Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-05
ON THE RIVER FRONT
STEAMER E. J.rTuIL DAMAGED BY
ICE INT oCcoQUAN.
Fish and Oyster y Markets-Regula
Schedule of River Boats Re
sumed-otl,1r Matters.

The freight steamer g. James Tull owned
by Captain Thomas Selectman and others.
has been badly damasHd In the ice in Deco
guam bay in the past ten days. The Tull
mas been wintering fnsOccoquan, and few
days ago when the ice in that stream be-
gan running heavy foe caught the steam
er and carried it some distance down stream
and landed it on top Of stone jetty built
by the government in Occoquan to prevent
the rapid shoaling of the stream. The
steamer is reported badly, damaged, but
how badly Is not known, as Captain Select
man has not had an opportunity to make
an examination of the vessel. She will be
hoated and made ready for service as, soon
as possible.
The fish market on the 18th street wharf
was fairly well supplied with fresh fish this
morning, there being quite an increase in
the receipts Of river-caught fish. Perch,
pass catfish, rock and few shad and
herring were on sale and commanded high
prices. The demand for fresh fish Of all
kinds was rather light
There is an ample supply of oysters In the
shell at the 18th street wharf market this
morning, several boats being there with
cargoes OF Potomac river oysters aboard.
The demand is fair, at prices ranging from
Coo. to Soc per bushel: Some few wild ducks
were on sale, and prices as usual ranged
high.
The steamer Harry Randall will return to
her regular schedule commencing with her
trip Monday afternoon at 4 O'Clock. Her
sailing days will be Mondays and We'd
nesdays at pm, Saturdays at am. The
steamers of the Weems line, it is said, will
also make their regular trips from this city
next week.
The four-masted schooner David P.
Davis, which was lost in collision of
Cape Hatteras early in the week, was
owned in Bath, Me-, and was valued at
IA yyoS Ia w
The revenue cutter Window has sailed
from Baltimore on a cruise on the bay on
the lookout for vessels that may be in dis
tress. The Window has saved several ves-
sells from damage in the Ice during the
embargo this winter.
The frame of the new Weems line
steamer has been raised at Baltimore
shipyard, and the work on the new boat is
being pushed rapidly along.
Of General Interest.
A new wheel to replace the one broken
by the ice has been received for the tug
Dallis, the tender to the High Point stock
farm, and will be placed on the tug as soon
as she can be hauled out on marine rail-
way.
The tug Baby, belonging to the National
Sand Dredging Company is at Bennett $
railway to be fitted with new rudder post
and for other repair work.
Mr. VIM. A. Moore, chief engineer of the
Randall line. is making preparations to
raise the steamer Kent, which is lying at
Alexandria, and will have the boat out on
the big marine railway there to have her
hull caulked and repaired, and to prepare
her for service on the river route between
this city and GlymonI.
The schooner Zephyr, laden with lumber
for Colonial Beach, and the c. c. Wheeler,
with fertilizer for river landing, sailed
yesterday for their destinations. They have
been lying in port for several days.
The steamers of the Norfolk and Wash
ingtOn line are to receive their spring over
hauling and painting this month. They
will be taken one at time to Newport
News, where they will go into the big dry
dock there, to have their hulls painted.
Running through the ice this winter has
cleaned every particle of paint and any
marine growths that were on the under
water portions of the hulls, and they are
now as smooth as glass.
The tug J. T. Selectman is hauled out on
the marine railway at Benefits boat yard
to have new ruddeF stock supplied her,
and to he f1ttedswith a new propeller wheel
to replace one broken in the ice.
Mr.. l.. A. Clark has gone to Cuba on
business trip.
Mr.. FL. NJ. Grimes, formerly with the
Randall line, has accepted position as
bockkeeper for the wholesale lumber firm
of Johnson & Wimsatt.
The L. S. army tug Warren, the tender
to the engineers office here, which has
been out of service for the past three
months, went into commission yesterday
and made a trip down the river to the
Potomac forts