Evening star., 1903-12-18
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FLOATING ICE FORCES WOOI
SCHOONER ASHORE.
Tugs Preparing to Fight Ice-Supply-
ing Lighthouse Keepers With Food
Personal and General.

The little schooner Leroy, while on her
way to this city with cargo of wood
early yesterday morning, was caught by
the drifting ice and carried ashore on the
flats, a short distance above the naval
magazine wharf. The vessel remained
ashore with the ice all around her all day
yesterday and until early this morning
when, it is stated, she succeeded in getting
a1oat and working clear of the ice A
tugboat brought her to this city. The hull
of the schooner was considerably cut by
the drifting Ice while the vessel lay in it,
The Leroy is owned in lower Maryland
and has been freighting wood on the Po-
tomac for many years past.
The supply of fresh fish on hand at the
11th street wharf market this morning was
larger and in more variety than for several
days and the demand was quite heavy
Some few river caught fish were also on
hand and prices were as follows:
For small trout, 6 cents per pound; large
trout, to cents per pound; medium
trout, to cents per pound; Spanish
mafkerel, 121a to 10 cents per pound; pan
rock, 10 to u cents per pound; medium
rock, 10 to 16 cents per pound; boiling rock,
% to % cents per pound; blueflsh and tall
ors, 10 to 12h cents per pound: Potomac
bass, to 10 cents per pound; salmon trout,
8 to 10 cents per pound; white perch, large,
IL to Is cents per pound; white perch, small
to 40 cents per bunch; catfish, small, 10
cents per bunch; yellow perch, small, 10 to
35 cents per bunch; carp, 10 to % cents
each: jumping mulletS, to 4 cents per
pound; winter shad sl.5O to 81 per hundred;
drum 3 to cents per pound; croakers, 4
to cents per pound.
The supply of oysters on the shell at the
wharf was increased last night by the ar
rival of tow of several oyster laden boats.
but all brought small cargOes. The demand
continues good and prices are high, rang
ing from 65 cents to $1.25 per bushel
Ducks were quite scarce this morning and
are selling at high prices.
The tug DalliS, which makes daily trips
between this city and the farm of the
High Point Plantation Company, In Vir-
ginia, was taken to Alexandria yesterday
and was fitted with her ice-breaking
plough at Deans boat yard. The ploughS
of the Taylor Bros. fleet will be put upon
the boats at Alexandria within the next day
two.
Workmen are empioyed at BENEFITS boat
yard in the construction of the new ice
plough for the u. s. army tug Gibbon,
which runs between this city and Fort
Washington. The plough will be completed
and ready to put in position early next
week The Gibbon Will make trips between
this city and Fort Washington throughout
the entire winter unless the Ice gets heavy
enough to cause all the steamboats, to lay
up. With the ice plough 1T is believed the
Gibbon can break six or more inches of
hard ice.
General and Personal.
The United States lighthouse tender Ma
Pile, which has been supplying the light sta
tions on Chesapeake bay. with their stock
OF provisions for the next two or three
months, will finish her route this week. 1t
is understood the stations on the river in
the District will next be visited.
Capt George Cook has been detached
from the steamer Kent and assigned to
duty on the Randall line wharf here.
Mr.. E. A. Weiss of the Randall line Is
confined to his home in this city by illness.
The continued northerly winds have again
caused very low tides in the river, so low as
to interfere greatly with the steamboats, in
getting to their wharves In the creeks along
the lower river.
The steamer Estelle Randall yesterday
took her bunker coal aboard and was made
ready to relieve the steamer Kent on the
Glymont mail route. The change In, the
steamers will be made at once, as the Es-
telle Randall is equipped for running
through heavy ice.
The tug George w. Pride which has been
lying out of service at Alexandria for the
past day or two while some repair work was