New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
WHERE SALMON is KING
Vancouver at This Time Of Year
Land of Big Timber.

VANCOUVER. b. C.. Sept. 5 CspeciaD.-van-
couver vaunts Itself on slaughter-slsughter OF
salmon and OF trees Just as Chicagos one
show place USED 10 be the abattoirs so Van
couver takes the visitor first 20 the canneries
and the lumber mills. Just now the salmon j.
,s,ne ais season is short. and this year his
run" IS below the average so when he reigns
eli else is forgotten IN the public mind
In GOOD salmon times other industries Ian
gush. for worImen forsalOe their usual occu-
nations for the large II neeting. returns OF sal
mon fishing japanese leave the lumber mills
and siwash Indians come from everywhere TO
take mart in harvesting the huge live crop
The scene OF the operations IS the mouth OF
the Fraser River. a short distance from van
couver F4ither the FISH come 20 spawn ana
sometimes they come in solid masses. They
are taken in nets by men IN small boats Two
men form a crew. one man rowing while the
other pavs out the seine. Small steamers col
,ect the fish and ike them 10 the canneries at
Steveston. or 'salmonopolis." as II has been
dubbed
The big companies own al the boats aho
.bei, continent They lend these 20 the fisher
men. and agree 20 buy the catch at so much
head Just now Eve cents seems 10 he the
ruling price. but generally 81 is larger. Some
-,-oes n goes 10 % cents. Like some other
things salmon fishing is mighty onsartain
,,,,e,-ess q" and the laborers IN the vineyard are
If,selv 70 have either feast or a famine Up
70 now the season has been poor. and the re-
wards Of the fishermen have been mesgre- But
when This IS the case they swap stories ABOUT
big catches IN the past
10 Won remember when we made ZOO IN one
rieh,?" one win say TO his partner. Wen those
good old times are gone. We were getting :"
cents apiece then"
Fishing Is suspended from 9 p m satulu~s
Cor twentv-four hours II is one Of the sights
- witness the beginning Of work again at o
"a n, an Sunday. Boats by the hundred come
,,ou-,ne ont and scatter themselves on the face
~ the waters Everything is got in readiness
and as the whistles mark the hour all the nets
drop overheard simultaneously
Thor is no fear Of the extinction of the sal
NOR. or even @ q decrease In the business De-
c.susa the hatcheries are restocking the waters
st the rate Of millions OF fry annually. WIN
the lumber business. however. this Is ho1 80
When huge trees that have taken hunareos Oh
-. 80 grow are felled there is nothing 10
take their place. British Coiumpia' hNe |
rortbvyestern part Of the United States prizes
-, on tbe fact that its hnlsides bear mex
beustfl,le supplies Of timber. The figures which
go ,,ola5 nj one are simply overwhelming
WIN" said one lumberman we can supply
the world with wood. and We are doing A. too
lust look az our harbor. You viii ma SHIPS
there loading with boards and shingles for Eng
land Australia. China. Japan. India and south
America Why our trees grow from 100 10 l'V
feet I'm height and 10 feet in diameter. THOSE
are average ones, mind you. Take regular
British Columbia toothpick. and you could
bun6 iyo houses 30 by 30 feet and - feet high
ont OF one Of them We have got as hlgh as
100000 feet Of lumber from one acre, while out
ont
you are doing well"
There is now on us way 10 Vancouver the
trunk Of a giant fr. l2O feet long and 40 feet in
circumference.
we are Just going to use it for exhibition
explained a man who connected with the
company owning It. Really" he went on sor-
roufully. There isn't any money in such tarna-
zion big sticks II costs too much 10 handle
them"
The building lots Of Vancouver are stih sprln-
kled with the stumps OF the forest monarchs
which not long ago covered its site 80 Tapa-
cioue were the demands Of commerce. thar haho-
maiden Of civilization. that only one OF these
remains outside OF Stanley Park Even TINS
one is near the entrance 10 the park. Inc
cedars and frs in the pleasure ground empha-
size the cty's loss in the utter destruction OF rs
big trees A circumference OF forty leel u no.
Uncommon one monster rs 56 feet around ana
another sc feet. and that six feet above its base
And your lumberman is fond Of figuring just
how many bundles OF shlhgies one Oh 'heSe
cedars would furnish,
Doubtless. however. Stanley Park trees are
safe Cor the city takes deserved pride in TINS
beautiful island. A causeway connects IL with
The mainland The drive around II. seven miles
in length. shows many beautiful views. VI
course most Of the park is yet untouched by
the landscape gardener. and the thlckets are
dense as a Cuban jungle. In the cultlNated
epofs one sees flowers that bloom Win the
insurance Of California. Tor the climate IN
spite 81 the EIGHT hundred miles that separate
Vancouver from san Francisco is similar 10 mat
al the Golden Gate.
on every hand one hears Of large Investments
hv United States capitalists i'm British Columbia
timber lands one aggregation OF 81. Paul In
tereste rerrasentinc So 600 0eo. which operates
IN nlarv parts of the States. has bought largely
IN this region. one individual has bought a
billion feet OF standing lumber, and there are
smaller purchases without number Represen-
tatives Of American firms are traversing all the
wooded country hereabOuts ana turther invest
vnents on = huge scale are assured.