48 TJ. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



In 1919 the Northwestern Fisheries Co. did not operate its Santa 

 Ana, Hunter Bay, and Roe Point canneries, while the Anacortes 

 Fisheries Co. shut down its Shakan cannery. Other canneries which 

 did not operate were the following: Craig cannery, of Columbia 

 Salmon Co.; T. E. P. Keegan, Douglas. 



At one time salteries were of considerable importance in this sec- 

 tion, but the establishment of canneries, with the consequent heavy 

 demand for fresh salmon, induced most of the salteries to sell their 

 high-grade fish to the canneries and pack only the cheaper grades. 

 Many of them quit the business as a result of the competition, while 

 others were forced out by the low prices prevailing at times for salted 

 salmon. As many of the salters moved from place to place, and fre- 

 quently changed their operating name, it has been difficult to keep 

 track of them, and in this review only those are listed who attained to 

 some prominence either through longevity or largeness of pack. 



James Millar, one of the earliest whites to take up his residence here 

 after the purchase of Alaska, and his sons were very active in starting 

 and operating salteries, and it was an unusual thing during the period 

 previous to 1910 when one of the family was not operating such a 

 plant. 



Jacob Louth established a saltery on the south arm of Moira Sound 

 about 1900 and operated it for some years. 



John C. Frey established a saltery on Etoline Island in the nineties 

 and ran it until his death in 1904, when John H. Mantle purchased 

 and operated it until aV)out 1910. 



Anderson & King built a saltery on Cholmondeley Sound, Prince of 

 Wales Island, in the nineties. In 1904 it was operated under the 

 name of A. E. King. After Mr. King's death his widow operated it 

 from 1906 to 1909. In 1910 the saltery was purchased by C. A. 

 Burckhardt & Co., who built a cannery on the site and began opera- 

 tions in 1911. In 1912 the name was changed to the Alaska Pacific 

 Fisheries. 



The Alaska Fish & Development Co. built a saltery on Pleasant 

 Bay, Admiralty Island, in 1903, and operated it from' 1903 to 1905. 

 In 1907 it was operated by the Alaska-American Fish Co., but has 

 been closed since. 



Yakutat Bay is the only harbor available for vessels from Cape 

 Spencer to Prince WiUiam Sound. In 1902 C. A. Fredericks & Co., of 

 Seattle; Mulvey & Wilson, of Yakutat; eJewell Fish Co.; and Ankow 

 Fish Co. all established salteries here. While their primary purpose 

 was the salting of herring, considerable salmon was also salted. 

 These plants operated only the one season. 



In 1904 the Yakutat & Southern Railway Co. built a cannery here. 

 This plant is noted for being tlie only one that hauls its fish by railway 

 from the fishing streams to the cannery. The railroad is a little over 

 9 miles in length, and for some years an engine which had seen service 

 on the elevated railroads of New York City and was discarded when 

 the latter were electrified was used. A more modern engine is now in 

 use. The fish are carried in open freight cars. Later this company 

 was purchased by Gorman & Co., and now is the property of Libby, 

 McNeill & Libbey, although operated under the original name. 



