Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-06
FISHERIES or ALASKA
SOURCE OF BIC REVENUE
Already They Have Paid Uncle Sam
Thirty Times Cost OF the
Territory.
GREAT SALMON CANNERlES
Iron Chink" That Dresses Fish in
Watch Tick - Mild-Cured Salmon
and European War-Cod Fisheries
That Produce Millions of Pounds.
II, FRANK G.. CARPENTER.

ny FRANK g.. CARPENTER.
During the past few weeks have
visited many OF tho fishing Certers OF
Southeastern Alaska. I have already
written of the weekly shipments OF
haiihu; which are growing so rapidly
that they promise 20 mako that fish
tho most common upon our dinner ia
hies. and have visited many Of the can
ncri"s where they Ar" putting up sal
mon for shipment 10 all parts of the
world, There are for;y-four SUCH
cannerics in southeastern Alaska
alone. aud moro than eighty in The
whole Territory. have also gone
through tho cold storage plants at
Kcirhihan and elsewhere. where
and have seen the various processes OF
,n:ldcurins and smoking and piCkiinc
the Hsh for tho market Tn. extent OF
the industry is surprising. and IL is
rapidly growing.
Hut few people appreciate what Tn
Gle sam i now getting out or the wa
tors OF TINS Territory So far the seas
have proved almost as valuable as the
land. We have rcnl!zed more than
S@i;'. ohh. ooo from them, but this in
cludes $52.00c,oo0 which has come
from the Skins OF the fur seal The
seal is really "a water animal 1t spends
tho most Of its lie in the ocean. and
is caught only during the short sea
son, when !, comes 10 the pribilof Is
lands. in Eariuc sen 10 breed
NJ, ,,,
,-n,'' -" .iD,; 'mI
ready amounted 10 more than S9H5.-
100000. and il is being increased at
"a, ,"'' ". S-o'V"''oV yea, III o'her
,,ro. , -, h','"I "'t.'osl
E,I ,, 49, '.,.''iH rom
H. Mi, s",t we par" 20,
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ann - "a, ;a, ~ ','o"'
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TO come
,do.,, ~
>, No r,',,,, ~ i'"HN' h'Ne
of n,,r fooJ .,,,, .I,, , ~ oeH
dreds of ,,;liin,s ., IN,
49,, e p'"n"s VI TO"
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go, ,,,:,, 49,, -. ~ "'e"'' |"
st,1i 20 ~ ~ nh'''" '.n'"S ana
uo,,,nn s,,;na 49, - nv ''eSh
c1oec "a . nm mo -
,,,"nd ,;o,.Is, ~ p ou,."s' "nu 'A"'
,wsom ,hrnn 49," su Mcisne" ~ 30
nhon. no" n"o ~" -, iEi' a'';oW .,n |"
.i.I IN a,,a ;I,: Gnu "a. 60"
dit;on ~ thjs ,hero ,r.
kinds Of fsh in ,bns. wa,s"r -. IN,
eventuallv be caught and shinncd So
Inn, IN some rnsnsn,s ~ i,',,,,.
~ &c her;,n; -
60 FAR have coo, ,,,,. &c.,,
rshc-irs or Gon,Nens,.., iasl,a .r ~
,s ,,ror.n 90 s.hi,,n a;.,.i.
our IN ~. ,.,,o,. 1870
iTni,cd state. EieL ca,rr; 49, '.' ~, ~"
made q, tho T.-ri,nr, .,'n, -"
W W.. I."' mere are a'o-
sou,hs,s,n,r .Ias,,, "snnE provinces.
portian6 ,-a,al -" ~, sun
,,o,,,Iar ca on ne '"'er n"''ohal
,r,I T., :,d ~, ,hi - ~ So"S
Of islands 5nn nv sno ,,j,.s -. Vni,,',n.
Ray cnIiuy soma d;sta,,
No,r, :. I!Ii,s RI ,if".,;
I,.IiIu, La,rii" az ~ .,Io,, nv"
the sea, ~ mo rresh go ;,5,,.,
Ai.sl, rho nso;,, ,.,,. -
,,,our, IN .omo,h;rr ~. ,,,non 900
az ohicb ,h,-tno, ,nfi,;,r
mon aud ahou. thres r,,Iiions t.; ~,
hut There arc more th,p ssoo ono -
vested in Tho whale nsber;.e So,,m
.a.tcru ALASKA ls nv rar NO ros, g.,
marian, or ,ho u.a;or rorio.S -
,erri,ory. HAVING so,no,bin,, i;1,n n,''
600 mon cnr,prd in ,ch;m, &c v,.ar.
The second fishing district &c ,,oou-
"a. ,i,, =, ,-.,,r,i II,yt, rt 80,
C;ulr of ,1o.ka .,d III, -, ,hn
south O, the mainland and aIo,Ic 10
Alcuii.r IslarAa- whfsh -ur .Ir,n., 20
Asia This .tii strict ,s several ,hou-
sand miles long, and great rart Of u
is paved with FISH The bulk Of tho
catch is salmon. but there is also an
annual export Of cod. amounting 10
millions OF pounds, from the extensive
cod banks which lie south or Tho
Alaska peninsula and the Alcuttan la.
lands
These banks compare with those O,
ewfoundtand some OF them are Icn
smilts long and OF great width. They
arc so situated that tho Arctic and
.Tapanesa ,u,rcn,s hiring them ere,,
deal % nsh FOOD. and tho cod COMO
there Ivy the millions 10 cat. They
move about over the banks seeking IN,
best feeding grounds FOR THAR nastn,.
Many OF the cod fishermen mr.. scan.
dinavians. The receive abou. &
cents per Hsh for all over twenty-si1
inches long Under that size they count
two fish one. The ASKING I. done IN
small boats ana ~" flsh arc brought 10
The stations on tho Islands 20 hc
dressed and saItod The largest rlar.
IL on jnra Island bur TIL. fishing cx