The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-04-05
N[NONBUYERS ARE ACTIVE.
r At FAIRHAvEN HIGHER
~v.y IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
s..ou Promises to he the Bust
=. yet-EstabIished Companies
Ar. Eniarsins Their Plant.-New
corporations Are Being Formed.

-, p,snatch TO the Post-Intelligencer.
HrpuayEN April 4-The price of
I,-..r has opened here at 50 cents per
80 ~ Y cent higher than the price
a.,abl,shed By the Columbia River
Es.sren's Union. Competition among
fan buvers promises to be keen this
- oying to the Unprecedented growth
J, he Industry. This season three i'm
$50 corporations which deal wholly In
~ md fish products will have headquar-
,s,s on Bellingham bay. One Is the Pa
a. American Fisheries Company, now
o. ~. year old. and which is increasing
.s,mon hacking facilities 50 per cent.
-. construction of another large cam
- about 100 feet from the present i'm
rsnse plant
-. two other corporations are just at
a.. s,are OF inception. but both are now
..sured They are the Puget Sound Pack
- association and the North American
risher.es Company.
rns puget Sound Packing Association
!. Inc seaborg- McGovern combine of can
s.vg,s whose plans we're recently outlined
4 the Post-Inteligencer. It's capital stock
4 q 0oo. 900, consisting OF 2o.co0 shares, 5000
Il which are preferred stock. at 800 par
value each and 1900 OF common stock at
no. each. Among the principal stockhold-
ri
yart A. B. Hammond, OF st. Louis, Mo-.
"a head of the Columbia river packers
sorbine: James d. Hoge, jr., president OF
~ FIRST National bank OF Seattle; Geo.
+ Myers, Of Seattle B. A. Seaborg. OF
vs,rhayen. and a number OF others. The
new combine has already begun to rebuild
Inc Aberdeen Packing Company's plant
vh,ch was destroyed by fire several
nenths ago, and the restored cannery
Vii be- about double its original size. Mr.
NrIovern Is expected from New York
,hls week to close up the options on the
eannsries and traps In the combine.
The North American Fisheries Company
h the new corporation just organized In
ne East BY r. Onffroy, the successful
womotsr OF tho Pacific American Fish
srss Company. The capital stock OF the
ccrpora,ion is 100000 or which $4,000 is
veefefred and s45o.000 common. Mr.
0nnroy is president and general manager
Tns plans OF the North American Fish
sfses Company include the building Of an
Immense cold storage plant In Fairhavcn
and the wholesale shipping OF fresh fish
10 the Eastern and European markets
salmon. halibut, cod. herring. smelt and
other varieties will be dealt in. and the
company will also take up the sailing and
smoking Of fish. Mr.. Onffroy Is still in
The East and his secretary, Mr.. II. Bart
Jet, Webster. Ia making contracts for pill
Ing etc, and securing options on Ash
hrps for the new company. which In
tends TO begin operations this year.
Nearly all fishermen look for a big run
Of mmon this year. but however great.
TIE demands caused by increased packing
facilities will keep the market lively. Trap
dftving has already begun and the run Of
spring salmon will soon be on. Chinese
isbcrers are arriving from Portland for
h seasons work and nearly every
branch Of the fishing industry Is begin
ni4 10 take on an air OF activity