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PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN
12; No. 16.
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THUR3DAY, APRIL 18, 1929
Five Cents.
Railway Survey Extension of P. G. E. Is Under Way
CaUoghan and Gunn Wfll on Location of Line Into Prince George
Will Be Made To De-e Route For Extension Into Peace River
, F p Burden, minister of lands �� acting minister of railways during fS Absence of Premier Tolmie, is ex-�brtPd-to arrive in the city about the !Va of the week. The minister is mak-S? a trip over the line of the P.G.E. Sm Squamish to Quesnel, in com-,,,'.. with D. C. Coleman, vice-president of the C. P. R. company, and J complete the run from Quesnel m Prince George by motor. The trip nvPr the line is being made in con-m-ction with the comprehensive nur-vev which has been started to learn nil that can be gathered with respect to the completion of the government line into Prince George, and its extension into the Peace River district.
There are three divisions of work in the survey which has been undertaken The first of these is the determination of this best location for the line which will bring the railway into Prince George, from a point a few miles south of Qufisnei. This work is now'in hand under the direction of J. CalloRhan. deputy minister of railways of railways for the province of Alberta, and who was formerly chief engineer to*- the P. G. E. railway company while it'continued as a private undertaking. Assisting Mr. Calloghan is L. C. Gunn of Prince George.-who was locating engineer for the P. G. E. company un-der. Calloghan. This part of the survey is a purely engineering matter. That portion of the P. G. E. which has been constructed northward from Quesnel is not on the line located by Gunh and approved by Calloghan as chief engineer. It was departed from in the first instance to bring the railway into Quesnel, and in the second place to shorten .the mileage between Quesnel and Prince George. The outcome of the survey now being made is almost a foregone- conclusion as the engineers may be counted upon to recommend the moving of the road back to the location they recommended in the first instance.
The political interference with the
engineers in fixing the location of the P. G. E. was undoubtedly an expensive thing for the province, but it is better to face it now than to continue in the error. In this way it is expected much of the difficulty in crossing the Cot-tonwood Canyon will be avoided. L. C. Gunn, who located the original line across the canyon has always maintained the dificulties of the crossing have been magnified. He now has the opportunity to demonstrate this. Incidentally there will doubtless be considerable satisfaction for former Chief j Engineer Calloghan and Locating Engineer Gunn to vindicate the judgment given by them twenty years ago respecting the location of the ill-starred railway.
The other features of the government survey cover the suggested extension of the railway from Prince George to the Peace River, and a study of the resources of the country to be served by such a line. This work will be under the direction of C. R. Crys-dale, an engineer employed by the government, who will be assisted by, T. C. MacNab and Murray Hill, rank- � ing engineers in the employ of the; C. P. R. and C. N. R. companies re- ! spectively. j
To push this work ahead as rapidly as possible airplanes will be utilized. It is said the planes will be used not only in making a study of the country to be served by the extension of the railway, but also in an examination of the three routes which have been sugested as affording a railway entrance into the Peace River by way of the Pine, Peace and Monkman Passes. The work of the aerial surveyors in the matter of a location line will of course be complimentary to the work of the engineering parties on foot. It may be said the location of the railway into the Peace River will not be so formidable an undertaking as at first supposed, as there is en- | gineering data available on all three � of the passes, and the surveys will j seek to determine which of the three-is most desirable in point of construction cost, future operation, and the traffic posibilities of the country to be served. It is expected to have the survey completed during the present vear. ,________
SIR CLIFFORD SIFTON
DIES SUDDENLY IN NEW
YORK HOSPITAL
New York, April 17.�Sir Clifford Sifton, a man long prominent in Canadian politics, and who played a great part in the settlement of the western prairies, died suddenly in the Rosevelt hospital here today. Sir Cliford had gone to the hospital to consult a heart specialist, but his condition was not suspected as being' critical. ..Sir Clifford retired from politics several years ago and became identified with large business interests.
Railway Men Are Delayed By Bad Roads
The business men of Prince George were robbed today of the opportunity of entertaining the most distinguished company of railwaymen ever started in the direction of this city. The party was headed by Hon. P. P. Burden. minister of lands and acting minister of railways, and included D. C. Coleman. vice-president of the C. P. R.. C. A. Cottrell. general superintendent for western lines for the C. P. R.. and C. C MacNabb, the ranking engineer for the C. P. R. In addition to these there were the directors and officials of the P. G. E. including W. J. Blake Wilson. Colonel Spencer, M.L.A.. Willard Kitchen. R. Wilson, J. A. Quick and C. L. Bate, Chris Spencer, Hon. R. L. Mait-land. Roderick Mackenzie, M.L.A.
The distinguished fcompany was Pinking a trip over the P. G. E. line incidental to the survey which has been undertaken by the provincial government to arrive at definite data required for the completion of the government line into Prince George. and for its extension into the Peace River district.
To fittingly express their apprecia-'ion of the interest shown by the visitors in the future of the government railway the officers of the board �f trade arranged a luncheon in their honor and set the time for one o'clock. Anytime the P. G. E. can be dragged >"to a board of trade luncheon a record attendance can be counted upon. and the experience of today was no exception to the rule. The board of :nde had figured on a record attendance and the Ritts-Kifer hall was engaged, for the afternoon. At the wpomted \wuv there was a tnrong of ousmess men awaiting for the order w fall-in, but. the expected visitors to b �l arrived. They'were reported tin e ' Stone Creek on their way
P f'i 12.30 and making allowance dii
g condition of the roads it was
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cltv J'1?^ would not a^ve in the miiv-Un ISO- There was some rnur-
vh'o ^ at tms on tne parfc of tnose tni-f Vo:e awaiting lunrh but it was
WauU" trr>od nart- The local men ,lted until '1.30 but there was no
?.ovin C vLsitors- They waited until htpr"- . and sti11 no si^n- Some time ?1'
Dick Corless to Inaugurate Air Service in May
Will Make a Bid for All Passenger,
Express and Freight Business
Offering This Spring
Plane Service Will Commence As Lakes Open
Western Canada- Airways Will Use Summit Lake As Base For Air Service With Mining Districts
o?1'. n'as received that the dif- f the mShway had proven too
had di?H i*\e visitors and that tney
"decided to turn back to Quesnel.
the nffineast hai been' Prepared and officers of the board of trade de-
Junkers-Larsen Plane Secured and
Second One Expected To Be
Delivered Soon
Richard Corless aims to pioneer in the air transport business in the central interior, and to make Prince George his base of operations. On Wednesday he received delivery of the Junkers-Larsen six-cylinder plane which was bi'ought to Prince George by Len Bell and his associates in 1922 to engage in air transport to the mining districts in the north. The plane at that time was in charge of Major G. H. Thompson, who had varied experience in flying prior to the outbreak of the world war, and later a distinguished air service Durinnr *b stay of the plane in Prince George Major Thompson did a profitable iitney business, taking scores of residents for their first flight. Moving on from Prince George to Hazelton the plane developed into a white elephant, and no business offering it continued to be housed there until purchased recently by Corless and his associate.
Mr. Corless says it is his intention to operate two planes out of Prince George to all points offering passen-eer. express of freight business. The second plane is expected to be delivered here within three weeks and the new service should be inaugurated before th6 end of next month The services of? a man with extensive flying experience has been engaged, and the second machine .will bo operated by Thomas Corless, oldest son of Richard Corless. who has qualified for a flying licence in a course of instruction re-cently taken in Calgary.
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j cirled there was nothing for it but to I i fall in and get a long deferred meal, j � President Harry Guest led the way > and took his place at the head of the I table surrounded by an array of empty ' chairs. They had a exnxl luncheon as they generally do when the Prince George Grill is doing the catering but they were forced to supply the hot air which generally attends gatherings of this kind and in this respect the luncheon went rather lame.
Will Cut The Time From Th�> Lake To The Ingenika From Six Days To Less Than :s Hours
The use of the airplane as a means of communication between Prince George and the new mining districts in the northern portion of the province will be introduced by the Western Canada Airways when the spring break-up comes within the next month, and the lakes which dot the north country afford the required facilities for landing. The Western Canada Airways, with head offices in Edmonton, and operating planes out of Vancouver, has been studying for seme time the matter of introducing an airplane service to northern British Columbia along much Ihe same linos as such service has been introduced in northern Ontario and northern Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and have decided to test out the issue whether there will be sufficiet business offering to make the service pay.
The ice goes out of the northern lakes about the middle of May and this will see the arrival of the first plane. It has been decided to use Summit Lake as the base for the northern business, but as required the Diaries will make the trip to Prince George.
At present the chief interest in the mining development centers around the Ferguson group of mines in the Ingenika district, which have been under systematic development by t!ie Ingenika Mines Limited, ut the Consolidated Company, of Trail, has bean busy in the north for some time and is credited with having secured n. number of promising prospects. The advantage of the plane as a means of travel '.s readily appreciated when it is stated that the trip from Summit Lake to the Ingenika will be made within a space of three hours, as; against six days which is said to hold the record for the trip in over ,the waterway extending from Summit Lake. Where time is any consideration the appeal of the plane will be very strong, but it remains to be seen whether there will be enough business offering in the north to make the proposed air service profitable.
The Western Canada Airway" has two prospecting passengers in Prince George awaiting transport in the persons of the brothers Robert and John G. McCombes. of Montreal. They have made their plan;; to spend the summer in the north in prospecting the country over ami in examining such locations as have already been made with a view to becominp; interested in their development.
They will start north well eguipped. Although comparatively yount; they have had four year> experience in placer mining in the Yukon, thev have token post-graduate courses in mineralogy and kindred subjects and arc understood to have the backing n?ccs-sr.ry to turn to account any discoveries they may make on their summer's work. The brothers ar� twins, look as much alike as two peas, and appear to have a sense of humor which would prompt them to make the most of their similarity in their appearance. If they are inclined they could carry a line of comedy with them all through the north country.
Pending thfi comine of the rnitial Dlnne they will put in their time in looking, over th? mineral possibilities jf ilip country alonq the lire of ttio C. N. R., between Prince George mid Smithers.
WEATHER REPORT ...
R. B. Cflrfer, local meteorological npmt. nredicts penernliy fair weather for the next few days. There will be occasional showers and higher temperatures. ..-The maximum and minimum temperature {readings for the week onding Tuesday, April 16th, were as follows:
Wednesday ............................. as 13
Thursday ................................. 54 A7
Friday....................................... 5* 20
Saturday ..............:................... 51 21
Sunday .................................._.. 43 34
Monday.............�...�................ 52 28
Tuesday......................................52 32
Tenders Are Invited For Clearing of 30-Mile Road
Extension of Highway From Aleza
Lake To Longrworth Will Be
Commenced At Once
Tenders Are Invited For The Clearing
and Grubbing: and Construction
Will Follow
Tenders are being invited by the public works department of the provincial government for the clearing and grubbing of thirty miles of roadway from Aleza Lake to Longworth, and the work will be put in hand as soon as the tenders have been considered. This piece of roadway will ultimately form part of the highway connecting Prince George with Edmonton, but. what is considered of more immediate importance, it will tie in with Prince George all the sawmills along the line of the C. N. R. as far east as Longworth. This thirty-mile ?tretch of the highway will be completed this summer, but whether this will represent the whole of the work tp be undertaken will turn upon the size of the appropriation made for it.
Between Longworth and McBride the distance is eighty miles, but there is a ten-mile piece of roadway already-built so that the building of the highway to McBride means the construction of an additional seventy miles. With completion of the highway to McBride very little will remain to be done by the province in the securing of the highway to Edmonton, as there has been some road construction east of this point and the tote-road, built by the contractors for the railway to the eastern boundary of the province, can be made available for highway purposes for its total length at a nominal cost.
Residents of Prince George are in-trested in the completion of the Prince George-Edmonton highway as they
realize that until the same is built, and an outlet given to this section of the Cariboo highway, they cannot expect to share in the tourist travel as motorists are unwilling to double back ever three hundred miles they have travelled. With the Edmonton connection it is believed Prince George would receive a generous part of the automobile travel between . Alberta points and the Pacific Coast.
For the work being undertaken at present the department is inviting tenders for the clearing and grubbing of three sections of ten miles each. It is not work which will require machinery, and the expectation is that satisfactory tenders will be received from residents of the district. Altogether the clearing and grubbing will represent an approximate cost of $60,000.
It is intended to carry out the actual road construction as a departmental undertaking, making use of the labor-saving equipment which was secured some years ago. The road will be up to the usual standard, with a roadbed of twenty-four feet, and the maximum grade between Aleza Lake and Longworth will not exceed 5 per cent. There will be but one important bridge on the 30-mile section, and this will involve the crossing of the Fraser in the vicinity of Hansard with a span of 1200 feet at a probable cost of $50,000. It is not known yet whether the bridge will be undertaken at once, or whether a ferry will be utilized for the crossing for the first year or two. From Aleza Lake to Longwirth the road will parallel the railway, but between Longworth and McBride it is probable the greater part of it will be located on the opposite side of the river from the railway, following the original location made for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway which affords a dry route and misses a number of the slides with which the railway has been forced to contend.
Escaped Convict Slew Nurse Mowry and Burned Body
Fingrer Prints Establish Identity of
Murderer As Escaped Convict
With Criminal Record
Had One Wife Too Many and Decided To Murder Nurse After Securing Her Savings
Elizabeth, N. J. April 17.�By a comparison of finger prints supplemented with a persistent grilling the police yesterday discovered that H. Colin Campbell, the 60-year-old civil engineer who confessed to the murder of Mrs. Benjamin S. Mowry, near Cranford on February 22nd. is not the man he claimed to have been but H. C. Cross, known in police records as an embezzler, bigamist, modern Bluebeard, and a convict who escaped from prison in 1909. Since then Cross', took the name of Campbell, married' and became the father of four children, the eldest a married daughter and the youngest a child of two years.'j Just how Campbell made his living | since his escape from prison is not I known but he managed to miss attention from the police until he wns arrested for the murder of Mrs. Mowry. a woman employed as a nurse at Greenville. Pa.
The Mowry murder was the first of a number in which the killer sought to destroy all evidence by soaking the clothes of the victim in gasoline and setting fire to them. The body of Mrs. Mowry was found with the clothing burning a short time after it had been deposited on an unfrequented road near Cranford early in the morning of February 23rd. It. remained in the morgue for six days when it was identified by two Greenville women. This gave the police their first clew and working on it the arrest of Campbell followed a week ago. Following his arrest Campbell; made a complete confession of the murder but concealed his identity as j the missing convict Cross.
He said he-had mai'ried Mrs. Mowr.v to secure what money she had saved ; throuch nursing and received a cheque ! for $1000 from her the day following i the marriage. He soon tired of main- ; taining two households and in fear tnat"^vlrs. Campbell would learn of his | marriage to Mrs. Mowry decided to cet rid of her. Hp told of taking Mrs. Mowry for a ride in his car on the i night of the murder, of shooting her j in the back of the head. He deposited | the body at the side of the roadway, j pulled the clothing over the head. | soaked it with gasoline, touched aj match to them, and then drove home �>nd resumed living his normal borne life until the police apprehended him. --------------0--------------
Rev. T. F. \" 'ePencier has arranged tp hold chu c'\ services in the Tabor Creek schoolhouse ota the afternoon of Sunday, April 28tto, at 3 o'clock.
PARKER D. CRAMER
NOTED FLYER ARRIVED IN
PRINCE GEORGE TODAY
Parker D. Cramer, the airman who made the flight from eastern Canada to Greenland, arrived in the city this morning shortly after 10.30 o'clock. Mr. Cramer is making a flight across the western half of Canada with a view to securing first-hand information desiredf by him. HLs ultimate destination will depend upon circumstances but it will take him to White-horse and possibly into Alaska.
A large number of citizens gathered at the landing field in Central on Tuesday evening and again on Wednesday evening in the expectation of meeting the birdman who had taken off at Edmonton but they were disappointed. He encountered a bad mist in the vicinity of Jasper and decided to make a stop there on Tuesday evening. He started for Prince George again on Wednesday but ran into a snowstorm, in the vicinity of Loos and was forced to turn back to McBride. The landing at McBride was made in a field of mud and before he could take off this morning he was forced to leave his travelling companion and the greater part of the plane's equipment In order to lighten it. His companion and the equipment may come in on this evening's tram.
Mr. Cramer's next stop will be at Hazelton where he has arranged to receive a supply of gas, and from this point he will fly to Telegraph Creek and on Into Whitehorse He is making the trip in easy stages.
SECOND ANNUAL DANCE OF CANADIAN NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION BIG SUCCESS
The officers and members of the Canadian National Social and Athletic Association entertained a large company at their second annual dance in the Ritts-Kifer hall on Wednesday evening The hall was, artistically decorated with a scheme in which railway equipment largely figured. The orchestra were seated in the rear end of an observation car, the front of the stage being fitted with the usual ornamental grill, with a drop scene representing the rear of a coach. Lamps and flags gave the required realistic effect. Throughout the hall the lighting came from varied colored train and work lamps, and the walls were brightened up with railway pictures.
An excellent orchestra provided music for the dancers, and the evening was thoroughly enjoyed The railway men came in for a lot of commendation for the manner in which seating arrangements at the supper were worked out. They prepared for five sittings and as the guests entered the hall they were furnished with sunoer checks of different colors, the color of the check determining the sitting to which the guests were assigned. In this way those who arrived at the hall in company had supper together, and the crushing and confusion which has marked supper arrangments in the past were obviated.