has been undergoing treat
ment for broken ankle.
The work on the boiler and engine OF the
steamer Charles Manchester has been COM
pleted. stC :
It Is understood the new spring schedules
of the river lines steamers viii 60 into ef-
feet about March 1. sJi;-
The ice on the river has hardened greatly
within the past forty-eight hours. and to-
day shows no sign Of breaking up.
Washington line, who has been III at his
home In this city for several months past,
Is now recovered. and IL expected to re-
turn to duty In a few days.r
Lieut.. Gresham Bradford OF the coast
survey service has been detached from the
steamer Endeavor at Baltimore and or
aereo ger, a.. 70 tns new steamer gsene; @ v now Mt
Mr.. w. o. Dwyer has been assigned to
the steamer Norfolk of the Norfolk and
Washington line as assistant purser.
Mr.. J. A. McGfegor,y executive Officer OF
the coast survey steamer EndeavOr. has
passed an examination al master Tor ocean,