The Penn's Grove record., 1903-08-14
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Enrrop RrnRn:--As the RECORD is al
ways a welcome visitor with US VINE aD.
sent from PENIS Grove, perhaps 9 snole
news budget from this part OF Jersey
would be alike interesting TO your Ieau-
ers at home. ~
The weather has been cool along the
shore SO far this season with the eAoep-
ton of a few warm days at intervals ~
apart. This has had a bad effect upon
business among the hotel n summer
boarding house people. Still l. tnlnk
there have been more people IN g
Bright this season than last. The COT
tages along the Rumson Road between
here and Oceanic are all occupied TINS
season and with few exceptions. THOSE
along the Neck return here and North
Long Branch are pretty generally occu-
pied. Last year at this time a NUMBER
Of the cottaeers had left for the Noun.
tains, but it is said the yacht races VIII
have a tendancy to hold many OF them
till after that event is over. 80
Little interest has been shown SO lar IN
the races which are due to take place In
a couple of weeks, but there ls ume
enough, however, and when the nee
sails out of New York harbor 20 view tne
races the people will be with 1t. AimosI
every day the two Shamrocks leave tnelI
anchorage just inside of Sandy Hook ana
in company with the steam yacht Erin
take a stretch down along the coast some
times passing close in shore mere either
coming or going. 1t is quite difficult to
distinguish one from the other SO near
alike in their rig do they look.
On Tuesday morning they came beat
| ing down from the Hook into the teeth
| of a stiff southeast wind and as the WIND
kept increasing both boats got dow &c
| fine sailing and it is said to have been
| the best race vet sailed between the two
| boats. The old boat was fully a mile
| behind the new one when they passed
| here on their return homeward.
Blue fishing has been very poor SO tai
| this season and unless things lake q turn
| there will be the ~'tbreaking up OF a hare
| season. as they used to say at Bay Sid
| when the sturgeon fishermen had a bae
| season. All kinds of theories have beer
| advanced. First it was because there WA
| so much easterly wind in June. Tht
| fishermen thought that kept the fish OF
| shore in the deep water and in this way
| they had passed north, but as there wert
no blue fish anywhere along the coast o
| Long Island that theory soon lost favor
| Finally a few of the long looked for fist
made their appearance on the 10th Q
July, but disappeared again on the l2th
| Since then about one weeks good hshlnl
was had up to the last of July. Sunday
August 2, the fish appeared again ant
those who were off got good fares. Mon
day a large quantity of fish were hauled
| $50 packages being shipped. All tn
men got fish that went off and the oceal
was reported to be alive with them.
Yesterday Tuesday, the weather in tn
morning was fine and the conditions tav
orable, but scarcely any fish were landed
Last night 1t blew quite heavy iron
southeast and the wind was too heavy t
60 off to-day. The fishing has been jus
as uncertain all the season.
A new theory is now going the round
that the noise from the power boats, Q
which there are some 125, brighten tn
fish away off the grounds as soon as tn
fleet of boats 60 among them. Never be
fore was there anything like the humble
| of power boats that there is this seasO1
and there may be something in the las
theory.
The pound net fishermen have no
done much SO far, and the outlook al
around is not favorable. Last weel
there was a party here hunting up evi
dence against the pound fishermen TO
| o~bstructing navigation within the tire
mile limit 1t appears a move was mad
a few years ago to legislate the pounds o.
the Jersey coast out Of existance but j
| failed, as the State had no Jurisdiction T.
legislate outside low water mark. Nov
| it is claimed that as the United State
| holds jurisdiction three miles from shore
all that is necessary is to show tn,
| pounds are an obstruction to navigation
and the government at Washington vii
rhar.@vvo mou1u ne neartI1y1n accUr,
with the wishes of the hook and lin
fishermen as they claim the pound net
are breaking up the runs of fish and driv
ing them off shore. d. P. LEONARD.