The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-04-29
8 Fl A D..
The Recent Order Of the Pilot
Commissioners.
Pulling the Poles-The River and the Earket-
Agony Up Stairs and In the Kitchen-Ths
COMMISSIONER Order and the shad
Catchers-How It Is Done-The
Supply and the Demand

The recent pscaora mandate issued from the ONCE OF
Pilot Commissioners has struck terror to the
large number of men who haul living bowels or
North river Commissioners, high and low, domesio
and large proportion Of the dinng-out public
unitcdy groaned In agony when the rumor
that the supply of the delicious esculent
likely be stopped The nsh Redeemed the gs.
rs they swept along the rivers bed and thought Those
poles TO be pulled up and We shall no longer have
Of being caught and dished elegantly sver
Dishes gold picked to pieces by dainty fingers and
swept Of by the choicest vntases OF tho
globe." Efforts have been made year after year to
THIS FISHING
in the river but without any results The Of shad
fishing authorities have scarcely time to
put the law In when the term and the fisher
of their accord to pull up the obnoxious
poles The shad merchants tho various depots in
the city In the greatest CONSERVATION At
the ann ouncement made by the COMMISSIONER 'That
4 the pole. are not taken out Of the river before
This action the commandment The dealers
ss sd % e s. rS as n % e RE
sad . m S. on the Of ss
asreass g mn Is. sASshs ~
70 s the Article on ps :
valuable u the supply Of this nsh should be possibly dis
its place the market ana would command price
Is not worth number of the fishermen emphaticaiy de-
THE WHOLE MATTER AS a jon.
and OF tho perncious kind. u has
Sss y a ns g 1--WE they but aa n
they would rather up the sticks" they call them.
than that By % S
they contributed last and the before bonus
a s % se ON hs
Captain who is the most extensive dealer IN shad in the city,
ut dont hurt any year. for have no poles along
only hurts K. the small ,.v.
sHow long does the shad season last, Captan?"
losing money all the time"
.Then i is not profitable business this yearp"
"Quiie the reverse. stop for moment to think or
and You Will aaI Sc cannot II
where Is the great outlay putting down the poles pn
ln putting them down. keeping them In order and pulling
"Whst Are the poles worth eachp"
"You puIl them when the season Is over don't your"
up at the end Of every That's of the Items Of
ATTY and ThiR hes
nets, boats, time, danger and heap Of little things one
SITS an uncomfortable life too, Captain 2"
haul a every srs fa de up Jay anu 'sa~
"what do You think Of the supply Of nsh this ycari"
1T uncommonly bad. In another or two we shall
OBLIGED TO GIVE IT UP ALTOGETHER"
"eoauss the Ash becoming 80 scarce Here yon see.
em a. late as the middle Of june.
~. s.. :Ss here s.
~ ,on.,,., .,.n a..,.s. o.n !. -. MARKER.
70. luxury 70 the middle sia:' and ne
getting ann .s 1 ,,,,..,.
marke. this morning and If had four tmes the quantity
"What 10 the North river Gsh worth ?"
SWELL I've seen sold from sixteen to twenty-five dolsrs
II all depends"
seven Ash last night ID that possible?"
"Indeed IL Ia. can show who has twentyfour
nets and who only drew IN sixty SIX" =.
DOM %' SoE., r's .as Ss,i
.Sas , aSf KNOB" :s
over half the breadth OF the river" . -.
There is fish yet from Connecticut, II there?"
No yet; they don't begin TO send until we are nearly
suppose have heard this action of the pilot people
have, and have good in believing Il 10
one"
sThat's your impression, too them"
"Most decidedly; know 'em of old
sThey this thing beforey"
"ndeed they have. We made our twenty-five dollars
piece Of hard earnings and handed II 70 em Lass
year."
tTo whom?"
"Ob well, matter, but don't believe got out Of
the OF the outsiders" When the fuss last
year went to Mr. Blunt myself and he said to me-
going the myself week, and these poles
not all up shall send up
THE TUGS 70 PULL I'm OUT
He did along, few days after, whom
haung out mine but he only passed the time OF day and
II don't think they get much this year"
"They cannot There ut stake. Tho
only ones they can hurt few poor men, out Of whom
they can't squeeze q dollar"
all the order
OF the Pilot Commissioners They claim that tho poles
obstruction to navigation than they
BEFORE and accidents passing vessels account Of the
forcement Of the COMMISSIONER ordc may then mako
\ determined opposition.