The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-23
CANNING SALMON BY MACHINERY

"On the dsagreeab character Of the
salmon has been employ Chinese labor exclusive
y in the canneres says Commercial West "Besdes
strike During the last few however the large
number OF operation and the strict enforcement
10 offset this shortage OF labor few men with an inventive turn OF
mind have devoted much time and neeng machines that
will in great take the place of the Chinese and that will also
greatly reduce the cost Of handling the fish
The first machine that found to be practicable machine
con did the accurately has almost
rely uppaned the Chnaman this direction The step
oered perfectly than could be done by hand labor After
the acqueng machine then the labelling machine each
eectng labor
and the time nurng the absolute correctness OF the work.
There still class of though that seemed impossible
feet the cleaning and splitting of the
got the filling machine Last however
chine operated several cannenes that worked well and did the
work OF about five six only being required to operate
This machine split the fish down the belly and then removed
the blood entails did the work well that thought by
the machine operation that improvement would De
possible This year, however machine will be operated that will 40
the work much more thoroughly that will probably be put mar
machine that in last will be discarded
altogether This machine for cleaning fish not only does all mat
old machine did but cuts the head OFT the hh and IN DONG %
per of the fish that has heretofore been wasted by the
cutting the head off by hand and at the same tune one
of work with the macP'ne thar ery ooN
ten men to do by hand . , : .. .,:...o, e
machine for sailing the cans The macnne as tne empty a
through drops the of salt into the can nat
properly the salmon One OF the machines VIII SAT- ne
for the largest cannere in operation and do the work that ~
took dozen Cinnamon to do
the above machines others are now being perfected
that will strip salmon clean be done by han
that will wipe the clean after they have been
but the years until these machines will be perfected
will almost entirely supplan the use OF mi
labor the salmon canneries AS now sheet OF TIN placed
machine journey toward the filling machine where
cleaned and sailed ready receive the salmon winch was
started from the time and has been Deheaded
fnned cleaned and washed and divided into pieces weighing exactly
pound At filling machine the fish and the commence then
Journey together passing through topping machine which places
the top the crmps then through the soldering
whipping machine which cleans every bit OF grease
and oil Here the taken from the
placed trays then placed the big steam chests where
they cooked for hour and minutes after which they are
take and
escape and then they resodered and again placed an
cooked another hour Alter this second cooking
cooling where they cooled off and
tested for leaks from here they the big warehouses where they
stored until the acqung and labelling commences after the s-
With the perfectng Of the machines mention
will only a short time when the Chnaman and Jap will be
curiosity around a salmon cannery