THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.c. jp Its Later Than You Think! Only 69 days to Xmas THIS YEAR ORDER Quality Cariboo Turkeys From the farm of w. H. Edmunds, Macalister We feature Saimon Arm Cheese Buy B.C. Products eis the new Cooper Bessemer generatin egae t k Commission Plant valueq at over $1000,000. Workmen are still 1 lams a e ea ar e touches to the installation of the huge machine, Through the framew is the big cooling radiator, ten feet square. chief operator of the plant. the faster B.C.’s home industries The more B.C. products you buy, will grow. And stable employment and healthy payrolls bring the sound economy that benefits everyone. in the Province. Do your part by buying products “Made in B.C.”. All Nabob food products ‘are selected for highest quality and “carefully prepared by trained British Columbians. NABOB FOODS LIMITED 4 KELLY, DOUGLAS & CO. DIVISION Thursday, September 17, 1953 New Unit Will Boost Power Plant Output Power generating capacity of the local plant of the B.C. Power Com- mission will he boosted to 1300 Kilo- watts when the new Cooper Bessemey engine now being installed starts operating sometime around the end of this month. Workmen have been b-sy. this summer adding another 20 feet {0 the present building to hous the new machine. Weighing 20 tons, the ma: moth diesel engine presentc j a major moving job when the tim: came to get it under the power pl: at roof. Using a bulldozer wine :, the ma- chine was hauled into the building on greased timbers unti’ it was di- rectly over the concrete pit made to house the base. At this point it was three feet above thd floor and it took a crew two days, lowering the ma- ehine’s bulk a quarter of an inch at a time, until it rested in its perman- ent location. In addition to the engine, there is a large generator and a 10-ft square radiator for cooling. These extra pieces of equipment weight around 10 tons. From the tip of the gener- ator to the radiator at the far end of the engine, the new equipment stretches along 50 feet of the puild- ing. : iy For those interested in statistics, at full load (800 Kw) the eight-cyl- inder machine will use 50 gallons of diesel fuel an hour. . E With the new unit installed, the Plant will be able to develop 1300 kilowatts, 300 more than the esti- mated peak winter load of 1000. Last year’s peak load demand was 700 Kw. Canadian Canners To Open large Factory Next Spring Taking its part in British Colum- bia’s industrial expansion Canadian Canners (Western) Limited, will open a factory and warehouse in Vancouver next spring. "A 18-acre site on Marine Drive beween Main and Ontario has been acquired for the new plant. The factory, covering an area of approxi- mately 36,000 square feet, will be completed next spring. It will more than double the productive capacity ‘of the company’s Vancouver plant at 382 Drake, and will be equipped Withamodern equipment for the pro- duction of famous Aylmer brand canned foods, including fruits. veg- etables, Soups, jams, jellies, marma- lades, frozen foods, ete. A new warehouse is already under construction on the site, the com- pany announces. The first unit will be opened July 15th, and completed next spring. Its ultimate area will be 90,000 square feet. It will employ 500 persons. W. 0. Lowrey is general manager of the western company, which re= Ports a sixfold increase in its domes: tic business in the past 20 years, Import restrictions and currency dif- ficulties haye reduced export busi- ness sharply. However, the company has had remarkable success in frozen food production which it eaterea four years ago, tripling its sales in that field last year, In British Columbia, the company owns 10 plants, employing more than 1,300 people during peak periods in the canning season from April to November. Operating plants are lo- cated at Mission, Ashcroft, Oliver. Penticton and at Kelowna. Lulu Island, near Vancouver, is also the site of a plant, The new Vancouver plant willbe head office for the largest manufac- j turing plant in British Columbia for the company. Dominion Construe- tion Company are designers and en- gineers of the first unit, 2 (Taken from the July issue of The Prairie Grocer and Provisioner), (in part only) SUPPORT B.C. INDUSTRY BUY B:C. PRODUCTS LAKEVIEW HOTEL RESTAURANT