Kitsap County Transportation Company

In Minnesota, and later in Boxton, North Dakota, J.J. Hansen had been in the business of selling farm equipment.

[1] Hansen Transportation initially acquired the steamer Quickstep and put it on the mail route between Port Madison and Poulsbo.

Gazzam also had some business allies acquire a major stake in the Hansen company.

[2] Suquamish, sometimes referred to at the time as "Hyak's pup" was notable for being the first diesel-powered passenger vessel in the United States.

[2] In 1927, Kitsap County Transportation Companyand Puget Sound Freight Lines (PSFL) formed a joint venture company called the Ferry Dock Company, which took out a long-term lease on the Grand Trunk Pacific dock in Seattle, which was then in a rundown condition.

[4] In 1929, the stockholders of KCTC and PSFL reached agreement with Wilbur B. Foshay (b.

Foshay however was financially ruined in the October 1929 stock market crash and the transaction never went through.