The New York herald., 1869-05-20

but proved failure The supports Of wood cannot
maintain superintendent mass OF iron, and II one
pe happens to sink and the metal resting upon ny y
entire structure becomes at once seriously endan-
gered. Wood will therefore be used altogether IN
the new building, and, II everlasting uurapiiiy Is
not secured ghtness and present safety VIII at least
BUSINESS OF THE MARKET.
The amount OF capital invested IN the present
market Is hard to determine, for the reason.
a. stated that one as
as he is all the time turning his profits
to the general purpose OF securing fish from every
ployed In the market During the entire year nearly
1900 men are engaged on board the dshing vessels
article o. nsh. In winter there is one gang EN-.
pl0yed, in summer another. Those who work In The
former season are retained though idle through the
and experience 10 fish In one season than IN an
other. Some days in this Fulton Market
as high as 100. 600 pounds OF nsh have been dis
posed OF Wholesale. Yesterday IS, 900 pounds were
shipped to Philadelphia alone. At various times
large quantities have been exported to Cincinnati,
sending fresh FISH from here on such long Journeys
is very capaby managed IN refrigerator cars and a
Western markets In just as healthy condition as
when landed alive from the vessels at the foot OF
Fulton street. AS near an estimate as can oe mao maze
million OF dollars None OF the vessels employed
are insured; In fact the insurance companies feel
shy about taking risks IN such craft as venture OUT
to sea with so many attendant perils IN their wake
THE VARIETIES OF FISH AND WHERE THEY COME
FROM.
The fish come from everywhere between Montreal,
Canada and Key West Florida, in a longitudinal
line. and west as far as Green Bay Wisconsin. Re-
frigerator cars are run from Detroit, Michigan 10
New York, through the whole winter at an average
OF eighty barrels to the car load and thus 1t happens
that the market here Is always supplied with fresh
nsh IN and out OF season. The market men
have stores in the city here fitted up with
such such refrgeSrating appliances as as to render
riod OF two years-an almost incredible time.
The fresh water fish comprise the following, and
are caught 10 the fall, winter and early spring.
Pike whltefsh, cscoes, brook trout, salmon trout,
muscaonge pickerel, black bass, rock bass, sunfsh,
buffalo, perch catfish. bulhead and gaspereaux.
The latter are known to the trade as ''aewives"
The fishing commences about the middle Of October
and runs along to the middle OF May.
The salt water fish are thus divided according TO
the seasons. In the summer we ind the follow
ing:-Bluehsh, sea bass mullet, porgies, stur-
i' In the ~ winter pollock, Io tarbot, ' irostfis6,
hake, haddock, blackfsh, smeit, praun ana
shrimp and through the year our tables can be sup.
piled with halibut herring, lobster, Goldfish, striped
bass or rockiish, eels, perch founders. The fishing
for cod commences at Barnegat in the fall and the
pursuit OF that popular product OF the sea Is kept up
till about July as far north as Cape Sable. The fish
ing for salmon commences about May, in the Penob-
scot river and an chase is kept up after
being generally between en- the the ist M an aud '' 10Th
ing scarcer year by year in our waters.
The fishermen have nowadays to go as far as Grand
BANKS, Nova ScOIa, IOr tlat species OF usu-l very
popular one in the American market. In former
times Nantucket shoals was considered quite dis
tance to 60, but either the demand has become so
great or The fish itself is dappearing, certain it Is
habut Is less frequent visitor than heretofore TO
our waters And SO 1t is with salmon. Once upon
a time it was very plentiful In the Connecticut
river, but now there is little or none to be had
this side OF the Penobscot river. The breed
has altogether disappeared from the Con-
nectlcut river. These men in the Fulton
Market have gone at various times to Canada and
paid in gold for several barrels OF salmon to supply
customers here who were bound to have 1t or perish
IN the attempt There Is fish famous in epicurean
annals-the sweetest and most exqulsitey rare OF
any extant-the pompineau, which, once In while,
has made It's appearance in the market at the rate
OF ten or twelve at a time, weighing over few
pounds each. 1t is shy southern fish, ranking in
the taste OF some, immeasuraby higher than salmon
or Spanish mackere Some time has elapsed since
any OF it has been found in New York,
but there is tradition on record in the
market at Fulton slip that the last pompineau
was captured fresh and quvering IN all its wealth OF
gold and silver scales on hshmongers stall by our
is the only one who could tell us inteigently what
manner OF eating was that solitary pompineat
Goldfish and halibut are the standard choice OF the
Middle and Eastern States In the season for these
the retail dealers outside OF New York telegraph
their orders for large quantities Shad perhaps comes
next In general popularity OF late years It has be-
come, ike the others upon whose capture pre-
MUM Is set rather slippery customer to
followed shad from savannah in Georgia,
clear up 10 the state OF Maine. This Is
evidence OF Its WORTH 1t Is said there is little differ
before the war. In this there is likely 10 be good
deal OF truth for being perishable COMMODITY ana
Of freshness rapid sale Is essential to insure any
profit from 1t. You will be told how porgles OF !
which az Immense number were brought TO the !!
market last year. were sold so low az one dollar for
100 pounds weight. And so 1t is with all other kinds
OF which there happens to be an unusually large |
haul II not disposed OF Immediately the expensive
process OF embalmng them in Ice or turning them
out for manure becomes the only alternative.
THE NUMBER OF VESSELS EMPLOYED.
The number OF vessels employed by the wholesale
market is estimated at over 200, divided into
schooners OF 100 tons and sl0ops OF forty tons
burden. The former carry crew OF eight men, the
latter four. AS general thing the captains OF these
vessels own a share along with the marketmen
This Is believed 10 be good policy as the captain Is
thereby induced to take deeper interest in the sue
Of his fishing expedition, and the profits are SO
much the larger for all concerned. Altogether, this
wholesale fish market is q very interesting insttu-
ton. and II Mayor Hall could only have his way In
making these reforms among our other markets
which he has well and wisely suggested in TINS In
stance, we might begin 10 entertain hopes that New
York would yet take precedence OF nelghborinR
cities In her market accommodations.
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