28 tJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



was in 1871, and the shipment abroad that year amounted to 30,000 

 cases. 



Of the 35 canneries on the Columbia River in 1881, it is said that 

 about one-half had been established bv the Hume brothers. G. W. 

 and William Hume were partners in the firm of Hapgood, Hume & 

 Co., on the Sacramento River, and established the first cannery on 

 the Columbia. In 1881 William was the proprietor of two canneries, 

 one at Astoria, Oreg., and one at Eagle Cliff, Wash. R, D. Hume, 

 a third brother, in the same year had a cannery in operation on the 

 Rogue River, and estal^lished three others, one at Eagle Cliff (then 

 owned by William Hume), one at Rainier (then belonging to tTackson 

 & Myers), and one at Astta-ia. Tlie fourth brother, Joseph, came to 

 the coast in 1871 and some time later established a cannery on the 

 river. 



One of the pioneer canners on the river was tl'e late F. M. Warren, 

 operating as the Warren Packing Co., who estallished a cannery at 

 Cathlamet, Wasli., in 1869. The same company is still operating 

 the plant. Later another cannery was established at Warrondale, 

 Oreg., and it also is still operated by this company. Mr. Warren was 

 the inventor of a retort, patented on April 10, 1877, which was in use 

 by the principal canneries on the coast for a number of years. 



John West was another pioneer. He built a cannery at Hungry 

 Harbor, Wash., a))out 1869. In 1881 he moved his plant to West- 

 port, on the Oregon side of the river. Mr. West was the inventor 

 of a packing machine for placing the fish in the cans. 



In 1871 tlie firm of Megler & Jewett estal lished a cannery on the 

 present site of Brookfield, Wash., and named it in honor of Mrs. Meg- 

 ler's birthplace, North Brookfield, Mass. In 1876 the plant was 

 gi-eatly enlarged and J. S. Megler bought out his partners and took 

 in Mr. Macleay, of Cor})itt-Macleay, wholesale grocers, of Portland 

 and San Francisco, and changed the firm name to J. S. Megler & Co., 

 under which title it still operates. In 1879 Mr. Megler bought out 

 this partner and owned the plant until his death in 1915, since when 

 it has been operated by his widow. 



The first soldering machine used on the Columbia River was in 

 this plant, while the steam box and lacciuering machines were first 

 put in use on the river in this plant. 



In 1874 the Adair brothers, S. D. and John, jr., erected a cannery 

 at Astoria, the second one to })e built there. Before packing began, 

 A. Booth, the well-known Chicago fish dealer, and progenitor of the 

 present Booth Fisheries Co., acquired a half interest in the plant, 

 which was then named A. Booth & Co. John Adair, jr.. was the 

 manager. The brothers established canneries on the Eraser River 

 and in some seasons exchanged jilaces in operating on the two rivers. 

 S. D. Adair sold out his cannery on the Eraser and bought one on 

 the Colui ' ia and operated it under the firm name of S. D. Adair 

 & Co. After selling rmt his interest in A. Booth & Co., S. D. Adair 

 formed a partnership with Wm. B. Adair under the style of S. D. 

 Adair & Co. in 1881. The brothers were active in the industry for 

 a number of years. 



J. O. Han thorn, under the firm name of J. O. Han thorn & Co., 

 established one of the largest canneries on the river at Astoria in 

 1876. He invented a rotary can washer for washing cans after they 

 were filled ready for soldering and before the tops were put on. 



