New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-09

East Haven, Tying upon both sides Of The Qalnn'pssc
Rivers the great depot for lie ounness, arc M
been Almost entirely built Up and populated tor1osn
The influence Of his species Of shell h,seIy nefe
that the many operations connected with The trace cao
be said 10 commence, although The greater poruon "
The bivaves Brought from waters CT the ChesePeaAe
Bay.
On brief VIII. 10 FeIbayen few day. snce,
obtained meager statistics relative 70 ms o'ao
Of Industrial pursuits, which were interesting 70 me Ana
possibly may be so 20 your readers especially the por'
ton Of them residrg IN the Western States AZ cave
already stated, the oysters are princpauy taken 10
Chspeske Bay and is tributary rivers ana ine1 anu
theDee transported 10 Farhaven, where tney are
planted or laid down in our waters, or else taken
ediately from the vessel TO the valoos places occu
pied by the many employed IN opening, PACKING, aIo
otherwise preparing them for market Inc Nnoe
oyseTs 10 this place about so mostly sehoones eseh
capable Of carrying csrgOes varying from ZVo 70
1850 bushels. These vessels sre generally o~hed ~
Fairhsven but IN busy their M nber Is largely
il eres.ed BY chartered craft The amount Of caplt.
invested in this business cannot fall much soott OF
e. C0,C CO., and perhaps exceeds that amount though
could not get any very correct data to form decoeu
esiimaie.
Tie rodg, operand Of preparing the oyster for mar
ket Is novel and divided into several distinct depart
neDts There are the openers, the washers me meas
urtrs the filters the packers, &c, each Of which per
forms only the duties pertaining TO its own DIVISION AZ
this season Of the year few Of the sers are planted
but are generally taken directly from the vessel TO ths
places occupied by the openers, who form large mum
her Il operatives, ana are composer OF oH-
bovs VI earn fIom s. TO 50 per week. An expert az
hs branch will open 100 quarts per day, but the aver
age is nut perhaps, over % quartz. The standard
price is Z, Dk, ?. cents per quart This WORK gives
.mtloymept TO many hundreds and much Of the work
is terf rmed at private dwengs, thus sordng OpPor
unity for labor 20 many who cannot 60 into genera
yorkthop The oysters a. they cone from the vessel
sIe leaped Up the center OF the room, the operatives
occurring the wall sides Each person hss before him
email desk platform, some three feet in hight, on
Which is placed, as occasion requires, about half
busfd of oysters, from which the opener taxes his
Supply On the stand Is small anvil, on which win
smaI hammer, tbe edge of the shell IL broken. Inc
operative il provided with kuife and hammer, both
az which are held in the right hand at the time the shell
is trokep when the latter dropped and knife does lie
work. Two tubs or pals, OF about tnree gaons cs-
pacty each are placed within about three iee' OF The
workman, into which he throws with great de1erltV
AND rapidly, the luscOus mOrsel which ls 10 tickle
| the palate and crafty the taste OF some
dyeer in the Far West TIE object OF placing these
vet.es f reception far from the operator Is TO pre-
vent much as possible, the deposit OF the onglna IL
ouor with tie oy.ter for, strange as II may appear,
none OF that liquor is depO.ied In the kegs or cans
which convey the oyster to market as they are all tho
rough ~ washed in fresh water, aGd into each kez &C
cordiry 10 its fZe is poured CERTAIN quantity OF the
same fluid. From the opening room the oysters are
taken 10 The filling and tnence to the packing de-
rariment. In the filing room, on platform, arc
placed dozen more kegs or cans, with me oungs
out The oyster3 first poured into large hopper
| pieIctd with holes in which they are tn Jroug6y
| washed and drained when they are ready TO be de-
DC cited in packages This is done by pac1g funnel
IN tie aperture OF II key by person VIII e another
| DmessUtrs and pOurs" This operation is performed
with crest rapCity two or three men being able 70 MI
rome 1900 kegs in day. After depostng the re-
qufite quantity Of solid oysters as they are termed,
III each package pipe conveying fresh water IS ap-
Tiled al the vacant space dled with nature bever
are-tbe bupgs placed and driven home-when one OF
the greatest deCades Of the world ready to start on
lis unc ain journey for il may not reach 'he shores
of Lake Erie, and yet it may he 'gulped down by
some spprecative genius the plans OF Kansas, or
| sill far her fiom lie starting point
| DUNG the worm season, or from April TIL De9em-
btr the Kegs are packed in boxes holding from 10 TO
"A and SUR ouud With broken ice. La cold weather
they are transported in bulk The result OF each day
labor ia dispatched TO some Northern or Western de-
not and therce distributed to subordinate stations.
This portion OF the busaess tansactef with all the
precision and regularity of the United States Mails
The Ilahfoid and New Haven Railroad are at pres INT
uDnbg from six 20 ten cars daily loaded WIN oysters
mostly destined for the Western market though por-
ton pafs up the Com ecIicut valley and find their way
into canada EST. large portion of that section OF
| country il supplied with OysteIs from Fairh1ven
| cannot perhsps give mere Ineligible impression
Of the extent Of this large and Increasing interest tnan
by recording ia ;ts connected IN the business OF
among II many large houses conc rned IN thetraie
| | select that of Rowe q Co., which has been IN the
business some II years and their ,rket is almost en-
| tIely north aud wet Of Buffalo. This firm. which
cor ssts of three members, has two Starting points,
| Norfolk, Va, and FaiThayeD, Conn, ana three prlnc
| ral dep'ts-Butfalo Detroit and III 4miltOn, L. ".
Tanhssen is the headquarters East and Buffalo at tbs
West. Their Norfolk house although II certain seasons
il forwards opened oysters north mainly attends 10 the
bn, ing OF the oysters in the the ana sending them to
| FaIhaven or plating them on the grounds Owned
by The firm in the NantlcOke River (soue 800 acres
OF in the waters Norfolk Their object in plant
ing oysters South where they lie over season is TO
obtain larger article than they could oher~isS They
Keep one person constantly employed South IN search
| ing for AID buying the extra quality, and they Keep
their boats planting the year through.
| This Company have in their employ over twenty
| vessels plying between Chesapeake Bay and Far
| haven, OF which they whole part owners, and
yet their demands such that they obliged TO
cha ter many more These vessels, except for month
or two during the Bahama fruit N, are engaged
entirely in the transportation OF cHgoes from the
| waters of the Cbesapeake 10 those of NeEliagen.
| hUHs. K. d Co. open and put up d.i'y at Fair
haven from 900 TO 200 kegs aud from 800 10 600
caIs during the busy season, and at Norfolk also
large quantity but have not the figures for the lat
ter place Their number of openers from 10 10 40
they also employ about twenty other operatives.
Tie Of to- smi ar In shape To tardloe boxes
signed mostly for the Cincinnati, and other markets in
| that direction. The are manufactured By them
s,lvts, on their premises; but the kegs 10 which
much the larger quantity are transported are made to
| order ard their yearly consumption Is 10000. at
cost of about SIS 0O0. They paid the New York Gen.
sl Railroad last year Sl5 Coo freight money, bat this
DIV il eudes tram portatsn 10 Buffalo ID wllch shOul
be added large amounts FIR transportation s1l further
| moth ana west.
This house has It's distributing office az Buffalo, from
| whence It's branches extend 10 TOrOnio 10 Canada,
and TO ST. Louis and s.. Pac on the Miss ssippi, EN-
bracing large portion Of the principal intermediate
pon1I W.
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