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and equipped with one line of machines, but operations were not 

 resumed. 



The Pinnacle Rock Packing Co., also a new concern, erected some 

 small buildings at Boswell Bay and made other preparations for 

 canning clams. Operations, however, were not commenced. The 

 Kadiak Fisheries Co. packed a few cases of butter clams at Kodiak, 

 and a few were also packed in southeast Alaska at Sitka by the Sitka 

 Packing Co. 



This industry shows an investment of S294,987, which is a gain of 

 S137,044 over 1916. It gave employment to 226 persons, as com- 

 pared with 78 in 1916. A total of 74,515 cases were packed, as 

 against 10,093 cases in 1916. The value of the clam products was 

 S274,036, as compared with $35,622 in 1916, an increase of $238,414 

 for 1917. 



Investment in the Clam-Canning Industry in Alaska in 1917. 



Canneries operated 



Working capital 



Wages paid 



Vessels: 



Over 5 tons, power 



Tonnase 



Launches under 5 tuns . 

 Row boats and skiffs . . . 

 Scows 



Total . 



Items. 



Number. 



Value. 



$51,242 



126, 850 

 97,200 



6, 580 



7,493 



4,708 



908 



Persons Engaged in the Clam-Canning Industry in Alaska in 1917. 



Occupations and race. 



Number. 



Diggers: Whites 



Shoresmen: Whites. . 

 Transporters: Whites 



Total 



158 

 65 

 3 



226 



Products of Clam Canneries in Alaska in 1917. 



Products. 



Number 

 cases. 



Value. 



Clams: 



J-pound flat cans (48 per case) 

 1-pound tall cans (48 per case) 

 2-pound tall cans (24 per case) 



Clam juice: 



2-pound tall cans 



10-pound tall cans 



Total 



30, 827 



a 41, 087 



1,867 



682 

 52 



74,515 



$100, 257 



165, 410 



6,534 



1,705 

 130 



274,036 



» Includes 10 cases packed in southeast Alaska. 



