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  ALASKA 
  FISHERIES 
  AND 
  FUR 
  INDUSTRIES, 
  1913. 
  

  

  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  new 
  buildings 
  were 
  made 
  at 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  Cokim- 
  

   bia 
  River 
  Packers' 
  Association, 
  also 
  on 
  Nushagak 
  Bay. 
  Extensive 
  

   building 
  operations 
  were 
  carried 
  on 
  at 
  the 
  cannnery 
  of 
  the 
  Bristol 
  Bay 
  

   Packing 
  Co., 
  at 
  Pederson 
  Point, 
  Kvichak 
  Bay. 
  The 
  cannery 
  of 
  the 
  

   Naknck 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  on 
  Naknek 
  River, 
  was 
  largely 
  rebuilt 
  along 
  

   modern 
  lines. 
  The 
  work 
  of 
  rebuilding 
  the 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  Alaska 
  

   Packers 
  Association 
  at 
  Koggiung 
  was 
  completed 
  during 
  the 
  summer, 
  

   and 
  this 
  establishment 
  is 
  now 
  a 
  splendid 
  example 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  modern 
  

   type 
  of 
  cannery. 
  Extensive 
  changes 
  were 
  also 
  undertaken 
  at 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  Alaska 
  Packers 
  Association 
  canneries 
  on 
  the 
  Naknek 
  River. 
  

  

  At 
  a 
  suitable 
  site 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  of 
  Pederson 
  Point, 
  on 
  the 
  east- 
  

   ern 
  shore 
  of 
  Kvichak 
  Bay, 
  the 
  North 
  Alaska 
  Salmon 
  Co. 
  this 
  season 
  

   completed 
  the 
  principal 
  buildings 
  for 
  a 
  new 
  cannery 
  wliich 
  it 
  is 
  con- 
  

   templated 
  to 
  operate 
  hereafter 
  in 
  lieu 
  of 
  the 
  cannery 
  at 
  Hallerville 
  

   on 
  the 
  Kvichak 
  River. 
  The 
  machinery 
  from 
  the 
  latter 
  plant 
  will 
  be 
  

   moved 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  location. 
  The 
  channel 
  of 
  the 
  river 
  at 
  the 
  old 
  site 
  

   has 
  silted 
  up 
  to 
  such 
  an 
  extent 
  that 
  the 
  plant 
  is 
  difficult 
  of 
  access 
  

   even 
  for 
  hght-draft 
  boats. 
  

  

  In 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  the 
  cannery 
  of 
  Swift, 
  Arthur 
  & 
  Co, 
  was 
  used 
  

   as 
  a 
  mild-cure 
  plant 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  firm 
  was 
  changed 
  

   to 
  the 
  Swift- 
  Arthur-Crosby 
  Co. 
  The 
  combination 
  floating 
  cannery 
  

   and 
  cold-storage 
  plant 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  William 
  II. 
  Smith, 
  located 
  last 
  

   season 
  at 
  Saginaw 
  Bay 
  by 
  the 
  Weiding 
  & 
  Independent 
  Fisheries 
  Co., 
  

   was 
  not 
  operated 
  in 
  Alaska 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  ship 
  Glory 
  of 
  the 
  Seas, 
  

   operated 
  as 
  a 
  floating 
  cannery 
  in 
  1912 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Fish 
  Co., 
  was 
  

   sold 
  tliis 
  season 
  to 
  the 
  Glacier 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  and 
  converted 
  into 
  a 
  

   cold-storage 
  plant. 
  The 
  Alaska 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  absorbed 
  the 
  Oceanic 
  Pack- 
  

   ing 
  Co. 
  and 
  transferred 
  its 
  operations 
  to 
  the 
  plant 
  built 
  by 
  the 
  latter 
  

   concern 
  in 
  1912 
  at 
  Waterfall, 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  

   Island. 
  The 
  cannery 
  was 
  enlarged 
  this 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  Alaska 
  Fish 
  Co. 
  

  

  Among 
  the 
  cannery 
  changes 
  and 
  additions 
  of 
  a 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  exten- 
  

   sive 
  nature, 
  mention 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  construction 
  of 
  buildings 
  and 
  the 
  

   installation 
  of 
  machinery 
  by 
  the 
  North 
  Pacific 
  Trading 
  & 
  Packing 
  

   Co., 
  at 
  Klawak, 
  for 
  the 
  manufacture 
  of 
  fertilizer 
  and 
  oil. 
  This 
  com- 
  

   pany 
  has 
  also 
  erected 
  buildings 
  and 
  installed 
  cold-storage 
  facilities 
  

   for 
  mild-cure 
  operations. 
  

  

  Fish 
  hopper. 
  — 
  A 
  long 
  stride 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  customary 
  methods 
  of 
  

   handling 
  salmon 
  in 
  the 
  fish 
  house 
  was 
  seen 
  at 
  a 
  cannery 
  in 
  the 
  Bristol 
  

   Bay 
  region 
  this 
  summer. 
  Here, 
  instead 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  bins 
  or 
  com- 
  

   partments 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  floor 
  of 
  the 
  butchering 
  room, 
  a 
  great 
  hopper, 
  

   somewhat 
  resembling 
  the 
  amidship 
  section 
  of 
  a 
  vessel, 
  was 
  built 
  

   through 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  room. 
  The 
  outer 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  hopper 
  was 
  

   higher 
  by 
  about 
  18 
  inches 
  than 
  the 
  inner 
  end, 
  the 
  slant 
  or 
  pitch 
  to 
  

   the 
  floor 
  causing 
  the 
  fish 
  to 
  gravitate 
  to 
  the 
  lower 
  end. 
  In 
  the 
  center 
  

   of 
  the 
  inner 
  bulkhead 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  port 
  or 
  gate 
  from 
  which 
  the 
  fish 
  

  

  