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Wednesday,
December
31,
1947
in
Independent
dally
newspaper
cevorea
to
the
upuuliamg
ox
Prince
Rupert
lml
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wmmunltles
comprising
northern
and
central
British
Columbia.
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Authorized
as
Second
Class
Mall.
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Office
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Ottawa)
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every
arternoon
except
Sunaay
by
Prince
R,.pert
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News
Ltd.,
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Avenue,
Prince
Rupert,
British
Columbl.
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A.
HUNTER,
Managing
Editor.
H.
O.
PERRY.
Managing
Director.
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1048
THE
passing
year
of
1917
has
been
one
of
great
promise
in
Prince
Rupert.
In
spite
of
current
uncertainties
which
face
the
world,
we
can
look
forward
to
a
large
measure
of
fulmilment
in
1948.
Sparking
event
of
the
ending
year
in
Prince
Rupert
was,
of
course,
the
momentous
commencement
of
the
great
multiple
million
dollar
celanese
pulp:
mill
undertaking
which
turned
the
tide
in
the
vista
of
Prince
Rupert's
industrial
development.
Full
impact
of
the
construction
work
upon
this
community
will
be
felt
during
the
coming
year
when
the
major
construction
contracts
get
under
way.
It
has
been
a
year
of
unprecedented
activity
and
optimism
in
Prince
Rupert
which
was
one
of
Western
Canada's
bright
spots
as
national
attention
became
focussed
as
never
before
on
this
great
northwest
hinterland
and
its
major
port
which
we
are.
Although
the
continuing
postwar
reconstruction
period
presents
.great
problems
which
must
ot(
necessity
be
settled
ana"
stabilized
before
our
national
development
can
be
pursued
along
permanent
lines,
we
may
well
hope
for
a
greater
degree
(f
dispatch
and
effectiveness
to
this
end
during
1948.
Contingent
thereupon,
Prince
Rupert
will
march
steadily
ahead
in
the
twelve-month
period
about
to
ensue.
For
us
all
there
will,
no
doubt,
be
major
problems
to
be
faced
up
to,
important
decision
to
be
made
as
changing
and
possibly
unexpected
conditionsinternational,
national,
provincial
and
even
local
arise.
The
loose
days
of
war
and
the
immediate
aftermath"
of
pent-up
stimulation
are
rapidly
passing.
We;are
speedily
getting
back
to
normal
and
the
hope
of
all
is
that
the
tide
will
not
recede
excessively
far.
Much
depends
upon
that.
Possibly
the
most
encouraging
aspect
of
the
picture
for
1948
as
we
endeavor
to
draw
it
in
preview
is
the
undoubted
appreciation
growing
both
here
and
abroad
that,
after
many
long
years
of
hopes
deferred
and
often
dashed,
this
part
of
Canada,
through
sheer
force
off
economic
pressure
and
demand
for
the
utilization
of
this
great
storehouse
of
natural
resources,
is
at
long
last
coming
into
its
own
and
that
Prince
Rupert
cannot
but
help
play
a
major
role
in
that
development.
There
may
be
some
delays
and
some
disappointments
as
readjustments
are
made
but
those
are
factors
that
must
be
met
and
taken
in
our
stride.
And,
at
that,
they
may
not
be
as
perplexing
as
some
of
tho.
problems
we
will
be
called
upon
to
meet
in
theexpansionary
period
along
permanent
lines
which
is,
undoubtedly,
our
immediate
aim.
The
year
1918
may
not
be
as
spectacular
a
one
hi
some
ways,
as
has
been
1947
but
it
will
certainly
be
as
momentous
and
important.
If
a
spirit
of
continued
confidence
and
hopefulness,
we
are
wejl
justified
in
entering
it.
At
the
same
time
it
is
well
to
.realize
that
there
is
something
that
each
and
every
one
of
us,
as
good
citizens,
can
do
to
forward
the
cqrnmon
advancement.
It
behooves
us
all
to
be
alive
to
the
opportunities
along
this
line
as
they
arise
and
we
perceive
them.
Wishing
to
share
in
a
spirit
of
constructive
goodwill
and
resolves,
the
Daily
News
extends
New
Year
greetings
to
its
increasing
number
of
friends
and
readers
and
the
citizens
of
Prince
Rupert
and
district
at
large.
A
Renaissance
of.
.
.
ELEGANCE
...
Is
what
you
will
have
once
you
slip
into
this
lovely
furred
coat.
You
will
be
delighted
with
the
swirl
upon
swirl
of
luxurious
fur
that
forms
the
collar.
When
you
lay
plans
for
that
NEW
COAT,
DRESS
or
SUIT,
visit
Sweet
Sixteen
and
use
our
convenient
BUDGET
PLAN
No
Interest
No
Carry-ins
Charges.
THIS
AND
THAT
Won't
somebody
please
come
and
BIX)W
Henderson
nit
Reminiscences
By
W.J.
Reflections
It
is
impossible
to
foretell
how
i
with.
Greater
than
ever
Is
the
soon
wheat
shipping
at
Prince
;
call
for
bread,
even
without
the
Rupert
will
resume,
but
all
are
agreed
It
can
not
come
too
early.
The
traffic
began
under
happy
auspices.
The
city
had
a
splc
and
span,
brand
new
elevator.
The
business
lull
that
followed
susDensIon
of
flshlne
was
neatly
butter
Send
your
wheat.
Send
It
this
way
For
we
have
the
tools
to
work
with.
Rush
It
this
way
and
P
R.
will
do
the
rest.
Reindeer
Flown
To
bridged
by
grain
trains
rolling
Santa
In
Michigan
this
way,
and
associated
actlvi-1
For
the
flrst
tlme
,n
ties
that
meant
fresh
currency
years
uve
reindeer
have
been
In
hundreds
of
pockets.
Indeed.
;
uken
from
Aiaska.
Tnls
tlme
the
citys
introduction
to
inei
trade
had
a
social
flavor.
The
Rising
Sun
flag
was
In
port
and
the
officers
were
guests
at
a
glittering
banquet.
The
Japanese
could
not
speak
English-anyway,
not
to
noUce.
Everyone
was
happy.
There
was,
In
sooth,
!born
Mlch
a
regular
aner
you,
my
uear
Alphonse"
aura
they
passed
south
not
far
from
Prince
Rupert,
and
they
were
travelling
de
luxe.
Known
as
Santa's
own
reindeers,
they
were
flown
from
near
Nome
to
Seattle,
enroute
to
Santa's
Work
Shop"
at
Dear-
Britons
Gal
"Sorry
Gift"
Of
Railways
By
DON
SCIIWIND
LONDON
API
--The
British
taxpayer,
who
becomes
his
own
railway
owner
at
midnight
December
31,
inherits
a
problem
which
for
complexity
and
ability
to
generate
political
heat
sur-
:
passes
even
the
coal
business
he
i
took
over
last
January
1.
The
taking
over
of
Britain's
glgantlc
transportation
asset
could
conjure
up,
or
toy
I
trees
in
Canada.
!
The
roiling
stock
and
main-
I
JtL
ri
.....
?&il
tenance
programs
have
high
'priority
because
of
the
uniquely
Intimate
relationship
oeiwewi
Britain's
railways
and
her
coal,
steel
and
heavy
Industries.
Coal
comprises
half
Britain's
annual
rail
tonnage.
For
several
months
government
spokesmen
have
warned
that
the
Increasing
shortage
of
coal
cars,
taken
with
rising
coal
output,
is
a
first-class
headache
As
of
'vesting
day."
about
20
per
cent
of
the
country's
locomotives
are
out
of
service
awaiting
repair.
More
than
200.000
freight,
passenger
and
coal
cars
re
immobilized
for
want
of
vi
tal
part
or
the
labor
and
marh-
!"lCJ:
mer'y
to
effect
repairs.
UWItltSC
UilbUJl.
iJVTjrviiU
in.no-
paper
stories,
there
Is
little
to
bring
home
that
he
shares
ownership
In
52,000
miles
of
railways,
more
than
2,000
miles
There
is
no
hope
of
an
adequate
roiling
stock
supply
five
years.
The
"railway
executive"
to
op-
...
i
,u....
a
erate
the
system
under
the
bus
tram
and
trucking
routes.
Transportation
Commission
con-he
dock
and
harbor
systems-
'u
'
full-time
officials
and
the
bill
for
$4,000,000,000.
jnnd
two
Prt-Un
members.
For
a
long
time
yet
he'll
pan'
Tne
"
Vlm
m
bo
broken
his
ticket
to
the
same
seedllv-!
P
t
x
regions.
One
of
them
uniformed
collectors,
say
a!
-
Scotland
as
a
whole
will
be,
morning
"Cheerio"
to
the
sanv!
administered
from
Glasgow.'
porters
and
use
the
same
shabby
;
while
other
regional
centres
will
j
carriages
sporting
the
colors
off
York
and
four
major
termini
the
late
"Big
Four"
companies
jl
I-ondon
Waterloo.
Padding-'
-
the
Great
Western;
Southern;
'
ton'
EusUm.
and
Liverpool
London
Si
Northeastern,
and
Street
London,
Midland
Si
Scottish.
To
some
extent,
the
railway
nationalization
is
a
pig
in
a
poke,
for
not
until
January
2
will
the
800.000
stockholder;
know
the
Interest
rate
they'll
get
once
their
holdings
are
con
verted
Into
government
obllpa
Uons.
High
officials
of
"British
Railways,"
as
the
new
combine
b
called,
say
they'll
have
a
good
proposition
if
the
Interest
i.s
pegged
at
three
per
cent
but
a
paper
loss
If
the
figure
Is
2'2
Taxpayers'
hope
that
nation-)
aHzatlon
will
cut
rates
wern
dashed
months
ago.
Here
are
some
of
the
problems:
1.
Rolling
stock
largely
outmoded
even
before
1939
and
pounded
mercilessly
under
war
conditions
since.
2!
Low
morale
among
employees
reflected
in
widespread
discourtesy,
low"
operating
el-
Thorp
n.,r(.
-,isn
fnnd
hones
of
Mil
H
CMHI
IP.
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mi?
i
Hciency
and
a
bad
accident
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L-il
LillUVUl
1
1
Wl
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LSTtoiSn
An
intrnai
struie
ver
TERRACE-Heavy
snowfalls
In!
the
of
centralisation
worlds
degree
of
that
helping
fill
the
pan-
tries
'with
bread
would
becoma
'Terrace
have
rut
dismay1
confrol
within
the
giant
new
one
of
Prince
Rupert's
regular
Harry
Houlden,
who
take
satis-
system.
duties.
That
famed
port
was
al-
faction
from
the
fact
that
he
(
4-
Wages
and
rates.
readv
nrovidlnz
the
fishes.
And
recently
cut
a
rose
in
his
gar-.
5.
Decrepit
plant
such
as
now
for
the
loaves.
But,
alas
and
alack.
There
were
compllcaUons
ahead,
of
a
scope
and
nature
that
no
one.
even
in
nis
most
imaginative
mood
den.
Terrace
Is
as
mild
as
that
i""1"1
smuons
lamng
mio
ae-
eay
and
acute
disrepair,
out
WELL
WOODED
1
moded
dock
and
harbor
equip
There
are
approximately
125
rncnt,
and
neglected
track
and,
species
or
distinct
varieties
of
right-of-way
maintenance.
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II
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for
a
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Ave.
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