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and equipped vvdth one line of macliines, but operations were not 

 resumed. 



The Pinnacle Rock Packing Co., also a new concern, erected some 

 small buildings at Boswell Bay and made other preparations for 

 canning clams. Operations, however, were not commenced. The 

 Kadiak Fisheries Co. packed a few cases of butter clams at Kodiak, 

 and a few were also packed in southeast Alaska at vSitka by the Sitka 

 Packing Co. 



This industry shows an investment of S294,987, which is a gain of 

 .1137,044 over 1916. It gave employment to 226 persons, as com- 

 pared with 78 in 1916. A total of 74,515 cases were packed, as 

 against 10,093 cases in 1916. The value of the clam products was 

 S274,036, as compared with S35,622 in 1916, an increase of $238,414 

 for 1917. 



Investment in the Clam-Canning Industry in Alaska in 1917. 



Persons Engaged in the Clam-Canning Industry in Alaska in 1917. 



Products of Clam Canneries in Alaska in 1917. 



Clams: 



^pound flat cans (48 per case) 

 1-pound tall cans (48 per case) 

 2-pound tall cans (24 per case) 



Clam juice: 



2-pound tall cans , 



10-pound tall cans 



Total 



$100,257 



165,410 



6,534 



« Includes 10 cases packed in southeast Alaska. 



