GEORGE CITIZE
Vol. 12. No. 47
PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1929.
Five Cents!
Board of Trade Supports Vancouver on
Will Co-Operate With Vancouver In
Effort To Tap The North Over
The P. G. E. Route
Members of Board of Trade Realize Their Interests Lie With Vancouver as Against Rupert
The members of the Prince George
had received very little comfort from Vancouver in the efforts it had made to advance the rail connection with the Peace River. It was not so long since Vancouver had been very energetic in advocating a connection with the Peace River with a line many
EARTHQUAKE SHOOK DOWN CHIMNEYS IN MARITIME
PROVINCES ON MONDAY
Halifax, Nov. 19.�Residents of the Maritime provinces were greatly alarm- , ed yesterday afternoon when they | experienced a very violent earthquake. Throughout the three provinces the shock was very pronounced, numerous chimneys came crashing down and buildings trembled. While the aggregate prdperty damage will run into big figures there was no loss of life or of serious personal injury. The quake was followed by a tidal wave which raised the water several feet along the coast. The damage from this
miles to the east of Prince George and was not very great.
one which to his mind disregarded the -------------o-
interests of the province.
Board of Trade had an interesting! Mayor Patterson
session at their luncheon in the Prince j Mayor Patterson suggested greater
George_ hotel on Wednesday, when the | progress might be made if the board
p G. E. railway matter was discussed, well as the advisability of the board
co-operating with Peace" movement
the "On-to-the-which has been
originated by the Vancouver board of trade. The feeling of .the meeting was that co-operation should be given to any agency which promised to advance 'he completion of the P. G. E. into
disregarded the extension of the P.G.E. into the Peace River for the time and concentrated its efforts on securing, the completion of the P.G.E. into! Prince George. The people of Vancouver might be induced to co-operate in bringing pressure upon the provincial government to undertake this work. Once the P.G.E is brought into
Prince George and its ultimate exten-< Prince George the people of this sec-sion into the Peace River, but the; tion will have less cause for worry in present attitude of the Vancouver contemplation of the route to be ad-business men was regarded as an opted to give the Peace River an out-eleventh-hour conversion to the build- let to the Pacific coast There was ing of a railway through British Co- j another feature to be kept in mind lumbia to tap the Peace River sec- The managements of the two trans-tion of the province and of Alberta. I continental railways have given it as and there was some doubt expressed; their opinion the time is not yet'ripe as to whether the Vancouver men for the building of the Peace River would remain constant in their present , outlet. In view of this he thought it attitude j j of the utmost impot t lii
attitude.
this he thought it
of the utmost importance to solicit th ti f h
President Guest opened the discus- j the cooperation of the people of s ion with a summary of the varying : Vancouver in the effort to secure the phases of the Peace River connection completion of the P. G. E. into Prlnc� within the past two or three years: George. If this could be done the which had recently crystallized in the ! people of the central interior would .";option of a branch-line policy by' f'nd they had achieves much when the managements of the C.N.R. and the* time came for the managements C.P.R. companies and the shelving of j of the transcontinental railways to the coast outlet for the present. He' undertake the building of the outlet tu-.ve it as his opinion that the senti- j for the Peace River. Mayor Patter-' nipnt of Prince Rupert was antagon- son said he regarded the time as much istic to the Prince George view that | more opportune for pressing for the Pence River should be tapped by j ^he completion of the P. G. E. into
Briscoe Claims \ on Hixon Creek Change Hands
Permanent Finance, of Vancouver, Will
Form Subsidiary To Advance
Their Development
Money Bylaws
Voted On in January
Road to Alberta Big Factor in Land Settlement
Absence of Highway Connection Prevents Settlers From Seeing Lands From Their Motors
Ratepayers Will Be Asked To Authorize Largre Expenditure For Sidewalk Construction
Linking of Cariboo Road With Alberta
System Would Make Present Road
Mileage Profitable
Charles A. Fyne, president of the Cariboo Automobile Asociation, at the meeting-of-the board of trade on Wednesday, stressed the importance to
Authority For Generator Purchase To
Meet Growing Requirements May
Also Be Sought
The ratepayers of the city will probably be called upon to vote on a couple of money bylaws at the approaching municipal election. One of these will seek approval for the expenditure of a substantial sum for sidewalk construction, and the other will probably ask for authorization for the purchase of a generator for the city power house.
There are no two opinions on the sidewalk expenditure. For several years the city council has evaded the issue on sidewalk construction, but with the approaching retirement of a large part of the city's indebtedness it is felt the time has arrived when this work can be taken in hand At the
W. E. Johnston Says Examination of] central' British Columbia"o7 the" extenT | meeting of the city council on Monday
->-- -.-.- - - - --------- it was decided to refer the
Gravels Warrants Big Expenditure To Handle Them
:i railway connecting with the C.N.R. pnri P.G.E. at Prince George. The present attitude of Vancouver as expressed through its "On-to-the-Peace" movement was certainly morn favorable and if'the slogan of the Vancouver organization were modified to �.pad "On to the Peace by way of Prince George" he thought the local board of trade should co-operate with it and do what it could to hasten a =olution of the loner-standing railway problem.
H. G. Perry
H. G. Perry was called upon by the chairman to express his views on the situation* He said that on the face of j �things the interests of Prince George appeared to be allied with those of Vancouver in the effort to secure the completion of the P.G.E. into Prince George and the extension of the railway into the Peace River. He accepted the present attitude of Vancouver with some diffidence as it was but three or four years since Vancouver appeared to be fairly well united upon the policy of a Peace River connection which would come by way of Brule, when the Vancouver board of trade and the citizens generally appeared to be willing to accept this 'oute with an absolute disregard of the interests of Prince George and those of the province as a whole. Tine changed attitude of Vancouver suited Piince George and for this reason he considered it quite proper for the board of trade to express its approval of it although the method adopted by the present movement might not call for much in the way of admiration. While approval of the Vancouver board might be given he thought the local board of trade should continue the efforts it had been making for many years to establish the contention that it is in the best interest of British Columbia as a whole that the Pacific coast outlet for the Peace River she'd come through Prince George. The proposal to forward a memorial- to Vancouver was a good one but care should be taken in the preparation of the same to see that it ('early established the importance to the province of bringing the railway through Prince George. The present investment of the province in the fomnleted portion of the P.G.E. should be set out and the importance of safe-guardine this very heavy commitment. As everyone knew there is a better feeling throughout the province with iesj>ect to the future of the P.G.E. and it should take much less to convert thorn to the necessity of the adoption of the P.G.E. route for the railway i-ntrance into the Peace River. He did not think it would be wise for the Prince George board to stipulate that pny certain route from Prince George should be adopted for the extension nf the railway into the Peace. A road through the Pine, the Peace or the Monkman pass, would serve and the adoption of the particular one might readily be left with the engineers.
Charles A. Pyne started some trouble by suggesting that the memorial when it is prepared be signed by fifty oi the leading business men of the board. J. O. Wilson saw a difficulty in this and suggested the formation of a local "On-to-th-Peace" movement. He did not relish sorting out fifty of the leading business men from the boards membership. As he understood the situation Prince George was so sure of its position that it was content to permit the railway auhorities to decide the route to be followed for the Peace River outlet to the coast. He agreed the attitude of Prince Rupert on the railway issue had been antagonistic to Prince George from the start. Prince Rupert is absolutely op-lK-sed to the Peace River outlet coming through Prince George. The present attitude of Vancouver was much more reasonable.
John Mclnnis
John Mclnnis suggested the members go slow in Riving unqualified endorsement to the present Vancouver movement In the past Prince George
Fringe George than for urging action with respect to the; much larger matter of building into the Peace River.
Fixing: The Personnel W L. Hornsby entered an objection to the proposal of Mr. Pyne that the officers and members of the board executive should designate "fifty leading citizens" to assist in the preparation of the proposed memorial. Personally he said he would not be inclined to attempt any such thing.
Charles A. Pyne reminded the meeting that the Vancouver organisation was supported by fifty of its leading citizens and he thought Princs George should do no less in supporting any memorial it might be considered advisable to forward to Vancouver. He then convulsed the meetine by assert -ing that if he were president of the board he would have the guts to name the recniired number of leading citizens. Mr. Hornsby not to be outdone said hp was quite ^prepared' to ptfree that Mr. Pvne was as fully nualified as hp psorted himself to be, but to himself the suggested duty was still repug-: nan.
President Guest then added to the inprriment by asserting that whilp he i"Md no* look the oar,t liko Mr. Pyne hp rould assurp the meeting he was possessed fn sufficient ouantitv of the internal filling which aooeared to be essential in the nnmjns lihti bi
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however
in anv one vear tS hSd th
the city's fast
business
hnarri'ThP ' P��siDle to postpone tHe installation of � the new generator past the summer.
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H gg uie oau p
through as speedily as possible.
P tne city inay
of the lands" throughout the central interior, and as a factor in the tourist travel. Once connection is given with the Alberta highway system all of the highway in the interior of the province will at once become revenue producing. As at present situated Prince George was on a dead end of the Cariboo highway, since to visit Prince George tourists were forced to double backj over 300 mlies of the highway, a thing they were very averse to doing, and as a result Prince George is not included in their itinerary. He submitted 1 a resolution urging the speedy completion of the highway from Long-worth to the_ Alberta boundary.
pboth' oc j difficulty in ha'ndlhig the light load
Christmas season. Last year there was a small margin over the peak-load period. This peak-load is reached for but
the basis upon which the efficiency of the plant is figured. The growth in the city's business has been such that the peak-load of last year has already been passed and the heavy business of the Christmas season has yet to be faced. It is likely the difficulty will be met by curtailing the street lighting for the few hours during which peak-ioad conditions will obtain.
The experience of the year has justified the wisdom of the council in
.Ilia
Prp'sidpnt "GupstVaftpr'"a"nplriisal nf ' introducing the continuous power ser-fresiaenc LruesL aiter a perusal oi . � and in rprinrinp- thp H"Vifi�"� ����"�
the resolution said it was similar in �;e and "J reSp""fe ?*�
terms to one which had already been | K�+�a hIWw?�"�
approved by the board and forwarded
to Victoria. The members of the board
were heartily in accord with it.
lighting: 'revenues wiJ.l prob-an increase over thoss of
y President Guest brought up the mat-
tpr nf thp npnpssitv fn-~fpdprnl Stratiw buildfnes in ri?
He said the parliament would soon be meeting in Ottawa and it would be well to have the request for public buildings formulated and sent on. He reminded the members that at a recent gathering of the board John A. Fraser, M.P., the representative for Cariboo, had informed them he would be only too pleased to advance any such request coming from the board of trade. J. H. Johnston then moved that a foimal request be made to the minister of public works at Ottawa that steps be taken to secure the erection of public buildings in Prince George for the housing of the post office, customs
PT'BLTC FORUM WILL RESUME IN I and other branches of the federal ser-
1 -- "*'� -----'���'� was adopted
tion
ably;
the previous year, and the increase for I 1930 will doubtless be even greater.
The council adopted the recommen-i nation of the finance committee as to
KNOX CHURCH TOMORROW
The Dublic forum which was starled last winter in Knox church will re-
"�*" v""v���5=" :ic wuiiiu urn ue averse sUniP jts sessions tomorrow evening at to antagonizing Prince Rupert if this 8 o.clock It is tne intention to keep should be found necessarv. Thp PHnrp .. .....-
hould be found necessary. The Prince George board of trade had been working to secure the completion of the P.G.E. for several years and the matter might well be left in its hands. In the mattpr of co-operation with the present Vancouver movement he said he would endorse the views ex-nressod by Mr. Perry. Prince George heretofore had never received anv hpln from Vancouver and the present attitude as expressed in its "On to the
ep
the programmes interesting throughout the winter and a general invitation is extended to all to participate without regard to church or other affiliations. Tomorrow evening Mrs. E. A. Stonehouse will give an address on "The Church and Philanthrophy," and fo�- the week . following Frank Clark will sneak on a subject of national interest.
vice. This resolution without debate.
The unsatisfactory condition of the Nechako River bridge was discussed. H. G. Perry informed the meeting that it had been the intention of Ar-1 thur Dixpn, former provincial engineer
? v
peared to
Tone trailing
Kathleen May Robertson of this cit; was married to James Edgar Allen, oi Wednesday at the home of the bride'; parents. Rev. P. Connal performed the ceremony.
road as Prince George he~ would l>e
prepared to co-operate, out when
Vancouver departed from the path,
Prince George desired to follow the I Fred Joudry. registered optometrist,
iH of trade .should reserve its right! arrived in the_ city op Wednesday
evening from McBride, where he spent a couple of days. He will be at the Prince George hotel for consultations until Saturday evening.
of action.
With the consent of W. J. Pitnnn, his seconder. Mr. Homsby then withdrew his amendment.
T>, A'ward then moved a resolution !
which disnosed of the matter, that! Charles Gow left on this morning's the executive committee of thp bonrd | train for Regina, where he will repre-^p reaupsteH to draft a memorial to the i Spnt the Prince George branch of the "On to the Peace" organization of Vnn- j Canadian Legion at the annual con-r-nnvpr to tlin pffect that the Prince | vention of the Legio;i in that city. Gpo�'ge board of trade is preparpd to jo
to tho fullest extent in an "ffnrt In spoure thp huildins: o-f a coast outlet to the Pacific coast inaccor-
buildin
WEATHER REPORT
"ifwS*i ,.,� i,,oi ,,iQ,-> fn,. +hd i R- B Carter, local meteorological with he ormmfll pl�n foi-the Ugefit. says snow flurries, with strong e of the P. G. E. railway This i wind higher temperatures and un- bv Mayor Patterson and | seUled w|ather ar^ the probabilities
adopted without dissent.
seUled w|ather
LISTED STOCKS DECLINED
S159.^09,790 IN OCTOBER
XTrnv vork Nov. 20.�The governors of the New York stock exchange have ;^.^ned a statement showing the various -tocks listed to have declined to the extent of $153 909.790 during the month nf Octobpr. Whpn the decline for November is brought to account a tremendous shrinkage in stock values will be shown.
n
the probabilities Th l
p
for the next few days. The lowest temperature of the winter was recorded on Sunday morning with a reading of nine degrees above zero. The maximum and minimum readings for the week ending Tuesday, November 19th, follow:
Wednesday\ ............................ 48 37
Thursday .................................. 48 35
Friday ........................................ 48 38
Saturday .................................. 32 15
Sunday ..........�.......................... 35 9
Monday...................................... 37 13
Tuesday ...................................... 34 15
board discuss its condition with the ene'neer now in charge of the. district.
Mayor Patterson offered a motion | f * that the matter of the condition of' i he Nechako Bridge be taken up with J. C. Brady, district engineer, by the transportation committee of the board, Lnd report at the next meeting. This was assented to.
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the valuation of lots 3 and 4, block Ifl4. the same being returned at $57.15 each. The lots are being purchased by J. H. Man-land and Frank Goodall. Thp. committee placed a valuation of $750 on lot 10, block 70. The taxes and costs against this lot amount to $428, and at this figure Messrs. Watson & Guest desired to purchase. They w'lt bp civen the option at the increased figure.
On the request of Rev. T. dePencier the council decided to furnish the 'ioht to the tov-renair shop of the Boy Scouts during the holiday season. J. C. McKenzie reported to the counril the damace to the fire truck on Saturday evening as the result of thp coll'sion with Ernie Wheeler's car. Wheeler was assessed $10 and costs in the police court for alleged carelessness In the matter of the collision and the be asked to look into connection with the to the tiuck.
Mayor Patterson and Alderman Fra-tw t h I ser ana> Re'd were constituted the court mat, De- jyr the revjsjon of the municipal voter'*
r f� i list and will hold their first meeting oi tne I jp tne city hal] on ,.ne evening Of
Ti|osda*\ Dpcember 10th. at 8 o'clock. The finance committee recommended the amount
of $3,416.42.
YELLOW ON RED FOR 1930
MOT.OR LICENCE PLATES
Presenting a striking contrast in colors, 1930 motor ilcehce plates have yellow figures on a red background. Th lt dd l
C. N. R. WILL PROCEED yellow figures on a red background.
WITH CONSTRUCTION POLICY, The new plates were ordered several
------- months ago. and are now being de-
^onfreal. Nov. 20.�The shrinkage m leered, 105,000 in all for the whole railway earnings will not cause the j province, of which 40,000. being num-
manaft'ement of the railway to vary its programme in the matter of construction an(5 equipment. The company wPl soend $20 000,000 under these two heads during the ensuing year.
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MONTREAL'S TOURIST
BUSINESS "SHOWS INCREASE
Montreal. Nov. 20.�The merchants of Montreal pninvpd the greatest tourist business of their experience during thp mst sumtnpr. It is estimated thp tourist trade showed an increase of so ner cent over that for the previous
YOUNG STRIBLING LOST HIS OPENING FUROPEAN BOUT
WITH PRIMO CARNERA
London, Nov. 19.�YounET Stribling, United States heavyweight fighter from Macon. Georeia. opened his European t-onr here lnst nierht when he met Prim'o Camera, of. Italy, in what -"'as to have been a fifteen-round go. The fight was given to Carnp.ra in the fourth round when Stribling fouled him.
bers 65,000 to 105,000, have been alloted to the Vancouver office. About December 1 the new plates will be ready for distribution to the motorists in possession of 1929 plates. This accommodation, however, is limited to renewals. Otherwise, the new plates will be on sale a day or two before Christmas.
DOUBLE MOTOR FATALITY IN
VICINITY OF PERDUE
Saskatoon, Nov. 19.�Arthur Thrush and James Brown, of Cavell, were instantly killed yesterday when the motor car, in which they were riding with two girls, turned over near Perdue. The girls received injuries but they are not regarded as serious.
CHARLES DARRAGH OF FORT
FRANCES KILLED ON MONDAY
Port Arthur. Nov. 19.�Charles Dar-rah. a prominent resident of Fort Frances, was shot and killed yesterday by his stepson Rennie Loch. The two Were out hunting when Loch mistook Darragh for a deer and killed him.