Page 8 Weekly Frontiersmar
Thursday, July 22. 1S54
ALASKA LINE WILL
DISCONTINUE ALL
mmmz service
The Alaska Steamship Com
pany will discontinue operation of
passenger ships following the end
•of the 1954 summer season. The
•termination of passenger service
will not affect cargo and mail op
erations.
The Iasi passenger ship sailing
from Seattle will be the steamer
Denali September 24. With the
return of that ship to Seattle Oc
tober 6 the last American pas
senger ship service to Alaska will
come to an end.
A single factor has forced de
cision on passenger ship service
at this time—continued, constant
increases in all operating costs—
far beyond the point where such
costs could be matched by in
creases in fares or traffic, accord
ing to the announcement by D. E.
Skinner, president of the Alaska
Pine.
Since the end of the war the
number of passengers carried per j
voyage has been roughly equal
to pre-war figures. But costs
vc increased to such a point
heavy losses have been incur
d. These losses on passenger
snips by years since the ships
were returned from government
wartime control to company op
eration are: 1949-$273,439; 1950
S147.204; 1951-$82,167; 1952-$593,
762, and 1953-$420,637 for a total
of $1,517,209.
in an eirort to continue opera
tion of these ships, Mr. Skinner
said, the company has conducted
a careful study of the problem.
Several steps have been taken,
but have failed to produce the
inecessary revenue. Summer far
es have been increased over the
'“off-season” fares. Unprofitable
ports have been eliminated. Spec
ial rates for passengers’ automo
biles have been filed and during
the summer tourist season ad
vance reservations for “short
haul” passengers have been re
stricted. It was felt, he reported,
that the movment of military de
pendents controlled by Military
Sea Transportation Service could
be of major assistance, and con
tracts with MSTS were in effect
rat two different times. But it has
been determined that if MSTS
had used every vacant berth,
through out 1953 at MSTS con
tract fares, the additional revenue
would have been insufficient to
■overcome the 1953 deficit.
It has row been clearly dem
onstrated that it is economically
unsound to maintain a passenger
fleet for 12 months to operate for .
only a three month tourist sea- :
Mmercial •
I WEDNESDAY — THURSDAY
JULY 21 — 22
Abbott—Costello
Go To Mars
Bud Abbott — Lou Costello
Robert Paige — Martha Hyer
Mari Blanchard
FRIDAY — SATURDAY
JULY 23 — 24
Shows: 7:15 and 9:00 p.m.
THE LONE HABSO
(Technicolor)
Joel McCrae — Barbara Hale
Alex Nicol
"UNDAY — MONDAY
Nites 7:15 — 9:00 P.M.
Sunday Matinee 2:90 p.m.
JULY 25 — 26 »
Francis Covers the
Big Town
Donald O'Conner
Yvete Dugay
Gene Lockhart
i
Anchorage Kan
Uses Ufa in
Sanoe Accident
Alfred Cecot, 27, was an ap
parent drowning victim Sunday
j July 18, when the canoe in whic
; he wras riding with Raymon
! White and Robert Krause, swamp
i ed in the Matar.uska River, nea
| Chickaloon.
The men, w^ho had been plan
ning a trip by canoe down th
Matanuska to the bridge thre
| miles out of Palmer, had jus
started their hazardous trip whe;
i the canoe overturned w'hile cross
j ing the current. Ai'ier White an<
Krause made shore they saw- Ce
| cot struggling in the water. A
j one time he v-as able to get to hi
i feet but was knocked backwarc
i by the strong current. White anc
Krause ran downstream a couph
i of miles, they told Territorial Po
lice, but did not see Cecot again
The survivors returned to Chick
alcon via the tram running acros;
the Matanuska and notified of
ficials of the accident. Continuec
search failed to locate Cecot.
All men are from the Anchor
age area, Cecot, was employed by
the resident engineers at Elmen
dorf Air Force Base. The men had
planned the trip for over a week
and had another car stationed at
the bridge for pickup.
Pennsylvania Company
Completes Drilling
And Exploration Work
T. B. Sturges, purchasing agent
and plant manager for the Penn
sylvania Drilling Company of
Pittsburg, Pa., arrived in Palmer
last Friday and expects to remain
here several weeks on company
business.
xvir. oiurges wm supervise the
completion of the company’s ac
tivities in the Valley coal field
which have been in operation
since 1948.
The Pennsylvania firm’s con
; trac with the Federal Bureau of
' Mines to explore coal potential
in the Matanuska Valley coal
field is completed. Drilling results
are favorable, according to Stur
ges.
Elsewhere in this issue the
company has listed equipment to
be sold.
son, Skinner said.
The Alaska Steanlship Com
pany is proud, he added, that it
has been able to maintain pas
senger service to Alaska long
after all other American flag *
domestic coastwise passenger lines
ceased operation. Of the manv
such lines in operation in pre-war
years, none are now in service.
Concession—
(Continued from page 1)
begin today for the new per
manent building at the fair
grounds. A building permit for
the S12,000 structure, was issued
by the city this week. A power
shovel is expected to begin work
sometime today. Once the grounds
are prepared, the foundation will
be constructed for the 52-foot by
120-foot building by J. C. Land,
local contractor.
Bids for the construction of the
cement block walls are scheduled
for opening tonight.
Rides Expected
Final plans for acquiring amuse
ment rides for this year’s fair
will be discussed next Tuesday j
when Joe Brodbent of Anchorage,
who plans to bring rides to the
fair, meets with board members.
The boai’d of directoi’s is making
, every possible effort to acquire
! amusement rides for this year’s
fair.
Andy’s Pet Shop of San Jose
has written to the association
stating he will be bringing some
of his concessions, including the
popular fish pond rat race.
Preparing Track—
(Continued from page 1)
and rnusical entertainment in true
cowgirl style, officials announced
this week. There will be a con
cession, in charge of Eleanor
Hartnei’, where hot dogs, coffee,
beverages and pop corn may be
purchased.
The events will be broadcast
over a PA system to enable rodeo
goers to better follow the many
events. Don Moyer will be in j
charge of commercials and Sally
Moore will announce the rodeo
activities.
“We are really planning a fast
moving show”, one member said
this week. “We are scheduling
the events so that there will be
no long delays between events.”
A trick pony is expected to per
form, along with bronc riding,
calf roping and the many thrill
ing events that go along* with a
western rodeo.
Admission will be $1.50 per
adult and 75 cents for children
under 12 years of age.
TO BE SOLD IMMEDIATELY
Failing “1500” truck mounted core drill
WITH VARIOUS CORE DRILLING TOOLS
Star “71” skid mounted churn drill
WITH VARIOUS CHURN DRILLING TOOLS
LIGHT PLANTS, PUMPS, /PIPE
3 SMALL CAMP BUILDINGS AND CAMP EQUIPMENT
CAJLL OR WRITE
PENNSYLVANIA DRILLING CO., Box 776, Palmer
T. B. Sturges, Jn — Matanuska Hotel — Palmer
FORMER KANSAS STATE
STUDENTS PLAN
GET-TOGETHER PICNIC
Former students of Kansas
State College, which is located
at Manhattan, Kansas, are plan
'> ning a picnic at Moose Creek
? sometime this coming week. The
■* occasion is being planned in order
to give local Kansas State gi-ad
r uates and their families and
friends an opportunity to meet
‘ several members of the college >
s faculty who are planning a visit !
“ in the Valley.
The guests are expected to ar- j
_ rive the latter part of this week
j early next week and will be
visiting with the M. D. Snodgrass
and the Harry Wimmer families.
, The picnic will be a potluck i
? affair: however, barbequed king
salmon, ice cream, and coffee j
will be furnished. Johnny Reed 1
! will furnish the salmon. !
All past or present students of
■ Kansas State College, their famil
ies and friends are invited to
1 attend the picr.ic. Anyone inter
ested in attending should contact
M. D. Snodgrass, Harry Wimmer,
or Pat Murphy for the date and
time.
A joint checking account al
lows your wife to beat you to the !
draw.
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