ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1900. 
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mouth of the river, and, according to the chart (which is only a sketch), is in latitude 
59° 01' north; longitude 156° 56' west. 
Point Roberts Packing Company . — The Prosper Fishing and Trading Company 
established a saltery at Koggiung in 1894 and salted that year and in 1895. In 1896 
it was sold to the Alaska Packers Association under the name of the Point Roberts 
Packing Company. The Alaska Packers Association established a saltery at Kog- 
giung in 1894, near that of the Prosper Fishing and Trading Company, and after the 
purchase of the latter in 1896 consolidated the two. This saltery has been operated 
every year except 1899. 
In 1895, under the same name (Point Roberts Packing Company), the Alaska 
Packers Association built a cannery at Koggiung, utilizing the available machinery 
from the cannery of the Central Alaska Company at Thin Point. It was a two-filler 
cannery of 1,500 cases capacity per day. It made the first pack in 1896 and a pack 
every year since to date. In 1897 it was enlarged to three fillers, and in 1898 a 
second three-filler cannery was built close to and connected with the first, so that 
the plant now practically consists of a six-filler cannery and a saltery. 
The cannery is substantially built, light, roomy, airy, and clean. It is well 
equipped, and has a rated capacity of 4,800 cases per day. It has 18 retorts, of 47 cases 
capacity each; 4 boilers, 6 fillers, 6 toppers, 4 solderers, 2 cutters, and 5 can-makers. 
Fish are transferred from boats and lighters by steam hoists to the fish -house, and 
from the latter, when cleaned, to the cannery by a conveyor consisting of an endless 
chain of buckets. About 33 per cent of the cans are made at the cannery and the 
remainder brought from San Francisco; 100-pound tin plate is used for bodies, and 
90-pound for tops; 50 per cent of the plate is imported. 
The fishermen’s and Chinese’ contracts, and native wages, are the same as previ- 
ous^ stated. 
The Kolchak Packing Company . — Under this name the Alaska Packers Associa- 
tion built a cannery in the spring of 1900, on the eastern shore of Kvichak Bay, 
about 6 miles below the cannery of the Point Roberts Packing Company, and on the 
northern point of entrance to Bear Slough. It is a three-filler cannery with a daily 
capacity of 2,400 cases, and has substantial warehouses and quarters. It is well 
lighted, roomy, and well ventilated, and contains the latest machinery and cannery 
improvements. It was ready and commenced packing June 29. 
This cannery is operated under one management with the Point Roberts Packing 
Company, in a manner similar to those of the association on the Nushagak. They 
are under the superintendency of Mr. H. C. Jansen, who has his headquarters at the 
former cannery, with telephone communication, so as to direct the affairs of all. The 
cannery machinery of the Kvichak Packing Company consists of 9 retorts of 47 cases 
capacity each, 3 fillers, 3 toppers, 2 solderers, and 1 cutter. Can-makers will be 
installed in 1901. Fish are transferred from boats by steam hoists to cars, thence to 
fish-house, and, when cleaned, by conveyor to cannery. 
As the two Alaska Packers Association canneries are under one management 
the supplies, fish, etc., are common to all, and the field statistics given, except the 
pack, will be combined, therefore, for the two canneries. 
The cannery transporting vessels — those that bring the spring outfits to Bering 
Sea and return with the pack in the fall — are moored in the channel in Nushagak 
