vo
L 12, NO. 18.
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1929
Five Cents.
C-.nadi:in Pacific and Canadian National Railway Systems Are Now Reported To Be Making Deal To Take Over P. Gr E. Together With 16,000,000 Acre Land Grant
Plan Contemplates Finishing of Railway To Prince George By The Government Under The Supervision of the Prospective Purchasers During 1930
Vancouver, May 2.�That the Canadian Pacific and Canadian iSa'tiofta! railway systems will shortly take over the Pacific Great! E -tern Railway, and a qonsiderable part of its liabilities, was the i.H'.mation given by Lieut--Colonel 'Nelson Spencer, one of the city's Conservative .representatives in the legislature, andl a member! of the board of directors (of the P. G. E. {Colonel Spencer accompanied Ron. F. P. Burden, minister bf lands and acting" minister' or railways, .and D. C, Coleman, vice-president of the G. 1'. R. on th( recent trip of insp'ectipn over the provincial railway.
In an address delivered yesterday before the transportation bureau of the local board of traclo. Colonel Spencer said neg'otiatijpns which l-ru?, exterreded over the past eight nibnth strengthen the bf lief-that there is more than a possibility ,I6P the two transcontinental railways taking over the provincial line, and with the railway the If��000.000 acre land grant which has been rendered available by the provincial government for the extension of the P. G. E. from Prince George inijo the Peace River district.
Tells of Growth In the course of his address
Colonel Spencer gave a careful re-
viev^ of the growth of industry
throughout the territory at present
served by the P. G. E., and outlined the possibilities in the way of
further development. He referred
to the growing1 revenues of the P.
G. EM and expressed the opinion
that the time Is very near when it
will be possible for its management to show an operating profit
Even then, however, there would
remain the debt of S60.000.000
which had been charged against
the enterprise.
Joint Purchase
"If this deal is consummated, and
I believe it will be." said Colonel j
Spencer, referring to the suggested |
cqulsition of the railway by the Can- j
PREMIER TOLMIE WILL
RETURN IN TWO WEEKS WITH HEALTH FULLY RESTORED
Victoria, May 1�Despite the persistent rumors of the past few days, to the effect that Premier Tolmie had found it expedient to consult the specialists at the Mayo Brothers hospital at Rochester, Minnesota, that he had been found to be suffering from Brights disease, and that he would shortly resign from the government leadership, the announcement was made at the parliament buildings today that .Premier Tolmie will return within two weeks and resume the duties of his office. All of the alarming reports as to the health of the premier are declared to have been unfounded. It is stated the premier has not been near the Mayo Brothers hospital. So far as he knows he has no symptoms of Brights disease. His health condition is reported to be better than at any time since he assumed the duties of government leader, and he has no thought of retirement.
P.G.E/WoriTMay
be Resumed Early
in Next Year
Hon. F. P. Burden Intimates Extension To Prince George Will Be Approved by Legislative Session
Colonel Spencer Predicts Sale of the P.G.
Government Line May Taken Over By C.P.R. and C.N.R. Systems
Prince George Has 400 Motors Under Licence
Sale of New Cars Reported For First
Four Months of the Year Reached
Total of Fifty-Eight
Present Value of Motor Car Investment
Has Now Considerably Exceeded
The $300,000 Mark
I'm Alone Case To be Referred For Arbitration
Giscome Company Plans Replacing
Horse Transport By Use Caterpillar Tractors
of
P. W. Shaver, who has charge of the motor transport lor the Giscome mill.
Chief Justice Anglm Will Represent
Canada and Chief Justice Tal't
The United States
U" They Fail To Reach a Finding The
Dispute Will Be Arbitrated
Under the 1920 Treaty
Washington. April 29�Canada has
ftdian Pacific and Canadian National. a(Xepted the proposal of the United "the people of British Columbia, and | states government to seek, a settlement particularly those of Vancouver, will of tne dispute over the sinking of the ixperience the beneficial effect in th^} canadiaia schooner "I'm Alone" by
United States coast guard vessels off
i \perience the beneficial effect in opening up of a large territory, and will enter upon an era of prosperity Mich as they have never enjoyed before. There is to my mind but ona acceptable procedure in connection with this railway and this calls for the extension of it into the Peace River district, thus connecting van-
i arrived in the city this week after an j extended trip of inspection to most of j the leading sawmilling plants in the j southern portion of the province, as I well as in a number in the states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Mr. Shaver says the Giscome company contemplate replacing to a considerable extent the horse transport by caterpillar transport, and the object of his trip was to learn how other operating" companies handle their caterpillar operations end to compare the conditions under which they operate with those which have to be faced at Giscome.
The Giscome company already has one 60 hp. ten-ton caterpillar in op-em t ion. which has been moving a train of from eight, to nine sleighs over the. rond. giving a load oi' from 40,000 to!
the coast of Louisiana, by a reference under the arbitration clause of the treaty, and has nominated Chief F. A. Anglin of the supreme court of Canada a.s its representative.
The local government office had a busy time during the past month, ending on Tuesday, in the issuance of automobile licences. The numbers assigned to this district run from 50.10T to 50.650, but it is quite probable this assignment will be exhausted shortly, and that those of another series will be required to cover the applications before the close of the year. On Tuesday evening the 400-mark had been passed, and the indications are the 500-mark will be exceeded early this
Parker Cramer Will Compete in Big World Fiignt
Recent Trip Through Prince George
Was Made To Test Out Plane
and Determine Hazards
summer. There are not very
Cramer Hopped From Nome and Made
Short Exploration Trip Along
Siberian Coast
Parker Cramer, the airman who spent two or three days in Prince George two weeks ago while making a flight to Asia, will probably be one of six internationally known birdmen who will attempt a round-the-world flight from New York in September next. On his recent visit here Cramer was getting first-hand knowledge of flying conditions on a route from Siberia across the northern part of British Columbia. His trip carried him t N i l
siding in Prince George who remember the first automobile to be brough into the district. It made its appearance in South Fort George in 1911 while that community was the centre of activity attending the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific railway Harry Coutes was the owner of the first car. and he did a thriving jitney business with it whenever the roads permitted him to. operate. The second car was brought in by Norman Wesley ;M the time a member of the real estate firm of Wesley & Wiggins. There was considerable rivalry between Coiaes and Wesley as to who should have the honor of bringing in the first car. but the taxi man beat out his real estate rival Wesley used hi: car for business and pleasure. It wai the time of big things in townsite development, and there were kubdivl-slons plotted miles out from South, bu by using his car Wesley could get a client to two or three subdivisions in an afternoon.
The local historian says "Mel" Brown a brother of Charles Brown, of th pioneer firm of Close & Brown, who introduced the mile-post system in forming the traveller how far he was from their emporium, was the owner of the third car. The roads were rather bad in those days, and the auto lever soon died. It was brought back several years later by Ed. Hall who became the pioneer nutomobile salesman. The cars in the first few years of
p
to Nome in Alaska, from which point many stiil re- j he made a hop over into Asia, and I ki
5C.000 feet of timber, but the chief,1 Hall's time were largely Fords, and
trouble the tractor has to contend
with has been present tractor
adverse grades. The haul is about three
miles, to points where the logs may be loaded upon the cars of the steam railway operated by the company in
The United States will be represented j its logging operations.
ccuver with what is probably '1-r rich- j VH" Taft'"of" the supreme c( '�-'- area in natural resources of any united States. The arbitrr territory in North \merica." \ ,,,.�,.i/Io<. t),nt in ihp pvmt
by Chief Justice W. court of the
Immediate Extensions
Colonel Spencer p\v.e the mombers
arbitration clause
provides that in the event of the two nominees failing to agree upon a joint report the case shall be referred to
the uansportaVion'bureau av*"r.E?ur- j lii'e claims commsision set up by the ancc that, in the eknt of fchs two | agreement for the settlement of out-
ti'ansoontinental systems taking over '!< P. G. E. i-a'.wny the line will be extended into the Peace River immediately,
__ While the statement of Colonel Spencer would be more assuring coming from a responsible minister cf the government it nevertheless finds strong support in public opinion as to what the future of the P. G. Ti. will be. It is improbable that the. de-Mis in connection with the transfer have been worked out. The 16.000.ii00
tariding claims and signed by Great Britain and the United States in 1920. This agreement calls for three arbitrators, one of whom will be- appointed by the United States, one by Canada, and the third by a neutral coun-
try.
The Canadian Government holds that the sinking of the I'm Alone was not justified by the convention of 1924 nor under international law.
Captain Randall's evidence was that he was fourteen and a half miles off
�-ere land grant may figure largely in j ;hp Louisiaiia coast, '�no deal as opening the way for colon '
g y g gy
'�no deal as opening the way for colon-ization in the area ro be served by the P. G. E. and its extension, and of tnis little will be known until the survey, now virtually under way. has been ccmnleted. The probable cost of extending the railway from Prince George to the Peace River will also
an important factor., and nothing
t th
mi
The United States evidence was that ihe schooner was sighted ten and a halt miles off the coast. The best speed the schooner was capable of was seven and a half knots.
The Canadian Government therefore argues that she was outside the one hour steaming limit even if tne ten mile evidence of the Americans is accepted.
'Canada also asserts that the essential elements of the international doctrine of "hot pursuit" were lacking in the case; and that the sinking constituted too severe measures to affect American rights under the treaty.
Replying. Secretary Stirnson based the American case on three points:
That the I'm Alone was 10.8 miles from shore when first hailed by the coastguard vessel Wolcott and was thus within the hour's sailing distance from shore;
That continuous and hot pursuit cud take place; and that the sinking was
"i the offing it is understood the ��.-.tifie.d. bciv.s, inevitable with the ;irrr Incial government will arrange for the coastguard having acted through-
""v"lion of the railwav into Prince out in f>Ul accord with the law.
^eorjre next vear. possibly under th� Mr. Stimson's note concluded by
pJPervision of the managements of: saying that If Canada still found itself
,.'f' Prospective purchasers of the rail- rnable to concur in the findings of
av forts and the conclusions of law set
---------;�o--------------- ! forth by him. the United States would
4 frvirpf. the Band Association ' erlndly agree to submit the matter to on Friday. May 3rd. Come and arbitration as provided in Article IV. 1 good time. * I of the treaty.
lj'"rr than a guess can be made as '� this until the route for the extension has been decided upon.
Assurance Well Founded Colonel Sponcer's assurance is plcas-jfig. but in giving it he has been care-to make no statement which Pre-ler Tolmie or his ministers will foel called upon to repudiate. Boile-.l down >t nie->ns that the provincial railway �11] Pass to the C. P. R. and C. N. R. managements, with an oblieaticn for �s earlv extension into the Peace �lv?r. but unon terms to be fixed when n'' ro>"!nirehensive survey now under has been completed. With this
Mr. Shaver said he found conditions in the camps he visited very much different from those obtaining at Gis-come. The closest similarity was in a logging camp in the vicinity of Sand Point. Idaho, but in Idaho the timber was very much larger. He is satisfied the logging at Giscome can be handled .satisfactorily with the tractor.
Mr. Shaver came home by way of the Okanagan, and in passing through Kelowna he had a talk with Hon. F. P. Burden, who was in the southern district on departmental business. In discussing the P. G. E. railway situation with the minister Mr. Shaver said he gathered it was the intention of the government to proceed with the building of the line into Prince George at an early date. The minister intimated the extension would be approved at the next session of the legislature and be put in hand during the same year.
-o-----
PARKER, CRAMER MADE
FLIGHT FROM ATLIN TO
EDMONTON IN ONE DAY
Parker Cramer is making fast time on his return flight to the east. He left Atlin early on Tuesday mornim; and made a short stop at Prince George late in the afternoon. At. 4.45 o'clock he hopped off for Edmonton and word was received in this city yesterday morning that he had made a perfect landing in Edmonton at 10 o'r!nr.k the previous *�v��niji�i. With night flying eliminated it is n very good jump from Atlin to Edmonton between suns.
---------------o---------------
WEATHER REPORT
ft. B. Carter, loc.il meterological agent, predicts cloudy and warmer for the next few days, to be followed wi^h unsettled conditions and probable showers. The maximum and minimum temperature readings for the week rnding Tuesday, April 30th. were as follows:
Wednesday.............................. 72
Thursday................................... 65
Friday.................................... 62
Saturday.................................... 61
Monday..................,................. 62
Tuesday ____.......................... 60
21 29 31 42 33, 23 33
1 hose of other makers were regarded as curiosities. Soon other makers followed the Ford company in establishing local dealers in Prince George, with the result that the present automobile family of four hundred is fairly representative, and the collective value of the cars is considerably hi excess of $300,000.
Numerically the Ford is still the leader with 123 carrying licence plates, but the Chevrolet is pressing the Ford close with a total licence listing of 107. Next in order comes the Essex car with a representation of 30 cars, und the Star holds the next position with 24 cars. The aristocratic Mc-Laughlin is in fifth place with 17 cars. Then comes the Durant with 14 cars, Pontiac and Whippet with 12 cars each, the Oldsinobile with 9. the Dodge wit h 8 and the Jewett with 7. In addition to these are 2 Buick cars. 4 Chrysler. 3 Hudson. 3 P.eo .2 Studebak-nr and 2 Nash cars, and one each of Oakland. Graham-Paige. Paige, Chandler. Willys-Knight and Overland cars in the big Prince George family.
There is no thought of the saturation point on the part of the local automobile dealers. With the season only fairly oixmed they have already disposed of fifty-eight new cars, and they expect to turn-over as many more within the next. three months. In this section of the province highway con-dit ions have hampered the dealers in the post, but with trie extensions now
he is now making the return journey to Wichita. Kansas, the home of the Cessna Aircraft Company. It was in one of the monoplanes turned out by this company that Cramer made his test flight last month, and he was studying the plane's performance as well as the flying conditions.
C. V. Cessna, president of the air-^craft company, says Cramer will make the world flight in one of the Cessna monoplanes. A special plane with large gas tanks is being built for the world flight, and it will probably be powered with a 300 hp Wright or a 400 hp Wasp motor. Cramer has a fairly full schedule ahead of him as he will fly from Nome to New York and then back to St. Louis for the Gardiner trophy races. It will be a couple of months after this') before the world flight will be attempted.
While in this city Cramer was very reticent as to what the purpose of his trip was, but he doubtless had the world flight in mind when he advised the members of the board of trade to prepare for the necessities of aerial navigation by providing a suitable landing field. It may be taken as a certainty that Prince George will figure on the map of the world fliers, an event which should do much to establish its status in aerial transport.
On his recent trip Cramer is credited with covering a distance of 5500 miles in elapsed flying time of 49 ours.
Cramer passed through Prince George on Tuesday afternoon on his return trip east. He was out to make he best time he could. He arrived a few minutes after four o'clock, and at 4:45 .was winging his way east at a high rate of speed. o-
PRINCE GEORGE QUARTETTE WILL APPEAR IN CONCERT
ON TUESDAY, MAY 11
\h sight and the improvements made to the established highways they!
The Prince George quartette, the members of which have devoted a reat deal of their time during the past few months to practising, will appear in concert on the evening of Tuesday. May 14th, supported by a number of local artists. The quartette s composed of William Clapperton. James Quayle, John Gaul and George Milburn, with Mrs. William Fraser as accompanist. The members of the quartette will open and close each half of the evening's program. The proceeds of the concert will be applied to the city hospital funds.
--------------o--------------
HON. W. A. McKENZIE
REACHES SOLUTION OF SKEENA BRIDGE PROBLEM
Smithers. May 1.�Hon. W. A. Mc-Kenzie. minister of mines and acting minlsier of public works, has apparently mollified the conflicting interests in connection with the bridge crossings of the Skeena River in the vicinity of Hazelton. While no official statement has been given out it is understood the acting minister will
seen on texer-extending field for motor car.
PARLIAMENT'S CONSENT
NECESSARY FOR EXPORT
the! recommend to tne government the strengthening of the famous high-level bridge, which was condemned as unsafe, by supplying reinforced and firmer anchorages ami additional support-
OF ELECTRICAL ENERGY
Ottawa. May 2�The bill amending the electricity exportation act was given its third reading in the commons yesterday. The measure -absolutely prohibits the exportation of electrical energy to the United States unless the consent of parliament is first secured.
CANADA RECEIVED 167,722
IMMIGRANTS DURING THE
FISCAL YEAR 1028-29
Ottawa. April 30.�The total immigration to Cnmda. d'lring the fiscal vear ending March 31st is given at 167.722. Of this tofal 58.000 enme from > and 30 560 from the
ing cables The low-level bridge between South Hazelton and New Haael-ton will not require any major repairs for several years and will be retained in commission, and the matter of the building of a new bridge to replace the two existing bridges will not receive immediate consideration.
The decision of the minister appears to be fairly satisfactory to the majority of interests. The law-level bridge furnishes the easiest outlet for the mining interests, on Nine Mile and Four Mile Mountains as well as for the timber industry, and its retention, will be greatly appreciated, and the" retention of the high-level bridge will be gratifying in that; it constitutes-one of the greatest tourist attractions on the continent by reason of its height.