Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-25
d0N THE RIVER FRONT
RIVER sTEAlxE4s q 10 REsu1xE
SCHEDULES AT ONCE.
Fort Washington Tug n service-Tug
Yerkes Breaks Wheel-other
River Matters.

anu Dy lh0 IllQQlS ot TIE week IL Is eN-
pected all the steamers will be In operation.
The steamer Estelle Randall took her place
on the Glymont route this morning, and
the steamer Wakefield will resume her
regular schedule to the lower river Wed
nesday, leaving here at pm. 1t is ex-
pected the Weems line steamers will make
their trips from Baltimore and the river
here this week. At the ONCE Of the Wash
ington and Alexandria Ferry Company no
definite information could be received as to
pected the George Washington will be run
ming by the middle of the week
When the repairs to the iron on the hull
of the Fort Washington tug, which were
made in the shoal dock adjoining the Alex
day an effort was made to back the tug
bedded in the soft mud and the powerful
engines did not move her. The assistance
of the harbor police boat, Vigiant, was
asked. and by the united efforts of the two
the Gibbon slid out into deep water. The
Fort Washington tug has again taken up
her route between the fort and this city.
The demand for fresh fish of all kinds
was higher at the llth street wharf market
Old Point and Norfolk were light.
Frozen fish were on sale and brought the
prices quoted Saturday 1t is expected that
the winter seines will be in operation shortly
and that rver-caught fish will be on sale.
The masters of the oyster vessels lying
at the wharf are making preparations to
return to the lower river for cargoes.
Five vessels laden with about 2.0G0 bush
els of oysters arrived at the wharf this
morning from river points. the first to come
In for about a month. The demand was
good, the bivalves selling at from 80 cents
to 80 cents per bushel
General News Of Port.
The three-maste1 schooner Mary San
ford which has been .icebound here for
about a month, left here yesterday in tow
of the tug Camilla
Three oyster-laden boats from the lower
Potomac started up the river at the be-
ginning of the freeze, but were caught by
the ice and went into one of the lower
river creeks for harbor, while waiting for
a tug to bring them to this city. No tug
came and the masters of the vessels, taking
advantage of the lower river being open,
caught favoring breeze and went up the
bay to Baltimore. A letter received here
from the master of one Of the vessels states
that they had clear water almost into the
oyster dock at Baltimore.
Capt Jack Taylor, managing owner of
the tug VIM. H. Yerkes. jr., says the report
that the Yerkes was ashore with a tow in
the bay last week is a mistake and that
she succeeded in getting her tow safely to
Baltimore without trouble. A letter received
by Capt Taylor from the master Of the
Yerkes, which aided the tug Radiant in
carrying a tow of hight oil barges to Balti
more, states that portion of one of fhe
blades of the propeller wheel was broken
in the ice, but not enough to interfere with
her service A new wheel however, will be
pat in the tug as soon as possible.
The tugs running between the navy yard
here and the naval proving grounds at In
dian Head, Md, have no plows to aid them
in breaking the ice, and in order to raise
their bows so that the weight of the vessels
will aid in crushing down the ice they
have been weighted in the stern with bal
last and the tugs have had but little diff
Guilty in making their regular daily trips.
The keel for the new steamer of the
Weems line was laid at the works of the
Baltimore Shipbuilding Company Saturday
and the vessel is to be ready for service by
the LIST of next July. .o
The schooner Joseph w. Brooks which
was lost on Cape Lookout shoals went
ashore In heavy fog when her master S
reckoning had her about eighteen miles
away. The crew were unable to save any
of their property.
The United States army steam launch
Neva. formerly used tender by the
United States army engineers. is lying out
~of commission at the engineers wharf in
Georgetown.
The schooner Zephyr. laden with lumber
and the schooner Sidonia Curley. with
cargo of pine boards, reported in the
river. coming up under sail.
Chief Engineer James Neale of the harbor
police boat Vigilant is confined to his home
by illness, and Mr.. Michael Dugan has
temporary charge of the engine room of the
Vigilant in his place.