THE SALMON FISHERIES OF THE LOWER COLUMBIA. 751 
10. STATISTICS OF SALMON-FISHERIES OF THE COLUMBIA, 
Estimates of amount of salmon canned on the Columbia, 1869 to 1880. 
e [Mostly from printed circulars of salmon dealers. ] 
Number of Number of 
Year. cases of 48 Year. cases of 48 
pounds each. pounds each. 
20, 729 244, 203 
29, 736 428, 730 
34, 805 468, 804 
43, 606 417, 637 
102, 733 448, 000 
291, 021 539, 587 
Estimates for whole river in 1880. 
Total capital invested in canneries .... 2.222. 20. eee cee ce eee ce cee ce eee cence sens cece teens ceeee $1, 100, 100 
Total number of hands employed ...-.. -.2. 22. 22+ cee eee cece ee cece ee cece e cee ee concen sone ne ceeeee ceeeeee 4, 000 
Potal paid jn wWaees:y 5:5 cok sax ac wivs Sota cmemawaetcae sec ensae aie ce sea eeceuts Se caccjearbibcaib odo eidtictamersome eale® $600, 000 
Total wages paid to Chinese .......--. 2.222. eee eee nee cee eee eee ee teceee ce 5 ccdiacdjeeinn tice aa Bees eaeeas $500, 000 
Value of material consumed ...... 2.222. ee ee eee ene wee eee cece ee cece ence cee NA ener een Ga eee $1, 200, 000 
Value of product ..............22.2222- SENS Mon Lee eek A seh Re piece hte OIE een Am ha Ant nee ait Ree eet ae $2, 697, 930 
Pack of salmon on the Columbia River, 1875 to 1880. 
[Tabulated by canneries.] 
1875.* 1876.* 1877.* 1880. 
Oases Oases. Oases Oases. 
S..D. Adair ds: Cinssccccsn ciweuotnicacusen lebatebwinees ef eecsicdeewcet eteuaaverecs 11, 000 
Aherdeeh Packing COMPANY on cnctsic del acreanerccnn| amriicncnses|emonciennmnn 12, 500 
Anglo-American Packing Company. .....-|-....-.-.+4- eeewcowerete 18, 247 16, 000 
Astoria fishory. vss 20%)22sisanmraasiteate xacaeyl pamesatcsiaeca aaivecmmtew sit \aannsa saree 29,700 
Astoria Packing Company Ah eedaiesndconte di Reauasesael: [ees iele. senior 35, 000 
A. Booth & Co....-.....-. 34, 000 37, 000 23, 160 28, 000 
Badollet & Co.........-.-- il aaiteteinescies 25, 693 20, 001 29, 000 | 
Bradley; Dayiss8&: Cov ccccesdssicccace sancollesccasevecmel'sweseotohsan D066: | cere ceeiieniar 
Calooibia Cainink Company ....ccsecasavceuli ce nwans nnine|suwentadence|ancanmanmeen 12, 996 
Cutting Packing Company..-.-...........-. 
Clackamas Packing Company..-...----.--- 
J. W. & V. Cook,..... scseeerelssaiciwsaisiersiele spine 
Dodge, Sweeny & Co ............2---2---- 
Eureka Packing Company..... 
Fisherman's Packing Company -- 
Fitzpatrick, Davis & Co ...... a 
George W. Hume........- 
Joseph Hume........... 
William Hume .......... «22.26.2222 20. e- 16, 000 17, 500 8, 861 22, 000 
Wo eara verse reacts teketeac eed teaeet seen eves beeen ot | oe ieee 9, 500 
Ri DHame sess cases cociscniiceavaticcciiees 20, 000 48,000 |........2..- 19, 000 
Hanthorns8- C0: encase cécucecs mrasanaiSeea|sensniaveual losaedecebenn 14, 002 28, 000 
Hepburn & Co .....--- 22. .eece eee e eee eee ee [ec cece rece elec e eee eee ee a 
Leveridge: & Pringles ::o::c:5:ssaatecie name sae] soiseeie na cess |Vereae setae 10,015 joscsesccve ei 
J. G. Megler & Co .....00- 22... ees eceeeeee 16, 000 28, 000 19, 246 17, 775 
Oregon Paeking Company ........-..---.. 22, 000 36, 986 24 568: |occacsancaas 
Pillar Rock Company.... cereal aeameweres wee cosets sar. 6, 645 16, 000 
Tames QUID. ...2 2.220022 cree ene nn een cee c|e cece scenes en | see ees ceees 2,977| 5, 400 
Sternberger & Co........ 20-02 cecseccencee [eoeececccccc|eccceceeeaes BE G88 | ecnicwnenais 
John Webt ..-.-...-. 2025 - seen eee eee eee 15, 000 18, 870 7, 595 13, 932 
“| BM. Warren ...2.-.-220-2c2ceeeneeeeeee 10, 000 28, 500 16, 968 15, 000 
West Coast Packing Company...-...-...-|. 2202-02. 20-|-ce eee eeeene [eee ee eeeeeee 14, 300 
Watson & Bannon 17, 500 6, 856 14, 029 
Watson Brog ...... 2-2-2 - eee ee cnecen ence fener cence ce cfeeeeneeenees 8, 144 |...--------- 
Hapgood & Co ........0.02cec-eeaneeeec ree 21, 425 11, 718 16, 335 
BBs: WADING <2 io ei wane ciasic on osin cin dis a sio-o(e dl neisini ders eiscslall veperesajesassiercinta| ae sterciacele vs 10, 633 
Jobn A. Devlin ... 21,500 |- 19,956 A7, 000 
Jackson & Myers. 12, 000 8, 311 6, 000 
Kinney Bros’....... 38, 500 51; 201 | eveas ceeeuss 
221, 500 428, 730 468, 804 539, 587 
“Oregon Immigration Company. {From statements made to the Census Office by the different eanners. 
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