Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-19
ON THE RIVER FRONT
SCHOONER MEETS WITH MISHAPS
WHILE BOUND HERE.
Pleasure Craft in Safe Harbor-Oyster
Police Boats Laid Up
General Matters.

The schooner Elizabeth T. Doyle, bound
to this city from Red Beach, Me-, with g
cargo of cement, and which was reported
at Vineyard Haven about week ago witt
windlass broken and master injured. has
made repairs and sailed for this city with
Capt. McKown aboard. The vessel came
into Vineyard Haven to land her master
who had been struck by falling iron bal
and injured The ice in the river may pre-.
vent the Doyle from reaching this city and
she may be sent to some other point to un-
load. Her cargo is consigned to parties In
Georgetown.
There was a fairly large supply Of fresh
fish on sale at the 18th street wharf fish
houses, but the bulk of the stock consisted
Of salmon, trout, jumping mullets and a
few Florida shad. The demand was fair
at high priceS-shad selling at soc. to 40c
each for bucks and Soc to 81 for roes. The
large quantity of oysters in barrels from
the beds in the vicinity of Norfolk
Prices continue high. with fairly good
demand. Wild ducks and other game are
very scarce and are selling at high prices.
Jones Point, below Alexandria, is being
used by large number of the Potomac
pleasure craft as a harbor and to escape
floating ice during the winter. Hauled out
of the water there where the ice piling
against the point cannot reach them are
ten or twelve small craft. In the feet
from this city are the Edna Earle, Spartan
Rover Ethel May and the Jennie Stone.
Much of the work on the new buildings
and on the new gun batteries at Fort Wash
ington have been discontinued until more
moderate weather comes. 1t is stated, how
ever. that work is being pushed on the new
buildings to be used by company of heavy
artillery, which is to arrive at the fort
within the next three or four weeks. This
additional company comes. it is stated
from duty in Cuba.
The schooner Henry S. Little, which was
carried ashore by the ice in the upper part
of Chesapeake bay and remained several
days. with the Ice piling around her before
being foated, has arrived at Baltimore and
has gone into drydock for examination of
hull and such repairs as may be necessary.
Oyster Navy Out of Service.
The steamer Accomac Of the Virginia
oyster navy, is frozen up at Onancock, on
the eastern shore of Virginia, and the
steamer Governor Mclean of the Maryland
oyster police force is lying at Baltimore
out of service. With heavy Ice on nearly
all the oyster-taking grounds. the service
of the two steamers will not be needed for
some time. Advantage is being taken by
the state authorities to have the oyster YES
sells overhauled and put in good order for
active service in the spring.
large lighter, to be used in freighting
on the Potomac, is in process of conStruc-
ton at the Alexandria shipyard. and will
will permit. The lighter is about so feet
long and IS feet wide and is built for parties
here. Three large sand Scows owned here
are also at the shipyard to be rebuilt
The tug Edith G. Winship is lying at the
lumber wharf between Sth and 9th streets
southwest for some repair work to her ma
chinery, which was disabled while towing
in the ice several days ago. The Winship
will be one of Harbormaster Suttons ice
breaking fleet.
Johnson & Wimsatt of this city, to whom
the load of laths aboard the schooner Will
liam Marshall is consigned, have had no
tidings of that vessel since shessailed from
New Brunswick. about month ago.
The sloop Belvedere of Alexandria is
lying at Jones Point below that city. being
Overhauled and put In thorough order for
service on the river during the coming
season.
The masters of many of the vessels in the
oyster fleet at the wharf here, anticipating
a long continuation of the freeze have
placed care-takers aboard their boats and
have returned to their homes in Maryland
and Virginia.
Mr. s. J. Hopkins of McGune's wharf,
Nomini. Va. 10 in the city on business.