The Penn's Grove record., 1900-04-27
MYRIADs OF sHAD
The Greatest Catch Ever known n
Lowest Prfcoa.

Turing tue past Two We6kHtuo ""eo'o
OF ID. lawAre River aud bay have been
alive with sllad and the fishermen have
besa catching about tyics IS many rs
usual in former yedls. Some nets
would sink with them.
The Bay nets last wfrk caught from
1900 to 2100 during The week. Last
Friday Daniel v. aud WIN. G. Law
II ut Hope Greek caught 1856 in q
drift, 10 that their net sunk. During
the week they caught 1875. Some nets
at Bayside report i catch Of from 2,OOO
20 2l0O during HE week.
Last Monday as high rs 700 were
caught at Hope Creek and all there
averaged 400. It is thought that be-
10000 and $4,000 shad were taken to
the Philadelphia market Monday night.
The large shipments from Bayside. New
Castle. PENIS Grove, and those sold ON
shore must have made the catch Of shad
on Monday in the Delaware at Penn's
Grove and below at least 150, 200.
r At Penn's Grove on Monday the catch
ran from 300 to 600 to The best nets.
David Paullin got $40, Joe Hooker
Johnson 604, Richard Richaid son $50,
John Munyan 500. David and John
Stanton 476. Edw. Justice 1853, Dec
DOlb0w and Frank Strengthen 456, John
Douthiety AS. Charles Sheets $50, Dav-
i'd Trumbull 47O, John and Ad Jess
AS, JOS. T. Munyan 427, Frank Justice
584, G. Roger Pedrick and son William
400, John and Charles Simkins 287, w.
v. Dolbow and Gerry Tussey $40, Chss.
Munyan and Peter Raymond BAG,
Henry Munyan 344, Hem! Fowl aud
Allen Hunter 32l.
For the size of their net John Biddle
and Samuel johnson made the biggest
catch. With 200 fathesns they caught
159. The large nets c Ontain 60 pounds
OF twine, 600 fa.homs, 1900 yards. about
two-thirds of a mile long.
On Tuesday the catch a from 200
to 400 to q net. Jos. II. Johnson Ala,
Samuel Doughten 1926. j. and G. Sim
kins 800. Dolbow and Hunter 300,
Richsrd Richardson 800, Edw. Justice
900. JOS. T. Munyan PAT, Frank Justice
240, D. and J. Stanton 1913. Henry Mum
yam 220, hollow and Tussey 223.
On Wednesday shad were still pleutir
full but The fishermen Nid not fish so
hard. Henry Munyapjcaught 24O, Dav-
i'd and John Stanton 22O, Jos. H: john
son 2l0, Dolbow and Hunter got only
t%wo-thirds Of their net out, 300 fathoms,
aud on one tide caught 295. One sec
ton of their net sunk and they had to
take it on with the shad in it. 1t is
customary to take the shad out as o
as they are reached iR taking the net
into boat. j. and q. SimkiBs took one
tide and caught 160. Fowel and Hunt
or caught 232 and Harry Shape 23O ON
one tide.
On Thursday many of the fishermen
dried their nets but those who went
out caught from 100 to AGO. Jos. I.
Mnnyan got 249. Samuel Doughten
229, John and Harry Shape 200. Henry
Mnnyan 200, David Paullin. Ala. At
Hope Greek one net caught SO7.
This Friday morning, lew nets are
in. Richard R~ichardson caught $50.
On Monday mosaE6asGad~6old at
sale in Philadelphia At IS q 100, which
meant 81 clear for The fisherpen, as the
freight from Penn's Grove Il II cents
and from Hope Greek 2 cents q sllad,
while the wholesale dealers charge 2
cents to sell a shad, no matter what it
briggs. The buyers on Penn's Grove
wharf paid S. Monday morning and 81
in the afternoon. Mondays shad sent
to Philadelphia cleared So per 100. and
that is the price the local buyers paid
Tuesday and Wednesday and then
turned thousands away as they had
no place to send them. On Monday
1900 were put aboard the steamer Po-
kanoket off PENIS Grove wharf, be.
cause buyers had no where else to send
! them.
On Thursday the buy rs paid 81 and
SIS, Friday S..
At Bayside last week the fishermen
received 81 and SIS for their shad.
The steamer Pokaneket had such a
big load that she could not get to the
wharf until the tide arose. She left
| Penn,s Grove about 3 and did not get
to Philadelphia until 6 O'Clock Tuesday
morning.
A Salem fisherman believes that the
steamer Fishhawk should cease hatch
ing shad and propagate carp. Shad will
not bring the fishermen 1c. a pound,
| while carp are usually worth 4 and 6
cents a pound aud have been worth
Is cents.
AT NEW CASTLE.
The New Castle correspondent Of
Wilmington Euery Evening on Monday
said, several men interested in shad
fishing will soon organize a company to
purchase all the shad caught on the
Delaware River between Smyrna Greek
and Chester. The object is to operate q
cannery where the roe Of the fish pili
be properly cared fol at first hand and
the fish packed and sold to New York
or Philadelphia, or packed for The wiz
ter, as the supply and prices will JUST
~. The movement is likely to net bet-
ter prices for the fishermen. They
caught twice as many fish during the
past week as they did the corresponding
week a year ago, and received much
less money forthem. The price Of shad