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- - + TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

(THURSDAY, JANUARY 21,

For Terrace

New mill
will aid

economy

Anew Terrace sawmill
has given a $300,000 boost
to Columbia Cellulose’ 5

men.

The sawmill, at
mill, began partial
operation in December.
It is one of two

sawmills and a woodmil!

company.

‘The other sawmill is located
at Kitwanga and the woodmill
in Prince Rupert.

$5-MILLION

Together, the three

operations cost $9-million and

an annual payroll of $800,000.
The new jobs in Terrace are
for machine operators, Many of
them, a company spokesman
said, have been filled, But he
speculates 10 more jobs will
become available as a result of
the sawmill opening.

rejected and taken directly to a
pulp mill but because it is
available locally, it will be used
here, the spokesman said.

BIG BOOST
The two sawmills are ex-
pected to increase the com-
pany’s northern capacity of 65-
million foot board measure to
125 million foot board measure.
The sawmills will haye a 40
per cent recovery in dimension
lumber and 33 per cent recovery
in chips,
Specifically, the new Colcel
projects are:
Two new, high-speed clipping
head rigs at Terrace and Kit-
wanga to increase its
smallwood utilization capacity
and, the quality of chips
available lo the Prince Rupert
pulp mills,

Adapted for the British
Columbia Centennial’ '71
Committee from newspapers
of (871, the year this Province
joined Confederation.
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WEEK OF JANUARY 18, 187!
Complaints were heard in
he Legislative Council about
the cost of maintaining
telegraph services in the
: Calony, Members were told
‘that nolhing was more
: perishable than the Province's
: telegraph system, especially
when teamsters and Indians’
persisted in using the poles for
firewood.

es

. +++
Patrons were lured to the
new Ten Pin Saloon on
Government St. with promise
of freeunch every day at the
‘ bar which was supplied with
; the best of-wines, liquors and
cigars.
a os
The shipping columns in
Victoria papers carried
notices that neither the
captain nor the undersigned
consignees of goods delivered
= lo the port would be respon-
= sible for the debts of the crew
during the ship's stay. The
notice was repeated daily until
s the ship left.
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Flowery oratory was the
order of the day in the
Legislative Council. The Chief
Commissioner said in his
speech, ‘We stand now at the
very verge of the receding
« fortunes of this Colony and as I
* lurn from the retrospect of the
® dull, level expanse of the past
years of depression to glance
over the misty sea of fulurity,
I catch already the mur-
muring of the coming flood,
Even now the waters swell
at our feet, With cheerful
confidence, therefore , I invite
you to take part in launching
our Bark of State upon the full
sea'of Confederation, in the
cerlain assurance that it will
bear us. on to honor and
‘prosperity and to happiness,”
+++

2 “wnhe passage of Con-
federation was reported to
have had a. marked ‘and
& favourable effect on the
# community. There were no
= noisy -demonstrations of en-

thusiastic feeling in Victoria
* but the British Colonist noted
wm that -everyone seemed
es gralified with the result and
prophesied ‘a long and

a

colony under “the liberal rule
sof Sanada.” -

os ‘ithe south-bound. stage f from
“Boston Bar to. Yale was
“delayed by snow slides, on the
_foad,. The passengers, after

payroll and jobs to 23 |

Colcel’s Pohle Lumber ,

recently built by the

will provide jobs for 90 men at @

A Centennial series

This week in B.C.
00 years ago

-Garry to the boundary bet

prosperous caréer for the,|‘

fields. WAS | two-and-a-half

each: with 100 Ibs of lnggage 5 £4

shoveling away at the snow | f,
* ESSE, eietcneasen

TWO NEW HIGH-SPEED chipping head rigs
recently began production for Colcel at Terrace
The units are

and Kitwanga, 60 miles east.

Normally the smallwood is BBMRE

Lobe, oe. mt
THIS CHIP ‘N.SAW rapidly converts debarked
smallwoed inte quality lumber with residue of

expected to increase company's northern
jumber production from 65 million fhm to 125
million annually....Colcel photo.

I

chips for pulp mills in Coleel’s Terrace and
Kitwanga operations...Colcel photo.

for.. some..time . decided. ‘to
“abaridan ‘the “vehicle about
eighteen miles above Yale and:
walk the rest of the way.
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The steamer, “Sir Jame
Douglas” arrived in Victori
from Nanaimo bringing a few :
passengers, 20 hogs, and si
head of cattle. The passage:
down was unpleasant,

spend $2,000 to build a bridge:
across the Nanaimo River.
The petitioners said it wa:
needed for farmers and told #
how one farmer’s wife waited :
for nearly a day to cross the # &
river and “nearly died for the #
want of company.” 5a
+++

Notice was filed in
Canadian Gazette of ap-?
plication to the Parliament of ¢
Canada to incorporate the:
International Pacific Railwa
whose tracks would run from
Dome Point on the Gran
Trunk Railway to Sault Ste.
Marie and continue via For

ween Prince Rupert's Land:
and British Columbia.

+++

The writer of a letter to the
British Colonist complained
that the correspondent of a
rival newspaper, The Stan- =
dard, was mistaken in his %
information that the toll
eollector had offered him, the %:
writer, $50 for his vate.

+++

Patrons at Armstrong's Old %
Lager Beer Cellar at Johnson #3
and Slore Streets in Victoria
enjoyed a sparring exhibition
with their beer each: Monday
and Saturday evening, Those
who were interested were
advised that this display of
whal the praprietor called
“Muscular Christianity”
could be supplemented by
private, instruction - every
afternoon from 4 to 6 p.m,
given by one, William Poole,

+4++

’ Students at the Boys’ and 3
Girls’ School at the corner of
Rose and Blanchard Streets in
Victoria were required to pay
fees of $1.50 per week in return
for being taught réading,
spelling, writing, arithmetic,
geography, grammar,
English, Book keeping, 3
sewing, and all kinds of fancy 2
work.

4 ra
‘The cast of freighting goods
from the mouth of the Skeena
River io the Omineca gold

cents .“-per’. ‘ pound RE i
passengers-paid a fare of. $15 2

reese: |.

’ out,

Baseball off
_to early start

Thoréday -night,” the “annual
meeting of the Minor Baseball
Association will be held at the
Community Center and Kilborn
urges all parents to attend. The
meeling begins at 8 p.m.

Minor baseball, he said, is for
boys ages eight to 17 years-old.

14 TEAMS |

Last year, Kilborn said,
Minor Baseball had 14 teams of
Aboul 14 players each,

-~ tt the ‘Fetiace “Minor Baseball
program is going to get a home
run, it needs your help.

Volunteers are needed for all
aspects of the program--from
coaching and umpiring to-
league executives,

But umpires are especially
needed, says Richard Kilborn,
league ‘vice-president.

Even sporly mothers can help

LE. PRUDEN

4641 LAZELLE AVENUE

REALTY Ltd.

PHONE 635-6371

_,.Modern 2 bedroom home on the bench, W-W
carpeting in living, dining, and bedrooms,
modern kitchen, 2 extra bedrooms in the finished
hasement, rumpus room, 11/2 bathrooms, car-
port, and located on a nice lot; This home is
Priced for quick sale and includes the fridge,
Stove, washer, and dryer.,

..Older 3 bedroom home with 2 bedroom
basement suite. Located close in. Recently
redecorated. W-W carpeting in living room and
bedrooms, auto, oil heat, revenue of $155 per
month. Good value. View by appointment.
., Executive home, Located on large beautifully
landscaped lot near high school. This tastefully

decorated home features 2 fireplaces, 2
bathrooms, rumpus room with bar, 3 bedrooms’ ©
upstairs, double garage, circular driveway, on,
paved street, must be seen. Contact our office.
for an appointment to view.

-2 Bedroom home in Terrace, Contains 1200 sq,
ft, W-W carpeting in bedrooms,’ large modern
Kitchen, utiity room with hookups, nicely
decorated main floor rumpus room, and a‘:
separate storage building. Priced at $21,000.

.Modern 3 bedroom home with 2 bedroom
basement suite. The home is fuily furnished and:
the suite partially. furnished. - Located hear
hospita]. Features auto-oil heat, carpeting
throughout, built-in garage, large kitchen. Good
value, aa

.. Extra large'well built family home in Terrace. *:
Features 3 large bedrooms, Alcan siding, corner
lot, nearly 1,400 sq. ft. of floor area on,main.
built-in garage, fireplace, large livingroom andj
dining room, attractive ‘kitchen, ‘built-in apes
pliances, 3 bedroom basement suite, 2 auto. oil’
furnaces, many built:in. extras. Sa
-.3 Bedroom home. on Queensway... “Auto.o
heat, large’ kitchen. .tingwall foundation, on
water system. - Priced fe sell at, $14,000 wit
terms available, = *

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