Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-16
FISH SUPPLYIS
NOT SUFFICIENT
FOR BIG DEMAND
$500 Pounds Sold Within Few
Hours at Municipal
Markets.

The municipal fish markets are
growing in popularity if such a thing
is possible and $500 pounds of fish,
rot to mention 5000 CLAIMS and several
turtles We're eagerly snapped UP in
a few hours this morning, with the
demand nowhere near supplied.
At the Belleville avenue market
1,500 pounds of fish was put on sale
at O'Clock and few minutes before
9 o'clock the door was closed with
every morsel disposed of At Bank
street twice as much was snapped up
in practically the same time, the last
going shortly after 8 O'Clock.
At Ferry street, the big stock went
steadily until the last of it was car
ried off at II O'Clock and once more
the days consignment had proved too
small.
On top of that came another dis
appointment for City Sealer John II.
Sullivan. who is in charge of the dis
tribution. Hoping to have enough on
hand to meet tomorr ow's anticipated
demand, he had ordered 1000 pounds
of fish and 1900 clans, to be deliv-
cred this afternoon. This morning
word came from the fishermen that
the catch had failed them and they
cry until Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Sullivan hopes. however, to find
a way to get some part of the ex-
pected consignment here today in or
der that the markets may be open
tomorrow, even though the supply be
inadequate. He also hopes to arrange
for an extra large consignment for
Fridays sale.
Following the example OF Newark,
the New York Globe has opened
thirty eight fish markets throughout
Manhattan and Bronx boroughs, in
what it calls q fresh fish carnival
They are to be kept open indefinite
ly with at least one kind of fresh
fish every day on sale at five cents
pound. The Globe announces that it's
object is to teach New Workers to eat
more fish and to prove to them that
plenty of fish can be had cheap
At today's sale there were porgies,
butterfish, snapper, blue, cod, Hound
ers and haddock, all at five cents a
pound.
The same varieties are not promised
for every day, but whatever the mar
ket affords will be on sale.
In its effort to popularize fish as an
everyday food literature has been
prepared showing that bluefish con-
tains nineteen per cent. protein and
but one per cent. waste, while por-
terhouse steak contains but twenty@
one per cent protein and has twenty
per cent. fat and waste
In one week this summer, the Globe
asserts, 100000 pounds of sea bass were
destroyed in one day in New York
and every week tons of some sort of
fish are thrown away.
On Monday of last week, green blue
fish sold in New York at Az cents a
pound, but on Friday ten cents was
the lowest price In the market.
Paterson is also following in the
footsteps of Newark in the matter of
fish markets, Two of the present
public markets have both offered
stores, free and without reservation,
for the stands at which fish will be
retailed to Paterson housewives fresh
and cheap, and the promoter of the
scheme. County Sealer of Weights and
Measures y Harry Rosenfelt, has
availed himself of the propositions.
Fish will be on sale at both markets
tomorrow afternoon. As yet the fish
market has no official connection with
the city administration.