The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-02-17
EANY NEW CANNERIES
Puget Sound Salmon Packing
to Be Quadrupled.
WEST SEATTLE GETS A SHARE
The Enormous Profits of Last Year
Heavy Investments From Port
land and Victoria.

The most active lire OF business on Ts,1-
get sound during the coming season viii
a1doshteaiy &c mat 81 canning salmon.
The E@nsbsr Of canaeries afIG b more than
qaafr opted. whsle there Wiu be- few whose
pas rolls sill ~ larger. Several new cam
neriss are 80 b. located down Sound thres
a. Arseortes. one at Richardson, Sac
Juan county. and more are talked Of but
Eot deansiely decided upon
II Seattle harbor. according 10 persons
h position 70 know, there l. likely 10 De
an aedlti0u Of three eanaerfes. aad one
o. them seems 20 be a certainty. IL viii
De located at West Seattle.
oanncry Tor West seattle.
Is. Eastman. Of Portland. a man ~ con-
siderable means. gas here two weeks a1o
quietly looking over the field. lie made his
business known 10 no one EXCEPT oers5pz
sin whom he must come directly In con
tact IN negotiating for sites aud gathering
al ths Information possible about the local
: character Of the business Mr. Eastham
considered numerous sites between here
and Port Orchard. and be considered that
there we're two things which must neces-
safily cause him 20 locate az near here as
possible. One Il the superior rail- and
steamer facilities. and the other Is the
weg-known fact that Seattle harhor Il one
OF tns best, I not the best. place for CATCH
Ink salmon on Puget sound He also must
OF necessity have found great encourage
ment u the unprecedented prosperity OF
The Myers eanaery. Taking these facts
into confederation. Mr.. Eastman is UNDER
stood t. have decided upon West Seattle
a. the proper place 70 build his eannarv.
i Niii NOT se 80 large as that OF George
T. Myers. psrhaps not more than half a.
large. for Mr.. Eastman. while undoubtedly
haTlnE ire greatest confidence ia the fu-
tnfe o. the business. - said 10 be a con-
seTvafigo mar. and he prefers 70 start in
the fret year q moderate scale. event
naiiy 10 build % ono OF the greatest sal
non eaeaerie- n the West AR Eastman
Will be here again IN few daya
astoria Man Prefers the sound.
J T. Stokes. a wealthy merchant OF As-
toria. was hsTe some three months ago
for the purpose Of securing cannerv site
FOR immediate use. a. that time ne was
seen ~ "A Post-tnteillgsncer reporter as
n vas lust leaving for the san Juan ISL
ands. lie declined 10 outline his plans for
publication at that time. bat said this
much.
= am much pleased with your city aud
shaii be here % locate sure. i have had
much 20 DO with the cannery business of
Astoria, and Il seems % me that this Mace
has the greatest future Of any I am look
ing 1T a site on the islands and viii tell
you al about IL when I come hack, IN a
few DAYS"
Sir. Stokes. however. did no; stop here
on his way home. huf bis old friend. George
T Myers. aas received Information that
he has settled upcn Auacortes az the
proper place f9r "A caunerv lie has stated
that his principal office VIII be ia seattle.
Mr. Stokes has had much so DO with the
shipments IL Alaska salmon but the pos
slhiilties far the business right here on
Puget sound his friends say, were d great
revelation n him.
Victoria Capital largely Interested.
Another wealthy merchant shipper and
Gamer - begin business on the Sound.
and n bis ease on an immense scale is
J H. Tadd. - Victoria. He viii locate az
Anacorfes Mr.. Todd has frequently been
n the city of lafe. said az the Hotel
Northern three weeks ago that he had
some such project on foot. and he left that
day for Anacortes. Mr.. Todd was hack
IN the city few DAYS ago. and was very
busy looking oGt for the Interests 81 his
aew cannerv. Ills viii PROBABLY be the
largest ar the Sound, as Ar. Todd is n
nan NJ great wealth. and has the repuln-
tor ef never doing things nv halves His
Interests arr So large that BE cannot give
This plant his personal attention. bu, his
son NAV have the management
snscorte~ Has IhrCo CannerIe=.
Tho thira cannery for Anacortes IL that
~ +. T. Lord, formerly OF the Fraser
nsh.d work on It's construction has al
ready been begun. The catches Tor down
Sound csnneries VIII be- largely from The
vicinity ~ the mouth OF TIE Fraser. and
The fish are Of the spckeVc variety These
are Thought 20 - the best for canning tn
existence. with the exception Of TIRE Column
ha river chinook. which also exists here
n large quantities. hut a ilttle smaller IN
size
british syndicate I'm the Field.
The Richardson canncry VII - huilt by
British Coiumhla syndicate with ample
means II wiu also get fish from about
TIRE same grcards as the others of Fidalgo
arr the San 1nsu islands
The other two new canaeriss for Seattle
have not been fully organized as vet but
ihe convincing argument FIR their con
stFgctton c8n De- partially understood when
ii ls known that the Port Angeles cannery
shipped the bulk OF it's FISH from the Seat
tle hsrhor That cannery Is reported 90
have made immense profits Tor It's first
yeaf az operation. even though SIS mana
ger claims that few % the fish were caught
near there - rival cauucry in that Inn
mediate itcailty would not receive much
encouragement from the one already es-
tahhshef" said a weli-posted fisherman
yesterday
Last years salmon pack On Puget sound
was the larrcst ever known. Every one
engaged IN the business fn any form has
rasfie money The run was large, che con-
eitnas being exactly favo' able. With good
weather ard the rlght amount of water In
fhe streams. or perhaps the lack % g.
ShEeh has in some cases az least cRused
the asa % congreeate in immense quanti-
ties az the rivers mouths ON the Column
Ia river there seeils 20 Pee uo prospect sor
rev cannergcS. from the following. vh.rh
srTf8rei in a resent issue OF the ore
goalsn:
~ New t7auae~gc- s1r Oregon.
There fs so prospect ~ any more sal
mon cannerle= helnE ha3lt on Ihc Columbia
thls SEASON So cannsrvmen claiH1. A.
eorsllnE sa hsEr stories fhere ie nothing .n
tae cen0s"v business bar thcre VIII BE-
considerable increase I'm tAe amount cf
Eear ras inta fHv river as aU che profits are
~ ie bS ta# uler v-ho catch tsV nsh. II IS
sait. hewsvrr FHlt az lFaSt siN. ans per-
h&2e eiEsf- u.W sauneries viii bc sfaFgei
&c 'as SeHot owing 20 the star pack %
w. caS.s nss~ taere lst season by
SeafEa e NHfFs &c rs ga cid saving That
Eaat usta Aa- dene mar gar 90 and u
a. AF-ls san u8eA Stssa cases tu a seA-
aen, whN sHsu33 uat every ''y-iy ELSE to 'he
sam TNs most successful fren ga thc
Sarcry his'rvss last year Rete Afr. Myers
NJ ,. n CuaS ana = o. flsathoru. ara
Ney are eavied sast Ntt}e hv the othc-
esnHe7ya1tn. ere 80 a ssut socka az therl
sszter5ar 81 are ping tst h-tsa3r.' huf. he
Saif4. 'asaEaaFu fss always worn nluef
laie uaaa-irE af s sh.Hy stsE hat ar8onE
e2aae-ysafn appears to nfsav af.eut the
sSsne ,1Irs AS fur ssearnh,aat 10 mount q
sFcefn on Nrr p5teJ havzH, Na4>h b. a si.n
taai i sweeps tse river.