50 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
Other losses in western Alaska consisted chiefly of miscellaneous 
fishing gear, small boats, supplies, and fish, and damages to buildings. 
The Everett Packing Co. at Herendeen Bay lost $6,000 worth of 
canned salmon, while its cannery buildings were damaged to the 
extent of $5,000. Libby, McNeill & Libby lost a scow load of sup- 
plies valued at $25,469 and a scow load of fresh salmon worth $14,239. 
Two small boats, valued at $1,275, and miscellaneous fishing gear, 
worth $9,454, constitute the remaining losses of the western district. 
The total losses in western Alaska amounted to $139,297, of which 
$106,277 was sustained by Libby, McNeill & Libby. 
The total losses in central Alaska aggregated $15,452, consisting 
of small boats, scows, skiffs, and a small quantity of fishing gear. 
In southeastern Alaska the two major losses were cannery tenders, 
one of which, the J/waco, 41 tons net, belonged to the Alaska Herring 
& Sardine Co. and was valued at $30,000; the other was owned by the 
F.C. Barnes Co. and was valued at $15,000. ‘The other losses of the 
district were small boats valued at $6,225; fishing gear, $2,004; 
miscellaneous small buildings, $16,407, and fishery products $2,760. 
The losses in southeastern Alaska reached a total value of $72,396. 
In the salmon-canning industry of Alaska there occurred a loss of 
12 lives. In southeastern Alaska 1 fisherman was drowned and 4 
shoresmen were accidentally killed; in central Alaska, 2 fishermen 
were drowned, while 1 shoresman was accidentally killed; in western 
Alaska, 1 fisherman was drowned and 3 shoresmen killed. 
No disastrous fires occurred during the year, and had it not been 
for the extraordinary conditions on Bristol Bay the losses in the 
salmon-canning industry would have been extremely small. As it 
was, the losses reported for the whole of Alaska amounted to $227,145. 
MILD CURING OF SALMON. 
The mild-cured salmon industry in Alaska shows a slight increase 
in production in 1918 over that of 1917. The pack in 1918 was 3,948 
tierces as compared with 3,563 in 1917; all but 40 tierces of the 1918 
pack came from southeastern Alaska. 
The total number of mild-curers was 17, of which the operations of 
10 were incidental to other business, chiefly salmon canning. Those 
whose business was primarily mild curing are as follows: 
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Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co.........-------.-- Wrangell. 
PE Re Thompsons 4 23 ei < o: 2 ne aimie We aera te era ee Ketchikan. 
Panama Pacific Commercial, Co. 2... 55 ota sense rae er = ieee Sitka Hot Springs. 
IM; D: Dahl & Co. 2s) epee sec cae s = See ee eee ae a mae re Floating plant. 
Minor losses of buildings and wharves valued at $8,000 and fishing 
gear valued at $4,000 occurred in connection with the mild-cure 
industry in southeastern Alaska. 
