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  result, 
  but 
  in 
  Alaska 
  where 
  tierces 
  and 
  salt 
  are 
  taken 
  out 
  by 
  fisher- 
  

   men 
  who 
  have 
  Httle 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  process 
  and 
  have 
  no 
  cooUng 
  

   facihties, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  use 
  about 
  one-third 
  more 
  salt, 
  and 
  the 
  

   resultant 
  product 
  almost 
  passes 
  from 
  the 
  mild-cure 
  classification. 
  

   This, 
  of 
  course, 
  does 
  not 
  apply 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  stations 
  where 
  fish 
  are 
  

   delivered 
  in 
  the 
  round 
  and 
  are 
  so 
  packed 
  as 
  to 
  insure 
  a 
  high-grade 
  

   mild-cured 
  product. 
  The 
  heavier 
  production 
  this 
  season, 
  together 
  

   with 
  the 
  poorer 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  rather 
  carelessly 
  prepared 
  power-boat 
  

   pack, 
  resulted 
  in 
  so 
  lowering 
  the 
  price 
  that, 
  taken 
  as 
  a 
  whole, 
  returns 
  

   have 
  not 
  been 
  satisfactory. 
  Also, 
  in 
  tliis 
  connection 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  noted 
  

   that 
  the 
  cost 
  of 
  production 
  was 
  greater 
  this 
  year, 
  since 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  

   fish 
  were 
  purchased 
  at 
  the 
  flat 
  rate 
  of 
  $1 
  each, 
  irrespective 
  of 
  size, 
  

   and 
  it 
  so 
  happened 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  weight 
  was 
  considerably 
  lower 
  

   than 
  in 
  the 
  past. 
  Instead 
  of 
  the 
  usual 
  average 
  of 
  about 
  45 
  fish 
  to 
  a 
  

   tierce, 
  this 
  season's 
  general 
  averages 
  show 
  that 
  it 
  took 
  approximately 
  

   55 
  king 
  salmon 
  to 
  fiU 
  a 
  tierce. 
  

  

  Principal 
  mild-cure 
  plants. 
  — 
  With 
  four 
  plants 
  in 
  operation, 
  Engelbr. 
  

   Wiese 
  (Inc.) 
  was 
  engaged 
  more 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  mild-cure 
  business 
  

   than 
  any 
  other 
  concern 
  in 
  Alaska 
  this 
  season. 
  The 
  station 
  at 
  Ketchi- 
  

   kan 
  was 
  operated 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  last 
  year, 
  bwt 
  the 
  plant 
  at 
  Howkan 
  

   was 
  superseded 
  by 
  a 
  new 
  establishment 
  at 
  Waterfall 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  

   of 
  Prince 
  of 
  Wales 
  Island, 
  which 
  location 
  is 
  more 
  convenient 
  to 
  the 
  

   fishing 
  grounds. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  plant 
  with 
  suitable 
  cold-storage 
  

   machinery 
  and 
  storage 
  capacity 
  for 
  about 
  300 
  tierces. 
  The 
  Wiese 
  

   company 
  also 
  built 
  a 
  new 
  mild-cure 
  station 
  this 
  season 
  at 
  Port 
  Con- 
  

   clusion, 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  king 
  salmon 
  trolling 
  ground 
  about 
  

   Cape 
  Ommaney. 
  A 
  2^-ton 
  ice-plant 
  and 
  storage 
  facilities 
  for 
  200 
  

   tierces 
  were 
  provided. 
  The 
  fourth 
  Wiese 
  plant 
  was 
  at 
  Hoonah, 
  where 
  

   a 
  new 
  building 
  erected 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  was 
  leased 
  from 
  the 
  Hoonah 
  

   Packing 
  Co. 
  King 
  salmon 
  from 
  the 
  Icy 
  Strait 
  traps 
  were 
  mild 
  cured 
  

   at 
  this 
  establishment. 
  

  

  Another 
  concern 
  operating 
  extensively 
  in 
  the 
  mild-cure 
  field 
  in 
  

   Alaska 
  was 
  the 
  Vendsyssal 
  Packing 
  Co., 
  with 
  headquarters 
  at 
  the 
  

   fonner 
  whaling 
  station 
  at 
  Tyee. 
  This 
  company 
  also 
  engaged 
  in 
  

   mild-cure 
  work 
  at 
  Sitka. 
  The 
  Columbia 
  & 
  Northern 
  Fishing 
  & 
  Pack- 
  

   ing 
  Co. 
  engaged 
  heavily 
  in 
  mild-cure 
  operations, 
  and 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  

   the 
  main 
  plant 
  at 
  Wrangell 
  a 
  floating 
  receiving 
  station 
  was 
  utilized 
  

   at 
  Port 
  Alexander 
  near 
  the 
  lower 
  end 
  of 
  Baranof 
  Island, 
  where 
  fish 
  

   were 
  received 
  for 
  transfer 
  to 
  Wrangell. 
  The 
  Pacific 
  Coast 
  & 
  Norway 
  

   Packing 
  Co. 
  had 
  a 
  mild-cure 
  station 
  at 
  Cape 
  Fanshaw. 
  Cold-room 
  

   facilities 
  for 
  200 
  tierces 
  were 
  provided. 
  Ice 
  from 
  a 
  near-by 
  glacier 
  

   was 
  used 
  for 
  cooHng 
  purposes. 
  StiU 
  another 
  extensive 
  operator 
  in 
  

   the 
  mild-cure 
  business 
  was 
  J. 
  Lindenberger 
  (Inc.), 
  at 
  Craig. 
  Ample 
  

   cold-storage 
  and 
  freezing 
  facilities 
  were 
  afforded 
  at 
  this 
  plant. 
  

  

  