.Company
EBY
AND
SOIiSLiiTED
Pacemakers
In
Home
Construe
(Continued
from
Psge
S)
,w
toinh
ol
a
new
Prim
Hup-But
the
effervescent
pro-
"t,
bringing
to
it
large
con-mnter
of
Canadian
and
Amer-railroads
t.ngents
was
never
to
hear
ol
his
destiny.
He
was
one;-
"1
of
the
manv
who
perished
in:
jor
shipbuilding
for
the
30-year-the
oid
shipyard.
In
.11
some
40
in
sinking
of
the
Titanic
the
North
Atlantic
In
1912.
The'P'
-re
bullt
durm
h.'vp-railroad
was
pushed
through
tocar
period
of
wartime
activity
.
completion,
but
when
two
ears;
including
navy
mine
sweepers.
and
China-chugged
Liberty
freighters
lMer
the
first
locomotive
into
Prince
Rupert
itj
coast-type
vessels,
seemed
like
a
ehost
train
with-
Construction
of
a
highway
PHnce
RupA1'0""1
-
iNets
Profit
Union
Steamship
Company
of
British
Columbia
and
its
subsidiaries
had
a
net
profit
of
$149,-021
last
year,
according
to
the
annual
report.
41
3rd
Ave.
Trine
Rnnert
Horn,
B.ilWers-
out
Hays
at
the
throttle.
through
the
interior
gave
Prince
;
Opening
of
the
railroad
serv-
Rupert
Its
first
road
link
withj
Jre
a!so
marked
the
firing
ot
the
rest
ot
me
province,
ropu-the
first
guns
of
the
First
lation
zoomed
to
27.000
and
all
World
War.
Together
with
commodities
were
at
a
pie-Havs'
death,
the
situation
wasmium.
too
much
for
the
infant
line.
I
But
that
bubble
broke,
too.
i
r
:
,
'rrrV
4-
"
X.X
i
Profit
from
operations
during)
the
year
was
$67,270
after
charging
$.")62,552
for
depreciation
and
capital
cost
allowance,
and
providing
$10,000
for
income
taxes.
Profit
from
disposal
ot
capital
assets
was
$81,750.
Balance
In
the
easned
surplus
account
at
Dec.
31
was
$1,652,-2:12.
Directors
have
recommended
a
dividend
of
30
cents
a
share.
Gordon
Farrell,
president
and
NORTHERN
COLUMBIA
It
succumbed
in
1922
and
was
and
a
year
after
war's
end
and
SERVING
BRITISH
II
V
taken
over
by
the
CNR.
the
mass
exodus
of
service
and
Punctured
hopes
and
dreams
,
shipbuilding
personnel,
only
the
settled
over
the
embryo
port
original
nucleus
of
Prince
Rup-like
the
pall
of
death.
Men
andert
remained,
women
who
had
rushed
in
on
The
city's
stock
in
trade
had
the
first
news
of
the
boom
left.
'risen
greatly,
however.
Its
poind
the
town
of
sharks
and
tentials
had
been
witnessed
by
tents
drifted
into
a
doldrum.
al
;
thousands
as
a
result
of
the
i
'
-
-
'1
'
war.
It
did
not
come
as
too
leviated
only
by
seasonal
activ
riTTiTTiTTTl
much
of
a
surprise
to
folk
then,
when
in
1947
Amer
ity
in
fishing.
Left
in
the
wake
were
a
With
the
hnwt
1Bd
mni
""""rl"
Genuine
ican
telanese
corporation
an-j
nounced
plans
to
construct
a
$40,000,000
pulp
mill
in
the!
Ford
1
pans;
and
aecosaorie.
chairman
of
the
board,
said
the
company
has
been
successful
In
maintaining
Its
position
in
coastal
shipping
despite
increasing
costs
and
competition.
Airline
services
continue
to
affect
passenger
vessel
operations
and
the
completion
of
major
construction
projects
on
the
coast
"is
expected
to
be
reflected
in
the
results
for
the
second
half
of
1954."
With
a
view
to
Improving
Its
freight
fleet,'
the
company'
Is
considering
"acquiring
new
modern
tonnage
as
the
situation
warrants
and
converting
units
from
steam
to
diesel
large,
well-equipped
drydock
and
shipyard,
miles
of
waterfront
railroad
spurs,
and
blueprints
of
a
townsite
planned
to
house
a
population
of
one
hundred
thousand.
"
Slowly,
commercial
fishing
companies
expanded
and
located
plants
on
the
ideal
waterfront,
bringing
greater
eco-
area.
While
the
grade
for
development
since
then
has
been
uphill,
so
has
been
'he
trend
of
the
city's
economy.
Population
has
increased
to
12.000.
pnHiiu-tion
in
each
industry
has
in-
BOB
PARKER
LIMITED
"The
Home
of
Friendly
ServtK
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
Xerrace,
b.c
nnmip
stahilitv
to
the
town
and
creased,
new
shipping
facilities.
'
I
I
-
'
,
,,
,
'
.
-
.-
'
'K
-v.'
ALBERT
McCAFFERY
pushing
back
the
curtain
of
such
as
a
car
barge
ferry'
serv-pessimism.
By
1939
and
out-
ice
to
Alaska,
have
been
pro-break
of
the
Second
World
Warivided.
Prince
Rupert
had
developed;
Businessmen
have
organised
Into
a
fairly
solid
fishing
com-
to
"sell
their
potentiality."
munity
of
some
5.000
persons,
i
Prince
Rupert
has
been
much
A
brief
flurry
of
excitement
in
She
news
during
the
past
came
In
1926
when
the
Cana-
five
years.
Nobody
will
say
rlian
government
began
con-
there
is
boom
on.
or
that
the
miction
of
a
large
grain
eleva-1
city
and
its
port
are
due
for
tor
on
the
waterfront,
but
hopes
revolutionary
expansion.
But
pf
renewed
shipping
activity
neither
are
local
residents
wor-w
ere
short-lived.
Following
the
.
ried
about
the
future.
Expan-erho
of
depression's
crash
insion.
industrial
growth,
all-1929.
the
elevator
closed
up,
noti
round
development
is
"a
mat-to
reopen
tor
steady
"
business
ter
of
course,"
they
say.
until
1951.
j
A
new
power
p
ant
to
boost
The
Second
World
War
wasi
(Continued
on
Page
14)
LIMITED
Pioneers
for
80
years
in
the
field
of
Building
Materials
Servicing
this
put
mil
progressive
North
Cour.tr,
from
the
QuWn
Charloti
Islands
to
the
City
f
Vu
derhoof.
Fly
Canadian
Pacific
to
nouncement
of
a
railroad.
Today,
some
12,000
people
comprise
the
population
of
a
growing
port,
with
miles
ot
excellent
dockage
space.
In
the
upper
left-hand
corner
can
be
seen
the
drydock
and
shipyard.
OLD
AND
MODERN
are
seen
In
these
two
pictures.
Top
is
what
Prince
Rupert
looked
like
on
New
Year's
Day,
190",
a
few
shacks,
a
few
tents,
and
a
wharf.
Put
the
littie
settlement
of
fisherfolk
boomed
overnight
at
the
an
fflmrs
AGKNT8
FOR
B.C.
CEMENT
COMPANY
BARRETT
ROOFING
GYPROC
PRODUCTS
PITTSBURGH
PAINTS
8YLVAPLY
PLYWOODS
fertilizers,
chemicals,
etc..
which
can
be
profitable
branches
of
smelting
operations.
Canadians
should
not
forget
that
plenty
of
cheap
hydro
power
Is
the
key
to
future
development
of
the
north
and
it
would
be
wise
to
lift
their
vision
to
a
new
horizon
when
the
nonhland
will
grow
Into
an
industrial
area
equal
to
any
other
part
of
Canada.
Post
Office
Box
Phones:
116,
117
and
58
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
CANADIAN
LUMBERMEN
DEVOUR
7,000
TONS
OF
EGGS
ANNUALLY
Canadian
lumbermen
consume
more
than
$18,000
000
worth
of
food
annually.
This
is
the
finding
of
a
survey
conducted
by
Dr.
D.
L.
Gibson
of
University
of
Saskatchewan,
who
by
coincidence
has
since
gone
on
a
diet
of
fluids
and
iron
pills.
Dr.
Gibson
says
that
if
all
the
25pound
pails
of
jam
used
in
lumber
camps
were
piled
on
end
they
would
soar
two
miles
beyond
the
top
of
Mount
Everest
Camp
cooks
prepare
more
than
7,000
tons
of
meat,
fry
some
7.000
tons
of
eggs
and
cook
more
than
3.600
tons
of
vegetables,
not
including
the
15,000,000.
pounds
ot
potatoes
poiished
off
annually.
Per
capita
food
cost
for
the
workers
varies
between
$450
and
$900
a
year,
while
the
average
Canadian
spends
only
$247
to
satisfy
his
sppetlte.
Fait,
modem
air
service
betwaes
iS
eommuaitias
esi
Caaodiss
Pacific
Air
linn'
10,000
mil
rwork
of
rent
ii
Canada,
J
Puut&utf
t4c
Sea
'Route
U
t&c
TfotfAlaad
SM'1
MINING
EMPIRE
Straits
ring
fPir
fff
Xfl
rl
Mil
"
Ltd.,
(Continued
from
Page
3)
subsidiary
of
Frobisher
which
has
been
exploring
Ltd..
hull
HI
I
.
.
....
....
1..
J.
,A
.t
"'S
llinKMtMH.
iivii
unpuj-.i.-.
oi
ore
mil
Ml
uc
ki"'
.1
u
,W.n
.,-
ll.in..
Al...
some
future
tfme
when
trans-;
Tr.MC0,nUnenUj
Rource,
portationandsmeMmEfcn.tieSiLtdf
which
hM
prol!pcrting
u,
V
V
Crn.
P'"ties
in
the
Kluane
and
PeUy
11
Ceisult
year
Conadia
Pacific
offtet
to
plas
your
flight
Canada's
aorifetr
mining,
ail
and
Industrial
centra.
Ak
year
travel
ags-nt.
Company,
one
of
the
largest
Inited
States
mining
compan
ies,
which
has
been
doing
ex
tensive
prospecting
southeast
of
Mavo,
Y.T.;
Teok
Hughes
ii
lUinT.
A
0
Job
I
09
LMrt
I
.
metals
Is
at
a
higher
level
than
today.
Carrying
on
a
vigorous
prospecting
program
out
of
the
Prince
Rupert
field
office
is
the
Consolidated
Mining
Sc
Smelting
Co.,
which
will
again
have
a
number
of
par-tics
In
the
field.
It
is
understood
this
company
has
obtained
some
favorable
results
from
prospecting
activities
Canadian
(PaclUc
JXIRL1NES
T
;Gold
Mines
Ltd.
of
Ontario.
OIL,
HYDRO
j
Prospecting
and
development
of
oil
and
gas-bearing
areas
(continues
on
a
large
scale
with
ifavorable
results
in
the
famous
rASTEST
I
4
COSTlSEiTS
W
6J
COMMUNITIES
'
CANADA
:
conducted
in
the
area
of
the
I
(Peace
River
district,
along
the
i
Mackenzie
River
and
In
the
'Peel
River
area
of
the
northern
old
Anyox
copper
camp
near
Alice
Arm.
Other
companies
active
In
the
north
Include
British
Yukon
Exploration
Co.
Ltd..
subsidiary
of
the
White
Pass
&
Yukon
Railway
Co..
which
has
several
NORTHWEST
CONSTRUCTION
Yukon.
One
of
the
most
valuable
assets
possessed
by
Canada's
Pacific
Northwest
is
Its
vast
potential
of
cheap
hydro-;
electric
power
that
ran
be
j
developed
In
such
areas
as
!
along
the
Yukon
River
and
j
the
Atlin-Sloko
Lake
now
under
Investigation
by
Frobisher
:
Ltd.
parties
prospecting
along
the
route
of
the
railway;
Seleo
Explorations
Ltd.,
offspring
of
the
Selection
Trust
Co.
of
London,
which
has
been
exploring
ground
In
the
Atltn
area;
Con-west
Exploration
Co.,
which
LIMITED
One
fact
is
very
obvious.
Industrial
Commercial
and
Marine
Construction
In
step
with
the
Industrial
expansion
of
the
ProviiH.
St
Towing
Limited,
pioneers
of
the
towtxiat
IniiuMry,
h
Z
expanded
tlielr
fleet
and
facllitlea
.
.
.
Today.
Iwi
srt
'
Vancouver,
Victoria,
Nanaimo
and
Prince
Kum-
snd
"
i
comprises
36
tugs
and
64
open
and
covered
bantc
M
night
Straits'
veswls
transport
all
hinds
oflndiin
regular
and
rharter
service,
to
all
pot""
'
'hfu
l.lfpn
Alaska
In
the
North
and
Puget
Sound
la
the
Jk
Jltirt.
has
widespread
holdings
in
the
Tnis
cheap
hydro-electric
power
northern
area,
including
Inter-
wjn
be
the
very
foundation
of
est
in
Cassiar
Asbestos,
United
the
industrialization
of
northern
Keno
Hill
and
other
prospects
Bc
and
,ne
Yukon.
Cheap
such
as
fluorite
near
Liard
Hot
hydro-electric
power
will
make
Springs,
copper
near
Carmacks,
iit
possible
to
operate
the
mines
and
other
properties
in
north-
'and
mi5
,hat
wili
during
years
em
B.C.;
Berens
River
Mines
,0
mmt.
established
in
our
Ltd.,
subsidiary
of
Newmont
northland:
it
will
make
possible
Mining
Corporation,
which
has
tne
establishment
of
smelting
exploration
parties
in
the
Yu-
facilities
not
only
for
silver,
kon;
Karl
J.
Springer
and
As-jad,
zinc,
copper,
nickel,
co-sociates
of
Toronto
and
Van-
bat-
etc,
but
possibly
for
the
couver,
who
will
be
sending
out
production
of
iron
and
steel,
several
prospecting
groups;
,
But
witllout
,hese
smelting
Northwestern
Exp
lor
a
1
1
o
n
s
facilities,
the
large
low-grade
Ltd..
financed
by
Kennecott
mjnes
cannot
afford
to
operate.
able
aod
economical
Marine
Towing
rail
jour
A
NORTHERN
FIRM
FOR
NORTHERN
CONSTRUCTION
pprr
u.
ui
me
uimru
Developed
hvdro
would
also
which
has
been
doing
extensive
ike,v
bring
secondary
in-
expioration
worK
in
searcn
oi
dustripls
such
a,
produrton
of
large
base
metal
deposits.
i
722
Second
Ave.
West,
Prince
Rupert,
B.C.
Phone
563
Others
are
Noranda
Explora-!
Dnkw
f"UJrl
frit
tion
Co.
Ltd.,
subsidiary
of,000
VnitN
Noranda
Mines
Ltd.
of
Quebec;
i
Oniric
Rnw
Don
I
St.
Eugene
Mining
Corporation!
U,V-N
InUW
UCUI
TOWING
STRHZT
A
chick
that
belonged
to
Meint
Hisman
of
South
Dakota
led
a
brief
crazy,
mixed
up
life.
The
chick
was
hatched
by
a
pigeon
that
thought
the
egg
was
one
of
its
own,
The
actual
mother
apparently
had
selected
the
upper
confines
of
the
hog
house
to
lay
the
egg,
and
the
pijeon
took
over
from
there.
.
So
Hisman
placed
the
chick
in
J?tUecC
PRINCE
Kl
PF.KT
833
W.
3rd
Ave.
Pr.
Rupert
744
Night
Calls:
Green
944
VANCOUVER
li.
Haieh-v
Atenue
KA'inl
0044-Night
Calls:
KF.rr.
HM
Nanaimo
Towing
Night
Calls:
PRINCE
RUPERT
SUPPLY
HOUSE
PRINCE
RIPERT,
B.C.
S.
J.
HUNTER
Manufacturer's
Agent
,'.'.
-
'
Janitor
and
Building
Maintenance
Supplies:
Wholesale
Paper,
Dry
Batteries,
fjon-Ferrous
Mstals,
Babbitts
and
Solders,
Lamp
Globes
and
Fluorescent
Tubes,
Wiping
Rags,
Valvoline
Oil
'
NANAIMtftO
WIN
a
NANAIMO
Bastion
and
Front
Streets
Nanaimo
5M
Night
Calls
23IS
7JH
4
S-T513
90A
W
harf
Mght
Calls:
a
box
with
a
baby
pig
to
keep
the
chick
warm
until
it
could
be
KErr
63M
moved
elsewhere.
The
pig
rolled
over.
End
of
I
the
chick.
.