faring
L
seafaring
Force
here.
When
Mr.
Hansen
offered
to
give
him
a
home
after
the
war
he
found
that
Skipper
was
a
seasoned
sea
dog
and
refused
to
be
left
on
shore.
prince
Eupett
Datlp
Oetos
1
1
Saturday,
August
21,
1948
Vast
Fishing
Industry
Is
Vital
To
Pr
us
Han"
"j
..Mnt.
"
property
pays
taxes
on
an
assessed
value
of
$330,000,
the
Prince
Rupert
Fishermen's
Cooperative,
whose
properties
are
assessed
at
a
similar
'ea
SkipPr
e
last
ar
again
made
his
dock
available
to
the
Junior
Chamber
of
Com'
merce
as
a
courtesy
for
Port
&cNS,PI.DOLLARS
INVESTED-.
!
in
warship
.
...-hi
An
Important
contribution
to
Port
Day
is
being
made
by
J.
J.
Donaldson,
who
again
this
year,
as
last
summer,
is
'
making
available
a
scow
to
be
used
as
the
judges'
and
announcer's
stand
off
the
Armour
Salvage
Co.
dock.
James
Fields,
manager
of
Armour
Salvage
Co.,
has
Co-op's
first
boat
was
the
Skeena
M.,
Capt.
Einar
Telscth,
with
11.000
pounds,
followed
by
the
P.
Dolron,
Capt.
Leon
Sand-var,
with
14,000
pounds.
ports
who
make
delivery
to
neai
men
of
th'j
by
camps.
,v
amount,
Atlin
Fisheries
and
Northern
Fishermen's
Cold
Storage,
whose
property
valuations
exceed
$160,000.
Volume
of
halibut
alone
handled
by
these
and
other
plants
this
year
exceed
10,000,000
pounds,
while
salmon,
cod,
flatfish
and
many
other
varieties
also
were
a
and
i
!
the
Air'
The
first
American
boat
to
land
halibut
at
Prince
Rupert
this
year
was
the
Eureka,
of
Seattle,
with
6,000
pounds.
,v,nuj
LivifLUYMENT
TO
MANY
IendlnlPnrfil;he-RTrt
people
are
a
f
the
de"
L"!1,1113
hve
paused
to
reflect
about
On
the
Skeena
at
the
present
time
there
are
700
glllnet
boats,
most
of
them
cannery-owned.
An
additional
130
are
operated
on
"nut"
v,
"ependency
or
what
"wum
ha
1
u
-i
vj
UI
num.
a
a.
mortal
mortal
blow
uiuv
oe
UC
UL'H
dealt
r
its
ITU
wnnn
:e
il
economy
if
the
industry
suddenly
the
Naas,
while
many
more
aia
congregated
in
inshore
waters
processed.
dried
up.
&
Currie
ell
along
the
northern
section
of
the
coast.
Prince
Rupert's
total
invest
Truly,
Prince
Rupert
has
every
claim
to
call
itself
a
fishing
town
and
to
nurture
the
Industry
that
for
40
years
has
given
it
life.
Merely
to
agree
casually
that
'Prince
Rupert
Is
a
fishing
town"
and
let
it
go
at
that
hardly
does
fishing
camps
scattered
on
near
LIMITED
ment
In
waterfront
property
by
islands
where
several
hun
directly
connected
with
the
fishing
industry
totals
$4,086,-
ks
AM)
CONTRACTORS
juo"-c
w
me
vastness
of
the
north
coast
fishery
nor
to
the
lucrative
embrace
in
which
it,
holds
this
northern
port.
For
Instance,
more
than
50
In
250,
according
to
the
city
assess
A.
MACKENZIE
FURNITURE
LTD.
Support
the
Carnival
and
Port
Day
We
have
a
complete
stock
of
household
t
furniture
Bedroom
Suites,
Living'
.
-Room
Suites,
Dining
Room
Suites
...
Everything
for
your
windows
and
floor
covering.
We
extend
to
you
a
warm
welcome
to
our
store
PHONE
775
327
THIRD
AVENUE
ment
roll.
This
is
comprised
of
50
separate
businesses,
some
of
say
dustries,
some
large,
some
small,
dred
men
are
employed.
Prince
Rupert's
ability
to
handle
the
gigantic
volume
of
fish
annually
pours
from
the
holds
of
its
hundreds
of
boats
is
based
on
"the
plants
which
line
its
waterfront.
These
include
three
large
cold
storage
plants
with
a
capacity
of
19,-000,000
pounds.
Halibut
landed
at
Prince
Rupert
and
Butedale
In
1947
totalled
20,379,000
pounds,
according
to
figures
compiled
by
the
International
Fisheries
Commission.
This
was
only
4,000,000
pounds
short
of
the
total
landed
at
all
Canadian
ports
and
more
than
one-third
of
that
landed
on
the
whole
coast.
uck
&
Good
Sailing
airecuy
connected
with
the
and
dependent
upon
fishing
lln
them
handling
fish
and
others
servicing
the
primary
fish
handlers.
The
larger
businesses
include
the
Canadian
Fish
and
Cold
Storage
Co.,
whose
Seal
Cove
Prince
Rupert's
waterfront
from
rs
of
Fairview
Bay
to
Seal
Cove.
These
I
have
an
assessed
value
of
mors
Wrt's
Carnival
and
Tort
Day
Another
major
factor
is
the
than
$4,000,000
and
constitute
a
large
percentage
of
the
city's
tax
Canadian
National
Railways
'
roll.
wnich
during
the
summer
months
send
continuous
shipments
of
fresh
and
frozen
fish
jish
the
Best
There
Is
For
TKOM
SHEET
METAL
LTD.
Welding
&
Sheet
Metal
to
the
eastern
Canadian
and
American
markets.
Perfection
of
shipping
in
refrigeration
has
WELCOME,
Visitors
to
Prince
Rupert's
CARNIVAL
AND
PORT
DAY
Cow
Bay
Boat
Works
DESIGNING
BUILDING
-
REPAIRS
Rupert's
Carnival
Week
ackied
greatly
to
the
revenue
from
the
sale
of
west
coast
fi.;h
In
addition,
there
Is
Invested
In
the
Immediate
area
mllions
of
dollars
in
cannery
property
and
boats
all
of
which
have
direct
bearing
on
the
prosperity
of
Prince
Rupert.
EMPLOYS
5000
The
exact
number
of
people
who
owe
their
livelihood
directly
to
the
bounty
of
the
sea,
to
the
halibut,
salmon
and
other
types
of
fishery,
is
difficult
to
calculate,
but
It
Is
estimated
by
the
And
Port
Day
because
the
product
arrives
a1,
market
almost
in
Its
sea-fresh
condition.
ESTIMATES
GREEN
391
FINE
WORKMANSHIP
P.
Crawley
IR-CANADIAN
Employment
Service
of
Canada
To
handle
this
flood
of
fish,
the
railway
employs
a
small
army
of
men
who,
although
many
of
them
live
miles
from
Prince
Rupert,
are
nevertheless
directly
dependent
on
Its
fishing
Industry.
HUNDREDS
OF
BOATS
i
it
m
.
that
at
the
peak
period,
som
5,000
persons,
men
and
women,
;
are
at
work
on
the
boats,
in
SUNDRIES
,
the
canneries
and
fish
packiwj
I
plants
and
allied
industries
A
Z
I
i
The
Investment
In
boats
alone
Just
how
many
boats
operate
I
out
of
this
port
cannot
be
ac-
j
curately
determined
because
at
the
peak
of
the
season,
vesscb
from
as
far
south
as
Victoria
congregate
in
the
north
coast
Is
said
to
exceed
$25,000,000,
a
J
figure
that
In
terms
of
construc
tion
and
maintenance
brings
an
Giaien
Industries
r
At
the
Service
of
the
Fleet"
Wish
success
to
The
Carnival
&
Port
Day
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS
Boat
Builders
and
Repairs
COW
BAY
i"'
i,y!
:
annual
revenue
sufficient
to
sus
!
tain
a
half-dozen
boat
yards.
waters.
1
I
Prince
Rupert's
halibut
fleet,
that
is
vessels
whose
owners
reside
here,
numbers
80
boats
but
during
the
season,
another
200
land
their
catches
here.
The
salmon
trolling
fleet
numbers
j
In
the
city,
where
15
fish
plan's
!
operate,
peak
summer
employ-1
ment
exceeds
1,500
men
and
wo-1
men
whose
payroll
is
a
healthy
part
of
the
city's
economy.
To
these
must
be
added
the
seven
canneries
In
the
lmmedi-
nin
With
Quality
Unsurpassed"
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PHONES
8
and
118
Phone
BLACK
88',
ERIC
SPEERS,
Mgr.
Box
121S
about
50
boats
and
to
these
are
added
scores
from
other
coast
Phone
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392
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region
and
the
Innumerabl
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PLANT,
PROCESSING
ROOM
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AND
FISH
PLANT
-
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ON
ROCHDALE
CO-OPERATIVE
Q
jsoeiulion
Owns
COLD
STORAGE
DATE
ICE
PLANT
IT
PAYS
TO
CO-OPERATE
Multi-Million
Dollar
Industry:
Built
by
the
effort
and
money
of
the
fishermen
Owned
and
operated
by
tne
fishermen
Pride
of
ownership
and
full
benefit
to
fishermen
MEMBERSHIP
OVER
2500
ANNUAL
PAYROLL
$400,000.00
ANNUAL
BUSINESS
$3,750,000.00
'4nt
EIGHT
FISH
CAMPS
PRINCIPLES
DEMOCRATIC
CONTROL-ONE
MEMBER,
ONE
VOTE
LIMITED
FIXED
INTEREST
ON
'SHARE
CAPITAL
MERCHANDISING
AT
PREVAILING
.
MARKET
PRICES
NO
RACIAL
OR
RELIGIOUS
DISCRIMINATION
'
PROCESSING
PLANT
.
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PACKERS
Jal
STORE
(Stock
$150,000,00)
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A
RESTAURANT
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PRINCE
RUPERT'S
ANNUAL
HARBQB.,
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4
CLASSIC
isik
Every
Success
to
Civic
Centre
Carnival
and
Port
Day
(Thurs.
Aug.
26)