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| Terrace is feeling the effects
of tight money and a depressed
economy.

Municipal building inspector
E.H. Thomas says commercial
and building permits are

lagging “badly behind’ last

year's figures. —

Four industrial’ and

commercial building permits .

were issued in Terrace during
April, 1971.

Although the same nuinber of fim

permits were issued in the same
period last year, tax
. assessment value of currently
preposed projects is down
$40,000 from one year ago.

- Permits issued in April, 1970
covered projects valued at
$64,000 compared with $25,200
for April, 1971.

Dwelling unit permits are up
in number and value: 18
residential building permits
valued at $323,200 were issued in
April, 1971 ~ up by one.unit and
$37,700 tax assessment value _
over April, 1970,

Value of permits for other
types of construction is down
$1,000 from last year.

Commercial building starts in
1971 include Northern Culverts
construction of a new culvert ~
factory on CNR property in
Terrace,

Canadian Freightways has
begun work on a $127,000 office
and freight terminal complex
here. :

B.C, Telephone Company has
plans on the drawing board for a
maintenance and storage
complex,.. A ‘local mill is
reportedly preparing to develop
a drying kiln, undercover.
storage _and..,dock. loading
facility.

Thomas. predicted that
Terrace will continue to grow in _
importance as a supply center.

The community would be in a
situation to attract an
increasing number of industries
as a ware housing center
because of its central
geographic location, he said.

Terrace is the transportation
gap ‘through the coastal
mountains to the port of Prince
Rupert.

New credit
system

begins

The Chargex credil card -
“ system will complete extension
of its program into British
Columbia centers this month,

The announcement was made -
this week by ‘Toronto-Dominion
Bank, Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce, Bank Canadian
National and Royal Bank of

- Canada, sponsors of the all-
purpose shopping card.

Harold Zelt, manager’ -of
Toronto Dominion Bank. in
Terrace said the four banks co-.

” dperate wilh the plan chiefly for
advertising purposes, * --.

“Basically, the cliargex
system has nothing to do with
your bank account,” he said.

Customers are billed for their

Cont'd on, Page 2

The Cedarvale ferry appreeching the north side of the Skeena

River is now inservice after being closed for ‘the winter months.

BY ORDER |

Special tothe Herald
from the Vancouver Sun

Two land purchase bylaws
which Terrace . municipal
council tried to keep secret are
now available for public
scrutiny on the order of Deputy
Municipal Affairs Minister
James Baird. ,

The Deputy Minister of
Municipal Affairs said in an
interview with a Vancouver Sun
reporter that the Terrace
Herald had protested to him
that it wasn’t allowed to see the
bylaws which were passed by
Terrace District Council on

Company
threatens
closure

. Andy Taylor, vice'president
and B.C. Manager .- of
MacGillis and Gibbs Pole
Company in Terrace
claims that the company
has. been forced to
shut down local operations
because of public protest
against air pollution.

“Taylor said that eight
workers at the plant were laid
olf Wednesday and more

ni a yt

Record ‘sper
‘71 municipal budget |

Record spending and an increased mill rate.

highlighted the District of Terrace 1971 budget.

Monday.

Council]: members brought down a $2,312,970 |
-budget for the coming year boosting the mill rate to
78.48 -- 3.37-mills higher than the previous record

set in 1970.

A mill is one tenth of a cent
and is used to calculate
property tax based on the full
assessed value of land and on 75
per cent of the assessed value of
impravements on such land.

‘The municipality assesses
land .and. structures. at
approximately 50 per cent of its
market value, a municipal
source said,

Alderman Lloyd Johnstone,
chairman of the municipal
finance committee, said.of the
new budget: ‘We consider we
held the line. The mill rate is
basically the same as last years
except for'the three mill
increase to cover the cost of
paving approved in. a
referendum last year,

' “Basically there’ is
increase," he said,

ho

A. surplus of °$79.764 was |

recorded-from the 1970 budget.
- This money will be used to meet
‘any. - emergencies that occur.

costs during a bad winter,
Johnstone said,

An additional $100,000 has
been budgeted this year for
continued paving in Terrace,

The budget does not include
an overall capital expenditure
of $600,000 for paving and

. drainage.

The entire sum does not
appear on the overall mill rate
because the money has been
obtained over a long term loan,

-he said,

It does appear on the three
millincrease for 1971 but should

‘decrease as the loan principal

decreases,
He said Terrace is
budgeting'‘$178,000 to caver its

costs” plus an additional $55,000

‘increase for police protection.
The increase in policing costs.

is due to a pay hike to members

‘of the RCMP with. which the

municipality has a.contract.

| Buy: art

When a catparation’ ‘with

assets of moré than $5.5 billion ~

confirms that art is a. good
investment, start buying:”:

That's the word from Taronto:
Doriinion Bank, one.of the big
five in Canadian banking.

The company's head office in
.Toronte, and the Terrace’,
branch, managed.by Harold EF,
Zell, have ‘given time, money
and - Wall-space to” Cariadian
works of art.”

It isn’t all’ philanthropy:

“As an investment, you can put -

- works .of ‘art in’ .the .same-
' category ag real slate, " says

Zeit, who adds that the collector

otepresentative:

such: as ‘extra snow removal’ |

Johnstone said the municipal

cette de

jail i is valued at approximately.
/$19,000 a hike of almest $2,000

fad over last years value.

_ An irfereased mill value is
based on, the overall assessed
value of ‘property within the
* municipality and is ralsed when
additional building both

+ industrial

aE

ing, taxes

industrial and residental, are
constructed

The mill value increase was

split almost evenly between
and. residental
properties, Johnstone said.

Cont'd on. Page 2

Thornhill plans

self-government

‘Residents of Thornhill may
soon have a form of lacal
government.

A "majorily “of Thornhill
ratepayers favor the concept of
forming a water improvement
district says Clarence Cleve,

chairman of ihe-Thornhill .

Incorporation Committee.
Ninety per cent of ratepayers
contacted to date by the

- committee have indicated they

would like some form of self

‘ povernment.
share of increased welfare. -

the committee is ‘currently. ;

fin ring registered letters to
in

‘All property owners must be
contacted and a minimum. 6D

--carefully--says banker |

“range, "said Zelt.
Toronto Daminion's: head.
_ office in Toronto; huinbers 200.
“works
artists ‘in

‘Canadian ‘its

“collection. Most of them have
- been acquired inthe past ten
“years, In*

1961" ‘Targnta
Dominion asked the Jate Martin.
Baldwin; -ex-curator of -the

' Toronto Art Gallery, to assist-In

cataloguing -the collection and
actas advisorin the purchase of-

‘lew works.

The current: exhibit. at the (
local ‘Toronto Déminion Bank of
works by regional artists show
that’.the bank! and Zelt, are

must. choose his art portiolioas ; backing up- ‘their opinion with

carefully ‘as ‘he would select,
reyenue property, «. -;

“A few years Ago works af art.
by the Canadian Group of Seven *
sold for under $100 each.:Today -
theyir re In the four gure ree

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action,:It Is the bank’s' second

‘annval ‘art. exhibit in ‘Terrace...

‘Zelt sald ‘the purpose ‘of: the. :
. display is to make pedple aware °
_of.the artistic talent. native to

this egion.. “The bank. is Algo ian

cay men

hy.

 gategory.”” om
Also.on display. are two ail.

‘prepared to loan money to
people who want to buy

paintings.

“There's no special policy on

such taans,"’: said Zell, "We .

«make loans for any worthwhile __

purpose -- the purchase of works
of art would . fall - into thet.

. “landscapes by, artist Wally -
Humphrey who clairns he can-
create’a masterpiece in two.’
* hours — “sometimes: less”. .

. “The time: includes making:
‘sketches, and _snow-shoeing : |
-because-you can’t paint outside  §

; In winter’ temperatures,” said ©
_ Humphrey, ,

He adds thathis works | are not:

n the: tradition tof ~

wo

oul the opinion of non-
resident Thornhill property
‘owners, thes

: Canadian Palnter, MacDonald's ;
on “colored notes”,

- per cent majority is required |

before the committee can

initiate formation of an
improvment dustrict .
Then the’ provincial

government will conduct a
referendum in. the community
of 3,500 residents. to. decide

- Whether they want to form into

a water improvement district,
said Cleve.

Following the referendum
three trustees will be elected to

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because. the ‘clean~ air
movement “Is getting out of
hand"...

Taylor said that -he | will
discourage | his company,
which is ‘headquartered in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from
bringing more investment
capital into the Terrace area,
He said that the company
could take its operations hack
toiis original site in Hazelton.
. Commenting on recent
public protest against
pollution caused by the
company’s mill in Terrace,
Taylor said “They want us to

‘}eut down and we're doing

that."
..Taylor said he plans to ask
his parent company to shut
down Terrace operations
completely,
.."Unfortunalely, the town as
a whale has to suffer," says
Taylort . In his remarks,
Taylor said that students
should clean up their own
“smoke and dope” problems
before worrying about
industrial air pollution,
.-A public protest against air
pollution caused by smoke and
flyash from MacGillis: and
Gibbs mill was started by 17-

| year-old Terrace high school

student Ted Bergen. Bergen
obtained 915 signatures on an
anti-pollution petition’ which
he presented to Terrace
District Council meeting last

Monday.

layoffs. are. contemplated:

March 22, 1971.

Mayor Victor Jollitte ‘sald
that council had refused .to
disclose the contents’ of the
tbylaws on the grounds that
disclosures might jeopardize
deais it was trying toarrange on
the land involved.

The deal invalved municipul:
acreage which has been sold to
MacGillis and Gibbs pvuie
company. for. $87, 001, covered
by bylaw 587.

J olliffe said the second bylaw
- number 584-was to enable
council to obtain a portion of

MacGillis and Gibbs Jand for a.

future highway overpass.

“They (the bylaws) are now
available for inspection. I
taised a little hell. up there
(Terrace) yesterday,”
said,

“Al public bylaws are open
for scrutiny once they are
adopted, no matter what. they
are,” said Baird.

He added that he advised the
Herald to ask to see the
bylaws,

Copies of bylaws 584 and 587
were handed to Herald editorial
staff by Jolliffe early Tuesday.

Contents of the bylaws are:

‘Baird -

finally shown

’ DISTRICT OF TERRACE

BY-LAW NO. 587 - 1971.

ABY-LAW OF THE DISTRICT
\OF TERRACE. TO
‘AUTHORIZE THE DISPOSAL

‘BY SALE OF CERTAIN
LANDS CERTIFICATE: OF

TITLE OF WHICH -_IS
REGISTERED [N THE NAME
OF THE MUNICIPALITY. TO
THE MACGILLIS & GIBBS co.
(B.C,) LTD, :

WHEREAS the Council of the
District of Terrace . is

empowered by Section 471 of the.
Municipal Act to dispose of land

owned by the Municipality:

which: is not reserved - or
dedicated,

AND WHEREAS the District
of Terrace is the registered
owner of that certain parcel or

tract situate, lying and being in .

the District of Terrace,

’ Province of British Columbia,
more particularly known and —

described as: Lot ‘‘A” of Lot 22,

District Lot 361, Range 5, Coast ,

District, Plan 6510, upon which
there are no buildings: or
structures and which land is no

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The first air show ever staged in
this area is planned for Terrace
this summer.

Plans for an air show at the
Terrace Airport during the
weekend of August 21-22 were
announced Terrace Kiwanis
president Emil - Laniuk
Tuesday. :

Stunt flyers and racers, fly-
pasts and static displays by the
Canadian Armed. Forces and
displays by many ‘major
aircraft companies are
expected fo be drawn:to the
show which falls one week after

the inlternationally-famed ,

No news is

Abbotsford Air Shaw near
Vancouver. :

‘Air Show chairman Art Bates,
said: ‘Officials of the
Abbotsford Air Show have
offered'to assist us in any way
possible to ‘make. the show a
success,

“The Department of
Transport is fully supporting
our efforts to produce .a top-
notch show.”

He praised Terrace Airport
manager Sid Harris, ..’

efforts,”

Bates said verbal agreements
and preliminary discussions
with companies involved’ in

aeronautics have been
completed.
The general public.

particularly in a semi-isolated

Airshow slated 7
for Terrace

area. “such © as. Tettec

becoming increasingly: ‘eoncious ;
of and interested in the field. of

he’

aecronualics, Bates said:

“an air -show ‘of
magnitude we have planned will
give the viewing public . an
opportunity to be informed and
involved, with this field,” he
said,

Although the air show. is. still:
in its preliminary stage airport
manager Sid Harris says. there
is no reason the’ air show’

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‘} no accidents in the Terrace

: “who |
_is 380 per cent behind: cur

good news
..Terrace RCMP have
reported that there have been

area since the Sth of “his
month. ;

.-The last reported accident
occured last-Sunday when the
ear driven by Mr, Rudaiph
Pellitier of Terrace drove onto
the gravel by the side of
Highway 16 to avoid hitting a
skunk,

.-Pellitier lost control of his
car and wound ‘Up over the
bank,

.There were about $1,500

damages to the Pellilier car.

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