Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-26
ON THE RIVER FRONT
ovERHAULING ARMY TUG LIEUT..
ALoNzo GUSHING.
Work on Bush Bluff Lightship-0ystes
Law Violators Captured-other
Marine Notes.

The United States army tug Lieut.. Atom
20 Gushing, which arrived her about q
month ago for service as tender to the
army posts on the Potomac. is at the Alex.
andria shipyard undergoing thorough re-
pairs and will not be ready for service for
about two weeks. White she was at Fort
Dade before she came here the tug was
fire and the woodwork I'm the hull about
the coal bunkers was considerably dam
aged. All these fire-damaged fixtures are
being taken out and renewed and other
work is being done about the boat and to
boiler and machinery that will put her In
thorough order for service. IL is under
stood the Gushing is to be fitted with an
ice-brcaking plow. so that she will be able
to run throughout the winter even should
the river be covered with heavy Ice. She
has heavy power in her engines and is ex-
pected to he able to break thick ice.
The Bush Bluff Hight vessel stationed on
the Bush Bluff shoal in the Elizabeth river,
Virginia, is to be taken from her station In
order to be hauled out and repaired. Bids
for the work on the vessel have been open
ed in the office OF the light house inspect
or and were follows; w. +. Thomas ~
Co. Berkeley. Va, $3.50; Robert Tatem &
Co. Berkeley, 80, ard Smith & Mccoy.
Norfolk. SIT. The vessel will be of her
route for about ten days.
Reports coming from Occoquan and other
points down the river state that black bass
are biting freely and that some large
catches are being made. Carp catfish and
some few rock and perch are being caught
from the local wharves Some OF the cat
fish being caught weigh over ten pounds
each
The schooner Shining Light, Capt. Keith
Davis, is hauled out on the marine railway
at the Alexandria shipyard for q general
overhauling of her hull preparatory to 60
ing into service with the oyster carrying
fleet on the river All unsound timber will
be removed from the hull OF the vessel and
nnla Will NAY
be caulked from stem to stern. The Shin-
ing Light is one Of the few vessels that
continue to bring oysters here throushout
the winter, running whenever the Ice VIII
allow her to be brought through it.
General River Matters.
The lighthouse tender Jessamine. tho
lighthouse repairing vessel Of the Chesa-
peake fleet, is busy among the light sta-
lions on Chesapeake bay, putting them in
thorough order to withstand the storms OF
winter She will visit the Potomac within
the next week or ten days o,,s
The taking of shells and undersizeo oEs
ters from the beds in the lower PoeoInac
continues and the oyster police are kept
busv having unexpected visits to the peos
to break up the law violations Iuesuay
the Maryland police schooner BESSIE JONI,
Capt Maddox, caught -FOUR ureuee , poa.
off Rlackistone's Island with shells apoaro
and CAPTURED them. The vessels ana thet,
masters were taken to Rock Point Tor triai
and were heavily fined. III,
The new ferry steamer Woodbury. VIZ
Iaave the shinyard of the Harlan d Hoi-
Iingswo-th corporation at Wilmington. DEL
Saturday afternoon next ana the Salcuia
tons of her builders are that she Will MAKE
the run down the coast ana up ehe S Shs :.
this city In twenty-seven hours; Sne ~, -
exnected to be up at the ferry slip IN tnis
citv about 8 pm. Sunday. me nhishlns
touches are now being put on the Ter liilats
and they will be ready for service oy 0"'
urday. Na,t,a is
The Alexandria-owned schooner Netue -
at the shipyard there to be overhauleo anu
nut In order for service. on recen. ulp
from Philadelphia to this city Win "a. 81
Cbesapeake canal and damaged hersei ~
badly that she will have to be hauleo ous
on the marine railway TOT caulhtns 10
other repair work. She Will also De htteu
with new sails before she returns TO service.
The folfr-masted schooner VIM. Z. Tanner
completed the unloading of her cargo OF zee
at the 10th street Wharf OF tne IN, CO..
Ice company yesterday. and has sailed TOT
baltimore, in tow of the tug 1erkes' 10
take aboard a large cargo OF SOFT coai 10.
Boston. She will carry over LOO tons anu
will receive 90 cents per ton freight.
The philadelphia tug Peerless came into
port yesterday with a tow OF coai-iaoen
barees from Philadelphia.
The schooner John McGinnis mas peeh
chartered to load pine lumber at Leeos-
town. Va, for Philadelphia at $50 per
thousand feet. She will load coal at fhila-
delpha for this city.
The schooner c. c. Wheeler Is lying AT
tho wharf foot of 49, street loading cargo
of street sweepings for Norfolk
The barges Diamond State and Joseph
Culver are on their way from TINS city 20
pbiiadeInhia to load eargoes of coal for this
city. . ..,orso,
The tug Active came into port yesterday
with the barges Joseph p. Tucker and fork,
both laden with coal for Georgetown, ana
sailed with the light barges George Il. Roo-
erts and Katherine a. Brady.