The Cordova daily times., 1917-05-14
MANY TOURISTS BOOKED FUR
 ALASKA

'"' "''oai SpTlHG TuSh 10 Alaska is on. Never before in the history of the northern territory have the steamship companies arranged SO many sailings from Seattle as is contained in the list Tor the present season. Figuring all the boats to leave gives an average sailing from Seattle every twelve hours, with the aggregate tonnage of the sailings totaling about 75O.OOO These figures include freighters and regular line vessels, but not govern. ment, fishing or other craft.
 The companies contributing to the traffic movement are arranged alpha. betically as follows:
 Alaska Steamship Company: Border Line Transportation Company; Can adian Pacific Company; Grand Trunk Pacific Railway; Humboldt Steamship
 9mpany; Pacific Steamship Com
 y; the last named being the anal gamation of the Admiral Line and the Pacific Coast Steamship Company
 All the steamships in regular ser vice making Skagway a port of call work in conjunction with the White Pass & Yukon route for interior points of the Yukon territory and Yukon riv- CT sections of Alaska. As each of the companies named include Skagway, that port will derive a direct benefit from the bulk of the sailings as will be the case with Juneau and Ketchi- kan, these three important places be- ing ports of call on both the south eastern and southwestern routes. The regular Sitka excursion will be main tained by the smaller steamships op- erating on the southeastern Alaska route, as we'll as the Prince William Sound and Cook Inlet excursions, on all vessels operating to the westward, which will include excursion trips over the Copper River &- Northwestern Railway at Cordova.
 The White Pass & Yukon route will operate the Midnight Sun and Yukon excursion trips, which include the wonderful trip down the entire Yu- kon river to St. Michael Ocean steam ships can be boarded for the return to Seattle.
 All the companies have flooded the east with attractive advertising mat ter and while the war may curtil the western movement to a certain ex- tent, passenger officials of Alaska steamship and rail lines anticipate a fairly good excursion year. The com mercial passenger traffic has already been unusually heavy, the mining de- velopment in the Copper river valley, the railroad construction from Seward and Anchorage, the number of peo- pie going into the Yukon territory from Skagway and the general indus trial development in southeastern Alaska attracting more than the usual number of business men and various employees.
 Early sailings to canneries in Bris- tol bay have been made by the Vic toria, which took full cargo and pas senger list to Port Moller. The Ad- miral Goodrich sailed for Herendeen bay, and the Senator for Bristol bay during the month, each with capa- city cargo and large passenger list.
 General Freight and passenger Agent John H. Bunch, of the Alaska Steamship Company, announces the details of what is considered the most extensive service between Seattle and Alaska yet arranged by that organi- zation.
 The steamship Victoria will make five round trips to Nome and St. Mi chael, leaving Seattle in June, July, August, September and October The Latouche and Valdez are due to sail on their first trip in May. The Juneau is due to depart soon, these three also for Boring sea, while the big freighter Cordova, sailing in June, will make Kotzebue sound points. These four freighters will continue in the Boring sea service throughout the summer.
 The four large passenger and freight carriers, Alaska, Mariposa, Alameda and Northwestern leave on the Anchorage-Pri William Sound run with sailing every six days, al lowing 23 days for the round trip, which will enable the schedule to be maintained barring unusual events. Northbound, each of these four yes sels will make the Skagway stop, but southbound two of them only will make the Skagway stop.
 The Jefferson and Dolphin leave on the southeastern Alaska run as usual and will make the Taku-Sitka excur- sion trips during the season. The Re dondo. Ketchikan and Skagway will be on the southeastern Alaska routes until the arrival of the Henry T. Scott, which will augment that ser vice.
 The Santa Ana is due to sail this month for Bethel, head of ocean navi- gation in the Kuskokwi mriver At Bethel the vessel will connect with Captain Langley's river boats, which operate several hundred miles up that stream. Returning from Bethel the Santa Ana goes to Seward to take the