The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-02-11
ICE CAUSES
DELAY TO
NAVIGATION.


IN the Providence river In this locality
for Is years. is now delaying local pas
senger steamer traffic and the oyster nsh-
ing trade to a phohibitive extent. Even |
CLAIMS. today, were commanding 30 cents
an advance Of 20 cents per gallon within
week.
The oyster boats are having bad time
OF H. this weather. as well as barges'
tugs schooners and steamers Three
attempted TO go down. yesterday AFTER
noon. but two OF them quickly returned
while the third was soon seen following
home In their wake
The Dewing IL probably the only oyster
boat that has reached the beds In the
past as hours, and IL is doubtful IL she
''raked off, many bivalves. The two
Pettis boats and the Emily Mansefild.
New Haven boat started out this fore
noon, but went only a short distance and
returned At 2 o'clock. this afternoon,
the following oyster boats were scattered
between Point and Crawford street
bridges and II was question whether
they would attempt To go out with the
ebb tide about 5 o'clock; Robert Pettis
and the r. G. Pettls. of the Robert Pettis
company; Dewing OF the Dewfng COM
Il
pany and the Emily Mansfield, belonging
in New Haven.
Capt Oiweiler and crew OF theburned
fremont OF the Joy line have been trans
ferred to the Surprise. and the latter did
not leave New York, last evening, but
waited until thie morning to start. She
is expected TO arrive In port early this
evening, after battling with s-ie Ice in
| the sound. The Larchmont left here an
L.. xaftt~ ,ft,sr xxyffI
leave New York this evening. arriving
| tomorrow morning.
| There was no Joy line steamer from
here this evening. but the Larchmont
| win eb In line as usual tomorrow even
| ing. The Surprise will be tied up here
| from this evening until Saturday evening
when she will take her departure for the
metropolis. and the regular running
schedule will be resumed.
The barge Templar, loaded with 606
tons OF coal for the Bowenville Coal oom-
| pany. sank in Fall River harboT yester-
\ day afternoon She reached Fall River
Monday from New York In tow Of tug
/ feet of water In her hold Despite con-
tinuous work at the pumps the overflow
| could not be overcome and she went TO
the bottom. She frequently came TO
coal for Doe a Little. and she was a
companion TO the Commerce. now lying
| NJ the dock OF the Providence Coal oom-
pany. She rests In the channel right
Gently dredged, and when the Ice EN-
barge is raised will prove menace tc
navigation. 1t IL understood. however
that the wrecldng tug William E. Chap
nan. with a Merritt 4 Chapman wreck
ing barge, will attempt TO raise or re
move her tomorrow.
The steamer city OF Newport. which
started for Providence from Newport thi
morning. encountered Ice OF such thick
mesa that she was obliged 10 steer 70
Bristol harbor, and proceeded through
lane OF open water cut by the tug Aries
Capt Lake after teing up at the Bristo
wharf OF the company for short time
} proceeded back TO Newport. under order
from the offices OF the Providence. Fal
River a. Newport Steamboat company
without further continuing her trip Z
this city,
The Warwick Capt. Rickerson. will no
attempt to sail for Fall River befor
trip from here TO the Spindle CITY, an
thai was Monday afternoon. returnin
Tuesday night.
The Iarchmont of the Joy line was tn
first 10 come up the river yesterday. Sh
cut through the ice "a good, clean patt
OF which the city OF Taunton and City o
Newport. soon following, availed them
selves.
This morning the Ice In the Warre
river was OF such thickness to to pre-
vent the dredging for oysters In any way
For the past few weeks II has been IN
, | practice to send out the oyster steamer
through the ice, but today four-inc
, thickness of ice forced the decision
give up that mode OF procuring the %
valves The same condition prevails q
: the head OF Mount Hope bay and In IN
Kickemuit river Ground along the rive
and bay is frozen TO depth or thre
| feet.
: There Is little hope OF the Queen Ctl
| Capt Johnson, making trip 70 iN
J | erton or Seaconnet this week. she ha
been waiting for an effectual break
; the fast forming ice, and has been Tie
I up at her South Water street dock sSic
! | a week ago today.
7 Tugs Reliance Roger Williams, ERe
Hodge, Nat Sutton and w, h. sutton
a belonging 10 the Providence Towbot
$ company-were still resting at the Jane
I street slip up 10 o'clock this afternoon.
Z The fishing sloop Startle, when wel
y down Tuesday night Off Beaver TAIL wa
;. known bu. little hereabouts. She ha
been fishing off Newport great deal IN
winter and looked like staunch crai
capt Miller cannot account for the sim
ing OF the vessel, from which the ere
barely escaped with their lives, 9th
than she must have had her planking g
m through by the ice. She was owned
w n " T2rundaRe pf RostOn