49 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1916. 
Western Alaska—Bering Sea Packing Co., Herendeen Bay; Pacific 
American Fisheries, Unalaska Island; Red Salmon Canning Co., 
Naknek; and the Alaska Fishermen’s Packing Co., on Kvichak Bay, 
the plant of the latter having been rebuilt to replace the one destroyed 
by fire before the beginning of operations in 1915. 
The cannery at Gambier Bay, acquired in 1915 by the Hoonah 
Packing Co., but closed in 1914 and 1915, was operated in 1916. 
This apparent gain of one more cannery for 1916 was offset by the 
loss of the cannery of the Northwestern Fisheries Co., at Kenai, 
which was destroyed by fire before operations began, thus making a 
net increase of 15 canneries over 1915. As the cannery of the Met- 
lakatla Industrial Co. was not operated in 1915 and was burned 
before canning began in 1916, it is not counted in the foregoing 
categories, thus the net increase is not affected by its omission. 
The G. W. Hume Co. made a small pack of salmon before its plant 
was destroyed by fire, and therefore it is counted as having operated 
in 1916. At Metlakatla, Edward Verney & Son packed by hand about 
200 cases of salmon. This plant is not included in the list of canneries. 
CHANGES IN CANNERIES. 
The Seldovia Salmon Co. discontinued business by the sale of its 
cannery at bankruptcy proceedings held in Seattle in March, 1916. 
The Columbia Salmon Co. was incorporated to take over and operate 
the cannery in 1916. The four canneries of the North Alaska Salmon 
Co. in western Alaska were acquired by Libby, McNeill & Libby. 
No change occurred in respect to the cannery of the St. Elias Packing 
Co., at Dry Bay, which, as for several seasons past, was not operated 
a 1916.°. 
CANNERIES OPERATED IN 1916. 
During the year 1916 there were 54 canneries in operation in south- 
east Alaska, 19 in central Alaska, and 27 in western Alaska—a total 
of 100 canneries for the Territory. 
COMPANIES CANNING SALMON IN ALASKA, NUMBER AND LOCATION OF CANNERIES 
OPERATED, AND NUMBER OF Pounp Nets OwNneEpD BY FAcH. 
Names. wee Location. poate 
Southeast Alaska: 
Alaska Fish Co........- odes eh Ue el Pes ACE 14) Wateriallss. .ccsei24. 2 3 eee 1 
Chilk00t <0 oe aan =e a8 
Alaska Pacific Fisheries: 2.25.00 52.52 4204... S26 2c06 3:44 Chomlyw3 25 $2525. 6 eee eee b8 
WS BAY. <eeiac one =e 7 8 
Alaska Packers Association............2.-2-20+e+0+- 2 (Wrangell. BAS ie Ee on 
Alaska Sanitary Packing Co............---2-..-.--- atiieeees GOr.. 2. cke5 este ee 5 
Anacortes Fisheries Co.........2....-+e0eeeeeeeeeee- 2 (Ginter ita se : 
Astoria & Puget Sound Canning Co................- 1 | Excursion Inlet =) Sace=- ae 5 
Auk Bay Salmon Canning Co.............-..-.----- 1 |pAvake Bay: sites See 1 
Barness BC. COp mice sons an ao kee See ee ene 1] Lake Bays: .tspse ce asc atone f4 
@2 floating. ec All floating. e5 floating. 
b4 floating. @ 6 floating. J 1 floating. 
