544 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
The following shows the Clatsop Conn ’ fishery products and their 
first value: 

1895. 1899. 














Species. = STR Gain Eas Seo ie 
Lbs. | Value. Lbs. Value. 
SE Mba GT TIAS Bet Gey DSR a De 1 MRR NR er: 26,548,262 | $1,027, 182 12,964,813 | $626, 846 
Smell tae coer eee eee see ste noe ae saeaiee 31, 125 | 1,245 28, 000 340 
Shades. See eee yo ey 2s best eeneeeece 39, 000 350 30, 000 300 
1 SICH a gh OFA, Rene anion ic eee eo See eR et fel (ER = As Oe tare Sic eS 12, 000 240 
IES Ultras ee ersten cross See cree ote eee |[eyie wt Pers esas wees aie’ |S one: eres cee 17, 000 1, 360 
SUURSC OME See eee ee soe acsi= noc Sclcisbeeeechie 56, 380 1 A4G) | 22e soa oc cee bee eeeee 
(Obi) Os)” SAAB es Seto ice ee ety ee en EE 23, 520 637 31, 344 980 
ace thts epapsepiers oe 234, 500 2,010 951, 510 9, O87 
(Craswiisins i S4eit ae Dn oes > Sis So Soo ee ee 2, 800 0 UN PBS eCGACCN Acme Soe ac 
SOR Sete meas eee ree ele sere cone ae BEC sl ease oeaas 7 D00 | Ss Set ee See [see eeteee 
Ota E epee tesat eet oe see neds Be eee wcrc se 26, 931, 587 1, 040, 480 14, 034, 667 639, 153 
The cases of salmon packed were as follows: 
No. of 
Year can- Cases. Value. 
< neries. 
LB OD er eeremea s seat as nick eens Here Stade en aaa ee feces inte a oS ne | 11 387, 013 $1, 917, 078 
UEC} ih Se epi se a Ae et ES nM KE SOY Ore nd eee gn ee: a ear ee | 9 206, 889 1, 128, 905 
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Two small fish scrap and oil establishments at Astoria collect the 
refuse from some of the canneries. These plants represent $43,200 
capital, employing 35 men, and in 1899 produced 19,600 gallons of 
salmon oil of $4,130 value, and 140 tons of fish scrap for fertilizer, 
valued at $3,000. Only a small portion of the refuse from the can- 
neries of the river has ever been saved. 
A small proportion of the salmon cans used are hand-made at the 
canneries, but most of them are made at large factories. The can 
factory at Astoria represents $350,000 capital, and employs 125 persons. 
During 1899 the factory used 60,000 cases of tin plate, all of domestic 
make. Twenty-two million salmon cans were made in 8 sizes and 16 
varieties. A large stock of cans is kept on hand to supply orders from 
the canneries of Oregon, Washington, and Alaska. 
Clams and crabs are quite plentiful along the beaches of Clatsop 
County near the mouth of the Columbia. Since the jetties were built 
some 4 miles of beach have been made connecting with 13 miles of the 
old beach, on which razor clams are plentiful. A few soft-shell clams 
had previously been found on the old beaches, and clams are reported 
as rapidly increasing near the jetties. 
The razor clams canned, are minced, cooked, and packed in their 
own liquor. They have been much in demand, being shipped as far 
east as Chicago. During 1899, 7,143 bushels of clams were used at 
the cannery and 6,450 bushels were shipped in the shell; the 13,593 
bushels giving the 25 clam diggers $9,087. Five thousand cases of 
eanned clams, of $27,750 value, were marketed. 
Crabs taken from the same beaches numbered 1,306 dozen, or 31,344 
pounds, valued at $980. 
