538 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
packed casks average 800 pounds of saimon. The fish, being only 
slack-salted, are at once placed in cold storage untii wanted for ship- 
ment, and are then sent in refrigerator cars to New York and in the 
cold-storage rooms of steamers to Europe. The demand for large-size 
packled salmon for Europe began about 1896, since which time it has 
yearly increased. The constantly increasing demand for fresh frozen 
and pickled salmon from the Columbia River has to some extent 
reduced the output of canned salmon and led to sharp competition 
between the canners and cold-storage firms, resulting in the fishermen 
receiving much higher prices than ever before. 
In 1899 four establishments, valued at $120,000, and with a cash cap- 
ital of $145,000, were engaged in cold-storage fish business on the 
Columbia River in Oregon. Their employees numbered 77. ‘The 
products and their value are shown by the following table: 










1 
Items. Lbs. Value. 
Salmon: 
SHKWGis, HINO VE50), 6 6 4a Sooaase Been cesoaer de reno eersqnebaces Pocsadsuciesauconceacc 866, 905 #44, 584 
CHINGOKEMTOZEN 2 ca xinct so eeice See meee eee ee Kee eee coos eee eee eis 39, 966 1, 998 
Dos sinOzenleecsaees 22 baste aeEe meses eee eas ae Sor ROME NE Lom eae ee Boe 117, 739 4,710 
Steel eadtrozenatys-ine Pace crocs ie acrente teins ie elane cle isicie ee nae erate eee tteeeters 897, 5384 78, 594 
GHINGOk= pi Clele diac sen Se Neat ye cee ere See ele nnPalo tare letersi partes 1, 308, 494 145, 852 
OtalisalmOns Aap s< ms ado ete ees bee Se ee EMCI eae cles eee em neers neeiaete 3, 230, 638 275, 738 
Sturge con trozemiene nes ces seers aa ere ee esa el eatctare siete eee cree terete eile 38, 725 3, 873 
COE AF) eS ee Seas HERG Gana Oenan mop caoreDbncttoa cae saaecooasocus 1, 587 1,191 
GranGgitOtalioe ce sceans heso sete <ceieeecaece eee Me Ur ateaheyseiersie Biases ek lets iote 3, 270, 950 280, 802 




STATISTICS OF OREGON BY COUNTIES. 
The following tables show the fisheries of Oregon for 1899 by 
counties, and give in detail the persons employed, capital invested, 
products by species, and first value of same, and the catch by each 
form of apparatus. The general decrease in the fisheries of late years 
is due chiefly to a lighter catch of salmon as compared with former 
years. 
Table showing, by counties, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Oregon in 1899. 







: | On vessels | Of Vessels | th shore Reread 
Counties. | fishing. transport- | §sheries, | fish-houses, Total. 
| ing. Bi 
— | — == =) a | 
| | 
Clackamas: sosas.52 5.3. ce aoe eee eee PRE ae cee alse ee eC eames LOG 3) |---ceo cence | 106 
Clatsope ss: feces esses coe cniose cee eee 10 39 2, 224 1,197 3,470 
Golumibials £55) 0 4M ee ee ea ere ol cele io nis tices eae meen eee 162 12 174 
| 318 1057 427 
53 59 115 
204 50 257 
87 46 141 
234 101 300 
177 170 35) 
106 48 154 
WidSCOas soe e en OG sek seis cele ne Siem stee ate | PIRES 23 SAW Cee eeae eae 36 49 85 
Washing tomy i see: 2) eae Le eee eae Se aay Hae Oe BNET. TAS Oe Banca 14 
VYamhililtes Joe) eee Se Se obt maces PERE enh beta ec pete 10} Ser et eee 10 
Total eee So hea aos. aee seeteeae | 10 65 3 ol 1, 837 5, 643 






