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the San Juan Fisliino: & Packin*,^ Co. in 1907 and 1908. This plant 

 burned down just before the lishin*!; season ot" 1916 began but was 

 rebuilt in time to operate in 1917 and bi the seasons since. 



In 1890 George W. Hume, of San Francisco, built a cannery at 

 Kasilof, on the right bank of the river, about half a mile above its 

 mouth. It was operated in 1890, 1891, and 1892. In 1893 it joined 

 the Alaska Packers Association and was consolidated with the plant 

 of the Arctic Fishing Co. 



C. D. Ladd operated a saltery on the left bank and at the mouth of 

 the Chuhtna River, about 6 miles above Tyonek. This saltery was 

 purchased by the Alaska Salmon Association in 1899. The follow- 

 ing spruig it erected a cannery here and made a small pack. It was 

 operated also in 1901 and 1902, and then abandoned. 



In 1907 J. A. Herbert & Co. estabhshed a saltery at Enghsh Bay 

 and operated it until 1910. 



In 1911 the Seldovia Salmon Co. built a cannery at Seldovia and 

 operated it until late in 1915, when the company went into the hands 

 of a receiver. In 1916 it was reopened by the Columbia Salmon Co. 

 In 1917 it w^as bought by the Northwestern Fisheries Co. and oper- 

 ated in tliis and the succeeding year, but was closed in 1919. 



In 1912 the Fidalgo Island Packing Co., which already operated a 

 cannery at Ketchikan, in southeast Alaska, built a cannery at Port 

 Graham, at the lower end of the Kenai Peninsula. A pack was made 

 that year and each year since. 



The same year Libby, McNeill & Libby built a cannery at Kenai 

 and operated that year and each subsequent year. 



In 1915 the Deep Sea Salmon Co., which operates a cannery in 

 southeast Alaska, built a plant near Knilv, on the west side of Cook 

 Inlet, and made a small pack. This plant was abandoned at the end 

 of 1917 and part of the equipment sold to a new plant in southeast 

 Alaska. 



During the last 10 years a number of small canneries have been 

 started in Cook Inlet and have met with indifferent success. Like 

 most of the other sections, the region has been overfished. 



Of recent years considerable salting of salmon has been carried on 

 in Cook Inlet. In 1916 Dr. Knut A. Kyvig, of Anchorage, did some 

 salting at Swanson Creek, Turnagain Arm, under the name of the 

 Kyvig Packing Co. In 1917 the Beluga Whahng Co. salted sahnon at 

 Beluga. In 1918 Dr. Kyvig disposed of his interest in the Kachemak 

 Bay plant to the Kachemak Canning Co. Several plants have been 

 started and operated intermittently since. 



AFOGNAK ISLAND 



Afognak Island lies to the northw^est of Kodiak, and it is separated 

 from it by a narrow strait. 



In 1889 the Royal Packing Co. built a cannery at the head of 

 Afognak Bay and operated it in 1889 and 1890. It became a mem- 

 ber of the Alaska Packers Association in 1893. It has not been 

 operated since 1892. 



The Russian-American Pacldng Co. in 1889 built a cannery imme- 

 diately above that of the Royal. It was operated in 1889 and 1890. 

 In 1893 it became a member of the Alaska Packers Association. It 

 has not been operated since 1890. 



