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bunch-up, and many can be caught when they strike [[strikethrough]]in[[/strikethrough]] in August^[[;]] they average 50 lbs.  There are no large banks, as has^[[ve]] been reported; but there is one fishing-spot 15 miles SWxS from the bar, and another 16 miles W.
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     Interview with Mr. Maiden, manager of the cold-storage plant: The building itself is about 30x30 feet; the sharp-freezing room is about 10x14feet, with a capacity of perhaps 6000 lbs; the cold-storage room is 15x15x12 feet; a Fairbanks-Morse gas-engine of 15 H. P. has been installed.
     Mr. Maiden contemplates buying the [[underline]]Daisy[[/underline]] for $5000.00; the boat has not done much in deep water, but he thought she might do well, with a good man in command.
     Boats can get in and out of the harbor without any trouble, during six months of the year, ^[[but really any kind of bad weather makes the bar impassable.]]
     During the summer, the fish are inside, in the shoal-water, and as many as 70 in one day have been caught with hand-lines.
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     The "Ollie S.", Captain Carner, will be ready in about ten days; Capt. Carner takes out parties, for which he charges at the rate of $1.00 per diem for each person.  He is considered a good fisherman, but in my opinion he does not know the least thing about the business; this makes no difference, however, as there are not fish enough to supply the local market.
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     The "Bender"^[[Bandon?]] is a steam schooner, drawing 14 feet;capacity 500,000 feet of lumber.