The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-10-03
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set Receipts 81 KI~ven c.ris.s.
szz.eoo-New Company Organized
The oaestisn % the Ice snppIy-
An Industry for Seattle.

Captain Soa0sncn Jacob. Who owns
the sehooaers MoIIie Adams and FL.
= Webster. came out 10 the coas.
with the intention u starting a hall
but enterprise ~ his personal risE and!
expense. bui fnding that the essab-
iishnent required nors extensive
preparations and larger oatiar than
he corld undertake he has endeasored
land successfuliy-to found a CON-
pany TO carry ont the project. Captain
jacobs besides being . very large
stakeholder, viii assume control oser
the business. and should the plans
which be has outlined mature, there il
little doubt Of It's success. Before dis
cussing these IL viii sui~erye the pr
pose il view to state the result Of
Captain Jacobs haIibat trips since
last spring. He has shipped II ear
loads on ice to the East, all
Of which arrived in good order.
Besides. he has saited down a con-
siderable quantity which Is not inelud-
ed 10 the shipments quoted Fresh
haiiout brings Zoe per pound delivered
70 the Eastern smoking establishments.
Estimating each carload to contain
900 pounds of fsh. which i below
the average carload weight, he shipped
in the aggregate, during six months,
-, 90 pounds, realizing gross return
OF $500 Allowing sfpJ per carload
for expense OF freight and the ice used.
or xif. 00 in all. there i balance of
5000 10 meet the expenses of crew,
wear and tear Of vessels and other in
cidentals. This aSsurediy Is fine re-
turn for the labor spent, and big div
idend on the money invested in his
sch0oners.
1t proved most conclusive argu-
ment in his favor when he embarked
in the scheme of forming a company 10
engage In the work on larger scale. and
there i no doubt that the company
viii reap an equally rich harvest.
IL has been seen that. provided sufh-
eient ice can be obtained on this coast,
il il more economical and requires less
capital to ship the fish to 4 ready mar
ket IN the East than TO entail the crea-
ton Of smoking establishments here.
and the cenfering OF the Northwestern
industry in fall working order on the
SQUAD. Proceeding on this premise the
company at FIRST considered the con-
struction OF ice works at Port Town
send, but the inducements offered were
not OF such a nature as 10 invite planting
the works, and another scheme has
been adopted. A mammoth scow,
capable of storing 1000 tons OF ice and
costing about 5000, will be constructed.
The ice will be procured from natuFe's
great refrigerator in the North and
sent 10 the p int from which the
shipments viii be made East.
Seattle. for the present, IS
named as the point of re-ship-
ment, but as soon as the railroad h
completed from Port Townsend south.
the shipments on ice will be made
there.
Why not have vast smoking houses
in Seattle for the nurture and home
centring OF this great industry, as well
as vast iron and steel works2 What
ever OF revenue is secured TO Washing
ton Territory from the teeniing waters
which nature with prodigal hand has
supplied with marketable fish, Is just
so much surplus wealth added 10 the
many natural resources OF soil and
mineral which abound. Here is an
avenue for judieiosisiy managed invest
inent 10 return the scriptural hundred
fold