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trttde
THE
DAILY
NEWS
CITY
ENGINEER
M'LEAN
COMPLETELY
NEW
CANADIAN
SENATOR
SIR
WILLIAM
CLARK
COMMITTEE
EXONERATED
OF
ALL
THE
BY
HYDE
TRANSFER
CHARGES
LAID
AGAINST
HIM.
AND
COAL
CO.
Phone
5S0
(Continued
from
page
one)
Prudhomme's
amendment
and
the
report
was
ade$elii
tvithhe
alone
dissenting
and
requesting
that
his
dissension
be
recorded.
The
roport
was
as
follows:
I
The
lieport
The
committee
apointed
by
His
Worship
the
Mayor
to
inquire
into
changes
preferred
by
Aid.
Prudhomme
against
the
engineer
and
his
department
held
four
sittings
healing
evidence,
and
herewith
submit
our
report.
For
convenience
the
paragraphs
contained
in
the
charges
are
referred
to
numerically
as
follows:
"Paragraph
2,
re
concrete
sidewalks
According
to
e
vide
ice
submitted,
we
find
that
the
engineer
used
the
standard
mixture
of
1-2-4
on
all
sidewalk
construction
re-j
f
erred
to
in
this
paragraph
and
that
AW.
Prudhomme's
figures
were
arrived
at
from
the
progress
sheets
issued
from
the
engineer's
'
department,
which
were
estimated
'
quantities
only
of
materials,
r.
lixered.to
a
particular
job.
,
Aid.
Prudhomme's
statement
that
a
imxiujre
of
4,eribic
yards-of
rock,
2
of
sand
and
1
of
cement
would'
yield
jittt
'tfadtr
7
yards
of
con
crete
did
not
appear
to
be
eW
re
so.uu
!
stantiacea
by
authorities,
who'
placed
the
amount
of
concrete
se
cured
from
this
mixture
at
from
4
to
4
1-2
yards.
"Paragraph
3,
re
excessive
amount
of
steel
aned
in
sidewalk
,
construction
We
find
that
the
engineer
did
use
heavier
steel
in
certain
instances
than
1b
custom-
I
ary
for
this
cUbb
of
work,
but
uy
man
lo
an
other
parts
ot
bntuh
Columbia,
the
British
that
said
steel
was
purchased
be-
Lmpire
and
Unitea
States,
paid
in
advance
per
year
....
$G.0i
jow
the
market
price
for
the
regu-
By
mall
to
all
otaer
countries,
per
yeei
$7.M
jation
site.
We
also
find
from
'"'
'
'
I
evidence
that
the
steel
was
prop-
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Tuesday.
January
8,
1029
BMASHIiVG
CONSTITUTIONS
ine
constitution
01
a
country
IS
very
important,
but
greater
cost
of
a
retaining
wall'
other
things
arb
even
more
important.
That
apparently
is
ai"LnoJ
t0
the
!?
9K
.
,v4.
Vi
...
.
-
T
.
.
.
particular
property.
The
legalities!
what
King
Alexander
of
Jugo-Slavia
thought
when
he
de-
in
respect
to
tb
interests,
of
the
nlrlnrl
v
1
i-1
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?
.
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i
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11.
.
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I.
t
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A
1
L.
.1
Miini:n;
mntU.,l,
A
:4.:
...
.
.
,
been
satisfactorily
adjusted,
thjeyH
..
'-u-upuuiiuua-cauinet
inaepenaeni.
laying
signed
an
agreement
re-Of
the
political
p"artlQS.
Several
'nMionSl
constitutions
'easing
the
crty
from
any
liability.
had
to
be
dealt
with
summarily
in
order
to
carry
on
a
J'?rT?
pi
6l
fiT"1
f
ld.eV
proper
government
f2ttSZ
As
a
matter
of
fact,
democratic
government
is
possible
the
engineer
and
F.
Rice,
B.C.
only
when
the
people
are
fit
for
it.
There
is
no
alchemy
L.
8..
to
the
satisfaction
of
tbV
about
a
democracy.
It
is
just
as
good
as
the
people
of
the
nh
7
u.r.n.bu
tat,
country
and
no
better.
AVhen
the
people
are
not
fit
to
govern
themselves,
it
is
better
for
them
that
they
shall
be
referred
u
in
paragraph
2.
prog-deprived
of
the
power
which
they
abuse.
1
ress
sheets
show
the
coat
of
ma-
teriale
delivered
to
a
particular
1
l--
,
Hafcj
srfiwork,
and
all
material
not
NERD
OPBOEOTRIC
POWER
TSf
ff
cwdited
when
the
job
i.
Any
community
that
has
no
electric
power
to
offer
c2r
wi
t
f-n-ijhiwHta
ymmm
w
tflriSk,
.
Ml-.
HL.
It
and
ttrly
pladed
in
the
forms.
j
"Paragraph
r
excessive
time
and
material
in
making
forms
'
We
find
that
tbe
material
used
in
1
this
work
was
aaed
material
and
of
larger
dimensions
than
would
have
been
necessary
if
new
raa-(
terial
had
been
purchased
.
1
"Paragraph
5,
placing
piers
for
'
sidewalks
half
way
under
build
ings
Tbe
piers
referred
to
in
.UW
paragraph
were
put
in
to
save
tbe
ids
that
the
engineer's
feonj
.
.
..
R
A-
f-'t,
.
V
rS.
,Infii
with
th
knnwfMTM
One
of
the
most
remarRable
developments
in
Canada
and
saactie
of
the
committee1
at
in
recent
years
has
beenr
that
of
bur
hvdro-electrie
in-
the
board
of
works.
With
regard.
dustry,
with
the
accompanying
increase
of
the
use
of
eloc-
I;0
"1f?,"tion
byJud
.
Pru1
tricity
in
transportation
in
manufactures
and
in
the
home.
.
3$FZ
f
S
-tw
law
na
me
enu
01
ivzi
ine
total
nyaro-eiectnc
turbine
that
the
records
of
ac.
-unU
kept
i
installation
m
uanada
was
2,700,000
horse-power.
At
by
the
engineer
are
wt
official,
the
end
of
of
1927,
it
was
4,78,000,
a
gain
of
over
2,000,000
but
oJe,y
to'
the
purpoM
of
ai-horse-power,
or
77
per
cent,
in
six
years.
In
1928
new
'"w
the
engineer
to
give
a
prop-plants
develing
over
half
:
.
million
additional
horse-
'JLZZ
power
have
been
installed,
and
the
production
of
electricity
ation.
AH
accounts
rendered
is
now
at
the
highest
point
which
it
has
ever
reached.
In
against
the
engineer's
department
the
month
of
October
last,
the
average
daily
production
of
are
reco-ded
in
the
treasurer's
de-hydro
electricity
in
Canada
was
46,330,000
kilowatt
hours,
Prtnien
and,.
audited
annually
as
compared
with
a
daily
production
of
29,128,000
kilowatt
Z?
ittee
ha.
hours
in
the
same
month
of
1926
or
an
increase
of
50
no
evidence
to
prove
that
over-per
cent
in
the
short
period
of
three
years.
This
is
not
time
was
engwged
unnecessarily,
only
of
great
importance
in
itself,
but
also
of
great
si
gnif-
Elaborate
tabulated
reports
have
icance
with
respect
to
the
development
of
the
use
of
elec-
been
i,1ced
keforc.
thr
committer
trie
power
in
industry
S6NONO
SAWS
Cross-cut,
Crescent
Ground,
will
saw
10
more
timber,
time
and
labor
being
equal,
than
any
other
made.
This
guarantee
has
never
been
challenged.
SIMONOS
CANADA
SAW
CO.,
LIMITED,
T.
MIMt
IIIUT
AND
ACORN
V(NUC.
MONTREAL.
QvC.
VANCOUVER.
B
C
ro.'JNtn
oMT.
t
JOHN
N.B
by
the
engineer's
department;
showing
weather
conditions,
dur-
ing
construction
of
sidewalk
aad
sewer
and.tstf
nceMtnt
com
nletiiur
certain
TtWen-of
worl
without
Interruption.
"In
conclusion,
the
conimlttM
finds
that
the
evidence
submitted
does
not
substantiate
the
statements
made
by
Aid.
Prudhomme,
and
that
the
engineer
otirrled
out
tbe
work
referred
to
as
economically
and
efficiently
as
conditions
would
pc
mit.
Respectfully
submrtted,
"W.
M.
BROP,
M
Chairman."
II.
was
II.
Horsey,
of
Ottawa,
who
recently
appointed.
British
High
Comissioner
to
unada.
from
his
most
recent
hotograjih.
JACKPINE
AND
CEDAR
Single
load
JJjj
Double
load
$6.50
Large
sack
........
50c
COAL
PRICKS
DOWN
Pembina
Peerless
Egg
$12.00
Pornbina
Washed
Nuts
,
$11.25
Alberta
Sootless
Large
Egg
.y
'.
.
$12.50
Alberta
Sootleas
Egg
.
...
.
.
.
.
.
'i
-...
.;.
....
$12.00
Alberta
Lump
$13.00
Also
all
other
classes
of
coal.
Piano
and
Furniture
Moving.
Express
and
Baggage
j
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and
Night
Service
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24.898.3aO
58.97ofl
treasure
house
t'li;'
TWENTY
years'
mining
in
British
Columbia
have
yielded
nearly
800-million
dollars.
The
last
ten
years
have
increased
production
by
58.9
per
cent.
The
value
of
all
Canada's
production
Is
$25.70
per
citizen,
British
Columbia's
production
today,
if
distributed,
would
mean
$11
1.
per
person
annually!
Our
mined
and
treated
tOnnugc
of
metalliferous
oros
readied
a
record
of
more
than
5-millioh
tons
for
1927.
The
value
of
the
mining
Industry
to
the
Province
is
In
the
distribution
of
money
in
wages,
supplies,
transportation
service,
otc
And
In
this
respect,
1927
was
a
record
year!
The
14,000
employees
of
the
mlnlrf
industry
verc
paid
wages
totalling
23
million
uollars
.
.
.
or
nearly
$1,700
each
.
.
.
the
highest
avcrag
for
any
Canadian
Province.
During
the
year,
distribution
of
eight
million
dollars
was
made
in
dividends!
Rrltlsli
Columbia
mines
approximately
40
million
dollars
worth
of
copper,
zinc
and
lead,
a,
year
.
.
,
more
than
the
rt-st
of
Canada.
!n
gom
and
silver,
our
production
ranks
second
.
.
".'
in
coal,
third;
our
total
annual
mining
production
today
being
exceeded
only
by
Ontario.
Sound
legislation,
good
mining
laws
and
low
fees
have
encouraged
this
development
and
stimulated
growth.
Although
the
provincial
.th
..t
.
mining
aron
has-only
Iteen
superficially
pros-pec
ted
within
the
transportation
belt,
new
fields
aro
developing,
new
roads
and
trails
constantly
being
built.
Chattering
drills
sink
deeper
and
deeper
into
the
hills
.
.
.
heavy
ores
rumble
through
the
concentrators
.
.
.
fortunes
come
tumbling
from
the
treasure
chest
of
British
Columbia!
What
was
once
only
Imagined
about
our
mining
notentiulit
lee,
is
now
proven
knowledge.
Mining
ita
become
our
third
largest
Industry...
allowing
over,
67
million
dollars
revenue
a
i.r
.
.
.
proof
that
prosperity
nourishes
In
Jjritish
Columbia.
Capital
from
Eastern
Canada,
the
United
States,
Great
Britain,
France
.
.
.
seeks
invest-ment.
Our
great
wealth
of
production,
developing
so
steadily
during
the
past
ten
years,
lias
established
confidence
anil
aroused
keen
interest
in
British
Columbia's
mining
future
the
world
over.
ee
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thtt
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unJmtond
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