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__ Golden harvest of Prairies

shipped in part through

A tidy share of Prairie wheat
moving. from. British Columbia
ports’’ destined fcr customers
abroad, ‘moves through Prince
Rupert! each year.

Ine ‘the 1961-62 crop year
‘which ended July 31 last year,
“a total of 10,531,313 bushels
‘poured through Prince Rupert.
This can be considered an av-
erage year, according to Murdo
MacKenzie, superintendent of
the , Canac4éan government
Brain: flevator here.

 

  

Twenty-one ships, the major-
ity of them Greek-owned, picked
up the 20 shipments of wheat
and one of barley.

‘FOR CHINA

Practically all the grain went

ito China under the government’s

jconstract sale agreements with:

‘that country

| The wheat rolls in by Cana-.

:dian National Railway cars from
| Alberta and Saskatchewan and
, the Peace River country.

+ The elevator itself. a notable

   

    

GRAIN ELEVATOR STANDS AGAINST SKYLINE

go north in new rail

Merchandise from as far as tandem style the 100 miles north
New York state destined for Al-| to Saxman's new dock facilities
askan customers is now rollingjof the Ketchikan and Northern
by rail almost to the doorstep; Terminal Company.

of the 49th state. There a dual purpose tractor
_ New rail barge service be~ | unit which went up on the first
tween Prince Rupert and Sax- | load the week of April 15, per-
man, near Ketchikan, was in- |forms the unloading operation
augurated last week in a ‘in jig time.
smooth operation that means A double load of pleasure
big savings for consignees |cruisers manufactured in Wis-
compared with the long steam- |consin — eight sleek boats as
ship hauls from Seattle to ‘long as 22 feet each with in-
Alaska. board - outboard motors — went
The goods come by Canadian'on the first load along with
National Railway cars to Prince transformer and other electrical
Rupert and are loaded directly! equipment and general merchan-
onto a new 120-fcot three-track’ dise.
iarge especially built for the| The initial shipment In itself
service. was worth hundreds of thous-

 

Alaska British Columbialands of dollars.
Transportation then hauls them The barge is capable of hand-

DEEP SEA SHIPPING SHOWS -
BIG INCREASE AT RUPERT

The number of deepsea vessels cleared and volume
of waterborne lumber shipped out of Prince Rupert in-
creased markedly during 1962.

Figures of the Vancouver Merchants’ Exchange show
that 157 ships were cleared here compared with 50 in
1961. ‘ F

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Jandmark, is being,
kept working almost at capacity.
Built in 1925 it can accommo-j
date up to 1,250,000 buzhels.

The elevator gives employment!
to 50 people, and operates three!
shifts per day.

A repair and redecorating pro-,
gram has been under way at the’
elevator recently. Exterior paint- |
ing has given the structure a
vastly-improved appearance.

Ne other Crane aiate changes"
are > panned, Mr. MacKenzie says. '

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Prince Rupert Daily Mews Lt, :
Friday, April 26, 1963 ,

 

 

The

HUB NEW

IN TERRACE, B.C.

barge run

ling six freight cars.

A developing business for oth-
er ports in southeastern Alaska
is envisaged by CNR officials.
At the outset once weekly serv-
ice is being provided. This could
be stepped up to twice or thrice
weekly if business warrants it.

Right now the system looks

TOTEM POLES @ LOCAL NATIVE CRAFT

like a popular alternative to

like (& Popular alternative | to @ CONFECTIONERY @ ENGLISH BONE CHINA
t Al k , . ve
Omak @ SOUVENIRS @ BOOKS @ NEWSTAND

It eliminates all the ccstly un-
loading from railway cars, ware-
house storage and reloading ne-
cessitated at Seattle for the
steamship journey.

And it means increased busi-
ness for the CNR at its exten-
Sive Prince Rupert terminal.

 

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The fishing industry of British Columbia salutes
the arrival of the Alaska ferries and extends
for the remarkable effort that
has gone into this project.

 
   
 

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