PRINCE GEORGE
vol. r,, no. 51.
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., FRIDAY, JULY 14th, 1�22.
FIVE CENTS.
Council Favors Grant for Spur and Tax Exemption
(OST OF PROVIDING FIRE PROTECTION FOR SAWMILL OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS CONSIDERED TOO GREAT�WILL CO-OPERATE TO SECURE CONCESSIONS FOR THE PROJECT FROM THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND CONSENT OF RAILWAY COMMISSION pon CONSTRUCTION OF RAILWAY CONNECTION.
The special committee of the city council appointed u� report on the proposals of .). I>. McArthur in connection with the establishment of a s;n\ and planing mill on the Hudson's Bay subdivision submitted its find-lug on Tuesday evening. The committee did not have all the necessary data before it and although it was accepted by the council aiid the members of the committee thanked, the council did not decide to act upon ill of the recommendations made. ' To the first request for a grant of^*�------------------------____________,;.
,. right-of-way for a spur line from the G.T.P. railway to tbo southern boundary of the city the committee acted upon the supposition that the right-of-way would be along the Taylor Crescent. It favored the making of a grant but recommended an exemption from taxation upon the same for a period of ten years instead of the thirty requested by Mr. McArthur.
half of Mr. McArthur, participated. The fir3t matter to be dealt with was the recommendation for fire protection for the mill property. It was pointed out by members of the committee that while they were anxious to meet Mr. McArthur as fully as possible there appeared to be considerable misconception on the part of the promoters; of the
milling enterprise as to what corn-In connection with the request for j pliance with their request in the [equate fire protection for the mill j matter of adequate fire protection �operty by extending the city main! would mean. The mains the city has �. the committee found that it in operation in the Millar addition at
mid not recommend the same as � cosl to the city would be pro-
the present time do not exceed four inches, and to extend this main to
$1,772,791 of which, after $173,000 has been allotted to a reserve fund, one-half will be distributed to the municipalities.
ONOI'IjAXE ARRIVED HERE UNHERALDED
AT 10:20 TODAY
the mill property would not give fire The third request that in event of | protection as the friction o:i a pipe the mill property beine included : line of such a length would be a very within the corporation that exsmp- considerable factor. The fire pro-tion from taxes be accorded for thir- ! tection to be adequate would prob-ty years from the date, of the agree- I ably have to measure up to the. re-ment or bylaw was modified by a quirements of the board of fire un-i recommendation that the exemption derwriters and this would mean at ( n such un'event should be for ten I least a sif-inch main if indeed an i : ;i(i of thirty years. eight-inch main were not demanded. I
The committee met Mr. McArthur This would necessitate the construe-j irl) in the matter of agreeing to tion of a pipe line from the reser-iperate with him to the fullest ex- ! voir. which would mean a heavy ex-tei � in securing whatever conces- penditure for the city, and to en-sions iv,. Mit be obtainable from the ' sure the necessary fire protection for] ��: jiv,,.i.n,,n| 1n f>-.. tnal>orjthe etty i' v\o. Id tneap iloqbyjtf; the! ol taxation. I present tank service. This would
After a couple of misadventures due to the hazards of aerial transportation the bitr I*arsen monoplane* flying from Edmonton to Hazel ton reached the city this morning at 10:20, having flown the distance of li.">3 miles at an Average speed of about 12 the big1 "bus".
On the trip over the rookies and down the Fraser valley some Interesting photograph* were taken by the party.
The machine is enginrd with a 2OO h.p. "B.M.W." motor, a combination of the famous Benz and Mercedes.
No word of the departure of the 'plane could be sent on aportunity of visiting this city and the surrounding country.
The party will be taken south from here by the motor boats "Rounder" and "Circle W." and on reaching Quesnel a rearrangement of the transportation plan will come into effect. It was the intention of the party to travel over the Cariboo road from Quesnel in motor cars but this idea has been abandoned in favor of a special train which has been placed at the disposal of the party by the Pacific Great Eastern Railway.
There will be fifty or sixty members in the yarty.
ThiN morning H. <>. Perry, M.L.A., received a telegram from the
"> of ministers of the provincial government which is touring northern. |
in eased the strain the lands minister has
^aB made an ^untry from
Prince
visiting the mines in fl ."�� "MR Anyox plant. PPing at ilU 1'mportan.t
' Prince Rupert and
clay night. Mr. Wade is collecting mineral and other exhibits for the windows of British Columbia House in London. As a former editor of the "Vancouver World" and an old-timer in the west Mr. Wade has an extensive knowledge of this province which is proving of great value in the London offices, and his present trip will add to this knowledge from a part of British Columbia which is new to him.
Report that Well Known Wholesale
Merclmnt of Prince Kupc>rt Will
be on Boaitl is Current
It is rumored that the name of Fred. G. Dawson. president of F. G. Dawson Ltd.. wholesale grocers of Prince Rupert, is to be added to the directorate of the Canadian National Railways.
There is no official confirmation of this statement, which, at the present time, appears only in the form of a persistent rumor. Color is lent to the authenticity of the suggestion by the fact that a director from the west on the C.N.R, board is pleaded for. and the choice of Mr. Dawson is a logical one. Prince Rupert, as the western terminus of the G.T.P.. is entitled to representation on the board and the appointment of Mr. Dawson would meet with approval all along the line.
LIQUOR PROFITS $1,772,701
FOR PAST SIX MONTHS
Provincial Government About to Make Big Divvy to Cities
Municipalities will receive as direct revenue from tl'�ir share of the liquor control profits for the last six months at the approximate rate of $1.50 per capita of the population. The total profits to date are
TEl/EGRAPH LINES IN
GRIP OF ELEMENTS
The Citizen has had to go to press without telegraphic news again owing to the havoc worked on the C.N.R. telegraph system by forest fires, followed by high winds. The latter are prevailing on the line east of here today and the train will probably be delayed in consequence. *.*.+��*��*� + + + +� + �*� +
Mount Selwyn Beckons Railway Development North
VAST MOUNTAIN OF LOW-GRADE FREE MILLING GOIJ) ORE NBAlt THE HEADWATERS OF THE PEACE RIVER IN THIS DISTIBH ! FACTOR IN NECESSITY FOR NORTHERN EXTENSION OF P.G.K.
george McAllister goes north with reduction plant.
After fourteen years' prospecting work on Mount Sehvyn, the liu^c mountain of low grade free milling gold quartz near the junction of the Findlay and Parsnip rivers, headwaters of the Peace, George McAllister, of Calgary, passed through the city this week hound for his mountain of gold, with a small Rons crusher and amalgam plant. He will set, this i.i operation and will make a "mill tost" on the ore body at Mount Selwyn as soon as possible after reaching the ground. He left here yesterday with two companions, for Summit l$ke, with about five tons of supplies.
The small expedition to Mount ��---------------------------------------------�
Selwin is making an important step j ore body at eight hundred billion in the advancement of development tons.
plans for a mine that promises to rival the famous Tredwell mine, off the coast of Alaska. Tredwell, before the undersea workings were flooded by the opening of a huge fault, through the continued blasting, ranked amongst the first few
The confidence of George IVIr-Allister and his associates In Mount Selwyn is unbounded. Tit ? face of the great mountain ia pitte 1 with the prospect work of these men. who for fourteen years, have carried on the task of assuring themselve>.
of the world's greatest gold mines, j beyond a doubt, that the values ar � Mount Selwyn rises sheer from continuous throughout their grou.>
the brink of the Peace river seven
of claims.
miles east of the confluence of the | The plant which is being taken In Findlay and Pack rivers, on the by the McAllister party will be load-
south bank. The summit of the mountain is 6.220 feet above sea level. The lower part of the mountain, with the exception of a few hundred feet of a slate cap. is almost entirely composed of rose quartz, carrying values in gold, which years of careful assaying have proven to run from $3.40 to $14.00 a ton.'
The property is one of the largest low-grade gold mining propositions in the world and its development into a huge mine is held, by experts, to depend only upon proper transportation facilities. There is no fault in the huge ore body and there is no waste rock to handle in clevel-
ed into a scow at Summit lake, whirh can be reached from this city in i day by a motor truck. From th> lake the scow will be run dowr-stream by the Crooked, Pack an i Parsnip rivers right to the base of the mountain on the Peace.
If it were not for the fact that present development work must b s carried on by water power, the mi 1 could be Set in operation right o � the banks of the Peace river. In order to secure a water power, the little plant will be set to work o i Quart/, creek, which riows round th^ base of the mountain and which liu~
a grade sufficient to give amp' � oping the mountain as a mine, j power for an overshot wheel. Whenever a blast � is set off the' This water wheel will be built by quartz that comes away from the ! the McAllister party as soon as tbnv parent body carries certain values i reach the ground. They are taking for deduction by free mill process. the lumber in with them to do this A conservative estimate places the | (Continued on Page 6)
Freight Rate Reduction is Stimulating Lumber Trade
A. W. FOSTER, LUMBER BUYER BACK FROM NEW YORK, SAYS THAT EVERYTHING POINTS TO BKJ DEMAND FOR EXPORT LUMBEll FROM THIS DISTRICT FOR EASTERN POINTS�GREAT BUILDING BOOM IN PROGRESS IN NEW YORK.
That the lumber mills of this part of the province, are- due for a prosperous period after the hard times that liavo enveloped the-m for ;t long time past is Indicated by everything connected with the market.
Bearing out this statement is market information which has ju*' reached the city with the arrival of A. \V. Foster, formerly a buyer tor the Pacific Fir Company, but now buying individually for the New York market, who has just come from the city on Manhattan Island.
The reduction of freight rates.--------------------------�*
which is scheduled to go into effect CITY TAXES ARE COMING
on the first of August means a re- ; IXTO COFFERS RAPIDLY
duct ion of about $2.0'0 a thousand ----------
feet to the eastern markets, he states. Figures show that Confidence, in This, on G. T. P. cars. tarrying city i* Unlimited and This is
about 25,000, feet means $50 a car. j Growing Every Day
Add this to the fact that a building ---------
boom such as S'ew York has never \ Tax collection figures, obtained at known before, and the demand for Ljie (ljtv najj saow that there is no B. C. spruce to replace the white iack ot- confidence among the tax-pinp that is fast becoming extinct, payerS| which always becomes ap-and the prospects for the central B. parent through the falling off or' ('. mills is a very rosy one. ,.(X receipts in tlu> city treasury.
Asked for the reason of the build- To(iay, out of a levy of $63,67-9.56, ing boom m New York. Mr. Foster , tnere naa been collected $32,462.18
drew attention to the action of the State of New York which has ex-
and this sum does not include an amount of $5,000 du� from one of
empted from taxation, for ten years, i tne city-s ]argest taxpayers.
h j
all dwellings or apartment hous
Iast vear tne levv W;1S $83,894.69
as a solution to the housing prob- ancj ilt this time of tlu> year a sum leni. This has sent a tremendous \ Q{ $44,669.99 had been collected. amount of private capital to take � [mt jflgt ye.dV was a oetter period for advantage or this desirable form of J tax (.on,H.tions than this Ikis been, investment, and the laws governing j apeaking generally, the investment of insurance compan-
ies' funds have been modified to allow some investment in apartment houses, for the first time in history.
IS FINGER PRINT EXPERT
Ezra Carlow, sergeant detective
The coming into effect of the ex- j the Victoria police force who has ;cted reduction In rrelght rates will been appointed chief of police of
Prince George is 11 ringer print expert. Bootleggers handling their goods by the bottle will have lo wear rubber gloves here In future.
also result in heavy buying <>n orders that have been holding off until this promised economy came into effect.