Thursday, August 11, 1985 THE TRIBUNE, WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. Bage 9 This advertisement is not published or displayed by the: Liquor Control Board or by the Government of British Columbia. Netherlands Company Buys Macalister Fill Quesnel — Netherland’s Overseas Mills Lid. has purchased the planer mill operation of Matheson Lumber ‘Company Ltd. at The veal became effective as.of August ng cipal Association at week. VERNON—"It is getting down to the time for municipalities to make their choice as to who will distribute their natural gas,” said John Mce- Mahon, president of Inland Natural Gas Company, in an address to the delegates Okanagan Valley Muni- Enderby last Macalister. C, Brouwer, director of the Neth- “The time has come for action,” he stressed. The urgency for a deci- sion on gas distribution by each val- ley municipality he later explained to The Vernon News is such that “If nobody will give us the franchise you can be sure you are going to have a delay in getting the gas line.” erlands firm is in Quesnel comple* ing details of the deal. Head office of the firm is in Nortt Vancouver. Mr. Brouwer states that there will be no change m personnei-at Macal- er and operations will be contin- ued as they were under the previous Highlights of the natural gas owners. qu on as dealt with at the O.V. Netherlands Overseas Mills Ltd.| A. meeting were: Has: operations! et (uous! Butts: 2nd! 7. imiwnd Natural Gas-tie con Shuswer, Bs Cx int additiont to, thei whieh plina'to build aie Waller Macalister operation. All lumber ee ae produced will be chanelled to the | 2¢5 ‘"ansmission line, is ‘ready no to negotiate a contract with eacli pality for a distribution line ch munici US. export market. mun The Macalister operation was es- tablished by Matheson Lumber com pany about five years ago. Previous to that the firm operated planer | it mills in Quesnel and Kersley. It has| given become one of the biggest producers in the North’ Cariboo. in es 2. The company feels muntecipal- if it is s face four advantages the franehis five per cent share in the profits made by the gas distribution setup in the municipality; the right to pur- By distribution > ° 6th Annual Fall Fair August 25 and 26 WAR MEMORIAL ARENA Entries will be taken at Fair Building on Wednesday, August 24 through to Thursday, August 25 at 11 a.m. chase the distribution setup from In- land after 20 years; establishment of new industries in the municipal- ity as result of Inlana’s Industria Development Division; maximum gas users because of the form's advertising poli , number of 3. Housewives using natural gas 1 find it 15 to 20 percent cheap- er than coal. In general they may expect it a cheap fuel because of In- land’s policy “to keep in business by making our rates competitive with other feul prices.” 4. However, the Okanagan will not have a gas pipeline for some un- less each municipality decides whether Inland can have the initial distribution contract in its municip- al area. Mr. McMahon’s company, Inland Natural Gas Ltd., plans to build tho branch pipeline through the Okana- gan, and at the same time is seeking the gas franchise from each Okana- en municipality for distributing the natural gas within that municip- ality. CARDS ON TABLH of his address appeared willing to lay all the cards on the table to the all teh cards on the table to ‘the delegates concerning the position of the Inland Natural Gas Company. Although he did not mention it in his speech to the O.V.M.A., he told the Vernon News that his company is -prepared to definitely give five percent of the company’s net gas earnings in a municipality to’ that municipality. Thus, say the gas dis- tribution system in Vernon has a profit of $1,000.000 during the year, if the Inland company handles the distribution Vernon city will get about $50,000 revenue. If the B. C. Power Commission handled the distribution Vernon city would get only three percent of the profit, he commented in the inter- view. “Inland Natural Gas Co.” he again stressed, “is ready now to go and deal with municipalities.” Pipe and Fittings Central Plumbing & Heating SALES AND SERVICE All Work and Material Guaranteed EVERYTHING IN PLUMBING —— = : “==""" Baths - Closets - Sinks - Basins, etc. PROMT ATTENTION TO MAIL ORDERS. Soil Pipe and Fittings Youre so right...so often ! Each time you look at your Chrysler, there’s something new to admire. From every angle, beautiful highlights on the sculptured metal bring out the clean, simple beauty of this magnif- icent car. : Every time you switch on the ignition, you'll thrill anew to the Chrysler V-8 engine. 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Some 150 billion cubic feet of gas have been develop- ed in the Peace River country. An 18-mile pipeline was built by the company from the Pouce Coupe gas fields to Dawson Creek; and a 55- mile from the Ryecroft fields to “Grande Prairie. He noted that the company “has done all it conceivably could to help Westcoast Transmission Company,” its parent company, which plans to construct the main natural gas pipe- line from the Peace River through Prince George, Williams Lake, Sa- vona and Merritt to Vancouver and the U. S. W.T.C.’s decision to build the main line depends on approval by the U. S. Federal Power Commission currently holding hearings at Wash- ington, D. C. OKANAGAN LINE He traced the proposed Inland Company transmission line route. The company plans to tap the main line a 12-inch line from Savona to Kamloops. From Kamloops. a 10- inch pipe will be used to Vernon and other Valley points. A three-strand line will cross Okanagan Lake at Kelowna to serve Westhank and the southern part of the Valley. A line will go through Armstrong, Ender- by and Salmon Arm. “All Valley municipalities will be in economic reach of the gas line,” he said. He commented that a rough estimate of the Valley gas market has been made up to Salmon Arm. Total cost of capital construetion in the first three years for the trans- mission line and distribution lines, including the Trail area with the Valley system, will be under $25 million, he estimated. NATURAL.GAS COSTS He considered the cost of gas to | the average householder, and to the municipality. 5 Speaking to the- municpal dele- gates, he said, ‘We believe . we can offer you a more attractive deal with us distributing gas within the municipal boundaries than a distrib- ution system under ‘municipal or government ownership.” He explained that the Inland Com- pany specialized only in natural gas, and therefore served only one master. The B. C. Power and the municipalities have many duties to perform or masters to serve; and he said “you can’t serve two masters too well.” ORDER YOUR SCRATCH PADS from THE TRIBUNE NEW COMPANY SUCCEEDS HEAPS WATEROUS LTD. Formed to succeed Heaps Water- ous Ltd., one of the oldest: sawmill equipment houses in the province, a new company has been incorporated. Heaps Waterous Sawmill Products _ Ltd., P.O. Box 429, New West- minster. Making the announcement, Presi- dent H. G. Pousette said that the new company will continue to manufacture and to service the Heaps line of sawmill products: in Canada. In conjunction with the en- gineering firm of Forest Machinery Inc. of Salem, Ore. and Elworthy & Co. Ltd., of Vancouver, it also will introduce modifications and provements to provide greater auto- mation of machinery for sawmill use. Parts for Heaps sawmill equip- ment now in the field will be readily available from the new company, Mr. Pousette said. Besides Mr. Pousette, who is also manager of Brunette Machine Works Ltd., New Westminster, principals of the new company include William. I, Reid Jr.,. manager of Westminster Iron Works Co. Ltd.; H. EB. Baker, sales manager of Westminster Iron Works Co. Ltd.; and J. Orme, field representative for Brunette Machine Works Ltd. of New Westminster, formerly of Heaps Waterous Ltda. Two other members of Heaps Waterous Ltd. will join the staff of the new company, Dick Scanlon as assistant to the manager and Bop Murray as field engineer. im-