Seward daily gateway., 1923-11-13
CHAMBER QF COMMERCE
 NAY CHANGE LUNCH HOUR

The weekly luncheon of the Seward Chamber of Commerce held at the Seward Grill today brought to lght many interesting facts relative 10 the nossihilities of an enormous return m small investment in a publicity campaign for Seward and Vlclnlt!'
 After the meeting was called to or der by President Whittlesey, the sec retarv read requests for information and data from tourists and persons de- sirous of locating at this point.
 The Secretary stated the Champer had no suitable literature to forward to these persons, and what literature inc chamber possessed was not au- thentic and would not bear out 1nves- tigation. Facts gathered from several authentic sources showed that rom Januarv 1 to August 31, of this year, transportation companies operating III Alaska carried 20,OS9 passengers to ports in the Territory. It is estimated that of this number fully 15,O00 were tourists: in addition to this traHlc numerous other parties visiting the North, probably bringing the total number up to 25,000 In 1922 the num- Der of tourists was about 5OO. ln Canada authentic reports show as a conservative figure, S100,000,000 re- ceived by Canada on tourist trade alone. This amount shows that there were only three items of export trade which aggregated more than $100,00O,- 900, so that the export of scenery oc- cupies fourth place in Canada's for eign trade. On an investment of but s222 1925. spent by the Seattle Cham Der Of Commerce during 1921122-23, Seattle received from tourists over SS.000. 900. the direct result of this pupblicity of the Pacific Northwest. These figures were arrived at by very conservative estimate, figuring the tourists spent two days each in Seattle.
 Rev Err HotovitZky, of Betl-0fsky, a guest of the Chamber, spoke of the possibility of the Seward Chamber featuring the westward" in their lit erature; O. the vast amount of attrac- tive things and features of a trip to the westward, especially featuring the whaling industry and the active vol canoes. aboriginal life and big game. Rev. Hotovatzky informed the mem bers of the chamber that he would se-7 cure pictures of the westward and would also give the Chamber authen- tic information On the attractions and undeveloped resources in that locality. He was desirous of having the Starr stop long enough at each point on the westward run to give persons interest ed to investigate local conditions.
 Mir. Shirtloff, another guest of the Chamber, also favored the body with a few remarks.
 Forest Ranger John G. Brady ex- plained and described the work of the Forestry Department in the public forests and also spoke of the wonder ful scenic possibilities surrounding Seward, of the Chugach trail, of the trail about to be constructed to Lost Lake, the features of Kenai Lake, Hope-Sunrise trail, Moose Pass, and other scenic features directly tributary to Seward.
 MT. K. A. Dregor, superintendent of the new fish hatchery at Grouse lake, spoke of the tourist feature, and edu- cational possibilities of the new fish hatchery. He explained that it was the intention to make trip through the hatchery tourist feature. MT. D, egor also furnished interesting de tails in the operation of hatchery; how the eggs were spawned and when direct results from their work could be expected.
 The time for these discussions hay ing exceeded the noon hour, motion was made and seconded that other dis cussions be postponed until special meeting of the chamber. to De called before the arrival of the Alameda.
 It was suggested that due to the impracticability of many business men getting away from their affairs during the noon hour, another time, prefer ably 6:00 D. m. be set, when every body interest in Chamber work could be rresent. This was carried over un ti, the special meeting, some time this week.