Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-10

three hours, the expenses will not
be much. The only question now III
the minds of those interested is now
many pounds of fish should be Sc
cured for next week.
The tremendous sales has made
Newark the best customer that the
fishermen ever had. it shows them
that If other municipalities We're to
follow this city they could dispose OF
the entire catch made on the New
Jersey coast to New Jersey people. 1t
has been estimated by an expert who
is familiar with the fish subject that
Newark alone could dispose of TWEEN
ty-five tons week, with beef at the
price it is. Jersey City, with its large
population, could do the same, ana
Elizabeth, with its big shopping cen
tire and foreign population in the sur
rounding sections could do equally
the same
The pound net men all over the
State have been watching the expert
ment with wide-open eyes, and one or
the things that interested them the
most was the promptness with when
the city sealer paid his bill Twelve
hours after he was through with the
first sale the fishermen received their
money. and each man received pay
shipped. There was no putting in a
claim for hundred pounds of lost
fish and another hundred for shrink
age. Each fisherman gave five pounds
of fish to each bushel for shrlnkage,
and they did not average that.
These things are as important to
the fishermen as it is to other busl-
ness men, and the news soon spread
along the shore. 1t is safe to say that
every owner of pound net on our
shore is willing to sell to Mayor
Haussling.
Several fishermen telephoned to the
evening Star about the New York
city sealer being among them, m
curing about the shipment of fish to
his city, and they called the atten-
ton of this paper to the fact that'
while the congressional hearings were
being conducted at Washington on
the fish question, one of the pound
net fishermen, of Long Island. in an
swer to question put to him by a
representative of this paper, an
swered that there were fifty pound
nets in Long Island sound. The New
Jersey fishermen are now asking why
| don't New York seek a supply from
! those nets.
There is no question but what New
| ark can and will handle tons of fish
! for some time to come, but there Is
enough to go around. and il City
Sealer Hartigan. New York, can start
markets, such as the municipal au-
thorities are conducting in this city,
he will receive the blessings of the
people.
Turtle for Free Lunch.
| Included in the sale today were
I hn n
which weighed nearly two hundred
pounds. That was purchased by s
saloonkeeper. 1t brought 49, The
turtle will provide free lunch all day
| Friday and Saturday.
City Sealer Sullivan said today that
the people should understand that as
vet the markets are not being con
Quoted by the city government The
idea is one that originated will
| Mayor Haussling and City Counse
James r. Nugent. They directed Mr.
| Sullivan to try the scheme. If Il
! proved unsuccessful then both Mayor
Haussling and Mr.. Nugent would
stand the loss personally.
They told me to so ahead SAID
the city sealer today. "At that time
all the money had in my pocket'
/ was $t.37. That was enough to pan
my car fare to Bedford, however, am
/ started out. haven't found
necessary to go to either of them FOL
financial assistance as yet" Mr. Sui.
1 Ivan said, and from present indica
tons / won't ever have to-"
May Sell Lower.
'Just so soon as We get this thinI
| going right We may be able to Gu
| down some expenses and sell fish a
| low as five or perhaps four cents T;
! pound City Sealer Sullivan added
! This scheme certainly should b.
made a permanent institution. I
could be run with practically no ex
pense to the city" Mr. Sullivan con
tinued. 81 could detail some of IN,
linen to the stands; or. if that woul'
not be satisfactory. the city coul'
create a new department and tn
money expended in this line would b
well worth the output to the taxpay
ers,' he concluded.