Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-03
CITY FISH SALE
4 PROVES TO Be
AB|G SUCCESS
Tons Sold Within Short Time at
Opening of Municipal
Depots.
THRONGS OF PATRONS
AT THREE STATIONS
low Rate Attracts Hundreds of
Housekeepers of All
Glasses.

There never was such a sale of fish
in Newark as the one that was held
today.
The three municipal markets were
stormed, and the supply which was
expected to last over tomorrow may
be entirely gone before tonight
The station at so Ferry street was
opened at o'clock, and at o'clock
half ton of fish had been sold at
six cents per pound, the general rate.
The station at $40 Bank street was
swept clean at 8 o'clock, although 1t
was thought that enough had been
shipped there to last all day. More
than a hundred customers waited in
line until fresh supply was brought
fro Ferry street.
The station at 40 Belleville avenue
did not open until o'clock but pro-
spective customers had gathered there
more than an hour earlier, and sew
eral hundred were in line when the
doors were thrown open.
City Counsel James r. Nugent and
DR.. Charles q. Kraemer. president of
tfe Board of Works, were amazed -
8 the remarkable demand, although
both, were among the more optimistic
for the success of the venture from
the start. They visited all three sta
tons and their wonder grew as they
proceeded
Mayor Haussling only saw the Ferry
street station crowd, as he went
away with the Hensler's Association
outing today, but he was unable adj
equately to express his surprise at the
crowd he saw.
City Sealer John II. Sullivan had
no time to think about the deails of
the rush. He was up to his ears in
work in the middle OF II. all and only
knew that he never expected any
thing like the general descent upin
The Ferry street station, where he
was in charge of affairs.
With his staff of assistants he was
at Ferry street at o'clock, expect
ing to transfer part of the supply to
The other stations but the avalanche
descended and boxes on their way
from the station to the wagons were
used as an extension of the market
indoors, while fish was sold right and
left
The procedure was simple. There
were the fish-fluke, lafayette, floun-
ders, weak and small blue-the Gus
tomer picked out the one or more
wanted. the nearest attendant
price of all was uniform-siX cents a
pound
Every type of person living for
blocks in every direction from each
of the stations was among the Gus
toners, although women were in a
big majority. For their own conve'
nience, and sometimes ii seemed nee
essary for their safety, too, they were
formed in lines and the first to come
was the first to be served.
The men in charge of the three sta
tons wore White uniforms, but as
the rush grew many volunteers helped
out, and men who never sold fish be-
fore were at it today. Their WORK
was simple, if not easy. All they had
to- do was weigh whatever fish was
brought to them, even If they could
not have told its name, and tell the
person who brought the fish how
much it cost.
The first big fact made plain 10y
today's showing is that the city ad
ministration has the right idea about
selling fish in Newark. and the most
apparent administrative detail showr
was that two and half tons of fish
Is not enough even with the present
limited markets
AS q result of the extraordinary
success of the first municiual fish
markets the promoters have already
arranged to open the depots or
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday OF
next week. Meantime special orders
have been sent to the fish pounds or
the New Jersey coast to prepare fol
heavy shipments.