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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  might 
  have 
  been 
  still 
  further 
  enhanced 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  either 
  olive 
  oil 
  or 
  

   olive 
  oil 
  bleudud 
  with 
  other 
  oils 
  of 
  a 
  delicate 
  flavor. 
  

  

  Selling 
  on 
  commission.— 
  The 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  sardine 
  canneries 
  have 
  

   always 
  been 
  sold 
  chiefly 
  on 
  commission. 
  When 
  the 
  business 
  was 
  begun, 
  

   and 
  for 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  years 
  thereafter, 
  it 
  was 
  wholly 
  under 
  the 
  control 
  of 
  

   certain 
  large 
  firms 
  of 
  importers 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  who 
  had 
  been 
  for 
  a 
  long 
  

   time 
  extensively 
  engaged 
  iu 
  the 
  import 
  sardine 
  trada 
  At 
  first 
  much 
  

   of 
  the 
  capital 
  necessary 
  in 
  establishing 
  and 
  carrying 
  on 
  the 
  business 
  

   at 
  Eastport 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  on 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  them. 
  

   In 
  fact 
  they 
  owned 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  factories 
  and 
  held 
  an 
  interest 
  in 
  many 
  

   others. 
  It 
  was 
  only 
  a 
  natural 
  consequence, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  they 
  should 
  

   control 
  the 
  disposition 
  of 
  the 
  products. 
  About 
  1880, 
  after 
  the 
  industry 
  

   had 
  become 
  established, 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  merchants 
  and 
  others 
  of 
  Eastport 
  

   invested 
  in 
  it, 
  and 
  gradually 
  the 
  ownership 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  the 
  local 
  

   capitalists 
  and 
  manufacturers; 
  but 
  the 
  dealers 
  and 
  brokers 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  

   still 
  remained 
  closely 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  business 
  in 
  the 
  capacity 
  of 
  

   agents 
  for 
  the 
  canneries. 
  

  

  Description 
  of 
  canneries. 
  — 
  The 
  sardine 
  canneries 
  are 
  located 
  on 
  

   wharves, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  easily 
  reached 
  by 
  the 
  collecting- 
  

   boats. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  two-story 
  frame 
  buildings. 
  In 
  some 
  instances 
  

   the 
  frames 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  corrugated 
  iron, 
  to 
  render 
  the 
  building 
  less 
  

   liable 
  to 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  fire. 
  The 
  interior 
  is 
  partitioned 
  into 
  se])arate 
  

   rooms, 
  for 
  convenience 
  in 
  performing 
  the 
  various 
  kinds 
  of 
  work. 
  The 
  

   value 
  of 
  the 
  canneries 
  depends 
  upon 
  their 
  size 
  and 
  location, 
  and 
  the 
  

   completeness 
  of 
  the 
  wharves, 
  buildings, 
  and 
  fixtures, 
  and 
  varies 
  from 
  

   about 
  $1,500 
  to 
  $15,000 
  each. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  best 
  establishments 
  iu 
  the 
  

   business 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  Lawrence 
  Packing 
  Company, 
  at 
  North 
  Lubec. 
  

   It 
  has 
  a 
  very 
  spacious 
  wharf 
  area, 
  and 
  the 
  building 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  well 
  

   constructed. 
  The 
  main 
  building 
  is 
  150 
  feet 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  32 
  feet 
  in 
  

   width. 
  An 
  ell 
  is 
  attached, 
  which 
  is 
  98 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  30 
  feet 
  wide. 
  

   The 
  building 
  is 
  divided 
  into 
  9 
  rooms. 
  On 
  the 
  first 
  or 
  lower 
  floor 
  is 
  the 
  

   cutting, 
  salting, 
  testing, 
  die 
  and 
  shear, 
  and 
  storerooms. 
  The 
  second 
  

   floor 
  has 
  the 
  sealing, 
  packing, 
  and 
  can-making 
  rooms 
  and 
  a 
  storeroom 
  

   for 
  cans. 
  The 
  attic 
  is 
  used 
  for 
  sawdust 
  and 
  as 
  a 
  general 
  storeroom. 
  

   The 
  oil 
  and 
  mustard 
  tanks 
  are 
  also 
  located 
  there, 
  and 
  their 
  contents 
  

   conveyed 
  to 
  the 
  packing 
  rooms 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  pipes. 
  In 
  addition, 
  there 
  

   are 
  3 
  other 
  buildings, 
  each 
  being 
  suitably 
  arranged 
  for 
  its 
  purpose. 
  

   These 
  are 
  the 
  office, 
  15 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  12 
  feet 
  wide; 
  the 
  engine 
  room, 
  40 
  

   feet 
  long 
  and 
  20 
  feet 
  wide, 
  and 
  the 
  box 
  building, 
  50 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  25 
  

   feet 
  wide. 
  All 
  the 
  rooms 
  in 
  this 
  factory 
  are 
  lighted 
  with 
  electricity. 
  

  

  The 
  canneries 
  are 
  not 
  all 
  so 
  well 
  arranged 
  as 
  the 
  one 
  above 
  described, 
  

   but 
  there 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  tendency 
  toward 
  improvement, 
  especially 
  

   when 
  new 
  ones 
  are 
  being 
  erected. 
  The 
  use 
  of 
  electricity 
  for 
  illuminat- 
  

   ing 
  purposes 
  was 
  introduced 
  in 
  1893, 
  and 
  has 
  since 
  become 
  quite 
  gen- 
  

   eral. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  canneries 
  at 
  Eastport 
  are 
  now 
  supplied 
  with 
  

   electric 
  dynamos, 
  whi(;h 
  are 
  said 
  to 
  cost 
  from 
  $300 
  to 
  $500 
  each, 
  while 
  

   others 
  obtain 
  their 
  lighting 
  power 
  from 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  