The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-06
FACTS amour OYSTERS.


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HOW Is tine consumption OF oysters IN this
CITY, and what is the demand made by ont
sidersF
Adult Z0.0 bushels day equal the demand
mere IN tne Seaso1 WINE me AesbeI4l--5hat Is
tins side OF Ghlcago-trade lakes about ASseeO
onsheis dally-
hat kTnd OF oysters are fancled most by
New forkersE
well, they have no pronounced liking fer any
brand The Princes Bay, Sonnebts. Kegports,
Black Rivers, Rockaways, East River Kills.
Blue Points, Shrewsbu1.es, Rappaifannocks and
Freeports sch well
Bat as 10 sizeE
We'll, an Engfshman or native New orker
VIII want his oysters as small and as fat as he
i can get them. But THESE who have not acquired
this cosmopolitan taste think the larger the
oyster is the better it is
Are they right"
We'll it is all matter of taste perhaps.
Some people won't eat a big oyster and some
wont eat small One. Gonnoisseurs prefer
1 small ones. except IN a fry, when Those of q
medium size are supposed to fin the BIN =
And the trader
The shipment branch OF the trade has in
creased greatly Fifteen years ago one express
! would carry all the oysters for the West Now
/ thiIty-hFss double wagons daily can scarcely
! haul the oyesters demanded
How do New York oysters compare with
Baltimore bITalTesN
A We have the finest IN the market, and the
Western people have become gradually educated
4 up TO that Fact They now demand eur oysters"
! when do you ship TO Burope?7
October we begin that branch 81 the trade.
i At the start we had a hard struggle to get a
i footiidld especially in England and we had to
i send out men to carry around oysters in hand
| baskets In London, Liverpool and Manchester.
4 We then sent ten baT.reles per week. We now
/ ship 1890 barrels a week. We have every
reason to be proud OF our success
tRAlen was the oyster made fIfst established
m Gofhanl!
ne earliest recoEectlons OF oystermen place
the 6rst oyster maraOBt in this city in Goenties
snip, IN the year I5ao The demands on com
fnerce eornpeled this industry to rellnquish this
\ slip Tor commercial purposes and about 1916 the
oystermen made their headquarters at the foot
OF Catherine street. They moved eighteen years
4 afterward to the loot OF Broom street, East
4 river
Was there only one market an that timer
Until lS45 only one, but in that year the
4 Westside market was established, at the foot of
Spr1ng street, North river, where it remained
a1ntTl the close OF the war: Then it was re-
A moved to the foot OF West Zenith street.
Are the two markets stfll IN existence on the
A Eastand North river frontsW
4 NO For number OF years the question OF
consolidation WAS agitated, and last September,
H 1T appearing to be best Tor the interest OF the
trade. the two markets were merged into one.
4 Experience has verified the wisdom of the step"
4 : You are, of course, an incorporated bodyp
W are, but only since the last session of
the Leglsiature, which gave us our charter as
4 the Wholesale Oyster Dealers Association of
the City of New York ~
Does the State protect your industry by
i special laws4
4 1T does not We have no such laws as are
4 enjoyed By our craftsmen in other States. Vir-
a