Two cranes from John’ s Escavation i in track at the New Skeena Bridge con- Terrace hoisting a 30 ton cab onto its “The Money Savers lorthern Drugs as . Mon. - Sat. 9-9: Sun. 12 - 6 p.m. 461s Carellé Ave. : ay ak 635-6666 struction site at Thornhill. ny Clearing nearing completion at the fisherman’s .park end of the bridge SERVING TERRACE AND pIsTRICT | aa Volume 66 NN TERRACE, B.C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1972. construction. 4 An overall y view of the 100 ton lifting. capacity crane being assembled bya - foundation ‘Company of. E Canada crew The “original” “Thombit [ncopporalion. -Committee!’; chaired by Clarence Cleve, has mM inade a first, if feeble, move to. establishing a fire department: -. in’ the Thornhill area. = This - comprises: (he, acquis 1950.3 ton fire truck: whiel -group.-: Ti ideal would,. be-- a, used h‘a-30,000- gallon ‘tank bas been, mo minded. Som R River Bridge. edt at: for: the - ‘ Probab Alte, assisted the m ment in’ limited pre ne aniltire eas Sommertiel ery active. in the: "Thar. person.:to: launch a other, broken down. vintage 40 be used ag ‘re any! industrial,: ‘meee * ratory appreciated,: TT ; canarrange! for . pick-up: by’ volunteer Pee ae a nivale concern is in , for use in the construction of ‘the New “The causeway which was completed as . ; ‘the. first phase’ of the Skeena: River : of the indians?» ogwai hi: Just take-a-look at © uethe ‘retord,” charges Liberal - ‘Candidate for Skeena, John: “Mitchell, “and ‘you'll-gee .that . ‘for going on two decades Frank: Howard, ‘has’ done nothing but prostituted themselves to Frank ‘Howard’. and have - gained ‘nothing: -When will they See. promises and make him answer tarts failings? 1th 8 to thelt No the river. “answers. Before this campaign. 7 is-over, he will have to answer “for ‘his failure to represent’ ‘the 2 People of Skeena.. Skeéna Liberal Headquarters’. ‘has ‘access 'to-considerable |*.: ‘ research facilities and has been’. ‘session he ttended only 13 of 39-: meetings held. *: The Sofarwet re. oti impresaéd. John ‘Veillette of the Resea ‘, Staif commented. bly done’ igri person ‘and an , répar ted, “and | de the man sleeps. nights?” -In-boththe sessions n he really. inns dot wh! atta ‘ounts Committee‘and © ake ‘eweepl 30° th ch'-.ap’ brid, “it ab. polnted. ; be som PARLIAMENT BLS. VECTORIA 8.C. arrival of a ‘giant’ ‘crane ! last week-end must ance pessimistic resident ‘that: ‘within ‘a couple ‘of’ years’ the: much- ‘promised Skeena River Bridge. will become a. Feality., In fact, Foundation ‘Company of Canada has beeh awarded a - $1.7 -million contract: for ‘the. construction. of piers ‘and abutments across the river as phase two the construction - projects. The third phase will be the erection of steel work, To . date tenders’ have. not been called for this segment. ‘This second phase will take § some ° eighteen months. - Steve Rankin, : ‘the " project Superintendant for Foundation, confirmed . . for the Herald, that the job is now under way and that work will continue ali winler, The phase two project comprises the construction of 11 | piers plus the required abut- ments. Work will progress from the Thornhill side of the Skeena _working across to the site of the causeway lingering out from Fisherman's Park on the Terrace side of the river. The. piers will’ not be pre- outontheriver. The magnitude of this. work was vividly displayed as the- Foundation. crews assembled.a giant 100 ton lifL capacity crane on the shores of the Skeena for use during construction. The crane which arrived in a dismantled state was hoisted into place by two cranes provided by John's Escavating. Lid, of Terrace. ohn’s cranes were called upon “to lift the huge cab‘of the crane, weighing 30 tons, and with both. working in’ conjunction, deposit ‘this huge cab in ils place on the massive tracks making th é rig . mobile, The task was. ham-.~ ‘pered by-ibe unstability of the new fill which was dumped on ‘the site,.‘The crane cay readily be seet by. motorists crossing the old . ‘wooden., structure, ‘destined for replacement by the. new bridge. a ; Already some of. the wsterdal required for the. constuction’ -has arrived and has been landed. . at: Kitimat’ Don’ Murray. of - Northlands Navigation - has confirmed that some 421 tons. of material and 1,500 board feet-of | lumber have arrived by barge and :stéamer from Vancouver for the dob. moo : é “The remnants it the. former 7 trailer and miolel operation was being hoisted onto lowbeds over the weekend as the'site is being . made. ready for. stowage of construction material and for actual construction work. on Foundation “Company, sof Canada has its head office in- Toronto, bul. the-Terrace. con .. construcled but will be poured struction * project is. being - handled by . the: .Western Division of the firm from-its Vancouver Headquarters. i “The firm expects to have an average ‘exployment of some twenty amen as. construction actually gets rolling.” Whatever will they promise us- over the next: half:.dezen provincial elections?: Clearing going on at the departure site -of the new bridge on the former, Riverside Motel land in Thornhill. aan new ‘bridges on highway. 16 . Skéeha M. La. Hartley Dent said today he, has. received: notification ‘from ‘Highways Minister Robert Strachan that'a contract for over 697-thousand dollars has‘ been’ awarded: for _ construction of the Kasiks and* Shames ‘River " bridges . on: . Yellowhead 16 West of Terrace, Bridge. This i 1S on the Terrace bank of Dent sald the contracts were av a * rt ‘Skeena riding by the Federal ', Government and obviously not: objected Lo by Mr: Ho NB ere mere . highway several miltion dollars snd will: sor vt awarded to. Chapman - tang Construction Limited; * Dent said’ -‘this : together.with. other. bridge and’ _ contracts, total’ ‘complete much of the highway‘: and bridge “construction ’ bet- se ween. Terrace and Prince ven’t done ‘ue * cluded.