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meshes deep, one drag seine 100 fathoms long by 80 meshes deep; all mesh 3-inch. 
The- vessels in the service of the company were the steamer Aleut, of 19 tons, with a 
crew of 4, and valued at $10,000; the bark Kate Davenport, of 1,175 net tons, char- 
tered and used as a transport; three lighters, valued at $250 each; 4 seine boats at 
$150 each; 4 scows at $100 each, and 10 dories at $20 each. 
The equipment statistics for 1896 are the same as for 1897, except that the bark 
Coriiphene, of 771 tons, was chartered for transportation. 
The pack for 1896 was made from June 11 to August 28, and consisted of 23,155 
cases of rediish, averaging 12 to the case. No other fish were packed. The pack for 
1897 was made from June 9 to August 29, and consisted of 513,000 redflsh, making 
37,401 cases, or an average of 13.7 lish to the case. No other lish were packed, and 
none salted. 
The Kodiak Packing Company in 1889 built a cannery in Snug Harbor, a cove in 
the passage connecting Olga Bay with Alitak Bay, and operated it in 1889 and 1890. 
In 1891 its quota of fish was packed in the cannery of the Arctic Packing Conqiauy. 
It entered the pool formed by the Alaska Packing Association in 1892, and in 1893 
became a member of the Alaska Packers’ Association. The same year the machinery 
was moved to Karluk, where some was utilized and some held in reserve. It is now 
dismantled. 
UYAK BAY. 
Uyak Bay makes into Kadiak Island on the northwestern side, about the middle 
of its length, and is an extensive sheet of water with ramifying arms, one reaching 
within a short distance of the southern coast of the island. On the western shore, 
near the entrance and about 18 miles from Karluk, is Uyak Anchorage. It is uti 
excellent harbor, formed by the main shore of Kadiak Island and Bear and Harvester 
islands, and is frequently used as an anchorage by cannery ships and the steamers 
from Karluk during bad weather. Here, on the main shore, are located two canneries. 
The cannery of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company is the southernmost of the 
two, and was built in the spring of 1897, making a jiack the same year. It has a 
capacity of 800 cases a day. 
In 1897 the company employed 40 white fishermen, and in the cannery were 20 
whites and 60 Chinese. Six drag seines, from 100 to 300 fathoms long, all 3-inch mesh, 
and valued at about $1.50 per fathom, were used; also one purse seine, 300 fathoms 
long, valued at $1,000. The vessels employed were the steamer Oolden Gate, of 50 
tons, with a crew of 5, and valued at $20,000; the launch Beaver, of 5 tons, with a 
crew of 2, and valued at $4,000; 2 lighters worth $350 each; 5 seine boats worth $100 
each, and 15 dories worth $25 each. 
From July 3 to September 15 the company packed 17,000 cases of redfish, averag- 
ing 12 to the case. The fish were taken as follows: From Karluk, 90,000; Waterfalls 
and Slide, 65,000; Little Eiver, 6,000; Uganuk, 1,000, and Alitak, 42,000. The total 
number of redfish used was about 204,000. 
The cannery of Hume Brothers & Hume is the northern one at Uyak Anchorage, 
and was built in the spring of 1897, making a pack the same year. It has a capacity of 
800 cases a day. In 1897 it employed 75 white fishermen, and 32 whites and 60 Chinese 
around the cannery. They used 3 gill nets, 200 fathoms long, 30 meshes deep, 6-inch 
mesh, valued at 65 cents per fathom; 6 drag seines, 200 to 300 fathoms long, 100 to 
125 meshes deep at bunt, valued at $1.75 per fathom. Their vessels were the steamer 
Equator (changed from schooner of same name), 40 tons, crew of 7, valued at $10,000; 
