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18
Ferry Tustumena
Hits the Water at
Lake Michigan Bay
STTJRGEON BAY, Wisconsin UP
— The 238-foot ferry, Tustumena,
built for the State of Alaska, was
given a perfect launching in 10
degree weather Saturday at the
Christy Corp. Shipyards.
Mrs. William Egan, wife of the
Governor of Alaska, christened
the $2 million passenger and auto
fern- as it. crunched into the icy
waters of Sturgeon Bay. A co
sponsor was Mrs. Hazel Downing,
wife of Richard A. Downing, Alas
ka’s Commissioner of the Depart
ment of Public Works. Downing
represented Governor Egan at the
launching and was the principal
speaker at the public ceremony.
The Tustumena. a twin screw
diesel propelled vessel, will have
a capacity of 40 passenger sedans,
nine 40-foot trailers and 200 pas
sengers with cabin, lounge and
commissary facilities. It will join
a fleet of three and operate be
tween Kodiak Island to Seward
and Homer on the mainland in
Alaska, plying a route described
by Downing as “some of the
roughest water in the world.”
A unique piece of equipment on
the ferry is an elevator for taking
on automobiles and trucks at var
ious levels. This is necessitated
by high tides ranging up to 36
feet which the vessel will en
counter.
aruing ox me ierry comraci
to the Wisconsin ship building
firm was made possible by com
pletion of the Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Seaway. The Tustumena
will have one of the longest de
livery trips on record, approxi
mately 10,000 miles — from Stur
geon Bay via Lake Michigan and
the Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean,
down the coast, across the Gulf
of Mexico, through the Panama
Canal and up the Pacific Coast to
Seattle, where the vessel will be
drydocked and accepted by the
Alaskan government next summer.
Commissioner Downing, com
menting on the cold wave that
dropped temperatures below zero
in the early morning hours,
said that it was 40 degrees when
the official party left Juneau.
Alaska.
Alexander
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Heuston and Betty Alexander
1 Anchorage Firm Contracts
To Operate Alaska Booth
At N.Y. World’s Fair
JUNEAU Wt — A contract for
the operation of concessions at
Alaska’s New York World’s Fair
exhibit in 1964 and 1965 was
awarded by the State today to
Alaska Crafts and Culture Corp.,
Anchorage.
Henry Roloff, State Commis
■ sioner of Economic Development
and Planning, said the Anchor
! age firm will market all forms of
1 Alaskan handicrafts, including
gold nugget, jade, ivory and hema
tite jewelry, food products, skin
products and artifacts.
Under the terms of the contract,
the Department of Economic De
velopment and Planning must ap
prove all items being shown by
the concessionaire before they can
be sold.
The agreement provides that
Alaska Crafts and Culture pay the
State a minimum of $5,000 for con
cession rights, plus 5 per cent of
monthly gross revenues from $60,
000 to $200,000.
Roloff said the contract sets up
a sliding scale to give the State a
larger percentage of gross reve
nues over $200,000 a month.
The contract also calls for an
! initial payment to the State of
$12,000 to cover the first and last
two months of operation. The Fair
will run six months each year.
The agreement also stipulates
i that employes are to be Alaskans
| Officers of the corporation are
John M. Anderson, Ed Sheppard
and Edward Coffey of Anchorage
| and Carl Heinmiller of Port Chil
. koot.
Roloff said in its initial proposal
to the State the Anchorage firm
said it would provide the State
with marketing information after
the Fair closes which wTould pro
vide the basis for continuing pro
motion of Alaska products.
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