4 ee ee ee oo eF wR ey tt preps PAGE 14 ‘THE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C. PULP MILL, TWO SAWMILLS NOT READY FOR SWITCH _ we July 15, 1972: the deadline for Twe Mile Fiatmills to eli- minate fly-ash and their bee- hive bumers, Or is it? At Observer press-time this week spokesmen for two mills ssid it woutd be “impossibfe’” for them to have alternative equipment in operation by Sat- urday, And the president of Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co. Ltd. said the construction dis- pute had ruled out any possi- bility of the big mill taking waste products for fuel by that time. it was also learned thatalet- ter to Ray Williston, the pro- vince’s resources minister, had been sent by mayor Ting- ley asking for an extension of the July 15 deadiine in an at- tempt to stop the inavitable-- the closure of some mills and the resulting unemployment. ‘IN MIDOLE’ Contacted early this week, Williston said he was “‘caught in the middle’’ and would stick by the original ceadline un- lass the people of Quesnel indicated they wanted an extension. “The people have beenonmy back to get rid of those bur- fers,”’ he said. “So far I've had no indic- ation that they want an exten- sion, Maybe they don't rea- lize how serious this is... “But | have to stick with that date (July 15) unfess | get some solid indicationfrom the pecpte of Quesnel that they will accept that fly-ash, , °° The resources minister told the Observer the last indica- tion he had received about the feelings of peaple in Que- snel was from Cariboo MLA Alex Fraser. ‘OEAD AGAINST’ "He gave me the impres- sion that he people there were dead against any extension of the deadline,” he said. “Maybe the peopleshauld give some indication of their feelings to Alex.”* Williston also said Quesnel mayor Ceal Tingley hac been And Terrace must face the problem--without threatening jobs. This article appeared recently in the Quesnel paper., the Caribou Observer. Terrace really cannot afford shut- downs at this time but hopefully we can elimanate the burner problem without any loss of employment. in contact with him to request an extension because of the jobs involved. “I tald him that a phane call wasn’t good enough,”’ Willis~ ton said. ‘'l told him | need- ed something from tha coun- cit--who represent the people of Quesnel--in writing.”’ Would this change Williston's mind? “Well, if | get that letter 1 will give the matter con- sideration,” he replied. And if he decided that it would be in the town's interest to extend the dezdline, when could an announcement be ex- pected? THURSDAY? Williston said thal even if he fell an extension should be granted, then the decision must be made official by an order-in-council. He said any extension could possibly be announced Wednesday or Thu- rsday. A check of the Two Mile Flat milis this week revealed that Tri-Pac (Tubafaur), West Fraser Mills and the Weld- wood planer operation would be ready in time for the dead- line, providing the pulp mill was ready ta accept ‘hog fuel’ a product manufactured from material previously burned in the beehives. The J. Ernst Lumber Co. and Weiers Sawmill, however, said although equipment was. now on site, there was no way instaliation could, be com: pleted in time to meet the Saturday deadline. “If there is no extension, welt, . .1 guess we'll just have to close her down,” mill- owner John Ernst told the Ob- server. He said such aclosure would directly affect 250 jobs at his mill and in the bush, “But even if we were ready, the pulp mill won't be ready because of the construction tie-up. Where would we truck it?’ Ernst asked, “ILL-INFORMED’ The independent millowner charged Cariboo MLA Fraser free by writing: Se% grt ition, Enjoy garden-fresh BE. CORN Fight now! - ” . There isn't a sweeler vegetable treat than corn-on-the- cob... and right now, our own fine quality B.C, carn‘is’- at the peak of freshness and flavor. Garden-fresh corn makes a tasty treat for the whole family - and l’sso.easy *. to prepare: you simply boll, then serve with salland = -: butter. This is also the season for other nutritious BG grown vegetables, including carrols and several varieties of cabbage. To enhance the appeal of these tine foods, , we've prepared a new collection of recipes, | Vs 3 youre . BL. FooD INFORMATION 8 GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA "Parliament Buildings, Viotoria, B, 0." * ere with being “‘ill-informed”’ sbout the situation . ““Bither that, or he isn't interested in the jobs of a lot of peaple,"’ he said. Ernst revealed that he was requesting a one-monthexten- sion so the $300,000 conver- sion job needed for hog fuel production could be comple- ted. “The construction dispute has held us back, too,’’ he said, “‘and the manufacturer has still to ship a few items we need to get inte product- ion." A spokesman for Weiers Sawmill said that operation could be ready ‘‘at the earliest, a week after the deadline.'” “lL guess we'd hava to shut down,”’ he said. The spokesman said the mill had installed a “hopper'' for hog fuel, but the actual “hog” {a machine that hammers waste into a unifarm fuel mix- ture} was expected to arrive this week. HALF MILLION A spokesman for West Fraser Mills, the operation that will produce about half of the hog fuel on Two Mile Fiat, said his firm ‘would be ready" by July 15. “But | don't know about the pulp mill--whether they will be ready to take this fuel," he said. The West Fraser spokes- man estimated the total cost of three “‘hogs’’ and hoppers for the firm's threa mills would be about half a million dollars, . Weldwood of Canada also saw little difficulty in having its material ready for the deadline. A spokesman said the July 15 deadline affected only the firm's beehive bur- ner at the planer on Two Mile Fiat and the burner at the tum- ber mill (at the plywood plant south of Quesnei} would con- _ tinue to operate. Denis Catiord, presidentof © ~~" Cariboo Pulp and Paper Co, appeared. surprised that the deadline hadn't automatically been extended when it was learned the construction tie- up would put the $85 million Quesnel pulp mill behind sch- edule, ‘APLAN’ "Tl wish the public would realize the seriousness of this,”’ he said Monday. . “Look, we had a plan. The on seid wren pulp mill and the Two Mile Flat mills are locked together in this joint concept to'use the hog fue! and therefore elimin- ate the beehive burners.” Catford said he had under- stood the hog fuel would be delivered when the pulp suill was at a stage where it could be handled. “That's impossible by Sat- urday,"' he said. “Ht would be eight weeks after the construction starts again. t felt the deadline would have been moved ahead because of this," The pulp firm president said he felt the public was unaware of the ‘tremendous volume’ of material that was involved. “There will be 55 million cubic feet per year, and about B5 per cent will be used in the furnaces and the remainder will have to go into land fill for the lime being," he said, ‘50 TRUCKS Catford estimated that there would be “G0 large trucks" of hog fuel delivered every day once the hog fuel operation was an full swing, At Tri-Pac, president lan Mahood said his firm would have been ready for the ori- ginal June 15 deadline, but slawed down about when the extra month was granted, “But we're ready now,’’ he said. Mahood said his firm was spending $740,000 on the con- version from beehive burners to hog fuel production. An earlier expenditure of $45,- 000 an special equipment to cut down the fly-ash from the mill’s two burners was now "gone by ihe boards.’’ The $140,000 represented a "hog", two hag fuel bins and a chip storage bin, Mahood said. A jour of the Two Mile Flat area Showed all milis were -work- ing to complete their conver- - sions. The idea behind the conver- sion is to get “‘close-utiliza- tion” of the frees cut in the area. Synthetic resin adhesives, some stronger then wood, have made possible the manufacture of laminated arches and plywoods. 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