TRANSPORTATION
NEEDS ALASKA
WELL SUPPLIED
RAILWAY AND MARINE NEWS
AND PACIFIC COMMERCE
CARRIES FINE ARTICLE
TONNAGE, WELL BALANCED
Complete and Satisfortory Service—
Vessels Maintained Highest
Degree Excellence.
In last months issue of the above
named monthly publication, under the
caption, “Alaska’s Transportation
Needs Well Supplied with Present
Lines,’’ the following article appear
ed :
By Chas. R. Berry
Transportation facilities between
Seattle and other North Pacific
ports to Alaskan ports are on a par
with those of other line of wrater
travel. Six steamship lines ply be
tween the Straits of Juan de Fuca
land the Alaskan coast north of
Dixon Entrance. These are the
Alaska Steamship Company, the Pa
cific Steamship Company, the Grand
Trunk Pacific, the Canadia Pacific,
the Independent Steamship Company
and the Northland Transportation
Company. With the exception of the
vessels of the latter two companies,
all are engaged in the carrying of
both passengers and freight.
The Alaska Steamship Company
and the Pacific Steamship Company
maintain regular weekly schedules
and during the tourist and cannery
seasons, additional service is inaugur
ated. The two Canadian steamship
lines maaintain a bi-weekly service
(from Seattle and Vancouver, B. C.,
respectively.
The passenger service on these
boats is all that a discriminating pub
lic could ask for. The universal use
of the famed “inside passage” be
sides giving the passengers thrills
beyond compare, assures a voyage as
safe as it is possible to provide.
The attractiveness of the trip to
Alaska in any one of these fine ships
proceeding from Seattle needs no re
iteration here. Its praises have been
published and voiced to such an ex
tent that one can hardly pick up a
magazine nowadays without seeing
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Dr. J. A, Baughman
Physician and Surgeon
CHRONIC DISEASES A SPECIALTY
Phone Madison 90. Seward, Alaska
W. D. Coppernoll
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR A1
LAW
Will Practice in All Courts of the
Territory
SEWARD, ALASKA
SEE
Curtis R. M or ford
FOR FIRE INSURANCE
Dr. A. R. Roberts
DENTIST
Dental and General
X-RAY WORK
New Tecklenberg Bldg.
Phone Mad. 108 - - - Seward, Alaska
Aaron E. Rucker
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Office in Benson Building
PHONE MADISON 114
Hugh Dougherty
REAL ESTATE AND FIRE
INSURANCE
AGENT FOR
Equitable Life Assurance
Society
TELEPHONES
Bus. Adams 152 Res., Madison 5{
same pleasing reference to this recre
ative trip.
Tonnage, considering the period of
a year, is fairly well balanced up and
down. Foodstuffs, domestic commo
dities, building materials and hard
ware, cannery supplies, mining ma
chinery and general supplies repre
sent the bulk of the northward trip.
Ores, concentrates, bullion, fish, fer
tilizer, meat and timber are transport
ed south. To these commodities may
soon be added paper and pulp as
soon as present plans for the devel
opment of two or three sizeable pulp
and paper projects are completed.
The routing of the shipping to the
Territory is almost wholly confined
to southeastern and southwestern
Alaska. The Alaska Steamship Com
pany maintains a summer schedule to
Nome and occasionally to Bethel and
other small ports during the months
intervening between May and Octo
ber.
It is altogether a most complete and
satisfactory service both for the ship
per and patron. The vessels, with
out a single exception are maintained
to the highest degree of excellency;
the comforts and conveniences of the
passenger are given every attention
and freight shipments are handled
with every modern facility with as
high a degree of service as trans
Atlantic or trans-Pacific shipments
would have.
Several new boats have been added
to this combined Alaska fleet during
the past year or two. Also ships
from other routes have been acquired
and placed on this route to supple
ment those already on. This all pre
dicates the fact that waterborne com
merce between Alaska and the states
is increasing in a steady and certain
manner. The enterprise shown by
these steamship lies has done more
to make of Seattle the gateway to
Alaska than even the great amount
of advertising by other means has
accomplished. This has been the
most substantial contribution to
Alaska’s prosperity that could be con
ceived.
A comparative table of the in
creases in tonnage and passenger
traffic of tViese line show a steady
gain has sot in an > from wo. ch there
i.5 no likeliiu oil of a falling off such
a3 might be expected were Oid-t:me
‘ gold rush” conditions revived, which
is not at u.l probable. The excY.lent
sv'viee of the Alaskan fie t encour
U4 -: aid stimulates travel to and
taus cffse .;ng in a considerable de
f-t. out of the peak toua^L season,
giee die ordinarily light travel dur
ing the winter months, as the inside
passage affords as pleasant a voyage
in the winter as in the summer.
The vessels regularly employed on
the Seattle to Alaska and Vancouver
to Alaska runs are as follows:
Alaska Steamship Company: S. S.
Alaska, S.S. Yukon, S.S. Victoria, S.S.
Jefferson, S.S. Alameda, S.S. North
western, S.S. Oduna.
Pacific Steamship Company: S.S.
Admiral Rogers, S.S. Admiral Watson,
S.S. Admiral Evans, S.S. Queen.
Canadian Pacific Railroada: S.S.
Princess Louise, S.S. Princess Mary,
S.S. Princess Alice, S.S. Princess
Charlotte.
Grand Trunk Pacific Raliway: S.S.
Prince George, S.S. Prince Rupert.
Independent Steamship Company:
M.S. Oregon.
Northland Transportation Com
Show Cards,
Posters,
Movie Slides,
Cartoons,
Advertising,
Publicity.
E. F. JESSEN,
SEWARD, ALASKA
Jewelry!
Brings the Yuletide Smile
There are few things in life
more highly desired at Christ
mas time than quality Jewel
ry. And here is a Store that
features nothing but the high
est standard of Merchandise,
marked so reasonably low that
every gitt-seeker will respond
to this announcement.
ORLANDER’S
pany: M.S. Norco. ,
In addition to these seventeen
modern vessels, a number of others
are placed in service during the tour
ist and cannery season.
These vessels are pioneering the
way to an era of prosperity for Al
aska that "would not be possible in
any other manner and their compa
nies are evidencing their unbounded
faith i the progress of the Territory
as a commercial factor takig giant
strides in the very near future.
Ladies Shupaks, Urbach’s. 323
WATSON DUE IN MORNING
The Admiral Watson was scheduled
to arrive at CordOva this afternoon at
2 o’clock, according to Wayne Blue,
local agent and will probably arrive
in port tomorrow morning. The ves
sel will leave Seward a few hours
after its arrival on the westward run.
On the southbound trip next week
the Watson will make connections
with the train from the Interior.
Xmas cards, Alaska Shop.
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Ladies’ Slippers, Urbach’s. 323
Subscribe to the Gateway.
Sedro-Woolley Wants
To Change Her Name
OLYMPIA, Dec. 3. 1The busi
ness men of Sedro-Woolley are tired
of its double name and want to go
to plain Sedro, Senator J. M. Harri
son of Skagit County said when he
introduced a bill to that effect. Sen
ator Harrison said the government
complained constantly of the dual
name, and the citizens had become so
wearied of writing it that a large
majority petitioned for a change.
$1.00 sale, Alaska Shop, tf
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS INVITED
ED ERICKSON
Alaska Interior Silver
Black Foxes, a limited^
number of 1925 pups will
be sold this season. If you i
wish good foxes to start
your ranch with. Let me
furnish you your breeders
Price $500 per Pair f. o. b.
Kasilof, Alaska
Kasilof Silver Fox Ranch
Louis Nissen, Propr.
Kasilof, Alaska
LAUNDRY DONE ON SHORT
NOTICE
Special Care Taken of Silks and of all
woolens
AMANDA’S LAUNDRY
Next Door to the Belmont Hotel.
PHONE MADISON 126.
V
Gas Launch
KEN,4/
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAI FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
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Ice Cream
MADE DAILY
HIGH GRADE
Candies
FRAMED PICTURES, CURIOS
AND PHOTOGRAPHS
SYLVIAS
Phono Adams 128
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