The Penn's Grove record., 1904-04-15
Hope Creek Ripples.

April 12-Some are wise and some are
otherwise, and we that are wise are MAX
ing the best of the situation and are do
ing the best we can
| wrote last week that there was a
chance of getting the DISTINCTIONS which
are in the way of the nets removed and
we have succeeded in some respect.
We have had one row of barges placed
six hundred feet farther out of the way
and the promise to remove the others
out of the way, tho it has not yet been
done. My father spent one morning last
week consulting with Chief Inspector
Hasskarl under Capt. Sanford of the War
Department and Capt. A. Heron Chief
Engineer of the American Dredging Co.
We were received very c~ourteously and
then went aboard the Government steam
er Vindette we then steamed to each OF
moorings and located the buoys on the
chart by using the sextant, and then
they showed us on the chart how far out
toward the channel they would remove
them which was what we wished and the
fishermen should be thankful that some
concession has been made, because it is
impossible that the dredging and fishing
can go ON at the same time and not be
very inconvenient to both, therefore one
should not complain for every fool can
find faults that a great many wise men
cannot mend.
Fishing was a little better last week,
we were high with 312 and last Saturday
we caught 1872 which has been the high
est catch up to then in the bay. Mon
day the catch was from 100 to $50 and
Tuesday rs to i25. We are not receiv-
ing a very large price for our shad be.
cause OF the great quantities of southern
shad. There are several small fish about,
especially perch. l set my net along the
bay front on Saturday evening and on
Sunday found twelve large perch in the
net.
We had another large fire last week to
contend with, and we had some brisk
fire fighting to keep the flames from
burning our net poles, nets and cabins.
1t was blowing hard South East and
about 3 o'clock in the afternoon one-hall
mile to the windward along the beach
there wal seen a small column of smoke,
all eyes were instantly riveted to the spot
where it seemed to rise, we gazed but a
| moment when there burst upon our Wis.
ion a large volume of flame, large ton.
| CUES of fire to shoot ~heavenward and il
| was approaching at the rate of twenty
| miles an hour.
Fortunately there was high tide and
instantly. all hands began to throw water
on our cabins and the reed surrounding
our cabins hoping thereby to stop the
progress of the fire 81 that the heat woulo
not set fire to our property. Like mac
men we did work, but like Q demon
mounted on a frey stead, the fire came
toward us with greater rapidity hardly
had we made proper protection when ths
fire reached us and we had to take refuge
back or in our cabins, but it lasted but
moment and the flames rolled by toward
the mainland sweeping everything be
fore it but little damage was done here.
/ must write but a word this time or
economies. One that fishes out of a sal
boat is generally an economist, but ther
it is economy, because he has no gaso
line to buy or to pay for repairs TO en-
CINE, be does not fish as hard because b
cannot do SO when the wind blows hard
because he has no power, outside of tn
Armstrong engine" He thereby a
Equipments in the boat from venera
wear and tear, and if it is good weathe
and he wishes TO go some where and it i
calm they then have to start the Arm
strong engine, and after it gets to run
ming It e blisters on his hands, bu
then he gets a good deal of exercise, in
way that physicians advise as to takin
exercise because it brings all the muscle
in play. but then the ambitious like THU
it keeps them from growing INDECENT an
lazy which the man in the motor bos
will do. r. HARRIS.