The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-10
.SUCCULENT COD
AND HALIBUT
Can Be Packed In Astoria With LARGE
Profit and Small Expense.
FRESH FISH FOR THE EAST
Can Be Shipped from Astoria 10 The
East IN Better Condition than Fish
Brought from Now FUuudlaud.

Brought nom Nov fuuudiaud.
The movement looking to the estnb
lishment OF codhah curing works in AZ
toria Is now taking tangible shape 4
number of practical men who have ln
vestiguted the subject are satisfied u,g
the matter N entirely feasible; that tho
quality Of the ilsh obtainabie on tha
coast IN equal to or superior b. m,
GsGrgla cod and that in connection
with cod fishing the hulibut from The
Flattery banks can be- handled az q
profit. both cured and Ia fresh stat,
In the New York markets
In conveTSing In reEard 20 this matter
with Mr. Marshall n Rice of Hos,on
an Astorian representative was told hy
that gentleman that IN his opinion as
tdria was an ideal place 10 cure and
pack cod ahd haiibut for the mnrket
''Ir you have the iish. ana can set the
brains and capital TO take care of IL IN
proper shape there ia NO reason why
Astoria should not excel iu thrse
E:anchcs Of industry The next thing
after securing the fish ls 10 ind a mar
ket for II, and with your new railroad
facilities, this should bg an easy mat
ter"
Commenting on the matter further
Mr. Alex Grant. who a. q mer. hoy
WAS engaged In tho cod fisheries at
Gloucester, Mass, and later In CalIor.
MIA. said There is one thing which has
not been brought out prominently lu
your articles upon this sub3ect iu alI
Eastern fishing place. Ike Gloucester
the larger merchants are an Interested
more or less IN the business. They
have a mutual insurance company
amongst thcmsrlvc-. and 81 nsh3ne
vessel Is los; az sea the Joss ls made up
at home and the money stays at homo
In order 10 be- sucr ga. lu cs,f ana
hallbut nshing here you must hpse .hg
cooperation or one or mure large lsos..
crn hsh dealers, as they control the
market
Fresh halibut can be brought from
The Flattrry tonka to Astoria n ics
than thlriy.siS hour The shlprlnr of
this fish fresh in ic cars WAS ui.I
from the Sound a short time ago by
Captain Sol Jacobs. and proved almost
a failure because H. Thought he could
do without the assistance % the East
ern dealers, He came out here IN 1857
with the two hne Gloucester clipper
schooners Eyart L. Webster and Monie
Adams. He brought his halibut into
Seattle in ice and shipped It In refrig-
orator cars 10 the Eastern market. He
could have supplied the entire East
with fresh halibut. rs his fish arrived
there In magnificent condition. hut the
Eastern dealers, upon the days his fsh
arrived beared the market and reduc-
I'd the price so that h. realized nothing
IN the business. As a matter of fact
his fish were only forty-cight hours off
The banks, and after transfer from YES
'el te refrigerator curs arrived IN New
York quicker and IN better condition
han the halibut from the New Found
and banks the sea voyage from the
after place being much longer than
rom Flattery. The Eastern men. how |
'ver, wanted to control the business
md by manipulating the market. drove
Jacobs out.
What We want here Is connection .
With a tirst-class Eastern house on the .
resh fish business, a little Eastern /
'ush and capital, half dozen good
chooners, and one or two experienced
nen 10 handle the business both in
he fresh and cured lines We are only
hirty-six hours from Flattery on the
resh fish business, and but a few days
rom the cod banks In the Alaskan wa
ers, and have certainly a great oppor-
unity to make good money on these
wo lines Of the fishing industry on
he cured Goldfish everything is our
'ay II costs little to secure and pack
nc FISH, and the profits are sure. About
he only risk Is the chance OF losing a
essel, At certain seasons Of the year
'e could make big money on the fresh
sh in the Eastern markets. During
enten there is always demand for
'esh fish, and our hallbut cannot be ,
eaten. Our salt fish and fresh fish sea- S
ms would not interfere with each
ther, nor would either interfere with n
ie salmon season. Salmon win al i
ays remain king on the Columbia,
nd at Astoria; but why our mcr- :
lants do not take up with a proposi- I
on in which there is so much profit
nd so little chance Of loss cannot un- =
.