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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
SCORE HURT IN WRECK.
CRASH NEAR WOODLAWN
Trolley Cars in Collision at Tro-hun-
decentralization

trolley slnash-up At Two hundred and
thirty -fourth-st. and WebsteT-ave at II O'Clock
last night. caused serious injuries TO score OF
persons and threw many passengers into me
street. The collision occurred two blocks anoVe
the Woodlawn Cemetery.
4 Yonkers trolley car No. IS gong h"f'h'
was on th4 single track there and. according
20 Superintendent Daley. of the YQnkers line 1t
had the right Of way Car No. 81 Of the Mount
Vernon line was going south at rapid speed
when Matthew Cauheld. its motornan. lost con
troll OF it. on the front seat sat John Hasseu
a notornan Of the same line. who lives at NO
sos East One-hundred- and thirty eghth-st. The
Bronx The two were talking
When Caufied saw that he could not prevent
he head-on smash he Jumped
The Mount Vernon heavy eight-wheei-
er. with fourteen seats. The Yonkers car was
sent backward a considerable distance and
glass and splinters flew on all sides
Several passengers were cut and panic en-
sued especially among the women and chill
dren The backs of the seats were smashed
into splinters and one of the running boards was
knocked from its fastenings. The Tenders. too
were smashed into splinters.
John Hassett of No sos East one hundred
and-thirty- eighth-st.. The Bronx, had his left
leg broken. and. it is feared has internal IN
juries. Word was sent at once TO Fordham
Hospital, but II took the ambulance thlIly iHlh-
utes to arrive. In the mean time DR.. G. w.
Moore of the Fourth Davision. Bellevue Hospt-
tai who was on a following the one which
was smashed. attended to the injured. Mrs.
AIorena, nurse of ST. Luke's Hospital who was
visiting friends in the vicinity, assisted him in
caring for them.
Andrew Johnson. of No. $40 Elton ave. had
his left leg broken. William c. Eater. of No. 81
Warburton-ave, Yonkers. had his ankle broken
Mrs. Barbara NcVicker, of No. 525 West Forty
thrd-st.. Network. was hurt about the head
and back.
Mrs. Ida Scarpetta. of No. 1876 Brook-ave.,
received many Commissions. Her three children.
aged four. six and seven. were badly shaken
up. Mrs. VI. B. Booth. of No. S43 West End
ave, New-York, was severely hurt in the back
of the head. Mrs Ida Helwitch. of No 81 AIadi-
son-st. who sat in the first seat had the back of
her head cut open. Caroline Benjamin. of No.
III East Eighty-fourth-sI. and John Leonard
also were hurt.
As the hour was so late many sought trans
portation the Harlem Railroad, but no trains
were running. The wrecking crew arrived but
could not remove the cars. The injured were re-
moved Fordham Hospital.
Throughout the excitement the police had I'M
usual trouble keeping the crowd in check
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
TOM" sHARKEY A SAMARITAN.
He Carries Sick Woman to Ambulance at
Priests Request.

Or NasIe. Of Bellevue Hospital responded 20 an
ambulance call az No IA East Fifteenth-st. last
night. where. the third floor. he found Mrs
Elizabeth Drew thirty-eight years old, vaude-
willie actress suffering from aneurism Of the neck
Father William O'ReiIly of ST AIMS Church in
East Twelfth-st near Fourth-ave-. was az
tending the woman when Or. Nagle arrived
condition and advised her removal the hos
pitaL Mrs. Drew was practically helpless. and Dr.
Nage began 10 wonder how he would get her down
to the ambulance. She weighs one hundred and
sixty pounds DR.. Nagle is a small
Wait a minute said Father O'Reilly. and I'll
see II I can't find you strong man.
Luck favored the priest for just he reached
the street he me. Tom Sharkey, the sailor pusi-
list, and Mrs sharkey Father O'Reilly knows the
fighter we'll
Hello. Tom " called out the priest you're just
the man VIII you help carry a sick woman
10 the ambulance
Sure. Father" said sharkey. I'm right the
Job"
Sharkey mounted the stairs behind the priest
and when he reached the sick room he looked at
DR.. Nagle
Father o'Reilly tells me you want lift, Doc -
said the pugilist
Guess you might as well do the whole job
said the doctor
Sharkey stopped picked up Mrs Drew rs IL she
was baby. and slowly walked down the stairs
Don't be afraid he said 'Tu go Just slow
Reaching the sidewalk Sharkey found his way
TO the ambulance blocked by a crowd. Two pO-
hcemen stood near but they made little impression
=, Gents. will yer please sit a move on" said
Sharkey in ordinary voice. The way was
quickly cleared. and the puSilist placed Mrs. Drew
tenderly TN the vehicle.
Don't mention il. Father" replied Sharkey as
he ouered his arm 70 Mrs. Sharkey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
WOMEN ACT AS PALLBEARERs.
Garry Coffin to Hearse and March with II to
Cemetery.

At the funeral OF Mrs. Agnes Green wife OF Ed
mund Green, bicycle dealer, held in New
Rochelle yesterday. six OF her women friends
served as paIlbearers- They were members Of ths
Independent Order OF Good Templars OF which
Mrs. Green the local president All were
dressed I'm white with black sashes
After the service at the house. which was con-
Quoted by the Rev. DR.. Saul o. Curtlee. Of the
Methodist Episcopal Church they carried the cOf-
I'm 10 the hea-se and marched with IL the
cemetery AT the cemetery they took the coffin
from the hearse and carried it TO the grave where
each dropped bouquet Of flowers it as IL
covered The funeral was the first in -Rocheus
at which women took the part Of pallbearers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
NINE THOUSAND MILES IN LAUNCH
Mr.. snider's Palmetto at Toronto from New
York by Way of Mississippi.
Ia rEIEdRArF 81 - TRIn1.NE- l

Montreal July 2I.-From New-York to Toronto
by way of the Gulf of Mexico. the Mississippi and
TIE Great Lakes is the cruise which T 4 Snder's
gasolene yacht. the Palmetto has Just accom-
plished. This is about nine thousand miles and
the journey occupied nine months
The Palmetto LETT New-YorS last November. with
crew OF four men, and three passengers namely
the owner. Mrs Snider and Miss Mabel Snider who
is niece of Joseph Jefferson. and who played two
seasons with Virginia Harmed. Mr. Snider Is a
business man OF Cincinnati but born in
Toronto
The Palmetto Is a natty little craft e3 feet over
all and IL feet beam. run by a gasOlene motor Of
25,hoTsepower and supplying her own electric isht
Two years 90 Mr. and Mrs. Snider rode or horse
back from salt Lake city to Portland ore the
journey occupying three months.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
NO STRIKE TILL THURSDAY.
Locals Begin to Take Referendum-All TO
Have a Voice.

H l. Eichelberger. fourth yice-presidert q the
National Union Of &eat Cutters and Butchers, said
yesterday that il would be Thursday before strike
could De declared.ih this city If strike should be
declared even then. The referendum vote Of the
eleven locals would not be IN for several days he
said Another meeting would have 10 be called be-
fore strike would be declared II majority was in
favor OF a strike
Cattle Butchers Local No 5. the most important
Of The locals. met al Turtle Bay Hall No Ss9
Second-ave. yesterday 10 take a referendum vote
Carriers Local No. 255 met at the same place in
the evening. Oleo Workers Local No $50 met in
Jurgens Hall in East Forty-eighth-st and the
wool workers local, branch Of the trade met Al
ourrys Hall Forty-seventh-st. between Second
ana Third ayes Tho result Of the vote viii not be
given OUT until II reaches the national officers in
ms city The plants of the SchwarZscbil6 a.
s0lZberser Company and the United Dressed Rect
company We're running yesterday for about half a
CAY good deai of killing had been done on Sat
!ohn Kennedy chairman Of the advisory board.
: % iaSf night fnaf Local No. had -ot counted
Us vote ana would have 10 meet again Tonight as
te and other Cd.cals q the unions hsi rsfrucfe6
lne people al the meetings as TO Inc SITUATION II
80 explained that strike in the Schwarzs ,hild
q eNlLbtfger ana United Dressed Beef plants would
tLtEFnt me iaTge independent houses which did
tlleE Aiiline n these plants from doing business
Ntea-.se the plants would be closed This nc said
Nould largely influence the .ote
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
MOTHER BEGs CROWD TO SAVE CHILD
Glrl Lies Fatally Hurt Under Trolley Car
for Twenty Minutes.

No. SOS stenway-ave Astoria Queens pa.... =.
died in St Johns Hospital in Long Island or,
last night from injuries she received vester,,a
when struck by trolley car of the New-YorL a.,
Queens County road anu
The child was playing directly in from, 80 -
home when car No ls5. of the North Reach lin
came along The child struck by the fender
ana carried some distance. Then she rolled of
ana Vas thrown under the car. The notorr,S,l
ntougtt tne car TO a stop within few feet sTt.r
tne cnIu vent under the car. but she was VveI9SI
between TIE truck Of the forward part OF the Ear
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
ATGCsT 8
SHIPPING NEWS.
Port of New-YOrk, Sunday, July 81, 1909.
ARRIVED

ARRIVED
Steamer FUTnesSia tBrl Young Glasgow July q ~
Neville % to Henderson Bros, with 1877 cabin and -
steerage passengers and mdse Arrived the Bar a.
steamer Alfred Dunois tSorl. Johacnesen. Port A.
tonic. Kingston aud Norsnt july %. he Jnte
Fruit Company with one passenger and fruit AI'eU
the Bar $40 =,
steamer In Champagne Err. Verllnde Havrs July -
the CompaGnls Generate Trarsatlantique with -
cabin PSI storage passengers. mails and mdse
Arrived che Bar AZ 80
steamer Aiene Ger. Woloert Inasua July II les
Hayti - Port Prince, Petit Goeve and caves ~
Iacmel ~ santa Marta q Port au- Prince and nas-
% the Hamburg American Line with Q psSsenSsl
rrdse Arrived the Esv AZ $50
steamer Saratoga. Hathaway. TanDiCo Iuly - ~,
vana % and Nassau IS. % James Ward s Co with
passengers mails and rldse Arrived the Bar at go
steamer Colorado, Risk Galveston july % and Bru5
wcS 2S c n Mallory & Co. with passengers and nal
Lett Quarantine at $40 .r
Hamilton. Foaz Newport News and SoIIss
tse Old DOririou $ Co, with passengers ana NUS
Quarantine 3.4T p =
Stearoer Ciodsroro Swain PhiladelrNa u William
CLYDE Co. with nldse Passed 0uarantins a. So
sandy Hook \ j. July 81 90 wind sou's-
southwest frssh ITeeZe cool
SAILED
steamer Adirondack Ger, for In1gua. PORT d. PaiA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS.
FOREIGN PORIS

Itverpocl july 31-SalIed steamer Custodi71 -
Brown. NeW-Orleans. arrived. steamers Ceiie -,
Haddock. New-York. via Queenstown: EtFulla '
War;. New-Yor< via Queenstown. ,-s.,,,5
sctlIy July 81 $50 m-Passed stNa steamer .,Irs-1
Apfeld New-YoVk foY Southampton and Aat"Ty....t.
Southampton Jv 31-Arrive5. steamer St LOUIS
son. New-York land passed Hurst castle az -
Dover July 81 s:a5 y m-Sailed steamer PasenS, 81
tCferl Schmidt. from Hamburg for New Ayrs.-
Roulogne; passed, steamer Princes AiSe Ter"
tin. Bremen fqr CnerboUrE ard New AorA ,u-l
IoLdar. 3l-Arrtved. steamer IuscaIo41 -
HoliRgshead. NcVv-YOrk -sr.-
Queenstown Tlv an q2S \ m-Sailel. steamer -, -,
pania FFl Pyttchard. from LtveT7Sol ~ -, Psy-
Neville july 3l-Arrived. steamer Coi1nlola ~
ter Nerg-York for Liverpool land Eroceedeol rt,rl
rOulnEne. July 30-SaiIed. steamer NaarHam IL
Bowler from Rotterdam for New-XoEk (snd CAS-
Lizard 31St.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01

and the pavement. The motorman did not dare
move the in either direction. fearing to kill
the child. Word sent for the wrecking car
Several passengers tried TO raise rne and
release the child. but they were unable to do so
and each came along the passengers got of
and many threats were made against the motor
man. The crowd at one time numbered about Ave
hundred persons
Tbs mother Of the little girl the crowd and
was told the cause. She became hysterical. and
into the street. crying 10 the crowd to save
my poor chd' The child remained under the
car for about twenty minutes
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
THINK OUTLAW a JUDGES SON.
Two Men Believe They Know the Mount
Vernon Tracy"

Chief Foley Of the Mount Vernon police received
Information yesterday which leads hin, 70 believe
thai the outlaw known as The Mount Yerron
Tracy" who shot Detect.ve Reilly Es ne xa,,,s "a
s'n % Judge Two men visited the Police Head
quarters there yesterday and after looking a. tb4
prisoner sa2o they thought they knew him. They
expect % bring others 10 The Police FIeadouar.ere
oet"een Eow and Monday vho Ni Se able 10
identify him posit K he comes from Toe fafil,.
ibey fAink he does.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
RoY KILLED AT REPUBLICAN, CLUB

cyril Nase. sixteen wears old. beliboy. living at
No slS siSth-ave'. employed az the Republican
Club, vas fatally injured yesterday 40 san orlocl
by falling down the elevator shaft from the tenth
floor TO the cellar He had GOT on the freight
elevator in the rear OF the building and run ID 10
the tenth fo9r where he tried 20 aiight without
Iell backward down the shaft $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC.
Sunrise ass Sunset III Moon rises $50 Moons age
HIGH WATER
ANl-Saady Ho9x 1897 Gov Island. 1914 Hell Gate I2a0
PM-sandy Hook 10 40 Gov island 1G:54 Hell Gate 124I
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-29
SheFif'S Sale.

THE STATE OF TEXAs, County
OF Ellis. BY virtue of an plurise
execution issued our of the Honor
able county court OF Hin county. on
The 50th day OF September. 1904, by
the Clerk thereof. ia the case of W
g.. and {. c. Rosson versus J. q.
Hines. J. n. TeafteUer. J. T.. Gill
more. VI Hib,er and Jacob Mccain
and to me, as sheriff. directed and de-
liys-ed. Z will proeced Go sell within
Tire hours prescribed oy law for SHEER
Ia sales. on she h-sf Tuesday a
December. 1905. ft ba.ug the 9th day
Of said month, before -he court hons.
door OF said Ellis county. .u rae e...
Of WNatachle she following &c.
ss-ihed property. to-W|..
Situated ln EuH county Texas
jo- $50 sa .taeH $50 -t 8a tH- same
is suovn and described on the msu
~ roe t9~u ut Naypearl prepared
H5 tbs Smlth Land aH3 Improvement
Company and iot SEQ : .H blo,e 80
according to eame uHp and a'l .hB'
certain -ragf psee~ ae paanl of aaa
situated la EiHs caaarf Teyas oH fhs
walters of Chamber e.eab Ahopf fau-
teen miles south ADD Hfy west
from Wayabagh.e and s fhe north
baN of 800 acres ut the g MNtau
$50 acre -uftet described ire 8r+a
frnfn - q nart. substitute trustee
,o q ;. Cole. tate4 Iais E. ftss. and
recorded m sol f0C utee fNt OF
Elus County Deed Records begin
ANS st point on the sorsb line of
the sAtd alitoa sursey aou yaras
soulh aud 80 eafas aest from Be-
north east corner thsues south So
vnfan. easf a8fb the east hire az said
At8ve mentioned faa Aerv trarf se1
vaFaa tn stake Thvnee muTfh ga. west
R0H varma tn a stake oa tire nofth line
~ aAid milton sarvey AZ thv nnrsh
West corner 80 sa44 tGN aeuw tFaFf
tAsmvv n8rsh sa eaat 1@a vArns tn
She HewsmnAnm esasssatne So aer~w uf
land eut ~ fha e @HEan marves
sxsm4 sa 81 she HfufsTfv of 4 DIT
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The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-29

LOST SomwW here ia the cts "a
small purse containing one SIC bill.
three 81 90 bills and some small
change Finder return IA this of
fIce and be rewarded &HTpd
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VANI COLUMN |

FOR sAI,E~-My store aud buildings
on South Prong w II Cluun
205dpd- 48wpd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-29

FOR SALE House and lot at "a
bargain. $3.50 Call at this Office 201
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-29

FOR RENT Nice rooms suitable Tor
light house keeping. Furnished or
unfurnished Apply 20 Mrs sharp.
5t1 College street. or Oldham Hard
wars Co z1apd
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-29

WANTED A lady who can wait on
the sick and IL also a good scam-
stress Good wages TO the right one
Apply 10 Sam Hilburn. miles OF
WaNAharhie. II X a. 2BT
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10

This bottom should be Of rock or
shell to afford places to which the
young oysters may attach themselves,
and suci bottom is made by the O IN
slant throwing baot into the alter OF
all old shells and similar matter that
is brought up. The argument is that
this artificial bottom, If 1t may be so
called, which is formed over tie mud,
is b oken by the power dredge. In a
muddy bottom the oyster may be
buried and die. asais9ss
Oyster S are canned, both cooked al d
unco9ked, and shipped everywhere.
They are shipped raw from the At
lantic coast, in cans packed in ice,
and called "~fresh," rs f r as the
tanning two dozen oysters with the
liquor, is worth ~seventy-6 Q cents.
o, sters are also s"nt to tie Rocky
Mountl II region in the shell in large
tubs containing water and suct
"oysters on the SHELF ctsi abouI
seventy five cents n dozen. This trade
is q very variable one, h, wever, and
of small proportions as 10 size. To
nearer points in the interior oysters
are shipped in the shell without
water. In this condition thu y live fol
from three weeks to n month.
No oysters are shipped from Pbila'
delphia, except to very nearby points.
Such large interior towns as st Louis
and Chicago are supplied from Balti'
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
DDEST OYSTERS
FROM JERSEY.
Cream Of Worlds Most Sought
EdIbles Grow in Mau-
rice Cove.

The bright young c~ollegian who
began his graduation Grafton on "Tne
Worlds Pioneers with the inquiry !:
WHO opened the first oyster? pro-
ponded a question which has not up
to date, been answered. Whether this
unknown claimant to a prominent
'placesin the Hall of Fame ate the
oyster, raw or otherwise, after he had
opened, is q matter shrouded in still
deeper mystery, for there are those to-
day who insist that the raw oyster is
M acquired taste and that its tooth
someness must have been discovered
by accident or through a dire neces-
sity for food.
In these days the only people who
do not eat oysters are those who a n
not get them, and this portion of civil
LIKED humanity is decreasing in num-
bers each season, so the bivalve is be-
ingshipped farther and farther inland
and far away from the places where il
grows, says the Philadelphia Record.
So much is this the case that the very
existence of the oyster is now threat
ened. All experts are agreed that the
supply is being depleted in certain
localities, aud the story Of Legislation
attempted to check this evil is an old
one. This year in Philadelphia the
Hupoly-that is, the oysters brought tc
market-is about the same as las
year, and the somewhat i Gre sec
prices are ~vs,ioqFly attributed to ar
increased demand and to the increased
cost of gathering them. There are
some changes, too, in the methods OF
the business whicn are given MS the
cnues or as the effect Of this increase
according to the viewpoint of the
student of t~helqpestion.
Tine valu5 ofsthe oysters which now
come to Philad6lphia in a season, a
estimated By one well-posted dealer
is between three fndJfour millions o.
dollars. No reliable statistics are
available on the subject, but this Ii
considered by other experts as a good
estimate. Some paOpls.siy the oysters
are better this year than ever; others
say they are just as good as ever
They are being eaten more than aver.
anyhow. The main supply for THU
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10

eity comes from Maurice river, New
Jersey. and Maurice river coyes ar,
perhaps most eargerly soaRh-, 10
only because they are equal to tn
best in quality, but because, comint
fromvthe nearest availble beds. the'
nre apt to be freshest. Other oyster.
come to this port, too, principal,
after January /, such as the OhesI-
peakes. the Blue Points, from LonI
Island, and the Lynn Haven, Hamp
ton Bar and Chinotoague oysters.
from Virginia.
The Cape God oyster teds are yield.
ing less and lesssand now many prac
ticllly nre considered as worked ont.
To some extent oysters from Nara
gansett Bay are taking their place.
From September l to January /. about
all of the oysters eaten in Philadel
phia come from Maui ice river, where
tho oyster beds are grounds leased by
the State III over O thousand separate
lots, amounting in total area to some
thing like 80, 900 acres. This refers
only to the beds where the young
oysters are planted and grow, from
which they are taken to market. The
grounds here the seed oysters for
planting are obtained are very much
greater in extent and are not leased,
but open to all planters upon certain
rules and upon payment of certain
amounts, based on the tonnage of the
carrying vessel.
Once the oysters used to be brought
to the city entirely by the fleets OF
vessels which gathered them, and the
presence of these many boats an d
| their ere WIS along the city's river front
was one of the most picturesque
| features of thu business. The whola
history of oyster getting, indeed, both
in Maurice river and elsewhere, is
! full of romance, not the least of
which is that connected with the
piracy, the impressment of crews for
the boats and similar episodes. But
these aspects are p'ssing away.
Such oyster pirats as exist today are
comparable to those of former times
rs the sneak thief is 20 the highway
man, and the greatly increased size
of the business has had the tendency
to systematic and time tie down to
more prosaio methods. Hardly more
than one or two oyster s%ehooners Il
season now come up TO the city. The
oyster supply is brought by train from
Maurice river TO Camden, where the
cars are run onto flats and towed to
this side. Here the dealer has his
wagon, and tile oysters are unloaded
from the cars and carted direct TO the
retailer The old method of shippir
in baskets or barrels Inns given way to
the use Of sacks, which are fount
easier to handle. The old time oyster
peddler, who went from hou 80 tt
house, has also disappeared. No
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10
Had Loaded Gun In wagon.

WEST HEBRON, N. Y, Dec. TO-
Albert Bardley, an undertaken of this
place, aged forty-three, was instantly
killed near here by the accidental ex-
plosion of Il shotgun in Il wagon which
he was driving to the hills with Il hunt
ing party. The accident was due to an
obstruction in the road which Jared
the wagon and caused the discharge Of
the weapon. The full charge of shot
passed through the mans heart. Bard
ley leaves a widow and seven children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-10

he ~hcusekeeper WHO wants oysters
aus 20 after them.
Tho greatest change In tic method
II gathering is in the use of the power
lredge. instead of tho hand dredge,
or getting the oysters up from the
civer bottom to the boat. This is very
%teoent, and the number of power
lredges is still comparatively quite
small. Because there is n law against
the steam power dredge the power is
supplied by naphtha engines, which
also propel the boats. A bill to pre-
vent the use of any sort Of power was
introduced recently in the New Jersey
Legislature, but was vetoed by Cover
o Murphy. 1t was asked for on the
grouad TINT it would speedily pat oil
the small oyster growers out of bust
ness and lessen the field Of labor.
AS n comparison of the power dredRe
with the old fashioned hand dredge
it may be stated that the former in
five trips across the bay Of about
twenty-eight miles each way will
gather $40, 900 oysters in five days,
whilo the figures for the hand dredge
for the Same time might be $1,000 If
the sailing winds be fair. 1t is alleged
by some experts, among whom are
same users of the power dredge. that
it is certainly destructive of the in.
dnsIry because it tears up the bottom
on which the oysters grow.