Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-27
ON THE RIVER FRONT
Low WATER OBTAINS ARMY TUG
WARREN AT ALEXANDRIA.
Overhauling Vessels for Local Boat
Yards-About Coast Survey Fleet
Around the Harbor.


General Warren went to Deans boatyard
| at Alexandria Tuesday and had her newly
built Ice pillow put in position about her
bows. but when the work was completed
and the tug was ready to leave the yard
1t was found that the heavy gale had
caused such low tides that the Warren
could not be fioated and she had to remain
at the yard and will stay there until the
wind abates and the tides resume normal
conditions.
The tug ]. T. Selectman, belonging to the
Columbia National Sand Dredging Com
pany is also at Deans boatyard to be
fitted with new ice-breaking pillow to Ell.
| able her to keep in service on the river
during the freeze. The tug will be employ
ed In looking after the sand digging ma
chimes and barges Of the Columbia com.
pany.
The entire supply Of fresh fish on sale at
| the Wholesale fish market at the 18th street
wharf this morning came from the fisheries
In the SOUTH with few frozen fish from
the north, and there were no receipts from
the Chesapeake bay or the Potomac fish
cries. There was a fair demand for the
| fish on hand and they sold at good prices.
The fleet of oyster-laden vessels lying at
the oyster wharf have aboard about 5000
bushels of all grades of Potomac stock.
The demand for the bivalves is very light.
owing, 1t is stated, to the high prices
charged for them. This morning the poorer
grades Of the bivaives sold at Coo. per
bushel. while the selected stock was held
at $I25 per bushel.
The steam yacht Diana, belonging to
General Crozier, chief Of ordnance of the
army, is on the marine railway at Alex
andria being rebuilt and put in thorough
order. The little craft had her hull badly
damaged in running through ice several
weeks ago and made necessary the renewal
| of considerable portion of the sheathine
railway engine nd hpil
of the yacht will be given a general over
hauling, and when the boat returns to
service in the spring she will be In the best
of order.
Boilermakers are aboard the steamer
Wakefield overhauling the big boilers of the
steamer and putting them in order for
emclent service when she goes into commits
sion in the early spring. The owners OF
the steamer at first intended to have this
work done at the shipyard at Newport
News, but 1t was found that it could be
zone as Wei, If not quite SO quickly, by
the Washington mechanics, so the con-
tract was awarded here
General River News.
The water in the river continues very low
and in many places yesterday there was
only foot or two of water and the vessels
II them were lying on the bottom. The har-
Dor police boat Vigilant was caught in this
predfcament until the tug Dallas, Captain
Jones, went to her aid and pulled the Vigil
liant into the deeper part of the dock. The
Vigiiant is ready for service should she be
needed.
The United States coast survey steamers
Endeavor and photographer and the
schooner Matchless are reported lying at
Norfolk, where they are being overhauled
after seasons hard work. The steamers
In the early spring were employed on the
South Atlantic coast, and in the summer
Later in the season, with the Matchless
they were employed on the Potomac in
making surveys, and remained on that work
until Ice came, when they went to Norfolk.
The schooner Isabelle is on Nomini creek.
loading a cargo of cord wood for this city.
The steamer Governor Mclean of the
Maryland oyster police feet. is reported
lying in the WicomicO river. overhauling the
oyster-dredging fleet working In those
waters. The activity Of the Maryland po-
lice has put stop to much of the Illegal
dredging, and now but few arrests are
made
The tug William H. Yerkes, jr. of Taylor
Bros. fleet, was in port yesterday for a
short stay.
The steamer Harry Randall, which had
been withdrawn from the river route for
trip or two, will not leave on her trip to-
morrow, as was expected, the heavy ice
making it impossible for her to move. Ad-
vantage is being taken of her laying up to
do some more repair work about the steam
er preparatory to her resuming her trips.
Three coal-laden barges which were
frozen up at the head of Chesapeake bay.
with coal aboard for this city, have been
released by the Ice boat Latrobe, from Bal
timOre, and in tow of the Philadelphia tug
Peerless have started for this city. 1t is
doubtful whether the tug can bring them
through the Ice on the river to this port.
All the hard coal now being used here is
coming by rail, as no coal-laden barges have
arrived here for over month.
The schooner Flora and Agnes is reported
to have been in collision in Hampton Roads
few days ago with another vessel, and
to have been badly damaged that she
has sunk on Sewelps Point near Norfolk.
The schooner is laden with lumber con-
signed to parties In Baltimore. No report
of the collision, it Is stated, has been made.