ALASKA FISHERY AND FUR-SEAL INDUSTRIES^, 1920. 17 



" When several structures or appliances are placed on one line with no navi- 

 gable passage between them they will be considered, for lighting purposes, as 

 one structure." * 



9. That there shall be installed and maintained on the weir, trap, or pound, 

 by and at the expense of the permittee, such additional lights and signals as 

 may be prescribed by Bureau of Lighthouses, Department of Commerce, and 

 that provision shall be made by watchman or otherwise for proper attendance of 

 lights and signals, so that they will at all times be in effective condition. 



10. That this authority is revocable at will by the Secretary of War, and 

 unless otherwise specified in the permit, or luiless previously revoked under 

 paragraph 7 above, shall cease and be null and void. (Date to be specified by 

 the district engineer, not more than five years after date of issuance of permit. ) 



Recommended : 



Lansing H. Beach, 

 Major General^ Chief of Engineers. 

 Approved : 



W. R. ^YlLLIAMS, 



Assistant Secretary of War. 

 ALASKA FISHERY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE. 



Through the cooperation of the Ahi.ska ^lilitary Telegraph & 

 Cable System, information was sent to and posted at frequent in- 

 tervals in the telegraph offices at Wrangell, Petersburg, Craig, Sitka, 

 Juneau, Cordova, and Seward, reporting the price of fresh halibut, 

 sal)lefish, and red rockfish at Ketchikan. At less frequent intervals 

 the price of pickled salmon and herring was also reported. In like 

 manner the Seattle price for the same fresh and pickled fish was 

 reported to those towns and to Ketchikan. This service is under- 

 stood to have been of real value to the fishermen in enabling them to 

 take advantage of tlie best market for their products, and it w^as con- 

 tinued for their benefit. 



INSPECTION OF CANNERIES. 



Canneries in Alaska are sul^ject at all times to inspection by em- 

 ployees of the Ala.ska service of the bureau, but this inspection is 

 limited chiefly to an examination of the fish with reference to the 

 time they have been dead. The inspection also includes the wanton 

 waste of food fish in Alaska, whether at the fishery establishments or 

 on the fi.shing grounds. 



There is also a cannery inspection service authorized by the Na- 

 tional Canners' Association but supported largely if not entirely by 

 the packing companies operating canneries in Alaska or by as many 

 of them as contribute to the maintenance of the service. The plants 

 of companies which do not contril)ute are not inspected by employees 

 of that service. This work is somewhat in its infancy, having been 

 started rather experimentally two years ago chiefly, it is understood, 

 to reduce the fire risk at the canneries, to further provide for satis- 

 factory sanitation at tlie plants, and to promote the general welfare 

 and comfort of employees. The work of this service is no doubt well 

 worth while, although it has no mandatory authority to prevent the 



'Regulations of Departmrnt of Commerce, approved .Tune Ut, 191.'5. 

 r.4777°— 21 2 



