. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . eckhouse. Both formsare conunonly cat-rigged. They are employed for general transporta-tion between the oyster stations and to carry oysters to market. A good-sized schooner of unusually light draft has been built by theMorgan Oyster Com[)any ibr oyster work in the bay and has been foundvery eflicient. When the tide goes out and all these craft are left high and dry uponthe tide lands, the workmen, patting on leather-soled rubber boots forwading in the mud, are employed in leveling or otherwise improvingthe surface
. Report of the Commissioner - United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries . eckhouse. Both formsare conunonly cat-rigged. They are employed for general transporta-tion between the oyster stations and to carry oysters to market. A good-sized schooner of unusually light draft has been built by theMorgan Oyster Com[)any ibr oyster work in the bay and has been foundvery eflicient. When the tide goes out and all these craft are left high and dry uponthe tide lands, the workmen, patting on leather-soled rubber boots forwading in the mud, are employed in leveling or otherwise improvingthe surface for oyster bedding. EmploycH.—Usually about 100 men are employed upon the oysterbeds of San Fiancisco Bay, this nuniber being considerably increasedat certain times. They are recruited from the ranks of the sea-goingclass, nearly numerous about the wharves of San Francisco,and are constantly changing, none of them <leveloping into regularoystermen. About DO ])er cent of them are of Scandinavian origin. Report U. S. F. C. 1889 to 1891. (To face p. 358.) Plate Float and Packing-boxes, San Francisco Bay.
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