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NO. 13.
COMMISSION HERE
Arguments Heard in the Natter of
Cameron Bay and Kitsumkalum
Station.
These Questions Will Be Considered
by the Commissioners
Before Deciding
The railway commission, represented by Chief Commissioner J. P.
Mabee and Commissioner S. J. McLean, sat on Saturday In the court
house and heard argument In two
applications. These were the old
dispute as to opening Cameron Bay,
and the request of the people of Kltsumkalum for a station at that point.
The commissioners have gone to
White Horse to look into the charge
of alleged excessive rates on the
White Pass & Yukon Railway.
Arriving at 10:30 by the Prince
ueorge, the commission was in session shortly after 11 o'clock.
The first application was the long
* ACCIDENT ON ST. LAWRENCE *
* (Special to The Journal) *
* Quebec, Aug. 22.—Four per- *
* sons perished when the tug *
* Chieftian sank in the St. Law- *
* rence River after a collision *
* with the steamer Hero. *
standing one taken by J. Y. Rochester and others holding leases on government property on Cameron Bay
who sought to have the G. T. P.
compelled to open a passage way for
scows into the bay through the fill-
in which has there been made.
Want Opening
A. Carss appeared for the applicants. He explained the situation,
objecting strongly to the filling in of
the passage, and contended that the
applicants had suffered loss
through this action. Th*'baj had
been used for the landing of sand
and gravel and his clients had been
forced out of the business in consequence. A scow had been moored
by his clients in the passage-way as
a protest against the closing, and the
company filled in over it. There was
no plan showing this filling filed in
the local registry office. If it had
been filed it had been withdrawn.
For two years his clients had been
deprived from using the bay und had
to go out of business. The provincial government had leased the land,
showing that they regarded it as an
open bay.
Mr. Carss dwelt at length upon
the difficulty encountered in handling such material as sand and
gravel in this harbor. It was expensive and unhandy to do it over
the ordinary docks. There was extra expense for dockage as well as
loss of time, and trouble was occasioned. Cameron Bay offered a
good chance to handle this material.
It was a tidal bay and the water
was easily approachable for unloading scows.
Opposing View
D'Arcy Tate, solicitor for the
G. T. P., put up a strong argument
against the application. He went into
the history of the location of Prince
Rupert as a terminus, stating that
it was selected wholly on account of
the waterfront. The company had
purchased 10,000 acres from the provincial government and through the
surrender of the Indians of 13,000
acres more known as the Metlakatla
Reserve had acquired from the Dominion and the province this 13,000
acres additional. Tbe Indians had
been the only people using this bay.
Mr. Justice eMabee asked as to the
boundaries of the land.
Mr. Tate said it was defined by
metes and bounds.
His lordship asked if it was pretended that by the first grant any
title was given to this bay.
Mr. Tate said there was, by Inference.
His lordship could not see how it
could be given by inference.
Mr. Carss safil tnere had been a
reconveyance of the land to the provincial government.
Company's Rights
Mr. Tate went into this question,
stating that the province had become the owner of an undivided
quarter interest in the site according to the agreement between the
province and the company. He went
on to explain the division made of
the waterfront. The company had
gone to the Dominion government
and got the rights it possessed on
the waterfront. An arangrement
had been made by the company with
the province before these clients
came into the matter at all by which
the outside lots on the waterfront
fronting on the harbor which went
to the province were given the rights
taken over from the Dominion and
at the same time the inside lots
were not to be maintained as waterfront lots.
These applicants, Mr. Tate contended, could not force any better
title from the province than the
province bad. The province had
given them to understand that their
leases did not carry any waterfront.
He explained that Mr. Manson, the
representative of the .district had
tried, In the Legislature, to get an
opening left but this would have destroyed the provincial government's
waterfront on the outside, which,
from the public Interst, was far more
valuable. Mr. Rand, at the time of
the sale, had assured the buyers that
these lots were not waterfront lots.
Question of Title
Mr. Carss contended that Mr. Rand
had assured them the very opposite.
His lordship said it was apparently a question of who had the title
to this waterfront. He asked what
title the applicants had, and was
shown the grant made by the provincial government. A circular advertising the sale of these leases was
also put In.
His lordship interpreted the circular issued by the government as
to the lease of lots as containing six
waterfront lots and the remainder as
warehouse lots.
An Exchange
His lordship said that it appeared
these men had a good title from the
province. The company apparently
cut these off, claiming a better title.
The title issued by the province spoke
for itself.
Mr. Tate said the province at the
time it granted these leases had disposed of its title to the waterfront.
In the discussion following Mr.
Tate said the provincial government
gnve up the interior waterfrontage
for the exterior.
The province could only confer
such title as it had had conferred
upon it.
The question of the lease came up,
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TIME EXTENSIONS
S. Camozzi Has an Allowance Made on
His Contract for
Delays.
Application Made by Tom SHRDLU
for Extending Period
for Him
At the council meeting held last
evening Tom Mazlum complained
of the deduction from the amount
due him on the contract at the rate
of $25 a day. He based this on the
ground that he was not responsible
for the delays. He had been hindered by the city engineering department not having its work ready,
by change in the grade and by the
fact that he stopped work owing
to an accident.
This was referred to the board
of works for a report.
On the report of the city engineer the application of S. Camozzi
for 90 days extension of time on a
contract was dealt with. An extension of 60 days was allowed.
Aid. Newton wanted to know how
this would affect other extensions
of time.
Aid. Hllditch said these were all
considered on their merits. In this
case the fault was not Mr. Camozzi's.
The delay was due to the fact that
he had been held up by a McMordie
contract.
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George Jay, police magistrate of
Victoria, was a visitor in the city
this week. He made the round trip
to Stewart. Mr. Jay was surprised
to see the amount of work being
done on the streets.
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Mrs. McBride, the mother of the
provincial premier; Miss McBride,
the premier's sister, and two of the
daughters of the premier, made the
round trip by the Prince George on
her last visit here.
MARKET PLACE LOTS
ARE WITHDRAWN
Mayor Manson Returns From Victoria After Securing
Government's Consent to the G.T.P. Agreement-Site for City Hall at End of
2nd Avenue is no Longer
Available for the
Corporation.
Mayor Manson returned yesterday
afternoon from the south, where he
has had a number of questions affecting the city up for consideration. He confirms the news that
the government has consented to the
agreement made between the city
and the G, T. P., although it was
after considerable consideration that
it was agreed to. The government
showed objection to the handing over
of the quarter interest in lands
which were to be given in fee simple
to the city.
The city hall site on Market Place
has been withdrawn from the market by the government at the price
quoted in view of the settlement affording what may be regarded as
good sites for the hall.
The mayor also saw R. H. Thomson of Seattle, the consulting engineer, with respect to the hydro-electric proposition when the offer of
the Tsimpsean power company was
taken up.
At last evening's council meeting
the situation was explained by his
worship, when he outlined the results of his trip south.
Agreement Signed
His worship said that when he met
the government in connection with
the G. T. P. agreement he found
it more difficult than he had anticipated to secure the assent of the
government. The government had
not been consulted in the matter
previous to the city and the company having come to an agreement.
The government did not hesitate
about the acceptance of the agreement as far as park lands was concerned. The government, however,
demurred at the handing over of the
lands to be taken by the city in
fee simple. The government could
not see why it should hand over a
quarter interest in these lands in
order that a settlement might be
reached between the city and the
company whereby the latter secured
an advantage In the matter of taxation.
The government had requested him
to put his reasons for the course proposed. He had accordingly prepared memoranda which he presented
to the government and which he
now handed to the clerk so that the
members of the council could consult
it at any time. He had set forth
that the city was deprived of taxation upon the lands held by the government and the grants now made
would only be reasonable to offset
this.
The government had finally decided to sign the agreement.
Hydro-Electric
He had made a visit to Seattle to
confer with Mr. Thompson in the
matter of the Tsimpsean proposals
to the city. Mr. Thomson did not
consider the draft agreement with
the Tsimpsean company to be such
a one as should be entered into. He
promised to look into the question
more fully and report to the city
later.
Market Place Withdrawn
The government in agreeing to the
terms of the agreement between the
city and the G. T. P. had withdrawn
the offer of the five lots on Market
place as a city hall site. With all
the lands available for the city for
a site for a city hall it was decided
to withdraw the offer of the site in
Market Place, which the government
had never been anxious to dispose of.
NO DYE-ELECTION
Information Is That the Dates for
Tests in British Columbia Will
Be Uniform
The British Columbia voters' lists
have all been prepared according to
the announcement made by J. F. Foley, clerk of the Crown in Chancery,
says an Ottawa despatch. Mr. Foley
was asked especially in regard to
the lists for Kootenay, concerning
which progress was slow and a deferred election was thought to be
probable in consequence. Mr. Foley
said the Kootenay llBts were Included
with others which were mailed.
This information indicates that the
elections in British Columbia are all
to be brought on on the same date.
PROSPECTORS* RIGHTS
Nelson Telegrams State Litigation
May Follow Finds of Platinum
in the Kootenay
Vote on By-laws on September 2
At the meeting of the City Council last evening the bylaw to
ratify the ngreement relative to the G. T. P. taxation and the bylaw to provide for the borrowing of a sum not exceeding $550,000
to provide a supply of water from Lake Woodworth and the instal-
tion of air electrical system with it, were put through.
It was decided to take a vote on these two bylaws on September
2. The polling places will be at the police court room on Third
avenue, and M. M. Stephens wns appointed returning officer.
The bylaws appear on another page of this issue.
CONTRACT NOT LET
Last of G.T.P. Line Nay be Awarded
in One Section or in
Two.
President Hays and Party Are
Spending Several Weeks in
the West
(Special to The Journal)
Winnipeg, Aug. 22.—President
Hays, A. \V. Smlthers, chairman of
the Q. T, P., left here yesterday for
the west, where they will remain
until September 12, looking over the
company's business.
Mr. Hays says the contract for the
balance of the road through British
Columbia Is not yet let. The contract covers four hundred and ten
miles and will be let in one contract
or in two. •
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Continue Negotiations
Among the arrivals In the city yesterday was R. Brutinel, the active
head of the Prince Rupert Hydro-
Electric Company. He will remain In
the city some time in connection with
the carrying out of the scheme with
which he Is Identified. He will continue negotiations with the city council looking to a settlement of a basis
of agreement between the city and
Ills company. He says he is not antagonistic to the city's proposition
which It is proposed to develop In
conjunction with the water supply.
ROSS IS THE CHOICE
Liberal Party Select Candidate at Convention Held in Nanaimo
City.
The recent finds of platinum in
valuable quantities in the Kootenay
have raised a question in that dis-
tritc as to the rights of prospectors
to enter upon and stake claims in
properties owner and operated as
fruit or general ranches by other individuals; and telegrams from Nelson state that litigation will follow
the staking of several claims during
the past fortnight, says the Victoria
Colonist.
In connection with this it may be
pointed out, upon the authority of
the crown law officers, that the Mineral Act of British Columbia, generally regarded as a model In mining
law, distinctly provides for just such
eventualities, Section 2 of this act
specifically and distinctly giving the
right of entry to the prospector In
search of the precious metals on either crown or privately owned lands.
Section 12 of the same statute also
emphasizes the prospectors' right of
entry, while requiring that he give,
if required, adequate security against
loss or damage to the properties entered upon by reason of his mining
operations, and compensation for any
damage done.
BORDEN'S CAMPAIGN
Success is Promised the Conservatives
in the Coming
Election.
Ontario Tour of the the Leader Is
Drawing to a Close—Goes Then
to Maritime Province
(Special to The Journal)
Ottawa, Aug. 22.—R. L. Borden
closes his Ontario tour at Brockville
next Monday. The meetings in the
eastern provinces begin in Montreal
on August 29.
He opens his campaign in New
Brunswick September 2, and goes to
Nova Scotia for ten meetings, beginning September 9.
The feeling throughout the province of Ontario has never been as
optimistic as it is at present since
the days when the Conservative party
first went down to defeat. Mr. Borden is expected to win the east.
DESTRUCTIVE TORNADO
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* Grand Forks, N. D., Aug. 22. •
* Nine persons were killed and *
* forty injured by a tornado *
* which swept the country near *
* the boundary line on Sunday. *
DETAILS OF WRECK
Chief Vickers of the city police
force left yesterday for New Westminster with several prisoners in
charge.
SETTLING THE STRIKE
Railway Lines are Again in Operation
Throughout the United
Kingdom.
The King Shows His Appreciation of
the Work Done by the Government in Mutter
William Sloan Is Content to Await
Chance—Cherished Seat in
Semite
At the convention of the Liberal
party in Nanalmo, held on Saturday
evening, Duncan Ross was the choice
as candidate for the riding at the
coming election. The name of W. W.
B. Mclnnes, county court judge in
Vancouver, was also put forward.
The vote was 60 to 45 In favor of
Mr. Ross.
William Sloan, who was looked
upon as likely to be an aspirant for
the nomination was not put in the
run. He is content to remain out of
the fight, awaiting a vacancy expected in the Senate, when he will put
forth IiIb claims for recognition in
that line If the Liberals should be
in power.
Fur Puck
One of E. E. Charlcson's park
trains arrived at Hazelton from Da-
bine on Wednesday with furs for
the Hudson's Bay Company valued at
$12,000 at least. The furs will be
sent to Victoria to be sorted and
prepared for shipment east.
(Special lo The Journal)
London, Aug. 22.—The industrial
strike in the United Kingdom is abating. With a truce In effect, ail railway lines except the London & Northeastern are in operation. The board
of trade occupied yesterday in endeavoring to reach a settlement between the employees of this line and
the managers, and was also trying to
settle the strike of the North Sea
Traders.
It was announced last night that
both of these controversies were In
line for early adjustment.
The king his telegraphed his congratulations to Premier Asquith,
Lloyd George and Sydney Huxton on
the settlement of the railway strike.
Will Bear Her Part
In tervlewed on his arrival home,
ill. lion. A, Fisher, premier of the
Australian Commonwealth, declared
lhat he disagreed entirely with Sir
Wilfrid Laurier's idea of a loosely
bound Empire. Mr. Fisher says that
if Britain be involved in war Australia will automatically bear her
part In the conflict.
Buck From South
The delegates to the Conservative
nominating convention, which mel In
Nanalmo, returned yesterday from
the south. They were Mayor Man-
son, S. M. Newton and Dr. Clayton
from this city and J. F. McDonald,
representing the Hazelton association, The candidate, II. L. Clements,
will be here In a few weeks lo make
a thorough tour of the northerns
parts of the riding.
The liner Empress of Japan
brought thirty-two members of thu
crew of the Empress of China, which
was wrecked on the Japanesi coast
on J,.ly 27. Details of the disaster
show that after weathering a typhoon
the Empress of China ran into dense
fogs and while these conditions prevailed she piled up on Mira Reef,
close to where the Dakota of the
Great Northern line went ashore a
few years ago. The China swung
round and struck heavily by the
stern, disabling the steering gear.
Numbers of fishing boats from the
village of Shirhama arrived and after breakfast had been served the
passengers and baggage were landed.
The Japanese cruisers Aso and Soya
responded to wireless calls and took
of the mails and also 150 bars of
silver. The passengers were taken
to Yokohama in a tug. The China
lays in a dangerous position and
should bad weather spring up it is
likely that she will go to pieces. She
Is ashore on a bad coast, with reefs
all round, and this makes salvaging
very difficult. Captain Ariedibald,
Chief Engineer Cooper and the second engineer are standing by the
wreck, which is wedged hard on the
reef, with the holds full of water and
the main deck sprung.
Title l«i School Lands
The crown grants in the name of
the city are expected by the mayor
at any time now, to cover the land on
which the new Central School stands,
being block 24, section 6, and also
for lots 19 to 28 inclusive in block
7, section 4, which were sought by
the school board for a Bchool site
upon which to build. The order in
council covering the Issue of the
crown grants were put through
while the mayor was in Victoria.
Provision was also made for the Issuing from time to time, as required,
of crown grants for other school sites
and land to be used for municipal
purposes.
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Approves Charges
Notice of the approval of the lie-
tenant governor In council to the
change of grade applied for was received by the council last night.
"Why are mosl animals larger in
the tropical than they are In the
frigid zone?" asked the teacher.
"Because," answered the bright
pupil al the foot of the class, "heat
expands and cold contracts," PRINCE RUPERT JOLRNAL
Tuesday, August 22, 1911.
Canada's Wood Pulp
Of all the forces in the United
States which have worked, tirelessly
and incessantly, to secure the adoption of the reciprocity agreement,
none has played a more important
part than tlie American Newspaper
Publishers' Association. The incarnation of the association is a Mr. John
Norris; he is, nominally, the chairman of its "Committee on Paper,"
which is as good a title for him
as another. Actually, he is the intermediary between the publishers
and President Taft, Secretary Knox,
members of the Senate and ordinary
representative. Mr. Norris, In discussing the affairs of the association,
consequently speaks wit ha certain
measure of authority.
Thanks to the peculiar wording of
the Underwood bill and the connivance—the word is used in its legitimate sense—of Mr. Taft, the
newspaper publishers of the United
States are now enjoying the full
fruits of reciprocity in the commodity
coni'erning which they have special
Interest—news-print paper. When
the president signed the reciprocity
legislation, the barrier which the
United States had erected against
the competition of Canadian pulpwood limits was more than half demolished. It may not be unprofitable
to consider what Mr. Norris and the
powerful association for whom he
speaks expect will result from this.
Two Classes of Pulp-Wood
First of all, the exigencies of the
legislation which the provinces nearest to the insatiable paper market
of the great eastern states have found
it was wise to adopt for conservation
purposes, make a very clear line between the provincial crown lands and
all other areas on which pulp-wood
is growing. To prevent the raw material of the forests being swept into
the maw of the American paper mills
and the forests themselves wiped out
of existence to the lasting injury of
the provinces, an export duty on
wood pulp has been imposed on the
cut of crown lands. By the nature
of things, this cannot be made to
apply to private limits, nor does it
affect the great forests of the western provinces which are classified as
Crowu Lands of the Dominion of
Canada.
in discussing this phase of the situation before the finance committee
of the United States Senate, while
the reciprocity bearings were in progress, Mr. Norris said, in a burst of
frankness not intended for Canadian
auditors: "The result of this state of
affairs will be to set up a competition between the private lands and
the DominioH lands, on one side, and
the provincial crown lands on the
other which will soon force the provincial authorities to remove the restrictions from their own Iands."
The Removal of All Restrictions
In a word, Mr. Norris and his powerful employers are openly planning
to bring about the removal of every
restriction with which we have tried
to safeguard and conserve our national resources in pulp-wood and to
throw them open to the same extravagant and intemperate system of
exploitation which has destroyed the
forests of the United States, and incidentally, brought injury to tens of
thousands of acres of once fertile and
well watered farm lands which adjoined them.
And, what more directly concerns
Canada and Canadians, the pulpwood limits of Alberta and Saskatchewan, In spite of the fact that the
reciprocity agreement has not been
accepted by the Canadian Parliament, are already thrown open to
an invasion which can only be
checked by the Dominion government placing the same restrictions
on its crown lands that have been
already imposed by the provinces on
theirs.
What Mr. Norris Said
To understand more clearly what
this means and how the American
newspaper publishers expect to see
It work out to their advantage at
the cost of Canadians, a few more
quotations from Mr. Norris' very interesting explanation before the
Washington senators will be helpful:
"The ecnomlc pressure of theh
competition from the Dominion
Iands," he said, "is bound to force
the individnual provinces to withdraw their restrictions. The wood-
pulp will be made In Canada, but
the paper will be made in the United
States."
"But," said Senator Smoot, "it is
just as cheap, comparatively, to
make paper as it is wood-pulp. Why
would the Canadian mills be satisfied to manufacture only wood-
pulp?"
"It requires one and four-tenths
cords of wood for one ton of paper,"
replied Mr. Norris, "and approximately one ton of coal is used for
treating and drying for every ton
of paper that is shipped from the
mill. With the lime, clay, and other
material required, the average is the
transportation of from four and a
half to five tons of the raw material
for every ton of the finished product.
In Canada the pulps can be made
close to the power sites and there
is easy and cheap transportation to
the nearest tide-water market. A
ton of ground wood equals about one
ton of paper, and if the pulp is shipper 50 per cent moist, or weighing
two tons to the ton of dry pulp, there
will still be an advantage of three
tons in the bill for railway transportation. The ultimate solution of this
problem will be the shipment of pulp
to the large cities in the United
States, where it will be converted
into paper at factories within forty
minutes of the big newspaper offices.
Such a procedure would mean a saving, among other economies, of 2
per cent on wrappers and 1 per cent
on waste. Such a mill could make
paper from $3 to $5 a ton cheaper
than mills located nearer the timber
limits."
What Mr. Norris Meant
If Mr. Norris and the American
publishers know their business, and
nothing has arisen in connection with
their campaign for recprocity in the
United States to justify the belief
that they do not, the first steps have
already, byt their own confession,
been taken to bring Ontario and Quebec "to their knees" on this little
matter of conserving our pulp-wood
limits.
As so carefully explained by Mr.
Norris, the Dominion crown lands of
Alberta and Saskatchewan being
open to the United States consumer
of pulp-wood without any restriction, there need be no pretending
that more than the first and crudest
of the processes of transforming the
trees into paper will be performed in
Canada. All the advantages to follow from the development of the paper-making industry will be kept
carefully at home. The first rough
process of making the wood Into
pulp will take place In Canada, but
all the rest of the manufacturing will
be done in one or other of the great
cities of the United States.
And to round out and make complete the results of this industrial
achievement, the very wealth of our
national assets in the west will be
used to bring about the turning over
of the same kind of assets In the
east to foreign consumers who have
no motive except their immediate
and profitable exploitation.—Montreal Star,
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KHEDIVE INTERVIEWED
Egyptian Ruler Gives His Opinion
Upon Political Situation nnd
Outlook in His Country
The Figaro of Paris printes a
lengthy interview with the khedive
og Egypt, who has just arrived in
Paris. The Interview was granted in
Cario to a special correspondent of
the newspaper in question, and it is
interesting as meing marked by an
open expression of opinion as to the
political situation and outlook in
Egypt.
His higness emphasizes the importance of the present movement in
favor of the spread of education,
thanks to which, he says, the Egyptian people are realizing more and
more fully their rights and duties,
so that it will not be long before
its regains its rank among the most
ivilized nations of the world. The
extension of powers granted to the
provincial councils is another powerful factor in the work of regeneration. On the constitution question
the khedive says:
"I am a constitutional sovereign
and an enemy of absolute power, but
it must be made clear that the problem of the representation of the people is more complex in my country
than in many others; we have to
take into account special conditions
relative to the administration of
finance. And, above all, the fact
must not be lost sight of that the
country must progress gratdually towards parliamentary institutions and,
so to speak, attain to them by force
of experience and wisdom."
His higness regrets the impulsive
conduction o- a certain section of
his people, but predicts that the com-
monsense for which Egypt is renowned will obtain the upper hand.
The agitation among the Copts is
condemned by him. The Coptic
claims he describes as being inspired
by Irresponsible extremists, and calculated to create a gulf between the
Mussulmans and Copts, to the great
evil of the country.
Summing up his optimistic views
as to the general outlook, the khedive
says:
"The agitation which has manfest-
ed itself and which, as always, has
been exaggerated, is superfical.
These men who are in such a hurry
to annihilate everything, and who belong to associations in which policy
is replaced by poetry, are not followed by native people, who are, at
the same time, distrustful, and simple-minded."
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BITUMINOUS LIMESTONE
NOTICE TO CONTKACTORS
Discovery Made North of Edmonton
of Rock of Value in
Farming
Bituminous limestone or rock asphalt, which is considered to be the
best of all materials for pavement
purposes, a mineral product which
has never hitherto been found on the
North American continent, has been
discovered by J. H. Russell, an English asphalt expert, in the country of
the northland, along the banks of
the Athabasca River, on the claims
of the Fort McKay Oil and Asphalt
Company. Mr. Russell returned to
Edmonton a few days ago after a
six weeks' visit to the north.
Discussing the possibilities which
the discovery of rock asphalt would
open to the people of the province,
and the vast commercial development to which the new industry must
give rise, Mr. Russell before undertaking his recent journey said in an
interview with the Capital of Edmonton:
"If the impression that I have
formed of the mineral deposits of the
country along the Athabasca River
is a cored one, you possess in this
province a bituminous limestone
which will prove to be the most valuable asset of the west. The formation is that of a limestone which has
come in contact with bituminous deposits and undergone a chemical
change and which is a far more valuable product than pure asphalt Itself. Its va'ue for pavement purposes is enrinotis. It makes a far
more satisfactory pavement than
does a mixture of asphalt and stone,
and for this reason the news of the
find will resound throughout the
worlu. It Is a product for which
European capitalists have been looking for years:"
Mr. Russell has also discovered
during his recent visit to the north
mineral deposits in the form of pure
asphalt (Bitumen), and bitumlnized
sands, which, In his opinion, exist
to an almost unlimited extent. The
discoveries have been made on the
claims of the Fort McKay Company.
Mr. Russell Is now engaged in
carrying out a series of tests to discover the proper treatment of the
tar sands broght down from the
north by A. Vlolette and J. K. Corn-
Police Station, Naas River
SEALED TENDERS, superscribed
"Tender for Police Station, Naas
River," will be received by the Hon.
the Minister of Public Works up to
noon of Tuesday, the 12th day of
September, 1911, for the erection and
completion of a timber-framed police
station at Naas River, in the Skeena
Electoral District.
Plans, specifications, contract, and
forms of tender may be seen on and
after the 17th day of August, 1911,
at the offices of the Government
Agent, Prince Rupert; C. P. Hickman, Esq., Provincial Constable,
Naas Harbour; and the Department
of Public Works, Victoria.
Each proposal must be accompanied by an accepted bank cheque
or certificate of deposit on a chartered bank of Canada, made payable
to the Hon. the Minister of Public
Works, for the sum of $150, which
shall be forfeited if the party tendering decline to enter into contract
when called upon to do so, or if he
fail to complete the work contracted
for. The cheques or certificates of
deposit of unsuccessful tenderers
will be returned to them upon the
execution of the contract.
Tenders will not be considered unless made out on the forms supplied,
signed with the actual signature of
the tenderer, and enclosed in the
envelopes furnished.
The lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
J. E. GRIFFITH,
Public Works Engineer.
Department of Public Works, Victc-
ria, B. C„ August 15, 1911. a22sl2
Corner Eighth and Fraser Streets
Clinton Rooms
Newly remodelled and furnished.
Board and lodging. Home cooking
a specialty. Mrs. Anderson, Prop.
Rooms, $3 Per Week
New Knox Hotel
ARTAUD & BESNER
Proprietors
The New Knox Hotel Is run on the
European plan. First-clas service.
All the latest modern improvements
THE BAR keeps only the best
brands of liquors and cigars.
THE CAFE is open from 6.30 a.m.
to 8 p.m. Excellent cuisine; first-
class Bervlce.
Board, $1 a Day — Beds, 50c and np
First Avenue Prince Rupert
WATER NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that an
application will be made under Part
V. of the "Water Act, 1»09," to obtain a licence in the Queen Charlotte Islands Division of Skeena District.
(a) The name, address and occupation of the applicant—Merton A.
Merrill, Masset, Q. C. I., B. D„
Prospector.
(If for mining purposes) Free
Miner's Certificate No
(b) The name of the lake,
stream, or source (if unnamed, the
description is)—I-ln-tsua Lake, Tsu-
Skundale Lake and Ain River,
(c) The point of diversion—At T
near the outlet of Tsu-Skundale
Lake Into Ain River. .
(d) The quantity of water applied for (in cubic feet per second)
—1,000.
(e) The character of the proposed works—Power Plant, Dam,
Flumes, etc.
(f) The premises on which the
water is to be used (describe same)
—At or near the mouth of the Ain
River.
(g) The purposes for which the
water is to be used—Generating
power.
(h) If for irrigation, describe
the land Intended to be Irrigated,
giving acreage
(1) If the water Is to be used for
power or mining purposes, describe
the place where the water is to be
returned to some natural channel,
and the difference in altitude between point of diversion and point
of return—At or near the mouth of
the Ain River, about 100 feet below
point of diversion.
(j) Area of Crown land intended to be occupied by the proposed
works—10 acres more or less.
(k) This notice was posted on
the 28th day of November, 1910,
and application will be made to the
Commissioner on the 1st day of
June, 1911.
(1) Give the names and addresses of any riparian proprietors or
licensees who or whose lands are
likely to be affected by the proposed works, either above or below
the outlet—Don't know of any,
(Signature)
MERTON A. MERRILL,
(P. O. Address) Massei, B. C.
NOTE.—One cubic loot per second Is equivalent to 35.71 miner's
inches.
wall, M.P.P., with a view of rendering the product suitable for street
pavement purposes.
o
Teacher—Now, remember, Nellie,
that anything you can see through
is transparent. Can you name something that is transparent?
Small Nellie—Yes, ma'am. A keyhole.
PUBLIC HIGHWAYS
Province of British Columbia
NOTICE is hereby given that all
Public Highways in unorganized Districts, and all Main Trunk Roads in
organized Districts are sixty-six feet
wide, and have a width of thirty-
three feet on each side of the mean
straight centre line of the travelled
road. THOMAS TAYLOR,
Minister of Public Works.
Department of Public Works, Victoria. B. C, July 7, 1911. jyl8-ol8
CANCELLATION OF RESERVE.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
reserve of a parcel of land situated
on Graham Island, notice of which
appeared in the British Columbia
Gazette on the 25Ch of February,
1909, being dated 23rd February,
1909, is cancelled to permit of the
lands' being acquired by pre-emption
only and for no other purpose
ROBT. A. RENWICK,
Deputy Minister of Lands.
Department of Lands,
Victoria, B. C, April 5th, 1911.
4-14—7-5
NOTICE.
In the matter of an application for
the issue of a duplicate of the Certificate of Title for an undivided
one-half of Lot 883; Group I,
Cassiar District:
Notice is hereby given that it is
my intention to issue at the expiration of one month after the first
publication hereof a duplicate of the
Certificate of Title to the above
mentioned land in the name of William Jordan Larkworthy, which Certificate is dated the 30th day of September, 1910, and numbered 326R.
WILLIaM E. BURRITT,
Di- '.rict Registrar.
Land Registry Office,
Prince Rupert, B. C,
May 26, 1911. J23
NOTICE
In the matter of an application for
the issue of a duplicate of the
Certificate of Title for Lot 361,
Range 5, Coast District:
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
it is my Intention to issue at the
expiration of one month after the
first publication hereof a duplicate
of the Certificate for the above described Iands in the names of Truman S. Baxter and Albert D. Durham,
which Certificate of Title is dated
25th November, 1909, and numbered 44 I.
WILLIAM E. BURRITT,
. District Registrar.
Land Registry Office, Prince Rupert, B. C, August 14, 1911. al5-sl5
CANCELLATION OF RESERVE.
Notice is hereby given the the
reserve existing by reason of the
notice published in the British Columbia Gazette of the 27th December, 1907, over lands on Graham Island, formerly covered by 'limber
Licences Nos. Nos. 37055, 37056 and
37057, which expired on the 6th day
of November, 1909, and the lands
embraced within Timber Licence No.
37059, which expired on the 25th
day of January, 1909, is cancelled,
and that the Bald lands will be open
for pre-emption only under the provisions of Section 7 of the "Land
Act" after midnight on June 16th,
1911.
ROBERT A. RENWICK,
Deputy Minister of Lands.
Lands Department,
Victoria, B. 07,
9th March, 1911.
WATER NOTICE
I, C. N. Pring, of Prince Rupert,
B. C, occupation broker, give notice
that on the 12th day of July I intend tho apply to the Water Commissioner at his office in Prince Rupert, for a license to take and use
2.8 cubic feet of water per second
from Hot Springs on border of Lake
Lakelse in the Skeena Land Division of Coast District. The water Is
to be taken directly from the Springs
and Is to be used on Lot No. 3983,
for sanitary purposes.
Dated June 12th, 1911.
C. N. PRING,
6-13-lm Prince Rupert, B. C.
Skeena Land District—District of
oiteena.
TAKE NOTICE that the Canadian
Canning Company, Limited, of 224
Winch Building, Vancouver, B. C,
occupation salmon caners, intends to
apply for permission to purchase the
following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted adjoining
a post marked W. N. about 300 feet
South of Wallace's wharf, Naas Harbour, B. O.i thence east 20 chains;
thence south 20 chains; thence west
20 chains; thence following the
coast line In a northerly direction
back to the point of commencement
and containing forty acres more or
less.
CANADIAN CANNING CO., LTD.
Per ii. H. Leslie, Agent.
Dated 6th June, 1911. 6-26
Job Printing of all kinds neatly
executed at the Journal Office.
Skeena Land District—District of
Coast, Range 5.
TAKE NOTICE that T. H. Hughes,
of Lakelse Valley, occupation farmer,
intends to apply for permission to
purchase the following described
lands:—Commencing at a rost planted at the southeast corner of Lot
4128; thence 40 chains north; thence
40 chains east; theno 40 chains
south; thence 40 chains west to point
of commencement, and containing
160 acres, more or less,
TOM HUGH HUGHES.
Dated June 5, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District
of Coast, Range 5
TAKE NOTICE that Thomas Stewart, of Prince Rupert, occupation
accountant, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a
post planted 40 chains north from
the southwest corneT of Lot 1733;
thence west 40 chains; thence south
40 chains; thence east 40 chains;
thence nortli 40 chains to point of
commencement.
THOMAS STEWART.
John Kirkaldy, Agent.
Dated July 7, 1911.
WATER NOTICE
NOTICE is hereby given that an
application will be made under Part
V of the "Water Act, 1909," to obtain a licence in, the Queen Charlotte
Islands Division of Skeena District.
(a) The name, address and occupation of the applicant—Orland P.
Merrill; Massett, Graham Island,
B. C; prospector.
(If for mining purposes) Free Miner's Certificate No
(b) The name of the lake,
stream or source (if unnamed, the
description is)—Ain Lake and Ain
River.
(c) The point of diversion—At
or near Ain Lake.
(d) The quantity of water applied for (in cubic feet per second)
—700.
(e) The character of the proposed
works—Dam, flume, pipe line and
power plant.
(f) The premises on v.'ii.li i e
water Is to be used (d"- be e.'s I
—Near mouth of Ain River.
(g) The purposes for which * i
water is to be used—Genei;.;:' ;
power.
(h) If for irrigation, describe i >
land to be irrigated, giving acreage
(i) If the water is to be used for
power or for mining purposes, describe the place where the water is
to be returned to some natural channel, and the difference in altitude
between point of diversion and point
of return—Near mouth of Ain River
about 150 feet below point of diversion.
(j) Area of Crown land intended
to be occupied by the proposed
works— About 10 acres.
(k) This notice was posted on
the tenth day of June, 1911, and application will be made to the Commissioner on the fourth day of September, 1911.
(1) Give the names and addresses
of any riparian proprietors or licensees who or whose lands are
likely to be affected by the proposed
works, either above or below the
outlet—None.
(Signature) ORLAND P. MERRILL,
(P. O. Address) Masset, B. C.
George S. Mayer, Agent,
(P. O. Address) Masset, B. C.
Note—One cubic foot per second
is equivalent to 35.71 miner's inches.
Skeena Land District—District of
Coast—Range V.
TAKE NOTICE that I, John 1'.
Rochester, of Prince Rupert, occupation broker, intend to apply fir permission to lease the following described land:— Commencing at a
post planted on the northerly end of
an island in the Skeena River about
Mile 45 on the Grand Trunk Pacific
Railway; thence north 1000 feet
more or less to low water mark;
thence westerly along the low water
mark 1000 feet more or less;
thence southerly 1000 feet more or
less; thence easterly 1000 feet to
the place of commencement.
J. Y. ROCHESTER.
Dated May 30, 1911. 6-2
Skeena Land District—District of
Coast—Range V.
TAKE NOTICE that T. M. Turner,
of Lakelse Valley, occupation farmer, intends to apply for permission
to purchase the following described
lands: — Commencing at a post
planted on the Omineca & Hazelton
right of way and adjoining the N. E.
corner of Lot 518; thence west 17
chains to corner of Lot 3996; tlience
nortli 20 chains; thence following
right of way to point of commencement.
T. M. TURNER,
John Kirkaldy, Agent.
Dated 14th June, 1911. 7-4
Skeena Land Notice—District of
Coast—Range V
TAKE NOTICE that Daniel W.
Beaton, of Prince Rupert, B. C„ occupation carpenter, Intends to apply
for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about five miles
up the Exchumsik River from Its
mouth, and on Its south bank; thence
east 40 chains; thence north 40
chains; thence weBt 40 chains;
thence south 40 chains to place of
commencement.
DANIEL W. BEATON.
Dated June 14, 1911. J-ll Tuesday, August 22, 1911.
PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL
AGAINST RECIPROCITY
The reasons given by eighteen of Toronto's leading Liberals
Following is the statement issued
last February by eighteen of the
leading Liberals of Toronto, in
which they declared their opposition
. to reciprocity:
"We oppose ratification of the proposed reciprocity agreement with the
United States of America—
"1. Because in the year 1897 the
Parliament of Canada repealed the
legislation then existing relating to
reciprocity and since such repeal neither the people of Canada nor Parliament have entrusted the government with any duty or authority to
negotiate with respect to any agreement on the subject.
"2. Because the present unexampled prosperity of Canada is the result of a policy which has been pursued in the development of her trade
and of her natural resources. Because this has involved the expenditure of hundreds of millions of dollars upon railways, canals, steamships and other means of transportation between east and west and
west and east, and the obligation to
incur further development along the
same lines would be seriously
checked by the proposed reciprocity
agreement, and the benefits of the
expenditures refrrd to would b to
a great extent lost.
"2. Because it is essential to the
continued national unity and development of Canada that no trade relations with any country should be
agreed to by Canada on any basis
which would check the growth and
development of trade between the
various parts of Canada and the various parts of the Empire; and because the proposed reciprocity agreement between Canada and the United States of America would seriously check the growth and development of this trade.
"4. Because any present benefit to
any section of Canada or to any
interests or individuals therein which
might accrue from the proposed
agreement would be more than offset by the loss and Injury which
would accrue to other sections and
Interests and individuals, and because the result to Canada as a whole
would be greatly injurious.
"5. Because as a result of the proposed agreement, the freedom of action passessed by Canada with reference to her tariffs and channels
of trade would be greatly curtailed,
and she would be hampered in developing her own resources in her
own way by her own people.
"6. Because, after some years of
reciprocity under the proposed agreement, the channleds of Canada's
trade would have become so changed
that a termination of the agreement
and a return by the United States
to a protective tariff as against Canada would cause a disturbance of
trade to an unparalleled extent, and
because the risk of this should not
be voluntarily undertaken by Canada.
"7. Because, to avoid such disruption, Canada would be forced to extend the scope of the agreement so
as toclude manufactures and other
things.
"8. Because the agreement as proposed would weaken the ties which
bind Canada to the Empire and because the unrestricted reciprocity
which would naturally follow would
still further weaken those ties and
make It more difficult to avert political union with the United States.
"9. Because the disruption in the
channles of Canada's trade which
was caused by the termination of the
recopriclty treaty of 1854 and the
subsequent establishment of protective tariff by the United States,
gave rise to a decided leaning in
many minds towards annexation
with the United States, and this at
a time when Canada was mainly
peopled by native-born Canadians and
other British subjects, to whom the
prospect of annexation was most unwelcome and because Canada In a
comparatively few years will have
millions of newcomers, a large percentage of whom will come from
foreign countries, and because If
Canada should then have to choose
between disruption of her channels
of trade with the United States or
political union with them, the preservation of Canadian autonomy and
Canadian nationality would be
enormously more difficult.
"10. Believing as we do that Canadian nationality is now threatened
with a more serious blow than It
has hitherto met with, and that all
Canadians who place the Interests
of Canada before those of any party
or section or individuals therein
should at this crisis state their views
openly and fearless'y, we, who have
hitherto supported the Liberal party
in Canada, subscribe to this statement."
This was signed by:
Sir Edmund Walker, president of
the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Sir William Mortimer Clark, K. C,
former lieutenant governor of Ontario.
John L. Blalkie, president Canadian Land and Investment company.
W. D. atthews, grain dealer and
director Canadian Pacific Railway.
W. K. George, manufacturer.
Z. A. Lash, K. C.
W. T. White, managing director
National Trust Company.
G. T. Somers, president Sterling
Bank and vice president of board of
trade.
Robert S. Gourlay, piano manufacturer and president board of trade.
R. J. Christie, managing director
Christie, Brown & Co.
H. Blain, vice president Eby, Blain
& Co., wholesale grocers.
H. S. Strathy ex-manager and director Traders Bank.
L. Goldman, managing director
North American Assurance Co.
George A. Somerville, managing
director Manufacturers' Life.
W. Francis, K. C.
James D. Allen, vice president A.
A. Allen & Co., wholesale hats and
furs.
E. R. Wood, managing director
Central Canada Loan and Savings Co.
John C. Eeaton, president of the
T. Eaton Company.
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FINAL CONTRACT
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as fol-
1ows.*t—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4472; thence west 80
chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence east 80 chains; thence south
80 chains to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4472; thence east 80
chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence west 80 chains; thence south
80 chains to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the northeast corner
of C.L. 4471; thence west 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence east
80 chains; thence north 80 chains to
place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July,17, 1911.
Canadian Northern Has Let Her Last
Pint of Construction in
British Columbia
The contract for the balance of
the Canadian Northern line from
Kamloops to the British Columbia
boundary line where the railhead
from the prairies touches has been
let to the Northern Construction
Company. Sub-contracts will be
awarded for the entire distance by
the latter company within a Ifew
weeks and tenders are now being
called.
Roughly speaking, the distance involved in this contract is in the
neighborhood of 300 miles from
Kamloops to the railhead west of
Edmonton, which is now at the
boundary line between the provinces
of British Columbia and Alberta. The
contract for that part of the line
from Hope to Kamloops was given
a month ago and has already been
practically all subdivided among the
railway contracting firm which have
made their headquarters for the past
year in Vancouver. The long span
to the Yellowhead Pass will now also
be placed ih the hands of the construction firms, bids being at present invited by the Northern Construction Company.
This stretch linking up the two
railheads east and west and thus connecting the Canadian Northern system from Ontario to the Pacific
Ocean is said to involve no great
difficulties in the way of grading and
steel laying, the work not being by
any means so heavy as that through
the Fraser River valley, wliere heavy
tunnel construction was necessary.
The contract calls for the completion of the grading from Kamloops
to tlie provincial boundary In about
two years. From Kamloops the
route is along the Nortli Thompson
River to Tete Jaune Cache and east
through the Yellowhead Pass. For
the greater portion of the distance
northeast from Kamloops the railway will traverse almost unknown
country, said, however, to be exceedingly fertile. The North Thompson
Valley Is wider than that of the Fraser for the most part and comparatively little tunneling will have to
be done, it Is expected. There will
be some rock work, said Mr. Mercer, with steam shovel work and general team work.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
"TAKE NOTICE that th'rty days
from.,date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince nupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the northeast corner
of C.L. 4471; thence east 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence west
80 chains; thence north 80 chains,
to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Cassiar
TAKE NOTICE that Marion Mc
Dlarmld, of London, Ontario, occupation nurse, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following
described land:—Situated on the
Kitwancool River; commencing at a
post planted at the northwest cor
ner and about 5 1-4 miles distant in
a northwesterly direction from the
north end of Kitwancool Lake
thence south 80 chains; thence east
80 chains; tlience north 8 0 chains
thence west 80 chains to point of
commencement, and adjoining Lot
1878 to the nortli; and containing
640 acres, more or less.
MARION McDAIRMID.
Daniel McDonald, Agent
Dated July 24 1911. A-15
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows*—Commencing at post planted
at the southeast corner of C.L. 4477;
thence east 80 chains; thence north
80 chains; thence west 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains, to place of
commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the south corner of
C.L. 4410; thence north 80 chains;
thence west 80 chains; thence south
80 chains; thence east 80 chains, to
place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the southeast corner of C.L. 4470; thence east 80
chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence west 80 chains; thence south
80 chains, to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, b. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the northeast corner
of C.L. 4469; thence west SO chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence east
80 chains; thence north 80 chains,
to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the northeast corner
of C.L. 4469; thence east 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence west
80 chains; thence north 80 chains to
place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the southeast corner
of C.L. 4475; tlience west 80 chains
thence north 80 chains; thence east
80 chains; thence south 80 chnlns,
to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land Districl—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, ofe
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation;
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief j
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum i
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as foi- [
lows:—Commencing at post planted;
one mile east of the south corner of
C.L.4475; thence north 80 chains;
thence east 80 chains; tlience south
80 chains; tlience west SO chains to
place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BRO.tN.
Dated July^l7, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile north of the northeast corner of C.L. 4477; thence west 80
chains; thence south 80 chains;
thence east 80 chains; thence north
80 ehains, to place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July_T7_, 191L
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that, thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to tin Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
one mile east of the northeast corner
of C.L. 4474; thence east 80 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence west
80 chains; thence north 80 chains, to
place of commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
.='*eena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of
Masset, B. C, occupation storekeeper, intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to
prospect for coal and petroleum on
and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: —
Commencing at a post planted on the
west shore of West River, one mile
easterly from the mouth of said river; thence south 80 chains; thence
east 80 chains; thence north 80
cliains; thence west 80 chains to the
place of commencement.
HENRY EDENSHAW.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of
Masset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:
—Commencing at a post planted on
the west shore of the West River,
about one mile easterly from the
mouth of said river; thence east 80
chains; thence north 80 chains;
thence west SO chains; thence south
80 chains, to place of commencement.
HENRY EDENSHAW.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Coast—Range V.
TAKE NOTICE that Edward H.
Port, of Prince Rupert, B. C, occupation farmer, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing
at a post planted In the South West
Corner, on the shore line of Lake
Lakelse; thence 20 chains East, to
South West Corner of Lot 684;
thence 30 chains North, following
along the West line of Lot 684 to
post; thence South, following along
the shore line of said Lake to point
of commencement, containing about
40 acres.
EDWARD H. PORT,
By C. N. Pring, Agent.
Dated June 26, 1911. 6-26
6-26
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKE NOTICE that Charles Lamb
of Blair. Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation farmer, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following
described lands:—Commencing at a
post planted about 4 miles west and
4 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 99i; thence south
80 chains; thence west 80 chains;
thence north SO chains; i.ience east
80 chains to point of commencement;
e'ontaining 640 acres.
CHARLES LAMB.
George S. Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16, i911. A-15
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKE NOTICE that Hattle Sutherland of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A.,
occupation housewife intends to
apply for permission to purchase the
following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 5
miles west and 2 1-2 miles north
from the southwest corner of Lot
991; thence west 60 chains; tlience
north 80 chains; thence east 60
cliains; tlience south 80 chains, to
point of commencement; containing
about 480 acres.
HATT1E SUTHERLAND.
George S. Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16 1911. A-15
Skeeua Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKE NOTICE that Abram Sutherland of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A.,
occupation insurance agent, intends
to apply for permission to purchase
the following described lands: —
Commencing at a post planted about
5 miles west and 2 1-2 miles north
from the southwest corner of Lot
991; thence east SO chains; thence
nortli 80 cnains; thence west 80
cliains; thence soutli SO chains, to
point of commencement; containing
640 acres.
ABRAM SUTHERLAND.
George S. Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16, 1911. A-15
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, By occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
at the southeast corner of C.L.4478;
thence north 80 chains; mence east
80 chains; mence south 80 chains;
thence west 80 chains, to place of
commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Queen Charlotte Land District—District of Skeena
TAKE NOTICE that S. Barclay
Martin, Jr., of New Westminster,
occupation engineer, intendB to apply for permission to purchase the
following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted at the
northeast corner of ungazetted lot
1428, said lot being T.L. 39979;
thence north and following the
westerly shore of Massett Inlet 80
chains; thence west 20 chains;
thence south 80 chains; thence east
40 chains, more or less, to the point
of commencement, and containing
240 acres, more or less.
S. BARCLAY MARTIN, Jr.
Dated July 21, 1911. 8
Skeena Land iJlstrlct—District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKE NOTICE that Miriam Hal-
ler of Blair, Nebraska, U. S. A., occupation housewife, intends to apply
for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted about 5 miles
west and 1 1-2 miles north from
the southwest corner of Lot 991;
tlience east 80 chains; tlience north
80 cnains; thence west 80 cliains;
thence south 80 chains, to point of
commencement; containing 640
acres.
MIRIAM HALLER.
George S. Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16. 1911. A-15
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as fol-
liv/s:—Commencing at. post planted
at the southeast corner of C.L. 4467;
thence north 80 chains; thence east
SO chains; thence south SO chains;
thence west 80 chains, to place of
commencement.
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Austin M. Brown, of
Prince Rupert, B. C, by occupation
sadler, intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under 640 acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:—Commencing at post planted
at the southeast corner of C.L. 4465;
tlience nortli SO cliains; thence east
8 0 chains; thence south SO chains;
tlience west SO chains, to place of]
commencement. ,
AUSTIN M. BROWN.
Dated July 16, 1911. I
Skeena Land District — District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKR NOTICE that W. G. McMorris of the City of Vancouver In
the Province of British Columbia,
occupation, broker, intends to apply
for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a post planted on an island
in Skidegate Inlet about 500 yards
east from the mouth of Slate Chuck
Creek, separated from the mainland
of Graham Island at high tide;
thence south three chains; thence
east ten cliains; tlience north three
cliains; thence west ten chains to
point of commencement, containing
two acres, more or less.
W. G. McMORRIS,
Dated July 29, 1911. Locator.
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of
Masset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum
on and under enO acres of land on
Graham Island described as follows:
Commencing at a post planted on the
bank of west River, about one mile
easterly from the mouth of said river; thence west 80 chains; tlience
south 80 chains; thence east 80
chains; thence novth 80 chains, to
place of commencement.
HENRY EDENSHAW.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
of Coast.
TAKE NOTICE that James G.
Crombie, of Prince Rupert, occupation auditor, intends to apply for
permission to purchase the following
described lands:— Commencing at a
post planted at the northwest corner, 55 chains east and 20 chains
south from northeast corner of Lot
1116 (Horry Survey), Coast Dist.,
range 5; thence 20 chains east;
thence 25 cliains, more or less,
south to Angus McLeod Pre-emption; thence 20 chains west; thence
25 chains, more or less, north, to
post of commencement, containing
r.fl acres, more or less.
JAMES G. CROMBIE.
Fred Ilohlen, Agent.
Hated June 14, 1911, 6-23
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte
TAKE NOTICE that thirty days
from date, I, Henry Edenshaw, of
eVIasset, B. C, by occupation storekeeper, Intend to apply to the Chief
Commissioner of Lands for a license
to prospect for coal and petroleum on
and under 640 acres of land on Graham Island described as follows: —
Commencing at a post planted on the
west shore of West River, about one
tuilo easterly from the mouth of said
river; thence north 80 chains; thence
west 80 chains; thence south SO
chains; thence east 80 chains, to
place of commencement.
HENRY EDENSHAW.
Dated July 17, 1911.
Skeena Land District—District of
Coast—Range V.
TAKE NOTICE that I, Joseph
Pastl, of Watson, Sask., occupation
farmer, intend to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:— Commencing at a
post planted about 30 ci.alns in a
northerly direction from the N. E.
corner of Lot No. 2602 or T. L. No.
H2598 at Lakelse Lake; thence north
20 chains; thence east 40 chains;
thence south 20 chains along shore
of Lakelse Lake; thence west 40
chains to point of commencement,
containing 120 acres, more or less.
JOSEPH PASTL.
George Hlr, Agent.
Dated May 5, 1911. 6-2
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Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte IslandB
TAKE NOTICE that James Mullin
of Murdo, South Dakota, occupation
farmer, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a
post planted about 4 1-2 miles west
and 1 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; tnence east
40 chains; thence south 80 chains;
thence west 40 chains; thence north
80 chains, to point of commencement,* containing 320 acres.
JAMES MULLIN.
George S. .Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16. 1911. A-15
Skeena Land District—District of
Queen Charlotte Islands
TAKE NuTICE that Belle Lamb
of Blair, Nebraska, occupation housewife, intends to apply for permission to purchase the following described lands:—Commencing at a
post planted about 4 miles west and
4 1-2 miles north from the southwest corner of Lot 991; thence north
SO chains; thence west SO chains;
tlience soutli So chains; thence east
80 chains, to point of commencement; containing 640 acres.
BELLE LAMB.
George S. Mayer, Agent.
Dated July 16, 1911. A-15
Skeena Land Dislrict—District of
Coast—Range V.
TAKE NOTICE that I, Charles
Percy Hickman, of Naas Harbour,
occupation constable, intend to apply for permission to purchase tlie
following described lands:— Commencing at a post planted on tlie
east shore of Naas Bay, about two
miles in an easterly direction from
Lot 3, marked C. P. II., S. W. corner; thence cast 20 chains; thence
nortli 40 chains to the shore; thence
Uong the shore line to the place of
eommenrcment, containing 40 acres,
more or less.
CHARLES PRECY HICKMAN.
Dated June 7, 1911, 6-30
Skeena Land District—District
of Coast.
TAKE NOTICE that Victor H.
Reynolds, of Hull, Massachusetts, occupation chauffeur, intends to apply
for permission to purchase the following described land:—Commencing at a post planted at high water
mark on the northerly side of the
entrance to a small unnamed cove on
the west coast of Pitt Island, about
one-quarter mile south of the entrance to Kltkatla summer village;
thence east forty chains; thence
south twenty chains; thence west
forty chains; thence north ten
chains more or less to high water
mark; thence following along high
water mark around the head of the
cove back to the commencement, and
containing sixty (60) acres more or
less.
VICTOR H. REYNOLDS.
J. H. Plllsbury, Agent.
Dated Feb. 18th, 1911.
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Tuesday, August 22, 1911.
TO THE ELECTORS
R, L. Borden, the leader of tlie
Conservative party in Canada, has
issued Hie following statement:
"The dissolution of Parliament
came as a great surprise to the supporters of tlie administration. They
evidently knew no more of the Intention of the government than they
knew of the reciprocity agreement
up to January 26 last. Apparently
the government decided upon dissolution in a hurry, or even in a panic,
as they gave no intimation to the
many members on both sides of the
house who are accustomed to spend
the week-end with their families, and
who left for their homes on Friday
nleht without receiving the courtesy
of notice.
Welcomes the Appeal
"The Conservative party welcomes
an appeal io the people on the great
issue which has been under discussion in Parliament. The president
of the United States has more than
once emphasized the fact that Canada is at the parting of the ways.
Those two ways lead in very divergent directions. The choice of the
people will be fraught with momentous consequences to the future destiny of this country. It is right
and pjust that they should speak,
because with them rests the ultimate
decision.
Opposition Leader's Plaint
"The government has dissolved
Parliament without prorogation,
without supply and without redistribution. I urged upon the government on the eighth day of March last
their plain duty to hasten the taking
of the census, to bring in a redistri-
tribution bill, and thus give to very
part of the country its proper representation, and then to submit this
question to them. The House of Parliament, elected without any mandate on this question, ought not to
reverse the policy of the past forty
years without giving the people the
right to speak. They declined to
hasten the census, they declined to
gram redistribution, and finally
they have dissolved Parliament at a
moment's notice, without even asking ihe Opposition for the supplies
necessary to carry on the public service until the next Parliament shall
be enabled to grant the same.
Question of Supply
"Constitutional authorities abound
to prove that dissolution ought not
to be granted without provision of
the necessary supplies for the public service. We have been ready to
grant such supplies, but the prime
minister during the present week announced in the House of Commons
that under present conditions the
government would not even ask for
them. Whenever supply has been
asked for during the present session
we have granted it without hesitation. In May last we granted without discuss'on nearly forty million
dollars of supply, being one-fourth
of the total estimates. This amount
was sufficent to carry on the public
service up to the first of September
next. In all, we have granted during the present session five-twelfths
of the total estimates withount discussion in order that public business
might not he interfered with or
brought, into confusion.
"Canada has made unexampled
progress In the great work of natlon-
bulldlng since the first day of July,
1Si!7. That work has been carried
on without any such treaty or agreement as is now proposed. One would
suppose that the government mlghl
have been content to wait, six months
longer In order that the redistribution might have been accomplished,
and that supplies necessary in the
public interests might have been obtained. But apparently the government placed this agreement above all
constitutional considerations.
Suys Pledge Is Violated
"But, more than that, the government has placed this agreement even
before their own honor. In May last
the prime minister took cognizance
in parliament of a certain charge
which had been made against one of
his ministers. He moved for a committee of inquiry, but he conferred
on that committee exceedingly limited powers of investigation. The committee met in May last, but did not
then begin the actual work of investigation. After the House of Commons had resumed its work on the
eighteen of July no step was taken
until 1 inquired the cause of the
delay. After some days a meeting
of the committee took place on Tuesday, July 25, when witnesses were
present in Ottawa who could have
been called to give evidence. The
Conservative members of the committee urged that the inquiry should
proceed forthwith. The government,
through their supporters on that
committee, urged an adjournment until Tuesday, August 1. The adjournment was pressed on the ground that
Mr. Carvell, one of the government
members of the committee, had not
yet returned. There were many other
equally capable men available in the
government ranks, and his place
could easly have been supplied.
Finally, Mr. Meighen, one of the Conservative members, asked for a guarantee that Parliament would be sitting on the following Tuesday, August 1, ."o that the-inquiry could then
proceed. That guarantee was given,
and the adjournment was then agreed
to. The pledge thus given was deliberately violated by the action of the
government in dissolving Parliament,
today.
Charges Dangerous Precedent
"But apart from this deliberate
violation of a solemn pledge, it is a
distinct breach of constitutional
usage that Parliament should be dissolved while one of its committees
is engaged in ue investigation of
charges which involved the honor of
a minister of the crown and the fate
of the government. Such a course
constitutes an alarming and denger-
ous precedent, which would not for
one moment be tolerated in the
Mother Country. It was the duty of
the government to clear up those
charges before appealing to the people, and that could have been done
in one week. Several witnesses summoned by the committee are in Ottawa ready to give their evidence on Tuesday next. The committee and all its powers of inquiry
was wijied out of existence by the
dissolution of Parliament. The course
of the Government in deliberately
burking this inquiry on the eve of
an appeal to the people was an outrageous abuse of their power, and
manifested in a most striking manner
their utter contempt for decent public opinion."
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two provinces will support the Conservative party, which alone is prepared to render justice to the west.
The situation is this. Sifton and
Scott talked the matter over with
Laurier and Oliver and they were
authorized to make a general statement. There is nothing definite.
Nothing is concluded or officially announced here. It is true that the
question will be one of future negotiations. Alberta and Saskatchewan are to get a limited grant of
land—mark the word limited—but
will have to forego the federal cash
subsidy of half a million dollars, receiving instead an annual grant of
80 cents per head, the same as the
older provinces. This is the case in
a nutshell. It is a miserable little
attempt to bribe the western electorate, which will be resented.
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The desperate straits in which the
Dominion government finds itself in
its anxiety to retain office is shown
by the interview given out by Premier Sifton of Alberta in Winnipeg.
Since the creation of Alberta and
Saskatchewan the steadfast policy of
the Conservative party has been in
favor of granting the lands to the
provinces. This has been promised
by R. L, Borden to the people of
these new provinces. Now the Laurier government, in its extremity, is
disposed to offer a half measure, but
it will not go down with the electorate. The plain inference is that the
Liberal boast that reciprocity will
sweep the west Is hollow, and that
to save the situation the west must
be bribed.
The question, however, is whether
ilie move will gain a single additional
vote to the Liberals In Alberta and
Saskatchewan, but thai mi the contrary the independent voters of the
when it was explained that the holders were paying 6 per cent a year
ou the valuation of the lots and a
bonus.
His lordship said, in reply to a
little cross-fire between Mr. Tate and
Mr. Carss,: "I don't blame a man
for trying to get whatever he can.
They're in a hole—tied up."
Mr. Tate contended they never
paid for the waterfront.
His lordship, with a smile, volunteered tlie statement that they paid
more than the G. T. P. paid for the
whole waterfront.
Government's Position
Mr. Tate wanted to know why the
applicants did not go to the courts.
His lordship could find no fault
with them coming to the commission.
If they had gone to the courts, they
would have been told, why did they
not go to the commission?
His lordship wanted to know if
the province came into action,
could it compel the company to open
this up.
Mr. Carss thought it could.
His lordship thought if that were
correct his clients would have equal
title. He, however, went em to argue
that tlie province might be estopped
on the ground of the arrangements
made. Mr. Carss pointed to . the
riparian rights which would have to
be reserved.
Mr. Tate, however, took the
ground that the agreements made
with the provincial government
were far more in the public interests
than this was and would prevent any
claim being established. He wanted
to know why the province was not
represented in this application if it
was as represented. He thought it
was apparent that the government
had been extremely apathetic, to say
the least. Mr. Tate then put in a
long list of citations on the case
from arguments, acts of parliament
and orders in council.
The commissioners visited the location in order to satisfy themselves
as to the situation.
A decision may be expected later.
Upon resuming in the afternoon,
Commissioner McLean wanted to
know if the railway company has
compiled with the law In getting the
assent of the department and of the
railway board.
Mr. Tate said the spirit of the
law had been complied with.
The commissioner waxed some-
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of the company in the filling in
the entrance to the bay without taking the formalities which he contended were necessary.
Kitsiinikuliiin Station
The application by the people of
Kitsumkalum for a station was represented by Fred Peters, K. C, Several witnesses were examined, when
it was evident that from the Kltsumkalum River to the end of the steel
there was a desire to have stations
practically touching one another.
W. C. C. Mehan, the general superintendent, explained that the locations of the stations were made by
the engineers. He built them according to the instructions received by
him from headquarters. He had
nothing to do with locating the stations. He had, however, put in a
siding at Kltsumkalum and stopped
at all times to take on and discharge passengers and freight. He
urged, however, that there was a
four-tenths grade there, which
would make it undesirable as a station site.
Mr. Peters urged that nearly all
the freight and passengers went to
Kltsumkalum now. He produced evidence to show that the plans of the
government roads and the prospective bridge across the Skeena would
all tend to make Kltsumkalum the
main point.
Several witnesses testified to the
desirability of a station there.
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Mr. Little, the owner of the Littleton townsite, gave evidence, giving the reasons why he had selected
the spot he did as the natural centre for that part of the country.
Mr. Peters attempted to show that
Mr. Little had turned over forty-four
acres to the G. T. P. free and these
lots were sold to some officials for
$ii apiece.
Mr. Mehan, who was in the sourt
room, said he had bought, but II
was at $300 a lot.
The evidence on the giving of the
plot to the G. T. P. was found to
have been voluntary on the part of
Mr. Little. Mr. Pope, the right of
way officer of the company, said he
entered Into an agreement for the
necessary land for railway purposes
at a fixed sum. Later, Mr. Little
, had apparently given an area to the
' company.
On Sunday the commissioners
went to the end of the track and
Inspected the place for themselves.
Judgment In the matter was deferred.
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' Tuesday, August 22, 1(111.
PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL
By-Law
BYLAW OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT TO PROVIDE FOR THE
CONSTRUCTION OF A HYDO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM TO SUPPLY THE
CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT WITH WATER, ELECTRIC LIGHT AND
POWER AND TO CREATE AND SECURE A DEBT FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAID SYSTEM AMOUNTING
TO DSSSO.OOO.OO.
WHEREAS, by the Municipal Clauses Act and Amending Acts, the
City of Prince Rupert is authorized to construct, operate and maintain
works for supplying for any or all purposes, water, water power, electric
light, anil electric power to the inhabitants of tin- said city aud localities
adjacent thereto, and (or regulating rates, conditions, and terms under
which such works arc to be completed and used.
AND, WHEREAS, it has been considered expedient for the City of
Prince Rupert to construct nnd maintain works to obtain a periiinneul.
supply of water for the use of the inhabitants of the said city, and any
persons, who may he adjacent to the pipe lines, constructed hereunder,
such water to be used for all purposes for which the said City may legally
supply water, such works to be so constructed as to furnish electric power
to be used by the snid City for all purposes for which the snid City is
authorized by statute to apply the same.
AND, WHEREAS, the water from Woodworth Lake, situated on the
Tsimpsean Peninsula, can be utilized for the purpose of obtaining a good
and sufficient supply of water for the said Uity, and also for the purpose
of supplying electric power for the use of the snid City.
AND, WHEREAS, instead of constructing' two separate systems, one
for the supply of water, and the other for producing electric power, the
Council have concluded that a combination of the two systems in one
will be much more economical and equally us efficient.
AND, WHEREAS, in order to effect such a combination, it will be
necessary to install mains from tlie point of diversion to the point, wliere
the power plant is to be constructed, of sufficient diameter to carry water
for both purposes, which will be much more than would be required for
either the water supply or the electric system alone.
AND, WHEREAS, considering the above recited facts, the Council
have determined to treat the whole scheme as a joint undertaking and to
provide for the construction of the sumo ns such.
AND, WHEREAS, the general description of the proposed Hydro-
Electric System is ns follows:—
A dam to be erected at a suitable point near the outlet of Woodworth
Lake; from that point the water to be piped down to a point ut or near
the head of Shawatlans Lake, the snid pipe to be of a capacity large enough
to cany sufficient water for the supply of the City of Prince Rupert, and
also to operate at or near the heud of Sliuwatlnns Lake, a plant for tlie
purpose of generating electricity; and after leaving the head of Shawatlans
Luke the water will be piped Into tlie City of Prince Rupert, and there
be distributed by a proper distribution system, nnd the electric power
will he brought into the said City by transmission lines from the head
of Sbawatlaiis Lake.
AND, WHEREAS, the amount of the debt necessary to be incurred
by the City of Prince Rupert for the construction of the snid Hydro-Electric
Plant, and tbe necessary distribution system connected therewith, is the
sum of $550,000.00.
AND, WHEREAS, the total amount which will have to be raised
annually for the purpose of paying the s aid debt and Interest will he
$28, 048.54.
AND, WHEREAS, the snid Hydro-Electric System cannot be completed
before the first day of September A. I). 1012, and, therefore, the amount
of rates, charges, and rentals for the use of water or electric power will
during tills present yeur be nil.
AND, WHEREAS, no money is already charged against the rentals,
rates or charges to be derived from the said Hydro-Electric System.
AND, WHEREAS, the estimated amount of rentals, rates, und charges
that will be derived (rom the said Hydro-Electric System after the snme
is completed is the sum of $72,500.00.
AND, WHEREAS, the sum necessary for the payment of interest
during the currency of the debentures to be issued hereunder is $24,750.00
per annum.
AND, WHEREAS, the sum to lie set aside annually to discharge the
debt, authorized to be created by this bylaw, is the sum of $4,108.54 per
annum, and it is proposed to set aside such annual sum by depositing the
same annually at interest in a chartered bunk or trust company in Canada
or by the purchase of the debentures of the said "City ut a price not above
par or by both such modes of investment, or by investing the sunie in any
manner Which a Municipal corporation may legally adopt.
AND, WHEREAS, the amount to be raised annually for the payment
of the said debt is arrived at by estimating the interest to be derived from
file /annual investment of such sum at the rate of three and a half per
rent {'.tli r'c )■ per annum.
AND, WHEREAS, the total amount of rateable land nnd Improvements
in the City of Prince Rupert, according to the last revised assessment roll
is as follows:—
Lund, $12,223,041.00; improvements, $407,905.
AND, WHEREAS, it is estimated that after the sold Hydro-Electric
System is completed, the rentals, rates, nnd charges to be collected there-
from will be sufficient to pay the annual amounts required to pay tln^
interest and sinking fund required to be raised under this Bylaw, and that
there will he no deficiency to lie made up under tlie guarantee to lie given
by the City ns hereinafter provided.
AND, WHEREAS, the City intends to issue debentures for the amount
of the said debt, being $550,000, by tlie sale of whirh to realize the moneys
necessary for the said purposes, the snid debentures to extent (or a period
of fifty (50) years und to be secured upon the rentals, rates, and charges
to be derived from the suid Hydro-Electric System for the supply of water
nnd electric light and power, and also t<> be secured by the guarantee o(
the City ut large
AND, WHERE. .8, tills Bylaw cannot be altered save with the consent
of the Lieutenant-Governor in Council,
NOW, THEREFORE!, the Municipal Council of the City of Prince
liiipi'i'i enacts as follows:—
1. This Bylaw shall take effect on the 12th day of September, A. D.
1011.
2. So soon ns Conveniently may be after the coining Into force of this
Bylaw, Ihe Corporation of the City of Prince Rupert shall construct the
works mentioned in the recitals hereinbefore contained accurding to
plans and specifications to be prepared, and signed by the City Engineer,
and approved by the Municipal Council of the City of Prince Rupert, under
the seal of (he said City, and duly filed with the Clerk of the City; which
plans may be (rom time to time altered and amended, or added to during
the construction of the slild work, if the Municipal Council shall see fit;
in any of which cases, plans of such alterations, amendments, or additions
shall be approved, signed, scaled und filed us above provided for the
original plans, the intent of (his Bylaw being that the City in constructing
the work hereby authorized shnll have full authority to do everything to
make the said Hydro-Electric System complete in every particular und
detail.
ii. For the purpose of paying for the construction of the works hereby
authorized, the City of Prince Itupert is hereby empowered to create u debt
of $550,000.00, which debt shall be payable In fifty (50) years from the
date when this Bylaw comes In force; namely, the 12th day of September,
A. I). 1011, (or which debt debentures shall be issued to be secured in
iiiuuncr hereinafter appearing.
4. The sum of $24,750.00 is necessary for the payment of interest
each year during the currency of said debentures, nml the sum ol $4,108.54
is necessary to be set aside annually during the currency of Ihe suid de
bentures for the purpose of forming a sinking fund, with which to pay the
suid debt and debentures nt maturity, the snid sum of $4,108.54 to be raised
annually as a sinking fund, being such tliat together with the profits
accrued from tbe investment thereof ut the interest rate of tliree and a
half (3}£) per cent per annum, during the currency of said debentures,
will be sufficient to discharge the suid debt when due.
5. The said sum of $24,750.00 is necessary for the payment of interest
during the currency of tlie debentures, and tlie sum of $4,108.54 necessary
to be raised annually as a sinking (und shall be raised us follows:—From
the annual rates accruing (rom tlie Hydro-Electric System und estimated
at $72,500.00 shall be withdrawn und set apart from the general revenue
of the City, the sum o( $28,048.54, and the sidd sum shall be plueed in u
separate account by the City Treasurer, known us the "Hydro-Electric
System Account," and in case the annual receipts from suid charges shall
be less than tlie snid sum of $28,048.54 the difference shall be raised and
levied in euch year, during the said period of fifty (50) years, and currency
of the debentures by special rate sufficient therefor on all the rateable land
in the City of Prince Rupert, and shall be collected by tlie said City as
municipal tuxes, und placed in the said "Hydro-Electric System Account."
6. The snid sum ot $4,108.54, to be raised annually as sinking (und,
shall be Invested annually by the City Treasurer upon the recommendation
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C. B. PETERSON, Ass't Manager
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THE CONTINENTAL TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED
SECOND AVENUE PRINCE RUPERT, B. C.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN
HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT
In the matter of "Official Administrators Act"
And
In the matter of the estate of Patrick
Kennedy deceased intestate.
TAKE NOTICE that by order of
His Honor Judge Young, made the
17th day of June 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate
of the said Patrick Kennedy, deceased, and all parties having claims
against the said estate are hereby
required to forward same properly
verified to me on or before the 4th
day of September, 1911; and all
parties indebted to the said estate
are required to pay the amount of
their indebtedness to me forthwith.
Dated August 18, 1911.
J. A. FRASER,
Official Administrator.
Atlin, B. C.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN
HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT
In the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act"
And
Iu the matter of the estate of George
McLeod deceased intestate.
TAKE NOTICE that by order of
His Honor Judge Young, made the
28th day of July, 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate
of the said George McLeod deceased,
and all parties having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to forward same properly verified to
me on or before the 4th day of September, 1911; and all parties Indebt.
ed to the said estate are required to
pay the amount of their Indebtedness
to me forthwith.
Dated August 18, 1911,
JOHN H. McMULLIN,
Official Administrator.
Prince Rupert, B. C.
IN THE COUNTY COURT OF ATLIN
HOLDEN AT PRINCE RUPERT
Iu the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act"
And
In the matter of the estate of John
Bowman deceased intestate.
TAKE NOTICE that by order of
His Honor Judge Young, made the
Itith day of June, 1911, I was appointed administrator of the estate
of the said John Bowman deceased,
and all parties having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to forward same properly verified to
me on or before the 4th day of September, 1911; and all parties indebted to the said estate are required to
pay the amount of their indebtedness to me forthwith.
Hated August 18, 1911.
JOHN II. MoMULLIN,
Official Administrator,
Prince Rupert, B. ('.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA
In the matter of the "Official Administrator's Act"
And
In the matter of the estate of
Thomas Smith deceased intestate.
TAKE NOTICE that by order of
His Honor Judge Lampman, made
the 16th day of August, 1911, I was
appointed administrator of the estate
of the said Thomas Smith deceased,
and all parties having claims against
the said estate are hereby required
to forward same properly verified to
me on or before the 4 th day of September, 1911; and ah parties Indebted to the said estate are required to
pay the amount of their Indebtedness
to me forthwith.
Dated August 18, 1911.
JOHN H. McMULLIN,
Official Administrator.
Prince Rupert, B. C.
TO WATER TAKERS
On account of scarcity of water
the supply will be cut off between
the hours of 9 p. m. and 5 a. m.
during the dry weather.
WM. MAHLON DAVIS,
tf Supt. of Water Works.
The Thompson
Hardware Co.
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Paints. General Hardware,
Oils, Stoves and Ranges.
Double Weekly Service
S.S. PRINCE RUPERT & S.S. PRINCE GEORGE
Sail for Vancouver, Victoria and Seattle
Mondays and Fridays at 8 a.m.
For STEWART Thursdays and Sundays 8 a.m.
Special reduced fare Sunday's boat J9.50
return, including meals and berths.
S.S. PRINCE JOHN for Port Simpson, Naas River, Masset and
Naden Harbor, Wednesdays, 1 P.M., and for Queen Charlotte
Island points, Saturdays, 1 P.M.
RAILWAY SERVICE TO COPPER IHVER, mixed trains from
Prince Rupert Wednesdays and Snturdnys, 1 P.M.; returning Thursdays and Sundays, 5:20 P.M.
THE GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY SYSTEM, connecting with
trains from the Pacific Coast, operates a frequent and convenient
service of luxurious trains over its DOUBLE TRACK route between
Chicago, Toronto, Montreal, Quebec, Halifax, Portland, Boston,
New York and Philadelphia.
Atlantic Steamship bookings arranged via all lines
Full information and tickets obtained from the office of
a. e. Monaster
Freight and Pasenger Agent, G. T. P. Wharf.
I storage!
Household Goods and Baggage *
given careful attention. *
Forwarding, Distributing and *
Shipping Agents X
TRANSFERERS I
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Spring Beds, Clean
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Tickets to the Old Country by all
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TENDERS WANTED
Sealed tenders will be received by
the Building Committee of tne Methodist Church of Prince Rupert, B. C.,
until 12 o'clock noon, August 22nd,
1311, for the erection and completion of a Church building, to be
erected on Sixth Avenue, in the City
of Prince Rupert, B. C, according
to plans and specifications prepared
by G. L. Proctor, architect, Prince
Rupert. A certified check, equal to
ten (10) per centum of the amount
of the tender drawn in favor of the
Treasurer or Trustee Board, which
will be forfeited if the party tendering declines to enter into a contract
when called upon to do so; or If he
or his heirs or executors fall to complete the contract. The lowest or
any other tender not necessarily
accepted.
Plans and specifications may be
seen at the office of P, McLaughlin,
Third Avenue, after noon, Tuesday,
August liltli, 1911
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Tuesday, August 22, 1911.
AUGUST : FURNITURE : SALE
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our immense stock in shape for your inspection and convincing SALE PRICES in all grades of FURNISHINGS.
Have you stopped to consider the saving of $ $ $ on the House Furnishing you require ?
20 and 25 per cent. Discount for Cash
Pillows and Cushions
Our New Stock of PILLOWS is
what you require. At our Sale, Prices
20 und 25% From Regular Vulues.
AH grades to make selection. DOWN
PILLOWS, GOOSE PILLOWS, HEN
FEATHER PILLOWS, MIXED
FEATHER and WOOL PILLOWS.
Also KAPOCK CUSHIONS for Settee
and Cosy Corners.
Regular Value of IRON BEDS,
$5.00. Sale Price, any size. . .$3.50
This Same Reduction given to al"
IRON BEDS in our large assortment.
Twenty Different Designs BRASS
EXTENSION RODS, at Cut in Two
Prices.
Here's a Record
in
Chiffonnier
Values
SURFACED OAK CHIFFONIER
with Five Drawers and Hat Compartment; British Bevel Mirror on
top. Regular Value, $20.00. Sale
Price $14.00
SURFACED OAK CHIFFONNIER
with Five Drawers and Oval British
Mirror. Regular Value, $22.50.
Sae Price $15.00
SURFACED OAK CHIFFONNIER
with Five Drawers; Serpentine Front
Shaped Mirror. Regular Value,
$25.00. Sale Price $17.00
CHIFFONNIEK, Quarter-Cut Oak,
Five Drawers, Oval Mirror. Regular
Value, $30.00. Sale Price.. .$20.00
CHIFFONNIER, Solid Quarter-
Cut Oak, Five Drawers and Hat Compartment, Oval British Mirror. Regular Value, $38.50. Sale Price,$27.00
CHIFFONIER, Quarter-Cut Oak,
Five Large Drawers, Swivel Front.
Regular Value, $45.00. Sale
Price $32.00
Dining Tables
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DINING TABLES, BUFFETS,
CHINA CABINETS, CHIFFONNIERS, LARGE LEATHER COVERED EASY CHAIRS, PARLOR TABLES and COUCHES.
A Full Line of OFFICE DESKS—
Roll Tops, Flat Tops and Typewriting Desks.
Dressers and Stands
DRESSERS and STANDS, Surfaced
Oak. Regular Value, $18.50. Special oale Price .$14.50
Fifteen other Different Designs to
Receive This Reduction.
DRESSERS, Solid, Quarter-Cut
Oak, Golden Mahogany and Early
English, Receive Our Special 20%
Reduction.
Complete House Furnisher
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SPORTS
What promises to be one of the
greatest fights that will be held
under the new law will be between
Abe Attell and "Knockout" Brown
for ten rounds, in New York. This
affair will take place during the early
part of September.
The fight resolves itself into a case
of a crafty ring general, handicapped
by only ten rounds, facing one of
the toughest hitters of his weight in
the country. Nothing need be said
regarding the reputation of Attell
and Brown. The featherweight champion has been fighting all sizes and
manner of rivals for so many years
that his career is nofhing short of
marvellous. No matter what advantage they had entering the ring, with
few exception, Attell found their
weak spots and before the finish was
way out In front. There will be few
men in the squared circle for many
years that will duplicate the glowing
record of this phenomenal fighter.
In the case of Brown, his career
hat been Bhort but startling. Within
the past year he has loomed up as
a lightweight championship possibility. His two victories over Wol-
gast force the world to pay attention
to his prowess. Since he defeated
Wolgast at tlie National Sporting
Club, Brown has lengthened his record by seven knockouts. His ring
tnctlcs have shown Improvement In
each suceedlng battle. Possessed of
a left that carries a terrible punch,
Brown has developed his right almost
on a par with his portslder.
In his line of attack Attell will
be compelled to stand off and fight
in the open. The punches of Brown
are too heavy for Attell to get in
use his old tactics of wearing down
his man and rendering him harmless.
This method has been so successfully demonstrated by Attell that the
fighting world wonders how he does
it. For shifty footwork and lighting
jabs there is no man in Ihe game
on an equal with the Hebrew champion. And for defensive qualities he
shines above them all.
gro, who stands to draw down $30,-
000 for his end of the affair. In
pointing out reasons why Wells cannot hope to make a respectable showing if Johnson tries, attention is
drawn to the interesting fact that
Eddie McGoorty, of Oshkosh, Wis., a
middleweight, outpointed Petty Officer Curran In a twenty round bout
in Dublin. Then Curran knocked
out the much abused Gunner Molr
in two rounds, and, sad to relate,
Moir put Wells to sleep in three
rounds. On that sort of pugilistic
dope it's no wonder that Englishmen
do not relish the Johnson-Wells
match, so-called. The Johnson-Cur-
ran match has been indefintely postponed, the Dublin authorities refusing to grant a permit for the battle.
MAY ABANDON EIGHT
Opposition to the proposed "fight"
between Jnck Johnson and England's
alleged champion, Bombardled Wells,
Is Increasing to such an-extent that
the promoters may decide to call it
off, English ■ i'ortiBB. critics says
that Wells hasn'tjjSPiluiIicIent ring
experience to ta$je ttf^grinnlng no-
Oliver and Rutherford
The Liberals of Edmonton are
holding no love feasts these days.
The warring factions are going at it
tooth and nail and the opposition
to Hon. Frank Oliver is expressed in
ferocious denunciations from his
former supporters and henchmen.
The Edmonton Capital, a Liberal pa-
leer in Edmonton welcomes the announcement that Hon. A. C. Rutherford will oppose Oliver and speaks
of the campaign as one "fraught
witli enormous consequences to the
province of Alberta," a fight between
the people and privilege; between
honest democracy and gum-shoe
forces of corruption, The Capital
says further lhat In the Interests
of pure polltlci and honest administration, Frank Oliver must be
willed from the slate and his place
filled by a man who Is not susceptible to the influences of corruption.
Here are some of the biting sentences from the Capital: "Frank Oliver has been caught with the goods."
"In the manipulation of the intrigue
of which he was guilty Frank Oliver
has been as ruthless as a bandit and
as relentless as an Apache." "Frank
Oliver Is today the subject of an
Investigation to avoid the disclosures of which the Laurier government was forced to a choice between
immediate dissolution or an appeal
to the country with the handicap of
the charges against Oliver proven to
the hilt. With thij nesses on hand
and the evidence ready, the government chose dissolution, leaving the
electors of Edmonton to deal with
Oliver."
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THEM TO LAST TWICE AS LONG AS ORDINARY ENAMEL
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ELECT OFFICERS
Conservatives of Hazelton Select
Their Executive Workers
for the Year
Al the annual meeting of the Conservative Association at Hazelton last
week the election of officers for the
new year resulted as follows: President, J. F. Macdonald; vice president, Robert DeB. Hovel; joint secretaries, H. N. Wright and Walter
Noel. An" executive committee was
added later, which no consists of
C. G. Harvey, R. S. Sargent, E. H.
Hicks Beach, W. J. McAfee, W. Mc-
Cormick, A. R. McDonald, Enoch R.
L. Jones, F. J. Smyth, and the executive officers of the association.
The retiring officers, who were unanimously requested to remain in
offfice another year, but who declined owing to the fact that they were
also officers of the Omineca District
Conservative Association and could
not spare the time from their business to be active officers in more
than one association during a campaign, are: President, R. S. Sargent;
vice president, E. H. Hicks Beach,
and the secretary-treasurer, Fred
Field. A vote of appreciation was
tendered the retrilng officers for the
effective work they have accomplished since the organization of the association, and a vote of confidence was
tendered to R. L. Borden, leader of
the Dominion Conservative party,
and Hon. Richard McBride, premier
of British Columbia.
WELL SATISFIED
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Being Done at Portland
Canal
President C. H. Dickie of the Portland Canal Mining Company is in
Stewart examining the mine and
mill, to the Portland Canal Miner
he expressed considerable satisfaction in the splendid manner in which
the property had been opened up
since he was last here, and particularly on the rsumptlon of shipments
of concentrates, which are now being produced at the rate of about a
carload a day. He said that an entirely satisfactory rate for rail and
water transportation to southern
smelting points had been secured, and
the mill was now running to full
capacity—24 hours per day.
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PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL
PRESS OPINIONS
AN AMERICAN VIEW
The American papers are giving
much attention to the present campaign in Canada, and are gauging
the chances of the respective parties.
In recent years a much cleare knowledge of politics In this country has
prevailedl in the United States, and
a fair conception of the sentiment of
the people has been obtained. It is
being pointed out by newspapers in
New York and Chicago, and even by
those in San Francisco, that the result of the Canadian elections will
depend largely upon whether the people believe that reciprocity would or
would not make for annexation. The
New York papers are pointing out
that the annexation cry is the one
which the Conservatives would do
best to raise throughout the country. Canadians, It is frankly admitted, do not want annexation, and
the majority of the voters, It is pointed out, would defeat any measure
which threatened anything in the
nature of a political union.
In fact, that is the position which
Mr. Borden and his lieutenants have
taken. They Insist that the intimate
commercial relations which will result from reciprocity must create
commercial interests which will
weaken the ties which bind aCnada
to Great Britain and create Canadian
sentiment in favor of the United
States as the only way of assuring
the continuance of eomercial union.
And it will be impossible for the
advocates of reciprocity to prove that
this will not be the case, for it will
be the case. AH that they can do
is to predict that the sentimental tie
will prove the stronger, which many
will refuse to believe. They have
President Taft's word for it that Canada is at the parting of the ways.
For another and an entirely different reason the people of the United
States will be interested in the result
of our elctions. To President Taft
the result is important. If it should
turn out that the success of the United States president is forcing upon
his country a personal policy for
which he had no party mandate, and
which could not be carried through
except by collusion with Democrats,
results only in a refusal of Canada
to accept his proposals, it would be
about the worst political medicine
that he could take. — Vancouver
Province.
THE CONSERVATIVE LEADER
R. L. Borden, the Conservative
leader, now enters his fifth election
contest as a parliamentary candidate
for the Commons and his third as
the leader of the Conservative party
in the House of Commons, more influential in the public life of the
country, and more strongly entrenched In the regard of that section of
the electorate who appreciate high-
mindedness, frankness and courage
In a politician, while his personal
prestige has recently been greatly
enhanced by his straightforward
declarations on matters of Canadian
and Imperial policy. Indeed, his
consistent course in parliament has
been In marked contrast to the shifty
way of the Liberal leaders, and his
aggressive fight against the reciprocity pact, both in and out of parliament, has, as it has been said, stimulated and invigorated his party in the
western provinces. Nowhere does
this observation apply more fittingly
than to British Columbia.
What are the general lines of Mr.
Borden's public policy? The outstanding feature as regards the present contest is his absolute opposition
to reciprocity. He told the Grain
Growers that he would not support
the Fielding-Knox trade pact if they
made him prime minister of Canada
tomorrow. The principle of his national policy is still, in his view,
essential to the growth and prosperity of Canada. He advocates a
moderate system of protection, such
as will Insure the manufacture of
Canadian raw material In Canadian
factories rather than that Canada
should permit the mire highly organizer Industries of the Republic to
draw these raw materials across the
line, leaving Canadian centres bare
of manufacturing enterprises. More
important still is Mr. Borden's apprehension that, with the Interlocking
of the fiscal systems of Canada and
the United States, this country will
come under the sway of the mergers
and the combines which, with all its
trust-busting efforts, the United
States Congress has not been able
to control.
It Is well known where Mr. Borden stands with respect to Imperial
questions, such as co-operation with
Great Britain in naval defence. He
has also declared that he would
maintain the British preference and
further encourage imports from
Great Britain by legislation or
through a preferential trading arrangement whenever the British peo
ple endorse that policy. How important to the people of British Columbia is the extension of British
preference in reducing the cost ,of
living has not been adequately dealt
with, but the householders know
what economies can be effected by
the purchase of English goods. With
the opening of the Panama Canal
it will be to the great interest of
the people of this province that the
British preference be extended to
many of the common necessaries of
life, but not, however to the prejudice of Canadian industry.
Above all, Mr. Borden stands
pledged to give Canada clean government, democratic government, a
truly Canadian government. Should
he come into power Canadian can
rely on a government for the people
in keeping with the best traditions
of the Liberal-Conservative party.—
New Westminster Columbian.
A REVERSAL OP POLICY
We have called attention before to
the utterances of Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and Hon. Mr. Fielding, at the time
when the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was mooted. In those days
there were no stronger advocates in
Canada of the necessity of conserving our inter-provincial trade than
these two gentlemen. They viewed
with great apprehension the possibility of this trade being diverted
across the International boundary,
and it was as a safeguard against
"this ever vigilant competition" that
Sir Wilfrid urged the speedy construction of the new transcontinental
line. "Heaven grant," he exclaimed
with fervor, "that it be not already
too late." Listen, to his language
when the Grand Trunk Pacific Bill
was then before the House of Commons! This is what he then said:
"A railway to extend from the
shores of the Atlantic Ocean to the
shores of the Pacific Ocean, and to
be, every inch of it, on Canadian soil,
is a national as well as a commercial necessity. That such a road must
be built, that it Is, in the language
which I have used, a national and
commercial necessity, that it is a
corollary of our status as a nation,
that it is a requisite of our commercial development is a proposition to
which, up to this moment, I have
heard no dissent. . . . We con-
siderer that it is the duty of all those
who sit within these walls by the
will of the people, to provide immed-
diately means whereby the products
of those new settlers may find an
exit to the ocean at the least possible
cost, and whereby, likewise, a market
may be found in this new region for
those who toll in the forests, in the
fields, in the mines, in the shops
of the older provinces. Such Is our
duty; it is Immediate and imperative.
It Is not for tomorrow, but of this
day, of this hour and of this minute. Heaven grant that It be not
already too late; heaven grant that
whilst we tarry and dispute the trade
of Canada is not deviated to other
channels, and that an ever vigilant
competitor does not take to himself
the trade that properly belongs to
those who acknowledge Canada as
their native of acknowledged land."
On this point Mr. Fielding was
also very emphatic. No north and
south traffic for him. No freight
for the Hill or other American railroad systems. He said in the House
of Commons: "It is desirable that we
should give our American brethren
to understand that Canada is resolved to work out her independence in
these things, that the present proposal will promote this object, and
that even if still another railway
should be necessary we shall be prepared to construct It."
That the Laurier government,
when it entered Into an agreement
with the Grand Trunk Pacific Company for the building of that road,
was dominated by the "good old Tory
tradition," that Canadian trade
should flow through Canadian channels to Canadian ports, Is abundantly
evident from the clauses in that
agreement. It is sufficient to recall
that aid was granted "for the express purpose of encouraging the
transportation of goods through
Canadian channels," and that "all
such traffic, not specifically routed
otherwise by the shipper, shall be
carried to Canadian ocean ports."
There has never been a more complete reversal of a long established
policy. Today we have members of
this same Laurier government going
up and down the country advising
and encouraging the adoption of an
agreement which they admit will divert western grain and other Canadian produce south. It will be routed
south to United States mills to be
eventually shipped through United
States channels to United States
ports. It will build up the business
of American fruit growers In the
prairie provinces to the detriment of
our British Columbia orchardists.
Lured away by the wiles of President
Taft, the government rushes eagerly
towards Continentalism, conveniently
forgetting one of the fundamentals
of Canada's natioal policy which has
been accepted by both political parties for forty years.—Vernon News.
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ROME'S ANCIENT GLORIES
Treasures of the Past Are Being
Strengthened—Mediaeval Towel's
to Be Restored
Rome nas slowly, as many was at
hand been Isloating her treasures of
the past, and, if not restoring , as
the charm of many would be spoiled
if touched, at' least strengthening and
preserving them.
In this way the glorious Baths of
Diocletion have been reclaimed and
some of the Forums joined. Now it
Is the moment of metiaeval towers,
and particularly that acllel of the
Mlllzle, on the slope of the Quirnal
Hill. Several of them ahve been restored and are in an "absolute state
of preservation, such as the Angull-
lara, whicn has a fortified house attached and is the best example of
mediaeval architecture in the Eternal
City; Torre della Scimmia and others
scattered here and there almost as
thick as leaves in Valambrosa. However, up to now the most important
of these Interesting structures, Torre
delle Mlllzle and Tor de' Conti, have
been left untouched and unnoticed,
probably because they are in rather
inacessible places.
As one goes up the slope and turn
of the very modern Via Nazionale he
is confronted on the right by a long,
monotonous, low building used as a
barracks, and just opposite by the
unique hanging gardens of the Aldo-
braudinni family. Behind the ba-
racks rises a massive edifice in two
divisions, the Milizie Tower Tower
of the Militia), while down a precipitous slope hard by is the Torre
del Grillo (Tower of the Cricket;,
where the story runs, one of the
family of that name, being forbidden
by the pope to throw rocks down
on the heads of passing Jews, asked
if he might at least throw nuts. Having had an amused permission from
the pontiff, de despatched several
more of his enemies by hurling down
pine cones—in Italy as hard as any
stone, and containing inside a kernel. A few yards beyond is the Tor
de' Conti, so large that it is rented
in flats as an apartment house.
The Tower of the ..lilizie is now in
the court of a convent, has before it
a barracks, at one time a monastery,
and a church. These are the property of the State and will be done
away with, leaving a full view of
the tower, tall and severe in all its
grandeur, and the ruins of the Baths
of Paliari, with a large and magnificent panorama of the Forum of
Trajan and the new monument to
Victor Emmanuel.
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RUBBER IN INDIA
Seed Wns First Obtained by Stealth
From the Henri of Brazilian
Forest
The romance of the origin of the
great rubber industry in the Eastern tropics was recalled at a banquet given In connection with the
International Rubber Exhibition just
concluded at the Agricultural Hall,
London.
Advantage was taken of the occasion to present, on behalf of the Middle Eastern Rubber Industry, a check
for $5,000, the certificate of an annuity to H. A. Wicklam, who in 1876
brought from Brazil to Kew Gardens
the seeds from which have sprung
the vast rubber forests of Ceylon,
Malaya and other places in the East.
The story of Mr. Wickham's adventurous quest was related to a
representative of the press by Norman Grieve, who was one of those
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mainly responsible for the testimonials given to Mr. Wickham.
"He was commissioned by the India office," said Mr. Grieve, "to introduce the Para rubber from Bra-
til into Ceylon. The difficulty was
how to do it. He went to theh To-
pagos plateau on the Amazon, a remote locality, seized the opportunity
of chartering the steamship Ama-
zonas, which happened to be there,
hastily collected, with the aid of
Indians, his baskets of seeds in the
deep forests, and got them to the
coast.
"The next difficulty was to get
the seeds on board, for in those days
the Brazilian authorities would certainly have confiscated them had
they known their nature. Mr. Wickham managed to smuggle them
aboard—70,000 rubber seeds, packed
in a few crates.
"Time was precious. The seeds
would not survive the Journey direct to Ceylon, so they were taken
first to London. They arrived at
Kew Gardens during the night and
were planted out at once. They
were too perishable to risk delay
until the morning. Seven thousand
rubber plans grew from the seeds
and 1,700 of these were sent In
miniature hothouses lo Ceylon.
There they grew into large trees,
twelve feet in girth, and gave seeds
of their own."
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No Opposition
Mr. German, one of the Liberals
who voted against reciprocity, has
issued his address to the electors of
Welland. He adheres to his position,
declaring that reciprocity can be of
no lasting benefit to the farmers
while its general effect will be detrimental to the whole interests of the
country. The reciprocity Liberals
met to nominate a party candidate
and made a selection. But the nominee withdrew, and now Mr. German
will have no Liberal opposition.
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on City work. All desiring employment should register at once.
ERNEST A. WOODS,
City Clerk.
G. T. P. n> Region
To the accompaniment of many
whistles, the blowing of countless
horns, the screeching of a score or
more of engines in the exhibition
grounds and the strains of music,
the first . T. P. passenger train
to enter Regina drew up at the temporary platform erected west of the
Dominion fair grounds, The train
brought some two hundred excun-
sionists from Yorkton, Melville, Ca-
nora and other points, who had
taken advantage of special permission granted by . railway commission to run throe special excursions
this week to the Dominion fair. As
the train approached the city Bob
St. Henri flow from tbe fair grounds
to meet it, thus signalizing in unique
fashion an important event in the
city's history.
J. L. PARKER
MINING ENGINEER
Prince Rupert, B. C.
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Prince Rupert PRINCE RUPERT JOURNAL
Tuesday, August 22, 1911.
(Bylaw Continued From Page Five)
of the Council in such securities, or in such manner as is permitted bylaw, including those hereinbefore recited investments.
7. There shall be issued any number of debentures to be made for
such sums as may be required for tlie raising of said sum of $550,000.00
and said debentures may be either for currency or sterling money, payable
in gold coin for not less than lfiioo.00 currency and £20 sterling each, and
not exceeding the whole sum of $550,000.00 and the said debentures shall
be duly prepared, executed, and sold for the purposes aforesaid.
8. The said debentures shall be deemed to have been properly executed by being signed by the Mayor and the Treasurer of the said City,
and shall be sealed with its corporate seal.
». Tlie said debentures shall bear the date of 12th day of September
A. I). 1911, being the date on which this Bylaw takes effect, and shall
contain a promise to pay the principal of the said debentures and also the
interest thereon at the rate of four and a half (4}£) per cent per annum,
payable half-yearly on the 1st day of .lunuary and the 1st day of July in
each year, and may be with or without coupons attached thereto for the payment of said interest, and in case coupons shall be attached to said debentures, said coupons shall be equivalent to one-half year's interest at the
said rate of four and a half (4)2) per cent per annum, upon the amount
of the debenture to which (bey shall be respectively attached, one coupon
being made payable each six months from and after the date of the said
debentures.
10. The snid coupons shall he deemed to have been properly executed
by each one having written, stamped, printed, or lithographed thereon, the
names of the Mayor and Treasurer of the said City. Each coupon shall
be numbered with the number of the debenture to wliich It is attached.
11. The said debentures shall be made payable at any place In
England, the United States, or Canada therein set out.
12. The amount of the said coupons, namely: the interest, shall be
payable at any of the places in England, the United States, or Canada
therein set out.
13. The said debentures when issued and sold, and any coupons
attached thereto when the debentures aforesaid have been issued and sold,
shall be deemed a valid and binding charge upon the rates and charges
accruing from the said Hydro-Electric System, and upon the said City of
Prince Rupert severally as aforesaid.
14. The amount of the debt authorized by tliis Bylaw is subject to
consolidation with the amount of any other debt authorized by any Bylaw
or Bylaws of the said City passed for the Issue and sale of Debentures,
and nothwithstanding anything herein contained authorizing and directing
the issue and sale of debentures for the payment of the debt thereby
created; the City of Prince Rupert Consolidated Stock may be issued In
the place and stead of the debentures to the amount of such debt. This
section shall apply only In so far as the City may be empowered by law
to do so.
15. It shall be lawful for the Council, during the construction of the
works, hereinbefore provided for, to borrow money from any bank, at
interest to he agreed on, willing to advance the same for the purposes of
paying for the said works, or any part thereof, and for such loans to hypothecate the debentures to be issued hereunder, provided that such loans
with the Interest agreed to be paid to such bank, shall be prepaid out of
the sum of money to be realized upon the sale of the said debentures.
16. The Council may sell the said debentures at less than par, if It
is found advisable so to do.
17. Notwithstanding anything hereinbefore contained it shall be
lawful for the City in any year to expend out of the net revenue of the said
Hydro-Electric System for the purpose of betterments of, or additions to,
such system, a sum up to twenty (20) per cent of such net revenue, net
revenue to mean for the purpose of this section, the gross receipts less
running expenses and ordinary repairs, but nothing herein contained shall
in any way do away with the liability of the City In each year either out of
the profits or by rate to provide the full amount necessary to pay interest
and sinking fund as before provided.
PASSED THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCE
RUPERT THE 21ST DAY OF AUGUST A. D. 1911.
MAYOR.
CLERK.
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED BY THE SAID COUNCIL
THE DAY OF A.D. 101. .
MAYOR.
TAKE NOTICE that the above is a ti*uc copy of the proposed Bylaw'
upon which the Vote of the Municipality will be taken at the Police Court
Room, Third Avenue, in the City of Prince Rupert on the second day of
September A. 1). 1011 between the hours of 9 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Dated 22nd day of August A. D. 1911.
W. D. VANCE,
Acting City Clerk.
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality
of the City of Prince Rupert, that the presence of the snid electors is
required at the Police Court Room, Third Avenue, on Saturday, the 2nd day
of September A. D. 1011, between the hours of 0 A. M. nnd 7 P. M. for the
purpose of voting upon the Bylaw above set forth, being a Bylaw to provide
foi' the construction of a Hydro-Electric System to supply the City of
Prince Rupert with water, electric light and power, and to create and
secure a debt for the purpose of constructing the said system amounting
lo ."(1550,000.00.
M. M. STEPHENS,
Returning Officer.
By-Law
A BYLAW TO CONFIRM AN AGREEMENT MADE BETWEEN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT OF THE
FlltST PART, THE GUAM) TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY
OF Tin: SECOND PART, THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DEVELOP"
MENT COMPANY LIMITED OF THE THIRD PART, AND HIS
MAJESTY THE KING I.N HIS RIGHT OF HIS PROVINCE OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA OI' Till: FOURTH PART.
WHEREAS, on the 8th day of June, 1011, au agreement was entered
into between the parties therein mentioned, which agreement was and is in
the words and figures following:—
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made In quadruplicate this 8th day
of June, In the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and
eleven,
BETWEEN
THK MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY OF PRINCE RUPERT (herein,
after railed the "City." of the first part),
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY (hereinafter called
the "Railway Company," of the second part),
THK GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, LIMITED,
(hereinafter called the "Townsite Company," of the third part),
and
HIS MAJESTY THK KING, in his right of his Province of Ilritish Columbia, herein represented and acting by the Honorable William
R. Ross, Minister of Lands of Ihe said Province (hereinafter
referred to lis "The Province," of Ihe fourth part).
WHEREAS, differences have arisen regarding the taxation by the
City of the lands belonging to the Railway Company situated within the
limits of the City of Prince Rupert, and certain other matters as hereinafter appearing, mid this agreement is made for the purpose of settling
such differences.
AND, WHEREAS, the Townsite Company is the owner of an undivided three-quarters Interest and the Province of an undivided one-
quarter interest in the lands referred to in paragraphs one (1), four (4)
and five (5) hereof, and are severally interested in securing an adjustment of the said difference, and as part of such adjustment have severally agreed to transfer and lease such lands as hereinafter provided:
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH, that in
consideration of the covenants and agreements on the part of the several
parties herein contained, the parties hereto have agreed with each other
as follows:
1. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of the Province, as testified by the Province joining in this agreement and the conveyance to be made hereunder, convey to the City in fee simple all
those certain parcels of lands indicated on the plan hereto annexed as
numbers three (3), eleven (11), thirteen (13), fourteen (14), eighteen
(18), twenty (20), twenty-two (22), twenty-three (23), twenty-nine
(29), thirty-eight (38), forty (40), forty-one (41), fifty-six (58), fifty-
eight (58), fifty-nine (59) and sixty-two (02).
2. Tile Railway Company will convey to the City ill fee simple the
westerly one hundred (100) feet of Waterfront Block E, as shown
In pink 011 attached plan on condition that the said waterfront shull
not unless upon the consent of the Company given under its Corporate
Seal be used for other than strictly municipal purposes.
3. The Province will convey to the City in fee simple the easterly
one hundred (100) feet of Waterfront Block D, as shown in pink on the
attached plan, on condition that the said waterfront shall not unless
upon the consent of the Province be used for other than strictly municipal purposes.
4. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of the Province testified as aforesaid, grant to the Olty a lease for the term of nine
hundred and ninety-nine (OOO)ycars of the several parcels of land indicated on the plan hereto annexed as numbers five (5), fifteen (15), seventeen (17), twenty-one (21), twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), twenty-
six (26), twenty-seven (27), thirty-one (31), thirty-two (32), thirty-
three (33), thirty-four (34), thirty-fivc (35), thirty-seven (37), thirty-
nine (39), florty-two (42), forty-three (43), forty-four (44), forty-
five (45), forty-six (46), forty-seven (47), forty-eight (48), forty-nine
(49), fifty (50), fifty-one (51), fifty-two (52), fifty-three (53), fifty-
five (55), sixty (60) and sixty-one (61). The said lease to be at a nominal rental of one dollar ($1.00) per annum and upon the folloiving conditions, that is to say:
(a) The lease is not to be assigned or sublet without leave of the
Townsite Company and the Province;
(b) The lands are not to be used for any other than park, boulevard, or other purposes having for their object the beautifying of the
City, without the consent of the Townsite Company and the Province;
(c) No buildings or structures other than statues or monuments
are to lie erected upon the said parcels or any of them without the like
consent.
5. The Townsite Company will, with the concurrence of tlie Province testified as aforesaid, grant to the City a lease for the term of
nine hundred and ninety-nine (999) years of the several parcels of land
indicated on the plan hereto annexed as numbers two (S), four (4), six
(6), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9), ten (10), twelve (12), sixteen
(16), twenty-eight (28), thirty-six (36) and fifty-four (54). The said
lease to be at 11 nominal rental of one dollar ($1.00) per annum, and
not to be assigned or sublet without leave of the Townsite Company and
the Province, except as hereinafter provided with respect to Parcel two
(2): —
(a) Parcel two (2)—Tills land shull be used for cemetery purposes
only, and shall be laid out and developed accordingly, maintaining a
parklike effect throughout. It is understood that the City may assign or
sublet individual plots in this area to persons desiring to use the same
for burial purposes without obtaining the leave hereinbefore provided;
(b) Parcel four (4)—This land shall be used only for the establishment of a reservoir and waterworks connected therewith; the erection of buildings of a public character and possessing architectural merit;
and in other respects for general park purposes;
(c) Parcels six (0), seven (7), eight (8), nine (9) and ten (10)
—These lands shall be used only for the purpose of public buildings,
having a grouped effect architecturally with parklike surroundings;
(d) Parcel twelve (12)—This land shall be used only for public
park purposes or for the erection of school, college, seminary or other
public buildings;
(e) Parcel sixteen (16)—This land shall be used as a public recreation ground and for the erection of public buildings of real architectural
merit, the entire development to be such as shall produce a parklike effect. In addition to the above, it shall be lawful for the City to construct and maintain upon this parcel one or more reservoirs in connection with the City waterworks system,lo making for this purpose the necessary connections therewith upon the said parcel;
(f) Parcel twenty-eight (28)—This land shall be used for a general
public park and is to be developed to that end. Without in any way
lessening the duty of the City to preserve the parkiike features of this
parcel, it is understood that for a distance of one thousand (1,000) feet
to the nortli of a road connecting McBride Street and the Prince Rupert
Boulevard, the natural parklike features of the land are to be retained;
(g) Parcel thirty-six (30)—This land shall only be used for buildings of a public character possessing real architectural merit, the grounds
surrounding same to be suitably graded and planted;
(h) Parcel fifty-four (54)—This land shall only be used for public
buildings of architectural merit, provided, however, that the City may
construct und maintain a reservoir thereon. In the development of this
parcel, the general parklike features shall be adhered to.
Pending the development of any of the snid parcels as in this clause
provided, the City shall not do or permit anything to be done which
will detract from the existing natural parkiike features.
6. The conveyances provided for in the preceding clauses shall lie
executed by the parties hereto of tile first, third and fourth parts, and
shall contain apt clauses embodying the conditions hereinbefore set
forth, so as to ensure that the lands mentioned in clauses two (2) and
tliree (3) hereof .shall be used only for the purposes defined in this agreement.
7. The Hallway Company will, at the request of the City, grant such
easements over its property within the city limits as may be necessary for
sewers, water mains, gas mains, electric light, telegraph wires, telephone wires, or other similar civic utilities, subject always to the approval of the Railway Company's engineer, whose opinion in all cases
must he treated as final, without prejudice to the right, if any, which the
City may by law possess to expropriate an easement for any of the above
purposes.
8. The Railway Company will, within a period of three months from
the date of the ratification of tills agreement by the Legislature, commence the erection of its works within the city limits, consisting of permanent station, roundhouse, engine works, machine shops and other
structures and accessories incidental to the establishment at Prince Rupert of the Pacific Terminus of the Railway Company, and complete
tlie same with all reasonable dispatch, retaining within the City the payrolls in connection with such works, so far as it may be feasible to
do so.
9. The Townsite Company will, within a period of two years from
the date of the ratification of this agreement by the Legislature, commence the erection of a first-class hotel of modern design and appoint.
mente, and prosecute the construction thereof with due diligence.
10. The Railway Company will commence the construction of a dry
dock at Prince Rupert in conformity with the agreement respecting the
same between the Railway Company and the Government of the Dominion of Canada.
11. The Railway Company will pay to the City annually 011 or before the 1st day of November in each year for and during the period in
the succeeding clause mentioned, by way of taxation, a total fixed sum
of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000), in respect of all its property, real
or personal, within tlie City Hints; provided, however, that the said sum
shall not include local improvement taxes, which may be Imposed- by
the City for the improvement Of public streets upon wliich the Railway
Company's land abuts in Sections One (1), Six (6), Seven (7) and Eight
(8), and which streets or portions of streets may be enumerated as follows:
Water Street
Eleventh Street ""•"
First Avenue, opposite blocks 13 and 14
First and Second Avenues From Eighth to Second Street
All in Section One (1)
Fourth Avenue, opposite blocks 6 and 7, in Section Six
Overlook Street, opposite Block 4
Seal Cove Circle, opposite Block 7
Kelliher Street, opposite Blocks 25 and 50
All in Sestion Seven (7)
Kelliher Street, opposite Block 12
Morse Loop, opposite Blocks 14, 13 and 41
Eleventh Avenue, opposite Block 31
Edward Avenue, opposite Block 1
All In Section Eight (8)
Provided, however, that the Railway Company's share of such local
improvement taxes, shall not exceed one-half of the total cost of any
such local improvement.
12. The City agrees with tlie Railway Company to accept the said
sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) per annum, together with the
said local improvement taxes mentioned In Clause 11 hereof, in lieu of
all municipal taxes, rates and assessments of every kind whatsoever to
be levied by the City against the Railway Company and upon or In respect
of the lands of the Railway Company, and all buildings, structures or
other improvements thereon or therein, and all the personal property of
tlie Company within the "City limits, for a period of ten years from the
1st day of January, 1911.
13. The City will accept the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
($15,000) In full of all taxes due by the Railway Company to the City
for the year 1010.
14. It is understood by and between the parties hereto that this
agreement shall not become operative or binding unless and until the
same shall have been approved by the ratepayers of the City and ratified
by the Legislature of the Province of Britisii Columbia; the parties hereto severally agreeing to co-operate in taking all steps and doing all
things necessary to'obtain such ratification at the next session of the
said Legislature.
15. This agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the parties hereto respectively.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF tills agreement has been duly executed by
the parties hereto.
THE MUNICIPALITY OF THE CITY
OF PRINCE RUPERT.
[Seal.] By
Wm. Manson, Mayor,
And
Ernest A. Woods, City Clerk.
GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC RAIL-
WAY COMPANY.
In Presence of
Fred Peters.
D'Arcy Tate
[Seal.]
Chas. M. Hays, President.
Henry Philips, Secretary.
THE GRAND TRUNK PACIFIC DE-
VELOPMENT COMPANY LTD.
[Seal.]
Chas. M. Hays, President.
Henry Philips Secretary.
THE GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA.
[Seal.]
Henry Esson Y'oung, Provincial
Secretary for the Province of British Columbia.
AND. WHEREAS, it is desirable to pass a Bylaw ratifying and confirming the said recited agreement so that the same may be submitted
for the approval of the ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert pursuant
to Clause 14 of said Agreement:
NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the Municipal Corporation of the
City of Prince Rupert enacts as follows:—
1. The snid hereinbefore recited agreement is hereby confirmed and
ratified in every particular.
2. The said Council shall take all necessary steps to have this Bylaw
submitted to tlie ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert for their approval.
3. The said Council shall, if Ihis Bylaw is approved by the ratepayers of the City of Prince Rupert, take all necessary steps to obtain
ratification of snid recited agreement by the Legislature of the Province of
British Columbia, and for that purpose, are hereby authorized to spend
any money that may be necessary and proper in obtaining the passage of
said Legislation.
4. The plan referred to in the said recited agreement shall be kept
on file as a record in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Prince
Rupert.
5. The Council of the City of Prince Rupert shall endeavor to have
inserted in the Statute confirming this agreement a clause authorizing the
filing of the said recited agreement, and the plan therein referred to,
in the office of the Registrar of Deeds at the City of Prince Rupert.
6. This Bylaw shall take effect immediately the passing thereof.
PASSED THE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PRINCE
RUPERT THK 2IST DAY OF AUGUST A. D. 1911,
MAYOR.
CLERK.
RECONSIDERED AND FINALLY ADOPTED BY THK SAID COUNCIL
THE DAY OF A. D. 101 . . .
TAKE NOTICE that the above is a true copy of the proposed Bylaw
upon which the Vote of the Municipality will be taken atthe Police Court
Room, Third Avenue, In the City of Prince Rupert on the second day of
September A. D. 1911 between the hours of 9 A. M. and 7 P. M.
Dated 22nd day of August A. D. 1911.
W. D. VANCE,
Acting City Clerk.
NOTICE is hereby given to the electors of the Municipality of the City
of Prince Rupert, that the presence of the said electors is required at the
Police Court Room, Third Avenue, in the Olty of Prince Rupert, on Saturday the 2nd day of September A. D. 1911, between the hours of 9 A. M.
and 7 P. M. for the purpose of voting on the above Bylaw, being a Bylaw
to confirm the agreement made between the Municipality of the City of
Prince Rupert, of the First part, the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company
of the Second part, the Grand Trunk Pacific Development Company Limited
of the Third part, and His Majesty the King In his right of Ids Province
of Britisii Columbia of the Fourth part.
M. M. STEPHENS,
Returning Officer.
Prince Rupert, B. C, August 22nd, 1911.
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