Seward daily gateway., 1925-07-16
NAkEEN PLANT FIRST OF KIND
 IN TERRITORY
STEEL FRAMES, CORRUGATED IRON, PORTABLE BUILDINGS,
 ERECTED RECORD TIME
POWERED BY DIESEL
Young General Manager Completes Erection of Fifth Cannery In
 Alaska for Big Company.

The first cannery to be built in Alaska and to operate in Alaska the same year, is the record held by the Nakeen cannery in the Bristol Bay district The cannery is the proper " of the A. & s. Products Corpora Tion, a subsidiary company of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Con- -,any. Haakon Beyer Friele, a re- cent visitor in Seward is the general manager of the company. The C.. 4. & P. T. Co., own and operate thou sands of stores East of the Mississ- jppi and, according to MT. Friele's statement, will invade the Pacific Coast in a few years.
 The Nakeen cannery location was selected May 14, and construction started immediately. On June 20, the following month, the cannery was completed and ready for operation, making a record, it is believed, for this sort of work in the Territory. Many new innovations were initiated into the construction of the cannery, which is of three-line capacity, by Manager Friele, namely, all the buildings were constructed of steel frames and corrugated iron. This has never been done before in the history of the fish packing business n Alaska.
 Steel Frame, Iron Buildings.
 The buildings erected consists of a warehouse 50x20O feet and two stories in height, the cannery itself of the same size; and the Jap house, the store rooms and mess house, oc- cupying the third building, 30x100 feet in size. Aside from the build ings mentioned several others small CT were built.
 The entire buildings which were portable, were made in the East, and marks new venture in this field, being something that has never been done before by the Eastern company or by any Alaskan flrm-a portable cannery building of this magnitude Providing a move is made from the present location, in future years Manager Friele stated to the Gate way, the entire plant and buildings can be transported, with 100 per cent salvage.
 Modern Equipment.
 The most modern of machinery and equipment has been installed in the cannery. A partial list of the contents is given Two of the last model Iron Chinks; three of the Se attle-Astoria Iron Works filling ma chimes; three clincher machines three Smith exhaust boxes; three N R. double seamers, 120 per minute and one standby; six retorts of five car each; two 100 h.p boilers, oil burners; deisel engine; can-making line; 65-ft. tug boat, equipped with a 100 h.p. deisel engine, three other tenders equipped with from 50 te 100 h.p. deisel engines; 36 Colum bia river gill-net boats; six 6O-ft scows, and land pile driver.
 First DeiseI Operating Plant.
 This is the first oil burning can nery in Alaska, it is stated, and i; also the first cannery to be operated by deisel power. The tug-boat Ma keen" is a new craft, and like tht cannery, was built in record time The tug was built in the remarkable fast time of 31 days, launched on tht last day fully equipped and stocked for the run North to Bristol Bay.
 Large Crew Employed.
 There are about 22o employees a Nakeen cannery, MT. Friele said, witt