bcord Bylaw For Citj Waterworks Expansior
Biggest municipal money bylaw #ver presented hen ding nearly a quarter of a million dollars, will be place re the city electorate next month.____
jseJ 1955 waterworKs Dyiaw he cbn.struction of &J}A mil-L,..ll,,n water reservoir at a it slightly nrtire than $100,
..hinder of the total amount j,e spent on extending and rniziiur the city's existing � (ij.sirilHition system. | t fiwliuleil in the bylaw .is 553OOO estimated require-'Voi- installing a fire protec-valei-main in Prince George's ', industrial area, ^'stalemate between city, ,jl and owners of industrial i 'laiidii^ in the River Avenue j over who should pay .for/, lain has.resulted in it being ie(] frum the 1955 program. Ull\ a>M of the reservoir in-timi will lie S 104,500. It wfll con ton reel clay-lined basin i will provide water system tire almost identical with' already contained in city
oml laii;pst single expen-. . contained in 'the water's bylaw will pay for the 211 mains at a cost of $31,-
co areas not hitherto serv-'id .water will be the scene ijn installations this year. �y are, Third to Second Av-"between Carney and Mof-reets, 522,568; Tenth to Fif-i between Carney and Ceh-$23,61'"!; Alward to Carney en 1'ifteenth and Eighteen-7.i:il.
iis in � nther scattered loca-tt-ill cosl a total of $23,471 .he remaining $2-1,990 con-I in the bylaw'will defray ijstrutldn, bond discount and ij.'C'iic'ie.s.
ireaiidou'h of reservoir costs j $53,000 for earth moving i i for clearing and grubbing,
for fencing, $2500 for seed-59.000 feir engineering- and K) for installation of the'tie- : stem. � '
iv-watermains will be install-i Krcemari, �^Jlettei^jC3*riip, J on and Central Streets xbe- (
Second and Third Avenues, ' irainohcl Street ixjtweenCen- ' md Moffat, on Moffat be-
Firsl and- Henderson, on y between Twelfth and Fif- , i. on. Harper, Irwin, John-iid Central between Tenth leyentli, on Alward between
) Brawl igs $50 Fine
Ion Pickering was fined $50 ists oil a common assault
1 �uisinj^ out of a fracas at j
ajestic Cafe on .November ,
which Charlie Chow was ,
I. I
�y F!ifu(>r appeared in con-
i wiUi the same offciice and i
quitted. j
'1 Meyer, is, of Vernon, 1
JnUiiicetl to io months in j
} for-theft-of a motor ve- ]
'oiii'.l. A. Cherrien of Prince 1
�."i September of last year, s
three cases were tried be-- c
�fgc I-Jric- D. Woodburn in i
' Court last week. I
[y Seeks Indication Of
[erest In Housing Plan i
�City of Prince George is attempting to determine the .-
Ijnt of public interest;toward a proposed residential hous- ^
development in Central Fort George by-inviting."token" ^
�sits of $25 each on some 150 oversize homesites. \
�response to the project is �'---------:----------------;-----:-------
� clr'Hi.u-h the city will enter would be included as part of the c
�an agreement with Central iinwn nnvment. 1
r :"-uinauon of all munici-
FH'ftes in the area.
[ a" of the 150 sites need be
| �P-this year.
Nee size. 6i the homesites
eethy 120 feet and average ['".Lesusooasite. F locations, will be sold pn r "'"e-rirst-served basis and, L lK' "cvelopinent does not U-u, Is year, the token de-
Mll; ho returned.
LK> p!iin Soes ahead ..the area
[ HM'Vl'(1 with sewers, water-
P; Pined streets', concrete
|��. -storm drains and street
Kin WUI l)c !aid out so that P^ 1 not become subject to > > volume of traffic and so
kainoT1V,C spccds cannot be
r along_thcm. ;
I zm IOI1STc��iainccnn~the" m s !f >,lylaw cstabUsh that & UUl in the a^a must
En, Ut Icast 900 Sfl"a^ r II01" space on Ihe ground
r it'!1^ uould be financed
fev.,, Uoi1al Housing Act,
^ry, and price of the lots
en between Fifteenth and Seven-eenth and on Carney from Fif-eenth to Eighteenth.
Other locations include Six-eenth Avenue, Norwood to Oak, Jrunswick from First to Second nrst Avenue West from Brunswick, Vancouver from Twelfth
0 Patricia, Thirteenth from 'rince Rupert to Vancouver, .arch and Kenwood from Seven-eenth to Connaught, Perry Circle rom Victoria to Patricia and Con-aught Drive from Maple to Norwood,
City Clerk D. T. Williams last reek went to Victoria where he /ill seek approval of the bylaw y the B.C. Department of Health.
From that point it must get the les.sing of the Department of lunicipal Affairs before being laced before the electorate.
As soon as the'Department of lunicipal Affairs has approved ie proposal a date will be set jr seeking the assent of the vot-rs.
fore Meiers For lownlown Area
City engineering department as disclosed that 200 additional arking spaces will be metered iis year in the downtown area.
Metered. spaces will be esta-lished on Second and Fourth venues between George Street nd Victoria, and on Victoria treet, Brunswick, Quebec and ominion between Second and .ourth Avenues.
Part of the parking meter pro-farri will involve construction of Dout 9500 lin.eal feet of curb and jtter.
Most of the new area to be ?gulated by parking meters was roposed as part of the initial istallation last year but was nitted from the final program.
Traffic officials have proclaim-
1 parking meter operation a,suc-fss here"* and re'venuer� so far ive been slightly greater than as anticipated.
ast Rites Today or August Cassino
August Cassino, city hot oprietor and retired CN ction forman died at h >me Friday following a Ion ness. He was 72 years c je, and had been a patier irlier at Prince George an strict Hospital.
Funeral services for the distrh oneer were held from Sacre :art Church at 10:30 this morr
Mr. Cassino was born in Italj d came to the B.C. Interior 4 ars ago.
He was employed for some 2 ars on the Canadian,Nations ihvays, from whifch he retire 3947 as a section foreman. (U the same time he operate* minion Rooms, on Georg �eet.
surviving are his wife, a so; ank and a daughter Celia. Pallbearers at the morning fur il rites wore G. Baitoletti, V lati, V. Femicci, G. Berduscc Stefaho and V, Mauro.
ew Area Named Foi lird YLA Project
S'ew location for a third Vetei
s Land Act housing develop
nt here was announced > toda:
lowing week-end talks hetweei
>spective builders and an of
ial of the Canadian veteran*!
ministration.
The new location consists of 30
o-acre sites in District Lot i)i;
hort distance south of the orig
illy proposed site in DL 777.
The new development will h<
Dut a half mile south; of tin
Nsent city limits and will servi
new homes.
iere � to discuss plans for thi
v project was William Qza'rd
trict superintendent of Soldiei
tlement and VLA.
lome sites in the new aret
1 cost $500 each.
lore than 60 applications foi
A housing are on file here am
ourth project will probably b<
anized soon.
Ir, Ozard ,sal syistem is now compulsory
j in wiucii io yut a iiuinc uiiuci instruction and completed, and iilure to show intention, to build ould result in. the site being for-.'itcd for the price paid for it.
An initial reaction that price of le sites was too high has been jnfjjfidicted by town planners.
They' point out that similarly Jrviced lots in the British Pro-erties development north of Van-auver cost $5600 each and that nserviced sites in Deep Cove sell )V $1500.
Municipalr advantage to em-arking on the scheme is that the ity could provide a large number f serviced homesites without aving to reduce its borrowing owcrs to supply the services.
Tire^arcarm^vliich the proposed evelopmcnt would take place has e^n_teiit^tjvcly_named the Ham-lond" Subdivision and ls~bounded-y Carney Street, Second ATenue, entr?.l Sti-eet and the south bank f tho Nechako River.
Persons interested in building, l the area can inspect a map f the sub-division at City- Hall nd obtain further particulars nere. ' � .
SS SUPER CONTINENTAL was name given pretty Winnie Siddon, 21 Canadian National Roilwoys' passenger department steno appointed o\ al Vancouver envoy to carry greetings to Jasper National Park superinter it and Mayors of Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal on onto, on new lost C.N.R. transcontinental train inaugurated April 2