FRESH AND FROZEN FISHERY PRODUCTS, SEATTLE, WASH. 7 



Express carload arrivals of oysters at Seattle, Wash., during 1921. 



1 Of this numTjer 1 was opened at Spokane, Wash, 

 s Opened at Spokane, Wash. 



RESHIPMENT OF FISHERY PRODUCTS. 



Consuming locally but a fractional part of its landings of fresh and 

 frozen fishery products, Seattle is dependent upon distant niarkets 

 for the greater part of its business. To these markets the principal 

 carrier is the railroad, the quantity leaving Seattle by rail during 

 1921 amounting to 28,612,000 pounds, as against 1,166,000 pounds 

 shipped by boat during the same period. Less-than-carload ship- 

 ments are made by express and are largely confined to cities located 

 west of Omaha, Nebr. ; 92 per cent of the carload shipments are con- 

 signed to cities east of Omaha. This division also roughly represents 

 the boundary between what may be termed the steady and the 

 surplusage market in that the former corresponds to the area of 

 less-than-carload shipments and the latter to the area of carload 

 shipments. 



The following table shows, by months, shipping agency, and cer- 

 tain destinations, the number of thousands of pounds of fresh and 

 frozen fish shipped from Seattle during 1921: 



Quantity of fresh and frozen fishery products shipped from Seattle, Wash., to certain. 



destinations during 1921 . 



1 Includes 41 tons of halibut, 13 tons of salmon, and 188 tons of miscellaneous fish. 



2 Oysters. 



3 Combined c. 1. and 1. c. 1. shipments of all species. For detailed table of carload shipments see p. 9. 



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