The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-01-19
TO DEVELOP THE FISHERIES.
A New Refrigerator Car to he Tested
Possibilities OF the Industry.


Possibilities OF the Industry.
George G. Hackett. general manager of
the Chemical Refrigeratng Company. Of
Bossop. Is in the city preparing to LOAD
I've OF his patent cars with fresh fish for
shipment East. in order TO make test.
and predicts great development for the
fisheries OF the Sound. When seen at the
Northern hotel he said:
''ln order to make a thorough test, |
want the fishermen To deliver To me at one
pssee from fifty to 100 tons OF halibut and
salmon. 50 that can load the five cars |
have here and ship them East. The state
ment made In Whatoom dispatch that
wanted them 10 give me the fish or 10 sell
them at ] x cents pound is erroneous.
do not ask anybody TO give me anything
for nothing, but am willing TO pay the
market price for the fish I will ship them
10 Boston. New York, Philadelphia and
shicago. and thus make practical test of
the cars.
II have been here three :or four months
looking for location and arranging for
this test and. IT the cars prove a success,
have n large syndicate willing to go into
the fab business on the sound. have
three or four locations in view. but before
deciding on any of them | want To make
this test shipment. By the use of chem
icais eooi cars to any temperature desired
and keep them at IL for any period up to
twenty days. sealing them aud putting no
Ice in them. The objection 10 Ice is that
u soaks the fish and takes the flavor from
AZ, besides that you have 10 pay freight on
the Ice aud you have no icing stations Tor
freight trains. The only way To ship fish
on Ice Is by express. and that costs Ia IL
cents pound to Boston and New York.
while these chemical refrigerator cars viii
carry u for y cents sad deliver il as fresh
as hen IL is caught.
There Is more fish in a mile square of
the Sound than IN 100 square miles OF the
Atlantic ocean. The New England coast
II pretty well hshed out, aud the fisher.
men go to Greenland FOR hallhut nov. aud
are away three or four months. Even IL
Ne had To so 10 Alaska froia here for
them, We could bring them back BY
steamer in eight days and send them 10
hoston ~ another eight days. aud by
regular fright II would only take thirteen
days Si'll Nc propose 10 run regular fish
trains every dsv. The sulelt here are very
me aud plentIini and are sought after in
the East. where they are scarce. In Maine
NftNA pas hAtN VI rs &af1tflea and shin
them away cat here. though yea have bet
ter smeits here. and yoar eandle.ijsh
would make as good sari3uss a. they nut
np ~ Europe. You can also make pagts
OH as well here As anywhere: In fact there
~ no part 81 che tsh industry which can.
not be carried On here Dried Goldfish Is
shipped iron Gloucester, Mas. 10 TIN.
ely there are tao or three cat loads on
the Nay here now though goldfish Is beln.
shipped from Anaeortes - Gloucester
The cod they put up Ia the EaSi are Only
an inferior kind bake. Gasp and ether.
which are not really cod. Sut look ike i,
when SKINNED
III ouT refrigerator cars prove Asucces.
We propose 10 ship train load Of fish eaxt
every day IN the year. We shall nos only
need cars bat shaU send ogt vessel. 10
gather up the catch. We can tFanspor,
Ssh trom here 10 $ew York IS eheap a.
from BOSTON - New York As SOON a. a >
have made test shipment and proved
tHRf che cas- are a success we shau Ia
ready 10 80 into the business on she Sound
aud an nos askiog anybody % give u.
fsh ID shap if