THE SALMON AND SALMON FISHERIES OF ALASKA. 
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1,400 cases a day. It made a pack in 1896, and commenced to pack in 1897, but was 
closed early in the season on account of a failure iu the run of lish, and the employees 
were transferred to Karluk, where they assisted in making the pack. This cannery 
is in the Karluk district of the Alaska Packers' Association. 
In 1896 it employed 20 white fishermen, 12 white cannery-hands, 16 natives, aud 
70 Chinese. It had one trap across the mouth of the river, valued at $800; 2 drag- 
seines, each 350 fathoms long, 125 meshes deep, 3-inch mesh, valued at $1.50 per 
fathom. The station was attended by the Karluk steamer when necessary, and the 
transportation was done by Karluk vessels. It 
used 8 lighters valued at $200 each, 7 scows 
valued at $60 each, and 10 dories valued at $20 
each. 
In 1897 the company employed 20 white fisher- 
men, aud at the cannery 12 whites and 90 Chinese. 
Two floating traps were also used (described ou 
page 150), valued at $1,500 each; also two drag 
seines, each 350 fathoms long, 125 meshes deep at 
bunt, 3-inch mesh, valued at $1.50 per fathom; 8 
lighters, valued at $200 each; 7 scows, valued at 
$60 each, aud 10 dories, valued at $20 each. The 
station was at- 
tended by the 
Karluk steam- 
er, and the 
transportation 
was done by 
vessels from 
the same place. 
The com- 
pany packed 
21,005 cases of 
redfishiu 1896, 
averaging 10 
to tlje case, 
from June 10 
Sketch of Uganuk Stream. tO July 26. In 
1897 they packed 2,113 cases of redfish, averaging 10 to the case, from June 10 to 
July 13. As there was a failure in the run, the cannery was closed and the force 
moved to Karluk. 
At the time of our visit, August 10 to 14, all gear was stored and the cannery 
was in charge of a watchman, so we saw none of the fishing. From the salmon 
inspector’s report for 1895, from the accounts of ditterent iieople connected with the 
fisheries here, and from personal inspection of the ground, the following infoi-mation 
with reference to these fisheries was obtained: 
In 1896 some of the force from the cannery of the Alaska Improvement Company, 
at Karluk, and the fishermen of the Uganuk cannery fished these waters. Besides 
using drag seines, the former company had a floating trap in the east arm, and the 
latter a net barricade almost entirely across the mouth of the river. 
F.C.B.,1898— 11 
