PACIFIC SAl.MON FISHERIES. 69 



In 1 872 Holbrook & Co. purchased a small cannery which had been 

 started at Sapperton by Capt. Stamp some time before, and operated 

 it for a few years. 



In 1876 there were three canneries running,, consisting of Holbrook 

 & Co., Ewen & Co., and the British Columbia Canning Co. (Deas 

 Island). 



The following year this was increased by Enghsh & Co. and Fin- 

 layson & Lane, the latter quitting after one season, being succeeded 

 in 1878 by Lane, Pike & Nelson. King & Co., the British Columbia 

 cannery (Annierille), and the Delta cannery also commenced opera- 

 tions the latter year. 



In 1879 Holbrook & Co., and Lane, Pike & Nelson dropped out, 

 and Haigh & Sons (succeeded in 1884 by the Bon Accord Pacldng 

 Co.) commenced operations. 



King & Co. were burned out in 1880, and Adair & Co., afterwards 

 known as the-WeUington Packing Co., commenced. A year later 

 Laidlaw & Co. commenced operations. 



In 1882 the British Union Packing Co., afterwards known as the 

 Hai'lock Packing Co., commenced packing salmon. The British- 

 American cannery and J. II. Todd & Sons (Richmond cannery) also 

 began operations. 



Josepli Spratt started a floating cannery, known as "Spratt's Ark," 

 in 1883; he retired at the end of two 3-oars. E. A. Wadhams also 

 began operations in 1883. In 1887 the Holly cannery was built on 

 Lulu Island opposite Deas Island. The high water of June, 1894, 

 partially destroyed it and the site was abandoned. 



No more additi( nal plants were built until Hobst^n & Co. started in 

 1889. The Cun'x^ Pa^s Canning Co. also started the same year, as 

 did J. II. Todd & Sons with their Beaver cannery. 



The Anglo British Columbia Packini; Co. vas formed in 1891, tak- 

 ing over the canneries formerly opeiat<'(l by the British Columbia 

 Packing Co. (old Annieville plant), E. A. Wadhams, British-American 

 Packing Co., Can ><* Pass Canning Co., Di n an Sc Batchelor (Britannia 

 cannery), and English & Co. (Phconix cannery). 



Jn 1892 the Terra Nova Canning Co. began operati< n-i, and the 

 next year the Lulu Island Canning Co., Stevcston Canning Co., 

 Pacific Coast Pa(;king Co., Canadian Pacific Packing Co., Short & 

 S(|uair, and Butimar & Dawsijn (at Steveston) all commenced oper- 

 ation. 



in 1894 the Gulf of Georgia Canning Co., Dinsraoro Island Canning 

 Co., Sea Island Packing Co.. and the Fishermen's Packing Co. all 

 built and began to operate canneries. 



The Allianc(^ Canning Co., Atlas Canning Co., Boutiliar & Co., and 

 the Star Canning Co. commenced operations in 1895. 



There was considerable development in 1896, when the Anglo- 

 American Canning Co., Eraser River Industrial Co., Hume & Co., 

 Pro\ incial Canning Co., Westham Island Packing Co., Westminster 

 Packing Co., and the Vancouver Packing Co. all started canning. 



In 1897 the Premier Canning Co., Sinclair Canning Co., Western 

 Fisheries, Cleve Canning Co., Welsh Bros., (/Hirrie, McWilliams & 

 Fowler, Butimar & Dawson (at Canoe Pass), Colonial Canning Co., 

 and the Eraser Canning Co, all began operating. 



The English Bay cannery wa,s added to the list in 1898, but the 

 Sinclair Canning Co. and Western Fisheries plants were both de- 



