HlaskaSteam Pr
Freight Bill Qt Oi
One more voyage of
grace under the exis
ting freight rates
was promised Alaskans
by Alaska Steamship
Co., officials last
week, although the
Denali sails from Se
attle ,•northbound, on
May 23, and proposed,
rates are to take ef
fect on May 21, com
pany officials have
advised the anderson
Dock agent here that
the „ old rates will
prevail on this com-'
ing trip.
Meanwhile i.la ska
has filed a petition
with the Maritime
Commission to suspend
rate increases asked
by the three steam
ship lines serving
the territory.
The petition, * fil
led by the territor
ial government, con
tends that the pro
posed new rates, an
increase of 41 per
cent in some ins
tances, will do "ser
ious damage to the
economy of the ter
ritory.”
The petition fur
ther contends that
duplication of ser
vices in southeastern:'
Alaska is in a large
part the cause of
company .■ operating
losses. It recom
mends the curtailment
omisevOne fllore
.d Low1 Rate 1 ;
of passenger service,
which could be hand
led by two ships, ac
cording to the peti
tion, if restricted
to a direct route be
tween Seattle and the
Gulf of ^laska.
The combined new
tariffs of the steam
ship company and The
Ala sit a Railroad will
increase freight
costs from 9 to 41
percent to the. in
ter for of iilaska, it
was estimated in ^n
cnor ago.
Further clouding
the complicated
transportation pic
ture is a thrjatoned
longshoreman's strike
on June 15. Confirm
ation of a request
for new agreements
between the Water
front Employer's Ass
ociation ’and long
shoremen came from
union heads at Seward
last week.
However Seward
longshore officers
said they believed an
agreement can be rea
ched before June 15.
.-.11 negotiations are
handled in the San
. Francisco, office of
; thd junion, so no act
ion on the matter
can be taken within
the territory.
Seward longshore
men have expressed
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SELDOVIA AIR
» Seldovia Air Ser
vice brought four
Port Graham residents
to the city and re
turned throe to their
home in mid-week
flights this week. In
addition, pilot Dick
Miller flew to Homer
to pick up M. Moore,
John Blattman, Harry
Freud and a. P.
vrright.
Cliff Barnhar.t,
Seattle salesman, was
ferried to Homer yes
terday afternoon.
TV.' 0 iiR3 LOST (Cont)
to the report, sup
plies and two dogs
belonging to the Hou
sels were found in
the boat,
Mr. .underson said
it was his belief the
missing pair may be
wandering somewhere
in the* hi 11'S ad:j ac ent
to Cook Inlet near
Moos 3 Point.
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