DUDLEY G, LITTLE, MLA
«os» for Skeena

Terrace has been chosen as headquarters

for a $30 million natural gos pipeline stretch-

Ing 430 miles from Prince George’ to Prince
Rupert |
Dudley Little, M. L.A. for Skeena made. the

announcement early today after a telephone
conference with the Hon. Donald Brothers,

- minister of mines and petroleum resources

for B.C,

Brothers revealed that an application, filed
by Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.,. and upheld by
Columbia Cellulose Company Ltd., was re-
ceived in Victoria yesterday following a two
year feasibility study.

Initially the chief customer will be the
Skeena Kraft mill of Columbia Cellulose,
currently under construction at Prince Rupert.
However, the line will also bring natural. gas
to Vanderhoof, ‘Endako, Fraser Lake, Burns

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Lake, Houston, Telkwa, Smithers, Terrace ean

and Kitimat.
Operational |

cally lecated for this’ purpose, .being the

‘headquarters and dispatch
office will be at Terrace which Is strategi-

junction of the pipeline to be built to Kitimat =

and Prince Rupert. Pacific Northern also has
plans for future extensions to Fort St. James,
Pinchi Lake, Alice Arm and Stewart as well
as other mining and sawmilling areas in the
nort!

The line will originate from the West
Coast Transmission. bose at Summit Lake,

about 22 miles north of Prince George. It [i

feet of natural gas per day.

‘will be capable of handling 80 million cubic ts

Plans call for negotiations for the clear- 7

ing of right-of-way and pipeline materials
procurement, to start in July, with completion
date targetted for late 1967.

HON. DONALD BROTHERS
‘Mines snd Petroleum Resources

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TOP PLANNING officials
wound up a two-day confer-
ence today during which a
master plan for the orderly

- all plan is a Proposed multi- .

development of Terrace hos
been tentatively worked out.
Also figuring. in the over-
er,
and street

Melting Pot .

B WHAT A DAY this has been —

— so many big money announce-

* ments. we're convinced the next
® major news break will be word
of a provincial election. .

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SWE HASTEN to point out that

B the little lad who erled by his

- dying dog last. week was not left

# entirely to his own. resources.
The Munieipal Poundkeeper, 9

man with a heart,’ came along:
and took the animal off the little.

i fella’s hands. He also helped
wipe away the tears and then
started sending out queries ‘as.
to whore: the lad might find an-
other php

should know our poundkeeper 1a
a nice guy!

ee ope an :
SEE IF YOU can deluge CFIK
typea with phonecalls and pres.
sure them into playing Al Par...
fitt's Guaga Din tape over the
air. Should be good for as many -
laughs aa Mrs. Miller — she's
the grandmother who made the
mistake of coming back from
Downtown!

id **
Thought For The Week:—
“Hold the lighted lamp on high,
. be a star in someone's sky!"

-,  ° ‘Henry Burton

mission,

million ‘dollar expenditure
over a five year period
the extension of water, sew-
and drainage services
improvements.
The conference was held
fo prepare a zoning map
to be. presented for” ap-
proval at a public. meeting
of. Terrace ratepayers later | Mr. Little,
‘ this year. Taking part in the’
conference were: Planning:
Engineer, G. N.. Worsley
Willis. & Cunliffe. Engineer-
Ing Ltd; district managers
of B.C. Hydro and B.C,
phone; ‘school district’ and
municipal administrators,
municipal councillors, con-
sulting engineers and repre-
sentatives of independent
surveying firms. The confer-..
"ence was hosted by the Ter- |
trace Town Planning .Com-.

Four contracts totalling §
to clear a new 92-mile-long
Terrace north to Alice Arm..

B.C. Hydro has awarded two of
ma ithe contracts, covering 943. acres
we |and valued at $574,000, to D. 6.
Ashe Trucking Ltd. of-Burnaby, to
clear the first two-sections at the
southern end of the _ proposed
power line. Spatsum Lumber Co.
Ltd. angi Big Valley’ Contractors |.
|Ltd, of Vancouver received a;
$334,000 contract to clear 515.acres
in the centre section of the route;
and Lodon Contracting Co. Ltd.
and MacArthur Construction were
awarded a $58,000 contract to
clear the final 374 acres at the
Alice Arm end of the route.

The proposed transmission line
will be energized by power pur-
chased by 8.C. Hydro from Alean's
Kitimat Power facilities. The pow-
erline will take off from the new
Skeena substation, seven miles

for

Four Contracts let
For Alice Arm Line

1.5 million have ‘been awarded
transmission line oute from |

west of Terrace, and carry power
at 138,000 volts ta B.C.- Molybde-
num’s Mining operation at Alice

It is expected that the new trans-
mission line will go into operation

in. the fal! of 1067..
ie

r Vancouver ‘Winner
In K of Cc Raffle

Officials of the Terrace Chapter .
Knights of Columbus announced
Tuesday that final. draws have
been made in the reeent province-
wide car raffle. Winner of a°1068_
Chrysler Windsor was K. E. Ward
of Vancouver, Among the runners-

‘up who qualify for consolation

prizes was Deanna Pierce of Prince
Rupert.

seal coat surface.
in communication
with the Honorable P, A. Gaglardi,

that. no plans. have been made to
jrenew the Bulkley Valley bridge
apan that went out in ‘an ice-jam
|a few weeks ago, Mr, Gaglardi atat-
ed he has requested money from
the finance department for a new
bridge to be built approximately a
mile and a half upstream on the
new Highway 16 route between
Smithers and Telkwa, He hopes to
make a start on the new: bridge
this. year, |

Skeena MLA Little. also ‘report:
‘ed that Blakeburn Construction
has the contract for plers and abut-

of

ele-

staff photo

minister of highways, also learned | ‘

Tenders Coming For 15 Mile Stretch

Skeena MLA Dudley G. Little announced ‘Tuesday that
tenders will be called shortly to complete a 10 - 15 mile section
of Highway. 16 between Pacific cand Cedarvale to grade and

ments for the Moricetown’ over-
head bridge and the Trout Creek
bridge, ten miles west of Smithers.
Driving of concrete. piling at
Trowt Creek bridge is now in proa-
gress: Both bridges will. be con-
structed of ‘pre-streased concrete
beams with cement decking,

SORRY... |

No Thornhill News this week
due fo the fact that correspon-
dent Mrs. Laurie English was.
without a telephone following a
move from Pina Street to ‘Kir-
faldy Read, We hope to have
the reguler Thornhill News feat-
ure back next week,

Elaine ‘Munson, 16

May Queen

Marilyn Kerman, 15

‘Bemice Atwood, 16

Candidates

Adele Donaldson, 15

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