Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-05-15
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New YORK. and Philadelphia Firms Buy
ing Them at High Prices-New Wharf.
Special Correspondence EVENING JsBRrAL
NEW CASTLE. Del, May Is "A fact
that has seldom been heard of on
the Delaware river is that chad
are in great demand at $21 in the
middle of the month of May. Every
shad that the fishermen can sntrRp and
bring into the wharf is worth 81 cents,
whether 1t is mastadon or lilliputian,
and an eager dealer is standing on the
shore waiting to grasp the fish as soon as
the boat swings into the dock. The
demand is heavier than was ever known
at this time Of the season
Dealer Walls of this city has orders
from New York for more shad than he
can get this week. He has shipped
5000 shad to a large packing house there
this week. The fish are packed in ice
in large barrels aud loaded on freight
car which is run down on the Delaware
street wharf They are alive whom
packed, and although they are carried
over May miles of rail, yet they are
fresh and COED when taken from the
barrels at their destination. The car
leaves the wharf at o'clock in the after.
noon and the shad are landed in New
Y ork before dawn Of the next morning.
The big demand for fish to salt has para
lyzed the local market and neither the
itinerant traders nor the retail dealers can
get enough to supply their customers.
The fishermen are making every effort to
haul in the shad by the wholesale while
such handsome price is being paid for
them, but not one day this week has the
average catch exceeded forty.
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delpha and Salem Navigation Company
has commenced in earnest All of the
old piling that run out into the river
have been cut of about one foot above
high water mark, and heavy cap legs
have been placed on the tops of these
and spiked Large beams viii be placed
on top Of these and the planking for the
landing will then be laid Judging from
the present outlook the wharf will be in
use before the close of the season.
The New astle Base Ball Club will go
TO Wilmington tomorrow afternoon and
cross bats with the strong Rockford
team on the Union street grounds. This
will be the New Castle Clubs initial
game Of the season, aud although il
may not win the contest, yet its players
propose to give their opponents q warm
time. The players will leave on the 2 05
train, SkSllsy and Madden will be in
the points for New Castle.
Work is becoming duller st the
Delaware Iron Works and many Of the
cutters and fnishers are only making
half time The dullness is said to be
caused by the fact that there are so
many idle mines in Western Psnnsyl-
vania from which the raw material
comes.
It is thought by many prominent citi
zens that nearly 800 votes will be polled
in this hundred on Tuesday, when the
question of calling constitutional con-
vention is voted on There will be few
votes against"
Captain A. l.. Nicholl and daughter Of
Baltimore are ths guests of Mrs. A. a.
Davidson Of near this city.
George w. Eekles. the well known
baritone, will sing the part of King
Ahasueras and G. c. Whitnaek that of
| Haman, in the oratorio of Queen Esther
Miss Gertie Kuntz is entertaining Miss
Winston of Philadelphia for few days
George Graham. who was pardoned by
the governor on Tuesday, visited his old
fellow prisoners, accompanied by his
wife, yesterday.