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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  consumer 
  with 
  the 
  least 
  possible 
  delay 
  can 
  not 
  be 
  disregarded, 
  even 
  

   though 
  it 
  may 
  work 
  some 
  hardship 
  upon 
  certain 
  communities 
  that 
  

   would 
  benefit 
  by 
  other 
  methods 
  of 
  handling. 
  If 
  Ketchikan 
  could 
  have 
  

   the 
  advantage 
  of 
  terminal 
  rates 
  for 
  through 
  shipments 
  by 
  way 
  of 
  the 
  

   Grand 
  Trunk 
  Pacific, 
  the 
  problem 
  now 
  confronting 
  the 
  business 
  inter- 
  

   ests 
  of 
  that 
  community 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  easy 
  solution. 
  But 
  looking 
  at 
  

   the 
  matter 
  impartially 
  as 
  a 
  business 
  proposition, 
  it 
  seems 
  rather 
  

   doubtful 
  that 
  an 
  extension 
  of 
  such 
  rates 
  can 
  be 
  expected 
  in 
  the 
  near 
  

   future. 
  If, 
  however, 
  Ketchikan 
  and 
  other 
  towns 
  in 
  Alaska 
  continue 
  

   to 
  offer 
  facilities 
  and 
  inducements 
  to 
  the 
  halibut 
  fishermen 
  as 
  hereto- 
  

   fore, 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  diversion 
  of 
  trade 
  to 
  Prince 
  Rupert 
  will 
  

   assume 
  the 
  extensive 
  or 
  serious 
  proportions 
  predicted 
  by 
  some. 
  

  

  STATISTICAL 
  SUMMARY. 
  

  

  The 
  investment 
  in 
  the 
  halibut 
  fisheries 
  of 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1914 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  $2,744,055, 
  an 
  increase 
  of 
  $384,030 
  over 
  1913. 
  This 
  increase 
  was 
  

   due 
  chiefly 
  to 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  vessels 
  of 
  larger 
  size 
  

   than 
  some 
  of 
  those 
  heretofore 
  engaged. 
  These 
  larger 
  vessels 
  have 
  

   in 
  certain 
  instances 
  supplanted 
  several 
  smaller 
  boats, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   total 
  number 
  of 
  halibut 
  craft 
  is 
  somewhat 
  less 
  in 
  1914 
  than 
  in 
  1913. 
  

   The 
  number 
  of 
  persons 
  engaged 
  in 
  1914 
  was 
  1,406, 
  as 
  against 
  1,256 
  

   in 
  1913. 
  There 
  was 
  also 
  a 
  corresponding 
  increase 
  in 
  the 
  product, 
  

   which 
  in 
  1914 
  totaled 
  14,807,797 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $762,757, 
  as 
  com- 
  

   pared 
  with 
  13,687,784 
  pounds, 
  valued 
  at 
  $571,314, 
  in 
  1913, 
  an 
  increase 
  

   for 
  1914 
  of 
  1,120,013 
  pounds 
  and 
  $191,443 
  in 
  value. 
  The 
  figures 
  

   given 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  tables 
  include 
  all 
  vessels 
  fishing 
  for 
  Alaska 
  

   establishments, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  vessels 
  from 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  operating 
  in 
  

   Alaska 
  waters, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  that 
  catches 
  made 
  in 
  extra- 
  

   territorial 
  waters 
  of 
  Alaska 
  landed 
  directly 
  at 
  Puget 
  Sound 
  ports 
  by 
  

   the 
  fishing 
  vessels 
  are 
  not 
  included. 
  

  

  Investment 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Halibut 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  Items. 
  

  

  Number. 
  

  

  Value. 
  

  

  Fishing 
  vessels, 
  steamer 
  and 
  power. 
  

  

  Tonnage 
  

  

  Outfit 
  

  

  Dories 
  

  

  Apparatus: 
  Trawls 
  and 
  fishing 
  gear. 
  

   Shore 
  and 
  fixed 
  property 
  

  

  146 
  

   4,123 
  

  

  $1,644,700 
  

  

  497 
  

  

  625, 
  100 
  

   25,250 
  

   82,005 
  

  

  367,000 
  

  

  Total 
  I. 
  

  

  I 
  

  

  2,744,055 
  

  

  Persons 
  Engaged 
  in 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Halibut 
  Fisheries 
  in 
  1914. 
  

  

  