Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-15
ON THE RIVER FRONT
VESSELS BOUND HERE DETAINED
BY ICE IN RIVER.
Work at the Boat Yards-Tug Pride in
Service-General Marine
News.

Several vessels are at Virginia lumber
ports and at river points loading cargoes
for this city, but cannot come here until
the ice is broken. The schooner Sidonia
Curley is loading lumber at Norfolk, and
the schooner Quinby at Clearmont. Va.
for H. L. Biscoe, and the schooner Clara
Leonard with wood for Carter & Clark, and
the schooner Isabelle with wood for Robert
Murphy are in Nomini creek. The schooner
Irene is loading for this city at Beale's
wharf. In consequence of the ice in the
river it is stated large schooner bound to
the Potomac with phosphate rock will now
go to Baltimore, her master being unwill-
ing to take chances of being frozen in here.
Bass Of both Virginia and North Carolina
stock. with some shad and herring, were on
sale at the 18th street oyster wharf this
morning, and the demand was fair. Prices
this morning were follows: For pan rock,
10 to 12c. per pound; medium rock Is to
Ice. per pound; boiling rock, 20 to 2oc per
pound; Spanish mackerel. 10 to 12c. per
pound; salmon trout, to TIC. per pound;
gray trout. 6 to &c. per pound; founders,
to &c. per pound; Potomac black bass. Is to
15c. per pound; North Carolina black bass,
10 to 12c. per pound; bluefish and tailors,
10 to 12c. per pound; green pike. to &c.
per pound; white perch, II to 15c. per
pound; white perch. small, 20 to soc. per
bunch; catfish, large, 20 to 35c. per bunch;
catfish. small, 10 to 15c. per bunch; Sleeps
head, 6 to Sc. per pound; yellow perch, 20
to 4Oc. per bunch; carp, Is to 4Oc each; cells.
&c. each Florida roe shad, soc. to 81 each;
buck shad 80 to Coo. each and herring, &c.
each.
The supply of oysters at the 18th street
oyster wharf was augmented yesterday af-
ternoon by the arrival of one vessel laden
with a good cargo of Rappahannock stock
aboard. The demand continues fair and
prices are about the same yesterday,
ranging from 75c. to s1.25 per bushel ac-
cording to quality.
The sand and gravel digging machines
which have been at work above the Long
bridge have all been taken into the tidal
basin. not far from the old bathing beach.
for harbor from the storms Of winter.
General Matters.
The harbor police boat Vigilant will be
taken to Benefits boat yard, at the foot
of 18th street. tomorrow and will be hauled
out on the marine railway there to have
her ice breaking plow put in position.
While on the railway some minor repairs
will be made to the hull Of the Vigilant
and she will be out Of commission for a
short time only.
The damage done the pilot house of the
steam yacht Giavota by the bowsprit of
the pungy Maggie l.. running into 1t dur
ing a heavy gale last week, is being re-
paired by workmen from Benefits boat
yard and before the end of the week the
yacht will be again in good order.
Bennett has one of the large power
launches of the coast survey service at his
boat yard. foot Of 18th street, for a general
overhauling. The launch Is to be made
ready for service in Port Tobacco creek in
the early spring.
The Weems line steamer. Potomac, which
came into port this morning from Balt1-
more and the tributaries of the Potomac
near it's mouth, found but little ice In the
lower part Of the river, but ran into packed
ice from Cedar Point to this city.
The three-masted schooner Mary Lee Pac-
ton, which unloaded a cargo OF Florida
lumoer here, has been sheathed with pine
boards to protect her hull while towing to
Baltimore through the drifting ice. She
left here this morning behind the tug M.
Mitchell Davis.
The tug George W. Pride, which has been
out of service for several days having her
boiler and machinery overhauled. is again
in commission. She is lying at the ferry
line wharf at Alexandria.
The caulking of the large seineboat built
by Cumberland & Son for Captain William
Neitzey has been completed and the boat
has been painted. She will be put over
board in the early spring.
The tWo-masted schooner Samuel Wood
came into port yesterday evening in tow of
the tug Camilla, with a load of oysters for
this market. She is lying at the wharf
foot of 18th street
Harlan w. Huston are lying at the wharf
of T. W. Riley, frozen up. They will leave
for North Carolina ports as soon as the
weather will permit
The ferry steamer Belle Haven was with
drawn from her route on the Alexandria
ferry line yesterday in consequence Of the
heavy ice in the river.