ALASKA SALMON INVESTIG ATIONS IN 1900. 
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and in 1893 it entered the Alaska Packers Association. It has been operated every 
year since its construction, and now has a running- capacity of 1,000 cases per day. 
This cannery, also known as the “Olga Bay” and the “South End,” is well 
arranged and more than usually clean. The cannery machinery consists of 5 retorts, 
1 filler, 1 topper, 1 solderer, and 1 cutter, with 1 filler and 1 topper in reserve. It 
has a complete can-making outfit, and it is claimed that 900 cases of cans have been 
made in one day, but 700 cases would be a better average. The plant has been suc- 
cessfully operated bv running all the machinery together, salting the cans at once at 
the can-makers, and conveying them to the filler. In this way, when the machinery 
runs well, 700 cases can be turned out daily. The successful operation of this plant 
Pot - 
40 by 90 feet 
Lead. 
bOO feet. 
Opening - 30 feet. 
Corral - 
40 by bo feet 
Win<2 - 
450 feet. 
Sketch plan of floating trap set out on north shore of Cannery Cove, Olga Bay, 
Alitak, Kadiak Island. 
is due to the superintendent, Mr. William Munn, who is an expert 
machinist and has invented several cannery machines. 
As there is very little rise and fall of tide, the fish-house is 
on the end of a wharf, alongside which there are always 2 fath- 
oms of water. Here the fish are pewed directly from the boats 
and steamers into the bins, and after cleaning are slid over the 
draining table directly to the cutter. 
Cannery fillers are run at the rate of 55 to 60 per minute at 
this cannery; during a heavy run they are speeded to 70, and 500 
cases have been run through at 80 per minute. This high rate requires a thorough 
knowledge of the machinery and delicate adjustment, and it is doubted if the cans at 
a much higher rate than 60 can be successfully handled at the filling table for any 
great length of time. 
The tin plate used was 100-pound for bodies and 95-pound for tops, all imported. 
One pound of solder was used per case for hand-made cans and three-fourths of a 
pound for the machine-made. In salting the cans one-sixth ounce of fine granulated 
salt was used per can, or one-half pound per case. 
Occasionally, when the run is large, a little incidental salting is done. 
The Chinese contract was the same as at Chignik. The fishermen received $50 
each for working the ship to and from the cannery, discharging and loading, and 8 
mills per case for each man, with full board, except the Italians, who messed them- 
selves and received 35 cents each per day for rations. 
F. 0. B. 1901—15 
