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and the machinery consoHdated, so as to form practically one large 

 cannery. 



In the spring of 1896 Hume Bros. & Hume built a cannery on the 

 eastern side of Anchorage Bay and made a pack that year and in 

 1897. 



The same spring the Pacific Steam Whaling Co. built a cannery 

 one-fourth of a mile south of the Hume cannery, and made a pack 

 that year and in 1897. In 1901 this plant, also that of Hume Bros. 

 & Hume, became part of the Pacific Packing & Navigation Co. The 

 failure of this company in 1904 threw its properties onto the market 

 and most of them, including the two Chignik canneries, were pur- 

 chased by the Northwestern Fisheries Co., which in 1905 shut down 

 the Hume Bros. & Hume plant for good and has operated the other 

 plant ever since. 



In 1910 the Columbia River Packers Association built and operated 

 a cannery on Anchorage Bay, and has operated it every year since. 



The three companies operating here have an amicable agreement 

 under which they each operate the same number of traps and divide 

 equally the salmon caught. 



ALASKA PENINSULA, SOUTH SIDE 



Orzenoy. — In 1889 a cannery, under the title of the Western 

 Alaska Packing Co., was built at Orzenoy, on the western side of 

 Stepovak Bay, south side of the Alaska Peninsula. It packed that 

 year and in 1890, but the fish were so scarce that the cannery was 

 dismantled in 1891 and the site abandoned. 



Nothing was done with it for some years, but about 1905 Bostrop 

 Omundsen located there and established a saltery. In the winter of 

 1912-13 August Lindquist purchased a half interest in the plant and 

 it was operated under their joint names until the death of the sen- 

 ior partner in the fall of 1915; since then it has been operated by 

 Lindquist alone. 



Thin Point. — Thin Point is on the southern side of the Alaska 

 Peninsula, near its extreme western end. A saltery was operated 

 here for several years, until the Thin Point Pacldng Co. was organized 

 by Louis Sloss & Co., of San Francisco, and the cannery was built 

 in 1889. It was operated in 1889, 1890, and 1891, and was closed 

 after that date. In 1890 the cannery ship Oneida, en route for this 

 place, struck on the Sannaks in April and nearly all of the 77 Chinese 

 on board were lost. In 1893 the plant became a member of the 

 Alaska Packers Association. In 1894 the cannery was moved to the 

 Naknek River, in Bering Sea, and became a part of the cannery of 

 the Arctic Packing Co. 



The Alaska Packers Association operated a saltery at Thin Point 

 in 1894, 1895, and 1896, and then abandoned the place. 



The cannery of the Ceuural Alaska Co. was moved in 1890 from 

 Little Kayak Island, near Katalla, to Thin Point. It operated 

 during 1890 and 1891, was closed in 1892, and in 1893 joined the 

 Alaska Packers Association, but was no longer operated. In 1895 

 the available machinery was moved to Koggiung, on the Kvichak 

 River, in Bering Sea. 



In 1908 Osmund & Andersen established a salterv at Thin Point 

 and operated it in 1908, 1909, and 1910. 



