The Ketchikan miner., 1908-06-27

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 The company has had in view tht removal of its place of business iron Vancouver to Ketchikan for the pas year or more, but only determined ol final action after having looked ovel the ground and secured suitable site followed by careful and conservative examination of the advantages avail able in the way ot power, etc., ant when the management was fully co D vinced that the contemplated change would be wholly advantageous. Tn, most important point they had to con slider, after deciding on a site, wal that of the power available for the necessary machinery, and that matter having been satisfactorily settled through the exam ination and location of a stream railing into the waters o Georges Inlet from lake lying a an elevation of several hundred fec above tide water, and which, theil experts having reported capable o developing it 5000 horsepower, ant more, if necessary, they will proceed to develop and convey over trans mission line. from the power house, distance of nearly, if not quite, five miles, to the place where it is to be used for the operation of the machine. ry at the plant. This will give them ample power and to spare, thus insuring economy of operation which would have been difficult, if not alto. gether impossible to obtain else where. This, coupled with the pos session of harbor safe at all times and easy of ingress, together with close proximity to the best fishing grounds and the transportation facili. ties to the eastern markets which the Grand Trunk Pacific will afford will make Ketchikan the most desirable and advantageous site for such an in- dustry to be found on the Pacific Coast.
 The plant proper will embrace eleven large buildings, one of them, the freezing house, to be 65xl00 feet and three stories high, holding-houses etc., and these will be supplied with two sixty-five ton ice machines, to- gether with all the requirements and equipments essential to the con- duct of very large business. The plan contemplates likewlse, the erec- tion of seventy-fve cottages for the accommodation of the employees, to be ready for occupancy as soon as re- quired.
 It should be stated in this connec- tion that this will he no ordinary fish ing industry, devoted to special branches of the business and operat- ing only during certain seasons, as in the case of salmon canneries and other fisheries. but will be operated q ali the year round without intermis- sion. The company owns its large sea-going and deep sea fishing tugs, and will in addition buy and prepare for the market all the fresh fish oi marketa le quality fourd in Pacific waters, thus furnishing market for ali the fish the Independent fishermen have to offer for sale. The company makes it a point to give employmenl to as large proportion as possible of men with families, aiming in that way to secure and retain regular and permanent employees. The e III ployees on the steamers alone, num- bering nearly 100 persons, will have their homes here. receive t'leir pa. here, and it may be sately concluded t lat their pay roll, together with that O. those employed regularly on shore, will aggregate many thousands of dol lars annually. Altogether the indus. try will be one upon the acquisition of which the people of Ketchikan ma, congratulate themselves.
 To the patient perseverance and public spirit of John W. Stedman, Esq.,, will be due in the very largesl measure, the fruition of an enterprise which means so much to our towr nd it's people.