ALASKA SALMON INVESTIGATIONS IN 1900. 
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webbing for 12 more. The nets are each 75 fathoms long, 22 meshes deep, and 6^-inch 
mesh. King-salmon nets are not used. In addition three traps were driven, but as 
the netters brought in an abundance of fish only two were used. One was located on 
the left bank of the river, about 6 miles above the cannery, with inshore and offshore 
leads of 750 feet and 1,900 feet, respectively, heart 80 feet by 160 feet, and pot 40 
feet by 40 feet. Another, at the northern point of entrance to the river, had leads 
of 750 feet and 1,100 feet, respectively, pot 40 feet by 40 feet, but no heart; and the 
third, of the same dimensions, which was not used, on the southern shore near the 
entrance. These traps are driven in the spring and pulled up when fishing ceases. 
They are valued at about $1,200 each. About 20 per cent of the fish used by this 
cannery are taken in traps. 
The following vessels were employed, all owned by the company: 
Class and name. 
Tons. 
Crew. 
Value. 
238 
5 
4 
1,413 
1,134 
9 
2 
2 
(’) 
0 
$40, 000 
4,500 
3, 000 
50, 000 
20, 000 
Launch Ralph L 
Launch Northern Light 
Ship Indiana 
1 Fishermen. 
The following was the output in 1900: 
No. to 
Species. 
Cases. the 
case. 
Dates. 
King - salmon 
69 6 
June 18-June 24. 
Redfish 1 
61,816 12.5 
Junel8-Ju!y 28. 
Humpbacks 
449 22 
On July 25. 
1 Salted, 1,356 barrels and 1,141 half-barrels of redfish; 52 to the barrel. 
Naknek Packing Company. — In 1890 Air. L. A. Pedersen established and 
operated a small saltery on the right bank of the Naknek about 3 miles above the 
mouth. In 1894 a company under the above title, incorporated under the laws of 
the State of California, absorbed the saltery and erected a cannery near it. The first 
pack was made in 1895, and a pack has been made every year to date. The saltery 
has also been operated every year, and in 1897 an additional one was built and 
operated on the shore of Kvichak Bay, about 2 miles above the mouth of the Naknek. 
The latter was abandoned in 1900. During the present season (1900) the cannery 
plant was enlarged by the addition of a small cannery building, warehouse, bunk 
houses, etc., and it is expected to have three fillers ready for operation in 1901 and 
the cannery equipped for a pack of at least 40,000 cases. 
The following cannery machinery is now installed: Eight retorts, 2 fillers, 3 top- 
pers, 2 solderers, and L cutter. Fish are pewed from boats and lighters to fish-house. 
Thirty-three per cent of the cans are made at the cannery; the rest are brought from 
San Francisco. Can-makers have been installed, and it is expected to make a large 
proportion of tins at the cannery in the future. One-hundred-pound tin plate is 
used for bodies and 95-pound plate for tops, 50 per cent of which is imported. 
The transportation was by a vessel of the company, which was kept moored in 
Kvichak Ba} r below the mouth of the river. 
