The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-08-15
Along the Shore

JOAn Aer eyre, ageO eight years, son
OF Ernest LeFevre, of Philadelphia, was
drowned on Tuesday in the bay near the
Publc dock at Seaside Heights. The
lad evidently fell overheard while play.
ing on the dock. The body was recover
ed on Wednesday.
! A special election will be held at Toms
River on August 28, to decide the ques-
tion OF installing sewer. system in that
town. The estimated cost is from $45, 900
to 10000. The local board of health
strongly recommends the improvement.
1t paid Beach Haven to readvertise for
bids for building new boardwalk.
When bids were received the first time.
the lowest bidder was upward OF S29. 600.
while the amount available from the
bond issue to build the walk was $25. 600.
AS result, the plans were cut down by
taking of the railing, and readvertised.
Last week the new bids were opened and
the lowest bidder was Allen Scull, of
Ocean City, SIS, 1851. This will leave
sufficient balance to build the railing
and still keep under $25, 900.
Property owners at Berkeley. where it
is alleged that plans have been made to
nil in large distance out into the bav.
and where some OF this filling has al.
ready been done to an extent that seems
unbelievable as we'll as unfortunate
have taken alarm, and announce thew
will fight any further encroachments in
the courts if need be. The property
owners say they bought lots because
they were near the bay, and for some
one else to fill in and leave them a half
mile or more back from the water, is to
rob them of value of their lots.
A giant horse mackerel, perhaps the
largest on record for the JERSEY coast.
was caught in a net on Wednesday. of
Seaside Heights. 1t weighed $50 pounds
This monster fish was captured by Cap
tain Arthur r. Meyers, Of the Berkeley
Fishing Company, and his crew. The
fish was brought ashore only after q
long and terrific struggle, during which
several of the crew were swept over
board. The men being good swimmers,
speedily regained the boat, but some
where SO stunned that for time they
were completely knocked out The bat
tie with the sea monster lasted SO long
that at times the men were about to use
their huge fish knives, but Captain
Meyers wished to preserve the fish with
out being cut up. The fish was viewed
by throngs OF summer visitors, as well
by residents. 1t is hoped to preserve it
and exhibit it at the Mount Holly Fair.
That the red drum fish can be made a
commercial asset OF New jersey coast
fisheries is the belief ofIPresident Ernest
Napier, of the state fish and game COM
mission, who recently returned from a
fishing trip in Florida, where he had an
opportunity to study this fish, they are
known as the channel bass, and its COM
mercial possibilities, with view of as
certaining its real value in New JERSEY
waters. His discoveries are of special
interest at this time when certain New
Jersey oystermen are seeking to make
war on the red drum, which they charge
are running their oyster beds, an allega-
ton, however, that is refuted bv the
federal bureau of fisheries, which places
blame for oyster damage upon the beard
ed or black drum. DR.. F. IL. Moore. of
Washington, ID. c., deputy commission
er OF the federal bureau of fisheries, with
whom the New Jersey commission has
taken up the subject of the supposed
drum fish menace to oyster beds and
the subsequent clamor for its extermina-
ton, endorses the idea that the fish has
commercial value now overlooked and
suggests that a good market might be
created ii the fish were canned after the
manner of tuna and salmon. Doctor
Moore gives the red drum an alibi in the
matter Of ravaging oyster beds. This
| fish feeds on small fish and crustaceans,
but it is not known to destroy oysters to
any serious degree" he says. 1.-THE
destructive effect on oyster beds is more
properly attributable to another species,
the black drum. / believe it is the black
drum that is creating havoc in the
oysters beds of New Jersey coast
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