MORE ABOUT . . .
Story of Seward
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less than five steamers had
called at Seward during a two
day period. An average of 20 to
30 steamers per month had been
maintained during this period.
The Seward Chamber of Com
merce was alert to the import
ance of this water transporta
tion. and ready to fight at the
drop of a hat for even better
service, as was the editorial
column of the Gateway. During
1905, for instance, a protest was
made to Washington, D C., about
the fact that all mail for Seward
had to be routed through Sitka
on certain designated steamers,
rather than be transported with
out delay on the many other ves
sels that were Seward-bound. In
those days, it was for some time
the practice of visiting steamers
to bring any available mail free
of charge as a public service, but
this was soon stopped on the
grounds that it deprived the
contract mail carriers of their
rightful revenue. Another pro
test was made to the main office
of the Washington-Alaska Mili
tary Cable System, because cer
tain other Alaska ports, as well
as Seattle, received word of all
Alaska steamer arrivals and de
partures free of charge, while
the only service of this type
which Seward received was that
covering immediate port-to-port
movements of vessels bound for
Resurrection Bay. Later the
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Chamber of Commerce began a
campaign for more direct serv
ice between San Francisco, Port
land. Seattle and the young rail
road town. They thought it un
fair that Southeastern Alaska
ports should always be called on
en route to Seward and return,
thus delaying normal freight and
mail service for many additional
days.
For many reasons, shipwrecks
were frequent in these times,
and made thrilling and some
times gruesome news on the
front pages of the Seward paper.
We have been unable to learn
the date, but it was during the
first few years after the found
ing of the town when the old
Dora was torn loose from her
berth at the Seward dock, and
beached in a high wind, so high
and dry that it took many weeks
to get her back afloat. Ship
wrecks elsewhere in Alaska
often affected the town directly,
as when the S.S. Ohio was
wrecked at Spire Island, and Mr.
G. G. Boe lost equipment for a
complete brass foundry which
he had intended to install at
Seward, lie was fortunate in
deed, to escape with his life dur
ing this marine disaster.
Although no serious marine
disasters occurred in Resurrec
tion Bay or vicinity, local inter
ests demanded better naviga
tional aids, and in September,
1909, the Tender Armeria ar
rived to select a site for fixed
light. It was installed in June,
1910. at Barwell Island.
Here are a few figures indi
cating the extent of commerce
in 1904 and 1905, according to
the Governor's Annual Report:
Total receipts in 1904—$281,
600; 1905—$994,623.
It is interesting to note that of
this later figure. $43,120 worth
of liquor was included; quite an
increase from the $11,913 worth
of wet goods unloaded in 1904
(Next week: Seward's Part in
the Coal Fight.)
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CALIFORNIA—OREGON—WASHINGTON—ALASKA
S3 CHARLES CROCKER
Arr. Seward
Nov. 26
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Lv. Long Beach . Nov. 23
Lv. San Francisco Nov. 28
Lv. Portland Doc. 3
Lv. Seattle Dec. 8
Arr. Seward
Dec. 13
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223 Central Bldg.
P.O. Box 592
Ph. 3-4401
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District Mgr.
FAIRBANKS
M. J. (Bill) Wilcox
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SEWARD
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Main 164
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CECIL LINDSAY BOUND
OVER TO GRAND JURY
Cecil Lindsay, who spent some
time in Seward earlier in the
year, was bound over to the Fed
ral Grand Jury in Fairbanks last
week after a preliminary hear
ing on a charge of grand larceny
growing out of the alleged theft
of $200 from Hart's Service Sta
tion there.
Walter Belk, night attendant
at the station testified that Lind
say was “pretty drunk” when his
car was pushed in at about 5
o’clock in the morning. He stat
ed that Lindsay said he would
wait until 8 o’clock when the
mechanic would come on duty,
and went into the office.
Belk went into the office at
ten minutes before six, he said,
to get change for a twenty dollar
bill. He found the cash register
empty and Lindsay gone, al
though his car was still there.
Lindsay was arrested later in the
morning by a city patrol officer
at the Star Service Station.
Lindsay was put on the stand
by his attorney. He stated that
he had been in Fairbanks about
a month, coming there from Sew
ard. He had worked in Seward,
he said, during the winter as a
longshoreman, earning from $25
to $35 a day, depending whether
he was on day or night shift. He
had been bn construction work,
he testified, since the season
•opened, earning S3.07 an hour.
He said he had come to Fair
banks with a few hundred dol
lars. had received $100 income
tax refund and $150 from a man
who owed him money in addi
tion to his earnings.
He said his car had failed on
the street and that someone had
pushed him into the service sta
tion where he was told the me
chanic would arrive later. He
decided to g. t a cup of coffee in
the meantime and go to the Star
Service Station to pay a towing
charge he owed. A man came
into the office, he said, just as
he was going out.
That statement was denied by
the Hart Service attendant. No
other man had entered the office
as Lindsay claimed, the attend
ant testified.
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WINTER TRAIN SCHEDULE
THE ALASKA RAILROAD
EACH MONDAY and FRIDAY
Depart Seward for Anchorage 8:30 a.n
EACH TUESDAY and SATURDAY
Depart Anchorage for Seward 1:30 p.r
EACH THURSDAY
A boat connection will be operated from Anchorage
Seward and return each Thursday. Time of departu:
will depend on arrival of vessels at Seward.
The passenger train Aurora leaves Anchorage for
Fairbanks each Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8:30
a.m. after September 24. It departs Fairbanks for
Anchorage on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8:30
a.m.
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