Show buhe H INDUSTRY oyster and clam clain shells used by gas as a Fu ufler A singular unit and but little known industry Is carl can led on in this city in the salo sale of oyster and clam shells 1 I he de dealers Irs in this thia commodity pursue their calling in 17 so unostentatious a wily way that it attracts no attention atten llon from the eating houses w n here oysters and clams are arc consumed the year round tire the shells aro are c collected by persons nabo bo cither carry on oil that bum bumbled for themselves or of are IR in the employ of the wholesale dealers it seems incredible how large an area of ground can be covered many feet deep w A tall t lie ate of shell and foreign matter the that t Is unavoidably lot collected it eted nith ft ath it aej an apparently arpaio antly arnal maniates cam gani ates without destroying tho the char of the harder material seeing a number of cat is loaded leaded with shells moving toward the san e po point I 1 tit would induce the supposition that mon mail reclaimed land ins being in dittli material mate ifal that bould exclude tile llie possibility 01 ol such land being used as aa a maibet garden ra dan rr er it might be taken for granted ranted cr that anether any tater dump clump heap was wa allowed in ili somo of tin the stilt still anoe cupita upper tipper west side lots but it if curiosity should lead to investigation it would be found that the calls caits were nere bund bound for a big biff yard at fifty fourth al laces and the north liver where they deposited their loads loada every auttumn th bard ard la Is so filled filed up that at L considerable hill of shell Is 3 formed this being excavated from the bottom as liadi fee are again carried away leaves eaves the maas I 1 with ith tile ahe appearance of having hat ing acon con I formed for arid and offers a curious eight tu to the uninitiated liow how the bliele a e used Is one or of tile the most things to those ignorant 1 no of n the value of tho for anything except filling in streets and making beach drives such as ai that one famous lit in the history of savannah but till t ahli shell suite a curious change it IL la is sold to tile llie gas works arid and Js ia used as a new york york |