The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-12-26

Totals .-.... 49,. $50 gss ~ ss.74 Is
The Fish Industry.
seattle is now the headquarters for the
sn'HHenS OF The pack OF salmon from
every part OF the coas, north Of the Co
Ia'nE'a river and IS per cent Of the fish
trade Is handled in this city. Two hrcsS-
s.ags nrms alone ship about 1s5,1sa cases.
the product Of ten cannerses TIE Spencer
tiaFse company during the year from i've
canneriss shipped be-weers 1900 ard n 90
cases. s1f Philip r kelley about lae ea
there are swo canaeries in the city. ora
owned oT The Myers Packing Company
and the other hy the Seattle Fish Com
pany. These during the season of 1897
packed about 7a.ana eases between them,
Inc pack on the Washington side Of the
Columbia river aggregated according 90
the nsh commissioners. i+zITT cases valued
az Sas- ssa. while the pack on Puget sound
amounted To SIS 80 cases, valued AZ sI.9ss.-
tza The pack on Crews harhor and VIII
aapa haroor amounted to - 800 cases
valued AZ SlI3.sso This makes total FOR
the safrntn pack cf the state OF iao.G.7
cases valued at 50 0sse 80
Whas salmon canning IS the more i'm
por;ant feature Of the fish industry of the
state, II must be borue In mind that there
are otter branches which are of very con-
Siderable value. and all of them increas-
ing year NY year. One of these is the
smoked and dried salmon industry: ar
ether the sheIlSsh and lastly the fresh
desp-sea fish. The shellfish industry 50
far as shipments are concerned. has only
recently assumed large proportions, but
to-day shipments IRE made "a the states OF
Minnesc Ia, Colorado. South Dakota. Wyo-
ming. Montana. Idaho. Oregon and cali
fornia. the territory If Alaska and the
province Of British Columbia. During the
past year there were shipped from Seattle
SEQ sacks of oysters 45oo sacks of CLAIMS.
20a sacks Of nussels. 5ena pounds OF
shrimps and $50 dozen crabs. The ship
msnts of shrimps and mussels so far have
been experimental. but promise to form a
very important part Of the fish exports
very soon, and there will be At least double
the number of shrimps shipped next year
that have been in the one just closing
The value Of the oysters shipped turing
the year was 81 0oa of the CLAIMS 5,625, OF
the musseis $3.50 of the sllrimps s. SEQ and
of the crabs $500. making total for the
shelifsh shipments of 1855.
The fresh salmon handled at Seattle
during the year amounted 20 S5so 90
pounds. valued at sSoo,oco; the fresh hall
but to 600 pounds. valued at $4,000. and
the sEelt. behring's etc, to 10000 pounds,
valued at s2i.eto Seattle makes fresh fish
shipments TO every town and city of any
sizs in the United States and Canada. and
shipments CT canned ana smoked fish to
Europe, Australia and the Orient. The
smoked fish industry is an infant Just now.
but re entity shipments OF smoked salmon
TO the Orient we're inausuTated. To be sent
hy the Nippon Yusen Kaisha. at the rate
OF SEQ cases per month. This will here
after mean a business of little over
Sl.0oo month in one item.
The total shipments OF fish from Seattle
during the year ending November 50 were
as follows.
Value.
Canned salmon. 1904 cases.....s 1920
Oysters. clans and mussels, 1i,2eo
sacks ................. 1885
Shriinps $500 pounds .............. $50
Grabs $500 dozen ....... .......... 100
Fresh fish. 1851 900 pounds ..... $751; 90
Smoked fish ESTIMATED, 700 cases 2.f2S
Total value .............-....sl, I463S3