Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-13
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DRIFTING ICE FORCES VESSELS
ASHORE IN BAY.
Fishermen Preparing to Haul Seine
Buoys Damaged Along River
Channels-Other Matters.

Inc ice III chesapeake Ddy - oIiltiHS aAo
giving the tugboats much trouble. as the ice
catches their tows and crowds the vessels
ashore.
The four-master schooner Henry s. Little
which was showed ashore on Sandy Point
Sunday morning, was still ashore yester-
day. with the Ice pilins up around her. and
the vessel Is in prscarious position. In an
effort to rescue tho Little Sunday the ice
boat Latrobe parted a ten-inch line
The tug VIM. H. Yerkes, jr.. Of this city,
was another victim of the ice. With tow
of three oyster boats she was showed
ashore a short distance from the Little.
The iceboat Latrobe assisted her afloat.
The steamship Howard and the barken-
tine Good News went ashore near Seven
Foot Knoll, but were f1oated. and reached
Baltimore in safety. Few If any of the
steamers out of Baltimore are making their
trips.
The total receipts of fresh fish at the
wharf this morning amounted to eleven
barrels and boxes and consisted chiefly OF
trout, mullets. with a scattering of other
varieties. The demand was excellent. the
fish being soon bought up by the uptown
dealers at high prices.
The stock of oysters in the vessels at the
wharf is practically out and Washington
is now depending on stock by boat and rail
from Norfolk and vicinity for her daily
supply. This morning over 100 barrels OF
oysters were brought up by the Norfolk
steamer for the local market.
Some few ducks are on sale at the wharf
market this morning and they are bringing
fair prices.
The lighthouse tender Holly made an at
tempt to leave Baltimore yesterday for
cruise among the light stations In the bay,
but Capt. Miles found the ice so heavy he
abandoned his trip.
The launch of the United States coast sur
vey, which was overhauled and rebuilt at
ID. l,on ri
part of the winter, is laid up at the yard
and will remain here until the survey work
on the Potomac IS resumed In the early
spring.
The fishermen who operate seines in the
lower river are having their old nets over
hauled and put in shape for work. and as
soon as the weather conditions will allow
the crews will be sent down the river. They
will make their headquarters in sailing
craft and will work their nets from small
boats. The products of their industry will
be sent to this market.
General Items of Port News.
The master of the Standard oil tug Ra
diant, which came into port Monday even
ing with an oil barge, reports the ice eight
inches thick in Nanjemoy reach, and about
the beacon it Is piled eight and ten feet
high. The Radiant left port yesterday af-
,ternoon with q light oil barge in tow, and
will take 1t to a harbor while she returns
with loaded barge she was forced to leave
near Clifton Beach, being unable to tow
more than one barge through the ice.
Several of the buoys which mark the
channel between this city and Alexandria
have, 1t is stated. been broken off by the
crushing power of the ice. They will be re-
newed in the early spring by the lighthouse
authorities. Much work will be required
along the whole length Of the river to put
the buoys in good condition again..
The power barge Lucretia, which was
line power to make her self-propelling. is
to have her engines and propeller wheels
removed, and will be transformed into a
barge for general freighting purposes on
Chesapeake bay and it's tributaries.
The schooners Sidonia Curley, Walter P.
Snow, Grace Bennett, with several other,
are reported frozen up at points IN Virginia
laden with lumber for the dealers here.
They will be brought up the Potomac at
the first opportunity.
The schooner Fannie which has been
bringing sand to this city from about ely
mont for several years, has had a seam
opened by the Ice and has sunk In the dock
at the foot of K street southwest. The
will be had in raising the vessel in the
spring.
Mr.. Harry Reneger. owner of the wharf
at Clifton Beach, Md, is in the city on
business. In order to reach here he had to
drive twenty-five miles to the railway sta
ton nearest his home. Mr.. Reneger re-
ports the ice very heavy about his wharf,
but no damage has been done by it.
Capt. Mcdonald of the schooner Mary A.
Sanford, fce-bound here, was in Baltimore
yesterday on visit to his agents.