Alaska Steamship Says Weather,
I ahdr Held Up Reef. Knot
Information m
Thursday’s mail dir
ected to the local
a^ent of the Alaska
Steamship Co., pre
sented the company's
point of view in the
recent long delay of
the unloading of the
freighter Reef Knot
at Seward.
The letter, writ
ten by .Halton Peter
son, passenger traf
fic manager of the
company, was in an s
wer to a press dis
patch published in
Seattle papers charg
ing that Seattle in
terests had purposely
delayed the discharg
ing of> the Reef Knot
at Seward because the
ship had baen loaded
out of Portland, .
As proof that, a
combination of cir
cumstances, including
bad weather, lack of
sufficient railroad
..operating eauipment
..ana labor disputes,
had stymied unloading
operations, Mr. Pet
erson offered the
following file of
For Every .Comfort
Du RING FIoUR'iSt AY
in SELDOVIfl ■
Bt.OuR'GutSTS.
• BEflCHCOrflBER
I:HOTEL
wires lroiii olio uoticuu
agent of the company:
Dec. 27--Reef Knot
arrived this morning*
Discharging deck and
town oargo only.
Jan .: 5 — Account
weather conditions
rail traffic south of
Portage ‘ suspended
least^ 48 hours, and
all available ware
house and cargo space
now crowded with Bar
anof cargo. Denali
&nd Reef Knot idle at
fleck.
Jan. 7--Denali and
Reef -Knot at dock.
Denali discharging
one hatch Seward lo
cal cargo this aft
ernoon. Two freight
trains arrived Se
ward last night, but
not sufficient hot
cars to- justify
■start all hatches
Denali. Reef Knot
idle. Freight train
out of Anchorage
‘this morning derail
ed at Bird Siding,
Mile 80, therefore
Will be another 24
hours before hot car
equipment arrives
'here. Labor situa
tion not yet cleared
up but progress be
ing made and decis
ion expected tonight
’which looks favor
,able for resumption
of work.
Jar, 9--Reef Knot
goes to stream-** .this
afternoon. More
trouble . on railroad
today account'snow,
Fleet returning from
clearing , another
snow slide was de
railed at Kern, kill
.ing one man, injur
ing several others♦
Therefore no traffic
from anchorage today
until wreckage clea
red, .. •
Jan. 13 -- Reef
Knot discharging in
termittently as warm
space and cars av
ailable .
Jar. 20 — Keei
Knot apd Terminal
Knot at dock. Reef
Knot discharging two
gears all day until
6, o'clock tonight j
then waits for more
hot cars a l eather
continues with near
zero * temperatures,
northerly winds.
Jan. 21—Positive
ly priority prefer
ence being given dis
charge of Reef Knot
over other,freighters
Other freighters wor
ked only with defin
ite understanding
-with the stevedore
company and railroad
that by so doing Reef
Knot would not be de
prived of any labor
gangs, warehouse
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