4 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Production. — The waters of the St. Johns River, near Jacksonville, 

 support no extensive commercial fishery, but several boats and fish- 

 ermen operating in near-by waters land their fares in Jacksonville. 

 These fares are then sold to local wholesalers, retailers, and peddlers. 



Table 3. — Fishery products landed at Jacksonville during 1926 



Product 



Black bass 



Catfish. 



Crappie, "perch". 



Herring 



King whiting 



Mullet. 



Sea trout 



Pounds 



7,000 

 37,000 



9,000 



29,000 



88,000 



222, 000 



27,000 



Product I Pounds 



Shad 27,000 



Crabs 3,000 



Shrimp ' 49,000 



Turtles 4,000 



Total ' 502,000 



RECEIVING POINTS AND METHODS OF TRANSPORTATION 



Of the total fresh and frozen fishery products received in Jackson- 

 ville, 8,480,000 pounds, or 90 per cent, were carried by express, 

 887,000 pounds, or 9 per cent, by freight, and 100,000 pounds, or 1 

 per cent, by motor truck. 



Express sMpments. — The vast majority of express shipments 

 (originating in Florida as well as from points in other States) were 

 carried in less-than-carload lots. Those carried by the American 

 Railway E.xpress Co. are received at its terminal in the vicinity of 

 Bay and Myrtle Streets, while those carried by the Southwestern 

 Express Co. are received at its terminal in the vicinity of Bay and 

 Jackson Streets. The former terminal is about 13^ miles and the 

 latter about 1 mile from the majority of the wholesale houses. Fish 

 arriving by express by either of the two express companies is unloaded 

 at the respective terminal. Following the general rule, less-than- 

 carload lots are carted by the express carrier to the consignee's door 

 without further charge than that included in the regular tariff rate. 

 In some cases, if delivery by the express company is slow, consignees 

 will call at the terminals for their shipments. No allowance is made 

 to consignees for performing this cartage service. When express 

 shipments arrive in carload lots and nondelivery from the terminal 

 to the consignee's door is specified, a charge is made by the express 

 company for intracity delivery. In some cases a carload shipment 

 is composed of parcels for various consignees, in which case the ex- 

 press companies allow intracity delivery on the goods of one party 

 without further charge. Consignees obtaining this service usually 

 receive the largest shipment in the particular car; the other con- 

 signees are responsible for the cartage of their goods from the ter- 

 minal to their establishments. 



Freight shipments. — Freight shipments originate mainly at points 

 on the Pacific coast, in Virginia, and a comparatively small quantity 

 in Florida. They are received over three main routes from the north 

 and three from the south or west. When freight shipments arrive in 

 Jacksonville they are handled by a terminal railroad company, which 

 transfers them from the carriers' terminals (situated in various sec- 

 tions of the city) to spur tracks at the wholesale market or cold- 

 storage warehouse. The spur tracks at the wholesale market are 



