Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-14
ON THE RIVER FRONT
DULLNESS REIGNS ABOUT THE
WHARVFs AND SHIPPING.
Rebuilding Pier of Steamer River
Queen-Work at Boatyards-
Other Marine Matters.

The river front, usually a bustling and
busy part of the city, is now very quiet and
almost deserted save by the few persons
whose business requires them to be about
the wharves. No sailing vessels have ar
rived in port for over three weeks, and at
the lumber, wood ana coal wharves hardly
a person can be seen. OF the steamers that
arrive and depart from this city the Norfolk
and Washington line is the only one keep
ing up it's full service. The Randall line
has the steamer Estelle Randall making
daily trip over about half her route. Seven
steamboats, are lying tied up al the wharves
and most of them have mechanics aboard
overhauling them and putting them in con-
dition for service when the ice does leave
the river The harbor is full of broken
masses of ice, and the scene along the
wharves is dreary in the extreme, in con-
trast to what it will be in month or
|, six weeks.
Business was very dull at the wholesale
fish market on the 18th street wharf this
morning, there being but few buyers on
hand and the sales being light. There was
fairly large stock of fish. principally null
lets, On sale, and they commanded excellent
prices. The bulk of the fish on sale con-
tinue to come by express from Florida and
the south.
The supply of oysters on sale in the
oyster houses on the wharf market is very
small. There are yet some Potomac river
oysters on sale. but the bulk of the stock
consists of Shucked oysters and in the shell
from the beds near Norfolk. Prices range
from $1.10 to $1-50 per bushel in the shell
or ST. per gallon shucked.
There were some wild ducks on sale this
morning at the wholesale fish market and
they are bringing good prices
The return of freezing weather and the
consequent hardening of the ice in the cham
nels will. it is expected. prevent the Weems
line steamer Anne Arundel from coming
to the city this week, as was expected.
The pier used by the steamer River Queen
at the foot of n street southwest is being
rebuilt. Mechanics yesterday began tearing
up the flooring of the structure and remov-
ing the old material preparatory to putting
in new piles and stringers. The wharf will
be built to comply with the requirements of
the office of the District building Inspector
The wharf of Carter & Clark, at the foot of
10th street southwest, is also being rebuilt
Tut the work is being greatly delayed by
the cold weather AS soon as the winter is
over 1t is stated that the work of rebuilding
several other wharves ON Water street will
be started.
General River News.
At Cumberland & Sons boathouse at the
foot OF 9th street the new power launch
of Mr.. Gus Forsberg is being sheathed up
and will be ready for her engine by the
be started on new lighter for Johnson &
Wimsatt as soon as the weather conditions
will allow work to be carried on out Of
DOORS
The harbor tug D. M. Key. which is ON
the marine railway at Benefits boatyard,
The hull of the tug has recently been COW
cred with galvanized iron to >ft her for
service in Ice about the harbor.
The cold and otherwise Indictment weather