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  A.LASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES 
  IN 
  1914. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  offshore 
  whaling 
  fleet 
  in 
  Arctic 
  

   waters 
  took 
  21 
  bowhead 
  whales 
  and 
  obtained 
  approximately 
  35,000 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  bone, 
  valued 
  at 
  $26,250. 
  These 
  figures 
  are 
  included 
  in 
  

   the 
  general 
  summary 
  of 
  Alaska 
  products. 
  

  

  FERTILIZER 
  AND 
  OILS. 
  

  

  The 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil 
  from 
  fisheries 
  products 
  in 
  

   Alaska 
  was 
  conducted 
  along 
  more 
  extensive 
  lines 
  this 
  year 
  than 
  

   perhaps 
  ever 
  before. 
  The 
  chief 
  impetus 
  to 
  the 
  industry 
  resulted 
  from 
  

   the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  plant 
  by 
  the 
  Fish 
  Canners 
  By-Products 
  Co. 
  

   (Ltd.), 
  at 
  Ward 
  Cove, 
  near 
  Ketchikan, 
  Alaska. 
  The 
  principal 
  work 
  

   of 
  this 
  plant 
  is 
  the 
  utilization 
  of 
  fish 
  offal 
  in 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  oils, 
  

   meal, 
  fertilizer, 
  gjue, 
  and 
  similar 
  products. 
  Active 
  construction 
  of 
  

   the 
  plant 
  began 
  April 
  10 
  and 
  operations 
  in 
  all 
  departments 
  were 
  

   under 
  way 
  by 
  August 
  10. 
  The 
  main 
  factory 
  building 
  is 
  150 
  feet 
  

   long 
  by 
  30 
  feet 
  deep, 
  and 
  various 
  auxiliary 
  buildings 
  of 
  smaller 
  size 
  

   have 
  been 
  provided. 
  The 
  oil-storage 
  capacity 
  consists 
  of 
  six 
  30,000- 
  

   gallon 
  tanks. 
  A 
  complete 
  outfit 
  of 
  machinery 
  designed 
  to 
  the 
  needs 
  

   of 
  the 
  plant 
  was 
  installed; 
  this 
  consists 
  of 
  boilers, 
  engines, 
  hydraulic 
  

   presses, 
  vacuum 
  driers, 
  oil 
  cookers, 
  fillers, 
  metal 
  screens, 
  and 
  auto- 
  

   matic 
  bagging 
  and 
  weighing 
  machines. 
  The 
  floating 
  equipment 
  

   consists 
  of 
  six 
  30-ton 
  scows 
  and 
  three 
  power 
  boats 
  designed 
  especially 
  

   for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  fish 
  offal 
  from 
  canneries. 
  

  

  During 
  the 
  past 
  season, 
  the 
  company 
  collected 
  the 
  offal 
  from 
  eight 
  

   canneries 
  within 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  50 
  miles 
  from 
  Ketchikan, 
  and 
  worked 
  

   up 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  about 
  1,400 
  tons 
  of 
  this 
  material. 
  At 
  each 
  cannery 
  

   special 
  conveyors 
  were 
  constructed 
  at 
  the 
  reduction 
  plant's 
  expense, 
  

   and 
  the 
  material 
  was 
  conveyed 
  into 
  storage 
  tanks. 
  The 
  collection 
  

   of 
  the 
  offal 
  was 
  made 
  daily. 
  Contracts 
  covering 
  varying 
  periods 
  of 
  

   time 
  were 
  entered 
  into 
  with 
  the 
  canneries 
  for 
  the 
  disposal 
  of 
  the 
  offal. 
  

  

  Upon 
  arrival 
  at 
  the 
  reduction 
  works 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  discharged 
  

   from 
  the 
  boats 
  and 
  scows 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  a 
  movable 
  bucket 
  elevator 
  

   having 
  a 
  capacity 
  for 
  mechanically 
  discharging 
  35 
  tons 
  per 
  hour 
  and 
  

   delivering 
  same 
  into 
  storage 
  compartments. 
  From 
  these 
  compart- 
  

   ments 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  elevated 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  factory 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tributed 
  into 
  the 
  cooker 
  reserve 
  tanks; 
  then 
  it 
  is 
  delivered 
  by 
  gravity 
  

   to 
  the 
  cookers, 
  where 
  the 
  substance 
  is 
  cooked 
  by 
  steam. 
  From 
  the 
  

   cookers 
  the 
  mass, 
  after 
  all 
  the 
  liquids 
  have 
  been 
  drained, 
  is 
  discharged 
  

   by 
  gravity 
  to 
  the 
  press 
  storage 
  reserve 
  tanks 
  and 
  thence 
  by 
  gravity 
  

   to 
  the 
  press 
  cars. 
  The 
  presses 
  are 
  operated 
  at 
  about 
  7,000 
  pounds 
  

   to 
  the 
  square 
  inch 
  and 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  then 
  passed 
  to 
  the 
  driers. 
  It 
  

   is 
  next 
  screened 
  and 
  ground 
  until 
  the 
  desired 
  fineness 
  is 
  obtained 
  

   and 
  is 
  cooled, 
  following 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  weighed 
  by 
  an 
  automatic 
  machine 
  

   and 
  made 
  ready 
  for 
  shipment. 
  The 
  liquids 
  coming 
  from 
  the 
  cooker 
  

   and 
  presses 
  are 
  all 
  separately 
  treated 
  in 
  the 
  oil-refining 
  process, 
  the 
  

  

  