Maintenance and Use of Alaska Highway:
1944-Present Archives Gallery
21/43 The Alaska Highway opened up new transportation and economic opportunities. For the first few years, highway travel was highly regulated, requiring permits. The Army wanted to control users of the highway due to lack of services and the poor condition of the highway. This letter indicates the interest of a private business in operating passenger buses along the Alaska Highway. 1945.
Yukon Archives. Yukon Government. Series 1, GOV 1680, File 21, Part 4 2/4, page 2. Letter to Mr. R.S. Harvey, Transit Supervisor (possibly for the Northwest Highway Service Command) from the O’Hara Transportation Company, Inc. dated March 19, 1945 requesting permission to operate carrier buses into Whitehorse from Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska.