Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1905-02-22
The River.

The ice in the river has not apparently
decreased in bulk, although 1t shows
signs of weakening, and steamers pass
up and down the path in the channel
with less difficulty than for se'eral
weeks.
The steamer Washington arrived up
from Norfolk only an hour late this
morning She reported conditions IN
the river as practically unchanged.
The transfer service OF the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad between this city and
shepherds is It'll suspended. A day or
two ago the tugboat Major Beaverton
broke two blades of her propeller while
battling with the ice. She went to the
Washington navy yard yesterday for the
purpose of being hauled out, but tho
wavs could not be worked Owisg to the
heavy ice.
The attack on the ice near he Long
Bridge commenced this morning. The
work is under the direction OF Harbor-
master Sutton, of Washington. The
ice is very hard. aud there is believed
10 be very little danger just now OF 1t
giving away suddenly and tanning at
fhe bridge. As the warm weather is
sofrening the ice, and it melts much
more rapidly 10 salt water than IN fresh,
the breaking away Of the ice on the river
below Indian Head is looked for at any
time. and when il is adrift with the
aides down there the tugs will widen the
channel made by the navy tugs and Nor
islk line steamers until the DRIFT ice can
flow of with the winds aud the tides Com
m ,dore Sutton will start the feet ereak'
the ice about the bridges, aud when II Is
thoroughly broken up there they Will go
down the river, breaking wide channel
to Glymont and Indian Head. 1t IS said
that il will require about ten days to
complete the work and get the river IN
ahis vicinity thoroughly broken. One
steamer and fourteen tugs, all armed
with ice-breaking plows, were demolish
ing the ice today. The feet includes
the steamer Estelle Randall and the tugs
VIM. Ii. Yerkes, jr., Camilla, James ..
Carter, Edith G.. Winship, VIM. ID.
Mohler, Minerva, Walter G. Meade, ID.
M. Kew and ]. T. Selecman of Wash
ington, and the Juno, Rosalie, George
w. Pride and the BarthOldi of Alexan-
dria The District police tug Vigilant
is also to be included in the list.
The Lighthouse steamer Maple left
Baltimore yesterday to secure gas buoys
"a danger of the ice in the Potomac river
am, On the middle ground in the Chesa-
'.aLo Her master returned and re-
ported that the ice gorge in the channels
Would not IN '>tity him trying to force
passage. Lolo har r,ddar
The tug Juno witch broke neT ruuue'
in the ice at the shipy <ra Yesterday eve
aing had the damage rel ~it W lASt ",s",
an his morning went to 49, n.p ~"
to in breaking the ice in t.. uoo's'
toNa channel
Captain Geoghegan, of the stel~uio'
Anne Arundel, now at Baltimore,
ceiyed a letter from Rock Point on the /
Potomac river, appealing to him to use
his influence in having the State iceboat
Annapolis come to the rescue OF 70 |
oyster vessels frozen in at that point on
the Maryland shore. The appes states
that if the ice breaks up in the Potomac |
it is certain to wreck many of the craft.
The Swedish bark Wanlock, which is
In Hampton Roads awaiting to come to
Alexandria with bone ash from Buenos
Ayres, made such quick trip that she
beat her mail to the States. She left
there on January and reached Hamp-
ton Roads last Saturday.