The Brunswick news., 1913-05-14
INDUSTRY is TO BE MADE A
GREAT ONE DURING THE
COMING SESSION.
A BIG COLD STORAGE PLANT
PcbabIy Fifty or More smacks VIII
Come Down From New York to
Engage in Blue Fish Business and
Make Brunswick Headquarters.

The petition filed in the Glynn SUI
periop court Monday by the Glynn
Fish and Cold Storage company a
copy Of which was published in these
columns yesterday, means for Bruns-
wick one of the largest industries OF
the kind along the South Atlantic
coast. Iii fact, it is impossible just
at this time to tell to what extent the
business of the new corporation viii
extend, but it means that Brunswick
3 to have one of the largest fish cold
storage plans in the South and that
it is also to be a great fish market.
The primary purpose of the new cor
poration is to handle fish of all kind,
but more especially blue fish, which
are now being caught off the coast in
such large numbers and which indus
\ try has gIown to be Cne OF the most
important of the seaport cities.
Fun details of the intentions Of the
company have not as yet been made
public, but it is known that it is the
purpose of the concern to interest
the New York fishing smack owners
in an effort to get them to send their
smacks down this way to engage il
the blue fish business. So successful
has the fishing been recently that it
wsl not be surprising II some 30 or
rs OF the northern fishing smacks
will engage in the business shortly,
mixing Brunswick their headquarters
and shipping all fish through this
port The new company intends to
erect large cold storage plant. with
capacity TO care for thousands of
pounds of fish; if necessary the out
put of the local ice plant will be in
creased to furnish a sufficient amount
of ice for the Gid storage, and tons
of these blue I'll will be shipped
from this port anost daily.
1t is understodg that those behind
the local company are now in cor
rcspondence WITH the New York
smack owners and some of them have
already agreed to engage in the busi-
mess next season. The Brunswick con-
cern does not intend to itself operate
fishing boats, but rather will endeay-
or to induce them to come here and
engage in fishing and the local com
pany will handle their output.
| The magnitude Of this blue fish
business is greater than the average
person can imagine. Several boats
have been operating out of Fernan-
dina during the present season and
the number OF these fish caught in
this vicinity has been surprising.
The fish are said to be so plentiful
that any number Of boats can catch
All they can handle on every trip.
The bait problem is another impor-
hopes to solve, and it may operate
small beats fer the purpose of CATCH
ing bait. Small manhattens are used
and many Of the fishermen are hay-
ing much trouble in securing bait.
The new concern proposes to handle
all the bait needed, either by catch
ing it off the coast or have it ship
ped from the New England coast
Many other features are planned
by the new concern, which will make
Brunswick one of the greatest fish
markets along the South Atlantic
coast. The incorporators cf the new
company are r. D. NJ Straehan, Al
bert Fendig, r. c. Baumgartner, j.
b. Wright, S. S. Rickett H. B. Nc
Cullough, all Of this city, and Geo P.
alker, of Savannah.