Alaskan Ferry, Noted in Gold Rush, for Sale
JUNEAU, Alaska, Saturday, April 25.(U.P.)—After forty-eight years of consecutive service without a mishap, during which time its boats
travelled 1,123,000 times across Gastineau Channel between Douglas and Juneau, the Juneau Ferry & Navigation Company has gone
out of existence. Abolition of the ferry service was due to recent completion of the $250,000 bridge across the channel. The ferry company's last boat, the Teddy, will be sold. Many tales of the early Alaskan days were recalled with the passing of the ferry, such as in the season of 1887, when Captain John Martin, who launched the company, went about the saloons of Juneau blowing a fish horn when the ferry was ready to leave.
During the gold rush, thousands of miners used the ferry, often pulling out their "pokes" on deck to engage in games of blackjack at
$10 a chip.