Evening star., 1920-01-17
NO FLOOD MENACE
IN SIGHT ON RIVER,
OBSERVERS STATE
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in the river operators of winter
seines and various kinds of fish nets
in the lower Potomac have been un-
able to make hauls, which, il is stated,
Will result in a protection that should
make fish more plentiful the coming
season.
! Black bass and other fish that af-
ford sport to hundreds of Washing
tonians during the summer and fall
season also are being protected by
the ice. Pothunters find it Impossible
to dip the big gamesters from the
| that is indulged in during winter sea-
| son along the upper river by persons
who ignore the provisions of the fish
; protection law.
Duck. Fish, Oysters.
! Reports from points on the lower
river tell of the presence of large
focks of ducks, the ducks seeking
| places where the ice is broken and
where it is possible for them to OBJ
| tain something to eat. The high
winds earlier in the week broke much
! ic-in the lower river. particularly in
! places where the river is wide and
where the wind had full sweep. 1t
is reported that large f1ocks of ducks
appeared in the vicinity of Rock
Point. where Washington sportsme n
succeeded in bagging many of them.
Three Washington gunners bagged
14O ducks on brief outing there.
| At the municipal fish market. foot
! of 11th street, the usual scenes of
activity are lacking. Three boats.
towed through the ice, reached there
Thursday with cargoes of oysters
t from the lower Potomac. and the
oysters found ready buyers at from
/ $1.25 to S1.50 bushel, considered by
the market master to be a fair price
/
| tions and extra expenses incurred in
! towing the boats. There are ten oys-
! ter boats at the wharf awaiting the
, disa ppearance of the ice before re-
turning to the oyster beds.
There was not much doing in the
fish market today, according to Mar
ket Master Noyes. practically the
only fresh fish on the market being
! Spanish mackerel from the Jersey
coast. They retaiIed at 20 cents a
| pound he stated. There We're plenty
! of frozen fish from the south. in
! so cents a pound. Numerous oyster
! shuckers at the municipal market
| are spending much Of their time
about stoves in the fishhouses. dis
| cussing weather conditions and talk
| ing of the fishing prospects the COM
ling season.
! Steamers Propeller Broken by Ice.
Heavy Ice III 1HtSdpedhe DdS Htdt
! Seven Foot Knoll yesterday broke the
J propeller of the steamer Northumber
land, which was on its return trip
! from Leonardtown to Baltimore. A
I wireless S. o. S. from an outbound
vessel advised officials of the Mary
| land, Delaware and Virginia Railway
! Company in Baltimore of the helpless
condition of the steamer, and the dis
abled craft was towed to Baltimore by
a tug.
While the steamer was battling the
! heavy ice foes the steamer Fred
Avon stood by ready to render assist
ance. but beyond losing its propeller
! the boat in distress was not damaged
i The Northumberland makes a weekly
! trip between this city and Baltimore
and an extra trip between Baltimore
! and LeonardtoWn.
| Advices from Baltimore today were
! to the effect that all the steamers of
! the Maryland Delaware and Virginia
! Railway Company will remain at the
| company's docks in Baltimore until
there is decided improvement in ice
conditions. 1t was stated that the
Northumb mberland will not make its trip
! from this city to Baltimore next Mon
day.