Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-08-01
FOR FISH CANNERY TWO CITIES Unite
PACIFIC FISHERIES COMPANY TO
PACK SALMON.
Sea Beach Packing Company NergeS
With New Concern. Salmon will
Be Packed During the Off Season
for Clans. Names of the InCOr.
pOratOrS.

According to plans now being made
and under consideration by G. p.
Halferty and associates, Aberdeen is
to have a salmon cannery in opera
tion probably for the fall catch. A
new corporation has recently been or
ganized under the name of the Pacific
Fisheries company, with G. p. Halter
ty, D. J. Halferty and James w.
Parks as the principal stockholders.
The cannery will be operated in con-
junction with the clam canning plant
owned by the Seabeach Packing
company which has been in opera
tion for several years, it being the in
tention of the incorporators to use
it's facilities for the packing of clans
during the spring season and for fish
at other times.
Last spring the Halfertys packed
several cases of salmon as an expert
ment. Their product excel
ment. Their product was pronounc-
ed excellent when sampled by experts
and the present movement is the out
come of the idea evolved at that time.
James w. Parks has been engaged
in the fish packing industry in Aber-
deem for several years. He has not
attempted the canning business but
has confined his efforts to the buy
ing and shipping of fresh fish to ali
points in the United States and even
for export. He has built up large
and remunerative trade out of this
branch of the business and will prob
ably continue it.
"The clam packing industry. is at
a standstill," said Mr.. G. P. Halferty
in speaking about the new departure,
Friday.
"Is at a standstill at this time of
the year; in fact, is at any time of the
year except in early spring. The sea-
son for clans is open for about two
and a half months of the year and
the remainder of the time the plant
is closed CLANS are protected dur
ing the winter months by nature and
during the most important months of
the year by the law. In the winter
when the industry would be at it's best
it is impossible to get them, owing to
the adverse weather and the condi-
ton of the tides. l thought as the
plant would be lying idle for the
greater part of this fall that it would
u
sary machinery and can salmon dur
ing the run.
New Machinery Installed
"The machinery needed for this in
dustry has arrived and nearly all has
been installed; in fact, everything
will be in readiness for the opening
of the run which | expect will COM
mence about the 18th of August. All
our machinery is automatic and when
the plant is in full blast we will have
a capacity of 10000 cases day. The
machinery we use, is of the latest
pattern and is capable of turning out
nearly twice the amount of work than
the older kind used in most canneries
today and does not take up nearly as
much space.
Use Sanitary Cans
1--WE received two carloads of SAN
itary cans from WestpOrt, New York,
today, to be used to pack the catch.
The sanitary cans WILL in time, ac-
cording to may belief, revOlutiOnize
the packing industry. The fish are
placed in the cans, run through an
automatic sealer and sealed air tight
without the use of solder or any sort
of acid. The sealing of the cans alone
without the use of solder or acid will
be the one big feature of our plant.
Dispensing with the use of these be-
fore thought necessary articles for
sealing cans. eliminates the chance
of poisoning through acids which are
apt to get into the cans while going
through the process of soldering. AT
ter being tested the cans will be run
into cooking retort and left there
for set period at very high tenn
perature After coming out of the
cooking retort the cans will be pack
ed and ready for shipment.
"This process OF filling, soldering
and cooking the fish in cans is one of
the latest ideas. The salmon will re-
tain their natural flavor, thing
which was not possible While using
the old methods.
"The plant will be ready for the
opening of the season and will en-
ploy about 100 men. The fishing in
dustry in this city is practically
new one and will mean a good deal
in the way of increasing the pay roll
of the city. Another feature that
would like to mention is the fact that
nothing but white labor will be used