38 ALASKA FISHERIES AND FUR INDUSTRIES IN 1915. 
OvutruT oF CANNED Satmon, 1909 To 1915.4 
Products. 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 Total. 
Coho, or silver: Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. Cases. 
J-pound fats... |. teens 163 1,574 2,719 3, 587 4,579 2, 050 14, 672 
1-pound flat.....-. 1, 206 2, 249 1, 075 17 266 285 2, 338 7, 436 
1-pound tall...... 55,350 | 111,614 | 131,259 | 163, 462 71,926 | 152,199 | 119, 880 805, 690 
Motalrceeeete 56,556 | 114,026 | 133,908} 166,198| 75,779 | 157,063 | 124,268] 827,798 
Chum, or keta: 
pound! fate . ..|-.2 Bee. ls sae eee doce eceeeer 2, 795 985 CYA RBeeo eee: 4,153 
1_pound flatts so. |oseeeee ee |ecese eee Ueto |eaeceeace 2,619 5, 568 317 15, 749 
1-pound tall....-- 120,712 | 254,218 | 316,550 | 661,838 | 287,314 | 657,918 | 479,629 | 2,778,179 
Total...........| 120,712 | 254,218 | 323,795 | 664,633 | 290,918 | 663,859 | 479,946 | 2, 798, 081 
Humpback, or pink: | 
P poundeflatesas | _seeeeee 3, 188 4,836 | 13,712] 20,822 2, 103 4, 325 48, 986 
f pound ate | eee 7, 900 Ng Bien eaeak ae 3, 258 9) 286 3, 508 33, 389 
1-pound tall...... 464, 873 | 543,233 | 991,005 |1, 266, 426 |1,348, 801 | 974, 660 |1, 867, 683 | 7, 456, 681 
Tovalise se 464, 873 | 554,321 |1, 005, 278 |1, 280,138 |1,372, 881 | 986, 049 |1, 875, 516 | 7, 539, 056 
King, or spring: | 
Fpoundiflatiss- 6 5| eee 54 67 5, 151 1, 585 3, 143 2, 404 12, 404 
1-pound) fate sss. -|asteccec ea las 2 eee | eee cae ei ieee eee | Sets ates 4, 804 3, 755 8, 559 
1-pound tall......] 48,034] 40,167 | 45,451 | 38,166] 32,785 | 40,092] 82,092] 326,787 
Tovals. 2-2. a6) 148034 40, 221 45, 518 43, 317 34, 370 48, 039 88, 251 347,750 
Red, or sockeye: 
i-pound fiat...... 8,193 | 22,320] 13,601 | 28,024] 29,041] 53,825] 52,033] 207,037 
1-pouna flat... ... 85,193 39, 941 4, 967 16, 242 11, 735 64, 671 112, 847 335, 596 
1-pound tall... 1, 611, 916 |1, 388, 006 |1, 296, 750 |1, 856, 089 |1, 924, 461 |2, 083, 147 |1, 765, 139 |11, 925,508 
13-pound nomi- 
1112) CS iets) Do ENG MALE nites] bc ween Vet Mae meen Memeen sree Mecsas cas 2, 293 2, 293 
Total...........|1, 705, 302 |1, 450, 267 |1, 315, 318 |1, 900, 355 |1, 965, 237 |2, 201, 643 |1, 932, 312 12, 470, 434 
Grand total. ... 2,395,477 2, 413, 053 |2, 823, 817 |4, 054, 641 [3, 739, 185 |4, 056, 653 |4, 500,293 |23, 983, 119 
a The number of cases shown has been put upon the common basis of forty-eight 1-pound cans to the 
case. { 
AVERAGE ANNUAL PRIcE PER CAsE OF Forty-E1ent 1-Pounp Cans OF SALMON, 
1905 To 1915. 
Products. 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 
Coho, or silver.......-- $3.20 | $3.63 | $3.91 | $3.98 | $4.07 | $4.89 | $5. 67 | $4.44 | $3.45 | $4.39 | $4.31 
Chum, or keta.......-. 2.69 | 2.87 | 2.97} 2.53 | 2.28] 3.04] 3.72] 2.37] 2.21 | 3.37 2.59 
Humpback, or pink...} 2.95 | 3.00} 3.16} 2.69] 2.40] 3.15] 3.94] 2.55] 2.58] 3.50 2.78 
King, or spring........ 3.28 | 3.78 | 4.18] 4.20] 4.32 |) 5.34] 6.48] 5.37) 4.04) 5.01 4.63 
Red, or sockeye....-.. 3.38 | 3.77 | 4.59 | 4.52] 4.53] 5.30] 6.33] 5.45 | 4.54] 5.58 5. 82 
DISASTERS AND LOSSES IN THE SALMON INDUSTRY. 
The most serious loss in the salmon industry in the year 1915 was 
the destruction by fire on June 10 of the cannery of the Alaska Fisher- 
men’s Packing Co., on the Kvichak River. The cause of the fire was 
unknown. It occurred just after the work of making cans for the 
season had been completed. After the fire part of the cannery crew 
was returned to Seattle, while a number of the fishermen were retained 
to carry on salting operations and to fish for the Nushagak cannery of 
the same company. The steamer North Star made a number of trips 
to Nushagak with fish caught in the Kvichak region. Early in July 
