% VOL. XLVI, City played big role in history of CNR History of the Canadian National Railways shows that Prince Rupert loomed large in the minds of the men were were high up it in 1 the railway planning of more than 50° years aAgy. Shortly after the turn of the eentury, Charles M. Hays, newly appointed general manager of the Grand Trunk Railway, made a hurried trip to the company’s} headquarters at: London, land. He met with the directors and spoke of -. proposal for a new railway to the Pacific Coast, running through: entirely new Eng- country, north of the CPR, and capable of being convenicntly linked to the ‘existing Grand, Trunk network. . . He also pointed out the desir- ability: of establishing a new port on the B.C, goast, offering un- . limited scope tor future develop- ment and “securing: to this en- larged system an unassallably dominating. position.” Hays’ proposal: drew.avid In- terest in London and on July 29, 1903, the Canadian Government. entered into a‘contract with the Grand Trunk for construction of a second transcontinental rail- way, much along the lines as proposed by Hays. INCORPORATED IN 1903 The Grand Trunk Pacific Rall-: way was incorporated on October 24 of that year and surveyors | were already at work throughout: the west locating a right-of-way | and attempting to determine a: new port on the Pacifie Coast— one that would cut the shipping distance to the Orlent by some 500 mites. Several routes in) B.C, were considered. The .GTP routes were all projected through the Yellowhead Pass as far as Prince George, Terminal sites were suggest- edoat Port Essington, Kitimat, Kaien Island (at the mouth of the Skeena River and Port Simpson (close to the Alaska) boundaryl), Finally, in October, 1906, Hays met with his engineers and de- elded that the terminus would be at Kaien Island. Seven months carlier, folowing a na- tion-wide contest, the name, “prince Rupert,” had been cho- sen for the Pacifie terminal. By 1907, the GTP surveys in British ‘Columbia were conmplet- ed andon May 7, 1908, the first sod was turned at Prince Rupert to begin castward construction, Tt wns not until 1010 that west- ward construction of the Grand Trunk Pacifle reached the Alber- to-B.C, houndary, The lust spike was driven at Fort Fraser, April 6, 1024, by Wd- son J, Chamberlain, president. Unilke the quiet, almost tn- holleed ceremony — that place abl Dasque almost one yenr later on the Canadian Northern Pacifle, there was oo great flar- ry of excdlment the day Chon. bertaln pounded home the last spike. Standing beside him for the momentous oecaston was A. W, Sinithers, ehatrman of the honrd, London, a The first through train reached Prince Rupert three (itys biter and regular passen- Ker service was Inaugurated ‘September bth, By the fault of 1018, the arp wis beginning to feel the pinch of the First World War, tho Clovernment Look reeelvorslp of wee ante 1 FN mane Stora emeney Comey NOW... in 1 tablot daily 1) Vituijos | 02 Minerady REXALL SUPER PLENAMINS | ME vitae with knew reagueleeen ds plu Vlei milena SU's, RHO; 72's, HD; Lita, 87,05 -ORME'S DRUGS LTD, Look | ' W180 and replaced by tha tote ssnveeteentaurnyts spine em mapa tenearaenn:thnrntens tn eatin the Grand Trunk Pacific on March 7, 1916. On August 23, 1920, the GTP was turned over to the Canadian Northern board for operation, and on January 30, 1923, became a part of the growing Canadian National Railways system. On June 6, 1919, the Canadian National Railway Company was incorporated for the purpose of “managing and operating a Na- tional System of (Governinent) railways.” DIESEL RECORD CNR’s diesel-electric car num- ber 15820 shattered transcontin- ental speed records in 1925 when : it arrived at Vancouver after ai 67-hour, non-stop run. from | Montreal. * Residents along. CNR's “north | tine” will probably Tecall--the! "odd looking train”that’ Was used ; for.a time during the early part! of the Second World. War In the vicinity. of Prince: Rupert, It was Canada’s first and = only armored train. One unique thing about it was the engine—a plo- necr diesel-electric locomotive built by CNR in 1928. In the spring of 1952, CNR surveyed a line from Terrace to Kitimat—a line first con- sidered by the Grand Trunk Pucifie as early as 1909—and completed their surveys that fall. Construction began, at once and the 41-mile Hne was in operation during the winter of 1954-55, Canadian National first ap- peared afloat in B.C. in 1908, when the Grand Trunk Pacific acquired MineKenzie Brothers Steamships, Vancouver-—-a . tug and barge operation, The GTP used the vessels to transport men, machinery and equipment from Vaneouver to Prince Ru- pert. Among those first schips were the “Henriette” und the “Escort No, 2." In November, 1909, the GTP recelved a Dominion Govern- ment contract to provide steam- ship service between Prince Ru- pert and the Queen Charlotte Islands, The SS Prince Albert, formerly “Bruno", was purchas- ed several months liter and placed on that run, The Grand Trunk Pacifie Coast Stetiuships was Incor- porated on May 26, 110, and within, months, the first two passenger ships, the SS Prince Rupert and Prince George, ar- rived to begin service between Vancouver, Vietoria, Seattle and Prinee Rupert, Dook fa- cities at those ports were constructed that year, The 88 Prince John, formerly "Amethyst", Joined the flaot in Wit The following year, the vossels “Rupert” and “George” were convorted from con) to oll, Construction of the Prince Ru- pert Drydock began in 1913 and was completed four yoars later, Service to Skagway, | Alaska commenced tn dune, 1016, and was discontinued In 1018, The “Hoenrlette” was sold dn ity, The “lscort No, 2" was ratired In tug “Loree.” Tho “Lorne” was sold in. 1922 and the next year tho tridngle xorvice betwoen Vancouver, Vice torla and Soattio was discontin- vod, The 88 Prince Albort was Hold dn 1088. PART OF ONE IN LORS Tho Grand Trunk Paolfie Const’ Btoamahips hocame a part of the Canadian National System on February 26, 1928, Tha 88 Prince Oharlos was: purchased thiut your, . (Continued on Page 7) 4 Sco — CUVY my of 1894; a sleeping car of 1890, pictures and stories of Page 5. THE CANADIAN NATIONAL Railways museum. train’ which is being sponsored in Prince Rupert by the Gyro club..will be: on public view from, Sunday afternoon ‘at 2 p.m. until We nesday night at 9 p.m, The train is made up of. Locomotives No. 674, which supplies the, power for. the. mobile museum; -' No. 40, woodburner of 1873; No, 247, a-.saddle tank switcher ly opened at 2 p.m. Sunday. | George Cook, Museum train ; chairman for the Prince Rupert ‘B.C. Centennial Committee and ; representative of the Gyro club i which is.sponsoring the museum ‘train's visit here, said today that ithe world's ‘only : Tolling. .rallway museum.will be open. to the pub- "lie free of, charge during the fol- ‘ lowing. (daylight saving tina) hours. ‘ Sunday: 2 p.m: until 9 p.m Monday, Tuesday and Wednes- ‘ day: 10 a.mluntil 3 pm, |. The Museum Train which will be at the CNR railway. station Sunday, will :be officially- wel- comed by William H. Mcllroy, superintendent of the CNR’s Smithers division. Mr. McIlroy: will greet the train and museum train manager J, A. McIsaac on behalf of the company. Alderman R. G. Large, chair- | man of the city’s Centennial; J. Lester to cut a ribbon and de-' Committee will ask Mayor Peter; Trunk Railway which. was .in- dining car of 1875, day, coach.” of 1860 and three 19th century baggage cars -in which are : housed hundreds of exhibits of early railroading. (See more ~ ) —Canadian National Railways phioto. ae 600 YEARS OF HISTORY: oe ‘Museum train opening | set for 2 p.m. Sunday Prince Rupert residents will be able to. have. a first hand look at some of the objects which » helped: make British Columbia’s history so colorful after the Canadian National Railways Museum train is official-| clare the train officially open.” Also. in the official welcom? ing party will be K. L. Robert son, general” ray, MLA. | Three . logal’ young: women dréssed in 1857 costumes pro- vided by. the Centennial Cem- mittee will greet visitors to the . train. : monies will be provided .by ‘the Prince Rupert Civic band under Peter Lien. The Museum train . will. be made up of three locomotives and six cars which represent a combined railwawy history of, more than 600 years. All threc | locomotives and the oldest of the cars were built for the Grand corporated in 1852: Doctors fait to get boost: VICTORIA @ --~ BC. doctors have failed lu a bid for an ine crease In the fees pald by the provincial government for wel- fare cases, The enbinet Thursday author- ized Elealth Minister Eric Martin to enter Into an agreemont with the B.C, divislan of the Cana- dian Medical Association on the basis of the same $22.60 yearly fee per welfare case. ‘Tho agreement states no fu. ture social assistance case can obtaly w medical identity urd qualifying (he person for ecover- dee untill that person has re- eclvod social assistance for three months. ‘ eat omg, srererersreerstracee rreegetan erat mi No-compulsory arbitration says Wicks VICTORIA (P--Labor Mintator Wloks mado, it cloar Thursday Meht that tho government will not introduce compulsory ny. Ditration Into its Jabor logis- lntion, "Tam convinced that radical changes (rom prosent procedures would bo fundamentally wrong,” Mr. Wicks, author of the 105¢ BO, Labor Retations Act, told the Vistorla Chamber of ‘Comn- Gillnetters on Nass River averaging six fish daily Salmon gillnetters on the Nass River averaged daily catches of abeut six springs at 20 pounds cach during the first part of this week, the Department of Fisheries reported today. Morea publle aflatra connnittes. Yesterday, 74 out of 100 boats operating in the Nass area de- livered an average of six springs, Wednesday the average was sev- en springs at 21 pounds, while Monday and Tuesday an average of six fish were caught at 21.4 pounds cach, On the Skeena Wednesday, 30 gilinctters landed approximate- ly five springs cach at 20 pounds. In the Belln Coola areca, 55 boats netted an average of five springs each per day since Mon- day, In the Rivers Inlet grounds, fishing was comparatively stack as during the week from June 2 to June 6, 10 gillnetters totalled 63 springs, one sockeye and one sleelhond, TORONTO ‘() — Herbert A, Ogilvie, 75, a ploneer Northern Ontarlo limberman and: one of the flrst men into the Porcupine ‘nae perreee: -CNR passenger}. agent here and William EL. Mur-|y the direction of bandmaster 'in 1957. The company’s original }age crews from trying to obtain eg oh “VANCOUVER (CP) — A nine-month strike of 2, - 000 B.C. herring fisher- lmen over prices ended Thursday night. when the union voted to agcept an offer by James Sinclair, wom ghost of the four’ main torr oes and eae “8: shipment cargo ‘of Parley on. the ‘ped from “the Canadian Governi- hora |new president of the Fish- | a eries Association. tin. a spat For. the « ‘crop year August. “4, 1957: to: date «a. total of .9,090, 060 bushels of: barley. have been. ship ment: ‘elevator here, Only: port, ‘with. greater ship- ments is’ Vancouver. which by the end of May-had. shipments total- ling 132,724,975. bushels... Victoria: ‘has ‘shipped 3, 164, 662 bushels and. New, Westminster: 3, 086,922 ‘bushels. Bp until the end Tae: : -The MV. Argo ‘Ollandia was, the 13th vessel! to: call. for grain: at Prince Rupert: this year-with still five and a half, months left to go until the end: .0f°1958..: Last. year only: 16’ rain ‘ships calied at this port, « The MV. Argo: ‘Ollandia took 14,140 tons. of: No. 1 and: No.2 1952: Previous biggest. shipment tons of barley: - Homer Stevens, ‘president “of. the: ‘United Fisheries. wand Allied Workets Union, ‘said © the. . “offer .| i ‘Wednes ; The dey. and oil, a: cut of 25 ‘cents from | the previous contract. The association will pay $16 a ton for food herring, the same as offer for reduction fish was $9.60 a ton, SEASON LOST oS The. strike began Oct. 27, 1957, and ‘resulted in complete loss of ‘the winter herring season. ‘The 2,000 men affected included those on ships and in the shore operations. ‘ A spokesman for the associa - tion estimated that ‘the strike cost the province approximately $5,000,000, - The agreement states that shares for each seine boat will be divided eight ways. If there are fewer than eight men on a boat, the extra shares will be donated to the union's welfare fund. This Is to discour- larger shares, said Mr. Stevens, ' The new agreement will, be signed.Monday and the fleet will leave at noon the same day, he aald, Fishing will- begin: Tues- day at 2 p.m. _ Mr, Sinclair informed the . union Thursday night he was : prepared. ito immediately open negotiations wilh the union executive over salmon. prices, A meeting has been called for Monday afternoon, The salmon. scason June 22, renee a terepeet nirennmeenntmaminnte ateintn: To make bid VANCOUVER ( — Gowan Guest, 380-yenr-old lawyer and president of the B,C, Progressive Conservative Association, hays ho js seriously considering the begins mining camp in 1912, died Thursday night. PPPOPCI DODO DOCG GOEL VO OORONE OO PEPEDODIPCV ODD AIOE ODES OP PEL ODOV ION Hospital to enforce rules. on maternity Now that the maternity section of the Prince Rupert General hospital is i the west arated from the women’s medical and surgical section, the propor regulations governing visitors to maternity pationts Will be enforced, administrator Mr. Knight sold that the regulations concerning matornily Patlents restrict visitors to husbands and mother's of the ma- toernity pationts He sald that when Lhe matornity, women's medical and surgical soations worg all in the onst wing of the hospital, visitors Included brothers, sist visitors, “Such a wide acopo of visita no longer be allowed,". Mr. Knight anid. “Tuast the huabaney and tha tiont ann visit,” bo stressed, DOO IREES POROOIG OEE OE EOI DE DED OD IFDDODDOO HOLE DDIETES HVT EVE FIOS IOP ETE PONE A ee ee eR eR eH | ie ONE as swe race for leadership of tho party in B.C. ward visitors wing of the building and sep- Wdward H, Knight sald today, ors, fronds and many othor rg.to the maternity section will mothor of the maternity pa« ‘agreement * provides.” 'B price ‘of $13 a ton-for herring to}: Music for the opening ° cere- be used. for. reduction for meal no. ilstry-e0 syoted... 63:7 per| *! | cent: to.accept the offer, made “Boa ) a rejects | ‘certification . application Application . for certification by. employees - of Eby. and Sons Limited in the section of the parallel in the: south and the 124th meridian. has. been re- Board, * =; The ‘Department of Labor. in Victoria ‘reports. that. the - ap- plication. by Local. 384 of the. ‘Construction and General La~ borers Union was turned down because. not. more than 50 per cent of those eligible voted in favor of the request. The new. unit would have cov-. ered general Jaborers, labor fore- men, pipe layers, brush burners, dumpmen, spotters, jackham- mermen and vibratormen. With only seven days left be- fore the big Christmas Seal. X- ray. van completes {ts mass sur- vey of Prince Rupert on June 21, as a precaution against tu- berculosis, Operation Doorstep is only about 1,700 persons short. of its antlelpated goal of 5,000 X-rays. Until last night 3,284. per- sons had taken advantage of barley to’set a new high since} was on November’-15, 1957 when |. ‘the SS Trinity. took | ‘on 13 925 The ‘9,090,060. ‘pushels ship. ma ped thus ‘far this year. already. aM surpasses the tota, ‘shipments \ . for. the 1956-57. erop ‘years: of. ‘s province bounded by the 53rd jected bythe Labor ‘Relations erly held in February along with other. associations . across : Can- ada, was ‘held off here this year because of unsettled conditions and the quota was brought down from $1,500 to $1,000. me “Scouting is. ‘first -and- ‘last a community: effort : and _ As. the business of everybody in the community.’ When - everybody gives, everybody benefits by the turning'out of young men train- ed to be good and useful cfti- zens,” Mr. Fraser sadi. Scouting continues to grow with and the’ district, it costs more money for the administrative costs on the provincial and. na-. {tional level, for the’ provision of the block by. block coverage be- ing given by tho survey. MRS, HAROLD ANDERSON a hat re tan ) we Rate hte be Ob eT Male bee vee Zone cuptiin comorrow t oh ‘ered tomorrow consists of both ahd 8 pork : ‘Campaign ‘chairman - Gordon ° | Fraser said that the drive form- The chairman. said that ‘as | 270 members in Prince Rupert |. financial ‘assistance ‘: Scout and Cub leaders ing. camps. ° : national ‘endeavor whicn’, gives. the’ boys a feeling of ‘unity with Meg Mr. ‘Fraser said: FIRE, EXTINGUISHED A mattress fire. in. a raom™ At the Royal Hotel was ‘extinguish- ed before the fire truck: arrived - at 6:20. last night. only $150 IN PRIZES AT END OF SURVEY 3,284 persons X- rayed i ‘in 1 big: survey | mattress: was destroyed. mks wt om thos At the end of the survey sides of Third Avenue, Second there are three prizes of $50 each awaiting three clty res- idents who have had thelr X-rays taken, The $150 jn prizes hhias been offered by the . ‘Prince Rupert Rotary club, in suporting the antl-TB drive, The block-by-block. canvass- |: ing will continue tomorrow with Mrs Harolec Anderson as cap- tain for Zone, 4, Aréa to ba cov- MRS. GEORGE FOWLIE oe Zono oaptuln Monday i 4 | WEAFHER—...:! Avenue, First Avenue .from, Mc- Bride; Street to Third Street in- — cluding: the Civic Centre, Pacific Place: and the ‘Canadian Legion Bullding.. Ni ght, atop. Satur night: ‘will pe. in the Canad an Legion grounds. —. BOS “Zone 'l4 ca tain for canvaguets Monday will ‘be Mrs,..George Fowlie whose pren covers: both sides: of ‘Seventh Avenue , Bast from Immanuel. Street: oniBixth Avonuo Hast trom the 1760’ block on; Fifth Avyonue Last and Jet- fory. Street including Seal’ Cove Circlo and the Acro club, Night stop will be at St. Petors chureh, Sixth Avonuo Banat, ee 4 ‘ ad! shh a ' Varlablo cloudtinesa: to day and Saturday with ght x ya and drizale, Little change temperature, Winds wast- _orly 18. Low tonight. and “high. Saturday at. Prince ' Ruport 62 and 62, “¥ester- ‘day's high 65,7 and low 51.6, TIDES Snpurcay, Juno 14a 1058 (Pacific, Standard Time), ugh tn vanes Ai a 164 fet ‘a 60 Low SM typee eens ‘B: 42 5 fect mir 33 ie Pee See hae we af Eby BW Se Maite Mit aac tg MyM eM ™F oh gMarta iy, Ma A, y safari dh 4 Ab ' y an’ “anniial Scout camp. and: for, “Good” Scouts: ‘not only, become good citizens of Canada but also- good citizens of the: world, bes... cause thé Boy. Scout moyement °: is part of a national-and-inter- | other Scouts all over the world,” me “ONG 7 ‘gy tout