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CAUSE FOR HIGH
FREIGHT KATES '
ixlaskafs extremely
high freight rates
are directly trace
able to two factors, :
according to Gilbert
,. W. Skinner, president
of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., who-was in
Saldovia yesterday*
Mr. Skinner said
the limited warehouse
space at. Seward and
- inadeouate railroad
equipment cause delay
* in unloading and
tnereoy aaa zo. costs
of flight shipments*.
The s3Cond cause of
. high transportation'
costs in. the terri
tory is. the constant
labor trouble in one
or two southeastern
ports, he-continued.
Mr. Skinner and a
party of seven guests
have been in Alaska
for the past several
weeks. <.They travel
led north aboard the
Skinner yacht Lsnore,
going first to Sand
Point to inspect for
mer cannery installs-,
t ions owned by Mr ,
i Skinner. The cannery
; plant burned during
the war and has not
yet been re-built.
(Cont. Page 4)
Storm Takes (. kn
AYR Traps
The winds and
storms along Gook In
let late last week
'took? a heavy- toll-of
i.YR fishtraps, accor
ding to Jack Lind,
^manager, — of the local*
cannery-* 'Of the six *
traps -operated iby ■
- only the - -Korea
trap survived the
blow.
. Since the . storm
oc-curred - so late in
the seasonthe pack
of i^YR will not be
greatly effected* The
cannery will,.continue
to can seine-caught
fish until tj*e;end of
the season.
The ; • Ninilchik
, hand traps, which
supply the salmon for
Cook •Inlet Packing
Company’s canning,
werp; -unaffected• by'
- the. storm,-, it was re
ported by W* j.0 Es
tusj cannery head*
DENALI DA; 6
, SATuRD AV-\
The steam3r .Den
ali is next due in
Seldovia- on, i.ug. 9,
according to.-an an
nouncement from Dock
agents today.
'HELL El. H, PACKERS
WILL Cv.NT.mUl
CANNING
with most can
neries preparing for
a last-minute, end
of-the - seasoiV rush
today,* two-loc&l'op
erations, Alaska
Shellfish,- Inc., and
i-..laska-Seldovia Pack
ers, were looking
forward 'to•post-sea
son canning follow
ing the i.ug. 8 clos
ing date.
For the ' partners
of i.la'ska Shellfish,
the end of the cur
rent" salmon season
will really mark the
beginning of their
season's work, ^ 1 The
crab and shrimp can
nery has- not been in
operation' for several
weeks now, although
the first to begin
canning last spring.
i*l Villa, partner
in' al'eska Shellfish,
yesterday disclosed
that as sOon as eq
uipment and gear in
the cannery are ready
canning operations
will be resumed. They
will continue to dan
both king crab and
shrimp, and expect to
be in production un
til the winter freeze
(Cont, Pag3 4)
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