PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 29 
In the same year Marshall J. Kinney began 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 
Tron 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 (Oregon side)....... QROUON BR WE mWarrene cess sons. ek ce ee 12, 000 
melee ackineiGow.7. 1iLis. ic 804000 | T! West! 10. 22202. SY 12, 000 
Elmore Packing Co............ 7,890 | Jackson & Myers (2 canneries).. 13,000 
Astoria Fishery (M. J. Kinney). 26,000 | Aberdeen Packing Co. (Wash- 
\ CLO a 1 ea 20, 000 ington Territory side)......... 17,000 
Cd ek Wiggel  a ple gga ---- 18,000 | Jos. Hume, Knappton.......... 20, 225 
Devan dA Corte: We Al oihe: 20, 000M tPillarRock Cone: 2.220 UE ie: 15, 000 
Glecident Packine Co... 2... 2... 15, 0001) diz: G. Mepler & Cos-osi ses. 22k 25, 000 
GEE OIC y Se See eee 15,000 | Columbia Canning Co.......... 8, 000 
Badolotiacdnesics- ss aes-4-. 2or000) | Dy Hume & Coos. 4. 48. 8, 300 
PERIRRE Oca ae foes sine foe ass 23,000 | Cathlamet Camnery............ 8, 000 
Bagle Gannery:!2 3.) 22.2.2.2. 17 (S004 Jas Quitman. OF. te DOP en aNy 5, 000 
impinge) Go 24 -(5)3 22.222 $4.41 .4)) 8,000)1, Cutting :& Coes... od ck. 20, 000 
Fishermen’s Packing Co....... 19,000 | Eureka Packing Co............ 20, 000 
SDC ge AO cs ar ee 10) 000") Eappood: g, Co. 2.22, Ue os 18000 
Anglo-American Packing Co.... 10,300 | Eagle Cliff Cannery............. 10, 000 
Hanthor'& Cobss ie. J02b2.. 19, 000 —— 
Scandinavian Co. =o. 22 =... 18 20, 000 Potal ss tek Sach sees 549, 115 
eens OV COOK, oc eh Jest 3 5. 50, O00 
An interesting compilation prepared by the Portland Board of 
Trade ¢ shows the total product in cases, the price per case of 48 
ounds, and the price for each fish paid by the canneries to the 
shermen from 1866 to 1881: 
z Total : Cost of Total . Cost of 
Year. product Price ah Year. product. Price ish 
Cents. | Cents. 
S66 F522 S955 Le SL 4,000 $16.00 15) SRS 74E Ee che ate: 350, 000 $6. 50 25 
it. ay Pee? eee 18,000 13.00 15 LT fy; See eae eee 375, 000 5. 60 25 
WBOSF see Hh ese b Ss 28, 000 12.00 20 STO oe cee as 3 450, 000 4.50 25 
tA ee ee ee, Soe 100, 000 10. 00 20 UST ees. wok Sec eh c. 460, 5. 20 25 
1870: 2a eS 150, 000 9.00 20 1 hs aN ee lll 460, 000 5.00 25 
IS7Uet sche ee 200, 000 9. 50 Pom PISTON SSE ch LEG) 8 480, 000 4.60 50 
TS 72k. a 250, 000 8.00 Py |S eg a ara 530, 000 4.80 50 
1873bbi 45. SAS 250, 000 7.00 25 POSE. FMI, Soe 550, 000 5.00 60 
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a The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America . 372, 373. By John S. Hit- 
tell. San Francisco, 1882. dict : 7 
