——— THE HERALD, Thursday, March 9, 1978, PAGE 3 C.P. FINDS UNIQUE WAY TO BLEND SCIENCE WITH HISTORY ‘ [ sot P | J a —— . - 00 || Rater _ NAW Feem COMuER OF PORT Aue tae erMaTs C.R TELECOMMUNICATIONS —_ po . _. PROPOSED MICROWAVE TOWER In its constant effort to advance com- munications. technology, CP Telecom- munications is taking a step back into history. The advance is the construction this year of a microwave tower at the CP Telecommunications building at the corner of Government and Fort Street in Victoria's Old Town. But the building built in 1869--is a Victoria heritage structure, and that’s where the step back into history comes in. The microwave facilities will be housed and concealed in a 19th century-syled bell tower, integrated into the building facade and designed to.blend in with the surrounding architecture of the same era.’ The natural brick and stucco tower, will be 16 feet'sqiare and project 52-feet above , This Is how It works. Businesses: i i H your business has b Farms: of Labour will share the cost with you. §30 FORT STREET, VICTORIA, B.C, STE eos carn EMPLOYERS hoere’s an opportunity to help yoursell and the -, eeonomy by hiring a hard-working young man or woman this summer. it’s catled the Youth Employment Program. if you create worthwhile Jobs for young persona in your business, on your farm, or with a non-profit organization the Province of British Columbia will share the cost of wages with you. . en In oparation for at least a year, the Ministry of Labour may help you pay the Wages of uptofive. young persons this summer. We will pay betwean $1.30 and $2.00 an hour as our share of the cost. re The same rules apply, you create jobs for youth and the Ministry You are invited to apply for funding to hire young persons to work - thls summer on a worthwhile project. We will pay an average of . $3.40 an haur. We will also provide funds for holiday pay, | employee benefits and essential project costs. - the two storey building. Not only is the building a heritage structure, but it is also the site of the historic For Victoria Bell Tower, constructed in 1843 by the Hudson's Bay Company. ; The bell in the first tower was an im- portant means of communications: for the pulation of the day. It was used to call Hud- son’s Bay employees to the Mess Hall, to signal church services, marriages and deaths. It. served to alert people of danger and marked the our. . Originally a oné-storey building, a second floor was.,.added. to..the .CP Telecommunications 1978,” original walls from Fort Victoria is contained in a section of the basement foundation. The basement walls were probably built from recycled ballast, used originally by ships en- tering Victoria harbor. Over 300,000 will be spent by CP Telecommunications on the tower and a major restoration of the building itself. Preliminary work started November 15, 1977. “Tower construction is to start in the spring of said W.A. Greene, CP Telecom munications regional manager. “Once the equipment is installed, the CNCP Telecom- munications microwave network will be truly - trans-Canadian--with a link-up between Victoria and Nanaimo via repeater stations to be established in 1978-79 on Mount Buchart and Mount Brenton, near Nanaimo,” ; Several sites for the Victoria tower were evaluated including a location in the Victoria West industrial area, but all were less suitable. “We recognized that a microwave tower ad- joining the building itself presented a unique challenge--not only did it have to do the job it was designed for; it also could not conflict with the architectural flavor of the area,’’ said Mr. Greene. co The heritage aspect was further underlined by the fact that the building is the oldest CP Telecommunications property in Canada and its - location serves, as a reminder that the original communication vehicle, the bell tower, stood on . the same site. ‘In meeting, the city’s requirements, Cooper ‘Tanner and Associates, the engineers on the job, worked closely with company engineering and regional personnel and Victoria city planners. The job of renovating the office building and upgrading transmission capabilities is being done by Wheaton Construction Company of Victoria. The project received final approval frum the city in December, 1977. The Heritage Advisory Committee and the City Planning Committee felt the restoration and tower concept would be benficial to the Old Town area. On February 20, National Heritage Day, W.A. Greene and regional officers of CP Telecommuncations were presented with a bronze plague by Martin Seeger, Chairman of the Victoria Heritage Advisory Committee, at City hall, to officially Gesignate the building as a heritage structure. FACT SHEET ON BUILDING RENOVATION SPECS. Plans to bring up-to-standards and improve the two floors of the CP Telecommunications building in Victoria include repointing and strengthening the exterior brick walls and reinforcing the second floor. In actuality, what is being done is constructing a building within a building, to give the support needed for the total structure. This will be accomplished by using two by six studs inside the existing walls of the first and second floors and using horizontal steel members in the ceiling of the first floor equip- ment room at the rear of the building. The window portion of the ground floor will be reinforced with steel I-beams and posts adequate to support this section of the building The second floor will be renforced with horizontal steel channelscver the existing floor- covereed with 1% inches of concrete--to give additional stress support and act as a binder at this level. This floor, which hasn’t been used in the past fifty years, will be made into about 4,500 sq.ft. of useable office space. Junior Hockey Study establishement of the Recommended to lona building in 1880. It is believed that one of the Ottawa — An in-depth study of all aspects of junior hockey in Canada has been recommended. to the Honourable Iona Cam- pagnolo, Minister of State, - Fitness and Amateur Sport. The recommendation is contained in the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on International Hockey tabled recently by the Minister in the House of Commons. The Committee was set up in July 1977 as a result of the publicity surrounding Team Canada’s participation in the Wrold Championships hdd in Vienna. in May ‘of ‘that Applications MUST be received by March 24, 1978. Applications for funding ara available from any Provincial Government Agent or Ministry of Labour Office, or any of the B.C. Youth Employment offices listed balow. ’ Abbotsford — Unit 5, 39575 Mayfair Avanue, V2S 1P8 Courtenay — 576 England Avenue, VON 5M7 334-4403 Cranbrook — No. 5 - 14th Avenue, S. Cedar Centra, VIC 2WB : mo ~ +... Dawson Creek = 2nd Floor, 1005 - 104th Avenue, ViG 2H An. a Kamloops — Suite 220,546 St, Paut Street, V20 5T4 374-0078 Kelowna — 1449 St, Paul Street, VY 2E4 763-9241 | Lower Malniand/Burnaby — 4240 Manar Street, YSG 1B2.497-3441 Nanalmo — Lowar Floor, 68 Front Street, VOR SH? Nelson = 601 Front Street; ViL 486 _ Penticton — 2nd Fioor, 301 Main Street, Y2A 5B8 492-7247 Prince George — 1683 Vistoria Street, V2L 2L4 562-8131 (Local 265} . Smithers — 2nd Ftoor, Federal Bidg.,.1168 Main Street, VOU ZNO 847-4229. Terrace — 2nd Ftoor, 4548 Lakelse Avanua, VEG 1PB 635-4997 Vernon — Suite 204 - 2901 - 32nd Street, V1T 5M2 542-1397 ‘Victoria — 2nd Floor, 1250 Quadra Streat, VAW 2K7 382-5151 \ a Witllams Lake — Suite 6, 123 Borland Street, V2G1R1° For offices listed above without telephone numbers and for all other areas, call Operator for Zenith 2210 {toll free). ie year. In announcing the- Committee, the Minister desi ‘Stated that “itis time that we clearly identify Canada's + team Tesponsibilites as well as the issues that Canadians feel are at siake when we compete at the international level.” ; , Among the recom- mendations presented by the ad hoc committee are: -A permanent manager and coach should be named : for all Canadian national teams, : -Hockey Canada should ensure that its constituent members deliver their best players for the'1980 Olympic Games and that every vie, “+ PLEASE NOTE: All applications will be considered, but funding cannot be guaranteed. 7 AG. British Columb a an —, _ Province:of - mr ~* Ministry of Labour™ las “Employment Opportunity Programs wel nee Bearer err me AL eligible player who so res be given an op- portunity to try out for the + -Hockey Canada should ensure that being a member of a national team. is a serious commitment to both the sport-and honour of Canada. - . “Hockey Canada should provide better information to the Canada public as to its role and the nature of its. mandate, -Individual teams should ‘be . dissuaded. from par- ticlpating’ in” international games. ..or .: tournaments where national ‘teams from - other countries are involved. -The federal government should make available to Hockey Canada increased fund’ for the purpose of providing athletic bursaries to deserving student hockey players at Canadian educational institutions. A study should be done on the feasability of forming a National University Hockey League, ; The Committee, chaired by Senator Sidney Buckwold, based its recommendations on briefs and suggestions received at pobne. and private,. meetings ¢ across Canada. - 8 - hs ee P~: ‘ 4 4