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Vol. 3; No. 145
PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, .1959
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J5e FZR WEEK
A charge preferred by a private citizen against a city ambulance driver, under what was described as an "obscuire'v section of Lie Moiur Vehicles Act. was dismissed in city court yesterday by Stipendiary Magistrate S. M. Carling.
Driver Cecil Tiessen (a city utilities foreman who handles the ambulance as i>;u'L of his duties) was charged under sec-lion IIS. sub-section 2 of the MVA, which deal.s with privileges of an emergency vehicle. .1. G, Gannon was ihe complainant.
Under the section of the act, described by defence attorney George Jialdwin as "obscure," an emergency vehicle has the right Id exceed speed limits, pass through stop signs and ' red lights or remain stationary on a thoroughfare � provided I a hell, siren or exhaust whistle is used to warn motorists and pedestrians.
(ingnori said tliut on July S, ahont 10:20 p.m., he wu.s walking across Third Avenue, :i( (he intersection with Gporgf; Street, when tlie alleged inci-s :� royal commissioner was to deal solely with n tree farm application by Empire Mills Ltd. of Squamish and one or two other matters! which were before Mr. Sloan at the time of his death;
No successor has yet been found for the $50,000 a year job which was held by the former chief justice.
was not over the speed limit,
that he did not i>ass through
a red light (as the light was
still green <>n George) and that
lie (!i work of youths as several watermelons were smashed and pop bottles had been emptied.
Thieves took practically nothing in a breakin at Park Superette weeks ago.
OBJECTS of a huge air search between Vancouver and Quesrtel today are Mr. and Mrs. Don Currie of Quesnel. The Currie's were in a single-engined aircraft piloted by Donald W. Patchett, 44, of Quesnel. Also in the plane was Herbert Neville, 29. The plane has been missing since Monday morning. Private planes from Prince George and Quesnel are taking part in the search. �Vandervoort
BCPC REPORT:
Prince Power
Residential power users in the Prince George area have increased their consumption of electricity by 26% in a single year, -total power consumption has increased 34%.
This.is a highlight of the 14th annual report of the B.C. Power Commission, released here today by District Manager W. B. Gale.
The boost in local consumption far outranked that of any other community ' served by BCPC, said Mr. Gale, and accounted in part for an increase in output by the local power plant of 700.()()() kilowatt hours in the fiscal year ended March 31.
Another contributing factor in power output has been the growth in the number of customers. Meters have been added to the Prince George system at an average rate of two for each working day of the year. The year's increase of (ITS brought the total number of customers to 5,306 at March 31.
Another significant figure in the annual report, said Mr. Gale, was the cost per kilowatt hour to Prince George residential customers. Thin dropped during the year from 2.33c to 2.34c and is a direct result of the higher consumption, which puts a larger number of householders on the lowest step of the rate block.
Area's
Rises
Annual average residential consumption in Prince George now stands at 3,GG9, and is expected to reach the Commission system average of 3,904 kilowatt hours within another year.
The BCPC average is close to that of major metropolitan centres in the province and indicates that most customers of the publicly-owned utility are making the same use of electrical appliances as housewives in Vancouver or Victoria.
The Commission's n n n n a I report also records the impressive additions and improvements which have been made to ItCI.'G [ilant and lines in Prince George during the year.
The rebuilding and conversion of the entire distribution system continued during the period covered by the report and has been completed since. Replacement of the old street lighting system was also com pic ted.
The Citibanks and I'ineview extensions were major jobs undertaken and a number of other short extensions were made. Several subdivisions outside the city were also served with power;
Currently the Commission staff is occupied with three large jobs; the addition to the power pjant; extension of service to Ilixon; and the building of a high-voltage transmission line to Vanderhoof and Fort St. .lames.
THE FISH have nothing on this family. They are (ravelling through B.C. in Avhat is called a "duck," or an amphibious jeep. They are the Brandts, Cassandra and Aaron (the two older girls), Camon (the boy), Lucky (.the dog with a pink tail) and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brandt. They are Americans travelling out of Washington, out "to see the country and fish." As
far as fishing is concerned they have been having a little rough luck. They have not as yet got the "big one". "It was in April that we left the States and we went as far north as Terrace. On the way home we have no plans other than we are going south." When asked what they thought of the north country, all of them remarked, "It's all pretty." � Vanderiroort
McBride Also Shows Increase
Householders in Mcliride are increasing their use of electricity at a rate of 1-1% per year.
This is the highlight of t h e report released today by BCPC District Manager T. A. "Tom" Gillespio.
The average residential consumption of electricity reached 2,391 kilowatt hours, an increase of about 300 kilowatt hours over the previous fiscal year.
Mr. Gillesple attributed the growth to the popularity of electric ranges and water heaters, and to the wide range of electric appliances now being made available.
The annual report showed the customer total for the McBride district as 303, an increase of 51 over the previous fiscal year. These customers used a total of l,G32,0S3 kilowatt hours of electrical energy in the fiscal year ended .March 31.
Mr. Gillesple said that two new extensions were completed during the year: a six-mile line to serve 18 customers at Beaver River and a one-mile lino to serve six customers at Mount-view. Construction commenced on a new line to serve 15 customers at Horseshoe Lake and three customers at Dore River.
Provincial Power Picture Brighter
Customers of the B.C. Power Commission in the province bought and used X> per cent more energy last year than they diil in the year ending March :;i, 195S.
Total energy generated a n d purchased by the publicly-owned utility during its fiscal year t.i-talled more than 1,600,000,000 kilowatt hours, up 400,(300,000 kilowatt hours from the previous year.
Termed 1>.V Acting General Manager It. C. .MeMordic "an abnormally large increase," the energy requirement re-fleets in nart a h'ss-tlian-nor-i11.11 requirement for the yc;'ir 1957-58, when strike eomli-lions at Vancouver Island pulp mills substantially lowered industrial imwcr .s:drs.
Retail sales, residential an<. commercial, were up just over 1 per cent, attributed to the number of customers added dun-ing the year�i,<300 to a total of nearly S0,000�and to a 7 per cent increase in average annual consumption by residential users from ;!,