Northwest History. Alaska. Science. United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Alaska; Ships; Ship building; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th Century; Handle The; Pacific; Yukon; Nome
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/101758

Alaska Line Sets Mark In Ship Sailings ALASKA LINE SETS MARK IN SHIP SAILINGS Eight Carriers Going North in 4-Day Period; Tourist Travel And Freight Traffic Heavy By E. J. DALBY In the heaviest concentration of Ballings ever experienced by the line, the Alaska Steamship Company will have dispatched eight! carriers to various sections of Alaska, from yesterday until Monday night. The large fleet is being sent North to handle the large tourist movement, provide supplies for northern industries and to furnish bottoms for the annual movement of canned salmon, herring, oil and Other fish products to Seattle. Three passenger liners clearing over yesterday and today are taking out large lists of travelers and any available space, on return, will be occupied by canning men and others who are finished with their THREE LINERS CLEARED The three liners are the Dorothy Alexander, which cleared early last evening and the Northwestern, a little later, both for Southeastern Alaska, and the Yukon which sails at 9 a. m. today for Southeastern and Southwestern ports. Other ships sailing over the period are the Tanana at noon and the Cordova at 9 p. m. today, all for Southeastern Alaska; the Bering for Southeastern Alaska Sunday night and the Oduna for Southwestern ports Monday night. The Derblay, which cleared yesterday for Nome and Kotzebue Sound points, carried out one of the heaviest cargoes ever handled to that section since it included largely r-upplies for the winter.