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SPECIAL
PULP
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ALASKA
HAZEJLTON
ALL
TMI
CITIES
SHOWN
HEM
HAVI
THEIR
IOAHOS
OF
TRAOI
OR
CHAMtERS
OF
COMMERCE.
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PRINCE
GEORGE
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Of
--
on
Threshold
of
Greatest
Development
rince
Rupert
Today
CELLULOSE
AND.
ALUMINUM
ARE
ADDING
NEW
IMPETUS
,
Rupert
feels
that
it
Is
ihitshnlrl
of
its
greatest
from
approximately
6,500
In
1940
to
27,000
in
1945.
However,
with
the
end
of
the
war
in
August
1945,
service
per-1
llshinent
of
a
transcontinental
railway
which
would
make
Prince
i
Rupert
the
principal
port
of
the
North
Pacific
Ocean.
The
news
!
started
a
real
estate
boom
as
the
sent.
lnto
the
Canadian
National
Railways.
Punctured
hopes
and
dreams
settled
over
Prince
Rupert
like
a
pall.
Men
and
women
who
had
a
highway
through
the
interior
was
another
major
development,
i
Early
in
1942
United
States
Army
appeared
on
the
scene
and
developed
plans
for
the
con-!
handling
hundreds
of
carloads
of
fish
annually,
and
was
now
able
to
handle
regular
shipments
of
perishable
refrigerated
products
from
the
Central
U.S.A.
to
Alaska
by
CNR
for
transshipment
by
barge
and
truck.
nt
enthusiasm
and
hope
don
the
Columbia
Cellu-
nntlol
luoan
tV,A
Inovltahla
ftvn.
I
at
Watson
Island,
eight
uth
ol
Rupert
Itself.
It
dus.
By
the
summer
of
1946
there
were
left
in
the
town
only
a
few
I
hundred
service
people
and
a
civilian
population
of
approxl-l
ltd
that
the
new
Industry
ect
millions
of
dollars
soon
announced
that
the
world's
largest
producer
of
acetate
yarns
would
erect
a
dissolving
pulp
plant
at
Watson
Island.
The
business
pulse
of
Prince
Rupert
and
the
surrounding
communities
quickened
when
the
preliminary
moves
were
undertaken
and
continued
to
rise
throughout
the
various
phases
of
the
bulldlns
'program.
Other
Industries
have
eyed
the
general
area
with
Interest,
also.
So
much
so
that
Kitimai
has
been
selected
for
the
site
of
the
proposed
$500
million
Aluminum
Company
of
Canada's
hugs
development.
Kitimat
Is
only
80
I
townsite
was
first
put
on
the
J
market
In
1909.
j
As
his
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
:
Railroad
came
nearer
and
nearer
to
Prince
Rupert,
interest
rose
to
i
a
feverish
pitch.
Then
In
1912,
'
Hays
perished
aboard
the
liner
I
Titanic
which
was
sunk
in
the
j
Into
the
economy
of
the
area
had
produced
about
$15
million
to
date;
the
fur
trade
earned
about
-$200,000
annually.
Rupert
boasted
the
largest
fresh
halibut
business
:n
the
world,
the
!
largest
fish
cold
storage
plants
and
'one
of
the
heaviest
concentrations
of
s
a
1
m
o
n
canning
plants.
In
addition
to
rail
and
highway
facilities,
Prince
Rupert
could
offer
one
of
the
finest
all-year
harbors,
deep-sea
docking
facilities,
shipyards,
a
$10
million
seaplane
base
and.
frequent
air
service.
It
did
not
come
as
too
much
of
a
surprise,
then,
when
early
In
1947
Harold
Blancke.
president
It
was
the
gateway
to
the
vast,
relatively
undeveloped
area
of
central
British
Columbia
reaching
inland
to
the
Prince
George
district.
This
area
has
been
described
as
containing,
among
jty.
an
aluminum
industry
rushed
in
on
the
first
news
of!
the
"boom"
left,
and
the
town
drifted
Inexorably
back
Into
the
quiet
place
it
had
been
before.
The
seasonal
activity
of
fishing
again
became
the
principal
occupation.
With
the
outbreak
of
World
War
II,
new
elements
came
to
the
fore.
The
Canadian
Army
in
1940
started
construction
of
army
camps
in
the
Prince
Rupert
area,
and
the
following
year
there
was
a
large
influx
of
workers
to
the
Canadian
National
Railways
dry-
structlon
of
a
dock
on
Watson
Island
and
camp
at
Port
Edward,
eight
miles
distant,
which
would
be
used
as
a
military
port
for
the
shipment
of
supplies
to
the
Aleutian
Islands,
Alaska
and
the
South
Pacific.
Construction
of
of
the
dock
started
in
November
and,
by
dint
of
around-the-clock
activity,
was
completed
In
August
of
the
following
year.
All
this
military
activity,
of
course,
brought
about
considerable
turbulence
in
the
social
and
economic
life
of
the
community.
Housing
was
at
a
premium,
retail
mately
7,500.
With
the
bursting
of
the
war
bubble,
Prince
Rupert
took
Inventory,
and
surprisingly
enough
found
that
the
appraisal
was
not
too
unfavorable.
It
found
Itself
In
the
best
position
to
handle
Alaska's
shipping
as
it
was
situated
as
the
Pacific
Coast
terminus
of
a
transcontinental
highway
and
railway
system,
and
other
things,
the
largest
uncut
timber
reserves
on
the
continent.
further
impetus.
Hore
the
hopes
of
Rupert
have
been
raised
heights
only
to
be
al-i
subside
in
anti-climax.
:ae,
there
was
the
time
North
Atlantic
-after
collision
j
with
an
iceberg.
The
railway
,
continued
to
go
through,
but
I
When
It
arrived
in
Rupert
two
I
years
later
it
seemed
like
a
1
ghost
train
without
Hays
at
the
The
annual
income
from
fish
ing
was
about
$10
million;
there
was
storage
capacity
for
1,250,000
bushels
of
grain
that
could
be
marketed
in
the
Orient.
Bank
clearings
reached
about
$1
million
per
month.
Mining
In
the
lirm
Charles
Melville
throttle.
Business
on-
the
line
;
dropped
steadily
through
World
miles
south,
of
Rupert.
This
development
will
further
revolutionize
the
whole
economy
of
the
area.
(Continued
on
Page
26)
!
of
Celanese
Corporation
of
America,
came
Into
town.
Prudent
in
his
movements,
it
was
j
railroad
man
from
the
it
was
500
miles
closer
to
Alaska
than
Seattle
which
nad
dominated
Alaska
shipping.
It
was
dock
and
shipyard
to
build
minesweepers,
Liberty
ships
and
China
coasters.
Construction
of
War
I
until
1922
when
the
rail-
sales
soared
and
bank
deposits
mounted.
Population
zoomed
Saws,
saws,
started
started
the
the
estab-
estab-
f
road
collapsed
and
was
taken
I
The
City
of
PRINCE
RUPERT
okes
this
opportunity
to
CONGRATULATE
COLUMBIA
CELLULOSE
COMPANY
and
all
who
are
connected
with
the
construction
and
opening
of
their
new
pulp
mill
at
Watson
Island.
We
appreciate
the
vital
role
which
this
new
industry
will
play
in
the
economy
of
Prince
Rupert
and
North-Central
British
Columbia
as
a
whole
and
wish
the
company,
its
management
and
staff
every
measure
of
success.
.
,
MAYOR
G.
W.
IU
MlKRHAM
1
1
The
first
to
take
a
chance
on
Prince
Rupert's
potential
resources
for
industry,
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
has
taken
advantage
of
this
rich
country
which
pioneers
for
forty
years
have
tried
in
vain
to
push
forward.
Now
that
the
initial
step
has
been
taken
we
feel
confident
that
much
more
industry
will
follow.
For
complete
information
about
Prince
Rupert,
it's
facilities
for
big
and
secondary
industries,
write
to
the
civic
operated
PUBLIC
RELATIONS
COUNCIL,
City
Hall,
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
I
wish
to
commend
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert.
In
suite
of
obstacles
which
continuously
have
been
placed
in
Uie
way
of
progress
here
by
Interests
working
against
us.
Prince
Rupert
today
is
on
the
threshold
of
a
stable
industrial
'fa
for
the
first
time.
And
this
is
so,
because
you,
the
people,
have
kept
pounding
out
the
facts
of
this
city's
potentialities.
But
we
must
pound
out
these
facts
even
harder.
Prince
Rupert
as
a
port
should
have
no
"Load-line
limit.'
There"
are
n
shipping
hazards
here.
There
is
no
ice,
ever;
no
fog
and
title
rips.
The
approaches
are
easy
and
safe.
Prince
Kupert
ranks
third
in
the
world
of
ports.
It
Is
the
terminus
"f
a
transcontinental
railroad.
It
has
a
hinterland
of
HRricuHmal,
mining,
and
lumbering
resources
surpassed
nowhere.
We
have
the
resources,
so
let's
keep
giving
the
furls!
O.
W.
RUDDERHAM
THE
CITY
OF
PRINCE
RUPERT
British
Columbia