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Title: Wilmington up-to-date : the metropolis of North Carolina graphically portrayed
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Isaacs, I. J Wilmington Chamber of Commerce (N.C.)
Subjects: Business enterprises
Publisher: Wilmington, N.C. : W.L. De Rosset, Jr., printer
Contributing Library: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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industry transacted in and near Wilmington is infresh and salt fish. There are several important concerns engaged inthe shipping of fresh fish, some of whom own their own boats, nets,etc., and employ their own fishermen. The principal varieties of fishcaught in this vicinity are mullets, which are best in Septembar, shad,black fish, trout, sea bass, rock, pig fish, flounders, croakers, spots, THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. 21 sturgeon, catfish, drum, whiting-, snapper, red mouth, herring, bluefish, bream, sheephead, striped bass, etc. Immense quantities of mullets are salted and packed in Wilming-ton and are dispatched to all parts of the country. This business formsan important item of the citys operations. Clams are also shippedfrom Wilmington, and one house makes a specialty of terrapin. Theoyster gardens and beds, a few miles from Wilmington, afford a mostdelicious variety of the succulent bivalve. Not many of these areshipped to a distance, the home demand being fully equal to the sup-
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POST OFFICE. ply. Not far from Wilmington, down the Cape Fear river, are twolarge concerns engaged in the menhedden fishery. These convert thefish into fish scrap and fish oil for fertilizer and other uses. The Wholesale Trade, The wholesale trade of Wilmington constitutes a very importantdivision of the citys trade facilities. It is probable that no single cityin the country has a larger number of jobbing houses than we havehere. They have every facility for doing business with the contigu-ous territory in North and South Carolina, having direct railroad andwater communication with all sections. The wholesale merchantshave facilities equal to any in the country. They buy their ooods 22 THE CITY OF WILMINGTON. direct from the manufacturers and importers or they import direct, andnot only can they compete successfully with other cities, but in certainlines they may be said to have almost driven successful competitionout of this market. The jobbing trade here is in the hands of men ofam

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