New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-08
NO HlLIBUT FISHING.
CONNECTICUT BOATS GIVE UP THE ENTERPRISE
-wANTON DESTRUCTION OF THE sHAD'

NJ HILIDCJ IIcHi-'c'
CONNECTICUT BOATS GIVE UP THE ENTERPRISE
| -wANToY DESTRUCTION OF THE sHAD
Norwich March For the first time in many year >
the ocean fishermen Of eastern Connecticut nave oiV
ted 10 send a fleet to the halibut fishing GROUNDS t'
season. fIabut are scarce There is little money III
fishing FOR them, although the price OF them III uo
retail markets alongshore this winter has been aS ne
as twenty eight or thirty cents pound. For nearly
half century until within the last four or hVc years
babut fishing has been staple and rcmnerauVe III
dustry OF the southern Connecticut mariners i"
their stanch little craft they went far east as ho
BanlS.s quickly loaded them with the fine fish, ana
then drove through fog and storms into New-lOrh,
where they sold their cargoes at good proIit' anu
were Off again to the Banks. There was spleiiu nan
but fishing Nantucket Shoals too, ana many oi .o
fishermen went hithcr. Lately 1t has been ahosV I'M
possible for the fishermen to any better than to pay
the expenses Of trip at habut hShihg lIlousn ho"
and then a lucky crew got boatoad Of the iish anu
sold IL for bic price At time not less tlah a
dozen halbut boats sailed from NewLondon then inc
number was reduced to six, and few DAYS dSo INV
owners Of these announced that they should send no
moe craft for habut The vessels will so after DUO
| fish and other lnshor fish this spring.
In connection with habut fishing IL may be anued
that the decrease Of shad in Connecticut waters Is eA
citing alarm on the part not only of fishermen but Oh
all the people Of the state The great nets which sh-
crmcn have been permitted to string along the Souu
of the mouth Of the Connecticut and IlOuSatonc river
whose meshes are so small that even little hsh arc
unable get through them. have caused the trouble;
The report Of the state Fish Commissioners on inc
shad fishery which lately published. presents clio
quent facts. Ii shows that the annual catch OF sad
i'm Connecticut waters has decreased in the number
u fish taken from i36,97 In 1879 to 3f3l7 In looo.
What will be the catch this season Is pr0bcmacal Oh
course. the fishermen say but there is little doubt
II will be smaller than that Of last year Indeed
shad hing in the Connecticut River already has ceased
TO be lucrative industry and the fishermen OF the
Connecticut Valley await with great anxiety the time
when the General Assembly may get TO work. for they
| will demand that that body shall enact the most
stringent legislation TO prevent tho utter EXTINCTION
Of slad in Connecticut waters. In their legislative
struggle against the great pound owners the Usher
| men Of the valley reckon on having the fearless
services Of A. C. Collins of Hartford. of the state
Game and Fish Association who has done more than
all the rest Of tho people Of hc state in preserving tho
remnant OF the game and fish I'm Connecticut Con
nccticut already has law designed - regulate 'o
business and limit the privileges Of the pound me'
but il had been violated with impnnity untl m7'
spring. when Mr. Collins had several OF the 0le2e't anu
most audacous pound owners arrested ana hhcd ana
at the same time exposed some OF the llleea P'do''
| Of the Commissioners.
! The influence Of Canadian politics Is strongly ielt
in the mill villages Of eastern Connecticut, many of
! which are pcopicd almost exclusively by transient
factory operatives from the Provinces. Cahad'i'
mill hand, mmgratc into New England factory towns,
get work in the mills, labor faithfully i've frueaIy'
get together lot Of money and then frequently re-
| turn 10 their old homes All the time they are III tho
states their hearts in the Provinces, ana many
If them do not even take the trouble 70 learn even
| a smatterng Of the English language. In Taitvlllc'
three miles north Of this city, most OF the Loo en-
poyc, in the great Poncmah cotton mill there are
| French Canadians. They chatter French patole
| in the mill and their homes take French Canadan
newspaper and iaf more Interested in Canadian
| than American politics. For several weeks the TAFT
vile Canadians have been greatly excited over tho
forthcoming election In Canada and no,ily discussed
the politlc involved In the campaign going on there
| Naturally the Liberals, and are eager for the
Liberal cause 10 win. II has been evident this week
| that a topic OF extraordinary Importance interested
them one Intelligent mill operative there VINO
suoak, English terscly explained IL The party up
there liberals, want, Ia home and vote and
VIII send for and pay the railroad iarc back ana
"mT thoSe Vito have not taken out naturalizatIn
! paper, in the state can vote al ,n h2mei nn'
for not a great many, French Canadians be,
come citizens Of tie EcrIHIic We al IVAN, wnnd
states and II get furloush from the mill. q
| good many Of u.s. doubt, viii be on hand at the
| Another aged Connecticut lady is dead at Eastfori
Mr. Mary Curtis. aged ninety IN years she had been
hale and strong until few week, ago. when She took
cold. ~hc was Of he chcre,t and most vivlcouq
women IN her town. she had never been outside the
limits 0f Etsfod town. never seen railroad. "a steam
car or a steamboat. Not long asp she said never
| had my picture taken until two years ago. when my
| grandson j. NJ Chaiicc. persuaded me to 1T a pho
orraph arti,t al home herr Mrs Curtis, however
was a bright. quick. intelligent woman and was
esteemed and beloved by every ON Monday there
viii be- a high old timr at the home OF Mrs.. sally =
cannon al 80 . College T.. East Haven for at that
| time Mr.. Cannon will be lol years old. She Is thu
| oldest person but one i'm Connecticut
The owners 81 the biz Colchester Rubber Works. six
miles northeast II this city, have given the boot
| makers I'm the mill a furOugh ~ indefinite length.
Tn" rubber business has been duh lately. they and
they propose to manufacture good, slowly until the
| market becomes more active.