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PRINCE GEORGE, B. C. THURSDAY. OCTOOBER 15. 1936
City Council Agrees on Site for the Soft-Water Test Well
n I means of water supply for fire pur-
, tova! Given for Lomuence- < pc.:6S They have refused ^ COUn-
ciit of Work on Well Locat- ' tenance anv such n�"*"� � **� cd Near Nechako Bridge
c0st wilTbe heavy
MOVEMENT STARTED TO SECURE PUBLIC LIBRARY IN PRINCE GEORGE
tenance any such procedure in the j past and have insisted upon the ,city maintaining in the power station an emergency pump driven directly off one df the engines and capable of 1000, I gallons per minute. The successful ! outcome of the move to secure a soft-
Wt Water Is Secured Prob- j water supply apparently turns upon ' ... . T rv/Mi p I tiie possibility of securing a style of
f Utling It Will Ke- j hih
|em of UtUizing It Will Remain to be Solved
rne search for a soft-water supply jL n-e city mains was advanced an-nfiipr �tcp on Tuesday afternoon when Savor Patterson, Alfred Alexander. M. ? caine and J. W. Miers paid a visit m the locations where it is suggested
Se neceiary test wells should be I nk As the result of this survey �ravor Patterson and Mr. Alexander rvne'imo agreement the bsst; location
� which to sink a well would be at a '.tfn'i on the site of the first Nechako bridge approximately the point at which the city made its experiment at the time the present Nechako bridge v-as under construction. At this time the city tests were made with a sand-a well to afford sufficient
point, fire pro
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tection .should have a fixed sup-of water at the lowest possible of the river. One of the tests made by the city at this time was to sink the .sandpoint in one of the caissons of the bridge under construction. In all some three or four tests were made with the sandpoint, but they were all disappointing in that the water secured from, all test-holes were equally as hard as that in the present municipal well.
It is at this point that the theory advanced by Mr. Alexander comes in consideration. He asserts
pump which, operated from the present power station, would be capable' net only of lifting the water from the new well out of driving it through the city mains and into the reservoir on Ccnnaught Hill. It is not suggested this style of pump cannot be secured. There are engineers who maintain that it can, but the most that can be said at present is that the city council has no satisfactory assurance on the matter.
If a pump capable of the performance desired cannot be secured it wculd be necessary to establish a complete pumping unit at the well whicn wculd probably mean air additional '.hree skilled workers on the municipal oayroll, a continuing item of expense. Given the supply of soft-water the engineering problem may present considerable difficulties, but there Ls a disposition on the part of the city council to face it once tho desired water supply is assured.
DR. FRANK PATTERSON EXPECTED TO PUT LIFE IN CONSERVATIVE PARTY
The first effect of the organization of the Adult Education Association may be noted in the movement to secure a public library in this city. There is a government library in the city, but it is maintained for persons resident in unorganized districts and residents of Prince George have not access to its shelves. The need of. a public library was recognized at a recent meeting of Adult Education Association and a i special committee, consisting of Mes-dames C. Ewert, J. Travis. D. Boyle, Miss Sargent and Messrs. A. M. Patterson, W. J, Pitman-. W. L. Armstrong and Frank Clark, was appointed to make a canvass of the city and ascertain how many residents are willing to become members of a library association and pay a small fee.
Just what will come out of the present move will not become apparent until the matter has been submitted to Dr. Lamb superintendent of provincial libraries, who is expected to visit Prince George over the week-end, but it is realized a greater impression will be made if the committee is able to submit a considerpb'e list of the names of citizens sufficiently interested in securing library facilities to be willing ro pay a fee fur the .same. It Ls understood the canvassers are meeting with considerable success in their submission of the matter to tho citizens.
Dr. Frank Patterson, newly elected 1< c.t'.e> of thc Conservative party in B. C. spent some time in Prince j.^g j George on Tuesday and Wednesday, in
andpoint tests conducted by the city I hc> course of a trip which is taking we e inconclusive. That water rrom � him through all the northern constit-a- � river-fed well at depth can be ue�ic?- �f Coii.-rvf.Mvcs nave
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Water Dispute Took Novel Turn at Assize Court
Contention Advanced Amendments to Water Ad Wiped Out All Riparian Rights
JUDGMENT IS RESERVED
Decision of Justice Fisher Will Be Awaited With Interest by Farmers of District
Crerar Inffinates
Early Transfer of ML Robson Park
Promises Immediate Survey of the Transprovincial Highway Through to Jasper
LUNCHEON AT McBRIDE
Minister Tells Company He Has Fairly Intimate Knowledge of This Section
wished a difficult job upon Dr. P.it terson in asking him to revive their
ucn a well may be changed as the re- ! �)au>' which has been torn with dis-ilt of systematic pumping and be- ff^on 'cincc . thc retirement of Sir
1 File hard McBride as loader in 1916. In
expected to contain hard water, but that the character of the water in
i. me soft. This is the point at present reached in the search for soft-water, and there appears to be a disposition on the part of the members of the city council to '.submit Mi-. Aleander's theory to a thorough test, in the hope that results secured by Mr. Alexander in two wells he has sunk may be duplicated in a municipal well. One suggested ,
well on the south -v' ars- and Kootenny in the south and
tjcenty years, there can come f lot cf disintegration in a party more or le?s leaderless, and this is the Job Dr. Patterson t'sccy. If the job can be dene there is no cne more likely to sh it than Dr. Patterson. He
thirty-five
pcint for a test
side of the railway grade and a con-r.derable distance west of the power plant was discarded for the present in :� ;. of the heavy cost of working in vbut . despite the.se unfavor-hill i able factors^esays the party polled
very creditable^ote. Burrard in his of\the instances in
�Pinion was
On Wednesday afternoon Mayor Patterson and the entire council, Alder-. � , , .��. tr> o>-.,nf men Taylor, Armstrong, Reid, Keller, which the party was forced to accept Ciccker and Munro, made an inspec- i the gauge of battle even though de-licn cf the.site, together with Messrs. | feat appeared inevitable but - -Alexander and Caine, after which ap- ] ^ very notable effect ot prova] was given by the council to the1 into agreement former proposal to proceed at once with nego- ' ments in th party liations for the sinking of a well on
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Dr. Patterson was a very busy man t d
ns for the sinking of a well on Dr. Pattesn
ite cf the first Nechako bridge on! getting about the districts surrcund-
Grge and everywhere nt
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ilie south side of the river. h
getting about the
ing Piince George, and everywhere nt ith rnt He
There are two branches to the city's"< went he met with encouragement '^ater problem., First the securing oi predicts a vastly different Consi-.va-
n adequate supply of water and sec- tive party will line up for battle in �lid the cost of utilizing the same after ' the next provincial elections than any "uch supply has been found. The in- which has solicited the sum-ages oi
in;.on of the council is first to deter-
electors since 1910. Dr. Patterson
F EOUIPMENT
�nine whether an adequate supply of; left for McBride on Thursday after-'vnter ran be secured, and then deal noon's train.
with the cost, problem of getting it ------����-------------
�nto tl\e city mains. A well in the \ WELSH PREACHER FELT location approved cannot be sunk to T TOONJ
!!" depth required-by hand. Negotia- '. CALLnLJ Ul UlM appreciated will be a somewhat ex-�.11 ive matter, but there is so much ,' oinnit over the present water sup-��]} l!-"t the members of the councU .'^ �l the opinion they would be jus-is � '" mcurring It so long as there reasonable hope of securing soft and the investigation will be
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s without delay.
to th aPPar�ntly is less known as �varpv 'Jracticabllity of utilizing the in Vn Ki'Pply after ifc is found than � �we tht th
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� �we that the fire-underwriters of
reHin? e WOuld cogent to the city o upon an eleciric pump as a
destruction of an R.A.F. station to the sxtent of $10,000. The clergyman s defence was that he had boon influenced by God to destroy the property. The jjrors considered tho case tor some time but were unable to arrive at a verdict and were bound over to appeal at thc next session of the court.
PROF E. E. PRINCE DIED SATURDAY
Ottawa.
Oct 13�Professor E. E. Prhice" internationally renowned marine biologist, died here on Saturday.. He was commi-ssioner of fisheries for the dominion . government for more than thirty years, lie was 73 years old.
Mr. Justice Fisher on Friday reserv-I ed judgment on a water dispute which developed a wide interest. At the out-ret the case appeared to be an ordinary i clfi put;- over the use "of water on the part of farmers living in the .same vicinity in the McBride District, and j was known as Johnson vs Anderson. I The farms of tho parties to tho suit | were on the same creek, the Johnson i farm being abovo that of Edward and j Theodore Anderson. The crook in I question had its source in a .swamp. I with one fork running through the I Johnson farm, ancl in connection with j this water Johnson was exercising the j rights of riparian ownership for domestic purposes.
The creek on the Johnson farm dried j up. and Johnson alleged this.was due j to the action of the plaintiffs hv divert-'(ing the creek from his property. ! Through his solicitor J. O. Wilson he | sued tho defendants for an injunction and for damages in the sum of S5000. I Tho defendants in the action were represented by E. J. Avison and D. P. ! McNeil), of Quesnel. Tho diversion of | the creek was denied, but it was admitted they had cleared out an old creek channel, loading from the swamp, which may or may not have resulted in diminishing the flow of tho creek through tho Johnson property. Tho defendants arc the holders of a water record on the crock while Johnson ! holds no record. The defendants i counter-claimed for unstated damages ^cainst the plaintiff for pollution of the^styeam in its passage through the : jrhn.son .farm, alleging the water had \ ben rendered unfit for domestic purposes.
Tne cave took an unusual turn when ; D. P McNeil] raised the.po.nt that by ; rc-son of amendments ma.de to the i Water Act of the province no right oi \ action on the part of any person clnim-in'-T as a riparian owner remained; un-lers he happened to hold a licence under tho Water Act as well, Mr. Mc-j Neiil presented en excellent argument i In ^support of his claim, that a-~, tht i result of amendments to the Water I Act all unrecorded water had bocn vested in the province, that any pre-, viously existing riparian rights had I been wiped out. and that even admit-tin? the plaintiff had been deprived of water by an unlawful act he would still j be without the right of action.
The decision of Mr. Justice Fisher in ths case will bo awaited with interest as the opinion prevails throughout tho district that existing riparian rents were not disturbed by the amendments to the Water Act which in the first instance recognized riparian rights.
TYPHOON TAKES HEAVY TOLL OF LIFE IN PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
Washington. Oct. 12�Details of the t.vphoon which swept through the phUlippine Islands show the same was accompanied bv great loss of Life. On one of the islands 300 persons are known to have been killed.
Hon. T. A. Crerar, minister of the interior, is reported by The Citizen's coirespcndent to nave made a definite promise to the residents of McBride, duiing his recent visit, that a survey for a highway between Jasi>er and Tete Jtiane Cache, through the Jasper and Mount Rcbson parks, will be made at once, and said the federal government is still waiting upon the provin-cal government to complete the transfer of the Mount Robson park area to the federal authority.
Thi'j statement was made by Hon. All', Crear, at a luncheon of the McBride board of trade given in his honoi and that cf J. G. Turgeon, M.P., and T. O'Neill. M.P. tor Kamloops. who accompanied the minister upon his visit. The statement of the minister of the interior is significant in that he would not be promising a survey of a highway thiough Mount Robson Park unless he considered the transfer of thc park imminent. There i.s tire further consideration that the administration of public parks falls in the department of the minister of the interior, and while he has said nothing about n