Thursday, March 11, 1954.

THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.¢.

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A Railway
than an or:

Mr. Speaker,
more — nothing less:

Then the next truism in resolving | 1a
British Columbians concerned over
the economics’ of the Pacifile Great
Bastern Railway, we must be good

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wearing. Unable to pay people themselvs try to make it for a
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is nothing more or less
anization that has con-
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tributor to move their commodities
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patchers orders, also personnel who
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in any other everyday business. That,
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THE LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OR BY THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA,

British Columbians, nothing less —
certainly not Politicians wbecause I
tear I must show what mayhem has
been committed in the Provincial
economies with taxpayers money, us-
ing the P.G.B. as their weapon. Not
‘to open up old sores or to rehash any
past behaviour but to acquaint the
Taxpéyers and Shareholders of the
true picture of their investment in
the P.G.E,

Perhaps to cut a long story short
for that subject I direct the Mem-
bers to the investigation into P.G.E.
matters in 1917:

Reference Page 646, Sec. 4 C. of
Specific finding of the report of the
Committee, J. W. DeB. Farris, chair-
man of the Committee:

“On a total expenditure -by the
Province of Wighteen Million, three
hundred and fourteen thousand,
eight hundred and twenty-jive dol.
lars, the Contractor as it appears by

about 29%,
Then refer to page 647, Sec. 7,
revealed that out of Twenty
Million, one hundred and sixty dol
of Bonds ° sold only Wighteen
illion, three hundred and fourteen
thousand, eight hundred and twenty
five dollars was realized.”

Also, in Sub. See. C of the same
report,

‘The Government paid out to the
Company the full Guarantee of Forty
thousand dollars a mile for a total
mileage of 480 miles or 3.9 miles in
excess of the total mileage.”

Sub-See. D,

“The Government has paid the full
subsidy of Forty-two Thousand Dol-
lars per mile on 284 miles not bal-
lasted and upon which no track has
been laid or bridges built, and it has
paid the full subsidy of Fort:
Thousand Dollars on 51 miles on
which no construction work has been
done whatever.”  ~

All of which shows that the con-
struction of the Pacific Great Bast-
ern Railway from Squamish to Ho:
shoe Bay has already been paid fo:
and the line from Quesnel to Prince
George has been paid for twice... .

Thumbing through the original
Right-of-WayeLedger it can be noted
to pay a Farmer for the Right-of-Way
through his property a firm charged
the taxpayer $3,000.00 to pay
to the Farmer. ‘This same pattern
persisted throughout the transac-
tions in those days.

I will not further prolong details
which add up to a prodigious sum be-
cause _they are contained in official
documents.

It could be established out of cost
to the taxpayer of actual money in the
Railway as such, they have an Invest-
ment in an undertaking with physical
assets of Eighty-two Millions — all |
the Taxpayers’ money did not by an
|means go to the P.G.E. Railway as
such, although it did go into, but soon
out of, the P.G.E. Railw: Cash
Book.

In spite of the foregoing I am con-
vineed that the money has neverthe-
less been returned ten-fold through
development of the resources ad
cent to and because of the Railw ay
Mr. Speaker. — as the Railway
stands today British Columbia h:
highly valuable asset - which some
would throw away for some motive
ch does not appear to be the mo-
tive of a good British Columbian.

As Minister of Railways, Trade
and Industry, and as a Minister of
‘the Crown, it is my prerogative and
duty to investigate any suggestion
pertaining to transportation, trade

ralwacststnanvatee™ |More About Railway Minister’s Speech .  —_

{looet said we are charging $90.00 a
car too much to the detriment of the
Wage Earners; last year we reduced
the rate over $100.00 acar and I only
hope the wage earners got the benefit
of this reduction.

4. The Honourable Member for Lil-
looet remarked - with- regard-to-my
suggestion of only one train a day for
several-years, it was ridiculous, in
fact one train each way would double
the present tonnage on_a 70 car.
freight — I didn’t say how long was
my train but do say how drab were
his pastures.

I have before me numerous state-
ments made through the medium of
the Press. The one I -will deal with
first is the most serious and damag-
ing to resource development and to
the unification of the Province, It
has been made by the Honourable
Member for Lillooet and that is, to
abandon the 165 mile section of the
P.G.B. Railway from Squamish to
Clinton and to replace it by a High-
way. He would also give to the Can-
adian National Railway the: railway
from Clinton to “Prince George.
Apart from giving the. C.N.R. a
monopoly. of our whole North Coun-
try, this has the effect of lengthening

raise the rate to Clin-
ton and north by 18 cents per hun-
dred weight, and place Calgary in a
better competitive position than
Vancouver,

Furthermore, Kamloops _ would
Jose its present advantage for truck
distribution into the Cariboo ana
North Country. A glance at the sketch
map, or Resources Conference relief
map, would shop that the P.G.E,
Railway is the only railway which
serves directly the largest non-
mountainous area of B.C. About half
of B poulation is in the Vancou-
ver area. Therefore, if the lower
mainland is to benefit fully from the
development of the central plateau,
it must have the shortest and fastest
rail route into this hinterland.

A further consideration is the fact
that the interior and Cariboo econ-
omy is complementary to the. coast
economy. Natural produets of the in-
terior such as meat and agricultural
produce, numerous metallic and non-
metallic minerals will be needed at
the coast as it grows industrially, and
the shortest route for export lumber.
Iway_ties, ete., to offsh arkets
is also needed Foreign a mestic
machinery and supplies can ~come
into the interior more economically
from the Coast.

Finally a north-south route, link-
ing Alaska with the American Pac
tic Northwest is bound to come, if
only in the interests of defence, an@
the P.G.E. will provide the shortest
such route and the advantages to the
people of B.C. on having such a con-
nection tributary to the lower main-
laud are in no need of comment Thus
vincial, International. and also
Defense considerations favour the
southern extension. It is in the in-
terests of the majority of the people
of B.C. to provide the fasiest and
most efficient service into and out of
the Vancouver area first.

zatio
that the Milwaukee
Railroad is an example comparable
to the P.G.E. Railway. On tracing
Milwaukee’ Railroad's history I find
it was a successful operation until it
reached the Pacific. Since that time

re-organizations and bankruptcies.

or industry, that might further the
economic welfare of the province as
a whole and not the se) interests
of any small group, individual or
firm. Some of us tend to let our im-

obsession. Others of us in this Pro-
vincial House appear to go the other
‘extreme and take only the national
viewpoint to the detriment of our
Provincial Beonomy.

The function of this House and the
aim of this Government is to weld
together. wherevér economically pos-

Since 1946 Milwaukee revenue gains
have not matched other railroads in
the North-west region or in the
United States as a whole, and most
important single factor in improving

mediate or local problems become an | the railway’s efficiency was dieseliz-

ation. The ilwaukee Railroad was
forced to use~ barge operations in
the Puget Sound area for a least two
reasons.

(1) It is 5 times’ as far from By-
erett to Port Townsend by land than
it is by water. :

(2) Milwaukee was late in arriv-

it las been through at least three |

sible, the various areas throughout | ing at the coast and other railroads
the province into one trading com-|hed -pought up (sometimes deliber-
munity, which will be to the mutual | ately) the land that they needed for
benefit of both cities and country ofa successful rail operation. Once in-
British “Columbia and theretore | vestment in barges and slips had be-
Canada. come unavoidable then it was most
When individuals make reckless | economical for them to get as close
statements which are liable to. be |,to full utilization from marine equip-
damaging to provincial interests, I. ment’ as possible. This explains why
feel it is my duty to correct them. | Milwaukee moves part of its traffic
1. The Honourable Member for Lil-| between Bellingham and Seattle by
looet said that only 12 cars are haul- | barge, rather than by rail over com-
ed-on-the railroad but from the files | peting lines. Thus it can be seen that
of the Railway Department can be | Milwaukee's difficult problem in ser-
seen that as many as sixty or seventy | vicing the Puget Sound area is in no
cars_of through freight are quite | way comparable to the present P.G.E.
sual. A single diesel power unit will | ituation. This is principally ‘because
phaul 800 tons,-up 2.2 grades and in| the P.G.B. rail and barge hauls in-
multiple units for each extra unit a|yolve equal mileages, whereas the
further $00 tons. | Milwaukee inadequate exanrple in-
2. The Honourable Member for Lil-| volves a difference in distance of 5
times.
Regarding a third suggestion that

locet said the former General Man-
ager, Mr. Kennedy, now a Director
was inefficient. From pe:
edge T know that he pointed out the| ent ba: g system and that com-
necessity of improving the barge fa-| petitive lines pick the freight up at
cilities, nevertheless he always had | Squamish, it is difficult to imagine
recommended the rail link, what would happen to a shipper’s

8. The Honourable Member for Lil-| freight destined for some of the

onal knowl- | the P-G.E. Railway abandon its pres-

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smaller lines, sitting in Squamish
waiting for that line to get a barge
load.

It has been said that the lower _
mainland has no market for the in--
terior’s production. He who suggests
this has no faith in British Colum-
bia’s development and his words will
hang around his neck like an. over-
sized Albatross Already this de-
velopment adjacent to the P.G.B.
Railway is taking place. For a good
Government a hundred year horizon
is not out of line, in this particular
case the horizon is on our doorstep.

“As a Proyincal Government we
must take the over-all benefit to the
Province as a primary consideration.

The industrial development of the
North Shore as a whole will increase
property values and will more than
offset losses, if any.

A commuter service _between
Whytecliffe and town will certainly
be of value to the residents. \ior>
over, one or two diesel trains are
not so objectionable as heavy dics
trucks every ten minutes.

It has been suggested that barges
are more efficient. I would emphs-
size that these factors must be con-
sidered other than the straight rent-
al of a tow boat and barge, which in
itself is a substantial figure —

(1) Time (including delays for
getting full loads, tides, storms,
ete.).

(2) Added switching costs. -

(3) Higher per diem car rentals.

(4) Rough handling at the slips.

(5) Marine risks, including the
cost of marine insurance.

(6) Extra managerial costs.~

(7) The need for an alternative
route for express, passenger and mail
traffic, which does not contribute to
overhead. z

(8) National Harbours Board
cargo rates. {

(9) Maintenance of slips.

(10) Interest charges on marine
equipment. i
I wish now to go on record to this
extent in. oppostion to my Honour-
able Members across the floor who
say the P.G.E. will not pay its oper-
ating expenses when it is extended
from Squamish to North Vancouver,
I want to go on record and say the
P.G.E.’s operations from Prince
George to North Vancouver when the
extension is completed will return to
the taxpayers of British Columbia
more than:a half a Million Dollars a

year over operating costs.

When new steel is laid from Ques.

Kelly Lake so that trains can travel
over this prairie-type country for 325
miles at 50 miles per hour with safe-
ty, that the Pacific Great Eastern
Railway will return still more per
year to the taxpayers of British
Columbia over operating costs...

When those things are completed
the running time from North Van-
couver to Prince George for fast
freight and passengers will be be-
tween 15 and 18 hours instead of 24
and 30 hours.

When that situation obtains the
supply houses of the Coast areas will
| increase their present business with
| the North and Central Interior by 60
percent, that is what, as Minister of
Trade and Industry I am after for

m |'secondary industry — and for prim-

|ary industry I am after the same
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