Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-29
ON THE RIVER FRONT
FLEET OUT OF COM
MISSION FOR WINTER.
0yerhauling for Service in Spring
Fish and Oyster Market-Per-
sonal and General.

OF the feet of ten steamboats, which dur
ing the warmer months are in active serv-
ice on the river more than half are lying
at their wharves here out of service and
will remain until spring The excursion
steamers Charles Manchester, Samuel j.
Pentz, T. V. Arrowsmith and River Queen
are all being overhauled and made ready
for active service during the summer
months. The steamer Estelle Randall
and the reserve boat of the Norfolk and
Washington line are also lying at their
wharves here. AT Alexandria the steam
ers Kent and George Washington are lying
out of service. All the steamers laid up
here will be in service during he coming
summer. The steamer Jane MoseIey, which
runs excursions on the river during the
summer, is at Baltimore being overhauled
Business was quite dull at the wholesale
fish market on the 18th street wharf this
morning, with the supply and the demand
being quite light. The bulk of the stock
On sale is coming from southern waters,
though there are some frozen fish on sale.
The cold weather and the light demand
keep prices up. On the oyster wharf the
supply of oysters in the shell is quite large.
Ten of twelve vessels with the shell fish
aboard are lying in the wharf, The cold
weather has caused prices to advance and
this morning the poorer grades gold from
65c. to zoe. per bushel. while the finer
stock sold as high as 81 % per bushel. The
tinues fair, but the demand for them is
rather light.
The power sloop Dart. belonging to Mr..
Edw. Cleary. is anchored in; the stream off
the foot of 18th street and will, it is stated,
remain there until the next boating sea-
son. The house boat Greselda and the
power boat Francna II, both belonging to
Mr.. Frank Rawlings, are also at anchor in
the harbor for the winter months.
The tug James o. Carter, a day or two
ago took to Occoquan large saw so rugged
that it can be used to cut off piles under
water. The saw is to be used on the new
railway work about Occoquan.
The ice had almost entirely disappeared
from the river yesterday and last evening
only few cakes could be. seen drifting
about The cold snap of last night made
new ice, but not enough to interfere with
the movements of the steamers.
General and Personal News.
The steamer Calvert of the Weems line,
which left this city for Baltimore Tuesday
evening last, is making her last trip of the
season on the route. When she arrives at
Baltimore she will go out of commission for
the winter.
The harbor tug .. NJ. Key, which had
been laid up while the ice was in the river,
returned to service yesterdas
II IS reported along the river front that
the steamer MiddleseX, the new sidewheel
boat of the Weems line is to be changed
into propeller craft.
The steamer Wakefield, now on the ely
mont route, is under the command of Giants
III. S. Randall and George Cock, with capt
Frank Luckett as mate, Mrf Stephen Gar
della steward and Mr.. George Stafford
purser. Mr.. Will Reed is engineer in charge
of the steamer.
Mr.. George Sherwood, engineer of the
steamer Estelle Randall. is in charge of the
steamer while she is laid upsi
Mr.. Herman Grimes has returned from a
visit to friends at Newport News, Va
Capt Tally Fowkes left here Sunday night
for Norfolk, where he joined the tug M.
Mitchell Davis as mate.
When the steamer Wakefield is laid up for
the winter she will have wharf room at the
old wharf of the Alexandria ferry in this
city.
The schooner Sidonia Curley has been
taken to the wharf at the foot of 9th street
to unload her cargo of Virginia pine lum-
Der.
The tug Juno is employed in general tow
ing on the river until the sand and gravel
digging machines of the Columbia company
resume sun . operations )
The two-masted schooners Edith G. YER
rail-, Mayfiower, John McGinnis and Others
are laid up at the wood wharf of Garter e
Clark for the winter.