The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-11
TO FISH FOR COD.
Bark HERMAN to Leave To-
morrow for Bering Sea.
THE LARGEST IN THE BUSINESS
New Seattle Company to Baila Up
the Industry-A Fosr Months
Cruise.
THE LARGEST IN THE BUSINESS

TIE bark Emma +. HERMAN. now TAX
ing on supplies and being thoroughly over
hau-e5 al Merchant deck FOR h2l!bu.
fishing cruise in Bering sea for The
newly sorns1 company. of which Tracy II.
Robertson Is manager. viii probably get
unA;er way on Tuesday. or Wednesday AZ
the latest. The lttlnS Up and Dispatch
ing Of this bark 70 northern waters for
cod ash mas more significance than the
casual observer has any idea Of II means
the Inauguration % an Industry that viii
NJ ong-feit want IN the commercial
world Of Seattle ard Puget sound and one
which Is expected to assume large pro
tons within a few years The vessel viii
De gore about four months, and during
her absence The shore plant and packing
house VIII be erected ana every thing
placed In readiness TO handle the catch
on the return Of the bark II has been
proven on various occasions that the cod
caught in ksrlng sea is the equal, II no.
the superior. Of any on the Atlantic coast
and Il always brings good figure in The
Eastern market
The Herman. which Is 70 be the arxo-
HAUL o. The new concern. Is famous as a
whaler and merchansman. both on thss
Coast and the Atlantic Seaboard- She was
oulit al Searsport. Me-. II iSssz and Is a
slaone1- sea.orthy craft. Her net tonnage
Is Sss@l0. length IiAs beam rs and Is 4
fset deep. Her first commission was In the
SUGAR carrying trade between the West
indies and Boston. She engaged In this
traffic fer several years. when her owners
decided to use her for whaling purposes.
she was an admirable craft for this bus.-
ness and has engaged in IL on the Allan
nc and Pacific coasts ever since, with the
exception OF tNo years. when she was laid
IN IL would be impossible TO calculate
now much money she has earned while
IN this business. save that IL would run
away I'D into the hundreds OF thousands.
On one trip alone out Of San Francisco
70 the whaling grounds she captured nine
whales. representing over sioe.ouo. In San
Francisco she is known as Lucky En-
ma" and 1t is hoped by the promoters Of
this New industry that the proverbial good
luck which has always attended
her viii manifest Itself in the
present trip. and they have good reason
10 feel thar they Will have good luck. as
the captain, Malcolm AcPhee, is proba-
bly, better acquainted with the col fish
ing grounds than any one on the Coast.
he having for four years captaiasd the
Lizzie Colby, the only vessel leaving this
port tor cod. In fact II may be sad that
he knows the business from a TO z.
Capt McPhee viii take with him all
told a crew OF forty men. Including TWEEN
iy-four experienced fishermen. Provisions
and stores for a four moE;hs' cruise are
ne placed in first-class condition by C.
H Newman. the weli-known boat builder
and repairer OF Port Hadiock- Capt-McPhee
stated yesterday that the Herman is
the largest vessel in the world engaged
in the cod fishing business and IL they
had good luck would bring back the iarg-
est single cargo.