52 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1918. 
1918 was $1,362,957, as against $862,399 in 1917, an increase of 
$500,558. The number of persons employed increased from 509 
in 1917 to 815 in 1918. 
Alaska produced 56,890 barrels of pickled salmon in 1918, as against 
36,390 barrels in 1917. The value of the pack was $1,079,881, an 
increase over 1917 of $489,384. 
The following operators put up considerable quantities of pickled 
salmon, though in some instances such work was incidental to other 
more important activities,in which event the latter would govern 
the classification of the plant elsewhere in this report: 
Southeastern Alaska: 
Bearclate (Packme Cpe. 22... cacao « he en enna Port Beauclare. 
Hp Berean ast. Sere. oi Bee ee os See ee ean ee eee Ketchikan. 
Columbia & Northern Fishing & Packing Co............--..--- Wrangell. 
istusua Packing Oe. 2.20 5c 26:5 JeEe TRE LAHORE NET Lisianski Strait. 
southern Alaska Canning Go. 2.226. - << finns wae eee ee Fanshaw. 
Wendsyesel Packgnee Oo: fff 9s0 SiS oe Se ee eee Tyee. 
W4d, Barrington te sali eaits hk. 22.00) Meee Pe See Wrangell. 
Republic Wisheries'\Co....3) e725. 2 22307. ese See ee Tebenkoff Bay. 
POMS PISBOTICS OOS 655 oe Soe tae ale ee i eee Ketchikan. 
Central Alaska: 
Northern Fisheries (ines yis 2220 oe dees eee eee eis ee Kodiak. 
Alaska, Codfish:Co-tuuec! eo ee a, Se eee ee eee Unga. 
Obi Fish & Packing Gog. +3. tue Stage ety eae? pe Sheep Point. 
Port Graving Hasnine We. a oct oe Dine ao Set ts See ats ee 
: : rzinski Bay. 
Shumagin Packing Co Se A ge ae Pe eat pany, eg ge ans ee edie” geet ey {sous Harbor. 
Kachemak Saltery ‘&'Canning Co:: 2.2! S200 22.5 22 Se Swanson Creek. 
Wick. Saeed cece ee ens Paes as teehee. Be eee Uyak. 
Western Alaska: 
vie S25 0 TCO 0 mM ee aa PNRM acs Ra, Ae Kvichak. 
PIS SHIM OOO es oo Poses SL, Chaos See ae eee Dutch Harbor. 
Kviehak 
er vichak. 
Alaska Packers Associaiion:: 266.821. 220 een st eon sabes Neienele 
Nushagak. 
Drisinl Bay Packing: Coatio. £09: cere ot ee ae Koggiung. 
Golden Gate. Salmon 0034.5 2c 2 6 8 Se eer Kvichak. 
Igushik. 
Thy. Neer) te Wy ee een. eee ee on ae Koggiung. 
Lockanok. 
Naknek Packing Got 122. 28124552. 5 Sh cca wis road hee Naknek. 
Peter M. Nelsen 5...4.0.. dietnicto cele nite st Eee etn Kvichak. 
Bed Salmon Cnannane 00s. 8 Seen. - ho alnee ood ne ie Ugashik. 
The only reported losses of property and products in the salmon- 
pickling industry occurred in central and western Alaska and aggre- 
gated $100,548. The losses in the central district were boats valued 
at $10,370; buildings and wharves, $900; fishing gear, $6,878; and 
pickled salmon, $4,000; or a total of $22,148. All the losses in the 
western district were sustained by Peter M. Nelson at the Kvichak 
saltery, and consisted of 3,300 barrels of pickled salmon, valued at 
$75,900, and damages to the wharf of $2,500. 
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