﻿FISHERIES 
  OF 
  THE 
  PACIFIC 
  COAST 
  IN 
  1895. 
  587 
  

  

  located 
  on 
  the 
  Columbia 
  River 
  with 
  the 
  Cascade 
  Itange 
  of 
  luouiitaiiis 
  

   towering- 
  from 
  1,500 
  to 
  2,500 
  feet 
  just 
  at 
  its 
  back. 
  From 
  these 
  moun- 
  

   tains 
  the 
  icy-cold 
  and 
  very 
  pure 
  water 
  used 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  is 
  brought. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  early 
  days 
  of 
  canning 
  the 
  labels, 
  which 
  were 
  severely 
  phiin, 
  

   were 
  put 
  on 
  the 
  cans 
  by 
  white 
  women. 
  At 
  present 
  very 
  few 
  women 
  are 
  

   so 
  engaged. 
  As 
  pre\'iously 
  noted, 
  the 
  Chinese 
  monopolize 
  every 
  i)art 
  

   of 
  the 
  work 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  canning 
  of 
  salmon. 
  

  

  Much 
  attention 
  is 
  given 
  to 
  variety 
  and 
  styles 
  in 
  cans 
  and 
  labels, 
  

   which 
  yearly 
  show 
  improvement 
  in 
  style 
  and 
  design. 
  Sixteen 
  varieties 
  

   of 
  cans 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  pack 
  of 
  1895. 
  Brands 
  also 
  receive 
  much 
  con- 
  

   sideration, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  have 
  a 
  high 
  value 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   enviable 
  reputation 
  of 
  the 
  goods 
  previously 
  packed 
  under 
  them. 
  

  

  SHIPMENTS 
  OF 
  FRESH 
  FISH 
  TO 
  EASTERN 
  STATES 
  AND 
  EUROPE. 
  

  

  The 
  shipments 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  by 
  rail 
  to 
  points 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Moun- 
  

   tains 
  dates 
  practically 
  from 
  1890, 
  the 
  amount 
  shipped 
  prior 
  to 
  that 
  

   being 
  insignificant. 
  This 
  business 
  has 
  increased 
  yearly, 
  not 
  only 
  in 
  

   the 
  amount, 
  but 
  in 
  distance, 
  shipments 
  now 
  extending 
  to 
  England 
  ami 
  

   to 
  numerous 
  large 
  cities 
  of 
  Europe. 
  Notwithstanding 
  time, 
  distance, 
  

   and 
  great 
  expense 
  when 
  compared 
  with 
  fresh-fish 
  shipments 
  from 
  other 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  continent, 
  the 
  business 
  has 
  proved 
  such 
  a 
  success 
  that 
  

   a 
  steady 
  yearly 
  increase 
  brings 
  the 
  aggregate 
  shipments 
  from 
  Oregon 
  

   and 
  Washington 
  during 
  1895 
  up 
  to 
  23G 
  refrigerator-car 
  loads, 
  consisting 
  

   of 
  5,872,533 
  pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  Whence 
  shipped. 
  

  

  Portland, 
  Orcg. 
  .. 
  

  

  Seattle, 
  Wash 
  

  

  Tacoma, 
  Wash 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  

   Kalania, 
  AN'asli... 
  

   Aberdeen, 
  Wash. 
  

   Ocosta, 
  Wash 
  

  

  Total 
  

  

  Carloads. 
  

  

  Pounds 
  ol' 
  

  

  hah. 
  

  

  5, 
  872, 
  533 
  

  

  This 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish 
  consisted 
  chiefly 
  of 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  

   Columbia 
  River 
  and 
  Puget 
  Sound, 
  with 
  1,101,715 
  pounds 
  of 
  dres.sed 
  

   sturgeon 
  from 
  the 
  former 
  and 
  a 
  small 
  amount 
  of 
  smelt 
  and 
  halibut 
  from 
  

   the 
  latter; 
  also 
  449,732 
  pounds 
  of 
  halibut 
  received 
  from 
  Victoria. 
  

  

  Salmon 
  shipments 
  comprise 
  chinook, 
  silver, 
  and 
  blueback, 
  but 
  chiefly 
  

   steelhead 
  trout, 
  locally 
  and 
  usually 
  regarded 
  as 
  salmon. 
  Until 
  (piite 
  

   recently 
  the 
  steelhea<l 
  was 
  but 
  little 
  thought 
  of, 
  but 
  with 
  the 
  increasing 
  

   demand 
  for 
  fresh 
  lish 
  it 
  has 
  grown 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  most 
  popular 
  of 
  the 
  .several 
  

   species 
  shipped 
  long 
  distances. 
  While 
  not 
  having 
  as 
  much 
  oil 
  as 
  some 
  

   other 
  si)ecies, 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  tine 
  flsh 
  and 
  stands 
  transportation 
  much 
  better 
  

   than 
  other 
  fish 
  of 
  the 
  salmon 
  family. 
  One 
  case 
  is 
  on 
  record 
  in 
  which 
  

   steelheads 
  frozen 
  solid 
  and 
  shii)i>ed 
  to 
  England, 
  after 
  being 
  received 
  

   and 
  the 
  frost 
  removed, 
  were 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  market, 
  and 
  the 
  flsh 
  had 
  

   such 
  a 
  fresh 
  look 
  — 
  as 
  if 
  just 
  from 
  the 
  water 
  — 
  that 
  the 
  dealer 
  was 
  

   arrested 
  for 
  having 
  on 
  sale 
  fresh 
  fish 
  illegally 
  caught. 
  

  

  