Seward daily gateway., 1925-12-28
Call for Bids for Operation of Vessel Along the Southwestern Coast of Alaska from Bristol Bay to Norton Sound, Season 1926.

Photographic or written bids or of Alaska Legislature will be received at the office of the Governor of Alaska at Juneau, up to noon, February 15, 1926, for the operation of vessel, American registry, of not less than
 sixty (6O) feet in length, not less
 than forty (40) tons underdeck, and a
 passenger carrying capacity of not
 less than twenty (20) persons, loaded
 draft not to exceed nine (9) feet and
 maximum speed of not less than eight | (8) miles per hour. Passenger ac-
 communications shall be reasonable and commensurate to the size of such ship 1 or vessel
 | Such ship or vessel to make not less than six (6) regular stated trips and return calling at each of the way ports
 named both going and returning, not less than once each month during the
 season when navigation is open in | the waters mentioned during the sea- son of 1926.
 l Route No. beginning at False Pass and continuing along northwesterIy coast of the Alaska Peninsula to Kog- giung, stopping at Port Moller, Port
 Heiden, Naknek, Ugashik and Ege-
 gik, thence along the southern and
 western coast of Alaska to St. Michael
 and return, making calls both going
 and returning at each of the follow ing places, Nushagak, Dillingham;,
 Kolukak, Togiak, Goodnews Bay,
 Quinhagak Bethel, Akiak, Nunivak
 Island, Tununok on Nelson Island, l Hooper Bay and Scammon Bay.
 Mileage Table Route No. From
 False Pass to Port Moller ITO miles,
 Port Moller to Port Heiden 11O, Port
 Heiden to Ugashik 75, Ugashik to
 Egegik 50, Egegik to Koggiung 50, Koggiung to Nushagak 90, Nushagak to Dillingham; 10, Dillingham; to Ku- lukak 100, Kulukak to Togiak 5O To- 1 giak to Goodnews Bay 125, Goodnews
 Bay to Quinhagak so, Quinhagak to Bethel 12O, Bethel to Akiak 40, Akiak
 to Nunivak Island BIO, Nunivak Island l to Tununok 50, Tunuouk to Hooper
 Bay 65, Hoope Bay to Scammon Bay i 5O, Scammon Bay to St. Michael 200. Total Miles 1735. l Route No. 2 beginning at Koggiung along the southerly and westerly coast of Alaska to St. Michael and return making calls both going and
 returning at each of the following places, Nushagak, Dillingham;, Kolu- kak, Togiak, Goodnews Bay, Quinha- gak, Bethel Akiak, Nunivak Island,
 Tununok on Nelson Island, Hooper
 Bay and Scammoh Bay. Mileage Ta-
 ble Route No. ?, Koggiung to Nush- agak 90 miles, Nushagak to Dilling- ham 10, Dillingham; to Kolukak 100, Kolukak to Togiak 50, Togiak to Goodnews Bay 125, Goodnews Bay to
 Quinhagak 60, Quinhagak to Bethel
 12O, Bethel to Akiak 40, Akiak to Nunivak Island BIO, Nunivak Island 1 to Tununok 50, Tununok to Hooper
 Bay 65, Hooper Bay to Scammon Bay l 50, Scammon Bay to St. Michael 20O
 total 1270 miles.
 1 The choice of either of these routes
 shall be in the discretion of the Gov ernor of Alaska
 The law appropriates the sum of
 Ten Thousand Dollars (S1O,OOOOO) to be expended under the direction of the Governor and specifies that no
 Dld or offer ln excess of fifty cents l toOc) per mile for each mile neces- sarlly travelled over the route chosen
 and designated, to be computed ac-
 cording to the official table of dis
 tances, shall be accepted.
 Successful bidders will be required
 at the close of the season, to make sworn statement, under oath, to the
 Treasurer of Alaska, showing tariff
 of freight and passenger rates; total
 tonnage and total number of passen.
 gers carried; gross earnings from
 passenger, freight and mail ser.
 vice rendered, segregating the same
 according to the three classes, the
 gross expense and the gross earnings
 of the ship or vessel during the pc
 riod covered.
 l Contract will be entered into imme-
 diately upon the award to the sue cessful bidder. The right to reject
 any and all bids is reserved.
 KARL THEILE, Acting Governor of Alaska. l Dated at Juneau, Alaska, December 1 % 1Q0S