New-York tribune., 1900-07-01
nOTIEG ROCK OF NEWARK BAY.
a CURIOSITY THAT HAS AROUSED MUCH
DISCUSSION AMONG THE FISH ERMEN.

DISCUSSION AMONG THE FIsE ERMEE
One Of the curtosittes Of Newark Bay is the Nov
Ing Rock, which is now 70 be seen about two
hundred yards Of shore from the upper end Of
GreenviIle. n J. It Is a huge affair. weighing
many tons, and the pecuNarity about it IS that
every now and then II changes IT'S location
The Moving Rock has not moved now for several
months. and be seen every day at low tide
About year ago however. it was not visible and
in fact for several months before It had been seen
at intervals only. and every time in q new place
The Moving Rock was a great puzzle TO the bay
men for many years. but they believe now that
they have solved the mystery OF its migratory
habits.
Attention first attracted TO the rock by
adventure which a bay fisherman had with his eel
pot and lines. He set them the rock
night but when he looked for them in the morn
ing not one could he ind. II puzzled him soreIy
but nevertheless he repeated the performance with
more lines and pots the next night. What
his surprise the following morning when he
10 the rock TO find the lines and
things he had ser the night before but those he
had set on the night previous. or course he
more puzzled than ever. bur he gathered UP his
good catch Of fish and eeIs and went home There
was something uncanny about the whole bust
ness 70 the simple mind Of the fisherman that he
could not sleep
The other bayrnen were inclined to doubt the
story but the time they became
piclous Of the rock and kept weather eye It
Finally time on. they became convinced
that the rock not ordinary q all, but
a thing OF life. that could move about the bay
will Then the timd among them be-
gan 10 give the rock wide berth, and all the
wealth OF the South African diamond mines would
have been sufficient get them to
near the rock at night.
The children OF the baynen were regaled with
weird stories OF the wonderful rock that would
have done credit 10 Munchausen One OF the old
water dogs who had settled down the shores
Of the bay spend his declining years, took more
than ordinary interest in the peram buIating rock,
old sea dog a great oracle among the bay
n, because he had sailed before the mast so
many times around the world that ne declared II
made his head swim so ne lad 70 give II up he
would believe the stories about the rock at
first, but finally, by his own observation. he was
convinced that the rock did
After much deep thought the oracle said that he
had never seen anything OF the kind but once be-
fore and that was in the Bay OF Blscay, many
years ago. He then spun yarn that frightened
the more timid baymeu that they wanted TO sell
heir boa and 90 our OF the fishing business alto
thing a rock al all, but some terrible marine
monster that had gone into the bay for repairs.
out When this occurred, the old oracle declared
ing the fishermen, out OF the bay.
The orace's tale would not hold and Il was
found that the rock was rock all right. and moth
The question OF how II was moved about from
one place another was again discussed, and
many theories were advanced One thing the bay
men noticed and that was the rock did Its
scfen1ist who happened 10 visit Greenvfle gave the
the more observant bayuen finally reached a
cluson in relation to the Moving Rock that Is now
II is believed that is the ice that moves the rock
about. The bay gets pretty fun OF ice at times.
frs he'd Then when the icehos begins drift
with the tide II carries the rock with IL