Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-18
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ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC RISug8lEA
Among the various resources OF Puget
6ouud and its adjacent and tributary
vaters the fisheries have, from the EARL
est discovery and settlement OF this re
sienby IL worlds dominant races, been
reo.rdsd q certain, In time. 70 prove OF
vcry meat Importance. So divsssansd
are the elements Of orr future growth
and prosperity that the most skilled OF
Al MN IN the matter Of forscastine the
outcons might vslI hesilass a. 70 when
"a ascsibs ths Pr eminsnee.
The statistical department OF the I'M
ted States Census il sanding out buiie-
tiss smbrscins reports Of tho vssioos
'industriss of the country. Bulletin No.
2s6 comprises shs sestteiss Of the hsh'
.r;as Of Massachusetts,. Anything like
an sbstrast of ths vast array Of Aeursa
which this psmphIst Of thirty -hvs paes-
ursssnts i ont Of ths QUESTION in an ar
tiols Ike this. We yin, however, take
a fevof then q random, for tho pr
psoss q iilustzssine the sxtsnA import
snss md vsalth-peodusine character o.
this oSe bssneh q indastry. For in
stansa. . And on paos . Of Tie pam
phlsI rslssrsd - that 2o,ll7 peSOna
veee sanaesd In ths Massachusetts,
Ashs,iss 3 1879. Thsss we're z266 cur
ers. hackers and filters. and 667 factory
hands, There we're 1007 vseseds NTH %
aearssaas tonnage Of slOeA9. extlu
sive Of ~ vessels measuring 2,l5l.bd
tons nos engaged n The work IN lSD'
Thefe vses 67l9 boats. Of which nom-
b>r aS0 we're aG>ashsd 70 The vessels
and 2927 vsrs ussd in shore fisheries.
Thsrs vsss 1882 gill nsts. ssines. wsiEs
~ jSbsAse and esl taps sasd IN shs
busiusss. Tho total value Of - pro-
ducts placed upon tbs masksAs y Mas
aaohusstts fishermen in 1879 was g. ILL.,
yso. The pounds Of fresh Nh taksn
numbered "a. sss, 9s2, having . value,
whom fresh. OF yS.4A,SiO; sne v.'oe ol
The f,sh when sold (2H ,666, ia pounds)
va &5.O6ASn :Ths enlargement Of
the value OF nan IN sns plooe u
preparation Tor market oe'nR Sl' -
6l6, OF vhich ennanos"en' s'1' ~
per cont. may % eEeoaseo - VIC
industry and ~ POI osn'' 70 'ne mo- -.
dusssy. IL VIZ % oosef'eo sns. -. -
al vaios OF ooesn poo oao = .s 49,. :,
sooesnlnR oyR $1,000. e4A W.
eaecn asns'y esNo.~D a. -
sns saIe o. nsu " pa. uo".
ovet .Si'oo'" p''nu.; ".'. ''s - ooo
OF nsn :. 'olo ~ : .:1. w. =.
wv. Ann sp ''0
una:.ssooo wIea - :" a.. So s".ss :, a.o 40
sne o.aslen0. oo..o !. ~ 80. ~ %, -
SoO,oov p. - ~. -.
w pounos va psoo.o'y o. o
Snatilig0fn. oil ofo.. the vAluo OF Wh1Ch
mada nm thea difference between the
1914. 100 total value Of sea products,
ana the s5.o64. 800 value Of the fish a.
.cla m. above figures do not include
.o.o. A. 10y. 49, . a.. 49,
cs. on'. 49, - -.
= sole = - ,'o =, c o.ss ~ 100 '"''N* !"
EGJU
Il NAV b. instructivs and suggest
l.. n nre.ent A oatslocue Of the
a. ~ ~. Mase.ohusetts waters
.nd osh., artiolea vhioh no TO make Nd
~ Grand total Of ..sea products'' a.
.;v.r .hov. The lis4 1. A follows:
Hi.v,v.1 = b.aa. sAriped ba.a. blue
A.h. cod' eonners. ouak. eels. founders.
h.daoct h.ks hal,buA. herrinp. mack
.,.l ro,,o.h salmon shaA smsl.s.
.vo,assb s,ntr., miIed A.h. ovsters.
NO, i,sh spawn, fish sounds, Irish moss,
sawed. xhalsoil.
The shore line Of Massachusetts, is 10
he shorS linz Of the Pacific Coast ~ .
yardstiok 70 . dozen Surveyor chains
linked In en-. 70 ks,p Within, bounds.
No - q slanes for . moment at
- liza 81 6sh On this Coast. We com.
uiIe from .saMtsllsa Commerce and In
- :, 81. 1870,