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  REPORT 
  OF 
  COMMISSIONER 
  OF 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  

  

  wire 
  solder 
  there 
  is 
  also 
  a 
  small 
  quantity 
  of 
  stick 
  solder 
  made. 
  The 
  

   cost 
  of 
  solder, 
  including- 
  material 
  and 
  labor, 
  is 
  generally 
  considered 
  to 
  

   be 
  from 
  8^ 
  to 
  9 
  cents 
  per 
  pound. 
  Great 
  economy 
  is 
  exercised 
  in 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  this 
  as 
  of 
  all 
  other 
  materials, 
  and 
  the 
  quantity 
  now 
  used 
  is 
  com- 
  

   paratively 
  much 
  less 
  than 
  formerly. 
  It 
  requires 
  about 
  3 
  pounds 
  for 
  

   each 
  case 
  of 
  quarter-oil 
  and 
  other 
  varieties 
  of 
  sardines 
  having 
  100 
  cans 
  

   to 
  the 
  case 
  and 
  about 
  2i 
  pounds 
  per 
  case 
  of 
  three-quarter 
  mustard 
  and 
  

   spiced 
  sardines 
  having 
  50 
  cans 
  to 
  the 
  case. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  can- 
  

   neries 
  now 
  use 
  about 
  GO 
  tons 
  of 
  solder 
  during 
  the 
  season, 
  whereas 
  it 
  

   used 
  to 
  take 
  from 
  90 
  to 
  100 
  tons 
  to 
  do 
  the 
  same 
  amount 
  of 
  work. 
  The 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  solder 
  used 
  in 
  1895 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Localities. 
  

  

  Eastport 
  

  

  Lubec 
  

  

  North 
  Lubec 
  

  

  North 
  Perry, 
  Kobbinston, 
  and 
  Pembroke. 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Poimds. 
  

  

  1, 
  010, 
  962 
  

   369, 
  464 
  

   302, 
  469 
  

   176, 
  220 
  

  

  1,859,115 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  $88, 
  329 
  

   32, 
  628 
  

   27, 
  292 
  

   16, 
  232 
  

  

  164, 
  481 
  

  

  The 
  above 
  figures 
  show 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  1,859,115 
  pounds, 
  or 
  about 
  929J 
  

   tons 
  of 
  solder 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  36 
  canneries 
  operated 
  in 
  the 
  localities 
  named, 
  

   having 
  a 
  value 
  of 
  $164,481, 
  which 
  is 
  $49,977 
  in 
  excess 
  of 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  

   the 
  fish 
  used 
  for 
  sardines. 
  The 
  average 
  per 
  cannery 
  was 
  a 
  little 
  over 
  

   25 
  tons. 
  In 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  the 
  solder 
  there 
  were 
  used 
  776,147 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  pig 
  tin, 
  costing 
  $115,767, 
  and 
  1,125,907 
  pounds 
  of 
  pig 
  lead, 
  

   costing 
  $41,068. 
  The 
  difference 
  between 
  the 
  weight 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  

   and 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  solder 
  prepared 
  from 
  it 
  represents 
  the 
  waste 
  or 
  dross, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  sold 
  as 
  refuse 
  product. 
  

  

  Soldering 
  fluid. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  preiiaration 
  of 
  muriatic 
  acid 
  and 
  zinc, 
  which 
  

   is 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  flux 
  in 
  soldering 
  the 
  cans. 
  It 
  comes 
  in 
  barrels 
  containing 
  

   50 
  gallons 
  or 
  500 
  pounds, 
  more 
  or 
  less, 
  to 
  the 
  barrel. 
  Its 
  cost 
  aver- 
  

   ages 
  a 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  1^ 
  cents 
  per 
  pound 
  for 
  the 
  fluid 
  and 
  $1 
  addi- 
  

   tional 
  for 
  the 
  barrel. 
  It 
  is 
  applied 
  to 
  the 
  tin 
  with 
  a 
  brush. 
  The 
  total 
  

   quantity 
  used 
  is 
  about 
  500 
  barrels, 
  or 
  249,635 
  pounds, 
  costing 
  $4,189. 
  

   The 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  soldering 
  is 
  done 
  on 
  the 
  outside 
  of 
  the 
  cans 
  prevents 
  

   the 
  acid 
  from 
  being 
  injurious 
  to 
  the 
  sardines. 
  The 
  possibilities 
  of 
  

   danger 
  in 
  this 
  respect 
  will 
  be 
  still 
  further 
  removed 
  by 
  the 
  new 
  method 
  

   of 
  testing 
  the 
  cans, 
  elsewhere 
  described, 
  should 
  it 
  become 
  general, 
  as 
  

   they 
  are 
  thoroughly 
  washed 
  before 
  being 
  filled. 
  

  

  Can-maJcing. 
  — 
  The 
  sardine 
  cans 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  departments 
  

   of 
  the 
  cannery. 
  The 
  work 
  is 
  classified 
  as 
  decorated 
  and 
  plain 
  tin 
  

   cutting, 
  rimming 
  and 
  bending, 
  seaming, 
  can-making, 
  and 
  sealing. 
  The 
  

   cutting 
  of 
  decorated 
  tin 
  consists 
  in 
  separating 
  the 
  printed 
  strips 
  from 
  

   each 
  other 
  with 
  a 
  machine, 
  which 
  is 
  termed 
  the 
  "shears." 
  As 
  the 
  

   strips 
  have 
  no 
  space 
  between 
  them, 
  great 
  accuracy 
  is 
  required 
  on 
  the 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  cutter 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  avoid 
  spoiling 
  them, 
  but 
  the 
  work 
  can 
  at 
  

   the 
  same 
  time 
  be 
  done 
  so 
  rapidly 
  that 
  one 
  man 
  can 
  cut 
  about 
  12 
  boxes 
  

   of 
  tin 
  per 
  day. 
  The 
  plain 
  tin 
  is 
  cut 
  on 
  a 
  machine, 
  the 
  "dies," 
  which 
  

  

  