New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-04-01
FISHEHMiNS III On
eourTIMrs A TRIP TO TIE GRAND "N"N'
YIELDS A SMALL FORTUNE-So''E-
TINES NOTHING But LOSS.

eoyrr1,rs TRIP TO TIE GRAND BANKS
vrrrns 4 SMALL. roRTUNE-soME-
TINES NOTHING But LOSS.
,... tho clement of luck has much to do with the
ouI,o of y trim 10 the Banks after the VoracIous
IN, often elusive cod and his cousin, the h'uuocA'
&c an accepted fact. Izaak Walton never hne" ''e
danger of nights spent on the iltue chiP Vi
schooner on the chOppy crosscut waves ai,L
the bowling gales varied by foss almost as ihcN d"
W. haa,s which are the normal conditions or
.rifa on the ocean wave" as seen by those VINO ~
ont In dories TO string nets strive for the hDo "
being "hlgh line" on successful cruise a ~
living and a dogs Me- aptly describes the a.etise
LOT of n man who takes the chances Oh an Oh
fishing trip. and even this IS made worse py ''e
knowledge that there lots OF dogs VINO Nv"
far o. siar life have more comfortable homes h''e
plenty 20 eat; and dry bunk In wien 70 se'l,
Generally the fishing schooners are "orhoi '
shares The captain, mate ard stewart c'O"
ceive n certain percentage OF the Catc"' "''0
portion IS divided among the crew. anu INC V"
ers who pay the expenses OF the trip, get 'ic 49,
The extent of the business may be Judseu lIo-
tho returns of the Gloucester (Mass) Nect ioF ''U
last season when ll32j000 pounds OF hSA Were
landed realizing G67.G25 on the wharyes' or nearly
double that sum when sailed. There were 400 ,''-
sells engaged aggr, eating 32.Vp tons ana e'''P'oy
ing $500 men. OF foreign salt 'l'w'VY po u.'
were used in curing this Catch WHICH i1'' '~''
The business * full Of risk botn tor ne oi 1il
fortune and the little NeW-ElS!anu lV"u - . IN,
with the widows and orphans OF men VINO wa, VIZ
never return tom tho Wild waste o. ~. iI,ti
ovor which they sailed ~ search or wealth W hne
tho loss OF money Is often great, lht arr ~
times rood profits made. In the last I'VE ycaiia
three Gloucester schooners, which cost 0idSilH'iy
ohou, 90 have together stocked over ~'VVr' VI
paid for themselves ten times oyer Oae OF taese'
Inc Edwin y. Holmes. x only seVen;y-one tVi's
which was launched IN 1885 ct EsieA. Mas M ,
stocked Sgl.;.G from fishing en- the Ceo;-es I,hnn
eInce she bean operations An0,hcr, me iV9dCc
n Parker OF nlnety-eght tons, ana Du:t al IN
Same pace IN the sane year as the fo;.hes; IT. ~
,i,,or,,s pursuit OF tho paddock. while the Edward
A. Perkins which IL only three years o. "a am ~
measures ninety tons has already cleared S'"Vp IL
" h" 80 f1T1ous old schoor sryacAt Ari5as'adrsss
u.bjrh vas built by David car, for the AsiorH aad
nosed of b. hir, and turned into iiahn% boat re-
Gently landed n that por' the LARGEST ana hes car
"a Of Newfoundland herring recorded there. She 49,
howevsr too large to BE- worked at a pro.t in the
trada her gross tonnage being l326i and she VIII
,-,hahlv IL : announced BE- sent to the west lndle5
Elsie NJ Smith. trim ttle 1OO-onner. Nhch landed
100 03S hounds Of fish tho proceeds Or ore cruise:
That there Is a dark side TO tn" hsheTmans He
e, ghov.n by the story brought home by the SUI e.
vlvors Of the crew OF tn, t. Il. Boynton which Was
wrecked ON tho Newfoundland coast in the middle
tons were extreme Loaf two of their comrades. va"
egrIucI the periis Of the wreck on.y 10 be iroZen
10 death soon after reaching shore. Another eN-
ample of nsherman's luck Is shown by the record OF
the I.orng r. Haskell. n 96-tonrer. wnicl saled
away in October last. and returned to port IN
February empty, with tale Of storm ana disaster
and a large bill Of expense for provisions ana re-