An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the Interest of Central and Northern>- No. 48 (Three Sections) Prince George/B.C., THURSDAY/June 16, 195* j!y Dump Closure Sparks Of Roadside Squalor Highways and side roads adjacent to Prince George are I ttered with more garbage than ever before as a result of the forbidding public access to the municipal garbage dump veeks ago. | Booklet Could Lick Waste Of Water Here Prince George may follow the lead of an Ontario city in curbing waste of water by publishing a booklet which shows how-gardeners can get the most out of watering.- Alderman William ?D. Ferry told city council about the booklet on Monday. He said that it explains how too frequent watering can harm lawns and gardens, and gives detailed instructions for .best times for sprinkling. The city which originated the idea was able to end sprinkling restrictions within a short time after publication. Council agreed the idea was a sound one. Tin' city closed off its dump ,��(. the provincial government I in'aile other arrangements for ,,,i,s who live outside the city j uho are not served by the mmiL-jpal garbage disposal sys- i. ...�'�-�� llin,v 7f) residents of the ,,.,'. area have solved the prob-lenr-by obtaining special dump-L> permits from the office of the |i,y engineer. Hundreds more haven't both-j-ecl however, and they are eith-I, using the city dump illegally � leaving their refuse.beside inv Convenient public thorough-arc . .-. Meanwhile the city is consider-In" rescinding its closure of, the Municipal dump on condition Iliat the provincial, government appoint a caretaker to help i its maintenance. "Originally the city was under |hc impression that the provin-il government was about to ,!,ai k o'n extension . of River Avenue by means of a sanitary fiimj fill which would use the arbage of fringe residents. City iealtli chairman Alderman Carrie ane Gray said Monday that this irtposal had fallen through. ity To Supply CNR Water Service (Hy of Prince George has de- ii'iicd to enter into an agreement 6r sale of 3,000,000 gallons of vatcr a month to Canadian Na-iuiuil Railways. Under terms of a proposal plac- Icd before city council on Monday night, the railway will, receive the water for 19 cents per thousand gallons. [flit, with the city already so short of water that it has had to curtail sprinkling, the agreement ill not take effect until October J. - At present the CNR pumps its |owii water. The special rate created for the IC'NM cannot be compared with the price paid' by residential users because the latter simply-pay .a flat monthly charge re-less of the amount of water IliM'li. � PUC 'Dictators' In Taxi Business British Columbia Public Utilities- Commission exercises too much control over the taxi business and possession' of , a PUC licence should not become a condition for obtaining a City of Prince George cab permit, Mayor Gordon Bryant told city council on Monday. He said that an impending bylaw which is designed to regulate taxis in the city should not require that an applicant have PUC approval.. r Alderman R. S. Ferguson, chairman of the council's traffic committee, said that PUC approval as a condition for obtaining a city cab licence was only considered because it entailed inspection of motor vehicles. Mayor Bryant said the PUC was inclined to wield its powers in such a way as to regulate taxi competition. He said that the stifling of competition in a business was an "unhealthy condition". The bylaw, he said, could enforce inspection of taxis by having official inspections carried out by the service managers of any city garages. . First draught of the bylaw will come before council shortly.- \Off The Wires Today \* . (Canadian Press, June 16, 1955) Williston Stresses School Problems In Fort Speech FORT ST. JAMES�The province will need 2250 new classrooms with- Iin the next five years, Education Minister Ray Williston said here Tuesday in opening a two-room unit. He said the province expects 14,000 new pupils by that time. The vcrriment has earmarked $80,000,000 for school costs in the immediate future.. Goglardi Drops Plan To Increase Speed Limit VICTORIA�The Daily Times says Highways Minister Gaglardi has [backed down on his plan to increase the speed limit on some highways from [50 to 60 miles per hour. . , The minister announced earlier "this year he planned to increase the limit but the Times soys insurance companies, law enforcement agencies and Icthcr organizations have put a "damper" on the plan. Vancouver Junk Dealer Leaves Fortune To Family VANCOUVER�Benjamirt Lotzkar, who wrested a fortune from the junk incss, left $1600,000 it was disclosed in Supreme Court Wednesday *hcn executors-filed for $46,000 enumeration. Judgement was reserved. Lotzkor was proprietor of Pacific Junk Company. His fortune goes to his widow and six daughters. VANCOUVER�Negotiators in the coast logging, industry wage dis-putc haven't reached a settlement but it was indicated Wednesday strike Possibilities are remote. An agreemnt is expected to be drawn up thre weekend between the IWA and 168 logging operators. Board chairman f'c Central B.C. was the toughest leg of the. entire transcontinental voyoge,' in-the opinion of Captoin D. D. Blankenship and his first mate, A. C. Lindsay, of Kingston, Oklahoma. Harold Smith of Prince George was taken aboard at Prince George to guide the vessel through the shoals (frost boils) on the final hundred miles of the voyage.