The Alaska citizen., 1917-03-05
WICKERSHAM CHARGES
 YUKON RIVER REBATES
THE NORTHERN CONNER ELAL MONo2oLN.

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 .- on .ua r.@... Islands When .- a.a ..r..a a -.ao. '. stock .a1,-z s-.o sa-sa.a ,u salmon can a.aa a-a- .-.bu-a.. .h. Alaska Packets ....,ar.n n l.a" a- 'aH .s-.... The E.s.. g..."-e..t company .amz.a n t.r mercantile ..=.ue-- md .r t..a- along ...
 .. al. A..s. ami n l,g> when sr rich gold -..s.- .- E.ma .nl .aa-.u v,.. made were on the -raand + pag fns of steamers .a ... y.s,n and established 3 i'm. at mercantile establishments ."a >sme <. J.v..n .- Yukon H.yaH .a#t. Other c,mp4n.ss came with rra stampede to Nua. au. Dswsou an4 established aan9ntne .n~- o. steamer on 5he rive. .aa ~to.a7 at mauu4 camps m opposition |. .hr Alaska Commer.al Co.
 a 1go1 ne Alaska ,amaero# interests. ..pts~.nt. b. ..a a..s- families . San Francisco. a.mb.n~. H .he companies d., aa~ oa The American lu.ru below aaa.sa. .a, >auAen Commercial ea va- n~ga a.zed 5g them in ApL ie"l ant absorbed -be ma.eaal. plants and ..o.g, e. .aa Alaska ,o4asga.al c0. ..e Alaska Exploration Cs. tae Sent uasuk.n Transportation e.. aaa the Gan.. lul.goraa.a to tD"r a-- uz >o. aa rho Eoah.a Navigation Co. was oa-aa.~. a ~t tho aa- uu- ag .A. Same pa.a-- and absorbed the properties a. rha Al. a=ka Commercial Co. .ae -uasEa rsau.posa.an Co. Ii, sgrGe1asan vs.n.2srca..a Co. and ,aa Empire r.u.po..a.ua. .aea 0. aa..a up
 that .ue had owned and operate. .na-pena.at and competing io. o. -.eamboa- oa tue l~aon and rrou- urg rivers
 The -ou capitalization tt. aa.a t4- <eahan Commercial Co. and ,A. &ml.n \au....oa Co. "a- pa11 bg .,.4bta.u- the ~bo.k values" o- aa the properties purchased, and -s. sung stock in pasaaa. in prapar"ea 10 he ~book value" of each com psnys property In 1901 the %omA grn Navigation co. thus became the owner or al rhe vessels heretofore comprising the four fleets of vessels. and ueeea sagIIg put many ol them ja he St Michael "boneyard,' where he. have since remained. From time to time the Northern NayiGa. agn Co. became owner of other yes seIz as its stockholders and mana gers purchased other companies and the. boats. h 1905 the \. C Co., purchased the Baruettt mercantile plant at Fairbanks and the isabelle .na other boats. The fleet c4 the Worth American Trading and Tran pogtarion Co.,. established by the Gu dahy4. Was purchased through the Merchants Yukon fine il 1912. ".th that purchase the Northern Conner cfal Co. became the controlling mer eantne company, and it's twin, the Northern Navigation Co. the one dominating transportation company on the Yukon and its tributaries belo" Dawson. As these various plants were absorbed and paid for in stock the book value" ol the Northern Navigation Co., amounted to large sum, to $2.403,3G1 though the mum Der of vessels operated grew less and the grip oi the Northern Com mercial Go. and the Northern NaYi- gauon Co tighter on the trade and transportation of the Interior Zone. The history of ransp portation on the Yukon river is one of combination and the purchase of competing steam CTS and mercantile plants by the Alaska Commercial Co.,, changed Ill name to the Northern Commercial Co.,, but with the same active mana gers, officers and stockholders. By the year 1914 it had taken over ey- cry competing line none had escap ed-and paid for them with neE or additional issue of stock. The merchandise was put on the shelves and sold and the boats in the bone yard"
 (2) CONTRACT SALE OF APRIL g,
 1914.
 Tn the spring of 1913 the White Pass Co., built and put on the river from Dawson to Fairbanks, two Am erican bottoms, the Yukon and the Alaska. These were the first White Pass boats to enter the terri
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