Northwest History. Aviation 8. Business & Business Conditions, United States.

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1937
• Subjects: Alaska business boom; gains; ore production; canned salmon; trade; industrial income; Ketchikan; Nome; travel; gold production; Alaska Bureau; Seattle Chamber of Commerce; J. J. Connors; collector of customs; Juneau; gold mined; territory; Darwin M. Meisnest; chairman of the chamber's Alaska committee; salmon industry; freight moments; tourist; cargo; strike; Pacific Coast ports; Anchorage; construction program; homes; city hall; hotel; business buildings; Cordova; Valdez; school building; street improvements; Wrangell; Petersburg; gold-mining activity; Fairbanks area; Fairbanks Exploration Company; Esther; Cripple Creek regions; American Smelting and Refining Company; Goodpaster District; mining equipment; Harbor improvement projects; Forty Mile and Circle districts; sea coast; navigable rivers; United States army engineers; small-boat harbors; Flood control; Seward; Matanuska; cargo bookings; steamship companies; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Aviation; Fairbanks; Pacific; Alaska
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86217

Alaska Business Boom Halted By Marine Tieup. ALASKA BUSINESS BOOM HALTED BY MARINE TIEUP Gains In ore production, canned salmon output and general trade sent Alaska's Industrial income soaring during the year just ended. Business was booming in nearly every town from Ketchikan to Nome until the...