Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-04
FISH DEPICTS TO
DOUBLE SUPPLY
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voting a few hours to this work
might affect their standing with the
Civil Service Commission did not
very them in the least as these men
frequently work twelve and fourteen
hours day
When City Sealer Sullivan an
nounced that he would Immediately
make arrangements for the purchase
of ten thousand pounds of fish to be
placed on sale in this city next Thurs
day and Friday, none were more en-
thusiastic than these same assistants.
AS early as seven o'clock this morn
ing the city sealer was called on the
phone by people who stated that at
each of the three stores where the
fish were sold yesterday. hundreds of
people were in waiting to purchase
fish, Mr.. Sullivan made the state
ment that he could have sold double
the amount yesterday, and an equal
amount today had it been available,
but as the entire undertaking was
experimental, he said he felt that in
assuming to make the purchase of
5000 pounds he considered there
might be a risk of having some left
over but was agreeably surprised
that he had been mistaken and now
knew the situation much better.
During the day several minor, or
incidental expenses unlocked for,
crept into the cost of handling the
fish, but when the receipts were
counted by Mr.. Sullivan it was found
that the city officials made no mis-
take when they placed the cost to the
public at six cents pound.
Pound Net Men to Meet.
There will be a meeting of the
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the city officials at Belford tomorrow
afternoon for the purpose of MAX
ing arrangements for larger supply.
Some of the net owners in Raritan
Bay were rather skeptical at first
over the proposition advanced to
them, and they sent employees to
Newark for the purpose of getting a
line on the situation. These men
went from one store to another,
among them being the captain of the
boat that transported the fish, and
they were fully convinced when they
left for home that every pound of
food fish caught in the thirty-six
nets between the Atlantic Highlands
and Port Monmouth Could be sold in
this city.
The captain of the boat made the
statement to City Sealer Sullivan that
he could place 10000 fish in the hold
of his vessel, and they could be de-
livered in bushel baskets to the diff
ferent stores direct from the city
dock. These baskets could be cover
ed with mosquito netting to protect
them from dust or flies, and could
be handled in the most up-to-date
sanitary manner.
One of the incidents noticed during
the sale of the fish was the request
for different species that cannot be
handled in this manner because they
are not caught on the New Jersey
coast. Many of the purchasers asked
for Goldfish, halibut and sea bass when
they were not familiar with the fish
called for. 1t was explained to them
that such fish come from the waters
of Rhode Island and Maine and points
further east, and that the fish on sale
was more suitable for table use at
this time of the year. In the ship
ment of fish received was large
skate that weighed in the neighbor-
hood of twenty pounds. 1t is a variety
that is seldom seen in the market,
but there has been an increase in
demand for it within the past two
years, and tons of it are shipped an
nually to small dealers in New York.
where there is a thickly- populated
foreign element.
Quickly Sold.
The skate in question was ON the
stand at so Ferry street. and numer-