The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-04-21
HALIBUT
VERY LOW
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the Waterfront

The eastern market la playing
havoc with the haUbut fishing this
season. The price OF that fish boo ths
Wholesale market WHH never known
10 bc as low aa o. lH uDa. The ffu
llrrif is not more plentiful ou the
Pacific coast iulH FcaEDu than ia
former years. DO the cause Of the De-
crease Of The demand must be- trace
able r. some other reason. a. q
I possible that the eastern fishing
hanks may be- more prolific Boa their
| yield this season than IN former
years, but this is not at an ukely.
| ia" halibut nnhcrmcn who make
| SEATTLE thelr headquarters arc con-
rldcrably discouraged over tho prices
| paid ana can't account tor the Tow
| lEurcr Tho halibut cafgOeH Of
three fishing HrhoonerF. the Jessie,
Shamrock 8ud Doucanter, which ar
rived here on Saturday from the
/ banks, were purchased b. the san
! Juan Fish Company az ! cent per
/ pound. Today the price VI said % he
I even Jess than that.
one ~ the crew Of the Doncaster
Z SAID today There's nothing iu the
hailDut fishing business any more.
! when we age obliged % sell haubut
nt cent per pound we might az
instance. we arrived here Saturday
! with 1900 pounds Of fish and sold
put az cent pound. That comes
Z 20 also. Well the owner Of the
schooner gets Oue-flfth and the bal
anoe in diFlded among the crew Of
/ five men. We have been gone for
Z over two weeks az the banks and "
Z @ill take as another week 20 get
ready 10 sail again. We use expensive
g |HsH D HfHH a. "a b.
| we've got 20 buy some new article
| u clothing nearly every trip. We buy
our own provisions and provide our
own cooking utensils. Take the cost
OF all this and the fact that the sea
son D. comparatively short and you
can Bee for yourself that there's not
living wages in the halibut fishing
this season. II We got a cent and q
half II wouldn't be 80 bad. but at q
cent "A pound there's nothing IN IT,"
The steamer chico. from San
Francisco. WIN reach Seattle THIS
evening. She was reported at rgeah
bay at $50 this morning.
The revenue cutter Bear, from San
Francisco. viii arrive al Seattle
some time tonight. She passed Asesh
bay al 5.i5 this morning and the run
~ from there usually takes about
j hours. The Bear r. on her way TO
Alaska, but will stop Owe. here a
day or 20 before starting on her
northerly cruise.
The steamer Rainier. OF the Pol
lard line. arrived here from srn
Fraucisco this noon with large pas
scuEer list and carrying so tons OF
general cargo. Much of the latter y
consigned 20 the local market Tf.e
Rainier L. scheduled 10 sail again on
| her return trip on tho 1sth inst. The
weather on the way up was pleasant.
The steamer City OF Puslala, Of the
Pacific Coast line. has fully recov-
cred from her humping bout with the
Meteor and VIII sail az o'clock to
niEht for San Francisco with a large
passenger list and general cargo.
The ship kennebec. from San
| Francisco. Is at Port LUDLOW Load
ing cargo or spars for Boston.
1 There IS some talk Of the ship COM
ing 10 Seattle TO finish her cargo.
The steamer Newburg. Of the POL
( lard line, makes her first direct sail
ink this season between Seattle and
san Francisco on the 23rd Inst. Dur
Ing the winter the Neyrburg las
been making Grays harbor her OBJ
Jective point. She viii leave here
with a fair passenger list and a fuli
cargo.
The steamer Corwin VIII leave the
Gaffney dock for Nome and Candle
creek early In May. Capt. f l..
I West. her commander. has been
master OF the vessels plying Boring
sea and the Arctic waters for the
past IL years. The Corxin was en-
gagged In the Nome traffic last year.
The steamer Emu Thomson a,
| the Pollard line. arrived from the
north last night with five passen
gers. She left Skagway on the Issh
inst and had pleasant weather all
the way down
The sseamer Neko. OF the Kosrncs
Zen. arrived here last night from
Hamburg vita South American rorts.
She viii load flour. lumber and Other
products for South America ana
Europe.
The steamer John $. KimbaiI. of
the kruse line. arrived from san
Francisco last night with s. passen-
gers and loo tons Of general freight.
The trip UP was pleasant.
The schooner william Nottingham.
~ the Globe Navigation Cowpany
arrived here last night from south
crn california with cargo Of as
phalt
The steamer City OF Topeka. OF tbs
4, G. g. line, and the Faralion. ~
The Alaska steamship Company. beth
sailed for Southeastern Alaska last
sengers and an aggregate tonnage az
l,lVV tons OF freight. The passengers
were chiefly Chinese and JAPANESE
fishermen bound for the salmon cam
nerles. on board the Parallon were
40 Chinese bound FOR the Wales is
land cannery. The FaraHon's cargo
included consignment of electrical
machinery for Dawson, 10 be used
IN the operations Of the electric light
ing plant Of that city.
The steamer Newburg. Of the Pol
lard line, makes its first direct trim
this season between Seattle and san
Francisco on the 23rd inst.
The revenue cutter Manning 4,
now on the drydock at Bremerton.
The American ship Ireouois ra-
ported TO have gone ashore March
20 In Sapis straits and to have driftei
out TO sea and disappeared. did not
dritt TO sea at all. She is ashore i'm
the straits and il win take consider
able expense 10 float her. but non.
OF her crew were lost. The troauois
Is owned by Arthur Sewall. OF Bath.
Me, the owner of the big ship Roam.
oke, now loading here.
Inc fishing steamer William Nc
kiuley. which is being built for
Buschmann q Thorpe, owners Of the
new steamer Lincoln. will ~
launched at Tacoma this week.