FISHERIES OF THE PACIFIC COAST. 23U 
freight, but commonly they are towed by the oyster sloops if the wind 
is light. 
When the oysters arrive at the shipping point they are transferred to 
large cars anchored near the dock, and are also put in bins under the 
wharves. These bins are so arranged that the water covers the oysters 
at full flood and uncovers at low tide. Oysters are shipped to supply 
orders, and are sent to market in sacks holding about 100 pounds each. 
The sloop boats employed in the fishery take the catch to the southern 
end of the bay, where it is transferred by team overland to Ilwaco, on 
the Columbia Eiver, a distance of about 7 miles. Here it is placed on the 
steamer for Astoria, whence it is reshipped . to Portland, San Francisco, 
and other points. There is a railroad between Ilwaco and a point about 
3 miles south of Oysterville. Were it not for the large freight charges 
over this line the products of the oyster fishery could well reach market 
in a much less time than is required at present. The fishermen find, 
however, that the few hours gained by the latter method are not suffi- 
cient to compensate for the additional expense. 
Salmon canning .• — There were four salmon-canning establishments 
located on Shoalwater Bay and its tributaries in 1888 : One at the 
mouth of North Eiver; one 8 miles inland from the mouth of the Whil- 
apah Eiver ; another at Bay Center on the Palux Eiver ; and the fourth 
at the southern extremity of Long Island. The last-mentioned estab- 
lishment was idle in 1888, although operated in 1887. The three can- 
neries packed 22,500 cases in 1888. 
The statistics of the fishery industry of Shoalwater Bay in 1888 are 
as follows : 
Per sons -employed. 
Country. 
Fishermen. 
Factory men. 
Nativity. 
Nationality. 
Nativity. 
Nationality, j 
United States 7 . 
144 
168 
15 
15 
United States (Indians) 
Russia 
113 
113 
19 
9 
Sweden 
17 
8 
China 
110 
110 
Norway, 
2 
S 
Germany 
3 
* 
298 
298 
125 
125 1 
Apparatus and capital. 
Designation. 
No. 
Value. 
* 
Roa.ts . _ . 
187 
42 
108 
175 
$19, 415 
22, 000 
14, 850 
875 
' *55, 000 
55, 000 
Pound nets 
Gill nets..... 
Oyster tongs 
Shore property 
Cash capital 
Total 
167, 140 
* Including $12,000, the value of a salmon cannery temporarily idle in 1888. 
