The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-03-11

T-ans n T FT,,,,nhrfeS. superinten1snt Of
the cannery department OF the racine
Steam Whaling Company, or san Fran
cisco. has been in the city attending 70 Inc
purchase OF supplies for the steam schooa-
er Jeanne. which sailed for ALASKA last
nfght. Can't. Humphries has been with the
company since 1859 and has successfully
dIled many important positions. Until last
year he was in charge OF the cannefy az
Prince wflllaras' sound. being succeeded
there By w. II Brownsh upon the Tor
meTs appointment as superintendent In
an Interview ar the Butter hote4 yesterday
Capt. HUMPHREYS said:
.fTThe Pacific Steam Whaling Company
must not De COMPOUNDED with the Alaska
Packers Association We have four cam
neries in Aiaska-at Hunters bay Copper
river. Prince William sound and Chignik
bay. A new csnnery is 20 be put up this
year. at Karlnk, Kadiak Island. Tor waich
the Jeanne Is carrying up the lumber The
new pant viii have an output OF $1,000
cases Of salmon The machinery
r. purchased in san Francisco.
and the power, as In al our
canneries. will be cos, oil instead OF
steam. The cannery viii be ready 10
operate by June /. The jeanne takes $1,000
feet OF lumber from a. ;. Kerry mill, 40
tons Of coal from the oregon Improvement
Company and a quantity OF -four and prov
In a month the steam schooner Jeanne
will return here 10 get 4o.e9o salmon boxes
from the Kerry mill, and after supplying
the canneries. she win so 10 the Arctic
ocean 10 carry supplies IN for the vessels
of the company which have wintered there.
Last year we got al the salmon cases
for our Alaska canneries IN Seattle. In
the last two years we have been buying
extensively here. Our bills last fail In this
city alone amounted 70 $4,000. and this
year they wiz be fully as much. The COM
pany is very much pleased with Its treat
ment by the merchants Of this city. Prices
are reasonable and goods furnished are OF
the best quality The principal thing is,
We have not been cinched and no attempt
at that sort of thing has been made. We
tried QUILTING in Astoria one year but IN
crossing the Columbia river bar the plot
age fees were enough 10 pay all our ex-
penses in this port.
..The canning plant at Prince William
sound is the largest of the four now es-
tabIished by the company In Alaska. There
are 100 white men and eighty Cinnamon
employed there. 1t has been In operation
since 1889 OF the other canneries. one
employees seventy whites and sixty China
men. and another eighty whites and sixty
Cinnamon AT Hunters bay the work is
done almost entirely by Indians. They
are good fishermen. dozen or more
machinery. AT this last place seines are
used in the capture OF salmon: at Copper
river gil-uets and seines. and at Chignik
bay. traps. Where the fish have a steady
run gill-nets are found most satisfactory,
but where they run in schools the seine is
better. / see you have had quite fight
here between the trap and gill-net men,
The only place in Alaska that would suf-
fer by the prohibition of traps would be
tv-fa xrha hzy a a "A IfnWafh-
er.
"Our total output last year was ll0o0o
cases. and this year will see an Increase to
150.000 cases. The plant at Prince William
sound alone put out 10000 cases. All Of
the canneries are on one or another OF the
Alaska mail routes and have mail once
a month. The Jeanne carries in the great
er part of the supplies used I'm the Gamer
les. The company has also for this pur
pose the ship America and the bark J. II.
Peters. Six steamers are run in connec-
ton with the cannerles. At Copper river
are two large stern-wheelers."
when asked about some of the thrilling
tales told Of the Copper river, Capt. Hum
phries laughed and declared them all
''bosh"
at is impossible TO go up the river" he
said. because OF the ice. From Slfka to
Cook inlet Is a vast ice glacier extending
80 miles into the interior. In order TO get
to the headwaters Of Copper river from
the coast this glacier must be crossed. The
Indians come over from the interior 10
trade. but very few white men have made
the Journey"
Continuing on the former topic. he said:
The business OF the Pacific Steam Whai-
ing Company is divided into three branch
es-canneries. whaling and the manufact-
ure OF lubricating oils. The company
catches and produces over two-taIrds Of
the whalebone OF the world. Within the
last three years factories have been es-
tabished IN San Francisco and this whale
bone is made up in corsets. etc. and
Is shipped all over the United States and
Europe In the whaling industry are fif-
teen steamers. for which the Jeanne acts
as tender, going into the Arctic once
year There are now wintering a Herschel
island four steamers. which have been IN
the Arctic for three years. Two more are
being sent from San Francisco which will
make a three years cruise east OF Her
schel island.
Il viii leave today for San Francisco.
We are 70 get here 2ra 0o0 feet % lumber
20 be ready for the Jeanie on her return.
ard boxes for all tho cauueries. A num-
Der Of Cinnamon must also be secured.
We tried 20 get the Cinnamon here last
year, bat could not make st. Il would be
easier TO start them from Seattle. and next
year We VIII try again. The securing OF
Cinnamon has long been attended TO in
San Francisco by a boss Chinaman or con-
tractor. He is the squareSt man magma
hie and IS trusted with large sums OF
money on TO ether security than his word.
We tell him how MANY Cinnamon are
wanted ard give him go for each one.
which j. 20 20 given them before they so
aboard. After they start another SO Is
given each Celestial. Always when the
steamers are ready 70 sail the required
number Of Cinnamon sre on board aud
each has been paid his $50
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