tales-of-Fogo-Island

There were thirteen stores on the premises of Earle and Sons CompanyLimited in Joe Batt's Arm. The large building to the left is the cod liver oilfactory. The two storey building to the right is a utility store and a salt shedcombined. Notice also the trolley track leading up to the photographer, whowas standing in the door of the fish store. The trolley could carry two quintalsof fish (224 lbs). The wooden 'A' frame on the wharf is a 'beam and jig' amachine for weighing fish into quintals. Notice the culling boards along thewharf and the man walking along with a hand-barrow under his arm. Thebarrels on the wharf are filled with refined, 'Number One' cod liver oil.Workers could expect to get thirteen cents per hour for yaffling fish or helpingon the wharf. The men carrying hand-barrows would usually get fifteen centsper hour. Most of the men working at the wharf worked ten hours per day."MV Stauer" at Earle and Sons Company Limited, Fogo.Ships from all over the world came to Newfoundland to collect salt cod andfish oils. Vessels from Portugal, Spain and Italy often came to Fogo Island inthe late summer and fall of the year.Schooners at Joe Batt's Arm Fish Plant.