﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  GULF 
  STATES. 
  463 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  the 
  employees 
  were 
  Bohemians, 
  who 
  are 
  brought 
  from 
  Balti- 
  

   more 
  each 
  year 
  and 
  sent 
  back 
  at 
  the 
  close 
  of 
  the 
  season. 
  These 
  can- 
  

   neries 
  use 
  the 
  latest 
  improved 
  machinerj^, 
  which 
  reduces 
  the 
  numl)er 
  

   of 
  persons 
  needed 
  to 
  a 
  minimum, 
  most 
  of 
  those 
  employed 
  being 
  

   engaged 
  in 
  unloading 
  and 
  shucking 
  oysters. 
  An 
  establishment 
  of 
  

   average 
  capacity 
  can 
  put 
  up 
  42,000 
  cans 
  by 
  machinery 
  in 
  ten 
  hours, 
  

   which 
  is 
  equivalent 
  to 
  the 
  labor 
  of 
  30 
  men 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  length 
  of 
  time. 
  

   03'sters 
  are 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  pound 
  cans; 
  dry 
  and 
  pickled 
  shrimp 
  in 
  

   1 
  and 
  1^ 
  pound 
  cans. 
  Large 
  quantities 
  of 
  shrimp 
  are 
  also 
  put 
  up 
  in 
  1, 
  

   2, 
  3, 
  4, 
  and 
  5 
  gallon 
  cans, 
  hermeticall}' 
  sealed, 
  but 
  not 
  processed, 
  as 
  

   are 
  the 
  1 
  and 
  li 
  pound 
  cans. 
  B}^ 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  preservaline 
  the 
  con- 
  

   tents 
  of 
  these 
  packages 
  remain 
  in 
  good 
  condition 
  for 
  several 
  months. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  canneries 
  at 
  Biloxi 
  puts 
  up 
  hard 
  crabs 
  in 
  1 
  and 
  2 
  pound 
  

   cans. 
  This 
  establishment 
  also 
  has 
  a 
  separate 
  building 
  with 
  machinery 
  

   for 
  grinding 
  oyster 
  shells 
  to 
  different 
  degrees 
  of 
  fineness 
  according 
  to 
  

   the 
  uses 
  to 
  be 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  product, 
  the 
  most 
  common 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  

   for 
  poultry 
  food, 
  concrete 
  walks, 
  imitation 
  granite 
  for 
  fences, 
  and 
  fer- 
  

   tilizer. 
  Experiments 
  are 
  in 
  progress 
  with 
  a 
  view 
  to 
  finding 
  additional 
  

   uses 
  for 
  it. 
  A 
  large 
  business 
  is 
  also 
  conducted 
  at 
  Biloxi 
  in 
  shipping- 
  

   opened 
  oysters 
  in 
  2, 
  3, 
  and 
  5 
  gallon 
  buckets, 
  holding 
  from 
  500 
  to 
  

   1,250 
  oysters 
  in 
  number. 
  Opened 
  oysters 
  are 
  usually 
  divided 
  into 
  four 
  

   grades, 
  namely, 
  "plants," 
  "extra 
  selects," 
  "selects," 
  and 
  "reefers." 
  

  

  The 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  canneries 
  in 
  the 
  state, 
  1 
  at 
  Bay 
  St. 
  Louis, 
  1 
  

   at 
  Pass 
  Christian, 
  1 
  at 
  Gulfport, 
  and 
  one 
  at 
  Scranton, 
  represented 
  in 
  

   1902 
  an 
  investment 
  of 
  1311,017 
  in 
  shore 
  and 
  accessory 
  property, 
  and 
  

   of 
  $95,000 
  in 
  cash 
  capital. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  emplo3^ed 
  was 
  950, 
  

   most 
  of 
  whom, 
  as 
  at 
  Biloxi, 
  were 
  Bohemians. 
  The 
  amount 
  of 
  wages 
  

   paid 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  $62,800. 
  Oysters 
  were 
  canned 
  in 
  all 
  of 
  

   these 
  canneries, 
  and 
  shrimp 
  in 
  all 
  except 
  the 
  one 
  at 
  Scranton, 
  which 
  

   was 
  started 
  too 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  fall 
  for 
  the 
  latter 
  product. 
  

  

  The 
  three 
  firms 
  handling 
  fish 
  at 
  wholesale 
  are 
  located 
  at 
  Scranton. 
  

   The 
  quantity 
  of 
  products 
  sold 
  in 
  1902 
  was 
  790,800 
  pounds, 
  having 
  a 
  

   value 
  of 
  $34,259. 
  The 
  fish 
  are 
  shipped 
  to 
  Mobile, 
  Ala., 
  and 
  other 
  

   cities 
  in 
  this 
  region. 
  

  

  