New-York tribune., 1890-08-31
HILL TO THE OYSTER!
THOUSANDS WELCOME HIS APPROACH
.1r EYES TURNED TOWARD THE ATLANTlc-


WHERE THE FINEST ONES COME FhoM'
The minds Of all those millions of people the worm
over who live 10 eat are turning Just no" " '',O
oyster beds of the Atlantic, for the A."n,o
oysters furnish practically the supply oi "0
world The fat and juicy oyster VI Lo"s
land sound goes abroad. thousands VI a.,
annually, and the shrunken product Oh .No 80 W..
Sea and the Baltic as we'll the oyster OF inc Div,
ish Isles with its coppery taste gives way o0i0 49,.
destructive competition. As for the people Oh oio
interior of America the Atlantic Is ther soio
pendence and the business Of shipping oSSei' "
the West during the season has been eho'n'ouI
trner voars and is increasing at such pfooIsiou'
rate that some oyster planters In the haS' ''o "
ginning 10 dread the consequences Oh uhs u .
the SIMPLY. The method Of handling and transport
ing oysters has greatly improved within IL" so'
Thanks to swift express trains the people u Do"
vcr and the cities of the Rocky Mountain region cs
onioy their oysters the hslf-sheu ainos' d. "'
as tie epicure the seaboard
3" Al one time said Fish Commissioner Biacioro
speakng Of the methods Of handling oysters ~.
transpor alton 10 distant markets, an aiiahgeno"'
os invented made OF wires which ineosed the oyster
To he used in shipping oysters. Inc oDJco' was w
force the oyster To keep his mouth smut anu u,u' ~
rain his uices This was not found pracucabie. ior
oysters differed too much in size and conformation
Other schemes proved equally futile. Inc aooop""
commercial method Of shipping them Tor sea VoS az
Is 10 pack them carefully one by one III DaiIcl WIN
the deep shell down, that they lie NATURALLY "S
they do in their little sea beds An ordinary hour
barrel will hold from 1900 TO l,SOo. IL Is heauo
up tightly rolled into cool place In the snip a'u
let her go. -, A.,
@Wlu the oyster live long out Of water'" Mr.
Blackfod asked. l.,
"Many oystcrmen put their oysters in eehar ~, u
the middle of December and leave them nnus'ilpe.
until March, u is found that not over ~ per oe"S
Of them die some oysermen contend that they 'e'
fater during their stay in the cellar but tiS Is oS
apparent the oyster lives on It's own !uccs II ."o
meantime. and these evaporate the hesh oe'o,io'
more solid ! have even heard OF people ieouin-
oysters Indian meal to fatten them' iha' - az
bosh the oyster feeds only on dlatones' q Veseoaoo
substance Of mcroscOpical proportions to wmch al
heres a paste form Of silica.
How are oysters shipped to the WestP
"The great bulk Of the Western trade is supplied by
Baltimore The inferior Chesapeake oyster Is more
suitable 10 the Western market. Enormous quah'i
ties are sent ont In bulk in an ordinary boA car
great deal West in barrels and there Is vast
business done In oysters shucked and Transporter III
fins and tubs A Westcrner gets so accustomed 10
fhe favor Of timed likes the taste OF the
wooden tub 80 we'll that a rule he prefers, "heh
he visits this city timed tubbed oysters To the
splendid ones he can get fresh from Long lsahu
sound undoubtedly the finest in the world CmcaSo
K the largest consumer Of tnncd oysters-plnts anu
,uarts Now To large hotels and summer resorts taat
can be reached within forty eight hours the method OF
sending oysters Is as follows They are opened care
fnry and placed In tub or half barrel along With
their own iuice a piece OF ice IS put down IN tle
midst Of them the top Of the barrel screwed tightly
ON and they are ready for their journey. Any one
In cottarc within forty eight hours journey can
rely on getting fresh oysters IN the sieli III my any
dcsired ouautitv without trouble little ice belhI
parcd. with them III warm weather 49,, n.
+, the business Of exporting oysters from this clS
A large Onci' go .,, :. l., +, Aha h,,ds %,
only few men Formerly there was no proht III II,
and much money was lost by having 10 sell on poor
markets abroad but now the American exporters nave
% m tbc ENGLISH and Irish coasts, and II the London
m,r,,et is not good their arrival there, they pun
thcIr oysters down again and hold them ui'h the
et rses American oysters 60 70 NORWAY, sweden
Holland GERMANY Great Britain and tew 10 trsncr
n il a great custom about the holidays for knglSkneil
IN this city 10 ySers home for presents 70 thcr
antilles The oyster used for export Is about the size
- an ,verare Blus Point and comes from Long island
W d r rbay have recently hcg1ln the cultivation of
c finest oyster I'm he world the sound what thev
cali thc mill pond oyster. II Is obtained IN ponds
yher, the tide chhS and flows causlng brackSh "alsr
~ more or less density There Is pond In 'Ohneft-
emf the mouth Of which + within fifteen feet 0 the
sound nv an arran cement Of gates the tdc IS con
tr,,iI-d and iuS' proper density Is given 10 the
,,atcr Ahout 100 barrels Of oysters year are oo-
,aincd from this uOnd For long time these Wen, 10
DeImonico's or hirh-c'ass restaurants uptown men
caterer in Chicago heard Of the delicious flavor OF the
'vst.rs from this nond he secured monopov OF
n.r ali lie pats S2t a barrel for them or iour
times the price of the best oysters obtained elsewhee'
Tn, pond is owned By a man I'm New Haven.'