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  MENHADEN 
  INDUSTRY 
  OF 
  THE 
  ATLANTIC 
  COAST. 
  

  

  fact 
  that 
  they 
  are 
  now 
  all 
  j>ropellccl 
  by 
  stoani 
  or 
  jjjasohnc 
  g:ivos 
  them 
  

   a 
  great 
  advantage 
  over 
  the 
  saihng 
  eraft 
  formerly 
  used. 
  They 
  can 
  go 
  

   farther 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  the 
  lish 
  anil 
  can 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  factory 
  very 
  much 
  

   more 
  quickly 
  when 
  a 
  loail 
  is 
  secured 
  and 
  are 
  not 
  so 
  often 
  delayed 
  by 
  

   mclement 
  weather. 
  Many 
  of 
  the 
  steamers 
  now 
  in 
  use 
  are 
  hghted 
  by 
  

   electricity 
  and 
  also 
  have 
  searchlights 
  and 
  are 
  modern 
  in 
  every 
  detail. 
  

   The 
  largest 
  one 
  in 
  use 
  iluring 
  1912 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  over 
  a 
  million 
  

   fish, 
  but 
  a 
  larger 
  one 
  was 
  built 
  in 
  1913 
  at 
  a 
  cost 
  of 
  $100,000 
  and 
  with 
  

   a 
  capacity 
  of 
  at 
  least 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  million 
  lish. 
  The 
  largest 
  gaso- 
  

   line 
  boat 
  fishing 
  for 
  menhaden 
  has 
  a 
  capacity 
  of 
  400,000 
  fish 
  and 
  is 
  

   owned 
  in 
  New 
  Jei"sey. 
  Twenty-seven 
  new 
  steamers 
  were 
  built 
  m 
  

   1911 
  and 
  1912 
  and 
  several 
  new 
  ones 
  were 
  ui 
  course 
  of 
  construction 
  m 
  

   1913. 
  It 
  is 
  seen 
  from 
  the 
  above 
  figures 
  that 
  the 
  Chesapeake 
  region 
  

   leads 
  in 
  both 
  the 
  number 
  i^f 
  factories 
  and 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  steamers 
  in 
  

   use. 
  

  

  TUKSE 
  AND 
  STRIKER 
  BOATS. 
  

  

  The 
  purse 
  or 
  seine 
  boats 
  must 
  necessarily 
  be 
  built 
  very 
  strong 
  to 
  

   withstand 
  the 
  gieat 
  stram 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  subjected; 
  they 
  fre- 
  

   quently 
  put 
  out 
  in 
  rough 
  seas, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  considerable 
  stram 
  

   when 
  hanilling 
  the 
  sehie. 
  Cedar 
  is 
  mostly 
  used 
  ui 
  their 
  construction, 
  

   for 
  both 
  the 
  planking 
  and 
  the 
  ceiling. 
  In 
  the 
  stern 
  a 
  platform 
  meas- 
  

   uring 
  about 
  3 
  feet 
  fore 
  and 
  aft 
  is 
  buUt 
  10 
  inches 
  below 
  the 
  gunwale; 
  

   upon 
  this 
  the 
  captain 
  stands 
  to 
  direct 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  the 
  boat; 
  a 
  

   similar 
  platform 
  is 
  m 
  the 
  bow 
  and 
  upon 
  this 
  stands 
  the 
  man 
  who 
  

   handles 
  the 
  cork 
  line 
  when 
  pursmg 
  the 
  net. 
  There 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  platfonn 
  

   or 
  floor 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  boat. 
  There 
  are 
  four 
  thwarts, 
  three 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  forward 
  and 
  the 
  fom'th 
  immeiHately 
  forward 
  of 
  the 
  aft<^r 
  

   platform 
  referred 
  to 
  above; 
  the 
  mtervening 
  space 
  is 
  for 
  stowing 
  the 
  

   seme. 
  The 
  stern 
  of 
  these 
  boats 
  is 
  built 
  about 
  2 
  inches 
  higher 
  than 
  

   the 
  bow 
  so 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  properly 
  balancetl 
  when 
  the 
  seine, 
  most 
  

   of 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  toward 
  the 
  stern, 
  is 
  aboard. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  

   are 
  as 
  follows: 
  Length. 
  2S 
  to 
  33 
  feet, 
  though 
  the 
  preferable 
  length 
  is 
  

   32 
  feet; 
  beam, 
  6 
  to 
  7 
  feet; 
  depth. 
  2 
  feet 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  10 
  inches 
  amidships. 
  

   The 
  cost 
  ranges 
  from 
  $275 
  to 
  $400. 
  

  

  The 
  striker 
  boats 
  are 
  simply 
  small 
  rowboats, 
  carvel 
  built, 
  with 
  a 
  

   sharp 
  bow 
  and 
  square 
  stern. 
  They 
  are 
  about 
  12 
  feet 
  long, 
  4^ 
  feet 
  

   beam, 
  and 
  1 
  foot 
  9 
  inches 
  deep 
  amidshij^s. 
  The 
  striker 
  usually 
  stands 
  

   when 
  roAving, 
  on 
  a 
  small 
  platform 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  boat. 
  The 
  

   cost 
  of 
  these 
  boats 
  is 
  $100 
  to 
  $120. 
  

  

  FISHING 
  APPARATUS. 
  

  

  By 
  far 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  menhaden 
  handled 
  at 
  the 
  factories 
  is 
  

   caught 
  in 
  piu'se 
  seines, 
  about 
  98. 
  7 
  per 
  cent 
  of 
  the 
  entire 
  catcli 
  of 
  the 
  

   year 
  1912 
  being 
  taken 
  with 
  that 
  foi*m 
  of 
  apparatus; 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  

  

  