Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SAFETY OF SCHOONER WILLIAM
MARSHALL ASSURED.
Repairing Army Tug Gibbon-Hg
Swapping Turtle Captured-Gen-
eral Matters Along Potomac.


shall, which sailed from st. Johns. New
Brunswick, over six weeks ago with a.
cargo of lat1ls for this city, is reported to
have passed Vineyard Haven. bound SOUTH
Tuesday last. This is the first tidngs the
consignees of the vessel here have had Of
her since she left st. Johns, and they
were becoming somewhat concerned regard
ing the safety Of the vessel It is sup
posed she has been lying in harbor in some
New England coast port awaiting the
disappearance of the Ice from the Potomac
Three vessels with cargoes of lumber, CO.
ment and phosphate rock aboard. are re-
ported lying in creeks along the lower part
of the Potomac awaiting an opportunity to
come up to this city or Alexandria to IN
load
There was slight increase in the receipts
of fresh fish at the 18th street wharf market
this morning, mainly from the south, and
consisting of jumping mullets and other va
rieties of North Carolina sound caught fish.
The demand was fair and at prices ranging
about those that have prevailed for several
weeks. There were but few If any oysters
in the shell on sale at the 18th street wharf
market this morning, and the prospect for
the early arrival of oyster-laden boats is
very small. About $50 barrels of oysters,
about equally divided between those shuck-
ed and in the she'll Prices are at the pre-
vailing high level Of winter.
The owners of the tug James o. Carter,
which is now on the marine railway at
Benefits boat yard have determined not
to strip the metal from the hull of the
boat during the cold weather, as the caulk-
Ing in her seams is frozen hard and it would
be difficult to remove. Repair of her rudder
supports and of other damage done by the
ice will be made at this time.
The army tug Gibbon, lying at Fort
Washington, is having repaired the injuries
done to her hull in running through the ice
and 1t is expected she Will be ready to take
up her route between this city and Fort
Washington next week.
General Port News.
A two-masted schooner named the Lille
was run into by steamer on Chesapeake
bay near the mouth of the Potomac early
in the week. and was cut through to the
waters edge. Her crew abandoned her,
believing she was about to sink. but she
remained afioat with her decks awash, and
is drifting about in the bay, a dangerous
obstruction TO navigation. She was sighted
Wednesday a short distance from Wolf
Trap light.
A swapping turtle weighing about TWEEN
ty-two pounds was captured by the en-
ployes of the Mt. Vernon railway power
house at Four Mile run yesterday after
noon, and will be converted into feast for
the men. One of the employees saw the
turtle under the ice crawling about in the
shoal water of the run. A hole was cut
through, and 1t was soon captured.
1t is stated that the River View excursion
steamer Saml. j. PentZ will be taken to the
big shipyard at Newport News, Va, in a
short time to have a broken shaft replaced
with a new one and to have some other re-
pair work done to her. The Pentz will go
into commission early in April
The pier head at the Randall line wharf
street being
overhauled, strengthened and made ready
for the busy season expected to begin by
the end of this month.
A report coming from down river states
that one of the sand and gravel-digging
machines lying near Fort Hunt has been
cut through by the drifting ice and has
sunk in about six feet of water. She is TO
be raised and taken to Alexandria ship
yard for repairs.
1t is stated that the tug Spray, lying at
Alexandria, is to be given thorough over
hauling and made ready to go into service
in the early spring.