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Managing rs) Hor, ;
Terrace Heraid a

TERRACE ~The, surge and’ &

thrust of the Peace -River may’
yet provide power-for Jack Mc-«

Dougall’s all-electric bitty,

“

- But-not yet," Be:

The biffy, a gleaming conver’
sation piece of stalniess steel,
- Was placed in-the. front window. °
‘of Terrace’s B,C; ‘Hydro office, |
managed by McDougall...

This ‘display of @. space-age:

gizmo. that disintegrates de-

posits leaving only.a residue of
gray ash indicates that Terrace’
at least looks'.to ‘the future,

Despite the offbeat symboi of-
progress, the future’ looks good,
And there isadded insurance that
new industry can one day tap
power from the Peace,

It won't be this year, The mul-
ti-million dollar. - ‘Peace River ,

Area could be vappiter of power.

Instead 6f taking power, ‘this
area could supply it, :

Potential is a word that comes.
readily to people in this part of
the province, °°"

Part of -it is pipe dream, -and
part reflection ona steady growth
rate which could ultimately rival
that of Prince George, -

There's an, oddball quality. to
Terrace growth, Nobody quite
knows why,

Earnest Chamber. of Com-
Merce types will tell: you. that
Terrace is a hub-city; :

Geographically, ‘you can'ttault
the daseription, To tha. north
there is Stewart where Granduc’

CUNNINGHAM,

Tien’ operation, It’is a tenuous
‘| spoke .on the: hab, however, until
“there. is a viable-road, Stewart is
- looking to. Terrace and has al-
Teady' opened “a campaign to
‘bridge the Nass River’ ‘and link the
Stewart = Cassiar, a. Fisheries
Department goat track, and the
well-kept Columbia Cellulose
logging road from the Nass to
Terrace, |.

and rail to Prinee George and,
ina dog=leg ashton, to, Vaneau,
ver. . “

Canadian * Natidnal “runs -the
railroad through ‘to Prince Ru-
pert with a spur line to Kitimat,

Mines Is putting in a $100 mil-

Two: spokes on the Terrace hub.

Prince Rupert and Kitimat are.
the two spokes on the Terrace
hub that could tirn the commun-
ity into the big wheel its boosters
dream about, .

From a Terrace viewpoln, the
larger Prinée Rupert -is the
weaker sister, Unkindly des-

cribed by one visiting newsman |.

as $10,000 out houses in search
of a city,’’ Rupert is linked io
‘Terrace by a slide-threatened
CNR ilne and a spiralling road
that manages todrown some eight
motorists: and ‘Passengers. an-
nually,

It is a comminity “supported

by fish and wood chips, the lat-:

Japan voyage ‘one day shorter

Terrace gives. ‘vigorous assent
and support to the Kitimat hopes,
The logic is that Terrace, ondi-
rect rail, is the likely place
for . manufacturing. Industry
seeking the added.advyantage of
an immediate overseas outlet,

And Terrace must have diver-
sified industry. to continue dts
growth pattern, ;

‘There is a second aspect to
Terrace growth, It is a Place
to shop.,: ’

People travel from Kitimat —
just 45 minutes aNay on a 60

No obvious cause fo growth —

Terrace is a growing com-.
munity, but -still without an ob-
vious cause of that growth,.

Columbia Cellulose’s Twine.
river Timber supplies a major |
part of, the local payroll; with
some workers commuting fo Kit- |
imat to work fox Alcan, Eurocan,:
-or the Crown Zellerbach and MB
logging operations, -.

Where all. -the ‘people: come

-from, - even the town: boosters

In 1958; ‘there were 4 500 peo

are 14,300, . -
Population’ s gross’ income. in

stores,

big two plus music, photo, shoe,
‘clothing and jewelry stores is do-

-years:ago,

“puta million. dollars each year

‘anese Interests are financing ex-
‘ploration and’ possibly-develop-

‘company, A smelter is. needed,

-has-'as “yet. only.a potential -in=

Boom potential appears dimin-

ter pouring. into the giant Skeena
Kraft mill, -

fit. can reach major “port
status with an alternative portat
Kitimat, Terrace is the logical
place to distribute the goods,

Kitimat is the key that can turn
oa the Terrace boom,

Carefully nurtured by Alcan,
known locally as ‘Uncle Al, the
community has grown with
Uncle's tax dollars without ex-
cessive company control,

Alcan peopte take pains to deny
that Kitimat is a company town,

The arrival’ of the Finnish-
backed Eurocan- mill-pulp-

| PGE,
To the east, there is both road |"

grid toSm here 176 miles away.

Power, for this area
of the Pacific -Northwesé: comes

- ean’s hydro

lant: at -femanos

, town of. Tetrace, in- ‘September:
1968,

. Kitimat industry’ could be hungry
_ to, MSE the. power: of. ‘the Peace,

it could. ultimately: ‘be a two-
way exchange B,C,:Hydro is ‘al-
_Feady Jooking thoughtfully dt the
turbulent ‘Skeend and Nass rivers
“and, further. north, the Stikine,
Baku’ and-Liard rivers, as power
sources to feed dawn the western |.
- part of the province through Ter-
race ‘and send potentlal-."13,
. $20,000.. kilowatts. into, an ‘inte
‘erated’ B.C, grid, oo

ished by urilmaginative' cN policy:
keyed: to lowering costs ‘rather.
than increasing reyente,: This
month CN drops from daily train
service to three times Per week,

Premier W,A,C; Bennetiwould
‘be enthused if he ‘could take dyer"
the ‘CN line from Prince George
and add it fo ohisbusiness-mungry.

‘He told Terrace Mayor. Fred
Weber: ‘‘If:we hadthat‘ling you'd
‘have two:of the biggest ports. ori
the wast coast at Prince Rupert!
and Kitimat,’ : aa

‘He. laughed, but: ‘according to

mill complex - to thé Kibimat ec

mph road — and even Prince
Rupert, . to shop at Terrace

. Dominion Construction built a
major shopping centre which op-
ened in Terrace in May this year,
Major tenants are Canada Safe-
way..and a quality-type. Wool-
worths store which would frown
at the very mention of ‘ive and
dime,"

. Already the combination of the

ed good ibneinaig with most mak |

1967 was a healthy $32" million |
‘compared with * % 800,000 ten

And thirsty citizens Manage to

into the local iquor store,
Miners are finding copper: and

molybdenum nearby,.. and Jap-
ment_of the. local Kleanza:Mines
The development of.the Peace

‘terest .to: ‘Terrace, :The- Kemano
plant. ris sending ample ° ‘power

‘pert’and Stewart, But with Euro-

‘will _ba steady, and the powa
‘the -Peaceis conifort ing.’ “insur=
. ance-for new industry. coming ta
Y Terrace, * ;

the mayor, he wasn’t _doking.

onomy - emphatically “ supports
their denials, plus giving.a ma-
jor. financial boost to the area;
’ Another arriyal in. the alu-
minum town is of particular 'in- |
terest to Terrace, This is Sam |
Williams Co, * whose subsidiary
Kitimat. Wharves believes: that
they have.a potential major deep- :
sea port in Kitimat, - \
| sThe company. has” rights: to’
some 200 acres offoreshore, and
they are ready to build wharves
when they can find the markets,
‘Kitimat has the ‘depth ofwa-
ter to handle anything. now afloat
or any ship yet to be built,”
Sam: Willlams’: -T, G, Phillips.
told’ “visiting parliamentar lang
earlier: this ‘month, —-- :

ing a respectablé dollar, :

“The addition, preceded by a
mil3ion-dollar. expansion by - the
Terrace Co-op. Departmant’
store, means that retail trade. is:
strong here,

His company hopes. to tap
cargo from the Canadian north
as far eastas Manitoba, They can
see oil, coal, cre and wheat moy-
ing out of the Port of. Kitimat
where the voyage to Japan is ona
day shorter than from. ‘Vancou-
ver, ,

through Terrace to Prince Rus

can tapping a large supply in the |
future, and a'possible Alcan ex-.
pansion, ‘there could. be'a great=
er demnnd for:power in the next
five years than. Kemanocan sup
ply.

‘It is a question ‘ot growth. and. qe

potentlai, ‘There couldbe a sud= .
den: boom in this “area: but the
informed word is thatthe growth:

Mackenzie To wnsife. | Offer ,

The Mackenzie’ tomslto,

situated some, four miles trom -
the imustrial site, has‘all the. --
. benefits of total: comminity --
> “planning, Although inttiat'de-
‘velopment was’ undertaken by -
the ‘company, ‘it:is‘now an “in=!

- dependent: aunleipallt cwith -

“ its own: mayor: dnd council:

Mackenzie ‘boasts, paved”

:. Btreete, \. normal’: municipal:
‘services,: ‘a -162="r9 ele-

“mentary, and ine oS

thd a ‘shopping? ceh-
tre complex, ‘a ‘new artificial
dee. curling: tink.” and other’
‘= necreation facilities, °°,

: The comunity, Jaunched and
‘developed ' ‘by AFI, -hag.-some. :
-of the A oerne Palla pormally.

problema: Mayor ‘Allan’ ‘Shep
ipard ‘and his focnel are ha
at work solving, =
Whenever there. is, need: ‘for -
assistance, “AF L-lends a. gen=";
erous hand, such’ 4s:the.con- /
~ struction | of a $160,000 curls:
ing rink -=--dn. outright glit-ta
- Mackenzie, rash, it .
The | most. important ‘needs %
‘af the eommuntty’ are oe
+ Batablishment: ot a clinic |,

‘in Mackehzle’ ‘and ‘acquisition.
“of a doctor for'the community,
a Completion ~ “of -
" adequate, hard. surtaced dilgh-
= way from. Mackenzie’ ‘to: the:
_ Hart Highways” 3: :
@ Construction: of a ‘arm’
, for ‘whealed'alr traific, Bet oes
® Inclusion ..of. private ‘ene

‘an ‘frail .of the clinic; the, high

Wesley Black succeddedPhil

“. pendent on a. federal govérn-"

‘ment. that is almost: recess:
“ores businesses, topro= |

e Recreation: ‘and “plenty -of-<

“Mayor Sheppard is: on. th
way 18 a question mark’ since’

lib Gaglardi: as-; minister « of.
highways; ‘the. ‘tarmac is -de~ 1

sionist ‘In such expenditures,
The: rest ‘ofthe communi-.:
5 phe

mly: stretches tte he

the ‘hub .
on a 500 ,000-volt. tine:trom: Ale |

There. ‘4s power to ‘spare in the |

‘Add two years and newTerrace ;

“material. used ‘in the earth dam. Main conveyor belt. was. world’s onges

A complex: system ofc conveyor belts was ‘used 4 to literally transport: a moun

the dami site:

giant earth-moving cauigment, ‘massive turbine run-
a spillway. dam* “Bates from: ‘Japan, ‘100-ton:

rune where. shay ere catehipped b oy T d:to

nts inc ded" heavy smo em its +
. Of. cement,. steel, ane over-i
power h house. | Thanh