t!
ur
:.
vea
:ed.
i
1
'
'"8
'
nks
lairds
-r
lid
'
Pulp
um
J':.
'dUCU
.
re-
ftc.
..
bullion
!'lter
..
I'Ulway
company.
S.41S
1QJW1.M8
3,1G038
2,013,460
378,404
1,420,459
D1J,7
334.392
33.155
11,669
378,976
3,370.576
49,727
idition
to
the
articles
men-
ni
the
table,
there
were
also!
it'-ms.
the
total
exports
of
"mounted
to
more
than
'r
of
a
million
dollars
nbber
tires,
iron
bars
and
H
'mobiles,
nickel,
asbestos,
mm
sulphate
and
films.
PAY0N
Rupert
has
the
timber
said
to
be
excellent
for
ufacture
of
rayon.
Thereis
if
it
a&Jknearby
l
the
water-
11
Rupert
would
be
willing
to
free
site
for
establishment
von
mii
jn
the
city
or
wMftr
'
jl"se
could
be
obtained
from
veent
at
the
big
event
yesterday
but
he
wires
his
a
a
matter
of
fact,
ships
could
call
a
ions
to
Prince
Rupert
on
the
consummation
of
this
here
en
route
between
the
orient
n
nit
n
am
(at
ab
a
vuf.
lnA
Will
MtvalopnilLworicVhich4maan&.tO
lllUOh
to
the
City
ttowv
because
Prince
Rupert
them
British
Columbia.
Pattuilo,
who
is
at
present
in
Eastern
Canada,
is
one
pioneers
of
Prince
Rupert
He
left
to
live
in
Victoria
ii'
wns
appointed
minister
of
lands
in
the
Liberal
'
nmettt.
He
has
represented
Prince
Rupert
since
1916
;'.s
one
of
the
prime
movers
in
trying
to
secure
a
iivdro-olectric
installation
for
the
city
and
district.
EXPORTS
TO
ORIENT
IN
YEAR
1929
lollowtng
were
the
exports
ida
to
China
aqd
Japan
thytatl!0:
.
in
-Ublna
was
so
much
closer.
A
pulp
and
I
paper
mill
was
another
likely
industrial
development
here.
"The
rnj)hecy
always
was
that
Prince
Rujiert
would
begin
lnat
Prlnce
nupert
was
i'
just
as
soon
as
some
big
power
company
took
hold
j
the
greatest
uttie
city
in
northwest
'"
iiyuro-eiectnc
project.
prospwts
of
the
city
have
never
been
brighter
in
years
than
they
are
today,"
the
speaker
summed
up.
In
view
of
all
these
things,
Col.
McMordie
thought
that
the
people
might,
well
talk
good
times
and
tell
America
today
Prince
Rupert
Centre
of
Huge
District
The
above
outline
map
siwvm
the
clUss
of
DrltUh
Columbia
at
wbkh
9$mm
"
published.
Prince
nupert
Is
far
removed
Spu
'iay
of
the
otttm
d
the
territory
of
which
it
ritlt'ond
Mrftr
than
many
countries
la
a
cea
T.D.Path,n.,Mi.A.,Prmc
Rpert
Col.
McMordie
Givh
!
Better
Times
Address
Prince
Rupert
Is
The
terminus
of
the
Canadian
National
Railway.
The
central
administrative
point
for
the
whole
of
Cen
tral
and
Northern
British
Columbia.
The
nearest
point
in
British
Columbia
to
the
Orient.
The
centre
of
the
halibut
and
salmon
fishing
business,
SPECIAL
POWER
NUMBER
Section
II.
m
1
ill
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
No.
281.
XXI.,
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
DECEMBER
2,
1930
18
PAGES
FIVE
CENTS
.
RUP
ERT
S
ACTIVITIES
INDICATE
PROGRESS
I
a
Rupert's
member
of
the
Legislature
w
as
unable
Points
to
Factors
Which
Ensure
City's
Progress
Power
Development
One
of
M
ost
Important
In
view
of
accomplishments
that
had
been
achieved
of
late
and
of
developments
which
he
predicted
were
about
to
ensue,
people
of
Prince
Rupert
had
little
reason
to
feel
anything
but
prosperous
and
well
content,
Col.
S.
P.
McMordie
'
D.S.O.,
manager
of
the
Capitol
Theatre,
said
in
a
recent
address.
Col.
McMordie
enumerated,
as
important
accomplishments
which
would
redound
to
the
great
benefit
of
the
city,
the
improvement
of
local
steamship
services,
the
obtaining
of
a
boat
to
ply
to
industrial
points
in
the
immediate
vicinity
of
the
city,
and
the
power
development.
He
was
satisfied
the
C.
N.
hotel
which
had
been
promised,
would
materialize.
rrv","
seemed
to
be
little
doubt
that
the
T
construction
of
a
Peace
River
railway
outlet
would
commence
soon
and
that
that
outlet
would
come
to
Prince
Rupert.
It
was
simply
a
matter
of
completing
financial
arrangement
until
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
would
have
a
northern
coast
terminus
in
Prince
Rupert.
A
trans-Pacific
steamship
line,
the
speaker
thought,
would
be
here
be
fore
the
most
of
people
expected.
Port
of
Prince
Rupert
Seen
From
the
Air
A
Few
Facts
About
Prince
Rupert
Government
Report
On
Coast
Eisheries
British
Columbia
is
the
premier
year
period,
BfiUshColtpibla's
fish
province
in
the
Dominion
In
the
catch
has
had'
an
average
annual
fisheries
and
Prince
Rupert
is
the
value
of
approximately
$22,745,000.
premier
port.
With
the
development
The
1929
catch
was
therefore
more
nf
Hlmnn
inn,i
ttu
iKInntna
'than
tl
fUVl
(Vtn
ahnv
tha
n
n
ctn
The
centre
oi
an
extensive,
mining
anft.luinbring:dis-4o
fresh
haiumtt
by
express
the.
auhough
iesthan
$3omoo
below
tnct.
lead
passed
from
Nova
Scotia
to
the
record
of
$27,367,109
in
1926.
j
fhlc
nMinnnA
a
m4
If
matr
Ka
rtrtts1
TYim
HallKlit
fhtrv
rha
LOrtn
I
nnce
nupert
Has
that
Prince
Rupert
has
the
largest
in
importance,
shows
a
catch
of
One
of
the
finest
harbors
in
the
World.
halibut
market
in
the
world
and
the
30,392.100
MHPfis
in
1929.
with
a
The
largest
fresh
halibut
business
in
the
world.
!
dtetrlct
has
thc
,arest
liam
tish-
j
um&s.
and
The
largest
fish
cold
storage
planting
iTpreiSS
report
ior
1929
on
!lSpa;S2
A
large,
strictly
modern
drydock
and
shipbuilding
plant.
fteheries
of
the
Pacific
coast,
and
$940,505
in
the,
marketed
value.
A
grain
elevator
leased
to
the
Alberta
Wheat
Pool
With
states
that
the
total
value
was
$23,-
The
third
6f
the
chief
commercial
Of
bushels.
'
'
fisheries
of
British
Columbia
Is
the
capacity
1,250,000
,930.692.
'
7
.
.
.
,
,
,
.
.
-
-
M.
I
,1
I
m
AI
I
1
.l
V.
-
I
I..
I
IA.IA
1
whether
sold!of
$2,199,834,
a
decrease
from
1928
W
,i
;,rU
product
as
marketed,
A
A
new
modern
lumber
mill,
planing
and
shingle
mills
B
?
0
.,r!7,
..
f
tuin
Th.
nnoh.ni
nr.
and
box
factory
with
capacity
output
of
60,000
board
feet
comnkres
with
$2662.727
for
the
keted
mainly
as
oil
and
meal,
the
daily.
s
,
lOW
catch,
and
with
$22,890,913
In
former
worth
$1,128,164
and
the
lat-
Fih
reduction
plant
127.
The
same
report
gives
the
an-
ter,
$8M,867
in
ibzb.
uannea
pu-
A
new
mill
at
Porpoise
Harbor
and
another
building
!nual
T,ue
?f
?"si?erJe8
?1
i?!?ard
amT
ud...!?'!JA?ff
!?,
,ot
alongside
it
seven
miles
from
the
city.
I1
u'e
r
""
"
Yttlucu
"
Railwav
shoDS
emDlovincr
about
75
men.
I-
:
Several
ship
sheds
for
building
and
repairing
small!
craft.
1
Provincial
government
district
offices
and
court
house.
Dominion
government
fisheries,
customs
and
other
offices.
Marine
department
central
station.
Dominion
government
wireless
station.
Canadian
National
district
offices.
Dominion
fisheries
experimental
station.
B.
C.
Packers
district
offices.
Consolidated
Mining
&
Smelting
district
assay
office,
Burns
&
Co.,
Ltd.,
modern
abattoir.
Several
docks
and
wharves
used
by
coasting
vessels.
Number
of
fish
houses
doing
an
export
business.
About
twenty
salmon
canneries
in
tne
neighborhood.
Several
fishery
supply
and
ship
chandlery
establishments.
;
Several
wholesale
houses
doing
a
.large
business
in
the
district.
Fine
modern
retail
stores.
Good
steamship
services
to
Alaska
and
south
to
Vancouver
and
Victoria
and
west
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands.
Three
large
oil
and
gasoline
distribution
stations.
Good
hotels
and
restaurants.
Modern
high
school.
with
first
year
univorsity
classes.
Four
public
schools
with
over
thirty
teachers.
Seven
churches
representing
the
most
important
denominations.
Paved
streets
and
concrete
sidewalks
in
the
business
section.
j
Well
Jiepti
cardensand
pretty
residences.
i
XNuniDeivoi
ioiuosiana
iraiernai
organizations.
Prince
Rupert
Has
No
severe
cold
in
winter.
No
extreme
heat
in
summer.
No
mosquitoes
or
other
insect
pests.
Great
opportunities
for
boating,
fishing
and
hunting.
Fewer
climatic
or
other
disadvantages
than
most
places
in
Canada.
A
harbor
that
never
freezes.
Lieut.
Col.
S.
P,
McMordie
D.
S.
0.
Und
r
w
ii'
Si'
t:ouri-
ir
ot'ftr"
af
mayor.
.
nd
due
to
whose
instru-ment.iliiy.
power
nt'KUiuif.nm.s
wtro
opened
two
ycara
ago.
Col.
McMordie
is
confident
there
in
great
railway
development
in
store
for
Prince
Rupert
including
the
entry
of
the
C.
P.
R.
here.
V
i
Hi.
I
m
i.
n
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