New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-01

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OYsTER-EATEa5 PROMPTLY ON HAND.
p,o org nEyoRE THE MONTHS or THE :" "
COME IN.
"Tbe oyster season is opening with o boom,
said Eugene g. Backford, as he sat IN MS cosey
office in Fulton Market Yesterday ana trlei that
poured IN upon him. People couldn't wait for the
FIRST of the month. There was as Dig au 90
trade done here IN Fulton Market ast au see
after fasting SO long our customers get oyster
hungry, and the cold weather OF the past week Io
minded them That the season was Ss enten sea-
son pretty faithfully because the oysters are really
thin and weak in favor during ors srs
them far into the interior of the country. Fashion
has the most to do with it. however, =, -
"What kind of fish does he wantf" he ask f b oa
his secretary, who had been wrestling Win '"'
. Says he won't take. any fish today; every
bodys stuck on oysters" replied the yoyng man
Mr.. BIac ds Zone Of the largest and most
fashionable uptown hostelries ordered 6ogo S 3st
tiers for 70 tnS: Iasy W sPpe6 Though
they are not Buepoints but Rockaways, because
no Bluepoint oyster can be taken until septetpee
49, They come from Sre sn sf fSat da The
Bluepoint' has become generic one, however .h.
IKE Saddlerock' Saddlerock oyster means ang
largest one you can get, and Blnepoinst OSs suy
that are of the right size to eat OF, on
the hsif-shsll. The best oysters at ,t this
sS%s t srs S% SS
those are called that are taken about Staten lsand
and off Keyport arc poor they are tnin ahe
and II Se
water are early, while those IN deep peos uo nU
fatten up until late. All the indications go 10 shI nv
that what are known as East River oysters VIII De
particularly good this season. The name lncinaes
oil those from He'll Gate up through DOW P pay;
s sts HSF Bay Hy and Scpo
OF the city's supply comes from Connecticut, the
best being from The Norwalk River.
"The centre Of the oyster shipping business Is NJ
the foot of West Tenth-st and at present they are
probably booming, too. The yield OF oysters SER
Is increased every year by eu anS tSs
Improvement of shipping facilities keep the price
up Oysters for consumption on the hal1sneli re-
tail at 81 hundred. Seventy:lye Genus huhu a
wifi buy all you want for stewing, while good iry.
ing oysters bring 81 80 hundred. Inc cheaper
varieties such as the Sounds, sell for from ~ 10
80 cents solid quart" .o II
The annual oyster trade OF New 1ork amounts III
round numbers 20 100000 bushels.
LEARNING HOW TO MANAGEA CABLE ROAD
flag futtered proudly over the Tenth Avenue
Cable Road Depot yesterday morning norm ana crowd
The cable began to rumble under the
street a few minutes later II was
announced that the cars would begin 10 run regn-
III.
the trial trip on Saturday had all been put IN
shape. The first car did not get started nntil
8 a. In. After two or three VAN
attempts il moved away steadily up
the hlil and disappeared. The upt wn trip was
made without delay in forty minutes and after be;
Ing switched on the down track the car started
back arriving at the depot at 1910 o'clock. A
large number OF passengers were carried both ways
but no fares were collected on the hrst trip
The intention was torun q car every hOnr Dut III
was finally found difficult to carry ont the pian'
On the second trp the grip became refractory again
and two hours were occupied on the route. Inc
third car started at .. and did not return I'M
til A. Manager Atwood said:
"Tbere are scores of details that have 10 be cor;
rooted and they cannot be forseen until
we and them through experience. Our
greatest trouble at present is TO get the men drilled
10 understand the work We have only two men
vet who do thoroughly understand II, and several
more accompany them on each tr1p to learn how the
grip Is managed Ii will take all Of this, week TO
get the line working well aud with anything hKe
regularity, but we intend to run cars Just as rapdy
rs we eau every day"