The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-20
EXTRA.
u O'CLOCK.
STEAMERS
RESUM|NG
SCHEDULE.

The Nashua, OF the Providence line was
late IN leaving her New York dock iast
evening. and encountering heavy Ice In
Long Island sound and In lower Nara
gansett bay did not arrive In this CITY
until shortly before noon today. she VIII
make her usual trip back TO the metropolis
under Captain Geer this evening, the
City OF Taunton returning 10 this port
The Surprise. of the Joy line. left as
usual on schedule time this evening witn
a full cargo OF freight and fair list OF
passengers. No trip In either direction
was made last night. so that means the
Iarchmont will leave New York tonight
and she and tho Surprise bespeak each
other of Gull island early tomorrow morn
ing Workmen were busily engaged today
In sheathlng the Surprise on both larboard
and starboard sides. She has two sets OF
boilers. her Cramp engines built for speed
and with the advent OF fair weather prom
ised in .the early future and the breaking
up of the ice she Will surely show her
heels TO many OF the craft passing through
the sound.
The Surprise, in her old place on this
end and the Larchmont leaving New
York on the other end OF a Saturday night.
tonight, indicates that the regular schedule
has once again been resumed with little
probability OF further interruption.
Tug Thomas Brown arrived from Fall
River last night with tug Cohannet in
tow. The Cohannet Is disabled for the
third time since the ice struck In In
Mount Hope bay, through the loss OF her
wheel. She was taken on to the dry
dock for another new propeller.
Barge William III. McClane. hailing
from Albany, N. Y, has been In port for
nearly fortnight tied up at Dewings
wharf and is loaded with oyster shells.
waiting to be towed out. She Is of 500
tons burden, meaning cargo OF 20.ooo
bushels OF shells which. with mussels and
other crustacean growth, will early next
week be taken town the bay and dumped
OF Halfway Rock below Prudence ISL
and. With their crustacean growth they
are OF no use for seed purposes and owing
to the limited amount of phosphate OF
lime combined with other incongruous
ingredients they can hardly be used with
a profit for clarifying purposes by the
gas company.
The Scott wrecking company OF New
London. Conn. with full equipment is
expected tomorrow morning to raise the
barge James Hughes sunk with 700 tons
OF coal at the Davis Coal company's
wharf
The Warwick and Queen City are still
tied up at their wharyes here practically
out OF commission, and no effort towards
reaching Fall River. Tiverton or Sea-
comet will be made for another week.
The Dewing company has just received
a supply OF cedar poles from Rehoboth
and as soon as weather favors, they will
be staked on the beds OF the company
down the bay. The average cost Is 80
cents a pole and the cutting OF them
proves profitable 70 the woodmen OF East
Providence. Rehoboth and Seekonk.
The new hosting machine at the coal
pocket or the Rhode Island company af-
ter being oyerhauled. was used to good
advantage. today. In unloading the coal
cargo OF barge Busy The work OF un-
loading the barge Dessong is progressing
slowly and the rumored six feet OF water
In her hold upon reaching port would
make precious little showing as to depth.
if I'm an empty hold and no coal Had the
leak In the least been serious or the
pumps futile, then there would be little
hope for her Drawing the Delaware break
water or later rounding the llghtship.
For the first time in ten days all the
oyster steamers of the various wholesalers
went out with the tide shortly before 10
o'clock today. and not one had returned
up To o'clock. This means however
that they Will come back later. about
sunset and all with probably good hauls
The Robert Pettis, the Merwin. w. H.
Lockwood, Dewing. the Morgan and sew
eral more were numbered among the feet
boupd for Nayatt and below as far as
Hog island. opposite the entrance to Mt
HoIe bay. The Robert Pettis. the Morgan
and the Dewlng are the only three that
have taekn hauls since a week ago We'd
nesday and their total Is less than 1900
bushels-a quantity that would average
only half days work TO the 200 oyster
opener' temporarily idle throughout the
CITY. Good hauls today. tomorrow and
Monday will be acceptable news to whole
saler, opener. retailer and consumer.
The steamer City OF Newport fought her
way through the ice yesterday and reached
her dock here shortly after o'clock yes
terday afternoon. She started on her
return trip TO the city by the Sea" early
this afternoon.