The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-22
Alaska Steam
Schedule Sci
Up for Winter
Fare Reduction, Improved
Sailing Times lnaugur-
dfed by Company


pany triple-season reduced-fare
round-trip tariff and an improved
fall and winter passenger steamer
schedule were announced today by
H. N. Peterson, general traffic man
ager of the line.
Beginning Oct. and continuing
through May is, 1851, 20 percent
reduction in round-trip passenger
rates will be available to all Alaska
line travellers between any two ports
served.
Last year the company reinaugu-
rated reduced round-trip fares on
voyages from Alaskan ports to Sc
attic and return. This year for the
first time, the company will make
round trip rate reductions available
to travellers from Seattle and from
and between all Alaskan ports.
I'VE are introducing these special
fares" Peterson said, ''in order to
give Alaskans and the general pub
lie the best possible rates during the
fall, winter and spring seasons, when
the demand for tourist space is not
at its peak"
The new sailing schedule covers
weekly departures from Seattle
from Oct. 6 through March 80, 1851,
and represents a distinct change
from past winter schedules in that
all sailings from Seattle are set for
pm. Friday instead of IL am.
Saturday.
Because of this feature, the new
schedule will give business people
maximum time to handle their ac-
tivities during the regular work
week and will take a minimum OF
business time for their travel" Pet
erson stated. "A person sailing from
Seattle S pm. Friday will arrive at
the first Alaskan port of Ketchikan
Sunday evening well rested after
two good nights sleep and in time
for another before tackling his job
the next day." he explained. ~,
New and interesting itineraries
have also been arranged under this
new schedule, it was pointed out,
The Baranof, set to sail from Seattle
every second Friday. will eau at
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Petersburg
Juneau and Seward, northbound
and at Sitka, Juneau and Ketchf-
Kan, southbound. with the addi-
tiopal port of Petersburg on the re-
turn portion of the October 6 yoy-
age only.
The steamer Defiali, sailing on al
ternate Fridays, northbound will
call at Ketchikan, Juneau, Sitka,
Seward and either Valdez or Cor
dova alternating each voyage),
Southbound the DenaH's ports viii
be Juneau, Petersburg, Wrangell and
Ketchikan.
Under this schedule, Alaska line
steamers will call at individual Alas
kan ports as many as three times a
week with calls at practically all
ports at least once each week, max
ing available to the traveller the
most desirable winter schedule since
prewar," Peterson stated. I'm addi-
ton, the new low automobile bagg-
age rates established last spring
give Alaska line passengers the
added convenience of personal trans
portation when they arrive at their
destination" he said.
In order to bring the steamers
Baranof and Denali into position to
inaugurate the new schedule on
Oct. 6, several changes have been
made in previously announced sail
lngs. The Denali, set to sail Septem-
Der Z, will on that trip call at Pet
ersburg southboupd in addition to
the published ports of Sitka and
Ketchikan, making the regular
northbound ports of Ketchikan,
Sitka, Seward, Seldovia, Homer and
Kodiak. a.......
The steamer Alaska instead of
sailing Sept IA, as scheduled, will
sail September Is in place of the
Baranof, calling at Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Sew
ard. Valdez and Cordova, north
bound and Juneau, Wrangelf and
Ketchikan, southbound. H.
Sailing from Seattle Sept. 80 the
Alaska will call at Ketchikan, Wran-
CELL, Juneau, Seward, Valdez, and
Cordova, northbound, returning via
Juneau, Wrangell and Ketchikan,
southhoAad, the Valdez and COrdoya
calls following rather than ipreced-
ing Seward as formerly announced.
Now until the Inauguration on
Oct. 6 of the new fall and winter
scheduled sailings every Friday at
5 pm, Alaska liners will continue
to sail every Saturday at II am,
and up to and including Sept. 7
there will continue to be Thurs
day sailing at the same hour, it
was stated.