The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-16
MUCKILT co.!
c,;muses at a Lively Fishing
Village.
aaeoWlNe LOCAL INDUSTRY.
whst Our Reporter Saw in Ten
Minutes!

Oar man about town vowed on Mon
A., that he'd leave the Territory and
.,;mb a tree If things didn't get liveIier.
n. ,sid that man conduit rattle off a
..,.o.v-dollar piece for nineteen chan
-. At dollar chance, in this town
I'D he was going to Muckilteo. The
Nellie was announced to leave at 0
.,.,ock aud he got aboard Of her. calcu-
49, 49, % meet the Fanny Lake at the
's. ..os,s Of Puget Sound. But there was
n ea:.hs an one dock and freight on an
In, In, 90 that it was ju, 10 o'clock
" os C.pt. Charley Lowe gave. the final
...,.o6 signal and dashed out into the
Jea.e fog that overhung the Sound like
/. All Every few minutes he blew his
wS;stle snd occasionally met
A PASSING VESSEL,
.r,onc which VIC noted the Ruby with
the venerable Comstock in command.
Tbsn we passed the Frithiof with a
eloud of canvass Tapping idly in the
elm. Il Was just half past eleven
vhen the fog suddenly lighted and we
.av Mount Baker towering like a chrys-
tai dome above the gloomy forest clad
hills which encirclc it. Far below it
law the fat valleys of the Sksgit and
Stillspuamish, their rich fields growing
tsvny With the glow of the harvest
and clouds of dust arising from the
threshiup machines. On the left, Wild
by Island raised its form from the
eisssy Sound and beyond it still further
the stately ships were Keeling over tho
foam like Pisa's tower.
We REACHED MUCKLTEO
At tsn minutes before 1 o'clock, only to
end the Fanny Lake there ahead of us,
but Capt. Hill said he had some freight
to take on and would therefore be
Obliged to lie there about ten minutes.
Il will not for moment be imagined
that any man, however conversant with
salmon fisheries. can see the whole Of .
csnnery in ten minutes. but we had
sesn great many larger ones before.
And let US here remark that, though
the Muckilteo cannery would be con-
sidsred only small concern on the
Columbia river, it is big thing tor
Puget Sound because it is paving the
way for first. class establishments that
can be kept in operation
ALL THE YEAR ROUND.
1t is by no means certain that the CO.
lumbis river cannery proprietors are
satisfied with these experiments, for
they are nothing else so far. But they
have not gone to the big river OF the
Sound o. yet--thc Skagit, which has
salmon larger than those of the Frazer
and second only to those Of the lordly
Columbis. The fish Ut the latter river
are the largest and latest, but they are
no, 80 plentiful ss the salmon of Puget
Sound. Hence in q year of scarcity
like this. the canneries can make money
here because they get their fish for al
most nothing compared with what they
pay 1t Astoria. Again on the Colum-
bic river the outfit of O boat is not less
than eSe0, while hero the fishermen
furnish their own boats and tackle, and
cell their fish for cash.
THE SCARCITY OF SALMON
on the Columbia river caused two firms
to turn their eyes in the direction of
Puget Sound. Jackson, Myers T. Co..
own the csnneries at Rainier, opposite
the mouth Of the Cowlitz, while Eser-
ding & Farrell are prorrietors Of a CAN
nary at Pillar Rock. Pacific county w.
Z. These two concerns, having large
amount Of empty cans on hand. the
oost Of which they would lose the use
Of Tor year, If not altogether. resolved
. can the Puget Sound salmon aud fill
9 en- orders in that way. Hence Geo
!. Myers was sent over here to select
ioestion ana hit upon Mukilteo as the
ne. The dull old village at once
Ptung up into . new life. especially
vhen Victor Tpll located his barrel
anhery there.
THE FISK ARE UNLoApEp
~ the outer end Of the building and
snrown upon the bench Of the timer.
1sn heathen has q small knife as sharp
- razor. with which he takes of the
~ and tail aud has shower Of fins
yliag IN the air oil the time. After
cesSug 6ns and tail. be passes the fish
saoog to the next heather. who with
ensls stroke Of long aud heavy knife,
yee.pltates the fish. Another dexterous
s'ean, and he has cloven him from chin
g vent and removed the entraiis. This
49,. 30 sends him across to his next
sesnbor. who lays two salmon together
snder the rotary knife and gives it
ssa. cutting each into three pieces. 10
y 4 columbia river canneries. where the
! Il essrruns twenty pounds,
THE BELLIES ARE CUT OUT
Al pickled in kits for market. but
the fsh are too small. These
- are just long enough TO fit into a
The next pagan strips of the
~ and puts the flesh into cans. From
= tney 60 to the soldering room. and
- the way the Chinese solder those
y wonderful. After soldering they
t to the bath room. Here we
u shallow watts filled with hot
NON . boiler near by and into
|. -. vsfs . cook SETS tray containing
~ eosn cans These remain in the
ABOUT fsrty minutes and disls
Hsced over each bath with the
~ Indicating the time that the
0rcans must be taken out. After
allowed to cool they are
IA TESTED. ONE ny ONE.
ssssaled, 10 Is to exclude the at
2efe, after which they are labelled
-. Va Tor shipment. The cooking
-. oooe by white men aud all the
"a sne labor by Chinese. Ii the
y tmpfOperiv dons tia c~rs