538 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 
packed casks average 800 pounds of saimon. The fish, being only 
slack-salted, are at once placed in cold storage untiit wanted for ship- 
ment, and are then sent in refrigerator cars to New York and in the 
cold-storage rooms of steamers to Europe. The demand for large-size 
packled salmon for Europe began about 1896, since which time it has 
yearly increased. The constantly increasing demand for fresh frozen 
and pickled salmon from the Columbia River has to some extent 
reduced the output of canned salmon and led to sharp competition 
between the canners and cold-storage firms, resulting in the fishermen 
receiving much higher prices than ever before. 
In 1899 four establishments, valued at $120,000, and with a cash cap- 
ital of $145,000, were engaged in cold-storage fish business on the 
Columbia River in Oregon. Their employees numbered 77. The 
products and their value are shown by the following table: 
Items. Lbs. | Value. 
| 
Salmon: | 
SIEVE TlLOZOM crcnen sc caisson oe ee ele Se eee eee ee oe eee eee 866,905 | $44, 584 
WHO IFOZEM eee ocean ee ee en ee eee 39, 966 | 1,998 
DY eye U woyAc) 0 eee aeetior ee ne mee Re Eine SR pce an ct RE Se, oa eee da eRe 117, 739 4,710 
SLCCITEAG sIhOZOM a2 de ae races cae eae ee aa ea ae ee 897, 534 | 78, 594 
hin OG] DICE a es = ee a ee ee eee eee 1, 308, 494 145, 852 
NERA PELL SELON Me es 2 en eet oN rc Be A aS 3, 230,638 | 275,738 
SpuDe CON; IlOZeN) =a. soccer he eee Se oc Ne ame a See a ae aa eee Se eee 38, 725 3, 873 
COE: 11 (2 8 a ieee ego Sparen ieee tc Ok ae ae area EC Tat SIR Sead, ate a, ae 1, 587 1,191 
eRT:Wi Ol /0( 0:1 ee ee ae ee i Ae ep ane ene NE ee Een 3,270,950 | 280, 802 
STATISTICS OF OREGON BY COUNTIES. 
The following tables show the fisheries of Oregon for 1899 by 
counties, and give in detail the persons employed, capital invested, 
products by species, and first value of same, and the catch by each 
form of apparatus. The general decrease in the fisheries of late years 
is due chiefly to a lighter catch of salmon as compared with former 
years. 
Table showing, by counties, the number of persons employed in the fisheries of Oregon in 1899. 
On shore, in 
QO ressels . 
n vessel | In shore canneries, 
On vessels 
mE vnAce: fishing. transport: | fisheries, | fish-houses, | 10t#l- 
ing. 
| ete. 
IE CK AIM AS ae meee sae ane eleciom ae te aia careSe.a| acc cereale eee cele LOG jars. #ee cts cee | 106 
GIETSO Dre cee oe nelcc ee eee eee eee 10 39 2, 224 1,197 3,470 
COU DIR ele sock s~ Mein c Mase ts cA eeciemellaseaee «nee Mantes Sane es 162 12 174 
OOS ote ic ho a ee ee ea | Sree ee eee 4 ols 105 427 
SCAT Vas et See we cians ere ey cer geen eee ee onl 53 59 | 115 
ID Yoh (es Eis tae Se ee eee eee eee CTL eer] |e CAR ARAES Ld 3 204 50 257 
TU ELYNCMeratos ae amnion ss oie nee eens See Soe ee 8 87 | 46 141 
MoU CG oS ee erica So asc cen oe el oeere ol Sains elt ee cee ee 234 101 335 
IMGT OTN eco Sate jar aie a nos a siseisiseoe tee see c|en eae kee 8 | 177 | 170 399 
ATM NaN OO Kaeyete eeteeec cc stoic le ein a cao cee Pees eee eens ee eae eas 106 48 154 
IW SSCO Bae cic tions coe oee soon os cue cne | on eeeen een | eeaeee eee 36 | 49 85 
Wisin otomveteen bocce cs once ce scnn's cee ok nde mee ieee | meee cee e 14 Vo eis yee eee 14 
Scum ba Pe Se cer rere cee 2 ais wth terare: sieve awle | crete tee | ee een ere aN es Racer tere 10 
Ot Meee e ee saan wa chance sce 10 65 3, 731 1, 837 5, 643 
