The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-01-02


..bs. Of the audeveioped resources Of itIs
a. uorthwesfsrs region. are 90 The ere q
.ronaeyfsi development. The whsle 81
,he tide waters % Puget S1uua. from Cape
g,.sfsry 70 Olympia as well a. al tie
watsrs surrounding the Islands Of the
a-raipe3azo de HaEo. abound wifh food.
s.hesi rn0llgsks aud edible marine aigx,
n zhich bat lirfie l. known.
TIE principal 6sh found N oar markets
.rs the salmon. haiibait, irfIe cod. green
~. rock cod. black cod, sturgTou. euiA-
saoa or candle hNhs smsii, herring. etc,
al Of edible moiinsks. the oyster, several
vedefies o. clam. cutie nsb, etc.
s&Laos.
nj the food ashes Ia this region, the sal
v,o1. which afDuuds ia All the waters of
m Northwest eossf. Is the most abundant
Thass hsb differ from the true salmon Of
10 Easf b. p-scu in growth Of the Jaws,
exseciAily Of the uiaie, a ter ascending the
,fyers b spawn. The salmon SEASON on
DE sound opens In AuzHsf aud generally
ISIS for three months, during which time
largo quantities are tsken by the ice sf
srlaes andfish traps for sailing aud can
ann The first caauer9 on the sound was
staf.ed b Mr. George T. Myers about
ten years ago. At present there are
ave eaBneries. ali in successful operation
one a. West seattle, two Ia : Tie proper,
one a. Mukiilc0, An1 one a. sasaish. BE-
sides a large number Of salt packing ca
tabllshmeuts The proanctA If these can
neries are shipped 70 Ine markets 81 the
eat By Eall. aud 70 foreign markets hy
sallfne vessels Tac Industry Of packing
salsloa On Puget Sound. waiis assuming
sxiguslge proportions. j. Yet n it, fauef
fitere are Eve varieties - Salmon taken Ia
he waters 81 Washington Territory. which
beaf the Russian natats 81 aeFin, q8r5asta,
iisaieh ts'd aud iHe local Aanes ~
"a 4 go. Hn. aa...
sdoptea By Jordan sud Gilbert IN ihe.r de-
scripto1 % tbe salmon If the Pacific
Coast
HALiBuT
The common haiibat of tee Atlantic j.
an AFetiC species, which l. found IN the
northern waters 81 the Atlantic aud Pacific,
and seems - b. Identical, although II l.
eiaimed that the halipug OF the Atlantic are
fattsf fish. This valuable fish Abosnds
along the whole coast, frBm a point north
OF the Colum bia river 10 the Arcsio Ocean.
sad Is taken Ia Immense quantities rs the
indians along the shores % British C0lum
ba Rad Alaska. 1ac principal fishery ia
Warrington Territory for haiibuf IS Off the
banks vt Cape Fla9ery. where the Makah
Indians take them IN iarg8 quantities
during the pass Sear the attsution 0f ihe
halibni fishermen Of the East vas called
10 the large quanfitiss 81 these 8sh found
here, AMI movement Was SET on foot
which will result Ia balldiaR up an i'm
menss fishing industry 90 ti'e sound Car
tain Solomon Jacobs 81 Gloucester, Mass.
made up his mind 10 thoroughly prnspa Ct
the hailbut fisheries 81 the Northwe.l. aud
sailed for TIE sound With his two heet
schOoners. the Edward w bster and aollie
Adams tie was soon after followed By
CAPTAIN Johnson another Gloucester IA.
efinan, with the schooner oscar aud Hattie.
All three OF these vessels on their arrival
went into the business Of haiibnt nshiug
slih the greatest success The q sh taken
BIZ them were placed Ia refrigerator
ears and shipped % Gloucester 20
b. properly cured there being
40 facilities for curing them here. rhis
difficulty viii so0n cease 10 exist, a. Messrs.
Johnson & iDuch, two cutefprislng citi-
Gems are building q halibat-cusiug estab-
lishment a. the foot of Pike street, 10 cost
In the neighbofhO5d Of so 600 A gentle
man from Gloucester, wi 0 spent l. wears Ia
the most extensive packing house ON the
Massachusetts, coast has charge of the
work, and il experimenting its every
detail. IL Is estimated that In five years 100
schooners aud several Thousand men will
be engaged ia the halibut catching
aud curing business on the SOund, with
headquarters in seattle. The commercial
demand for this fue 6sh l. unlimited. aud
the markets OF the world are open Ia IL,
either sliced OF dried, or salted and smoked,
or canned or flesh, shipped packed with
ice. Inc supply lfkf tklE HrEDNIOr " al
most unlimited Halibut are taken AT Ger.
tain seasons Of the year. Ia all the waters
OF Puget sound, and considerable quaint
ties are shipped fresh 10 Portland, Oregon.
aud other intesi0r towns aS far east As -.
Paul aud Chicago.
cObFIsH
This valuable food fish. which aboands
In Alaskan waters. u not plentiful in the
waters Of the Sound. although IL seems 10
breed there, and the young are caught In
large quantities aud eaier A. tom rnh
Another food hsh. which is eaten la large
qGanutlos at Cape Fiatiery, Is the green
cod, which resembles the true cod. in IT,
notified markings differs from Il Ia many
respects The dorssl dn Is continuous
from head 10 foot. The lieSh is white aud
good. II Is an excellent table fish. aver
aging from 10 to . pounds, but specimens
weighing 20 pounds are occasionally can
tured, Another species. the black cod. j.
one 0i the most delicate aud fineiy ia
vored of sill the salt water ash OF Pavei
Sound Il is taken iu very deep water
and as yet the fishery has not been de
yeloped 10 any commercial extent some
- varieties 81 rock fish arc found on the
the Pacific Coast. most OF them being
taken az Cape flattery,
SMALLER FOOD Fishes
The salmon trout Is very plentiful. aud
affords splendid sport tothe fishermen, As
do the brook aud mountain trOnt which
abound ia the creeks aud rivers which dow
into the sound.
The caia-haH or candle Hsh. the smelt
aud herrisg, which are most abundant,
arr Of com mcrCial value,
OIL FtsH.
The waters 81 Puget Sound abound with
dog fish aud ground shark, from the livers
Of which great quantities Of EXCEL Mt Ia.
bricating oil are extracted hy the Indians,
aud sold 10 the whites Whales abound or
Cape Flaitery, aud numbers are taken by
the Makah indians. who are exper, whale
men
EDIBLE apLirsks
oysters aud clam. are found ia marketa.
bic quantities OF the former. the native
oyster is yery small. aud very delicious,
olympia. Samish aud saoalwater Bay arr
the principal oyster shipping points
CLANS OF several varieties abound anu
range in size nom an ounce - 10 pounds
IN weight
CHEuALiS NEWS.
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