52 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
1918 was $1,362,957, as against $862,399 in 1917, an increase of 
$500,558. The number of persons employed increased from 509 
in 1917 to 815 in 1918. 
Alaska produced 56,890 barrels of pickled salmon in 1918, as against 
36,390 barrels in 1917. The value of the pack was $1,079,881, an 
increase over 1917 of $489,384. 
The following operators put up considerable quantities of pickled 
salmon, though in some instances such work was incidental to other 
more important activities,in which event the latter would govern 
the classification of the plant elsewhere in this report: 
Southeastern Alaska: 
Beauclare Paging Cox. 62s. eel ein Bet es da eee eae Port Beauclare. 
Hy Beromnaneeces ao 32 eS. See as eee. on: aoe Ue eee Ketchikan. 
Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co............------- Wrangell. 
IbisianiekegP ae Kimo onc tne eee entrees ee eee ee es eae Lisianski Strait. 
wontherm Alaska Canning O02. 20 -. cre). . eae ccc cease nee Fanshaw. 
Vendsyssel PackineCo-me tones eee oe ee oo tee oe ae Lycee. 
We 1H: Barrineton=. sac ei es ee As See Wrangell. 
Republic Hisheries: Co o25 rep Se ee od a ee Tebenkoff Bay. 
"Prout BIsherics C0. oo oe oe ee oe ek ae Se ee re Ketchikan. 
Central Alaska: 
Northern Pusheries: (ine.)2 25 S23 26 3 eee Se as cee So ere Kodiak. 
‘Allaskay Codfishi@ossssent iw eres Skee. ee as Se pe Unga. 
ine, Wish..o:. Packing @ oe 2286. p i Sock ee ee acide oe eee Sheep Point. 
Port Gravina Wishing Co...) nc... en see ae ee ace? ae 
. . rzinski Bay. 
Shumegm Peckine 00. c 2 enc) BA Fd ea ee ee {Baane Hiei 
KacheniakSaltery& Cannine Co: 222202298 ee ae Swanson Creek. 
Weds Rierel 25 oo cccc octet cas cee tee being eee eee Uyak. 
Western Alaska: 
‘Alaska Salmon C022 a. 2. fot Soe reer oe eee ee eer Kvichak. 
Alaska Mishing Gost 268. 252k 4s20 0s 22 oe See Genome Dutch Harbor. 
Reicha 
ae <vichak. 
Alaska, Packers Association. 2125-2 so. eco. sete eS 2 3 ses. ee Naicnelc! 
Nushagak. 
Bristol Bay Packing Coi5* sc 2st oo es a Se Koggiung. 
Golden Gate SalmoniGo. 220. nes <ciee2- gs so er ee ee Kvichak. 
Igushik. 
hibbye, Me New wLip py]. s-20 2s. toi ys ene eee Koggiung. 
Lockanok. 
NaknelkePaclhaigGo: 63. oF 7c yee st oese bie csciat sie fe tee eee Naknek. 
Peter M, Nels On od... setter ene bs ant pe Beep ese Lerma ee eee Kvichak. 
Red salmon Canning Co-. -.cccc8 scene eo toe ec ee eee oe Ugashik. 
The only reported losses of property and products in the salmon- 
pickling industry occurred in central and western Alaska and aggre- 
gated $100,548. The losses in the central district were boats valued 
at $10,370; buildings and wharves, $900; fishing gear, $6,878; and 
pickled salmon, $4,000; or a total of $22,148. All the losses in the 
western district were sustained by Peter M. Nelson at the Kvichak 
saltery, and consisted of 3,300 barrels of pickled salmon, valued at 
$75,900, and damages to the wharf of $2,500. 
