The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-14
non FOR FISHING Season
ACTIVITY nEIGxs AM0kG YyeHER-
MEN AHD SALMON PA6kEEs.
Raefae American Fish Company VIII
Eapsoy rssr Msnds~A ass-Gii
Aetters R~pairing Apparatus

Trap men ana fish packers on Puget
sound ard TINS Alaskan coast are sn the
height OF tisesY annual prnparat4oIss fsg
tae spring anG summer safeh. TEE sssnS-
tive soekeys and the regrlng aanspozsky
the .yee and sae silver xaIuEsE are asnstS
due on their angas pssgsimAse 70 tfs frs0
water streams 81 tS.s interior. fIsasruasn
packers and trap owners alike hope for
prosperous season and they claim that
sfss indications sers never mere fassraois
for big catch AID good prices shara to-
Day.
There Is G fable among fishermen that
the best salmon run In tae dark 81 sac
moon. Hesee the gill Meters and seine
Hassss ara beginning ~ tnss time TO asg
Dp their almanaGx and u reckon 90 tss
time when the salmon viii ecR4e rushing
through the Sosind e. great drcses. han
Ery. eager. and bind 10 the dangers OF
traps. leads and other devices foF t4assr
capture.
Inseres, 10 8 large extent JaSt no. cen
tiers In the operations of ihs Pscifse Fish
Company wssicf owns y large proportion
Of the traps ia the best as.sing waters of
Puget sound and ~ hiaa y nov preparing
% band the largest asfaDesy on the Coast
al location yet - be selected. r. ons~
frgy manager Of the company, 10 al ile
Butler. having recently returned from
trip dean sound, whsre he started the
work Of preparing the traps for the sea-
sons satcn.
Dir. Onrr0y says that his company will
soon bc in position 10 pack So cases Per
day. I'VE are np~ working akoas sagaty
five rsen" said Mr. unfTray, WAC are
pfepsring the meta for the traps. Within
Gn days we aiii have crew % not less
than ap mes. with SIX steamers driving
plies on oar present trap locations. and
making ready for stringlng the gebs on
the leads
This work will take some time. The
plies must he arlsea and the negs spread
on the leads. THIN the traps must be
built and made ready for the salmon Aft
err that comes the work OF equiRalag The
sAnneriss with Chinese and white labor.
Contracts fer help are now being made out
and xiii be CLOSED within . few days.
In order 10 equip our eanneries and
traps for the seasons pack, we Will have
IL employ s5rsethlHg over Nj men. The
spring salmon viii begin running. II Is exr
pecsed. abeut the LIST Of June After that
viii come the rs.ekeyes, which are the very
best fish for canning purposes 10 be OBJ
tanned In these waters.
'-tndeg ordinary conditions the sockeye
Kalmou should ao running In large mum
bers by July or 5. This is the main pack.
After ths aoekeyes have gone We have the
Btsrs ~ stsfu
make UP the fall pack.
We have not yet definitely decided
nroB the location OF the nsw cannery''
Mr.. 0nnroy said IN answer 10 a question.
I'VE own one cannary AT Friday harbor
and the contract for another has been
closed. but l am not in position now to
saw. its location. With these three traps
we win have . capacity Of s,ssl cases per
day"
Al the eanneries of Ainsworth Dunn
and George r. Meyer a. Co. located I'm this
city. arrangements are being made To take
care OF tho seasons catch OF fish Gill
Detters and seine men all over the Sound
are repairing their apparatus and locking
forward To a busy season.
Contracts for labor in the canneries OF
the lower Sound are being signed every
day Among several OF the packers the
policy now In vogue IL 10 employ as few
Chinese as possible. one OF The biggest
salmon packers on the Coast. A. Sea
borg, OF Astoria. liwaeo and Fairhaven.
has given IL as his opinion that the white
labor In the canusries gives better Salts
faction than the Chinese.
Mr.. nnfroy Intends employing many
white men. and women too in his can
neFies I'VE pay the white help twice the
wages paid the Chinese Tie said