The sun., 1919-03-04
RECORD FISH CARGO
REACHES NEW YORK
The Trawler Albatross Brings
305,000 Pounds Direct From
Georges Banks.
DEALERS ARE EXCITED
Early Fall of Prices Predicted
as Result Of Company's
Venture.

The steam trawier AIbatross OF the
East Coast Fisheries Company tied UT
yesterday at the Beekman street pier ir
the East River with a cargo of 100000
pounds of cod and paddock and 5000
pounds Of halibut packed in ice In hoi
hold. 1t was by far the largest mess oil
fresh fish ever landed In this city In one
day and there was much excitement
among the Wholesale FISH dealers ir
Fulton Market, adjoining the pier.
| The agitation was due to the fact thai
| the Fulton Market men are a decidedly
, conservative lot. The coming here OF
| Capt. Peter Tobln. skipper OF the Alba
\ tross, and his hardy crew straight from
| Georges Banks. south Of Nova Scotia
with a trawler load Of FISH was decidedly
radical The additional news that the
| East Coast Fisheries Company So
called independent concern-intends &c
| eend a trawler hero once a week was
| characterized as most revolutionary In
| Boston, the home OF the sacred cod and
the wholesale headquarters OF the 'beet
| of the seas"
| The Albatroes got in an hour or two
after the fish market opened for bust
| ness. but by o'clock in the afternoon
she had unloaded $4,000 pounds OF fs,l
and orders were still coming in fast. il
was believed she would he able to pull
out some time tonight for another trip
| TO the banks
New scheme of Fisheries.
Ordinarily New England fishermen
| sell their catches in Boston, Gloucester
and Portland. Fish IL Iced In barrels
shipped to this city by train and then
| taken by trucks across town to Fulton
Market. This requires much handling
| and expense. 1t - also more or less
| hard on the fsh. The East Coast Fish
cries new scheme means the landing
here OF fresh fish within a comparatively
/ few hours after they are caught and no
rehandling. This makes for a reduced
| cost 1t means also that New Workers.
will have O greater chance TO cultivate
taste for fresh nsh and will tend to
| enable them to know the difference be-
| tween a fresh one and the cold storage
variety.
Fulton Market dealers were not long
/ in making up their minds to buy cod
and haddock from the Albatrosa Men
accustomed to deal with the so-called
| "hsh trust" went right down on the pier
and patronized the Independents" They
| purchased market cod at s ana 7 cents
pound and steak cod from to 10
cents. Haddock sold at to cents q
pound. Not long ego producers" were
getting Is cents q pound for steak cod
| In Boston
The prices which the Aibatross OBJ
tanned for her catch were two 20 three
cents cheaper than the Fulton Market
men have been paying. 1t is confident
/ ly expected that there will be drop in
the retailers price TO the consumer and
to-day inspectors Of the Department OF
Public Markets will be on the lookout all
along the line to see how much the drop
( will be.
Early Price slump Expected.
Although It IL not believed fish prices
which all agree are mighty high. will
fall right away. II Is expected that II
the East Coast Fisheries Company
should get trawler load OF cod. had
dock and hallbut here every week all
fish prices will be comparatively reason
able in the very near future.
| Chief Mate Bill Williams, VINO super
intended the unloading. and Charles w
Jackson. operating manager for the
company. found that the facilities for
unloading fish on New York pier were
mighty antiquated. In Boston there are
scales that weigh as high as 1000
/ pounds of Ash. The biggest scales Cound
on the Beekman street pier were liisited
TO 100 pounds. The Albatross only had
one pair in use up to IL A. NJ. Then
/ somebody skirnlished round and got
another, and better progress was made
! The largest cod which the trawler
brought In was granddad that
weighed forty pounds. The general run
were from eighteen to twenty-five
! pounds. Several fish dealers who looked
over the lot said II was the best and
freshest load OF cod md haddock that
ever came into New York
In December last the AlbatrosSs crew
caught a ffty-hve pound cod This
whopper was sent to President Wilson
when he was abroad. Mr.. Wilson said
that he and Mrs Wilson enjoyed 1t at
their New Years dinner.
Spirit of Cooperation.
Frederick G. Aulsbrook. treasurer and
assistant secretary of the East Goa st
Fisheries Company, said yesterday the
Department of Public Markets did every
| thing possible to facilitate the unload
Ing of the fish and showed fine spirit
OF cooperation In the effort to get fresh
! Ash at reduced prices 10 New York,
Mr. Ausbrook admitted that some OF
Boston's old presidents In the fish bust
ness were upset by making New York a
port OF call for trawlers. He added that
| New York is the greatest city In the
country ana there Ia no reason why deep
| sea trawlers shouldn't land here and
give folks a chance to see what a per-
fectly fine article OF food really fresh
! fish is.
THE distributor in. New York" he
! said, lis paying little less than the
price in Boston This new service gives
the consumer a product that he is not
rsNed to getting at & rrS-t lower -+sssa
he is accustomed to pay"
The steam trawler Fish Hawk will
Bring in another load of fish next Mon
/ day. She will make alternate trips with
the Albatross.
Retail prices OF Ash yesterday IN
| cluded the following: Steak cod. rs
cents market cod. Is cents, and had.
| dock is cents a pound.
BRAZIL HON0Rs DESTROYER.