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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (June 1, 1883)
June, 1883. THE WEST SHORE. 125 above Astoria. They own 3,000 acres of limber county it small, but when the crop of the Wil- land and are building two miles of railroad for lamette valley commences to travel over the new logging purposes. An extensive mill will soon road to find a shipping point at Astoria, large be erected. On the Nehalem, to the southeast, flouring milts will I " ' 1 , .... v .. a . 11 v ihviiii cording to ciicunslances. Thu Kimn is limited by statute from April I to July 31. Hut fcw fuh are taken the firit month, the largest run lielng in June, Though salmon weighing sisly pounds and are many square miles of the choicest timber, for obtaining wheat and shipping flour will he of even more are occasionally caught, the everng which can only be reached by means of a railroad, a superior kind. The line from Forest Grove will run throueh the valley, and the transportation of Iocs to Astoria salmon canmno, will be one of the laroest items in its traffic. 11 ' uPon tne M'ng of the celebrated Col- There are two sash and door factories, one owned umbi ,iver' or Cninoo,t salmon, that the present bv William Howe, and the other recently built hv P"perity and business of Astoria deiiends. In Hansen & Co., at a cost of $10,000, Incident to the lumber industry is the question of ship building. During the past season there were built 325 fishing boats, about two-thirds of them by William Howe. These cost $220 each, or a total of $71,500. The number required each year to maintain the supply will in future be from 150 to 200. There it no regular ship yard yet a number of vessels of various kinds have been built. Within the past year the steamer Monttsano, the tugboats Central Milts and A. B. Field, and the barge Astoria No. , Were con structed, and In 1881 the fine steamer data Parktr, This vessel was built by H. B. Parker, its owner. She is registered at 257 tons, is 1 10 feet long, 24 feet beam, and 6 feet depth of hold, E. P. Parker, master. Many smaller craft of various kinds are constantly being built. The facilities for a ship yard are unsurpassed on the coast. Within easy access is the finest quality of timber, the harbor is large and deep, and material of all kinds can be readily and cheaply procured. An experienced ship-builder from Maine, who hat been examining the coast, recently stated that Astoria was the best point he had seen for that business. Two machine shops do a general ma chine work, chiefly for the canneries, mills, and steamers. Arndt & Ferchen employ fifteen men, The Astoria Iron Works employ thirty-five men in their shops and foundry. Here are made the 1833 Nathaniel VVyeth, memlier of a Iloston firm, came to the coast for the purpoie of packing salmon and dealing in furs, but alianduned the project after two yeart of unsuccessful effort. About thirty years later Jothtiu Keed and a partner established a cannery at Oak Point, where they put up salt salmon. In 1867 William, George V. and K. D. Hume and A. S. Hapgood, built a cannery at Eagle Cliff, and packed that season 4,000 cases, The business has increased year by year until in 1881 there were put up 550,000 casea of four doten one pound or two doien two pound cans. In 1882 there were packed on the river 543,831 cases of an average value of $5.25, worth in the aggregate $2,855,112,75, There are now weight u twenty pounds. I he average catch of the largest cannery last season wu l,aoo fish per boat, The fishing is generally don at the mouth of the river near the bar, the best time being at the turn of the tide. With the etceplion of her and there a sail nothing can l seen Juit Ulnre the tide comet In, but soon afterwards the whit sails cover the river as the boats come home with the product of their night's fishing. Many lives are annually lost in the breakers of the bar, but the fate of their comaniinsdiics not deter other from following the dangerous occupation. M representative w will take the cannery of M. J. Kinney (Astoria Packing Co.), the largest in the world. The ettalillihmenl cover sn entire , block of ground, with water frontage ol 500 feet, all built upon piling, There at also teven piers fur net racks, each 60140 feet. II ouns 85 boat and employs 1 70 hihermcn and 1 26 hands In the cannery. The fithcrmen r chleBy Swedes, Norwegians, Danes and Italians, while on the river thirty-nine canneries, twenty four of , faiory hatul are nearly all Chinamen. Usi them in Astoria, of which six were built within a year. In the city are the following 1 Seaside Packing Co.) Washington Packing Co.) Union Pacific Packing Co. Cutting Packing Co. Samuel Elmore Co, Astoria Packing Co. J. W. 1 1 nine George W. Hume; John A. Devlin & Co. 1 1. X. L. Co. J Pacific Union Tacking Co.) Occident Packing Co. j Columbia Canning Co. West Coast Packing Co. A. Booth & Co. Hadoltet It Co. Point Adams Packing Co. C. Tlmmlns It Co. Fishermen's Packing Co. J. 0. Hanlhorn & Co. S. D. Adair; Anglo-American Packing Co. Thome & Welherliee) Scandinavian Packing Co. Others on the river, all of them to a large teason 35,000 cases were packed, but Illegitimated product this year la about 15,000 utiles tha run of lh Increases. The procc of canning It very lnteiclliig and mot inlrlcat than on would kuppoae, beginning with ill manufacture of th cans and ending with lli packing in case. For making cans there art Mveral mschinet In ua, The lo and bottoms at cut with great rapidity by dies, and th sides by knif culler. Th tide are then rolled, tlx at lime, on a machln somewhat resembling a clothe wringer, They ar titers taken to th nun who solder th scam, and from Ih.m la Chines Iniys who put on th bottoms with great dexterity ami rapidity. A little pier of solder, called a " float, U d lopped decree tributary to Astoria, are 1 Alierdeen Pack Jensen can-filler, an ingeniout machine (or can- . - iwU.0 jonn West, Hungry Harbor) I In the can and a hot lion I run around th InsUU, , . I T . I. I . 1 I, , 1 1 a I - .. . I . . , . . . 1 , . . ning saimon. wnn lour men w upcii , . I(Jeph Hume, Knappton; James Williams, Janry I melting II ami lastening on in imom, n machine will fill fifty cans per minute, accom-1 . , Q Meoler, Utookficld; Pillar Kock I Kinney's there is also In us soldering futnac Packlm? Co.. Pillar Rock 1 Ocean Canning Co., land limmer lr rattening bottoms, similar win Bay View 1 F. M. Warren, Calhlamet Hapgood 1 one used (or th covers, described later. Th & Co . Waterford 1 Eureka Tacking Co., Eureka cans ar now reany lor u. anei umg careiuiiy William Hume, Eagle Cliff 1 J. W. V. took, Clifton 1 James Quinn, Quinn's A. W. Ilerry & Co., Rainier. Thereat now l.Sooboelsengsged in fishing beside olhett laid up, costing on an average, including net, lc, $650, or a total of 1975,000. Th average cost of canneries and fillings is $15,000 each or In all JS5,ooo. una plishing at much at twenty-eight Chinamen work ing by hand. Fourteen of these are now in sue cessful operation, and order are received for othen. One valuable feature it the regularity. It keept the men constantly busy and practically regulatet the working of the whole eitablishment. The following certificate hat been made by r. C Reed, manager of the Fishermen't Packing Co In addition to what hat already been said In favor of the Can-Filling Machine, ptn';d (samlned to sc that they ar perfect, ami w now go to tin point what th canning wmk begins. Th tioala dUchatg their load of salmon on th dock, lh fith being piled up nar III butcher. A stalwart Chinaman then lays about down 00 the laid in front of him and speedily severs Ik bead, lail and fins from th body, opens th Ca) and removes th entrails, ach acl being accom. pllilietl If single desltou slrok of I he knil. Th rcfui fall through chul Inlo receptacle, from which ll gm lo th oil factory. This ma Boat, but from I can thu dispnt of from 1.500 lo 2.OO0 per day. chine that ha. yet been invented for packing the (acloriet and equipment al-e. Thlt doe salmon. Last Friday our machine, running at m pltui the capital Invested, as th current moderate speed, filled 411 cases in ten noun, am, 0f cmluding lb business armmnl an Saturday it filled 320 cases in seven hours. I am I confident that it will fill $oo c.. per o.y .no . , - - . I Th fih It then dropped Int. a lank U water, it better than Mn be done by nana. eigm 10 ien ye..- .... ... ;- Th inventor ha. . palled an ingenious sea,,; Tr- ... further dean, ,h as.mon. machin for knilling fi.hermen . nelt. (w(n Mfc ,h h lb blmU U Fore', oil factory manufacture, an .see n . quality ol machine oil from the hew. ana eo.r.,.. - . - r htm , , ,,n-m - I ... L - - -L..I- .k winter lime. Attached lo every cannery are ex rwcbln inai w..D on. mo.. ----- tensive piers on which ar rack s lor sprding osil Into lengths )ut lb helghi of a can. Th chunk lh net. lo dty, .nd the- may U o on vry then lake, lo number of chops- who aU. tide When lb. Sherman own bi. net .n4 thero Ungthwis. bsta swef.l bailee pi.wh.t) boat b rerei'et ninety crnls (or ewry h.N I they ar carries on 1..7. .n. . of wlroon, procuring material from the canneries. From six lo ten barrels are turned oui oany. A laniwr. in the upper lown It owned by C Uineoweber, and manufactures a superior qualL ty o( leather, On. of the Industrie, of h. future, u rent. . bc h '- L ,b pUce. Into tb. MlU .he . railroad b built, -ill b. f "J ZH. 1 eTiSL - A ... .11 of wheal raised in uaisop - the Sour. The amount