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Vou. L SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1911, No. 17.

Railway Commission Takes Decided Action

The Board of Railway Commissioners, 2 tribunal from: whose
decision there has seldom been a successful appeal, has announced
that the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway company must build and
maintain a station on lot 882. This, coupled with the declaration
that the company will not be allowed to proceed with its South
Hazelton project, would seem to settle once and for all the much
vexed question of the Hazelton townsite,

-The news of the decision was not received with unmixed satis-
faction in Hazelton, as many people in the old town were disposed
to look with favor on the South Hazelton location. As soonas the
_ finality of the pronouncement was recognized, however, the busi-

ness men showed a disposition to fall into line for New Hazelton,
and the townsite problem may be regarded as solved.

Robert Kelly, owner of lot 882, known as New Hazelton, sec-
tion two, was able to show the Commissioners that the railway

. company, in consideration of the conveyance of twenty-nine acres
for railway purposes, agreed to maintain a station and siding on the
property, and the Board ordered the company to carry out its under-
taking, The correspondence between the parties to the agree-
ment casts an interesting light upon the townsite methods of the
railway company.

With regard tothe position of the Provincial government in the
matter, the Premier states, and no one will doubt, that in joining
the Grand Trunk Pacific in the sale of South Hazelton lots the
Lands Department acted in perfect good faith, relying on the repre-
sentations of the railway company that its Hazelton station would
he located on lot 851. The exact course to be adopted by the
government, following the Mabee decision, has not yet been
announced; but all concerned are Justified i in : expecting fair treat-
ment from the administration. ”

A concern whieh bids fair to proye an important factor in the
development of the new town and the district. is the Natural

. Resourecs Security Co., which has done a great deal to give the
Omineca district publicity. This company, in a special despatch
to the Miner, states that it accepts as final the decision of the Rail-
way Commission. This is confirmed in a most convincing manner
by the messuge from J. H. Kugler, announcing the purchase by

‘the company of New Hazelton lots to the, value of over $400,000,

' ‘We are confident that the publicity which Hazelton and its

. tributary district is receiving as a result of the townsite difficulty,
and its settlement by the Railway Commission, will redound to the
advantage of our people in the near future. Robert Kelly saya
Hazelton is the most-talked-of town in Northern British Columbia,
which means that thousands of people have turned their attention

’ to-our resources and possibilities, with the certainty that the com-

pletion of the railway to New Hazelton will bring the influx of
people which alone is now needed to make this one of the most
prosperous sections of British Columbia.

With the possibility of a townsite contest eliminated, the busi-
ness men of the old town have only to act in concert to keep Hazel-
_ton on the map as the commercial center of the Northern Interior,
_ When the time comes to remove to the railway there will be no
question as to the proper place to move to,

For An Improved Trail To Groundhog

At a special meeting . held on

Thursday evening, the executive

* committee of the Hazelton. Con-

> gervative association formulated a

‘request for a provincial appropri-

_ ation of $26,000 for the improve-

_ ment of the trail to Groundhog
mountain coal fields,

~ Tt is proposed to have supplies

. and tools sufficient for six weeks’

_ | Swork-sent in over- the snow and

- cached at the junction of ‘the

" telegraph and police trails and at

7 the point where the proposed new

ae tail will leave the police traii to

Q ‘ptoceed up the Skeena,
_“Betweeh the third and fourth

os “telegraph cabing, ‘the trail crossés
" -"Poigon: mountain, on. which snow

. Hes itil the middle of June,
paki: early packing imprac:

.  theable, while beyond. the fourth

yhere the trail. will follow

work done before the packing of
supplies to the coalfield begins,

It is hoped that a better route
than the present trail over Poison
mountain will be. secured, -but
that must be left for later action.
All efforts at present will be de=
voted to securing the construction
of a passable trail in time to serve
next season’s needs,

The route proposed i is via the
telegraph trail to the mounted
police trail, (76 miles): thence fol-
lowing that trail to where it!’
leaves the Skeena at Bear river,
from which point a new trail j is
to be. constructed along the

Skeena” to: Groundhog ‘basin, ;

which is near the headwaters of

besides beirig’ ‘shorter. than. the:

»| present route, will’ ‘afford ' @ tntich4 j
easier grade and. better ‘footing,
One bridge will bave to be built,
to replace’ that: ov

the ‘Slani-

‘Some Mining Probleins 7
‘At one of the largest’ and most

-| representative mining econven-

tions everheld in British Columbia

resolutions were passed here ask-

ing the federal government to

, appoint a commission to investi-

gate thoroughly the various:ques-
tions affecting the silver-lead-zine
industry, and tocreate a separate

portfolio of mines to be held bya
minister who will devote his en-
tire time to the work, says a
Nelson exchange.

The meeting suggested te the
government that the inquiry by
the proposed commission might
include the questions of a tariff
on lead and zine and the by-pro-
ducts of the two metals; of con-
tinuing the lead bounty at the
expiration of the grant at present
partly disposed of of the grant-
ing of a bounty on zine and of the
offering of some reward to the
person or persons inventing a
process for the treatment on a
commercial scale of the complex
low grade ores ot the Kootenays.
Each of theses suggestions found
strong advocates at the conyen-
tion, which was unanimously in
favor of some form of protection
for the industry,

A committee was appointed to
investigate the various questions
affecting the industry in British
Columbia. The chairman of this
committee is W, E, Zwicky, who
will be glad to receive sugges-
tions in writing affecting the in-
dustry from ali interested in the
subject, Such communications
should be addressed to Kaslo.

Assubjects for discussion he
suggested the question of the
continuance of the lead bounty:
the present low duties on lead
and zine; the high United States
tariff on the same metals; further
experimenis toward the solution

nointment of a federal: commis-|*
sion to inquire into the various
questions affecting the industry.
ite. suggested the selection of
delegates to present any resolu-
tions which might be passed by
the convention,

James Johnstone said he
thought the question of expense
should not be considered by the

ther experiments toward the so-|'
lution of the zine problem, If it|#
cost $300,000 or $400,000 it would!
would be a profitable investment.
He offered the following resolu-
tion:

‘Tn view of the partial success

done by Dr. Haanel in Ottawa
and Montreal during the past
year toward the solution of this
most important problem and in
view of the fact that -the money
set aside by the late government
for this’ purpose was insufficient
to bring the work to a successful

hereby urge. the

used for this purpose, .

mend. that an award of $25,000
be offered any individual or com«

ores ad found in the p mines of the
Slocan and Nelson districts of
British Columbia,”

E.W. Widdowson seconded the
resolution, | He thought the prize

of $25,000 should be awarded to;
any person solving the question,’

whether by a perfected old’ in=
vention oranew. -

C.F. Caldwell thought that the
greatest aid to the solution of the

the river. The trail from Hazel-|""° te
ton to Groundhog basin will be|
under 150 miles - ‘in length,. and| j

can competi

‘He expressed an abounding

in the Jnines of British Colin i

person ‘in’ ie) Deminlen, he
clara, Me, Us :

of the zinc problem, and the ap-

government in carrying on fur-| 3% _Bormiasion to nurchese the following de- |
anda:

which has attended the work!

conclusion, this ‘meeting does!

Dominion | J
|government to Set aside a sum.
of not less than $50,000 to be

pany who shali perfect any pro:|
cess an @- ‘working commercial.
basis for the separation of ‘zine,

the hizh grade properties. pay foi
the low grade properties, which

he said, could only be operated: at:
a profit by a big smelting om: 4.

pany.-.,

physical impossibility, declared
Mr. French, who explained in
technical terms his Teasons for
the statement.

He advocated not only a bounty . J B. Bra, a ‘Proprietor. aie

on lead but alsoa bounty on zine.
He thought ‘there was a good
market in Great Britain for ‘all
the zine Canada could-produce.
Mr. ‘French was not: in favor of
the offering of a prize by the
government for -the solution. of
the-problem, If-the bounty on
zine was given it should-be seen
that the bounty was proportion-

ately divided between the pros-{{}

pectors and the smelters, who
stood at the two ends of the i in-
dustry,

Mrs, Walters offers 1-4 off on ‘Chil
dren’s Buster Brown auita and: overcoats
for the holiday season, . .

LAND NOTICES -

Omineea Land District, wpDistriet of

Coast Ran Range VV.

Take notice. that I, anic White, of
Kitselas, farmer, intend to ap
Rermigsion to purchase the fo
eacribed lands:

Commencing at p post planted at the
north-east. corner of -the K
dian reserve, thence north 20 chains
east 20 chaing, south 20 chains, weat 26
chains to point of commencement, con-
taining 40 acres more or less. -

Oct. 18,-1911, Frank’ White.

owing

Hfforts 10 treat sulphide: zine :
ores with-or without lead, -by.an]:}-
electric heating process: was -al

poly for.

Kitselas In-.

=| Cigar: Store and. |
Pool R Room

"Soe Drinks, Conlectionsty, tr
.. Books and Magazines 1

Baths In Connection

Blacksmith; ‘Hlorseshoet.
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‘Pipes, Pouches,’ ‘Cigar’ and
Cigarette. Holde

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‘best: Stock. in. town. of -G.B:D,;.

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Omineca Land District. District of.
Coast, Barge Eo
Take notice that Aw
Vancouver, occu ston “and
ntends to ap ly for permission to pur-
chase the following described lands:
Commencing at a post. planted at the
south-east corner of Lot 4012, thence
40 chains east, 80. chaind - south: thence’

26 chains more or less to east boundary”

of C. A. Newitt’a -pre-emption, thence
north along. eaatern boun of C. A.
Newett’s bre-emption a0ehains tosouth
boundary of Frank Zoller’s application
to purek a8e, thenca east 6 chaing more
or

ess to south-east corner of: Frank Hi. ° 32:

oller'a application to purchase, thence
north 40 ¢
tq aouth-east corner of Lot 4013, thence
north 20 chaing to point of commence-
ment, and containing 200 acres more or
less, | Alpheus Price Augustine, ;
Nov. 14, 1911. . .

Ominoca Land District. District of Cossiar,

Take noticed that Fred Allan. and Tosenh

Sleath Hicks of Hazelton, miners, intend to apply
seri

To:
- Sept. 26, 1011.

stine, of :
surveys, |:

chaing, thence west 20 chains |-

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