The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-12

Aleake oanuog. have come 70 N ag1oemou1 Up
TN laot Dooeon tho salmon canning bust
nese hae been a improbable onep II.
oeps 70 the dealers, who have besn able
20 play one canner against another ON prices
and the Gamers have helped to keep down
prices BY pulling IN Unlimited but ductuating
quantity OF the product The market will stand
100000 cases very we'll, and 70 produce moro
than that il to beat down prices without cheap
ening the product 70 the consumer. In British
Columbia ws make our own cans ct the cannsry,
but all the Alaska cannerieo buy their cans
ready made, with the exception of the tops, in
San Francisco. doubt very much ii you can
compete with that city In this branch OF busi-
mesa The cans are all made BY machinery.
Children feed the sheets Of tin in to the machine
the same - . printing press, and the perfect
can comes out Not only IL It completely made.
with the exception noted OF the top not being
on them, but they arc tested a. we'll It Is .
very intricate piece Of machinery, and the can
manufacturers have to pay . royalty OF $4,000
for Ito us& So you zee that 1t requires . very
large business to make them ct proht These
machines. ! am told, turn out go. 900 cans day.
Il would b great thing Tor this city II It could
become the salmon market Of this Coast, which
1t ought 70 be. on account OF its nsarness to the
canneries"
"These politicians who print such sensational
articles about your lack OF nre protection here
arc doing your city no good, /" said +. C. Storey,
surveyor for the Pacific Insurance Union. who
10 now In the city making an examination OF
this subject on behalf Of the insurance conpa-
mics. while talking to . Posr-INTELLIGINcER
reporter last night "These articles 20 out Of
the city and reach the ears Of the insurance
ofhcials and prejudice them against any move
mene to lower the rates which are now very
high in this city. made an examination OF
this matter today and found than the water in
rosAr hnd mt h>ns Sh~e md
ons-hals feet for the last week. and that about
twenty Of the 6re plugs on West street had been
frozen. But the reservoir supply 10 only for use
In an emergency and the plugs frosen were old
ones. and the 0rs department. made prompt
EFFORTS to remedy the matter. I recognise the
fact that the weather this winter has been q.
ceptionaly severe, and shall not make any
alarming report concerning the situation. How.
ever now that you know what 10 liable to hap.
Pen In the future, you should take steps to
protect your exposed mains, and You should
adopt the gravity system - soon a. possible and
dispense with pumps altogether"
". ". Hammond, an attorney from Peoria,
Ill.,. 70 stopping at the Arlington. He 10 the
financial representative OF syndicate Of wealthy
cftissns OF that city which owns some 1900
acres OF land on WILDLY island, near Coupe.
WILLIE II have come out hsto to help Mr.. F. s.
Tucker, who recently came here from Boston,
and Mr.. W. A. Potter. Of Anacortes. to organize
the work OF improving our tract of land and
putting 1t on the market Mr.. Tucker and Mr..
Potter will be our local managers, and we pro-
pose to clear at once about 1000 acres of our
land and set it out In fruit trees, with view to
inducing Eastern farmers TO come here and
settle on the land"
Henry Carssens. Of suohomish. returned yes.
terday from months VI sis to the East "While
in the East" said be. IL heard great deal about
the dsmorailssti0n In shingie prices, and sew
eral dealers have come out here to pick up -
many shingles - they could while the dsmorali.
sation lasted. But have noticed that they
didn't get many shingles just the same. and
suspect that good deal Of their talk 10 intended
to create . decentralization. But outside of .
few mills which the cold weather caught with
. gu rplus stock they had TO get rid of don't
think there has been much cutting of prices"