New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-04
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
DISCUSSING FISH CULTURE.
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY AT FUL
TON MARKET

DISCUSSING FISH Gull Uhb
MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION YESTERDAY AT Full
TON MARKET.
About SCOPE of men and one woman threaded
their way between boxes of fish aud up narrow
stairway at Fulton Market yesterday to attend the
annual meeting of the Fish Cultural ASSOCIATION In
the yice-president, George Shepard Page PRESIDED
Among those present We're Colonel NJ Mcdonald
has charge of the Western Pennsylvania hatching-
house; A. A. Anderson. Fish Commissioner for
NewJcrsey yamss Benkhard president .ado Of Of
Mather; Charles w. Smiley OF the Smithsonian
Institution, and Eugene q. Blaekford. Mr.. Page
made few remarks on the great PROCESS ss s s
association. One of the results achieved ne salJ,
was that the poor could have shsd on his table
any day If lie liked and this would soon be true
also of trout. Another benefit was that the black
bass ilourished his tail IN the waters Oh New
England, and was a; much at home there rs nc was
in the Ohio River where the association found him.
The frs paper read was one on the habits Oh the
carp by II. ID. McGOvern, of Brooklyn, VINO TOOK
til, position that the carp dangerous fish TO
put IN with goldfish, because he would eat them
w. Blu, the carp, he said, was good scaVenger,
and in trout pond would eat the food that vas
missed by the trout and which otherwise would iili
IL the bottom and foul the water. He concluded by
telling story about two carp winch were OUT OF
water fOry-three and halt hours lhhcy MerS
kept In a wet bag "A houSe-top and finally turned
locse in the lake i'll Prospect PARK, alive ana APP
parcntly happy.
Frederick Mather read paper OH the Remark.
abe development of Embryo Sa lmon." lie sald
that embryo salmon with diseased sacs could be
developed into good healthy fry by GhaigihS mem
10 a trough, where they would be suppnod
with pure air and water. The diseased part II the
sac under these conditions wOall drop on; Sieci-
mems Iiiustra ing the process were eXmhitSu IN
bottles Air MatheT said that If anybody had told
him that t@Is could he done he would have re-
gaTdcd a fish story
he chairman cailei upon Colonel Mcdonald 10
speak the subject of the transpoTtatl ION Of fish
eggs. The latter said that shad eggs could moi bere-
taried III their development hey Ond seven or eight
Cays by reducing the temperature to CO.. ana con
scqucntly tsey could net be shipped to Europe.
But by providing apparatus Tor Matching jhein on
the voyage this could be done. A vessel which
vOu.G not DC disturbed by he rolling % the ship
bad beel invented Tor the pur Ose and all that was
nov nccessar, was method OF 6eeping UP supply
OF fresh water. IN the discussion tha' Io-
lowed Mr.. Blackford said that there was
good prospect of hatching cod eggs successfully
and that experiments on large scale would be
made next fall. At this point Seth Green arrived
Among the members ciected were Alfred Mayer
OF the stevens Institute II. i. Mansfield, L. ). NJ
II r. Schnvler of Troy Erastus Corning, of Al
bany 5enj AMIN Wood, John 1. Agnew, Charles
Banks, W. l.. Gilbert of Plymouth, Mass and {.
At the ait rnoon session James Amin. jr., read n
paper on rainbow trout. These fish lac said, II put
In trout brook. would usurp the place Of the ma
tive trout They were very hardy and eamey hsh,
but they soon became soft and therefore were
NOT good fish to market. he knew one
trout lie hooked. Mr.. Mather agreed with the
speaker Nj Blackford remarked that CaIforua
salmon were clearly inferior to the salmon
and larger at the expense of the quality Of the flesh
The proof of his remarks vas found IN tic small de
mand for California salmon and the small price
they brought in this market This closed the dis
cusson for the day. The officers Tor the ensuing
year were elected as follows: George Shepard Page,
president; James Benkhard vice president; Eugene
C. Blackford treasurer; Barnet Philips, CORE
eponding secretary. and James Amin, jr. record
Ing secretary. Another session Will be held to-day.
OPPOSED TO TICKET SPECTATORS.
The Law Committee of the Board of Aldermen
yesterday gave hearing to persons Interested IN
The resolution revoking the ordinance permitting
spectators to sell tickets in front OF places OF
amusement. Among those who appeared before
tie committee were John Stetson of Booths
Theatre John SchoeIie of the Park Theatre, and
Wesley slssvn. OF the Madison Square Theatre.
Mr.. SIsson said that the granting OF licenses to
ticket speculators was outrage upon managers |
and patrons. Tie SPECTATORS by various devices |
bought the best seats i'll tho house ana sold them |
at a considerable advance. They frequently I'M |
uossd upon buyers by selling them poor seats |
representing that they were in good locations |
The result was that managers were often blamed
fol the actions of the speculatoIs ne aGded that
where a speculator obtained 100 tickets Tor any
performance it certain that the manager a.
vided with him the profit on the tickets SOLD. Inc
VIII ne business was nuisance and a fraud. and |
should lie made punishable 10y law instead OF |
being protected by city ordinance and a license.
Mir Stetscn said that the principal objection was |
that the specuiatOrs crowded the lobDles and en-
frances OF the theatres and acted Iudey III thrust
ing their tickets in the faces Of patrons. There |
had been instances where persons had been changed
81 80 and - 80 for 30 cent tickets 20 the GAL !
leflcs. Mr.. StetSOn thought III NOulu ne we'll 10 |
allow hotel clerks to sell tickets at an advance OF
% cents. MI SchOefel said that there was none |
OF this trouble IN Boston The hotels and stores |
allow ed to sell tickets anu tuee were no COM
plants. He recommended either that the ordl- |
nance be repealed altogether or the amount of the
license he raised to $500 or 81 600. This would |
criye the speculatOrs out Of the business Persons
VINO were s1lndicd had 10 redress. because they |
could not identify the man who sold tie tickets.
Tie committee ADJOURNED untn Monday next
MEETING OF THE BRIDGE TRUSTEES.
The April meeting of tie Brooklyn Bridge |
Trustees held yesterday afternoon. 1t was |
stated that the work done since the last meeting III
Guided X sections OF bottom chords put in place,
the taking down OF the fO0tbrdge and loo TONS ol
floor beams put up question wa asked IN regard ta
the Cambria Company had DOW furnished all the !
steel 10 the Midyale Rolling Works and that the
work cOuld now 90 forward as iast as desired.
The delay heretofore had been at Cambria. The |
rolling and making of the steel parts ioi the bridge |
would now 20 forward rapidly, according to the
statement OF Mir. Sellers
Mr. Bush-Is there any more reason now to trust
MI Sellers than here;oiOreY
Mn Murphy only state the facts. You can |
draw your own nfcrenceS. 10000
The bid of James Murray for 10000 ieet OF
white pine planklng at 80, was accepted. MI.
Stranahan said the engineer preferred not TO have
il crcOsOtcd. Further conversation brought out
tie fact that under the former contract for yellow
nine plankng cTeOsoted over one hal had been
supplied and then the contract had been broken.
Mr. Murphy said that the yellow pine would be
nsed ON tie approaches and the white pine on the
bridge proper. lie also announced that work
would begin on April . on the bridge over Frank
lin square The financial statement ND 10 April l
showed the entire expenditures on the bridge TO be
as ZJXI5 "a, and the receipts $l3,jiJ,G4l A.
THE NEWARK CONFERENCE.
At the Methodist Conference al Newark Yesterday
the question of supeTannuatcd preachers dis
cussed j. II. Dandy, Isaac Cross BrOmwell
Andrew, }. Ca.nfed, Rodney Wnans, Benjamin
Day, s. r. Russell and l.. NJ Griffith were con-
tinued. f. Il. Griffith was made supeInumeIary.
The report O. the Board Of Conference Stewards
shoMed an adyance I'm snbscrirtIOns in each district