The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-22
WANT THE BILL VETOED.
Oyster Dealers Derounce represent
alive Ryals' Oyster Measure.


Oyster Dealers Derounce Represent
alive Ryals' oyster Measure.
The oyster and fish dealers of Savannah
are about as much stirred up over the pass
age of the oyster bill adopting the survey
of Ensign Drake as authority for the grant
ing OF oyster lands by the county commits
sionsrs as the oyster fishermen themselves.
They declare the till al outrage and that 1t
is for the benefit of the large oyster COM
panies 10 enable them to scoop the natural
oyster beds not indicated upon Ensign
brakes map. ,,.,.L
| couotv commissioners may grant any oys-
ter land on proper legal application accord
| inc IA the provisions Of the act, eXcspt the
rafureI oyster bedl, which are worked by
the adjacent residents. The bill now before
the governor, besides other important
changes. as stated in the MORNING NEWS
Yesterday. makes Ensign brakes survey
the authority by which the commissioners
shall be guided in making their grants.
The bill had passed both houses before the
, fishermen in Chatham and other counties
got wind Of it. Mr.. NJ. J. DeSvergors is
now in Atlanta with an extensively signed
memorial, white aud colored protesting
against the bill.
g. \. Hudson, one of the largest fish aud
O4sGoI utaioIS III LuS SOulI vas o9ACd SoSSA-
day for his opinion of the bill.
THE bill will work great injustice 70
large number OF poor people who depend to
a large extent during the season upon
oyster gathering for support. great
many natural oyster beds are not specified
in the Drake survey, fand the oyster COM
panies would at once gather these in
as soon as they could legally do 50. The
effect of the bill would be to give the oyster
la -
ness, and to increase the price of oysters In
Savannah 80 TO rs per cent. The bill should
be so amended that good local authority
should be accepted as proof Of the existence
Of natural oyster beds. Whether a bed has
been resorted to for oysters within the last
few years sufficiently TO be called q natural
oyster bed can easily be established"
Mr.. Hudson sent the following telegram
70 Gov. NoTthen yesterday:
SAVANNAH GA, Aug. 81, 1891.
Hon. ". j. Northen, Governor State of Geor-
gid, Atlanta, ga;
There should be no oyster law enacted which
restricts the poor oyster men and f0miies from
gathering oysters off natural beds that have
existed for years aud furnished them a living.
The government survey was not complete
one. and there are numbers OF natural beds not
on Its chart. The law should BE- amended be-
fore becoming operative. Respectfully,
NJ. NJ. Sullivan was asked his opinion of
the bill. MIR. Sullivan replied that the bill
is an outrage and intended TO defrsud the
poor people along the coast of their natural
rights and to give the oyster companies a
monopoly OF the business. Ensign brakes
survey, he said, is incomplete, and large
areas of natural beds do not appear upon
the map. MIR. Sullivan mentioned Oyster
creek, near Thundsrbolt, as large natural
bed which does not appear in the survey
Some OF these beds have been in use for
thirty years.
He thinks the natural beds should be de-
termined by local authority.
The fish dealers are confident that if the
situation is fully explained to Gov. Northen
he will either veto the bill or return 1t TO
the legislature for further consideration.