The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-02-09
ALASKA LAUNDRY PLANS 10 TAKE OVER SNOW WHITE PLANT

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 Final transaction is expected to be completed next week in one of the biggest business transfers in Juneau in a number of years, when the Alaska Laundry, Inc, takes pur- chase of the Snow White Laundry equipment and good will from the present owner, Milton Daniel, it was disclosed today by J. S. Mac Kinnon, Jr, Alaska Laundry CO., owner and manager.
 Equipment will be moved from the Snow White Laundry buildin. on Admiral way shortly after the transfer, MacKinnon said. The AL aska Laundry will continue all ser- vices presently extended to it's cus- toners by the Snow White Laundry.
 Another Business Expands
 The transaction will also make way for the expansion of another Juneau business when in the near future the building housing the Snow White Laundry will be leased from Daniel by Carson Lawrence owner of the Juno Bakery who will install bakery plant which when completed, he said, will be the big gest and finest bakery in Alaska. John Barber, assistant to Lawrence is now in Seattle arranging for the purchase of equipment for the new bakery plant.
 Lawrence said the present loca- ton of the Juneau Bakery on Front Street will continue as it Is, as the main sales store.
 Lawrence is now in the fourth year as owner and manager of the Juno bakery He purchased the busi- ness from Henry Sully.
 T have finally achieved the goal 1 set when I took over the Juno Bakery, to find a suitable location for establishing the finest type of bakery for Juneau" Lawrence said today.
 Equipped for Service The Alaska Laundry plant will be equipped to handle all the needs of a laundry in Juneau and the surrounding vicinity, MacKinnon said. New machinery has recently heen installed and with the addition of parts from equipment purchased from the Snow White Laundry, the plant will be one of the most mod ern and efficient of it's size on the coast.
 Daniel said today he has been desirous of disposing of his business for some time. His future plans are not yet completed he said but he and his family will continue to make their home in Juneau. Daniel first became associated with the Snow White Laundry when in 1887 when he drove the de- livery truck for the owners, Anna Jensen and Ida Foss who started the business in the 1920s, then To- cated on lower Franklin street. In 1942 Daniel purchased the business from the two women and later mov- ed it to it's present location in the new concrete and many widowed building on Admiral Way. Since 1895
 The Alaska Laundry is Juneau's first laundry and has been operat- ed continuously since it was estab- lished as the Alaska Steam Laundry in 1895 by E. R. Jaeger, father of Mrs. J. s. MacKinnon, Sr.. who re- tains an interest. Jaeger's first laun- dry was located at the corner of Second and Gold Streets and in 1901 was moved to the large build ing constructed by Jaeger on Frank lin Street and now occupied by the Juneau Clinics on the second floor and the Kann store and Gus George Superette on the street floor. It was the first power laundry in Alaska.
 In those early days of the laund- rvs history Jaeger operated on small scale and made his deliveries in the summer by means of a wheel barrow and in the winter by Yu- kon sled. These were replaced by horse with q light wagon in the summer and a cutter in the snow months.
 Governors SuiIe
 The ~ooms on tie second floor of Jaegers new laundry building then one the largest in Juneau, were occupied by the family and prominent persons in town who as- pired to enjoy the excellent living accommodations afforded Governor
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