PACIFIC SALMON FISHEEIES. 



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In the same year Marshall J. Kinney be^an his long and interesting 

 career in the canning business by establishing a cannery at Astoria. 



One of the most noted men the Columbia River produced was 

 Mathias Jensen, a Dane, who fished there for some years. He 

 achieved especial fame from his important inventions in canning 

 machinery. His first invention, however, was a machine for filling 

 needles for knitting salmon nets. He next invented a can-filling 

 machine, which is in common use to-day. He also invented the 

 first topping machine, which was a marked success. The patent 

 rights of both these machines were sold to the Alaska Packers 

 Association. The machines were all made at the plant of the Astoria 

 Iron Works, at Astoria, of which Mr. John Fox was the founder. 



The first fish trap or pound on the river was constructed by Mr. 

 Graham, in Baker Bay. on the Washington shore in 1879. In 1881 

 Mr. P. J. McGowan built some traps just below the bay. The traps 

 were very successful at times. 



The first purse seine on the river was operated by William Graham 

 & Co. in 1906. 



Below appears a list of the canneries operated on the Columbia 

 River in 1881, together with the pack of each during the year in 

 question: 



J. Williams (Orpcrnn side) 9.000 



Astoria Packing Co .30. 000 



Elmore Tackine: Co 7. 800 



Astoria Fishery (iM . J . Kinnov) . 2fi, 000 



Wm. Hume '. . . 20. 000 



Geo. W. Hume is. 000 



Devlin & Co 20, 000 



Occident Packing Co 15, 000 



"West Coast 15,000 



Badollet& Co 25,000 



Booth & Co 23,000 



F. M. Warren 12. 000 



J. West 12, 000 



Jackson & Myers (2 cannerifs). . 13,000 

 Alierdeen Packing Co. (Wash- 

 ington Territory side i 17, 000 



Jos. Ilumo, Knappton 20,225 



Pillar Rock Co 15,000 



J. G. Megler & Co 25. 000 



Columbia Canning Co 8. 000 



R. D. Hurae&Co 8, .SOO 



Cathlamet Cannery 8, 000 



Eagle Cannery 17,-300 ! Jas. Quinn 5.000 



Timmins&Co 8.000 



Fishermen's Parking Co 10. 000 



P. O. Adair & Co 10. 000 



Anglo- .\merican Packing Co. . . . 10. .300 



Hanthorn & Co 19. 000 



Scandinavian Co 20, 000 



J. W. & V. Cook 30,000 



Cutting & Co 20, 000 



Eureka Packing Co 20. 000 



Hapgood & Co 13, 000 



Eagle Cliff Cannery 10, 000 



Total 549,115 



An interesting compilation prepared by the Portland Board of 

 Trade ** shows the total product in cases, the price per case of 48 

 pounds, and the price for each fish paid b}' the canneries to the 

 fishermen from 1866 to 1881 : 



Year. 



186« 

 lSfl7 

 1868 

 1809 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 



Year. 



1874 

 1875 

 187ft 

 1877 

 187H 

 1879 

 1880 

 1881 



Total 

 product. 



3.50, 

 375, 

 4,50, 

 460, 

 4«0, 

 480, 

 530, 

 550, 



Price. 



te.so 



.5.60 

 4. .50 

 5.20 

 5.00 

 4.60 

 4.80 

 5.00 



Cost of 

 fish. 



Cents. 



a The Commerce and Industries of the Paciflc Coast of North America, pp. 372. 373. By John S Hlt- 

 t«D. San Francisco, 1882. 



