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Alaska canneries the Sitkoh Bay plant was sold to George T. Myers & 

 Co., while the Orca plant was leased to Capt. Omar J. Humphreys, 

 from whom the Northwestern Fisheries Co. later on secured it. 



The San Juan Fishing; & Packing; Co., of Seattle, estahhshed a 

 cannery and cold-storage plant in 1901 at Taku Harbor, a small bay 

 on the mainland a short distance south of Taku Inlet, and made a 

 pack the same year. This plant was purchased in 1903 by the 

 Pacific Cold Storage Co. and operated by it in 1903, 1904, and 1905. 

 In 1906 it was leased and operated by the Taku- Alaska Packing Co. 

 From 1907 to 1911 the plant was leased and operated by John L. 

 Carlson & Co. In 1911 the plant was purchased by Mr. Carlson and 

 the name changed to the Taku Canning & Cold Storage Co., under 

 which name it has been operated each year since. In 1918 it was 

 purchased by Libby, McNeill & Libby, who have operated it since. 



In 1901 the Chatham Straits Packing Co. built a cannery on Sitkoh 

 Bay, Chichagof Island. The same year this cannery became a part of 

 the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. Upon the dissolution of the 

 latter, early in 1905, this plant was purchased by George T. Myers & 

 Co., which company has operated it to date without a break. 



In 1901 F. C. Barnes, of Portland, Oreg., built a cannery at Lake 

 Bay, on the east side of Prince of Wales Island, and made a pack that 

 season. This cannery was operated in 1902, but w^as closed in 1903. 

 It was reopened in 1904, and operated each season after that. In 

 1910 it was incorporated under the name of F. C. Barnes Co. 



In 1901 the Union Packing Co., organized in Tacoma, Wash., built 

 a cannery on Kell Bay, an arm of Affleck Canal, on the southern side 

 of Kuiu Island. In" 1904 this plant was moved to the Kvichak 

 River in Bering Sea. 



In 1902 the Kasaan Bay Co. built a cannery on the north side of 

 Kasaan Bay, Prince of Wales Island, and made a pack the same year. 

 It was shut down in 1904 and 1905, but reopened in 1906 by Gorman 

 & Co., of Seattle, who had purchased control of the company. Shortly 

 after the closing of the packing season the plant burned down, but it 

 was rebuilt in time to operate the following season. In 1909 the plant 

 was closed, but w^as reopened in 1910. On September 12 of that year 

 the plant was again destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in time to operate 

 the following season. On October 29, 1911, the plant was once 

 more destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt in time to operate in 1912. 

 In 1915 the plant was purchased by the Anacortes Fisheries Co., a 

 subsidiary of the Booth Fisheries Co., who operated it each year until 

 the close of 1920. In 1921 the Anacortes Fisheries Co. was dissolved 

 and its canneries were transferred to the Northwestern Fisheries 

 Co., also a subsidiary of the Booth Fisheries Co. The Kasaan plant 

 was closed that year but has been operated each year since. 



In 1902 the Alaska Fish & Lumber Co. built a cannery at Shakan, 

 on Kosciusko Island, near the head of Prince of Wales Island, and 

 made a pack the same year. It was shut down in 1904. In 1905 the 

 property was taken over by the Shakan Salmon Co., a new company 

 composed largely of members of the old corporation, who operated it 

 that season. In 1906 Gorman & Co., of wSeattle, obtained control of 

 this cannery and operated it each season under the name of the Sha- 

 kan Salmon Co. until 1915, when it was sold to the Anacortes Fish- 

 eries Co., a subsidiary of the Booth Fisheries Co. The plant was 

 idle in 1921 and 1922, but has been operated each year since by the 

 Northwestern Fisheries Co. 



