Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1894-06-18
LEWES FlSH-HOUSES.


town, TO say nothing Of the to vn. county
and state tax il puts more money in
circulation than any other enterprise we
have around here
The Morocco Factory Smell.
Your correspondent then called upon
Dr. Hiram q Burton, a member OF the
town Board Of Health and a trustee of
the Delaware State Hospital at Farm
hurst
81 dcu't think the odor has any effect
ON the hoalth OF the town" he ro
marked There are two kinds OF odors
have noticed am odor as Of cooking fish,
and sweetish, eickening odor quite
disagreea0le 30 me, and moro $50 90 O
good many people IJ affects different
individuals differently. When the oil
manufacturers have large pile of dried
scrap there ia an ammouiacal odor that
comes from That, just the Same aa you
would yes from amy other heating sub
stance CHAT would have ammonia in it-
for instance, pila of marurs An
emmonIacll odor is certainly not prciu
dIcial in any sense TO tbe health Oh The
people ! nave been practiclug here for
twenty lwo years l came here i'm March,
1872, long before these fish houses were
norc, and ! certainly have not observed
any Increase in che amount Of sickness
in our town and vicinity The men who
work iu the fish houses arc certainly no
less healthy than other people and some
of them are more so.
doctor. did you ever know of case
off sickness tTaeeabio TO chat oeolY'
81 never did in my lie H. is NOT
nearly $50 offensive to me as the smell
coming from The morocco factories of
Wilmington and Wilmington would not
think Of driving away its extensive
morocco industry because of the diag
greeahie odor attending TO-
What is Che effect OF Che nets aud
refuse ON tho food Gsh3'
81 have no practical knowledge of Che
effect upon Che food fish can yet ali
the fish | want and more regularly chan
Boa former years. Whether 10 is because
the fishermen arc more systematic Zoo
business or because there Is more fish i
eau say. There is variety of fish
that has NOT appeared here I'm large
quantities o, late years. / refer TO The
croaker, commonly known as the
crocus and Cape May goody. This 6sb used
10 be very plentiful, out don't know
lhnt these lighthouses have anything TO
DO with their scarcity now. The last
two on three years they have been very
scarce
How do you regard these fsb-houses
.fom tAe point of b town euterprse2'
''As town enterprise 10 is all the
benefit w9 have SO the bvsiness interasl s.
OF the town aud t0 the la0orug classes
20 is boon 90 Che lnboIiug and business
interests of the community. Thousands
OF dollars me distributed annually il
CHS town and vicinity.
Catching Fash al inc Pier.
'rhey said TO us the other day Chat
I they could not catch any fish any place
near the hsh-hOuss pier. said q. IA.
I Marshal. cX-momoer OF the schoo. board
ana member of the Town Council.
and yet 20 DAY Wlugate went Their e
aud caught big tout weighing from
three 20 eight pounds
'Dl sou consider that the od0rs arts
Ing from those fish houses are preiudical
TO public h1aithY'
"No l have previously made afi
davis that do not 80 consider them
DO you think that tho nets and the
refuse have injured the fishermen who
live boy catching food fsh2'
81 have been around horo an my lie.
40 times during my life there has been O.
scarcity OF fsh 1 don't know OF any
cause for this. Fishermen further no
Inc bay catch thousands of fish In tne
spawning season, aud often do not take
them Oh the beach They have been
selling them This season at as low as ten
cents a bushel don't think the fish
factories have anything TO do with Do; or,
at least 20 hes not been proven to my
satisfaction.
sharts Destroyed Food Fish.
"Neither do I believe they ontch food
fish OF amy account They DO sometimes.
but that is not what they are after
There iy another point aud that is sharks.
When Che first factory came here the
men were terribly bothered with shnrSs
just as soon ss che sharks came the Il ID
went away. You could see sharks on top
of the water. Sharks are great enemies
of ish They come n here and chase
them every where, being from three 90
fourteen feet long, That is one thing
responsible for the scarcity OF fish
"lLa mtn who work In the fish fac
tories are healthier thau any other PEG
Pile hore Think the factories operate
TO the betlerment OF the town
A Big Endorsement.
"Friends ofthe fish houses got seventy.
five afhdavits iu this town" remarked
another man who did not want bis name
taken in vair eve were hsppy people
On Lswes when news arrived that the
injunction bad been refused. We would
not have any street lights lu this town If
we did not have the $500 rent and tax
from these lsh.house8 THE Legislature
has restricted our expenditures TO that
extent"
Maui Sewer Heard OF an Epidemic.
oil never heard OF ANY epidemic or sick.
ness resulting from The odors." said
Town Councilman 4 O. Maull 81 think
Z 30 would have q very bad effect on the
I business interests of the town 90 force
I The lighthouses away. / am now speaking
about the general public interest let
very little trade from 30. b1t there are
others who DO derive great bene a.
especially the poorer class Of men. who
need work, Get 10 there and spend their
money here I have heard the Is b.
houses spoken 0f as very healihful places
Ia which TO work II you want TO see
/ fine loosiug SEQ of men you have only TO
/ iook az she fishermen who are employed
.