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  tion 
  of 
  choice 
  fish 
  from 
  north 
  Pacific 
  ports 
  to 
  European 
  markets. 
  

   With 
  so 
  potential 
  an 
  expansion 
  of 
  market 
  demands, 
  it 
  seems 
  not 
  

   mireasonable 
  to 
  suppose 
  that 
  the 
  present 
  waste 
  of 
  the 
  food 
  fishes 
  

   taken 
  incidentally 
  with 
  the 
  halibut 
  may 
  be 
  nullified 
  if 
  present 
  

   tendencies 
  to 
  save 
  them 
  develop 
  in 
  the 
  manner 
  hoped 
  for. 
  Where 
  the 
  

   fines 
  are 
  lifted 
  from 
  the 
  bottom 
  by 
  power 
  and 
  the 
  catch 
  is 
  landed 
  on 
  

   the 
  deck 
  of 
  the 
  cruiser 
  itseK 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  reason 
  why 
  all 
  food 
  fishes 
  

   should 
  not 
  be 
  struck 
  into 
  the 
  hold 
  and 
  carried 
  to 
  a 
  cold-storage 
  plant 
  

   adjacent 
  to 
  the 
  fishing 
  ground, 
  there 
  to 
  be 
  cared 
  for 
  until 
  shipment 
  to 
  

   the 
  distributing 
  centers. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  matter 
  of 
  cold 
  storage 
  and 
  freezing 
  the 
  haUbut 
  industry 
  has 
  

   made 
  notable 
  advances 
  in 
  southeast 
  Alaska 
  this 
  year. 
  The 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  wholesome 
  condition 
  and 
  appetizing 
  appearance 
  of 
  the 
  frozen 
  

   halibut, 
  with 
  its 
  thin 
  coating 
  of 
  clear 
  ice 
  which 
  effects 
  an 
  absolute 
  

   hermetical 
  sealing, 
  is 
  bringing 
  this 
  fish 
  to 
  the 
  popular 
  attention 
  it 
  

   rightly 
  deserves. 
  

  

  Three 
  new 
  companies 
  have 
  engaged 
  in 
  cold-storage 
  halibut 
  opera- 
  

   tions 
  this 
  year 
  as 
  the 
  chief 
  feature 
  of 
  their 
  business. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  

   Juneau 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  at 
  Juneau; 
  the 
  Booth 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  Sitka; 
  

   and 
  the 
  floating 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  Glacier 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  Glory 
  

   of 
  the 
  Seas, 
  located 
  at 
  Idaho 
  Inlet. 
  Tlie 
  Columbia 
  & 
  Northern 
  Fishing 
  

   & 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  Wrangell 
  has 
  also 
  extended 
  its 
  business 
  tins 
  year 
  to 
  

   include 
  cold-storage 
  facihties. 
  Other 
  concerns 
  which 
  engaged 
  again 
  

   this 
  year 
  in 
  cold 
  storage 
  and 
  other 
  operations 
  were 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   Fish 
  Company 
  at 
  Ketchikan 
  ; 
  Taku 
  Canning 
  & 
  Cold 
  Storage 
  Co. 
  at 
  

   Taku 
  Harbor; 
  and 
  J. 
  Lindenberger 
  (Inc.) 
  at 
  Craig. 
  The 
  combined 
  

   cold-storage 
  and 
  canning 
  plant 
  operated 
  last 
  year 
  by 
  the 
  Welding 
  & 
  

   Independent 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  on 
  the 
  ship 
  William 
  H. 
  Smith 
  was 
  not 
  sent 
  

   north 
  tins 
  season. 
  The 
  schooner 
  Metha 
  Nelson, 
  which 
  did 
  cold-stor- 
  

   age 
  work 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Kodiak 
  last 
  year, 
  was 
  not 
  operated 
  this 
  

   season. 
  

  

  The 
  new 
  plant 
  of 
  the 
  Booth 
  Fisheries 
  Co. 
  at 
  Sitka 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  

   very 
  favorably 
  located 
  as 
  regards 
  proximity 
  to 
  the 
  halibut 
  grounds. 
  

   A 
  modern 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  erected 
  with 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  500,000 
  

   pounds; 
  two 
  sharp 
  freezers 
  have 
  been 
  installed 
  with 
  a 
  total 
  daily 
  

   capacity 
  of 
  25,000 
  pounds. 
  Announcement 
  has 
  been 
  made 
  that 
  the 
  

   plant 
  will 
  be 
  enlarged 
  soon. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  other 
  features 
  of 
  its 
  business, 
  the 
  Juneau 
  Cold 
  Stor- 
  

   age 
  Co. 
  has 
  storage 
  capacity 
  of 
  upwards 
  of 
  300,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  frozen 
  

   fish. 
  A 
  14-ton 
  ice 
  plant 
  has 
  been 
  installed 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  storage 
  space 
  

   for 
  150 
  tons 
  of 
  ice. 
  Although 
  the 
  principal 
  business 
  of 
  the 
  Columbia 
  

   & 
  Northern 
  Fishing 
  & 
  Packing 
  Co. 
  at 
  Wrangell 
  tins 
  season 
  has 
  been 
  

   the 
  mild 
  curing 
  of 
  king 
  salmon, 
  a 
  considerable 
  quantity 
  of 
  liahbut 
  

   has 
  been 
  frozen. 
  A 
  sharp 
  freezer 
  of 
  10 
  tons 
  capacity 
  has 
  been 
  

   installed 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  storage 
  room 
  for 
  150,000 
  pounds 
  of 
  frozen 
  fish. 
  

  

  