An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to fhej Interest of Central and Northern British Columbia
38; No. 47
(Two Sections)
Prince George, B.C., MONDAY, June 13, 1955
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arney Basin Attack aunched By Bellos
Carney.Hill should be reserved for park development and Lans to.use it as a site for crmunicipal reservoir should be Ibandonsd, Parks Commissioner William Bellos stated in an iterview Saturday.
nellos charged that the
w;ii not
accommodate a reser-
ve" enough to meet future
velopment after the city's waterworks consultants had submitted reports on two alternative sites;
I'm |n"i' (Miougn 10 iiieei iuluhj *� v"" "'^uiauvt tsuus,
,1 �',,? the city and would rep-i one oi tncm situated in the area i' � an unnecessary hazard to j where Mr. Helios believes a reser-,r,l property in the event of voir snoukl be built.
,.u;i;ii failure.
stead of proceeding
with
uction "f the Carney Basin,
Engineers advised against the latter site because it involved high ^initial cost, duplication of i d
fcsloriev Bellos would see j ?}j?f^[ .ln(1 JntL !ayin>; o�' PiPes
v delay reservoir develop- ".......' '
,,[� some time and finally ,n a location north of the
will go to the here Friday to vote on a l
jc]iako River, f/it'j (.'lectors
.�,-, iiiiii waterworks bylaw which jn1)i'-aee.s reservoir construction
Kl watermain extensions.
Mr. Helios is also critical of the k'hnic till -sit
lie si |d�i'ual (I'
il aspects ~of the Carney
iid that it will not supply e pressure to the Central >orge area and may cause ijajj'c "ii the low area around by seepage.
A site exists' north of the Ne-
ik'o River where no hazard
,�.- and where a basin of five
six million gallons capacity
an be built at the same cost,
jllos.
�;As" a member of.,the parks have in mind future de-lejopnient �f parks, and . one lhase of this takes in Carney II�an excellent place for ntci spurts, where, if this by-i ;- endorsed^ there can be no lurilier development along this, jii'.i1,
r,i thiTinore," the fiery parks �Omniicsioner continued, "it is reasonable that this water bject lie delayed, as present :r facilities are adequate and �his Carney Hill water project is pot lartfe enough for future po-lentuil use.
"The present water system can lie-extended to give more resi-|lent.< water now, and the delay of building ;i proper reservoir in the place will be well worth rhJJc." . - . ...
Carney Hill was chosen as the municipal reservoir de-
n Starts
lere In Few Days
Prince George wili become the
m city in British Columbia
�i?h a fluoridated water supply
l>v the end of this month, city
bffidal.s state. '
Delivery of a $-1500 fluoridat-'�� machino �is expected Thurs-s.Y and installation will take |on'>; ii ic\v days.
The machine is of the "de-towiul" type which means that the pimuim hi fluoride added to the cr is in direct ration to the iiiht of water consumed.' As Miiiipiion varies from hour to ir. Mimridation varies with it. dually the fluoridator should '' been in operation here w but delivery of the delayed.
George-is the only city pii British Columbia where .pro-. Huoi;idalion did not boil p'l> into a full-scale controversy, year the city's medical nial associations unanim-|<'t!.-h endorsed the -addition of uli-decay- preventive to the "municipal water supply. X'ouncil support of the measure m* also unanimous. I 'Hit; fluoridator will be housed
unit 1'ri
|m tin Ii
line
main Nechako River pump- adjacent to the chlorinat-i
unit.
yg under the Nechako River.
At the Carney site the main feeder line can be used as a distribution source because it will pass through developed residential areas. In the North Nechako proposal both supply and-return pipes would have to be laid. -� Engineers cautioned against attempting to lay pipes under the' Nechako due to the difficulty which would be encountered if a repair became necessary.
Mr. Bellos says that by laying the pipes in a trench under the river, the possibility of them being damaged would be remote.
The Nechako site would also provide adequate pressure, said Mr. Bellos, and the latter could be controlled through a pressure reduction valve.
The Carney Hill reservoir-might be ruptured by an earthquake and would endanger the lives and homes of people living around its base, he added.
Car Kills Two Dogs; Police Seek Owner
Royal Canadian Mounted Police are today seeking the owner of a car which hit and killed two dogsr near the corner of Fifth Avenue and Ewert Street late Friday.
�The car, according to an eyewitness, failed to halt after" crashing into the t\yo household pets.
A witness to the incident.gave chase in his own car and managed to get the licence number of the. fleeing vehicle. Police have been given the number and are checking provincial records to learn the owner. The car is said to have been travelling at an speed.
$5,000 Blaze To^ity
HERMAN ZLOKLOKOVITS, of Prince George and other members, of the University of B.C. rowing crew are now in England training for the big race against the best'oarsmen in the world at the Henley P.egatta. Here they are shown winning an impromptu race with a North Vancouver ferry^before leaving by plane for overseas. The same crew won a surprise victory in the British Empire Games last summer. Zloklokovits can be seen rowing in No. 3 position.
Hospital Overcrowding Spurs District Canvass
With the hospital situation becoming increasingly critical, canvassing committees are stepping up their efforts to obtain the required 70 percent approval for formation of a Hospital
excessive rate of
Improvement District. "
At a recent meeting of "the Women's Hospital Auxiliary, President Airs. C. 0. Albins .reported an objective of two week-shad been set in which to. com plete' the canvass of rural pro perty owners.
An additional 300 names are needed to obtain the required approval. � .,,
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Hospital are contacting some 160 rural land owners residing in the city, the Cache and . South, Fort George.
Mrs. Harry Loder and William Dale have taken charge of canvass in the Cache area, with Mrs. C. O. Albins looking after South FortsGeqrge. ^ ^ .....,...'...:.�,�
In the'city, canvass is undertaken by Mrs. Don Murphy, Mrs. Chas. Cranston, Mrs. F. W. Dob-son,. Mrs. I. W. Bell, Mrs. H. B. Ruse, Mrs. J. G. Short, Mrs. R: B. Thomson, Mrs. T. J. Agnew, Mrs. - Bateson. Mrs. Irving Hill
$600,000 Contract Lei For Two PGE Bridge Foundations
Contract, for the sub-structure of. the Pacific Great Eastern Railway's Fraser and Salmon River bridges has been let to joint bidders Northern Construction Co. Ltd. and J. W.
Stewart Ltd.
The two sub-structures will cost a total of $599,47(3.50 and work will get underway shortly.
The Fraser River bridge contract will consist of construction of seven piers and two shoreline abuttments, � -..',
Overall length. � of the bridge will be 1200 feet and the superstructure will be of deck truss design.
Still not known here is whether the superstructure will be designed to carry vehicular traffic.
ture work were Baynes Manning, $670,620; Fraser River Pile Driving with Marpolo Construction Company, $S'63,346; General Construction Co. Ltd., $707,624.
Each truss will be 193 feet long.
The Salmon River.bridge will bo of the through-truss type and will he 200 feet long. Two approach spans . will measure 60 feet each.
Other bidders on the sub-struc-
City Within Ace Off Losing
|Waler Pressure On Friday
Sprinkling- Restrictions Announced
Prince George came within a hairsbreadth of exhausting lts secondary water supply Friday afternoon and the municipal engineering department today announced sprinkling restrictions will go into effect at midnight tonight.
�1 li'lrr thcrrostrictions sprink- �--------------' '
I1''1" may continue with occupants |"r homes having even street
having
|niimbei;s using their hoses on the |--v'! end. i �
-^1'limping capacity of. .the city is.
' )0 gallons per minute, and con-
^inption was probably close to
2000 gallons per minute.
If the figure ever reached the 2�0.0 gallaa mark the pressure tank wdtdd empty in an hour and forty minutes and much of the city would be without any water at all. ~
.City Engineer George Hartford said this morning lip hopes to be able to end . the water restrictions in about a month when installation__of..a._. new. 600-gallon-
per-minute pump is completed.
But he warned that if hot-dry weather continues, even the new pump might not increase the output sufficiently to permit., unrestricted use. ....
sever Brutally Beaten
VANCOUVER, June 12 but indications are that it started near a main power supply switchbox.
Northern Dairies is the largest supplier of bottled milk in'Prince George, serving well over half the population.
The plant is operating today only because emergency shifts of electricians worked around the clock at the week-end to install temporary, wiring connections.
A maze of wires resembling a military obstacle course is all. that is keeping the company's refrigeration compressors and heating units in operation.
Mr. Gault said that the fire is
pressor room. .
From there it travelled into adjacent walls and the compressor-room floor. � ,
Most of the damage from the fire is in burned wiring.
The flames started around 10:15 p.m. or later. Power went off in the building at 10:50 p.m.
The buildingt was Inspected some 30 minutesbefore the alarm was sounded when plant foreman Gary For tin made a tour of the premises and found nothing amiss.
Mr. Gault said that the fire did not cause any product loss and that the first batch of milk following the blaze went into the pasteurizer before noon yesterday.
Northern .Dairies approximately 9000
distributes. pounds of
milk per day in Prince George.
Trode Boord Protests 'Lack of Co-operation'
Federal Government Rapped For 'Inadequate' Subsidy
Offer of the Dominion Government to provide a subsidy of $25,000 a mile for the first 50 miles of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway extension north of Prince George was termed "completely inadequate" in a resolution presented by John Morrison, chairman of the trades and industry committee, at a general meeting of the Board of Trade on Thursday.
The resolution, which was unanimously adopted and will be forwarded . to Ottawa, "deplores the attitude of the federal government for its lack of co-operation" in respect to the extension of the PGE to the Peace River area.
Preamble of the resolution states: "We feel that the government's totally insufficient contribution to the project- belies the Prime Minister's own personal enthusiastic views which he so ably 'expounded on his visit to Prince George two years ago.
"We respectfully submit that the Dominion Government offer of $25,000 per mile for the first 50 miles is completely inadequate, and that the construction of a
Firm Commitment Sought On Highway 16 Improvements
A proposal that the provincial government be asked to outline a definite program of road construction and improvement along Highway 16 between Prince Rupert and the Alberta boundary and between Dawson Creek and Lac La Hache was put forward at a meeting of the Board of Trade on Thursday.
A check will also be sought on the standard of highways being constructed in Central B.C.
President Harry Loder stated that Hon. Ray Williston, minister of education and MLA for Fort George, will arrive in Prince George on June 13, and Highways Minister P. A. Gaglardi will be in the city on the following day. 13oth will be available for. consultations with the executive of the "Board *of Trade-, on road conditions in this area and other matters affecting the district.,
The ministers will go to-Burns Lake on .1 unel^i for a conference of Central B.Ov__bu.s.inessmen's groups which will deal with the condition' of Highwayxl.t5 and attempt to learn of the government's intentions with regard^ to maintenance and hard surfacing^ of the trans-provincial highway.
Four members of Prince George Hoard of Trade will also attend the Burns Lake parley. � , They are President Loder, Tom Wintemute, Ralph Williamson and Elmer Nelson;
The board will again urge the provincial government to undertake to construct at least 15 miles of first-class paved highway in each of the three electoral districts served by Highway 1G. It was .pointed out that the government promised to complete the surface of the highway between Prince George and Prince Rupert within ten years and that�this-could not be accomplished at the present rate of progress.
KMVK.XUMS
should be. at least four feet deep. He said the Hart Highway, between Prince George and the Parsnip River, which is well ditched and graded, was free of major frost damage this year. -
Elmer Nelson of the tourist committee said the district was being adversely affected from a tourist standpoint by the poor condition of the roads. He contended the district had much to offer the tourist in the way of hunting, fishing and scenery but good roads were the key'Jo proper development and exploitation of these resources.,
railway extension of only 50 miles would completely fail to accomplish the purpose of opening up and developing this tremendously rich country.
"This board also feels that the federal government is committed to the development of the Peace River country."
A letter will be forwarded by the Board of Trade to the federal government requesting them to (See FEDERAL, Page 3)
Warning to Thieves; Don't Go Back Boys
Thieves who smashed their way through the front door of the Island Grocery Store here at the week-end and made off with the cash register and $l"0" in sil- y ver are going to find themselves facing a loaded gun if they/try the same "caper" again.-
The proprietor of the store
told The Citizen
morning,
'If 1 had had my/gun loaded I would have \ He added
;ot them for sure." "1 keep a gun around this place and it is going to be loaded from now on."
The owner, who is thankful he does not leave the day's receipts h the stoit?; lives in a suite lip-lairs and actually heard the door being broken in.
Thieves entered the store at 1:50; a.m. yesterday and the proprietor telephoned police a few .seconds later.
Looking out an upstairs window he saw two men running to a dark colored car and carrying the cash register.
In a matter of minutes police had set up roadblocks around the area but the/ineiT eluded .them..
Four men are under investigation today in connection with the smash-and-grab raid.
Off The Wires Today
(Canadian Press, Monday, June 13)
GBA President Wants Change In Canadian Court System
REGINA�A Royal Commission study of the Canadian court system was suggested by D. Park Jamieson of Sarnia, Ont., president of the Canadian Bar Association at a meeting of the Saskatchewan Law Society Saturday.
He said allocation duties and territorial arrangements concerning judges in Canada are not realistic and are not good enough for present day conditions.
Penticton Millworkers, Company End Dispute
PENTICTON�A two-day work stoppogc at Penticton Sawmills ended Sunday night. Officials of the International Woodworkers of America and the Company icached an agreement that nine men on the night shift nt the planer be reinstated.
The company and union also agreed to meet and discuss all other outstanding differences. '. �^�The-ariton-instructed the men to return to work this morning.
Agriculture Minister Endorses Union For Farmers
DUNCAN�Agriculture Minister Kiernan soys farmers should have the
President Loder told the meet-1 same right as labor mprfto join any organization they wish. He made the iHK that government took $3,000,-1 remark at a meetipg of Cowichan-Newcastle Social Credit Association while
000 from this district last year in stumpage fees, gasoline and Tuel oil taxes, licence fees and other revenues contributed by the lumber, industry. He estimated revenues from the same sorircp' would climb 50 per cent to/the S4.500.000 mark in 1955 an(f said jrva
therevhad been no
crease in road appropriations for
this area.
"Practically every stick of lumber cut in this district must travel" on our roads," he remarked.
� .One^member blamed� the�"deplorable" condition of Fort George roads during the breakup period last month on the lack of sufficient' drainage, and contended that roadside ditches
referring to a oew union p^pfjosed by provincial farmers.
"But insincerely hope they won't split into groups of Holstcin men, men, potato men and others," he 'said.
NANAIMO�A-protest has been lodged with Lands Minister Sommcrs against the staking of two-islands near here by Dca.ne Finlaysori, leader of B.C.'s Progressive-Conservative 'party. The staking is indicative of intent to buy. The protest wos signed by 28 residents of three islands, including two Mr. Firilayson proposed to buy.
VANCOUVER�Officials of B.C. Auto Courts and Resorts Association say they plan to petition Victoria to seek broader interpretation of the Liquor Act to permit auto courts to obtain .liquor licences.
VANCOUVER�Three "young~me"n'onwhors"eback-Saturday-night-assisted-in the capture of Oliver Munro, 20, who escaped from Oakalla Prison Farm. Monro was apprehended by Len Fielding, about 23, and two-companions who were riding near g forest-ringed lake near the prison walls. Monro was captured seven hours after he escaped Saturday afternoon.