The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1937-01-22
Renamed CEN.
.C0RCAS NOW IN
PORT UNLOADING
Vessel to Sail for Yakutat
at f O'clock Tomor-
row Morning


ular company master, Capt. Andrew
Haugen, but with an almost entire
ly different personnel from her last
voyage otherwise, the Libby Nc
Neill and Libby steamer Gen. w. C
Gorgas, under charter to the Alaska
Railroad for emergency service tc
Alaska, arrived at Juneau this morn
ing, westbound, at about 8 O'Clock
The Gorgas brought to Juneau
is passengers from the States and
is passengers from other South
east Alaska ports. She has aboard
70 through passengers for the west
ward.
| For juneau
Passengers for Juneau on the Cor
gas we're: From Seattle-S. v. Den
nison. G. Dial Santo, William Heit-
man, F. Hayes, Mrs. j. johnson, j
Kearney, H. Lundquist, Miss j. Nc
Donald, w. l.. Nance, Miss E. Pete
j. Saarela, H. Spencer, r. Stoft, Miss
B. Thorsen, Mrs, F.. Weiss, G.. Win
old.
From S. T.. Alaska
From Ketchikan-J. Hendricks, w
A. Slump, Mary Ridley, Irene In
man.
From Wrangell-Hazel Fred, Mary
Peterson, H. Freel, Variety Imhoff
From Petersburg-Ted johnson, S
Mathiesen, Alice Nakomoto and
three grandchildren, Fred McGill
G. S. Anderson S. M. Hopstad, Jack
Kelley.
Ships Personnel
Besides Capt. Haugen, officers of
the Gorgas include: Capt. Joe Mil
Ter, of the Alaska Line, pilot; Capt
Gus Nord, of the Alaska Line, pi-
lot; Capt. A. Hartland, of the Ad-
miral Line, pilot; First Officer Haa-
ken Norby, of the Alaska Line; Chief
Engineer c. ]. Brown, Libby, Nc
Neill and Libby; Chief Stewart Jack
Thornton, of the American Mail
Line; and Purser L. H. Bishop, of
the Admiral Line.
A former Juneau boy, John Clark
son of Capt. ]. M. Clark, steamboat
inspector for Alaska, is aboard the
vessel in the capacity of Third Of
ficer.
900 Tons of Freight
The Gorgas brought to Juneau
slightly more than 100 tons OF
freight, including over three hun
dred tons of coal, which she is
scheduled to move to the Pacific
Coast Dock to begin discharging
at -four or five o'clock this after
noon. She is now discharging cargo
at the City Dock.
The Gorgas is posted to sail from
Juneau for the westward at 6 o'clock
tomorrow morning. Her first port
of call to the westward will be Yak
utat. Included in the ships cargo
for the westward is about $50 tons
of fresh meat, kept in cold storage
under dry ice, as the vessel has nc
regular cold storage facilities, First
Officer Norby reported
Purser Bishop, who is one of the
very few members of the crew to
have also made the last voyage on
the Gorgas, reported that this voy-
age has so far been entirely differ
ent, in all aspects.
Service Is Good
His statement is backed up by the
!, opinions of several passengers inter-
: viewed. Mrs. Ruby Buoy, who, with
her two children is enroute to Sew
ard, declared that though she has
. often made the trip north, she has
never received better service from
crew members of all stations. "To
begin with, I was fortunate in Sc
curing comparatively good accom-
modations, though I must say that
the vessel is not we'll equipped for
passengers, but I expected that,
she said Il have never travelled on
a ship where the crew tried harder
, to please. =
Mrs. L. Gill, who is enroute to
. Palmer to assume charge of the
: w0rkmen's home for the WPA, bore
|out Mrs. Bucey's statements. 1--WE
have been treated excellently," she
said. Mrs. Gill was in Alaska once
before, Is years ago. and declared
that she noticed great improvement
in Juneau and other Alaska towns
, No Complaint
A. F. Novatney, going to Yaku-
, tat, stated that although the voy-
age has been very slow, he has heard
exceptionally little complaint re-
garding the crew. 1.-THE ship NAV
not be SO much, but we have received
mighty fine service, and no one
could expect better food" he de-
clared. Il have heard but one COM
plant. A lady passenger reported
a sleeping bag missing shortly after
the vessel discharged her passengers
at Ketchikan, and believe that SC
: liar 1t has not been located. How
: ever. it is most probable that the
blame in that instance does not Liz
with the crew. 1t may either acct
dentaly or otherwise have gone
. ashore with some passengers bag
; gage. I have noticed no drunken.
= ness among crew members, nor have
heard complaints of any,"
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