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An Independent Semi-Weekly Newspaper Devoted to the 3 jir of Central and Northern British Columbia
33; No. 58
(Three Sections)
Prince George, B.C., THI g VY, July 21, 1953
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ailing Tenders For 'arney Hill Reservoir
A call for tenders on Prince George's 2,500,000 gallon Municipal reservoir which will be scooped out of.the top of rjjey Hill a half mile south of the city limits will go out to-., or tomorrow, according to city engineering department 1
New Eq i ding For United Church Here
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Engineer iit every
Gorge Harford effort will be get the city's first reser-i operation before freeze-
, consultants from As-Kn'gineering. Services Imonton, are in Prince otlay to go over final de-the plans and specifica-
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i,Tsin has been mooted for .ivt- years and is designed i, If a water safety factor of electrical pump failure :ious fire.
filled the Carney Hill in v.i a! Id give the city about ; day's water supply at the �ma! rate of consumption, and ,-thhiy up to a week with liigoncy rationing. . A -fiics of test holes sunk into ,; sit.' of the reservoir has distil ;i sub-surface formation of �I:,.in clay which engineers
10 is excellent lining material. joi'rie clay for lining of the bas-wiil have to be hauled to the; � tiue u> the scattered location the natural material, however.
iTlie basin -jtself4 is expected to n the" vicinity of $85,000 and
innpeting lines will add an addi-�ruil $20,000 to the total.
|.\ municipal bond issue design-in finance the project .was ap-oved I'.v city ratepayers last mth. /*
[When completed, probably
netime early in December, the
efvpir \\ill' take two days to
with the Nechako River
pnips working at full capacity. Some paving in pumping costs
11 in; achieved with the basin use due to the addition of na-
precipitation in the form n and .show.
ilily of jht; material avail-should' make the reservoir ite'ly leakproof, Mr. Harford
tori.
�Completion of the project will-wator available to Prince �prgu Golf & Country Club's i.e-hole course and to the prowl Si00,1)00 1,'rince George Cur-,' Chili.
ineral Rites Held >r Mrs. Joan Madeley
uneiiil services were conduct-rroni Si. Michael's Angli^B*
nui'ch at io':3O this morning for Jtfan !�;< I i th . Madeley, who in city hospital Monday fol-ig. ;i serious illness of sever-loinhs duration. v. T. I). R. Allen officiated ie last rites. Pallbearers were . Bowie, I. W. Bel.l,: J. Zim-', T. Waldof, V. Dallamore,
(I T. Macleley. , '� ---
\A -graduate of the University British Columbia, Mrs. Made-'\yas the first sociaKworker '(� stationed in Prince George, liiig to the city-in 1934. ,''' he was also the author of a nuly iM.iblished mystery no-�"rho^Shining Head"f which its- setting in northern: B.C. .
Salesman Burned In Motel Blast
A travelling . salesman was severely burned late Tuesday' evening following an explosion in a gas-filled motel suite.
In hospital today suffering from serious burns is Bert Hor-wood, travelling encyclopedia salesman whose home is at Ghll-liwack.
The explosion occurred at 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in a suite at the Queens way Motel, 1G56 Queens-way.
A spark of unknown origin is believed to, have ignited leaking gas in the room, causing, a. tremendous explosion which shook the entire building.
Fire department rushed to the scene and the injured man was immediately taken to hospital.
'An estimated �500 damage was done to the motel rooms.
Three More Suspects Face Liquor Charges
Total number of raids conducted on suspected bootlegging establishments jumped to 10 this week when three more suspects appeared in police court.
Dominic Dallas, John Frank Evans and Caroline Harkins came to the dock on charges of keeping liquor for saleV-ontrary to government regulations.
This week's arrests were a result of RCMP. week-end investigations.
Police Pick Up Drunken Driver In Stolen Auto
Two RCMP constables on patrol late Wednesday evening noticed a suspicious vehicle near a used car lot at the corner of Fourth Avenue and .Quebec Street. ~ Constables in the patrol car immediately pursued the vehicle, later managing to'stop and check it behind a building5 on Fifth Avenue.
The driver was found to be intoxicated and police took him and his car to the station.
Early this morning a call was received reporting a stolen car/
Police checked the one which they had impounded last night arid found it to be identical with' the ..description.. of the vehicle in the complaint this morning.
Original owner identified the vehicle and later today he '�will be 'going down to the station to claim it.
A contract will soon be awarded for the construction of a new building for Knox Church, Prince George. First sod for the impressive structure will be turned by John Gaul, an elder of the church for many years, at a ceremony on Sunday, July 31. �
The new building consists of the church proper entered directly from Fifth Avenue by a specious flight of steps sheltered by a large projecting canopy.
A central aisle leads from the main entrance to the chancel where there is seating accommodations for a choir of 52.
The church itself will seat 240 washroom facilities and a new
with an additional 110 seats in a balcony.
Dn either side of the chancel are a vestry and a minister's study.
In the basement below there is a large hall .with stage, kitchen and choir rooms.
The new building will be linked to the present church by a single-storey structure containing a ladies' parlour on the main floor. A feature of this room will be sliding and folding doors that open into the church permitting extra seating. In the basement of this link are contained adequate
furnace room.
The building will be of frame construction with, glued laminated arches. Internal finishes will lie mainly plaster with some plywood panelling.
Natural lighting in the church will be provided by floor to ceiling windows located on either side of the arches. Artificial lighting will be by pendant type fixtures for general illumination, and wall bracket spot lights will provide feature lighting . of the laminated arches.
Exterior finishes will be cedar siding and asphalt shingles.
74 Percent Approve Scheme
Hospital Workers Reach Goal As Lengthy Canvass Nears End
Climaxing a year of persistent work by a hard-working canvassing committee of Prince George and District Hospital Society, more than 74 percent of the 2,109 registered landowners in a 20,000-square-mile region surrounding Prince George have consented to the formation of a Hospital Improvement District, first step in a move to construct a new 150-bed hospital irvthisxity. ...--
A statement showing results of a supplementary canvass of the huge district was forwarded to Victoria on Saturday, and hospital directors have been assured that the next step should be the appointment of an architect for the proposed hospital.
The originaLeaijivass completed in April showed4 that 1187 property-owners who were contacted in the--unorganized portion of the district favored the project. This was only 5G per cent of the total, and as a minimum of 70 per cent is required, the committee im-, mediately resumed efforts to con-I tact another 300 taxpayers; many
[Mammoth Hailstones [Blanket DawsonCreek
Hailstones "big as marbles" l/kmketed the Dawson Creek ;u ''��� last week-end.
('iiy soccer players and fans, vl'.o travelled to the northern 11V for the first match in the w'o.game series for the Span; r-Cup, reported some of the �"'wst hailstones they had vocred Leader Has Solution or 'PeacV Transportation
OTTAWA (CP)�Social Credit leader Solon Low Wednes-Ipy urged t'he government to expropriate the Northern Alberta RaiJvvay-and--turn-it-over~to-the-publicIy-pwned_CNR_-W.ith_in^ |tructions to link the Peace River area with the Pacific coast. He told the House o! Commons
l"ring study of Transport De-|arttnent estimates that the CPR no right to own. the railway \>mly with the CNR. The Peace Uvor area of Northern Alberta British Columbia should be girded as CNR territory. *'". Low also criticized the lV<-'inment!s recent announce-��nt it would contribute $25,000 mile toward the cost of extend-
ing B.C.'s provincially-owned Pacific Great Eastern Railway north from Prince George. The federal offer was limited to 50 miles of construction. . .
The B.C. government, Mr. Low said, asked for assistance to build the line into Dawson Creek. Until the PGE could tap the rich, expanding B.C. north country it would not pay is way, he said-
Pacific Great Eastern Railway installations.
Work on the project is late getting started, Sharon told-The Citizen yesterday, and crews will go on two shifts right from the start. Delay in getting started was. brought about by the fact that construction equipment and materials were tp , have been brought here via PGE from Vancouver, but washouts and slides cancelled that plan three weeks ago.
In the past few days the construction company has roughed -in a road to the site and started building an administration office beside the location of the southernmost pier.�
Some idea of the magnitude of the task of spanning the muddy Fraser may be drawn from the fact that the center piers,; where the river is deepest, will soar 80 feet up from their footing on hardpan.
Superstructure of the bridge will clear the water by 50 feet and the CNR rails on the south approach by 25 feet.
First actual construction step which the company will take is to build a wood and steeL trestle to span the river at a low level.'
Wide "bays" will be incorporated into this structure wherevpr piers are to be located. Prom tfrese "bays" workmen will -go about the task of building huge coffer-dams which serve the dual purpose of keeping water away from the-scene of operations and acting as concrete form's. -
Work on each cofferdam will
' (See PGE SPAN, Page 3)
of them in reindte- sections of tire area.
The results of this recanvass were made known at the weekend. Of the total of 770 previously (See HOSPITALS, Page 3)
Port Moody Pipe Mill Started Wednesday
PORT MOODY, B.C. July 21 (CP)�More than 800 high level representatives of industry Wednesday "saw the first steel pipe mill of western Canada in action during the official opening hetje of the $7,000,000 Canadian Western Pipe Mills Ltd. plant.
Financed .completely by- West German 'capital, the plant represents '.'the largest single investment 'in North America by German industrial interests, said R. M. Reiner, vice-president and managing director.
Canadian Western Pipe Mills, situated in the outskirts of Port Moody, 17 miles east of Vancou-
Getting Fluoridalor
Is No Easy Task
City of Prince George is having almost as much trouble oh- S CNR taining a machine with, which to fluoridate' its water supply as
PGE Will Follow Pine Pass Route
The Provincial government will extend the Pacific Great Eastern Railway north from Red Rocky Creek by the "shortest � possible route" and is no longer considering any other Peace River district access than the Pine Pass.
This was learned by The Citizen within the past few days from a source close to !hs government's policy-making level.
The Peace River Pass route has been ruled "prohibitively costly" in comparison to the direct route which the Pine Pass offers.
NO PEACE PASS SURVEY
In spite of the government's repeated statements that all routes were being considered and that no decision would be made for some time, no serious exploratory survey work has been undertaken in connection with the Peace Pass route within the past two years.
The Citizen's informant said that top-level members of the government have known for "a matter of many months" that the Pine Pass will be the route finally decided upon.
He said, "The Peace River Pass, although it might offer a greater potential on a very long-range basis, has never been seriously considered by those who create the railroad's policy."
TO PARALLEL HART ROAD
When the government gets ready to make pubffc its decis- � ion on "which route the PGE will follow north from Reel Rocky Creek, it will outline a location closely paralleling the John Hart Highway and terminating, jn the first instance, at Dawson Creek. Later, if potential traffic warrants further extension, the line will go on into Fort St. John.
In following the Hart Highway the railway will traverse some of the most difficult railroad-building country in B.C., but the avoidance of such conditions would not result from choice of the Peace Pass route.
While the government is no doubt impressed by the increased cost that the' Peace Pass route would offer, it is also taking into consideration future freight rates.
Chjef southbound commodity over the Peace River extension will be grain, and rates will be determined on the number of miles whic,h the commodity must travel.
MUST BE COMPETITIVE
Rate between'Prince George and Dawson Creek would be^ about one third greater if the Peace Pass route was chosen.
Northbound freight 'rates over the same route would be correspondingly greater and might preclude competition with the Northern Alberta Railway operated jointly by the CPR and
other Northern American cities have had getting a public mandate to do so.
The fluoridator was ordered months ago but its delivery has been stalled for lack of vital components.
According to latest word the machine is to be shipped from the east today.
Total cost of both unit, chemical supply for a year and installation will be around $6000.
The machine should be in operation within a week of its arrival here, City Engineer George Harford said yesterday.'
Meanwhile, Prince George, which was the first B.C. municipality to order fluoridating equipment, has been beaten out by the village of Smithers in actually getting fluorides into its waterworks system,, '
Prince.George will, however, be the first incorporated city in B.C. to put fluoridation . into effect. .
ver, is a subsir
ary of the wealthy pilza'tion with it's
Rheinrohr on headquarters at Dusseklorf, Germany. . -~
Mr. Reiner said the plant, with a potential yearly output of 60,-000 tons of steel pipe measuring half an inch to 4'/s inches in diameter, was built primarily tp serve Canadian markets.
-Already, . S,000,OQO-i pounds of rolled steel from eastern Canada has been stockpiled to -fill orders for the Alberta gas,and oil fields, he said.
Simultaneously, Max PauLJtfei-er, chairman of the parent company .announced plans for a second multi-million dollar plant here which would manufacture steel pipe up to 16 inches in: diameter.
R. F. P. BOWMAN, PGE general
manager, was in city yesterday following ^Inspection .of flood-damaged line north of Quesnel.
Final Rites Saturday For Mrs. John Staub
* Final, rites will be conducted from Assman's FuneraT~Chapel at 10:30 a.m. .on-Saturday for Mrs. John Martin Staub, who died at her home yesterday morning. She .was 83.
Born in Switzerland, Mrs. Staub came to Canada in 1924.
She leaves her husband at Prince George, a son at' Chief Lake, a son at Vancouver and a daughter at Vanderhoof.
John Young of Kingdom Hall will officiate at the funeral services.
One of the objects of extending the line northward into the Peace River district is to direct the buying power of that area towards B.C. and away from Edmonton. That can only be accomplished by a lo.wer freight rate between supplier and buyer.
ANNOUNCEMENT IN FALL _ ,
Unless the fact^that the government's attitude towards choice of a route precipitates'a public announcement, the premier will not let^the decision be known until next fall.
, The Citizen's news source said that the intention of the federa^government to grant construction subsidies for the first 50 miles only, did not influence choice of a route.
"Even if Ottawa has pledged itself to the $25,000 a mil'e' subsidy for-the full length of the northern extension the cost of the Peace Pass route would have been prohibitive," he said.
Sloan Commission Will Open Hearings Here On Sept. 21
The- Sloan Royal Commission on Forestry will commence sitting-here around September 21, a spokesman for the Northern Interior Lumbermen's .Association stated this week.
At present the- commission,.---------------
which has heard evidence and associations tho briefs in Victoria and Vancouver, is in recess but will reconvene in late August. ^.
Prince George will be the only central interior point at which the commission will hear evidence and receive briefs.
Major submission here will be by the N1LA.
NILA met in
Vancouver and demanded that a royal commission be sot up to examine the policies and administrative techniques of the British Columbia Forest Service.
World renowned forester A. B. Recknagel is supervising the preparation *of the KTILA brief with i the assistance of a special techni-
The local association "was one of the prime movers in having the commission set tip.
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(Canodion Press, Thursday, July 21.)
BCHA Must Wait For Hearing On Wage Freeze _
VANCOUVER�B.C. hospitols dilemma over the provincial government's wage freeze order of May will go unresolved until August 1 0 or later.
Percy Ward, secretary of the 76-member B.C. Hospitals Association, said Wednesday he was advised Health Minister Eric Martin will not be back in his" Victoria office until that date.
"It puts us in a bad spot but we've no alternative but to wait," he said. � _�_ ("expected to make a submission.
A delegation from BCHA some weeks ago asked the cabinet to recdn- | Because.this city is the only sider the wage freeze order and meet increased costs'which hospitals were j place north of the southern in-committed to before- the freeze directive was issued. tenor where the commission will
.sit, briefs may be presented here
cal committee and Industrial Forestry Service Ltd.
Larry (let; race, head of the latter firm and the association's consultant forester, is chairman of a technical committee which consists of all graduate foresters employed by XI LA lumber manufacturers;
One of the association's main contentions will be tlia.t silvicul-tural methods enforced by the BCFS should be proven successful before.they are applied to industry on a broad scale.
Another local brief will come from mills situated in the Crooked River Working Circle, and the Prince George Board of Trade is
Printers Seek Revision Of B.C. Labor Act
VANCOUVER�British Columbia printers have asked for support in their fight to get rid of a clause in the B.C. Labor Act which compels each unit of a bargaining entity to vote.separately on strike action.
A recent B.C. TypograpKciai Union conference adopted a report condemning the section and tuesday got support of Vancouver, New Westminster and District Trades and Labor Council.
The printers, who will send their protest to B.C. Labor Minister Lyle
by groups at Vanderhoof, Quesnel, Burns Lake and Dawson Creek.
tlons where members are employed.
VICTORIA-�A chartered accountant has been appointed by the cabinet to advise Chief Justice Gordon Sloan an forestry taxation, at a salary of $25 an hour. A. P. Foster, a senior partner in the firm of Peat, Marwick and Mitchell and Co., Vancouver, will als^ be paid all travelling.and other expense while with the commission.
VICTORIA�Polio cases in British Columbia hove reached a total of 48, less than half the total at the sa'me time last year. Health Department officials say the situationso far is ''very good" but no definite trend for the rest of the year eon be predicted.
Rainless Weekend Is Weather Picture
Sportsmejj j^m jake_gut_ilieir_: equipment for a little while, anyway, without fear of it being damaged by'.rain.
But the weather will be a little cloudy for the next day or two.
Winds will be light and the low temperature tonight and high Friday will be 40 and 75.
Northern B.C. will have variable cloudiness with a few afternoon showers today and tomorrow. Little change in temperature is foreseen.