Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1872-11-16
LOCAL ITEMS.

PoToMAC FISHERMEN. The following is a
copy of the preamble and resolutions alluded
to in the Gazette Of yesterday is having been
prepared for the consideration Of the meeting
of the Potomac Fishermen to have been held
that day; as having received the approval and
signatures of five Of those most extensively Gu
gagged in seine hauling and as certain to have
been adopted had the proposed meeting been
held:
WHEREAS, We the fishermen Of the Poto-
mae have reason to believe that the salters and
buyers of fish in the town of Alexandria have
combined to put the price OF fish down to SO low
L figure that no one can afford to sell without
meeting with serious loss; and whereas we
deem 1t L duty we owe ourselves to do some
thing to prevent another serious loss such as
we met with last Spring. and with no desire
for revenge for the past for we consider the
saltcrs and buyers of our fish as indispensably
connected with our interest: Therefore be 1t re-
solved thar we whose names are here unto signed
do pledge ourselves one to the other to do all
in our power to abate the nulSance hrst by pre-.
pairing ourselves to salt all the fish we can ON
the shore, aud sending as few as possible to the
town of Alexandria in order TO prevent Cutting
the market Believing also that fish sailed on
the shore are more Understandable article than
those Saltcd in town, after being bulked and
heated in vessel, and ought and will bring a
better price. Secondly, knowing that our yes
sells are sometimes becalmed and our 6sh ar
rive in mark, in critical condition, or if in u
steamboat, heated, and knowing that the salters
and buyers will avail themselves of that fact to
reduce the rice to accommodate themselves,
Therefore, 1t Is resolved that We will unitedly
rent shed or sheds and each pay our dlstrbu-
tive share Of said rent in order that We may
protect ourselves by sailing such fish there.
RcSoircl, That we will select second agent
To superiuteud, and If our first agent cannot
sell our fish for satisfactory price be Is to
hand them over to the second agent to be sailed
and disposed of according to directions from
the shore or owner of the fish from where they
came, and said owner to bear the cost of sailing;
the second to be paid - per cent. commits
sion out of the sale for his trouble
RcSolrnl, That our shad are to be disposed OF
in somewhat like manuer. If our first agent
cannot sell them according to instructions he Is
to hand them over to our second, who Is to
pack them in ice and send them north to be
sold by one hereafter to be named.
Resoical, That each and all Of us, especially
those living nearest, are to do all IN our power
to establish fish market ut or about Quantlco
Creek, in order to draw from Alexandria all we
can to prevent q glutted market at said place
ReS0lrul, That all who can will send few
fish stands to Alexandria far his oecn use, with
his name marked thereon, 10 case all fish stands
there may be already filled, to be removed at
the end of the season, or disposed OF as the
owner may think proper; and be 1t further re-
solved that we will untedly endeavor to lessen
the price Of fish barrels, believing they are now
lar above what they oug hit to be.