248 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



In 1892 Capt. John C. Callbreath, manager of the Point ElHs 

 cannery on Kuiu Island, operated a small hatchery on the left bank 

 of Kutlakoo stream. It was a very primitive place, and an excep- 

 tionally hi^h tide destroyed the whole plant in September. It was 

 never rebuilt. 



Capt. Callbreath, however, after seeing to the operation of the 

 hatchery, had returned to Wrangell during the summer, where his 

 attention was again attracted to hatchery work, and in the fall of 

 1892 he built a small hatchery on Jadjeska stream, Etolin Island, 

 about 200 yards from its mouth. The stream is about one-half mile 

 in length and is the outlet of a small lake. Finding the location 

 unsuitable. Capt. Callbreath removed the hatchery in 1898 to the 

 northern side of the lake, about three-eighths of a mile from the head 

 of the outlet, where it still stands. The owner's ihtention was to 

 build up a stream which had a small natural run of red salmon until 

 i' had a large run, with the hope that the Government would then 

 give him the exclusive right to take these fish from the str^'am for 

 commercial purposes. The experiment was kept up until the end of 

 the season of 1905, when Capt. Callbreath's failing eyesight compelled 

 the cessation of the actual hatching. Until 1910 a man was stationed 

 on the stream during the run of spawning iish for the purpose of lift- 

 ing them over the dam, so that they could reach the spawning beds 

 at the head of the lake, and the project was abandoned entirely 

 shortly thereafter. The owner's expectation of a big run as a result 

 of hatching operations was never realized. 



In 1896 the Baranof Packing Co., which operated a cannery on 

 Redfish Bay, on the western coast of Baranof Island, built a small 

 hatchery on the lake at the head of Redfish stream. The following 

 winter was so cold that not only the Hume but the whole cataract 

 froze solid, and as the hatchery was thus left without water the eggs 

 were put into the lake and left to their fate and the hatchery closed 

 down permanently. 



In 1897 the North Pacific Trading & Packing Co., at Klawak, 

 Prince of Wales Island, established a hatchery near the head of 

 Klawak stream, close to Klawak Lake. In 1898 the plant was moved 

 to the mouth of a small stream entering the lake about halfway up 

 the western shore. This hatchery was operated continuously until 

 the end of 1917, since when it has been shut down. In 1909 the 

 North Alaska Salmon Co. acquired a half interest in it, which it 

 relinquished to the original owners a few years later. 



The Pacific Steam Whaling (b. in 1898 erected a small hatchery 

 on Iletta Lake, on the west side of Prince of Wales Island, which 

 was operated until the close of the hatching season of 1903-4, when 

 the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co., successor to the original 

 owner, went into the hands of a receiver. In 1907 it was reopened 

 by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., which had acquired the interests 

 oi the old company, and has been operated each season since, with 

 the exception of 1919. 



Up to 1900 the work of hatching salmon was entirely voluntary 

 on the part of the packers. On May 2 of that year the following 

 regulation was promulgated at the Treasury Department, which at 

 that time had control of the Alaska salmon-inspection service: 



7. Each person, company, or corporation taking salmon in Alaskan waters shall 

 establish and conduct, at or near the fisheries operated by him or them, a suitable 



