50 PACIFIC SALMON FISHERIES. 
Revilla Fish Products Co., Ketchikan; Sanborn-Cram Co., Burnett 
Inlet; Starr-Collinson Packing Co., Moira Sound; Sunny Point Packing 
Co., Cholmondeley Sound; Swift, Arthur & Co., Heceta Island; Walsh- 
Moore Canning Co., Ward Cove, and Wiese Packing Co., Rose Inlet. 
In 1913 the plant of Swift, Arthur & Co. was used as a mild-cure 
station alone, while the name was changed to the Swift-Arthur- 
Crosby Co. The Alaska Fish Co. absorbed the Oceanic Packing Co. 
and transferred its activities to the former company’s cannery at 
Waterfall. The following other plants were shut down: Canoe Pass 
Packing Co., Herbert Hume Packing Co., Point Warde Packing Co., 
and the Revilla Fish Products Co. 
In 1914 one new cannery was built. This was erected on George 
Inlet, Revillagigedo Island, by the George Inlet Packing Co. The 
canneries of the Point Warde Packing Co., located at Point Warde, 
and the G. W. Hume Packing Co. (formerly the Herbert Hume 
Packing Co.), at Nakat Inlet, which were not operated in 1913, were 
reopened in 1914. The cannery of the Swift-Arthur-Crosby Co. was 
also reopened. The Walsh-Moore Canning Co. changed its name to 
the Ward Cove Packing Co., while the Sanborn-Cutting Co. took over 
the cannery operated by the Kake Packing Co. The canneries of the 
Admiralty Trading Co. and the Skowl] Arm Packing Co. were closed in 
1914. The plant of the Kuiu Island Packing Co. burned down in the 
fall. 
In 1915 the Admiralty Trading Co. did not operate. Late in the 
summer it was sold to the Hoonah Packing Co., which company 
expects to operate it in 1916. The new canneries this year were the 
Doyhof Fish Products Co., at Doyhof, on Wrangell Narrows, and 
Edward Verney & Son (a hand plant), at Metlakahtla. The name of 
the Irving Packing Co. was changed to the Karheen Packing Co. 
The Straits Packing Co. purchased the Skowl Arm cannery of the 
Skowl Arm Packing Co. and operated it. 
At one time salteries were of considerable importance in this sec- 
tion, but the establishment of canneries, with the consequent heavy 
demand for fresh salmon, induced most of the salteries to sell their 
high-grade fish to the canneries and pack only the cheaper grades. 
Many of them quit the business as a result of the competition, while 
others were forced out by the low prices prevailing at times for salted 
salmon. As many of the salters moved from place to place, and fre- 
quently changed their operating name, it has been difficult to keep 
track of them, and in this review only those are listed who attained to 
some prominence either through longevity or largeness of pack. 
James Millar, one of the earliest whites to take up his residence here 
after the purchase of Alaska, and his sons were very active in starting 
and operating salteries, and it was an unusual thing during the period 
previous to 1910 when one of the family was not operating such a 
plant. 
