Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-08-04 | Page 27 | Settlements Along Bristol Bay Soon to be minus Mail

SETTLEMENTS ALONG BRISTOL BAY SONTO SOON SON TO BE MINUS ill MAIL MAILly I y l S Service Seattle Wash Au Aug 3 Following I her final Cinal voyage to Bristol Un Kay points Joints on the northeastern tern Alaska coast tho ho I staunch little steamship Dora which I Ihns has lias piled plied continuously on th s route for Cor tho the last fifteen years ears earli will be beI withdrawn from the service accordInG according accord accord- ing Ins to announcement ement of or the Alaska a I Steamship company owners of oC the j craft The Tho Dora Doia la Js known as the craft that al ays came bock beck During all nil these years yearn ear the Dora Dorn has halt been the only connecting link with the outside world the little settlements Inthe in inthe the Arctic zone have hn had The Dora Dorn carried mall and supplies between Seward and Bristol Bay Day settlements Now o othe the government has refused to toren ren renew w the mall contracts with the Alaska Steamship company at an ad advanced nd- nd I rate which the concern declares de de- declares v clares clars is is' Is' Is necessary to meet the Increased In Increased In- In creased cost of or operation during war wartimes I de-I times Withdrawal of ot tho the Dora will p practically cut off oft those far Car northern ports from Cram regular service et and only I during the summer months when an occasional cannery craft mo may put lut In will the settlements be bo in communication tion with tho the outside