Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-07
ON THE RIVER FRONT
ARMY TUG GIBBoN TO BE RE-
PAIRED WITHOUT DELAY.
Launches Laid Up for Season - Will
Rebuild Burned Stables-Gen-
eral and Personal.

The army tug Gibbon will, 1t is expected.
be in service by the latter part of this or
early in next week, if the tidal conditions
In the river are favorable. She was taken
to Riley's wharf, between 18th and 18th
streets southwest yesterday, and was run
up into a shoal dock until she was aground
and the broken places in her sides exposed
so that the carpenters could go to work re-
newing the broken timbers. 1t is expected
that repairs can be made permanent enough
to allow her to run until spring, when she
will be hauled out on the railway. When the
hull of the boat was exposed 1t was found
that the metal in her was badly cut up by
the ice. This will be renewed with heavy
galvanized iron.
There was a slight increase in business at
the 18th street wharf fish market this morn
ing, more buyers being on hand than for
several days. The stock on sale was made
up almost entirely of frozen fish, and the
supply was light Prices continue very low.
On the oyster wharf business was dull,
there being but few buyers about and the
stock on hand small. Prices are still high,
ranging from SO cents to $1.25 per bushel;
but with a return of warmer weather prices
are expected to take drop. The receipts
of wild ducks from Chesapeake bay sources
continue light, with good demand and at
higher prices.
The handsome little power launch Olga,
belonging to Mr.. Gus Forsberg, has been
taken from the water at her boat house, at
the foot of 8th street southwest, for the
winter. Before the next boating season
opens the engine of the boat, which has
been taken out of her, will be given a
thorough overhauling and the little craft
will be improved. The steam launches Joe
Blackburn and Cygnus, also belonging to
Mr.. Forsberg, are laid up at the Sth street
wharf for the winter
Reports coming from the ice fields on the
kennebec river, whence the bulk of
the natural Ice used here is obtained state
that the ice is now about eighteen inches
thick, and that the cutting of it will be
started in a few days.
Detained by Ice Blockade.
Quite large feet of small sailing craft
was caught, at the wharves here by the
freeze, and will now have to remain here
until navigation opens. Among the fleet
are the schooners Belmont, Kate Miller,
r. M. Mason, Clara Leonard, Lottie Garter
and Earl Biscoe.
WSrkmen are employed at the 9th street
wharf OF the American Ice Company tear
ing down the old stables fronting on Water
street, which We're partially destroyed by
nre about two years ago. 1t Is proposed
to rebuild in their place a mill for the grind
ing and mixing of the feed for the horses
used by the ice company during the sum-
mer months. Efforts will also be made it
Is stated, to obtain a permit for the rebuild
ing of the burned ice-storage house.
The schooner John Maginnis, which is ice
bound here, is under charter to load a cargo
of lumber at Walkerton, Va, and as soon
as the Ice embargo is raised she will go to
that point to load.
The schooner Edith l.. Allen, Capt Lee
blame, has sailed from Punta Gorda with a
cargo of phosphate rock for Alexandria
Three large vessels are now at sea bound
for the Potomac river
The officers of the Norfolk line steamers
report having run through heavy ice from
P1ney Point to this city, a distance of about
ninety miles. The ice varied in thickness
from four inches to as many feet
While the steamer Wakefield is tied up bv
the Ice her engine room force is employed
in repairing damage to her wheels received
while running through the ice Sunday last
The United States army engineers steam
er Gen. Warren, used in inspection work
by the officers in charge of the improve
| ments at Fort Washington and Fort Hunt
is berthed for the winter at the wharf foot
of Nth street southwest.
Mr. Thos B. Garnett is in Baltimore on q
visit to friends.
Mr. H. F. Grimes of the Randall line has
been continued on duty as purser aboard
the steamer Estelle Randall.
Active preparations are being made for
the American Association of Masters and
Pilots, which convenes in this city about
the middle of this month.