Title	Lay Brothers Articles of Agreement
Subject	Business and Labor Fishing industry
Place	Sandusky (Ohio) Erie County (Ohio)
Description	Articles of agreement between the Lay Brothers and the widow of Conrad Linz transfers Linz's shares in Lay Brothers fisheries to the Lay Brothers, giving them full control of the business. The document is one page and measures 8" x 13" (20.32 x 33 cm). John Sr. and Jacob Lay established Lay Brothers Fisheries, Inc. in 1870. John Sr. had only been working in the fishing industry for over a year, but business was so good he decided to expand. The company grew rapidly, adding more fishing boats. Another brother, Henry, joined the business in 1881. The business peaked in the 1930s with approximately thirty fishing boats. By the 1950s, however, the business declined as the fish population decreased and competition from Canada increased. It closed in 1961. Commercial fishing was one of the largest industries in Sandusky in the nineteenth century. The shallow waters of western Lake Erie and the natural harbor of Sandusky Bay provided both an excellent source of fish and convenient access for the fishermen. By the 1880s, Sandusky was one of the largest fresh-water fish markets in the world, with more than six firms engaged in the fishing business, employing over 1,000 men. Among the more common types of fish caught for sale were herring, white fish, pickerel, sturgeon (primarily for its caviar), and yellow perch. Catches in the early days were plentiful, with daily harvests commonly reaching 500 tons per day. During good seasons, the number could exceed 1,000 tons per day. Before refrigeration was available to preserve the fish, much of the it was smoked, salted, or packed in ice harvested from the bay during the previous winter. By the end of the twentieth century, however, the commercial fishing industry in Sandusky ceased to exist.
Creator	Lay Brothers
Date of Original	July 28, 1894
Collection	Sandusky Fisheries
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts);
Submitting Institution	Sandusky Library/Follett House Museum
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Searchable Date	1894-07-28
Full Text	I'. ARTICLES OP AGREEJ/iEIlT made betv;een Lay Brothers and Mrs. Gunrad Linz, this 28th day of July, A.D. j 1894. j! V/liereas Cunrad Linz, now deceased, and the said T-ay t Eorthers were in partnership previous to the decease of said ¦ Linz for the puri:'Ose of carrying on the fishing business, ''under the finn name of Lay Brothers & Linz- That said part-^ nership is indebted in a larf;;e amount of money, the propor¬ tionate share of said Liruz in said indebtedness arriountine to 0<3JjO7.3P, that the property belonging to said partnership consists of eleven (11) pox^nd^ nets, one (1) boat, and other property connected with said fishing, necessary for carrying on said business. That the indebtedness of said finn arnounts to a large sum of money, more than the value of said fishii-y:? pounds and other goods connected therewith. ' It is therefore agreed between the parties that said Lay Brothers shall assiane and pay all the debts of said f inn of Lay Brothers & Linz and hold said Linz and his estate harmless therefrom, and in consideration thereof, we sell, assign, and transfer to said fiirn of Lay Brothers, all of our right, title -and interest in and to the said fishing ponrids «rd Other property belonging to said fiim of ^.ay Brothers & ixjax, and all the interest of said GUnrad Linz therein to be the property of said Lay Brothers forever, and said Lay Brothers are to cancel all oblirTations that they may have against said Cunrad Linz or his estate. 4 4 I!i TES'IMOMY VfHEREOP we l:ereunto set our hands this day above written. / yy //\^. y--^-—' > \
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