The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-05
RADEL NOT "OYSTER KING'
 NOR FORMING OYSTER TRUST
Bridgeport Grower Says His Transaction in Great South Bay Bottom is Merely Land Purchase.

A movement Is reported to have been executed recently by means of which the oyster business in the territory bordering Great South Bay, Long Is- land. will be consolidated, in which Andrew Radel of Bridgeport. who is already a large planter, is said to be the prime mover.
 MT. Radel has been instrumental in development work in this neighborhood for some time. Recently it was re- ported that he had acquired a large tract Of beach rear Fire Island, and intended putting through an electric line across the island through Sayville to Port Jefferson. where he already Is extensively interested in oyster prop critics and owns and operates a ship yard.
 The oyster trade in Great South Bay is at present in the hands of numerous small planters, to whom the announce ment of the consolidation of the indus try Is regarded with dismay, for they fear it will be the end of their hereto fore profitable little business. Jacob Ockers. a well known shipper of Sayville. is quoted as declaring: ''The situation Is extremely serious for the oystermen Of Great South Bay. Radel, who is already a large planter on Long Island. has had his eyes on the territory for a long time. and if he once does get control of it. it will be all up with us"
 Controlling possession of the beds has been apparently obtained by a syndicate of which MT. Radel Is the head, by the purchase of some 14,OoO acres of land. most of 1t under water and comprising the beds of the choice blue point oyster on the south shore Of Long Island. from the owning es- tate, from whom the numerous small oystermen have heretofore leased About 5000 acres of the land is now thus occupied, but the leases will all expire on March s1 next. The owner ship, having passed to a syndicate de siring themselves to operate directly, the present lesees are in line for evic- ton as Independent planters. Mir. Radel was at his office today. He said that he and some other gen. tlemen had bought the property in question as an investment and had not decided what they would do with it, as it would be a year and a half before 90 per cent of the leases on it expired He said that it was possible l that he and his friends might plant the land As for being an oyster king he declared that he was not looking for any titles, that he had purchased land before and made money and he had purchased other land and lost money, and therefore 1t was simply business deal.
 The property was owned by the
  deed dating back to 1776, by directors of the Ocean Shore Realty Company, of which William H. Moffitt is presi- dent.
 The tract extends from short dis tance west of Patchogue several miles along the westerly side of Great South Bay, the line then crossing to point near Point O Woods; thence along the northerly shore of Fire Island, and thence across the bay again to the point near Patchogue. Piers and buildings along the water front are leased and land Is rented by the acre to oyster fishermen From these sources the Smith heirs have been get ting a large revenue and efforts to buy small parcels of the property have fail- ed.
 With Mir. Radel as purchasers were Mir Moffitt Selah T. Clock Of Bay Shore, and Edward Thompson of Northport. All these men are inter- ested in the oyster industry.