@prefix edm: . @prefix dcterms: . @prefix dc: . @prefix skos: . edm:dataProvider "CONTENTdm"@en ; dcterms:subject "British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en, "Canadian Pacific Railway Company"@en, "Steamboats"@en, "Coastwise shipping"@en, "Commercial correspondence"@en, "Ocean travel"@en ; dcterms:isPartOf "Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection"@en ; dcterms:creator "Canadian Pacific Railway. British Columbia Coast Steamship Service"@en ; dcterms:issued "2017-09-21"@en ; dcterms:created "1978"@en ; dcterms:description "Circular copies of outgoing correspondence and memoranda for the month of March, initialed and passed along by staff members."@en, ""@en ; edm:aggregatedCHO "https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/chungtext/items/1.0355776/source.json"@en ; dcterms:extent "7.5 cm of Textual records."@en ; dc:format "application/pdf"@en ; skos:note """ *. Date VANCOUVER, 13 March 1978. From R'R* Reid To Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland File: T-78-69 With regard to our recent conversation concerning the advertising budget for the Nanaimo service - 1978. Resume' of the revenue received off the "Princess of Vancouver" for 1977 is shown below: Passengers Revenue 245,665 $841,188. Autos 56,100 $555,238. Staterooms 2,279 $13,514. Restaurant $304,630. News $68,315, Bar $142,801. Total - $1,925,686. Our advertising budget lists media $120,000; production $10,000; total $130,000.00 or 6.75% of the 1977 total revenue. Recommend that the proposed budget be accepted. iOForm 102-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr, Marine Supt. [J^ Account. n^£2*. y^y. of fr I J^v/^Ar 0 -i. /•'■■ s_$aa i :-. L b? 1 CCFP.ECTI CMS UNDER PSGFS AND PCT DELETE SECC AS REPEATED IN THIRD LINE 1974 Q.S55//////CNITTED AND SHCULD READ 1974 5 CHARTERS 13 REE SAILINGS ■ R R REID ASST !1GR ECCSS Z* CPS CMO MTL ND LINE OF COMMENTS UND^R t CPR PCCSS VCHEVG CPS CMC MTL ►R PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 13 MARCH/78 a) P I GEORGES - Br-* ■ y E" L X MONTREAL QUE CCMV FRI MERCATOR LUBRICATION AND WATER QUOTED °OOG DLRS ACCOUNT ESTIMATE PY TOM KING IN VIEV MERCATOR POWER DIESEL REQUIRING MUCH GREATER. LUBRICATION THAN TURBINES PATRICIA THAT IS ESTIMATE BASED 50 GALLONS PEP. 2 4 HOUR AVERAGE OF 4.6/24 HOUR DAYS PER VOYAGE CF -2000 MILES THEREFORE 4.6 X 50 X IS X 1.826 CENTS EQUALS 7560. TCM SUGGESTED SEASONAL ESTIMATE 8500 PILL ROUNDED OFF TC 9000 DLRS STOP PURCHASING SUGGEST THERE IS POSSIBILITY CF GOVT ALLOWED FUEL INCREASE JULY 1ST BUT AS IN PAST IT MIGHT NOT BE PASSED ON. HOWEVER KEITH SUGGESTS FOR ESTIMATE PURPOSES TC INCLUDE 3.1 CENT INCREASE SEPT 1ST. CTHER VESSEL EXPENSE INCLUDES WAGES HOST AND HOSTESS 19.. 425 AMD BALANCE MADE UP OF PURSER'S TRIP EXPENSES PAYMENT CF INCIDENTAL PORT CHARGES PURCHASES EMERGENCY SUPPLIES ETC ENRCUTE THE TRIP STOP ALEC IS WORKING CN WAGES AND COMMISSICN BOTH CF WHICH WILL TAKE TIME BUT WILL ADVISE YCU SAP STOP REGARDING OCCUPANCY PERCENTAGES INCLUDING CHARTERS SHOW BELCW PERCENTAGES FROM 1966: 1966 1967 1963 1969 1970 1971 1972 1 CHARTER 13 REG SAILINGS 1 CHARTER _ 1 3- REG 3 CHARTERS 13 REG 4 CHARTERS 13 REG 5 CHARTERS 13 REG 5 CHARTERS 13 REG 7 CHARTERS 13 REG DC DC DO DO DO DO PSGRS PCT 41 16 89.6 4057 88.3 4823 91.9 5100 91 .5 5236 88.7 5180 87.7 5678 86.5 1^73 1975 1976 1977 BCC-37 NOT A FAIR COMPARISON AS OCT 14 :3-4534 9_>6 170 PSGRS CHARTER ONLY 170 PSGRS ELIMINATE AND PCTGE 7 CHARTERS 13 REG SAILINGS ftJ&S BAFA1 RCBflRffJSRIZ£M/////////// NOT A FAIR. COMPARISON AS MAY 7 CHAPTER 122 PSGRS AND OCT 6 - 200 ELIMINATE AND PCTGE 4 CHAPTERS 13 PEG SAILINGS 4 CHARTERS 13 REG DC 2 CHARTERS 16 PEG DC _ 462 5 5508 5641 88.4 86 • 531 9 90. 483^ 86.8 4203 75.3 30.3 R P. REID ASST MGR BCCSS c£E3Er'TIPfl £ -> j—^^^_ '■;_.. . ~.:-.:j.X..~.. X. ■.■.■■ ,;.;.. .;..- . tii^ BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPRail ■/Holland -March 13, 1978 "Reid File: 494166 ■ Vanager Mr. D.A. Matick 2242 E. 46th Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Matick: Further to your call into this office regarding your application for refund of pension contributions. I understand that submission of this form was held at your request pending your decision as to whether or not you would resign or remain "laid off" available for further employment with this department. You ultimately signed the form and this was submitted to Montreal on February 6, 1978. As it takes approximately six weeks for a refund of this type to be processed, you should hear from the Pensions Department direct by the end of March. If you do not receive you refund by then, please contact this office and we will trace. It will be appreciated that many hundreds of these forms have to be handled by Montreal and we have no reason to request for special consideration under the circumstances. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH/jb ! ' W Holland ■ tg&r n Reid ■ Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 March 13, 1978 File: 7S.POV.529 Capt. R. Stevens, Asst. Harbour Master, Port of Vancouver Ste. 520, 200 Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2P9 Dear Capt. Stevens: In view of forthcoming festivities planned for "Tall Ships" and in particular, with regards to sailpasts through first narrows during the hours 1000 - 1200 on porposed dates 25 and 30 July, 197S, it is requested a meeting of our operations persons and the festivities planning group to determine the most acceptable compromise to scheduling of our vessels through the narrows during these periods. Yours very truly, A.N. Cairns Marine Superintendent. / w_ t Reid ■ 'Xanagar BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 /.q ai\\ w Holland ■ March 13th, 197S Mr. P. Stensrud, 1705 S. Pacific, Oceanside, Calif. Dear Mr. Stensrud: We were pleased to receive your undated letter concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of C.P. Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. CPRail Date VANCOUVER, March 13, 1978 From j.w. McCowatt To R.D. Sawchenko, Chief Engineer, Trailer Princess File: T-7S-235 With reference to Mr. J.O. Munro's overtime for 24/l "Effecting L/oil change No. 2 generator reset valves while engine hot" which is not signed by Mr. Koinro. Since there is no need to reset valves while engine is hot, this overtime claim is reduced from three hours to one. Also considered that overtime is excessive on the 29/l since there is a total claim in for two engineers for three hours each on the same engine. This claim is reduced to 1 1/2 hours. Asst. Superintendent Engineer. c.c. W. Kazulin ®Form 102-R % Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 13th, 197S File: T-78-235 From J.W. McCowatt To R.D. Sawchenko, Chief Engineer, Trailer Princess. With reference to the overtime claim for.R.D. Sawchenko on 22/2, the three hours penalty time is considered excessive for the reasons stated below, and this has been reduced to 1 l/2 hours. There is no reason why there is any need to work on a hot engine; sufficient time should be allowed for the engine to cool offc Kindly attend to this procedure in future occasions. Asst. Superintendent Engineer c.c. W. Kazulin )Form 102-R ^ uvnan 7i' > JB '" f'OForm 102-R lcl(bU4)bb$-3i Jb, letexwi oU/btt'i 'W Holland ■■ ij-ir 1 Ft Reid CPBall 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr, G.N. MacAulay 4243 Cambridge Street North Burnaby, B,C. V5C 1H1 Dear Mr, MacAulay: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position In question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. GP f W Holland RReid x Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr, D,J, Thompson 3338 Departure Bay Rd. Nanaimo, B.C. V9T 1B4 Dear Mr, Thompson: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CPRail MW Holland I'anage/ IRReid ■^'■Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. F,C, Merriman 227 - 102nd Street Blueberry Creek, B.C. V1N 3E5 Dear Mr, Merriman: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest In Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CPRail tW Holland Kit' n Reid -' Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. D.H. McCaughey 4554 Elm Grove Drive Burnaby, B.C. Dear Mr, McCaughey: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement In the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.CS.S. GP - Pie: ii", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (~:04) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 x.W Holland RReid ' Manager €P Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr, R, Bruce 1136 Ronayne Road North Vancouver, B.C. V7K 1H3 Dear Mr. Bruce: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position In question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B,C,C,S,S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 •.UV Holland ■ '■■;■"" IRReid •:5Sf Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr, M.K, Willson 1807 Dunbar Street Vancouver, B,C, V6R 3M1 Dear Mr, Willson: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP r> Pier "B '. Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 G J Bml :W Holland :RReid • Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. G.M, Donbrovo 6991 Marlborough Avenue Burnaby, B,C, V5J 4G6 Dear Mr, Donbrovo: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest In Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier'B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 -1V/Holland i ;■■" IRReid Asst. Manager CPRail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. J.B. Miles 4 - 3361 Marine Drive West Vancouver, B,C, Dear Mr. Miles: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager,; B.C.C.S.S, GP . BC Coast Steamship Service Pier'B". Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 r\\ W Holland ' -mer 1 R Reid .' Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. G, Gregory 69 - 1534 Sahali News Kamloops, B.C. Dear Mr. Gregory: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your Interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "S". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 OP Bail I W Holland 'RReid sl Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. R.G. Robinson 4098 204B Street Langley, B.C. V3A 1Z8 Dear Mr, Robinson: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position In question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, GP iger BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CI WHoiiand 13 March 1978 "**| File: T-78-40 ■ Manager Mr. A. Hacult 6645 Charles St. Burnaby, B.C. Dear Mr. Hacult: This will acknowledge receipt of your resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 'Rail !W Holland 13 March 1978 .... - R Reid File: T-78-40 >• Manager Mr. P.B. Maclean 9 - 1119 Broughton St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2A9 Dear Mr. MacLean: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position In question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. GP Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ffl W Holland t" Re/o" Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. R. Goeller 409 Maple Avenue Chilliwack, B.C. V2P 2J7 Dear Mr. Goeller: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position In question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Managerj B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "S". Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ,? W Holland ■-agar RRReid :■■ Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. W.P. Henderson 942 East Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5T 1Y4 Dear Mr. Henderson: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. GP IV Holland (Oer BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 iReid Pile: T-78-40 ' Manager Mr. H.F. Pretty #406 - 2020 Bellwood Avenue N. Burnaby, B.C. V5B 4P8 Dear Mr. Pretty: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager^ B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 JW Holland ■i-ager ■RReid »: Manager CP Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 a Mr. M.W, Resag 4697 Strathcona Place North Vancouver, B.C. V7G 1H1 Dear Mr. Resag: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. KKXX GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 W Holland . mer -Reid ' Manager n_i tati 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. D.J. Green 6307 Terrebonne Avenue Montreal, Quebec H4B 1A8 Dear Mr. Green: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-, B.C.C.S.S. GP Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 I Bf Holland ■.nager R Reid ■ ■ Manager Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 m Mr. D.M. Olynuk 4758 Frances Street North Burnaby, B.C. V5C 2S2 Dear Mr. Olynuk: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager/ B.C.C.S.S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 1W Holland ■ aget : R Reid : Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. B.J. Bedard #115 - 1040 King Albert Avenue Coquitlam, B.C. V3J 1X5 Dear Mr. Bedard: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-; B.C.C.S.S, GP Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 AW Holland ' ■ :^ager RRReid ;/ Manage^ 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. D.A. Gushue 7892 Selkirk Street Vancouver, B.C. V6P 4H6 Dear Mr. Gushue: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP tic coast Steamship service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 /Holland ■ Reid Xanager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 H Mr. D.M. Reid 6389 Chatham Street West Vancouver, B.C. Dear. Mr. Reid: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the. time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S, GP ^ BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 I WHolland 'ilager ■ R Reid 5! Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. M. Barba 8387 Manson Drive Burnaby, B.C. Dear Mr. Barba: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S. GP Pier B". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 I W Holland -agar RReid ■' Manager CPRail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. Ron McKeour 4047 McGill Street Burnaby, B.C. Dear Mr. McKeour: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S. GP IW Holland RReid ■ Manager tic coasi siearnsnip service Pier''B",Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. Karl Adams 110 - 2101 McMullen Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6L 3B3 Dear Mr. Adams: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP •'/Holland ager R Reid ' Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 3 Mr. K.M. King 11505 - 97th Avenue Surrey, B.C. Dear Mr. King: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-; B.C.C.S.S, GP IV Holland iReid Manager do coast SLtxarrisiiip oeivive Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135. Telex 04-507684 CP Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. Ilona Godeau 24360 80th Avenue R.R. #6 Langley, B.C. V3A 4P9 Dear Ms, Godeau: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP Dto-ea7T iifj OC7( v(i>.c; Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 W W Holland 'onager IRReid '■: Manager CPRail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. P. Yim 304 - 26 Gaylene Place Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 4G7 Dear Mr, Yim: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP :W Holland W Holland irtager iRReid ■ :■■ Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 -J-.-J' Mr. L. Oakland 15025 Bluebird Crescent Surrey, B,C, V3R 4T8 Dear Mr, Oakland: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-; B.C.C.S.S, GP WW Holland '.imager 8 R Reid x Manager uc L-'oasf Steamship service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CP Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr, R.E. Laurin 2496 Hoskins Road North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 3A3 Dear Mr, Laurin: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager.," B.C.C.S.S, GP iiW Holland P. R Reid x Manage* BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 CP Rail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. R.K. Barker 2012 Fullerton Avenue #511 North Vancouver, B.C. V7P 3E3 Dear Mr, Barker: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor* While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager-; B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 iW Holland ■' sgnr IRReid ' Manager CPRail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. H. Kelly 208 - 2336 Wall Street Vancouver, B.C. V5L IB7 Dear Mr. Kelly: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 W Holland RReid ' Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. H. Allen 8644 - 116th Street Delta, B.C. V4C 5V9 Dear Mr. Allen: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that. you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 W Holland ■ager R Reid ' Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. P. Hung 10251 Amethyst Avenue Richmond, B.C. V7A 3A8 Dear Mr. Hung: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP tW Holland iaget H Reid Manager ul- xuasi oiecimsiiip strtvice Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. L.A. Wall 1139 Millstream Road West Vancouver, B.C. V7S 2C8 Dear Mr. Wall: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager; B.C.C.S.S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 1W Holland ' R Reid x Manager CPRail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. G. Andrews 538 Erin Place Delta, B.C. V4M 2V6 Dear Mr. Andrews: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager^ B.C.C.S.S, C GP LJV., LyL'U ,1i. Olv.-flM .'O I IIU OVI VILrj Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 :\\V Holland 3 R Re/d ■-■ Manager CPBail 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. E.A. Palmer 4601 Prospect Road North Vancouver, B.C. V7N 3M1 Dear Mr. Palmer: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 I W Holland '" *'Jer RReid, . * Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. G. Magistrale 2660 Charles Street Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Magistrale: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager.; B.C.C.S.S, GP mW Holland ■ ' wager iRReid ■ iSI Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. W.D. Brown 1075 Montroyal Boulevard NorthVancouver, B.C. V7R 2H6 Dear Mr. Brown: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S. GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 WHolland ■;•-'.' RReid ■ Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. B.L. Forster 14555 Marine Drive White Rock, B.C. Dear Mr, Forster: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 W-Holland i'jer R Reid Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. G.J, Mee 182 Waddington Cr. Kamloops, B.C. Dear Mr. Mee: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S, GP BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135. Telex 04-507684 8 W Holland ■'■ager R Reid v' Manager 13 March 1978 File: T-78-40 a Mr. W.G. Sulz 8150 Cambie App. 25 Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Sulz: This will acknowledge receipt of your letter and accompanying resume concerning the recent advertisement in the Vancouver Sun regarding the position of Traffic Supervisor. While the position in question has now been filled, we do appreciate your taking the time and effort to forward the necessary information pertaining to your background and experience. We thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and trust that you will soon be successful in locating a suitable position. Yours truly, Manager," B.C.C.S.S. GP i CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED British Columbia Coast Steamship Service VANCOUVER OPORD Distribution Subject Reference #78-5 Date: 15 March 1973, Groups 1,2,3. File: 163 "Princess of Vancouver" Schedule, OPORD #78-2, 1 February 1978, Due to unforeseen delays in bringing A-l slip back into OPERATION. THE "PRINCESS OF VANCOUVER" WILL CONTINUE TO operate on an amended schedule as follows. commencing Monday. 20 March 1978 and continuing until further notice: DEPART Nanaimo 0001 Vancouver 0400 * Nanaimo 0830 Vancouver 1230 Nanaimo 1600 Vancouver 2000 ARRIVE Vancouver 0230 Manaimo 0630 * Vancouver 1100 Nanaimo 1500 Vancouver 1830 Nanaimo 2230 Sailings marked * differ from those in OPORD #78-2 PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine Supt ^kM WJ_ Supt. Engr. Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt. Terminal Supt. Dcptl. Analyst. Office Mg.-. Account. y&a@&$^ -Tf-__ fl ^£5^ t5c- 3 %rM* ~7F— \\^SS\\/n*si*CtA BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 *»ft« 75 vAcvtch 1978. Vf Holland f,Reid Vile. Wo. T-78-49-A • Manager Wi. J. Halliday 1956 East 34tk Ave. Vancouver, B.C. Vean. Wl. Halliday: We have. pleabuAe In attacking B.C. Coaht Long Senvlce. Vai>t> BH 825 In yocui fiavouA ai, Pensioned Chle{ Stewand, and Wtt>. Halliday. Please note., diagonal line. acno66 pa&A Indicates It aj> not good {on. hall-note on.deM; I.e., automobile, n.edacJU.on. Voau veJiy tnuly, M.W. HOLLANV UanageA, B.C.C.S.S. Pier^B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 m Holland ■ ayer B Reid ■ Manager CPRail .15 March 1978. File No. 305 Mr. A.J. Helmcken City Archivist City Hall, Centennial Square Victoria, B.C. V8W 1P6 Dear Mr. Helmcken: This is to acknowledge receipt of your letter of 23 February 1978, and to advise you that we are currently preparing the lists of BCCSS vessels and Masters for commemoration in the form of a plaque, per our conversation. Hopefully we will have this stage of the project completed and to you by month end. Should you have any questions in the interim, kindly direct them to Mr. Reid or myself and we will be pleased to assist you. I would like to take this opportunity to state how much I enjoyed our luncheon together, and hope we will have a repeat performance in the near future. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB - J CPRail Date VANCOUVER, 15 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid Filer 655-C Attached are copies of studies given to me in Montreal regarding the merits of acquisition of the "Mercator One." Would you kindly review these at your earliest convenience and provide me with any comments you might have on their content. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB • X>2)Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 Vf Holland tger 8 Reid ■' Manager CP Bail •March 15th, 1973 File: T-78-30-32 Mr. W.G. Sutherland, Manager, Rail Division, Seaspan International, 10 Pemberton Ave., North Vancouver, B.C. V7P 2R1 Dear Mr. Sutherland: During the loading operation of the Seaspan Doris, March 11th, 1978 ex Nanaimo, B.C. trailer unit #9526 received extensive damage when mate, W. Cooksley evidently raised the elevator without ascertaining if unit was properly positioned on ramp. Since we have received a claim for damages, would you please let me have a copy of paraphrasing of Mr. Cooksley's report on this incident, that will provide me with sufficient details to proceed. In particular, I would like to know why the unit was positioned as it was on the ramp and why elevator was not stopped immediately that unit made contact with ship's deckhead. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S aJM/wj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"Bl', Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 CPRail ■: W Holland i jer R Reid ■ Manager 'March 15th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. J. Cunningham, 12 Place Villars, Lorraine, Quebec. J6Z 2W3 Dear Ms. Cunningham: Reference your letter of March 6th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time,but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, H.L. Hudson Office Manager. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "S", Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 W Holland ■ -iger R Reid ' Manager CPRail •March 15th,1978 m Ms. J. Spafford, 7 War-beck Place, Weston, Ontario Dear Ms. Spafford, Reference your letter of March 10th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, H.L. Hudson Office Manager. Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 15th, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. N.J. Nuttall, Supervisor, Adniinistration & Accounting, Public Relations & Advertising, Montreal. Please refer to your letter of February 21,1978 concerning quantities of "Princess Patricia" booklets exported during 1977- Attached please find Canada Customs - Export Entry forms B-13 for the year 1977, in the total amount of $2,910.00c Manager, B.C.C.S.S. SO Form 102A-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 15th, 1978 From M.W. Holland To R.A. Ferguson, Regional Manager, Public Relations. Attention: J. Shave Further to conversation Mr. Shave date, effective Monday, March 20, 1978 the Princess of Vancouver will be scheduled as follows: Ex Vane. Ex Nan. 0400 0830 1230 1600 2000 2400 You will note the only change from current schedule is departure time Nanaimo changed from 0900 to O830. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc:. A.N. Cairns: Please issue required OPORD. 1 JDF/wj iuQForm 102-R Date VANCOUVER, March 15th, 1978 From j.w. McCowatt To Mr. P.W. Ross, Second Engineer, MS Carrier Princess TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: This is to certify that the above-named gentleman has been in our employ for quite some time, and has carried out his duties as engineer on the above ship to our entire satisfaction. Mr. Ross is on leave of absence as of March 13th in order to obtain Marine Engineering School and study for his second class certificate, and because of same, will be on leave until April 15 approximately. Asst. Superintendent Engineer. JWM/wj £)Form 102-R r Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 15th, 1978 From A.N. Cairns Tp Master, Princess of Vancouver To clarify the supper meal period for the 1200 - 1800 watchkeepers your vessel, the supper meal hour will now be posted to reflect 1630 - I830 and is effective this date. Marine Superintendent. cc: Chief Engineer, Princess of Vancouver Chief Steward, Princess of Vancouver A. Meijer ANC/wj )Form 102A-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 15th, 1978 File: 503 From M.W. Holland To Nancy Artinoff, Personnel Assistant Personnel Development, Montreal. Reference your letter of March 8th, file PA enclosing proposed update of sheet No. 8502 for the Personnel and Administrative manual. So far as B.C. Steamship Services passes are concerned, the particulars given are correct, but you have omitted any reference to automobile reduction orders and copy of our regulations for these half-rates are as follows: "An employee must have three years continuous or cummulative service to qualify. Employee must own the auto for which he requests the half-rate. Applications to be made to office of Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Vancouver, at least one week in advance of date required. Application must include the following particulars: make, model and licence number. If employee holds a Long Service Pass, reduced fare will be issued by Wharf Ticket Office upon presentation of such pass. Employees presenting long service passes or reduced rate order at any of our ticket offices must do so at least one hour prior to sailing time." You may wish to have this included in the update as it is available to all CP Rail employees. ^O.Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. r HLH/wj I J News Summary News and views on topics of current interest prepared by Public Relations and Advertising Department Aviation Business & Finance CP Rail Report ALBERTA'S GROWTH TO SPUR RAIL TRAFFIC A continued growth of Alberta's econon$ the volume of inbound traffic by railway, and CP Rail is looking forward to another year of growth in 1978. Page 5 LANG WANTS $600-MILLI0N MORE FOR RAIL-LINE REHABILITATION In a letter to 250 daily newspapers, farm and business leaders, Transport Minister Otto Lang is trying to drum up support for an additional $600-million for Prairie rail-line rehabilitation. Page 9 CONRAIL STUDIES RAIL ELECTRIFICATION Conrail undertakes a major study on the feasibility of electrifying several portions of its system. Principal focus of the study will be on the route between Harrisburg, Pa., and Pittsburgh. Page 7 TRENDS AND TOPICS CN reports a net profit of $28-million in 1977, for its largest return since 1943. It is attributed to the restructuring of the company on an efficient and business-like basis. Page 9 The Soviet Union is building a 3,200-kilometre railway in northern Siberia to open up regions rich in natural resources. It is the Baikal-Amur line, north of the Trans-Siberian Railway. Page 6 Seaboard World Airlines, a U.S. all-cargo airline, applies for permission to carry passengers as well as freight across the Atlantic, charging as little as $100 New York to London. Page 13 Ian D. Sinclair, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Canadian Pacific, was interviewed on the CTV program, "Question Period" in Ottawa, March 5. A transcript of the interview is appended. Canadian Pacific NEWS IN BRIEF PRINCE RUPERT GETS GO-AHEAD FOR PORT EXPANSION VANCOUVER - The federal Government announced March 7 that it will spend $27.6-million on port improvements and long-awaited expansion of grain facilities at Prince Rupert, B.C. Some $16.3-million will be spent over three years to provide essential services for coal-loading facilities and a new two-berthed grain elevator. Some $11.3-million will be spent on rebuilding the dock at Prince Rupert's existing government elevator. The federal Government plans to service the Ridley Island site with a spur line of the CN northern line to Prince Rupert. (Vancouver Province, March 8) an.nnJTjT^Tj^s nm rn mm?. OTTAWA - A suggestion that 80,000 Air Canada tickets might be involved in the National Revenue Department's crackdown on free airline passes was made in the Commons on March 3. Revenue Minister Joe Guay said earlier his department has reason to believe that airline companies and travel agents are handing out free airline tickets to help customers avoid paying income tax. (Winnipeg Free Press, March 4) MP'S LASH RAILWAY PENSIONS OTTAWA - Conservative MP Dan McKenzie said March 2 that both Canadian National and Canadian Pacific have avoided paying to a large extent their share of contributions into their railway pension plans. He urged the government to investigate the charges. (Vancouver Sun, March 3) PRAIRIE SNOW NOW BLAMED FOR DELAYS VANCOUVER - Bad weather on the Prairies is responsible for a jam of freighters waiting in Vancouver harbor and English Bay to take on cargos of wheat. Snowstorms have caused a shortage of railcars and thus a shortage in all types of wheat and Canadian Wheat Board spokesmen feel the log jam will last until the end of July. (Vancouver Sun, March 3) CHEAPER STEEL BY SHIP? VANCOUVER - Algoma Steel says it plans to use a ship this spring to get structural steel beams to the B.C. market at a cheaper price than rail-carried steel. The reduced shipping costs -- about $50 a ton compared to $75 a ton for rail freight -- will make Algoma's prices here competitive with products from Britain, France and Japan. (Vancouver Province, March 4) MP SEEKS RAIL SAFETY OTTAWA - Liberal MP Herb Gray has called on three government departments and agencies to ensure there is no danger to Canadians from transportation of dangerous chemicals by railway. (Winnipeg Tribune, March 8) CROW RATE HOLDS BACK WESTERN RAPESEED PROCESSING SAYS STUDY TORONTO - A University of Saskatchewan study says the low Crow's Nest Pass freight rate and a Japanese import tariff are holding back rapeseed processing in Western Canada. The study also indicates that western Canadian rapeseed growers gain only part of the Crow's Nest subsidy, which also benefits foreign consumers of rapeseed products. The growers would therefore pay only part of the increase if the subsidy were removed to allow freight rates to cover total costs. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 7) EASTERN TO BUY AIRBUS PARIS - Western Europe is on the verge of selling Eastern Airlines 20 Airbuses, says French Transport Minister Marcel Cavaille. The breakthrough for the new 250-seat airliner on the American market may come in about two weeks. (Reuters - Montreal Star, March 9) 3 TO 8 PER CENT INCREASE FOR PRICE OF STEEL SET FOR APRIL 3 TORONTO - Price increases for the bulk of steel produced by the large Canadian mills have been signalled by announcements of some higher prices that will go into effect on April 3. The increases range from three to eight per cent. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 7) OTTAWA APPROVES CN RAIL DEBT BILL OTTAWA - The Commons has granted approval in principle to legislation wiping out part of the debt of Canadian National Railways and to a bill requiring foreign corporations and unions operating in Canada to file more financial data with the government. The CNR bill, which has the backing of all parties in the House, takes $808-million in debt off the hands of the government-owned railway. It now goes to a Commons committee for detailed study. (CP - Toronto Daily Star, March 6) CN ANNOUNCES REORGANIZATION TORONTO - Canadian National Telecommunications will be reorganized into three subsidiaries under the direction of a small group executive unit, Robert Bandeen, president of Canadian National, said March 6. He said Newfoundland telephone operations, northwest telephone operations and the national business communications market will be incorporated separately as Canadian National subsidiaries. Each will have the capacity to function as separate business entities, he said. (CP - Ottawa Citizen, March 7) MONTREAL FIRM GIVEN CONTRACT FOR $3-MILLI0N MONTREAL - Dominion Bridge Co. Ltd. has received a contract from James Bay Energy Corp. valued at approximately $3-million for the design, fabrication and installation of a special frame assembly for diversion gates. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 7) NORDAIR HEARINGS SET FOR APRIL 5 OTTAWA - Public hearings into Air Canada's proposed purchase of Nordair Ltd. will be held in Montreal starting April 5, the Canadian Transport Commission announced March 8. (Canadian Press, March 8) RAILWAY UNIONS PROTESTS MOVE OTTAWA - Parliament would set "a very unhealthy precedent" if it gave the Canada Labor Relations Board (CLRB) authority to impose first contracts on parties unable to settle their own disputes, the Railway Association of Canada said March 2. The Association, which represents railways employing 125,000 workers, said in a brief to the Commons Labor Committee it supports the general thrust of a bill to amend the Canada Labor Code. (Canadian Press., March 2) COMINCO 'FLOUTING' POLLUTION LAWS TRAIL - A memo indicating the Cominco lead-zinc smelter is disregarding pollution laws by increasing the dumping of wastes into the Columbia River at night was produced Feb. 24 by the United Steelworkers of American representing smelter employees. (CP - Lethbridge Herald, Feb. 25) AD CAMPAIGN WILL PUSH SEE-CANADA TRAVEL PLAN OTTAWA - The new government-industry program to entice Canadians to travel within the country will be promoted in a $l-million, 40-page full-color magazine advertising supplement this spring. An extra 300,000 copies of the booklet are to be printed for use in other promotional campaigns in the see-Canada travel program. (CP - Edmonton Journal, Feb. 25) EMPTY MONTREAL HOTELS SEEK SENIORS MONTREAL - The provincial government has confirmed that several Montreal hotels may be converted into luxury homes for senior citizens because of the city's depressed hotel industry. Plagued by lack of customers and alarmingly high costs, many local hoteliers say it is unlikely a single major hotel will make money in the city this year. (Montreal Star, March 8) NO PLANS YET TO ESTABLISH MERCHANT FLEET OTTAWA - The federal Government has no plans to set up a Canadian merchant marine although the proposal was approved by a Liberal Party policy conference last month, Labor Minister John Munro says. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 9) DROPPING DOLLAR, LOWER AIR FARES DRAW BRITONS TO VACATIONS IN CANADA LONDON - With the drop in the value of the dollar and the new low air fares, British are signing up quickly for holidays in Canada this summer. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 9) * * * CP RAIL REPORT CP RAIL LOOKS FORWARD TO ANOTHER YEAR OF GROWTH IN 1978 CALGARY - Continued growth of Alberta's economy is expected to increase the volume of inbound traffic by rail, and CP Rail is looking forward to another year of growth in 1978. Bulk commodities such as grain, sulphur, coal, LPG and fertilizer will continue to provide most of the outbound traffic along with dressed meat and livestock. During 1977, CP Rail handled a record 350 train loads of export sulphur out of the province. Sulphur shipments increased to 1.6 million tons last year, up from 1.3 million tons transported during 1976. With the new CFL plant completed shortly before the end of 1976 at Medicine Hat and a Cominco plant placed in production early in 1977 at Carseland, a significant increase in shipments of urea and anhydrous ammonia has been recorded. A solid train service for the movement of fertilizer products was started in August by CP Rail. Three 82-car trains moved a total of 24,600 tons of granular urea fertilizer over a three-week period from the new Cominco Ltd. ammonia/urea plant at Carseland to Port Moody, B.C., for export to South America. The hopper cars used for the new solid train service were part of a fleet of 353 such cars purchased by CP Rail from National Steel Car Corp. in Hamilton. The $11.4-million purchase was sparked by the opening of the two plants. A solid train movement of urea pellets from Carseland to Maumee, Ohio, established a first. Starting with CP Rail locomotive power, the train was powered by Soo Line locomotives from the Canada-United States border to its destination. For the Soo Line it was the first time any single commodity train had been handled out of western Canada. The Japanese coal market remained uncertain, but a substantial increase was reported in coal shipments through the port of Vancouver. During 1977, 9.8 million tons of coal were exported, up from the 8.7 million tons exported during 1976. Prospects of coal movements to eastern Canada represented a potential for the future and CP Rail is prepared to handle this traffic when the market develops. Continued growth is expected in shipments of dressed meat and livestock from Alberta. Increased operating efficiency was a factor in CP Rail's ability to handle Alberta's rail traffic growth during the past year. Increased use of robot trains contributed greatly to the railway's overall productivity. An increase in available locomotive power during the winter months for trains operating between Calgary and Vancouver was provided early this year when CP Rail and the Union Pacific Railroad entered into a "run- through" agreement. The agreement involves the daily through-freight trains between Calgary and Portland, Oregon, operating via Lethbridge and Kingsgate, B.C., on the international border. Until the end of March, Union Pacific locomotives will be used on the run between Lethbridge and Kingsgate, as well as handling the U.S. portion of the haul. CP Rail locomotives freed from the Lethbridge- Kingsgate operations will be reassigned to service between Calgary and Vancouver. During the Union Pacific's heavy September-November traffic period, CP Rail locomotives will be operated by the UP between Kingsgate and Hinkle, Ore., thereby freeing the U.S. road's locomotives for other service. In Canada, the Union Pacific locomotives will be operated by CP Rail crews, and the UP crews will operate the Canadian locomotives when they are in service south of the border. In early 1977 a $1.1-mi 11 ion fuelling and sanding facility commenced operation at Calgary's Alyth Diesel Shop. During the late fall work started on construction of a new 42-room train crew rest house in Calgary. Work also started on a three-building maintenance-of-way training centre at Alyth Yards. The complex will consist of a 24-man dormitory and dining room, a classroom and demonstration building where various track construction procedures and equipment may be demonstrated and practised. CP Rail has carried out several works projects in Southern Alberta on both branch!ine and mainline track. These projects included work on nearly 90 miles of branchline track, using 207,875 cubic yards of ballast and installation of 93,571 ties, including nearly 20,000 ties and 80,000 cubic yards of ballast financed by the federal government's Prairie Rail Rehabilitation Program. Mainline work included in stallation of 42.5 miles of continuous welded rail (CWR) between Medicine Hat and Maple Creek, Sask., and 17 miles of CWR between Calgary and Banff. (Calgary Herald, Feb. 23) * * * RAILWAY SOVIETS BUILD 2,000-MILE RAILWAY IN SIBERIA URGAL, U.S.S.R. - The Soviet Union is building a 3,200-kilometre (2,000- mile) railway across seven mountain ranges and vast stretches of permafrost in northern Siberia that in the next few years will open up one of the world's richest regions in natural resources. The Soviet Union is pouring tens of thousands of workers and billions of dollars into an area plagued by earthquakes and mudslides, where the winter can last almost nine months with temperatures dropping to minus 60 celsius (minus 76 Fahreinheit). Soviet officials call it "the project of the century" -- the Baikal-Amur Mainline. It will run north of the Trans-Siberian Railway which was completed at the turn of the century by the Russian Czars. A Russian dream that goes back to the last century, the project to open up Siberia's mineral wealth was launched formally in 1974 and is now targeted to go into full operation in 1985. The project's co-ordinator, Konstantin Mokhortov, said 1,093-kilometres (683 miles) of track had been laid as of last month. Mr. Mokhortov said by the t'ime the railway is completed about 400 million tons of earth will have been moved, seven mountain ranges crossed and 4,000 structures built, including more than 140 bridges, 200 stations of varying size and about 32 kilometres of tunnels. He said all the track will be laid by 1983. When it is completed, the railway will open up almost untouched riches in Eastern Siberia, an area of nearly 2.5-million square kilometres (one million square miles) covering one-third of the Soviet Union. Coal in the Yakutia region is estimated at more than 40 billion tons. Only 96 kilometres (60 miles) away are iron ore deposits that may turn out to be the largest in the world. Copper deposits near Udokan, where only primitive hunters and reindeer breeders now live, are said to be large. Geologists say huge deposits of lead, zinc and asbestos are waiting to be mined. Virtually unexploited forests hold timber that is better than that of West Siberia and Northern Russia. (Associated Press, March 2) * * * CONRAIL STUDIES THE PROS (AND THE CONS) NEW YORK - Consolidated Rail Corp. has undertaken a major study of the feasibility of electrifying several portions of its system. In terms of geographic scope, the principal focus of the study will be on the route between Harrisburg, Pa., (western terminus of Amtrak's electrified line from Philadelphia) and Pittsburgh, Pa. This 300-mile route carries the heaviest freight tonnage of any rail line in the United States. In addition, Conrail will be examining the feasibility of electrifying the former Reading line from Philadelphia to a connection with the former Lehigh Valley at Manville, N.J. This would give a direct access to Oak Island Yark in Newark and might provide an alternative to Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, with its heavy passenger traffic, for freight moving from western Pennsylvania and the Midwest to the New York City area. * * * 8 Conrail will also examine its currently electrified lines from Enola, Pa., to connections with the Northeast Corridor at Perryville, Md., and Morrisville, Pa. These electrified lines, totalling 175 miles, are the only electrified routes of the former Penn Central not acquired by Amtrak. (Railway Age, March) * * * SHIP ARRIVALS DOWN; RAIL MOVEMENT UP WINNIPEG - Canadian Wheat Board officials are optimistic that Canada will meet its monthly grain export commitments for the first time in several months. With rail movement to the West Coast beginning to regain momentum lost in recent Prairie storms and a reduced number of ships' arrivals in the next few weeks, board officials hope to chip away at the large export deficit accumulated in December and January. (Winnipeg Tribune, March 1) CN FINED ON DERAILMENT NORTH BAY - Canadian National Railways was fined $1,000 in provincial court in North Bay, Ont., on March 1 after pleading guilty to not notifying the Ontario environment ministry of a train derailment when it occurred Dec. 3, 1976. Court was told that the ministry learned of the derailment Jan. 7, 1977. About 1,400 tons of zinc and copper concentrates from 17 cars were deposited in a swamp along tracks in the area of a southeastern section of Algonquin Park near Pembroke, Ont. (Canadian Press, March 2) * * * AMTRAK SETS BOOST IN FARES OF 1\\ PER CENT ON MOST ROUTES WASHINGTON - Amtrak is going to raise its fares about 1\\ per cent on most routes effective April 30. It also will tack on extra charges of $1 to $5 on 15 major routes during the busy June 15 to September 5 season. Those extra charges will mean further increases of up to about six per cent on longer trips and could mean even larger boosts for shorter trips. Peak-period charges ranging up to $40 also will be made for sleeping accommodations with the amounts depending on whether single or double accommodations are involved and on the section of the country. Amtrak last raised its fares October 30, 1977, also by an average 2\\ per cent. (Canadian Dow-Jones, March 3) * * * CNR SHOWS PROFIT FOR '77 MONTREAL - CN made a net profit of $28-million in 1977, for the company's largest return since 1943, reports Robert Bandeen, CN president and chief executive officer. The railway made a profit of $11.8-million in 1976, its first profit after 20 consecutive years of deficits. Gross revenues for 1977 totalled $2.7-billion, an improvement of $200-million over 1976, and the largest in the history of the company. "We believe that the restructuring of the corporation to enable it to be managed in an efficient and business-like fashion has been largely responsible for the positive results," said Mr. Bandeen. (Montreal Star, March 7) * * * LANG SEEKS SUPPORT FOR UPGRADING EDMONTON - Transport Minister Otto Lang is trying to drum up support across Western Canada for a additional $600-million expenditure of rail- line rehabilitation. The federal minister has called for a "united stand" on the issue in about 250 letters to daily newspapers, farm and business leaders, and mayors of major communities. In the letter, he said the $100-million expenditure already approved for western rail-line upgrading will not be sufficient to meet future demands. Mr. Lang said he will shortly be asking the cabinet for another $600-million allocation. The move would extend the upgrading period for the Prairie Grain transportation system by eight years. March 31,1979, was set for the conclusion of the initial $100-million program. (Calgary Herald, Feb. 27) * * * ALGOMA CENTRAL EARNINGS CLIMB SHARPLY SAULT STE. MARIE - Sharp increases in both revenues and earnings were reported March 6 by Algoma Central Railway for the fourth quarter and the full 1977 year. For the full year the company had operating revenues of $91.6-million compared with $73.7-million in 1976. Net earnings were $7.1-mi 11 ion or $2.17 a share, as against $4.1-mil 1 ion or $1.26 a share. (Montreal Gazette, March 7) * * * 10 SOUTHERN RAILWAY WILL SEEK TO HALT PASSENGER SERVICE NEW YORK - The Southern Railway said it asked for permission March 6 to end its rail passenger service. The Southern said it had a loss of $6.7-million last year on its passenger service. When Amtrak began operating most of the nation's rail passenger service in 1971, the Southern didn't turn over its passenger equipment to that agency. (Wall Street Journal, March 6) * * * RAIL COMMITTEE MAY COST GOV'T $300,000 OTTAWA - The Prairie Rail Action Committee, established to dispose of branchlines identified by the Hall Commission on western grain handling and transportation, is expected to cost the federal government up to $300,000. Transport Minister Otto Lang explained that the committee has been charged with the responsibility of reviewing the 3,749.8 kilometres of grain collection network that Justice Emmett Hall suggested be abandoned. It will also evaluate the Hall concept of a Prairie Rail Authority. (Prince Albert Herald-Tribune, Feb. 24) * * * ONTARIO CITY WANTS TO BAN TRAIN WHISTLING NORTH BAY - North Bay says it plans to seek approval from the Canadian Transport Commission for a new by-law banning locomotive whistling. To meet the proposed by-law, all railway crossings in the city must be protected by grade separation or mechanical barriers. (CP - Winnipeg Free Press, March 3) CANADIAN CARLOADINGS * * * Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback For Week Ending Feb. 21, 1978 71,847 4,592,726 7,727 Total for Year to Feb. 21, 1978 490,544 31,472,340 51,215 Change from Similar Period, 1977 + + + 2,380 339,235 553 Change from Similar Period, 1977 + + + 16,568 1,795,982 1,847 Percentage Change + 3.4 + 8.0 + 7.7 Percentage Change + 3.5 + 6.1 + 3.7 (UNAVAILABLE * * * 11 AVIATION PAN AM SEEKING SEVEN KEY U.S. ROUTES IN BID TO BECOME MAJOR DOMESTIC CARRIER NEW YORK - Unveiling its strategy to become a major domestic carrier, Pan American World Airways has announced applications to serve seven major routes within the U.S. Pan Am said it is asking the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to fly three transcontinental routes — New York-San Francisco and New York-Los Angeles in the North and Miami, Fla.-Los Angeles in the South. In what might be termed a "Southern strategy," the airline also applied for four routes out of Houston. They would be to New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Miami. These flights would continue to overseas destinations, making Houston a hub for international flights. Up to now practically all of Pan Am's routes have circled the globe, and then stopped short at the U.S. coastline. The airline has sought domestic routes for years to integrate its system, feeding domestic passengers into international flights and vice versa, much as Trans World Airlines has done. But in practically every case, Pan Am has been turned down for domestic route authority. Pan Am said that if it wins the routes, it would offer a standby fare at half the regular coach price. Discounts almost as deep are currently available under Super Saver fares, but those fares require 30-day advance ticket purchase and a stay of seven to 45 days. Pan Am's most significant fare cut, however, would be a slash in regular coach fares by 25 per cent. There wouldn't be any restrictions in terms of advance purchases or length of stay, and normal reservations would prevail. Hence, the fare cut could be used by many businessmen who are currently unable to use other discounts due to the various restrictions and lack of reservations. Roughly half of all air travel in the U.S. is by businessmen. (Wall Street Journal, March 1) * * * NORTHERN AIR ASSOCIATION MEET SCHEDULED FOR WHITEHORSE WINNIPEG - The first annual meeting of the recently formed Northern Air Transport Association (NATA) will be held in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, March 10-11. NATA represents 40 companies in northern Canada. Members will discuss air transport issues during the two-day event with officials of the Air Transport Committee, Transport Canada and representatives of governments of the Yukon and Northwest Territories. Guest speakers for the two-day affair are Yukon commissioner A. M. Pearson and Ian Gray, president of CP Air. 12 CP AIR PROGRAMS DOMESTIC CHARTERS VANCOUVER - In a further initiative to encourage Canadians to travel within the country, CP Air has allocated 8,000 airline seats, mostly in the 442 passenger wide-body B-747 aircraft to an ABC Charter Program this summer, it was announced March 1. Priced as low as $199 Toronto-Vancouver return and $215 round-trip Montreal-Vancouver, the charters will be marketed by Cat Tours, a Toronto- based wholesaler, and sold by travel agents. The tariffs will be graduated to a higher scale in the peak season but will remain between 30 to 40 per cent below the regular economy fares. Extending from mid-June to early September, CP Air's ABC Charter program will offer 20 departures from Vancouver divided equally between the Toronto and Montreal destinations. Westbound there will be 10 Vancouver- bound departures each from Montreal and Toronto. Some will use the 141- seat DC-8 aircraft but the majority will be served by the larger B-747 airliner. In addition to the summer program, CP Air and Cat Tours will feature a Christmas special B-747 charter flight each way between Vancouver and Toronto, departing on December 19 and returning in each case on December 31. (CP Air News Release, March 1) * * * AIRLINE RECORDS PROFIT INCREASE CALGARY - Pacific Western Airlines recorded a net profit of $2.94-mill- ion in 1977, compared with $2.29-million in 1976, Rhys T. Eyton, airline president, said Feb. 24. Mr. Eyton said in a preliminary report to shareholders that operating revenues increased from $102,563,000 in 1976 to $129,855,000 in 1977. (CP-Lethbridge Herald, Feb. 25) * * * AIR CANADA OFFERS REDUCED-FARE NIGHT FLIGHTS IN CANADA MONTREAL - Air Canada said it will institute on a trial basis night flights between Canadian destinations at reduced fares. The carrier said it will offer a total of 208 flights at discounts of 50 per cent for mid-week travel and 45 per cent for weekend travel. So- called domestic 'nighthawk' fares will be available between Toronto- Vancouver-Calgary and Edmonton, on late-day flights between Toronto and Halifax and on late flights between Montreal and Calgary. 13 The program will run between June 12 and September 13, Air Canada said. The carrier has for sometime offered cut-fare flights to Florida and some Carribean destinations. (Canadian Dow-Jones, March 3) * * * AIRLINE HOPES TO OFFER SEATS ON CARGO JETS NEW YORK - Seaboard World Airlines, an all-cargo airline, applied March 2 to the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to carry passengers along with freight across the Atlantic, charging as little as $100 for a New York-to-London flight. The proposal would make Seaboard's giant 747s an airborne version of tramp steamers, the ocean traders whose primary business is cargo but which carry passengers at low rates. Seaboard said it could alter the configuration of its planes to make room for anywhere from 19 to 250 passengers. The company hopes to get CAB permission in time to launch the flights in early 1979. * * * (AP - Globe and Mail, March 3) CAB SET TO EASE MOST RESTRICTIONS ON AIR CHARTERS WASHINGTON - The Civil Aeronautics Board proposed to drop most of the remaining restrictions on air-charter travel. The CAB action would nearly complete the process of liberalizing charter- flight requirements that has been underway for five years. That process has been accelerated in the past year under Alfred Kahn, the new CAB chairman. Mr. Kahn has said that he doesn't see any reason for distinctions between the type of service offered by charter and scheduled airlines. At its meeting March 1, the CAB decided to propose eliminating advance- purchase requirements for charters; dropping minimum-size standards for charter groups, which would allow individual passengers to book seats on charter flights, and scrapping existing rules that require round-trip bookings for charter travel. The proposals will be open to public comment before being adopted in final form. (Wall Street Journal, March 2) * * * AMERICAN AIR'S ROUTES TO TORONTO, MONTREAL BACKED BY CAB AIDE WASHINGTON - A Civil Aeronautics Board aide has recommended granting Americans Airlines new nonstop routes linking San Francisco with Toronto and Montreal and Los Angeles with Montreal. Air Canada is already authorized to fly the new routes nonstop, with that service to begin April 29, 1979. Both American and Air Canada currently fly nonstop between Los Angeles and Toronto and also offer one-stop service on the California-Canada routes involved in the case. (Wall Street Journal, March 2) TELECOMMUNICATE * * * WITHOUT INTERCONNECTION CNCP FACES DECLINING MARKETS OTTAWA - Dr. H. J. von Baeyer, appearing March 2 before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on behalf of CNCP Telecommunications' application for interconnection with Bell Canada's switched local distribution network, said that in the data communications market the community of users not requiring dial access in some part of their operations is likely to shrink steadily. "For the foreseeable future there are no practical alternatives to the use of the local public switched telephone system, since neither the duplication of the public switched network by a specialized local switched data network nor the provision of full or part time private lines represent economically viable alternatives to the use of the public telephone system in a growing number of applications," Dr. von Baeyer told the CRTC. Unless it gains access to Bell Canada's switched telephone network, the only markets left to CNCP Telecommunications are traditional telegraph services, data and record networks not having dial access, and exclusively CNCP Telecommunications-supplied private line systems, he said. As a result, CNCP is faced with the loss of an increasing number of actual and potential customers, and is restricted to a declining market in those services which are open to the company. If the application is denied, Bell Canada will be given a tool to continue suppressing competition in a steadily growing portion of the private line and data communications market, Dr. von Baeyer said. Users will be progressively denied the benefits of free choice in the selection of private line and data communications services to the point where competitive supply will cease to be available. If the CNCP Telecommunications application is successful, Dr. von Baeyer said, "the monopoly position of the public system is not only not eroded or threatened, but enhanced as to the accepted sole mechanism for switched local distribution. Users are given the choice between different suppliers of private line and data communications facilities and services in conformance with their expressed preferences. The economic effect on (Bell Canada) is not different from that to be expected considering that the whole field of private line and data communication services is one in which competition is accepted policy." (News Release: CNCP Telecommunications, March 2) * * * 15 MINISTERS UNITE AGAINST CN-CP BRANDON - Ed McGill of Manitoba, Roy Romanow of Saskatchewan, and Allan Warrack of Alberta, the three Prairie cabinet ministers responsible for communications, have taken a united stand against a proposed interconnection of CN-CP communications lines with the telephone exchange network of Bell Canada. The ministers, meeting in Winnipeg recently, confirmed that the telephone companies in their respective provinces will co-operate "to oppose vigorously" the proposal contained in a CN-CP application before the federal Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC). In the ministers' view a decision by the federal regulatory body to grant the application would be to the advantage of CN-CP, but to the eventual disadvantage of the small business, farm and residential subscribers of the provincial telephone companies. The ministers also expressed alarm and concern over what they see to be federal regulatory intrusion into provincially-regulated Crown Corporations. They agreed that the proposal in the application has the potential of increasing telephone rates by a substantial amount in order for the telephone companies to recover revenue losses as a result of it. The ministers indicated that they would raise the issue at the forthcoming meeting of ministers of communications in Charlottetown in March. (The Brandon Sun, March 1) * * * CANADA PAYING HIGHEST FOR COMMUNICATIONS, SAYS ROYAL BANK OTTAWA - Canada pays the highest rates for long distance communications links "in the free world" and these rates are impeding the country's economic development, says the Royal Bank of Canada. In testimony subpoenaed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), the Royal says there must be a gradual planned reduction of these rates. A brief says there were three "networks" competing for long distance communications traffic. They are CNCP Telecommunications, Telesat Canada and the TransCanada Telephone System. "This duplication and competition has not resulted in lower user costs; in fact, our rates for longhaul transmission are the highest in the free world," the brief says. As well, "the recent agreement whereby Telesat became a member of TCTS effectively eliminates Telesat as a competitor," the brief says. (Calgary Herald, Feb. 28) * * * 16 P I P E L I N E PARTNERSHIP FORMED FOR ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE HOUSTON - United Energy Resources Inc. said its United Alaska Fuels Corp. subsidiary has joined Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co. and subsidiaries of several U.S. natural gas companies in forming a general partnership to own a 731-mile natural gas pipeline in Alaska. United Energy said the partnership, to be known as Alaskan Northwest Natural Gas Transportation Co., will be responsible for building the Alaskan portion of the 4,800-mile pipeline system that will extend from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay through Canada to serve markets in the lower 48 States. United Energy said Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of Northwest Energy Co., Salt Lake City, will be the operating partner for the group and will be responsible for the design, construction and operation of the pipeline system. United Energy said that other initial partners in the venture are Northern Arctic Gas Co., a subsidiary of Northern Natural Gas Co., Pan Alaskan Gas Co., a subsidiary of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co. It said two other companies, Natural Gas Corp. of California, a subsidiary of Pacific Gas & Electric Co., and Pacific Interstate Transmission Co. (Arctic), a subsidiary of Pacific Lighting Corp., are expected to sign the agreement in the near future. United Energy Resources Inc. added that each of these companies intend to become shippers of Prudhoe Bay gas and will contract with the partnership to transport certain volumes through the pipeline. United Energy said John C. McMillan, Northwest Alaskan's chairman and chief executive, will be chairman of the Board of Partners of the new company. Mr. McMillan said that the participating companies provide "substantial equity backing for the Alaskan segment of the project." He added that other major pipeline companies are expected to join the partnership later. United Energy said the Alaskan section of the pipeline system scheduled for completion in 1983 will cost an estimated $4-bi11 ion. It said the capital for the project will be raised on a project financing basis. It said about 25 per cent will be in the form of equity capital and the remainder will be raised through debt financing. (Canadian Dow-Jones, March 6) * * * U.S. PARTNER ON ALASKA PIPELINE WANTS STUDIES OF PARALLEL OIL LINE OTTAWA - Northwest Energy Corp. of Salt Lake City, the U.S. partner in the $10-bi11 ion Alaska Highway natural gas pipeline consortium, has requested the two Canadian partners, Alberta Gas Trunk Line Co. Ltd. of Calgary and Westcoast Transmission Co. Ltd. of Vancouver, to begin studies on the feasibility of a parallel Alaska Highway oil pipeline. 17 The possibility of an Alaska oil pipeline -- to bring surplus Alaskan crude oil into U.S. Midwest markets that are running short of traditional supplies of oil from Canada -- was more recently emphasized when Ottawa effectively ruled out the Kitimat Pipe Line Ltd. proposed for a new oil port on the west coast of British Columbia, at least for the "foreseeable future." If pursued commercially, an Alaska Highway oil pipeline would join the existing trans-Alaska oil pipeline at Fairbanks, Alaska, and then go south and east through the Yukon, northeastern British Columbia to Edmonton, where it would join existing oil pipelines serving Western, Central and Eastern Canada and serving the U.S. Midwest and U.S. Pacific Northwest. In effect, the pipeline would follow the same corridor to be used for the planned Alaska Highway gas pipeline. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 7) * * * BUSINESS & FINANCE BAN ON STRIKES IN PUBLIC SECTOR WOULD HELP ECONOMY: SINCLAIR OTTAWA - A constitutional amendment banning strikes in the public sector must be "accepted as fundamental," Ian Sinclair, chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific Ltd., said March 5. He blamed the decline of Canada's economy on a "militant Tabor thrust," including public-sector strikes, and added such strikes "should be an impossibility." A constitutional amendment would put a strike ban beyond the reach of normal government legislation. Speaking in an interview broadcast on CTV's "Question Period", Mr. Sinclair predicted unions will likely step up their wage demands when federal wage and price controls start to be removed in April. Businessmen, he said, will resist because Canada is not competitive enough. Mr. Sinclair repeated his warning that CP would move its head office from Montreal to Toronto if the Quebec government tries to restrict its use of English. About 2,300 people work in Canadian Pacific's head office. Montreal may be able to retain many head offices but the financial centre of Canada has shifted permanently to Toronto, Mr. Sinclair said. "In any country you look at it has one financial centre -- the U.K. it's London, Germany it's Frankfurt, United States . . . it's still New York. In Canada it is now, without question, Toronto." Mr. Sinclair said some parts of Canadian Pacific's operations were being shifted to Toronto. The "day to day financial functioning" was moved, Mr. Sinclair said, because "our fellows were on the go all the time back and forth." It was better to leave them in Toronto, he said. (CP - UPI - Montreal Gazette, March 6) (For a full report see appended item) * * * J 18 CP PROJECT APPROVED CALGARY - The Calgary Planning Commission March 2 approved a 29-storey retail and office building on the northeast corner of 1st St. and 9th Ave. S.W. The Marathon Realty project will add more than 400,000 square feet of office space to the downtown commercial sector. The building's mezzanine retail section will be connected with the city's overhead walkway system. A triangular mini-park is planned for ground level on the corner. (Calgary Herald, March 2) * * * $100-MILLION INDUSTRIAL MAYFAIR PARK PLANNED BY MARATHON VANCOUVER - A 277-acre multi-million dollar industrial park is being developed by Marathon Realty near the east end of the Port Mann bridge in Coquitlam. According to Marathon, Mayfair Industrial Park is their first such venture in B.C. although they own a host of similar developments across Canada. Operations manager Jack Birkett, of Marathon's Land Subdivision, estimates that the total value of the industrial park, including buildings, will be in the neighbourhood of $100-million. (Vancouver Journal of Commerce Weekly, Feb. 27) * * * ROMANIA COAL SALE A COUP FOR KAISER VANCOUVER - Kaiser Resources Ltd. has scored a breakthrough in trade with the Eastern Bloc by winning a long-term contract for the supply of metallurgical coal to Romania. Kaiser and Mineral Import Export have also signed a protocol that could lead to other contracts and possible participation by the Romanians in the development of a Canadian coal-mining project on Kaiser property. Kaiser did not give any details of what form the Romanian participation might take. (Vancouver Province, March 3) * * * B.C. COAL DECISION MAY AFFECT ALBERTA CALGARY - British Columbia's decision to lift its five-year-old embargo on coal exploration and development could attract industry interest away from Alberta, says Garnet Page, general manager of the Coal Association of Canada. Mr. Page said that British Columbia has "pressing economic reasons" to rekindle coal activity, whcih would provide additional employment and revenue in what is now an economically-depressed region. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 4) * * * "QUESTION PERIOD" An interview in Ottawa broadcast on the CTV network on Sunday, March 5, 1978. Host: Bruce Phillips, Ottawa Bureau Chief, CTV News Guest: Ian D. Sinclair, Chairman of Canadian Pacific Panel: Richard Gwyn, Toronto Star Charles Lynch, Southam News Service Bill Wilson, Montreal Star PHILLIPS: One of the largest constituencies in this country has not been heard from a great deal on the subject of the constitutional debate which is now raging across the land, and that is the constituency of big business, certainly one of the most important in the country. We're going to help correct that problem today with our guest. This is Ian D. Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific, one of the largest enterprises in Canada. Mr. Sinclair is familiar to many Canadians. He has been an officer of Canadian Pacific for many years. He was their General Counsel, fought the CPR's case through many a great freight rate hearing and succeeded Norris Roy Crump a few years ago as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sinclair is, unlike some businessmen, quite willing to be heard on this subject. He submitted briefs to the Quebec Legislature when they were considering their language charter, and only last week appeared before the Task Force On Canadian Unity to put the viewpoints of himself and his company, and among those viewpoints was his belief that Canada simply cannot survive in a separated state. He believes that it would be swallowed up by the American giant. To talk to Mr. Sinclair about his views on our panel today: Charles Lynch, Chief of Southam News Services; Bill Wilson, Ottawa Editor of The Montreal Star; and Richard Gwyn, Columnist for The Toronto Star. LYNCH: Mr. Sinclair, before we get to your role as our most visible tycoon and the amount of your salary, which has been much in the news lately, I'd like to ask you a question out of the brief you gave to the Task Force On Unity. You said that this country has succeeded and endured, beyond the wildest dreams of its founders for over a century. The fashion is to say that that's precisely what has not happened and that the country is in all kinds of trouble, and is coming apart at the seams. What brings you to this very optimistic account of where we've been and where we are now? SINCLAIR: Well, I really don't think, you know, that you have to crawl out of the cave every generation, but history does have a trenchant, it repeats itself. It was quite a job to make a unified Canada. LYNCH: O.K. I agree with you, but this is on account, you say, that we succeeded over the whole life of the country, implying that you think we are successful now. SINCLAIR: I do, I just think that we have a very difficult problem that has to be met, has to be faced up to, and the realization of what will occur if it isn't met and faced up to is going to be quite traumatic and very bad for Canada and for its people. LYNCH: Well O.K., but that's happening in your home province of Quebec. You've got an elected government in the Province of Quebec which wants to dismember the country. SINCLAIR: Well, what I say is that the people of Quebec and the people of Canada have to find ways and means of getting rid of people like that. PHILLIPS: I'd like to ask you, Mr. Sinclair, since I'm sure you have a very good intelligence operation in the Province of Quebec, what is Canadian Pacific's guesstimate on the likelihood of the referendum that has been promised by the Quebec Government? SINCLAIR: Well I won't say what Canadian Pacific's guesstimate is, I'll say what my own is. My own view is that it will not succeed, and I don't think you're going to be able to fool the real solid basis of Quebec thought. Now you might, by tricky questions, and if it is that will become extremely obvious, but given the view that the question is going to be fairly put, I think that it will be resoundly defeated, and I think the people of Quebec will opt for remaining Canadians. It's to their advantage to do so. WILSON: Will the Levesque Government be defeated in the next election? SINCLAIR: That's a different question. If they are not, the uncertainties will continue. The economic difficulties and uncertainties which have been very greatly brought to Canada to a higher level by the RQ. than would otherwise have pertained, will continue if they are re-elected. So therefore that's more of an economic question than a question of what I consider as a constitutional question. WILSON: Well, how serious are our economic problems today? SINCLAIR: In Quebec? WILSON: In Canada and Quebec? SINCLAIR: Well they're difficult in Canada. We are having a difficult time, but not as difficult as a lot of people would like you to believe. Our own company had a record year last year. We were fortunate in some areas, but the unemployment picture and the inflation picture is a very difficult one in Canada, and steps have to be taken to improve the economic climate, so that more jobs are available, particularly for younger people. LYNCH: Is this political mis-management that has caused these difficulties? Including the government in Quebec? SINCLAIR: Well it's very, very difficult, I think it's impossible to really separate politics and economics in the modern world. I think they are intertwined. There is no doubt that the expectations were allowed to grow. I think the very militant labor thrust that we had in this country, the levels of settlement, dislocations caused by strikes in the public sector have given this country a bad name. That was mismanagement in the sense that I look upon the fact that strikes should be an impossibility in essential services. LYNCH: I ask you again to defend your statement that the country has succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of its founders. SINCLAIR: The founders were men of vision, but they were very nervous about the success, and the very fact that the country has stayed together for 110 years, notwithstanding the pulls that have been there, notwithstanding the mis-managements that have been caused by the RQ. and notwithstanding the mistakes that we've made in raising expectations beyond anybody's ability, the very fact it stood together, these people would never, if they believed they were going to be faced with these kind of problems, have thought that Canada could have stood together. PHILLIPS: Just before we come to you Richard, I want to ask Mr. Sinclair one question. Mr. Sinclair, when the Quebec Legislature was considering Bill 101 you submitted a brief and subsequently you have given interviews in which you've said that if all the provisions of the bill were applied as you understood them at the time, that Canadian Pacific could not continue to stay in business in the Province of Quebec as a head office. SINCLAIR: That's correct. PHILLIPS: That's still your view? SINCLAIR: Yes, but basically there were two things. First off, we would not apply them. We do not believe that they have jurisdiction, for instance, in the language that we use in our head office of Canadian Pacific. The language of our head office is English, will continue to be English, and must be English. We're a trans-national corporation, and we could not operate our head office in French. PHILLIPS: Is it your position then, that you would sooner contest this in court and continue to operate, rather than take the Sun Life route, or the route that so many companies have taken? SINCLAIR: Well, we would contest it, but to contest it means that somebody's got to try to enforce it, and there's no evidence of them trying to enforce it on Canadian Pacific to this day. I think that a lot of people don't seem to realize that up until now, at least, they have not in Quebec tried to force head offices of companies such as ours to operate in French. PHILLIPS: Well, that being so Mr. Sinclair, you're a member of the Board of Sun Life Assurance Company, why wasn't the same attitude adopted by Sun Life? SINCLAIR: That's a different kind of a problem. PHILLIPS: They did hinge their decision on the language issue though.? SINCLAIR: Well, that was one issue. I do know this, that speaking for ourselves ... in a couple of areas we are having difficulties in attracting the kind of people we need and the flexibility we need. But Bruce, it hasn't been that great yet to create a necessity for us to take the traumatic step. We'll be pushed very hard before we do, because we've been in Montreal for pretty near 100 years. We've liked it there. We've been successful there. And we want to stay there. Having said that, if we can't operate effectively and efficiently there we'll leave, but we will try every way we can to stay. Now, Sun Life is a different situation. They are selling a piece of paper that says that if you die the kids will be looked after, that it you're killed, your wife will be paid. There are people all over the world that buy Sun Life policies, largely in the United States and in the Philippines and Great Britain and in other parts of Canada, who are nervous about the capability of a company that is centered in Montreal meeting its obligations. Whether that's legally right or anything else, doesn't matter. They are nervous about it, so given their druthers they'll go away. PHILLIPS: So you're saying if there really was a business imperative involved, it does not affect Canadian Pacific. GWYN: Mr. Sinclair, you say we want to stay, we've been there for 100 years and yet you're not quite staying. You've moved out several units quietly, you moved out your subsidiary, Canadian Pacific Securities, to Toronto, you've moved out your pension fund managers to Toronto as well and that's a big hunk of money that they are pushing around, your pension fund, so aren't you doing what Sun Life is doing, only quietly? SINCLAIR: No. Basically Sun Life is moving the locus of their head office, their legal residence. What we are doing is moving people who perform functions and what we have moved is the financial function, the day-to-day financial function, and that was moved there because it's a very easy thing. In any country you look at, it has one financial centre: in the U.K. it's London; in Germany it's Frankfurt; in the United States, no matter what you may think about it, it's still New York. There are satellites — West Coast, Chicago — but it's still New York. In Canada, it is now, without question, Toronto. And so what was happening to us, our fellows were on the go all the time, back and forth. You'd want to talk to somebody, so you would put in a request to see him. He's in Toronto. Well, if he's going to be running back and forth he may as well be there. That's one point. Secondly, the financial business is a type of business where people work in groups. It's personal contact with your opposite number, with your peer, and as you separate them, you break that line of communication and they don't operate as effectively. And so therefore these were the reasons that it involved, and it's been happening gradually. When I first went to Montreal I would think that the casualty insurance business was largely centered in Montreal. Now the casualty insurance business is a combination of underwriting and finance, and Toronto pulled that, and the casualty insurance business is a Toronto business. LYNCH: Are you not saying though, indirectly, that Montreal can never regain, whatever happens politically, whether Canada separates or stays together, Montreal can never be the Montreal that you first went to. SINCLAIR: That's right. In that certainly it will not be the financial centre of Canada, but they must be very, very careful not to destroy what I call the head office industry in Quebec, which is Montreal. That is a very, very important factor, and it can be destroyed. It can be destroyed through stupidity, it can be destroyed through not giving a damn, it can be destroyed deliberately. GWYN: I was going to ask this. A federal Cabinet Minister said to me, a federal Liberal Cabinet Minister, that he believed that Montreal was destined to become the Vienna of the north, a large attractive city without any commercial future to it, without any hinterland, do you feel that? SINCLAIR: No. GWYN: Do you feel it can regain its commercial dynamism? SINCLAIR: Yes, certainly. WILSON: Have you ever made any estimate in dollar terms of what all of those Montreal head offices add to the economy of Montreal? SINCLAIR: Well, a number of people have tried that, and various figures have been given out. It's a question of how far you take the synergistic effect. For example, in our own company, if our head office was not in Montreal, our annual report of Canadian Pacific Limited or Canadian Pacific Investments would be printed wherever we would happen to be, because of the ease of handling and one thing and another. Our accounting, senior partner, an independent accountant the people who do a lot of the work, would be where our head office is. It goes on and on, how far do you take it? You take it out to the professional groups and you take it to people, you take it to housing, you take it to somebody looking after your car. It keeps going and going, so I don't know what the number really is. PHILLIPS: You did have a number in one of your briefs to the Quebec Legislature, do you remember what it was? I'm sorry that I don't. SINCLAIR: I don't have it at my fingertips. We did make a calculation. I made a calculation in it and put it in there and had the basis upon which I had made that calculation all before me at that time, in case I was asked. PHILLIPS: Well, how many jobs are there in your head office in Montreal now? SINCLAIR: About 3,500. GWYN: Because there's a difficulty of direct and indirect jobs. SINCLAIR: That's correct. GWYN: I want to try to switch the conversation from the political to the personal and try and find out what makes Ian Sinclair run. You make this fat salary of $330,000, everybody in Canada now knows that, and yet you live in a quite a modest house that you bought a number of years ago, not in Westmount but in Montreal West. You work most Saturdays, I gather. What makes you run, what is the excitement for a business? Is it a power thrust, or what is the excitement in it? The fulfillment in it? problem and they wouldn't attempt to change, in any way, the law over a period of years, and they carried that out. LYNCH: So you became, what, the Aristotle Onassis? SINCLAIR: Oh, no, no, no. SINCLAIR: Well, they're different. The fulfillment is in trying to do something to make a contribution and to be satisfied that you are making a contribution. Once work becomes something that you dread, then you don't stay, and my job is no different to yours, in that regard. PHILLIPS: What do you do when you're not working, how do you relax? LYNCH: Well how many ships, you have ships galore, flying what flag? SINCLAIR: Well, we fly the Bermuda Flag, but Aristotle Onassis had certain attributes that I hope you wouldn't attribute to me, Charles. PHILLIPS: Where will you invest next, as you expand this empire? What looks like the area? SINCLAIR: I read. GWYN: You're known in Canadian Pacific as a one-man band, as a very smart, very tough dictator, true or false? SINCLAIR: False. GWYN: Are you a team man? SINCLAIR: Yes. Nobody can run any company, and not one certainly as big as Canadian Pacific. It isn't a one-man operation, whoever said that was a fellow who didn't know his business facts. LYNCH: But tough, tough was a word that Richard used. You'll do anything for a buck. SINCLAIR: No Sir, I'll do anything honest for a buck. LYNCH: Yes O.K. Among the things with the flag-flying and the statements you make about Canada to the National Unity Task Force, the Multi-national aspect of Canadian Pacific: let me put it this way, you'll go anywhere for a buck, you moved your whole shipping enterprise off-shore to save taxes and so on, what good did that do Canada? SINCLAIR: What good did it do Canada? I think it did it a great deal of good. I didn't move it off to save taxes particularly, I moved it off to get on the same basis as my competitors. If Canada had put me in a position where I could have operated under the same kind of tax laws as they have I wouldn't have moved. LYNCH: Did you ask them to do anything? SINCLAIR: Yes we did, and as a matter of fact I discussed it with the Government before and got a letter from the Government that they recognized the SINCLAIR: I think the most promising area at the moment is the United States for business investment. I think the reason for that is that there seems to be a growing awareness in that community, that business is important, that it is the motor that provides jobs. People say that business isn't respected in the United States. I don't think that it's respected completely but I suppose there are a few things that are respected by everyone completely. I think the level of respect and understanding is growing. Every once in a while if something comes up like the problems of payments that were certainly matters that were wrong and created a bad atmosphere, they affect the understanding in business, they affect the respect. In Canada, the confrontation between Federal and Provincial Governments, the level of taxation, the militancy of the labor force in the Civil Service, the size of the Civil Service, the size of transfer payments — all these things make you wonder, as to how far business is really looked upon in this country as the motor that drives the job- creation element. I think maybe in the last year or so, that maybe here also, there's beginning to be a little better realization of these factors. GWYN: Mr. Sinclair, you referred a moment ago to the militancy of unions. I was interested in a report that came out . . . SINCLAIR: In the Civil Service. GWYN: In the Civil Service. I was interested that you were worried about attitudes towards business, well there's a report that came out a couple of days ago on middle management average salaries in Canada. SINCLAIR: They're a way too low. GWYN: I'm glad you said that, because in Canada they are $20,000. In the United States they are $19,000. Now why are we paying our middle managers more s than they are in the United States, and there's no evidence that our business is more efficient or more productive? SINCLAIR: I'll take that $20,000 down to the United States against the $19,000 and as against the tax situations and the fellow with . . . GWYN: And Medicare, I mean it all works out pretty even. SINCLAIR: Oh no, not just for $1,000, no Mr. Gwyn, it does not. Any time you try to move somebody from the United States, any time you do — and I've just tried, in the last week and the fellow said no, he'd remain at a lower salary in the United States because of the tax factors. There's a lot of differences and I . . . GWYN: But we are still paying our middle managers, our executives, these are not the top executives, these are middle managers, more than they are in the United States. SINCLAIR: Well I don't know where you got that statistic. GWYN: Well I can quote you the source but I mean . . . SINCLAIR: But I'd like to see, is it in the same kind of a band? GWYN: Yes they are, yes they are, the 20 occupational categories, personnel management and so on. SINCLAIR: In the companies that I'm associated with in the United States, the middle management's higher paid than in Canada. PHILLIPS: Mr. Sinclair, I'd like to come back to your brief to the National Unity Task Force, and if I could just briefly summarize some of the things you said. You said that you are not in favor of a great deal of constitutional tinkering, you do feel there should be a Bill Of Rights, covering property rights in this country, that people should have the right to the educational language of their choice, and then in what seemed to me to be a very self-serving statement, you said that there should be a ban on strikes and collective bargaining in the public sector. When you say public sector, do you mean public services or Government services? SINCLAIR: I mean Government Services. PHILLIPS: That would not include Canadian Pacific? SINCLAIR: Oh no. PHILLIPS: O.K., well I just wanted to clarify it. SINCLAIR: Thank you very much, because I certainly don't mean anything but. . . PHILLIPS: It's not necessarily ambiguous, I'm just making sure, that's all. The other thing I would like to ask you is whether you think it is a genuinely realistic possibility after all the experience we've had to roll back on rights of that kind? SINCLAIR: No, that's why I suggested that no political party could do it, and so therefore it would have to be accepted as fundamental and put in the constitution. That's the only way it could be c:one, because once you give something, unless you're prepared to accept it as a fundamental thin a, and you're so driven by it, that you're going to put it as a fundamental into the constitution, no political party would overtake it away, ever since Mr. Pearson started this terrible situation of putting in the hands of people, powers that there's no offset to whatsoever. WILSON: What do you think will happen to wage levels, wage costs in the private sector when controls end? SINCLAIR: Well, I think there will be a thrust to try to bring them forward by unions who feel that they have not received everything they might have done during the period of controls. Businesses, on the other hand, are in a position where they must fight that very hard because they are not competitive. This has been masked to some degree by the relative levels of the Canadian and U.S. dollar. This is being masked, brf it's a very real factor in many, many areas. GWYN: A last quick, question sir, You raise in the brief that Bruce mentioned the question of Canada-U.S. Union. You don't support it, but you raise it as an issue. Why did you raise it at all? SINCLAIR: Well because it was one that was there before, and by making Canada what we did, we stopped it and all I'm trying to say is . . . let's stop it again, but if you don't, this is the inevitable result. LYNCH: You also sound cynical in your brief about low- cost travel within Canada and surprisingly you've come out in favor of people paying in full for their travel. This isn't fashionable, the fashion is, and your company I think has encouraged the fashion, to come out with packages, which many of the people think are phony packages, cheaper travel across the country. Where do we stand? SINCLAIR: Well basically what I'm saying is that I don't think that, well first off. . .just because a mother-in- law from Chicoutimi meets with somebody in Edmonton, doesn't necessarily mean a positive factor in Canadian unity. LYNCH: Depends who's she's meeting. GWYN: It's a difficult example. SINCLAIR: It's one that I bring to your attention. LYNCH: But mass travel? SINCLAIR: We don't want to have people have a view that as an inalienable right they can run back and forth across the country for less than what it costs, because this is good for Canadian unity. We.'ve got enough things that people don't pay for in this country, too many in my opinion, and they're abused and so what I am saying is what we need is strong transportation. We do not need mass transfers because they have to be transfers or subsidization of mass cheap travel and try to cloud it with Canadian unity. PHILLIPS: I've got to conclude on that now. Thank you very much, Ian D. Sinclair, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Pacific, with Charles Lynch, Bill Wilson and Richard Gwyn. »_. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 ■W Holland . a;jer I R Reid • Manager. 9 March 1978. File No. 434-A Mr. Peter Woodward Council of Marine Carriers 200 - 1477 West Pender St. Vancouver, B.C. V6G 2S6 Dear Mr. Woodward: This has reference to telephone conversation date. Enclosed please find Cheque No. V 12855 in amount $230.00, payable to B.C. Towboat Owners Association, covering registration fee for Messrs. M.W. Holland and A.N. Cairns to attend the Conference at the Empress Hotel, Victoria, March 17-18, 1978. Regret the delay in forwarding this payment. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB Man., Assi Mar: Su^ A-sl Cate jT J Ac -Jk 'P- CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 9, 1978 File: 410820 From M.W. Holland To Mr. F.S. Jang "Carrier Princess" Re: Proof of age The Pensions Dept. in Montreal are now requesting that we forward to them the documents you had when you immigrated to Canada. It will, therefore, be appreciated if you would bring the document(s) into this office at your earliest convenience in order that same may be forwarded to Montreal. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc: Mr. R. Granger, Montreal Your letter of December 21, 1977, and tracer of March 3, 1978, concerning F.S. Jang, #410820, S.I.N. 704-179-910. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB £3 Form 102-R ' / TELEX J.D. MASON , MONTREAL, QUE. VANCOUVER, B.C., 10 MARCH 1978. File: T-78-150 05-24725 PLS ARRANGE CASH ADVANCE 150.00 FAVOUR W WRIGHT CLAIMS AGENT BCCS-NORTHLAND VANC ACCOUNT TRAVEL EXPENSES KITIMAT PAYABLE NOT LATER THAN TUES 14 MARCH TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BCC-35 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine -Sis Supt. E / fcrvgr. »"■ (j.U^A^- m A k. %h o4\\tj\\- ■tt ***&&&p 1 ^*tf tfku 7^ ">vl r c^ 0 » k TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C.,10 MARCH 1978 M.W. HOLLAND C/0 B.D. MARGETTS '. MONTREAL, QUE. ASSUMING YOU WILL BE IN OFFICE MONDAY DO YOU HAVE SIGNING AUTHORITY FOR DOT'S IN VIEW ALL SIGNATURES NOT ON FILE TORONTO AS YET. APPARENTLY DOT'S AT NORTHLAND REQUIRING SIGNATURE NEXT WEEK.' BCC-32 R.R. REID ■ ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB ~ ■ ' I—.-.. - ■■^■tnwf.ww ■wrfci -. mm TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 10 MARCH 1978 CAPT. R.C.E. KITCHING 047 89192 GENERAL MANAGER NATIONAL HARBOURS BOARD PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. MR. HOLLAND WILL BE PLEASED MEET WITH YOU IN HIS OFFICE 9:30 A M WED MARCH 15 BCC-31 R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB T cp*s Ct4b mtl CPR PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 10 MARCH/7 6 P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE T CCNV THIS MORNING PERTAINING TC MERCATOR ONE. PLS EXTRACT PLAN 3 PASIS 340 PSGRS AS MUST HAVE GOT INTO PAPERS IN ERROR. THIS DOES NOT APPLY TC EITHER STUDY AND WAS A CONVERSION CN LAMCMT'S EARLIER K ■'I.1!?' r X ASSESSMENT CF NUMBER CABINS THAT THEY VCULD ERECT ON CAR DECK. IN CTHER WORDS PLAN 3 HAS MO BEARING ON PLANS 1 AMD 2 YGUR POSSESS ICN. REGRET ANY TIME YOU HAVE SPENT TRYING TO INCLUDE PLAN 3 IN THAT OBSERVATION HOWEVER THERE SHOULD BE SHEETS UNDER THE HEADING CF MODIFIED CONVERSION 330 PSGRS. ADVISE IF NOT IN PACKAGE STOP OCCUPANCY PR PATRICIA HAS BEEN 83 PCT 1974 - 85 PCT 1975 - 73.4 PCT 1976 - 31.3 PCT lc77 WITH 83.3 PCT PROJECTED FOR 1978 STOP IN VIEW NEVER SHIP ENTERING SERVICE INDICATION FROM ALASKA VISITORS ASSN AND DEPT CF TOURISM FOR STATE OF ALASKA CF THE INCREASING INTEREST IN ALASKA TOURISM TOGETHER WITH INDICATION FROM ALL CRUISE OPERATORS CURRENTLY OF RESURGENCE OF INTEREST IN ALASKA THIS YEAR HAVE ASSUMED WE WOULD PROJ.ECT OUR TARGET OF OCCUPANCY USING MERCATOR IN 197 9 CN 90 PCT E X- x.*> BASIS STOP WE HAVE ACCEPTED THAT WES TOURS PRINSENDAM 9 THOUSAND TONS FCR CUR NEAREST COMPETITOR AND HAVE BASED CUR RATES IN APPROXIMATION PRESENT 1978 RATE SHEET PLUS 10 PCT INCREASE FOR. 197 9 ALLOWING FOR SLIGHTLY LOVER RATES IN VIEW CF MERCATOR NOT COMING UP TO FULL COMPARISON VITH THE PRINSENDAM. REGRET CUR 197 9 PRINSENDAM FOLDER VENT MISSING FROM OFFICE AND DO NOT HAVE ANY COPIES AVAILABLE STOP HAVE REQUESTED COPIES BE SENT TC US HAVE I NOT YET RECEIVED SAME WILL FORWARD WHEN RECEIVED STOP PERHAPS FCR PURPOSE YCUR STUDY NOREEN MIGHT BE' ABLE PICK UP ONE LOCALLY CR SHE E MAY EVEN HAVE COPY IN HER COLLECTIONS FROM AVA TRAVEL SHOW STOP CUR ALASKA TARIFF HAS RISEN BY A DOLLAR INCREASE BETWEEN 196 5 AND 197 3 ON BASIC RETURN PSGR FARES AS FOLLOWS: fe. r i E 1 96 5 1 966 1°67 1968 1 969 1 970 1971 .1 972 1973 26 5. 27 5. 2 90. 305. 305. 305. 31 5. 31 5. 335. FOLLOWING 1973 PERCENTAGE PATE AS SHOWN BELOW APPLIES: 1974 10 PCT INC TC 369. 1975 35 PCT INC TO 500. A/C INC OIL 1974 1976 12 PCT I.NIC TO 560. 15 PCT ON PREMIUM CATEGORIES 197 7 10 PCT INC TC 615. 1Q7S 12 PCT IMC TC 6 90. 15 PCT CN PREMIUN CATEGCRISS FUEL EXPENSES FCR MERCATOR AS CF MARCH i/78 ASSUMING 10 PCT INCREASE FOP '79 EVEN BETTER THAN ORIGINALLY QUOTED ARE AS FOLLOWS: EX PURCHASING - MARCH 9 - BONDED DIESEL MARCH 1/7 3 *9 ' -r» -■ 'xW» 1 97° + 10 PCT CONSUMER TAX - 44.14 CTS GALL. = 15.449 BEL. = 16.9 94 = ! .75 18.444 EST 197 9 PRICE ™—■ -!■-■■.- ,-.. ■■■- ...,.-.— ..* 2000 M.ILES X .512 BBL5 X IS TRIPS X: 18.744 34 5/489 DLRS IF VE WERE TC APPLY 15 PCT INCREASE TO'FUEL IN 197 9 FIGURE IS APPROXIMATELY SAME AS ORIGINALLY QUOTED 15 PCT FOR 1979 = 44.14 X 115 = 50.77 X 35 17.77 + 175 = 19.52 17.77 .XXM AS ABOVE X 19.52 = 35 9,793 DLRS DISREGARD 15.58 MENTIONED AS NOT NOV APPLICABLE TO MERCATC'$ CALCULATION STOP SUMMARY OF EXPENSES FCR EVERY ITEM CAN BE EXTRACTED FROM ICC ACCOUNTS CLASSIFICATION COPY OF VIVHICH IN YOUR OFFICE HOVEVER SKQV HEREUNDER RESUME OF PARTIAL EXTRACTION LINE SERVICE WAGES - PURSER 36,02 5 DECK OFFICERS 91,3 94 ENGINEER OFFICERS 161,31 Marine Superintendent, / firJt Internal Correspondence Date From To File: X-76-14-15 VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 M.W. Holland J.L. Rochon, Data Centre, Vancouver. Re: Damages to A-3 Ramp on October 30 when contacted by our vessel the "Carrier Princess". The Insurance Department is pressing us for proof of payment of invoices covering expenses incurred in this mishap and it would be appreciated if you will let me have a copy of the voucher issued to Dominion Bridge Co. in the amount of $1,444»44» forwarded you in January, 1978. y My Form 102A-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/w/j BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 Vf Holland RReid ■' Manager •March 10, 1978 File: 484382 Mr. T.J. Shyshka #211 -- 312 Mount Benson Street Nanaimo, B.C. Dear Mr. Shyshka: Further my letter of February 20, concerning Sun Life benefits. Will appreciate receiving your reply as soon as possible, as Sun Life is tracing us for same. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc: Sun Life of Canada Reference your memorandum of March 8, concerning T. SHYSHKA, #484382, S.I.N. 714-101-433. JB Manager, B. C.C.S.S. CPRail internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 File: T-78-16 From A. Meijer To Chief Steward, Princess of Vancouver Princess of Vancouver will not be sailing from 1830 arrival at Vancouver Saturday, 11 March until 1230 sailing for Nanaimo, Sunday 12 March. The following personnel will proceed on leave from I83O Saturday until 1830 Sunday. Nite Waiter Nite Porter #L Nite Porter #2 Please ensure ship is left in neat and tidy condition for Sunday sailing. C^PForm 102-R Catering Superintendent. cc: Master, Princess of Vancouver A.N. Cairns Payroll Department. AM/wj CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 File: 129 From A.J. McPherson To Mr. R.R. Reid RE: Update requested on B.C. Ferry carryings m Vehicles: - Route 1978 1977 $ Difference Ex Tsawwassen 34,652 28,898 19.9$ Ex Swartz Bay 33,504 27,900 20.1$ Ex Horseshoe Bay 25,767 22,179 16.2$ Ex Departure Bay 25,414 21,749 I6.95C Passengers: Ex Tsawwassen 98,789 84,774 16.595 Ex Swartz Bay 97,192 82,965 17.2j6 Ex Horseshoe Bay 66,876 56,976 17.4% Ex Departure Bay 67,395 56,787 18.7$ In particular, the 1978 statistics show that carryings exceed those of the year prior to the rate increase as follows: Month of February, 1978 vs. February, 1975 Vehicles: Ex Horseshoe Bay 8$ above 1975 Ex Departure Bay 5$ above 1975 Passengers: Ex Horseshoe Bay 11$ above 1975 Ex Departure Bay 14$ above 1975 Carryings previous 12 months to date exceed same period 1975 by 2.76$. g£Form 102-R Departmental Analyst. AJM/wj CPRail Wjl internal Correspondence ^^ CONFIDENTIAL Dafe VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 File: T-78-30-5 From M.W. Holland To Mr. A.E. Mason, Traffic Supervisor, Vancouver, B.C. RE: Damage to Capital Freightways Unit T-63, January 9th, 1978 I am in possession of several reports from individuals who either witnessed this incident firsthand or who were on hand when Johnston Terminals hostler, Mr. L. Munro admitted liability in this instance. In each instance, they stated that although you did not see the accident firsthand you were present when Mr. Munro made his admissions of liability. In view of this, would you please favour me with a complete written report indicating your personal knowledge of the incident. Would you also include in your report the name of the Grassick Transport driver who loaded his own Units and any knowledge you have of a verbal battle that ensued between Mr. Munro and this individual relating to this incident. Your early attention to this matter will be appreciated. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM/wj )Forrn 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 I W Holland ' i »ger RRReid x Manager CP Rail March 10th, 1978 File: T-78-30-31 Mr. Ian Blaney, Blaney's Travel Bureau, 920 Douglas St., Victoria, B.C. Dear Sir: Would you please advise if Wharfinger can advise details of claim by Sidney Freight Ltd. that Unit T-29 had glad hands broken off while in our possession on or about January 19th, 1978. I have tried unsuccessfully since February 8th, 1978 to contact the Wharfinger at Swartz Bay through our Traffic Supervisors. On February 22nd, 1978 I contacted Lyle Ebert, Sidney Freight, Sidney, B.C. to contact Wharfinger. On March 1st, 1978 I contacted Mr. Ebert again and he indicated considerable difficulty was encountered in contacting Wharfinger who he stated "knew about this damage". I suggested he contact Wharfinger through your office. On Monday of this week my secretary received a phone call from our Senior Traffic Supervisor, stating he was relaying a message from your office to the effect you had no knowledge of damage to the above-mentioned unit. It is essential that information such as this be put in written form and I am requesting that this be done in this instance. Further, we have recently had several cases of this nature where the glad hands were missing when the consignee arrived to pick up his unit at Swartz Bay. However, I cannot seem to get any information from either the vessels or the shore personnel regarding this damage. .../2 Page 2 of 2 Mr. Ian Blaney, Blaney's Travel Bureau, March 10th, 1978 In view of this, would you please ensure that the Wharfinger (or relief) at Swartz Bay is aware that he should report any matter of this nature to this office immediately. Hostlers who "pull off the units at Swartz Bay should likewise be instructed to report such to Wharfinger to include in his report. Should you have any questions regarding the above or other claim related matters, please contact Mr. A.J. McPherson at 665-3138. Yours truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM/wj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 m «•' Holland RlcU'dl XUU1, X ■:Reid ■ Manager File: T-78-40 Mr. P.Moore, 2962 Wagon Wheel, Coquitlam, B.C. V3C 2E6 Dear Mr. Moore: Thank you for your letter concerning employment on our Alaska Cruise ship the "Princess Patricia". Unfortunately, all personnel on board the ship must be 18 years old as the ship enters U.S. waters, and therefore, you are not eligible for a position at this time. In any event, it is the "Princess Patricia's" last season, but we are looking at the possibility of obtaining another vessel, and if we are successful, please reapply in early 1979. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, M.W.Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 File: 606 From M.W. Holland To Mr. H.S. Harriman, Manager, Revenue Accounting, CP Rail, Windsor Station It would appear that we neglected to inform you about the following tickets that were sent to the printer as samples during 1977: On May 13th, 1977, BCS 5X4 #327001 - 327005 inclusive; On September 27th, 1977, BCS 5X3 #24001 - 24005 inclusive; All tickets sent as samples were overstamped as "printer's samples" and voided by use of a cut out punch. Manager, B.C.C.S.S.S. AJM/wj XiiOForm 102-R Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 10th, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. D.C. Freeman, Freight Claims Agent, Vancouver, B.C. File: T-78-30-12 Attached is my complete file covering alleged damage to Sidney Freight Ltd. trailer T-2 on or about January 26th, 1978. Since our present system is such that we cannot precisely pinpoint location at which damage occurred it appears we must bear the cost of repairs. If you agree, I would appreciate it if you would arrange settlement with Sidney Freight Ltd. in the amount of $54*30. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM/wj SOForm 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 10 March 1978 From m.W. Holland To H.C. Whitmore System Supv., Passes Box 5, Windsor Station Montreal File: 503 Please forward to this office as soon as possible a supply of British Columbia Coast Steamship Service TH trip passes. Manager, B.C.C.S.S, GP )Form 102-R CPRail WTjk Internal Correspondence wLj* Date VANCOUVER, 10 March 1978 File: 503 From m.W. Holland To P.I. Georges Assistant General Manager Coastal Marine Operations Montreal Re: B.C.C.S.S. Trip Passes As requested in your letter of 26 May 1977, file 103-33, enclosed herewith are third copies of all trip passes issued for the period 1 December 1977 to the end of February 1978. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP tO Form 102-R / X TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 8 MARCH 1978 File: T-78-10 P.I. GEORGES MONTREAL, QUE. MARCH 8 ALASKA SALES TARGETS PLAN 759 ACTUAL 792 BCC-28 •R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB PLS. IKTTIAI & PASS Marine Supt. [Fj Supr. Er.gr. Asst. Supt. Engr. Csierivsa Supt. Account. "5^J caF I, $m^u ,' t ■ x'X'Jf; ''.,■•'• ' ' TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 8 MARCH 1978. CAPT. R.C.E. K1TCH1NG 047 89192 GENERAL MANAGER NATIONAL HARBOURS BOARD PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.' REF YOUR TELEX PATE MR. HOLLAND. REGRET MOT REPLYING SOONER AS WISHED SPEAK TO HIM AS HE IS PRESENTLY IN MONTREAL IN CONNECTION PENDING SURGERV HIS MOTHER. STOP HE ADVISES THIS AFTERNOON HE UAV NOT BE BACK By MON BUT POSSIBLY TUES. 'REGRET ANY INCONl/ENIENCE THIS MAY CAUSE YOU BUT PLS AVVJSE REGARDING VOUR PLANS IN THIS AREA AND IF TUES AFTERNOON INCONVENIENT BCC-27 . ■ . R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier■"8", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 mHolland R Reid ' Manager 8 Mcuich 1978. Tile No.L-108 tin.. M. P. tieade Lease, tianageA Wolfie Chevnalet Oldsmoblle Ltd. 2860 East Hasting* St. VancouveA., B.C. VSK ZA2 Vean. tin. tieade'■ This has n.e£eAenae to youn. letteA ol 12 January 1978 adaXes&ed to Nonthland Shipping, attention o{, tin. G. Vnlesm. We. one attaching completed copies ol Lease Vehicle. Agneements In lavouA ol tiessns. B.D. tiangetts, N. Wood, C.A. Aitken and W. Shaven., together with copies o£ Insunance coveAage. ion. each vehicle. Youas vexy tnuly, R.R. REID Asit. tianageA, B.C.C.S.S. BB J CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 8 March 1978. File: 78.529.U. From To R.R. Reid Chief Steward Purser "Princess of Vancouver" There will be a special group from United Grain Growers travelling from Nanaimo on the 1600 sailing Thursday, 9 March to Vancouver, numbering approximately 51. Will you please arrange to have the After Lounge available for this group, setting up bar, for which the charge will be $1.25 per drink. Any meals taken en route Vancouver will be at the individual's expense, and party has been advised of the necessity of picking up drink tickets from Purser. It will be appreciated if you will accord this special group every courtesy en route, and should any members express a desire to visit the Bridge, kindly arrange commensurate with the Master's responsibilities. Form 102-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Master, "Princess of Vancouver" - Kindly note foregoing and oblige. Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo - Will you please arrange to issue a block ticket for this group at the rate of $3.00 per person, extending three complimentary fares to the three escorts in the group, requesting payment from this office. Mr. Bremmer will be in charge of the group. Mr. 0. Robison, Vancouver - For your information. Mr. A. Meijer - Will you kindly arrange for Chief Steward to clean up the After Lounge and accord special attention en route Vancouver. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. >'$Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 8th, 1978 File: 569 From H.L. Hudson To W. Kazulin M. Malabanan T.L. Swinney R.A. Gavin B. Russel J. Beebe J. Johnson G. Peters B. Gavin A.E. Mason B. Thorn L. Worden B. Kush B. Babiuk W. Jackson Effective January 1st, 1978 your rate has been increased by 6f». Retroactive pay will be included in Period 07 (March 16 - 30) cheque. Your weekly rate will now be _• Office Manager. HLH/wj CPRail a Date From To VANCOUVER, March 8th, 1978 File: T-78-39 M . W. Holland Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo Purser, "Princess of Vancouver" Miss B.C. Thorn Effective immediately United States Funds to be accepted at 11$ premium. Sterling travellers cheques are to be accepted at $2.12 to the pound. Do not accept sterling travellers cheques negotiable only in sterling area. £".t) Form 102A-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S, CPRail Internal Correspondence L-;hs Date VANCOUVER, March 8, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. N.W. Patteson Manager Payroll Accounting Montreal File: 576 Enclosed herewith are completed Forms CER-1 for the following: Jose INSUA, #493979, Roll 955 Francisco C. NOCEDA, #494196, Roll 955 Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB !> w Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 8, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. W.R. Jones General Paymaster Montreal Returned herewith are the following cheques: #D023-377 in favour of M. THOMAS, #494184, Roll 955 #D024-978 in favour of A. KLINAR, #484507, Roll 955 The whereabouts of Messrs. Thomas and Klinar are unknown. XissawJN Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB fiOForm 102-R CPRail internal Correspondence Data VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. From R.R. Reid 7o Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland File: 305 Jim Yates has put together, with the assistance of many others, an acceptable list of former Masters of BCCSS. Tom Dykes has advised his charge for designing the plaque will be between $500.00 and $750.00. In view of the shortness of time, I feel it is essential we meet with Mr. Helmcken to co-ordinate a design and to receive an approximation of cost from Mr. Helmcken for the production of the plaque, in order to receive authority to go ahead on it. I will not be here next week, and realizing your involvement, it would appear that you, as originally suggested, will not be able to go to Victoria. However, Mr. Yates has volunteered his services to arrange meeting with Messrs. Helmcken and Dykes, and Will do so on your request. It will be appreciated if you will kindly contact Mr. Yates and advise him your pleasure. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R 1iAs~~J, ?tty. C3^ J BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8 ", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 1W Holland tnagsr RReid ■x Manager 3Vtianch 1978. Pile No. T-78-69 tin. tilchael Laventy Toon. Planning Westouns 100 West HaAAlson Plaza Seattle, Washington 98119. Vean. tilke- Shontly a{teA oun last condensation, my wile and I weAe catted away to the. InteAlon account the death ol heA latheA, and as a nesult, I completely ovenlooked youn Aequest Ion "PAlncesA Patnlcia" bnochune,. Out ol the blue my memoAy ttanted wonklng again as I was walking anound the. olllce, to I guest you must have, been dlnecting youn vibes towands me, but I do apologize Ion. not tending It to you, 60 heAewlth two copies, and look lonwand to teeing you toon. Youns veny tAuly, R.R. REID Attt. tianageA, . \\~s • v- . O . O i RRR'BB GP Rasl Internal Correspondence DatQ VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. Prom R.R. Reid To Mr. H.L. MacAulay Superintendent Vancouver, B.C. File: 651 . On 22 June 1977 we wrote to Mr. Swanson regarding the rodent problem which exists at Piers A-l and A-3. , Apparently nothing was done at that time; however, just recently rodents have been seen by our passengers in the Pier A-3 Ticket Office area, and last week one passenger was most upset when she saw a dismembered rat in front of the door of the Ticket Office. As this problem is steadily increasing and could present a serious health hazard, undoubtedly you will wish to take some action. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. C.A. Aitken, Terminals Supt., Vancouver, B.C. K?) Form 102-R CPRail Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. File: T-78-69 From R. R« Reid To Mr. J.G. Shave Advertising Representative Public Relations & Advertising Vancouver,•B.C. For your information, attached are information sheets received from State of Alaska Department of Commerce & Economic Development, Division of Tourism, Juneau, Alaska. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB -xOForm 102A-R m CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. File: T-78-10 From r.r. Reid To Memorandum Messrs. M.W. Holland A. Meijer A.N. Cairns T. King J.W. McCowatt H.L. Hudson R.D. Pelley Further to my letter of 27 January respecting handling of "Princess Patricia" passengers on the lower level during the 1978 Alaska cruise season. Please note that the design has been changed in the proposed construction to permit passengers to enter at the North end and be discharged at the South end , which is a reversal of the original plan, and which makes for better handling of passengers. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S, RRR'BB iOF°rm 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence a Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. File: T-504 From R.R. Reid To Mr. P.I. Georges Asst. General Manager Coastal Marine Operations Montreal, Que. On 17 February we wrote Mr. P.E. Le Feuvre as per attached photostat. Not having received status report, we telexed Mr. Le Feuvre 28 March as follows: "NORTHLAND SERVICE REQUIRE FURTHER SUPPLY DOT'S BUT ALSO IN 5 THOUS DLR LIMITATION STOP ASSIGNED TO BCCS VANC WHARF AGT 0792 ARE 20 DOT'S 5 THOUS DLR LIMIT 85886 TO 85905 ALSO 25 ONE THOUS DLR LIMIT 81001 TO 81025. AS ACCOUNTING OFFICE VANC UNABLE USE DOT'S FOR WAGE SETTLEMENTS AND NOT REQUIRED FOR PSGR TKT REFUND AS YET INSTRICTUIONS STILL PENDING REQUESTING AUTHORITY TRANSFER AFOREMENTIONED DOT'S TO NORTHLAND AND WE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY REQUISITION DOT'S FOR THIS OFFICE'S USE STOP CAN YOU AT THIS TIME ADVISE HOW LONG WE WILL BE ABLE CONTINUE USING PRESENT MONEY ORDER STOCK FOR TKT REFUNDS BCC-66." We have today received the following telex: "RYT BCC-67 OF 28/3/78 STOP BANKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR ITEM 2 ARE COMPLETE REF OUR LETTERS TO CIBC AND B OF M OF FEB 22 COPIES TO YOU STOP REMITTING INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITEM 2 AND BANKING ARRANGEMENTS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR ITEM 1 WILL BE PROCESSED UPON RECEIPT FROM MR P GEORGES OF WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION (LETTER OR TELEX) TO PROCEED STOP THIS IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH MR MARGETT'S DIRECTIVE OF OCTOBER 13/76 STOP PLEASE PROGRESS." We will therefore appreciate your writing to Mr. Le Feuvre or telexing him, the necessary authority to proceed. Will you kindly oblige. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB / cc. Mr. P.E. Le Feuvre, Asst. Treasurer, Banking, Toronto, Ont. / internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. From R>R> Reid File: AGR.3.BRAC. To Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland In view of Mr. Timpson not being available the week of 10 April, meeting with BRAC for 13 April has been cancelled. Mr. Ron Welch is deeply committed for other negotiations, and he tentatively has agreed for Messrs. Rouillard and Foster to meet on 5 April. I have accordingly cancelled the Bayshore for 13 April and am awaiting confirmation from Mr. Timpson respecting 1000, 5 April, before requesting a meeting room. For your information, in speaking to BRAC, they originally said if they could not meet on 13 April, they would go directly to conciliation.. Mr. Timpson spoke to them further, and accordingly was able to line up the 5 April meeting. Regret I will not be here in view of being back East. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB KDForm 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 565-3135, Telex 04-507684 W Holland ! R Reid ■ Manager Bail 31 tioAch 1978. Tile No. T-78-10 tin.. Rusty Rae Visual Communications 1513 CenteA. Blvd. SpnlnglleZd, Ohio 45506. VeaA tin.. Rae: I wish to acknowledge Aecelpt ol youn letter ol 17 tianch concerting the pottlblllty ol conducting a photogAaplilc temlnar en route the Alaska cnulse. We. axe pleated to enclote copy ol our 1978 cruise broclvxne, lo- getheA with Vally Bulletin outlining the "Prlncett Patricia't" programme. Oun one. conceAn with Aegand to youn. letteA Is that we. do not have noom lacUiltles to accommodate pnlvately, the number ol people you one. tuggetting, on. to pnovlde an anea Ion the ejection ol a mlnl- ttudlo. II youn. lectunes were available to oun exulte pastengens, onAangements could be. made. In either ol the obteAvatlon areas, consistent with the otheA activities on boand thlp. 11 It It youn. Intention to pnomote a gAoup Ioa thlt punpote, then pnlvacy mentioned would not be available; howeveA, 11 you Included other pastengens In youn dlscuttlon, then contlderatlon could be given. We do not have. gAoup deductions, but do pnovlde one Inee pottage ticket to the organizer Ion. eveny 15 adults booked, and tome lunthen consideration might be given on youn tuggettlon, thould you be Interested In looking lunthen. at the availability ol the "Prlncett PatAlcla't" accommodation. Eanly In the teaton ttlll pAovldet good tnow tcenery ol the natune that bringt tnow tcenet clot en. to the wateA't edge; howeveA, at all times thAoughout the cnulse you will tee tnow-capped mountains In Alaska. Clean weathen It experienced In the early part ol the teaton, but due to the warmer dayt In August, early morning ground mist It experienced. However, SeptembeA would be another period ol cruitlng to be considered; the cooler dayt can quite olten bring very clear, crisp tcenes. 01 courte, with the changing weather patterns around the world, It Is dlUlcult to lorecatt the normal, to which we have previously been accustomed. - 2 11 there It any luntheA Interest In the "Patricia" on Inlormation, kindly do not hesitate to contact me. Yourt veny truly, R.R. REID Attt. tianageA, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 w Holland 31 March 1978. '**»'* Tile No. 78.CHA.529.P. ' Manager tiA. G. Tlavell Chairman, Hotpltallty Committee Power Engineering Society c/o 1000 Beach Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6B 4E6 Vean tir. Tlavell.: This will acknowledge receipt ol your letter addretted to tir. Holland, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. The only vest el available lor cruising Is the "Prlncett ol Vancouver," and regrettably the only evening on which the can be made available lor a Howe Sound cruise Is a Saturday. The "Prlncett ol Vancouver" being a multl-purpote vest el, Is committed to extensive commercial retponslbltitiet on other dayt ol the butlnett week, and to high tummer tourist activities over weekend periods and during the week, except the Satunday night as mentioned. We dltllke Interrupting the normal pattern ol our Nanaimo tervlce on any other evening except Saturday, becaute we do not have a replacement vest el that can handle either the number ol pastengens, oa roll and trailer units carried by the "Vancouver," without terlously allectlng In particular,- commercial ownens' pattern ol shipments. The "Prlncett ol Vancouver't" licence Is presently lor 716 pastengens, but we lelt In the past that 600 would beamore desirable number lor handling on Howe Sound or tlmllaA. cruises. Trom the loregolng IX is with regret that we must decline the use ol the thlp as requested. Yourt very truly, R.R. REID Attt. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CPRail iY/Holland 31 March 1978 IRReid ■ -. Manager Tile No. 161 Mr. Harry T. Howard Vevelopment Virector Morning Star Boyt' Ranch Box 8087 Manlto Station Spokane, Washington 99203. Vear Mr. Howard: . Thank you kindly lor your letter ol 24 March In connection with your MornlngStar Boyt' Ranch. We certainly with you every tuccest In your venture, but regret to advise that the maximum number ol cruise tickets available lor promotion purposes respecting our 1978 cruise teaton, hat already been attlgned, and we do not have the laclllty to extend tame. Undoubtedly there will be other cruise thlp companies whote advertising budget will be a little healthier than ourt, and trust that you will have tuccest In tecurlng a cruise Irom them. Youns very truly, R.R. REID Attt. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB ce Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. From R.R. Reid 7o Mr. J.G. Shave Advertising Representative Vancouver, ,B.C. File: T-78-69 Further to your letter of 27 March returning Directory of Incentive Travel International. r Should we continue in Alaska service, what is your opinion of, and do you have any background of Incentive Travel, and in particular Directory of Incentive Travel International? Form 102A-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 M IW Holland RReid ■ Manager '31 March 1978. Tile No. 78.CHA.529.W. Mr. V. Kenneth Brown Executive 0 Ulcer Wettmlntter County Real Ettate Board 15483 - 104th Avenue Surrey, B.C. V3T 4W4 Vear Mr. Brown: With relerence to our various conversations concerning charter ol the "Prlncett ol Vancouver" Saturday evening, 27 May 1978, lor a Howe Sound cruise, please lind attached original and two copies ol Excursion Agneement covering tame. The minimum rate required is the equivalent ol 300 adult lares at $15.00 per person, or $4,500.00. Tor each adult penton over 300, up to 500, the charge will be $15.00. Trom 501 to maximum ol 700, $14.00. This lore Includes cruise pottage, alto dinner en route the cruise. In order that we may conllrm arrangements with the ship, In due course at your convenience will you please advise, Including the Prlncett Room, the number ol additional Bans you require and the times you wish them to be manned. We will provide attendants and mix at corkage rate ol $20.00 per bottle or Inaction thereof Chlel Steward will conllrm with a representative ol your Working Cornmltte prior to Committee't leaving the thlp upon return to Vancouver, the amount ol liquor consumed lor billing purposes to you. We would tuggest departure Irom Vancouver at 7:30 p.m., with hall- hour tour ol the Inner Harbour, commencing the tervlng ol dinner at 8:00 p.m. We will appreciate knowing whether you prefer Prime Rlbt ol Beel dinner or combined Turkey and Ham. Because ol the limited lacilltlet ol our galley, we would have to have a tlmilar meal-service lor all crulte pastengens, except that lor vegetarians we will be prepared to oiler a vegetable plate or salad. The capacity ol the Caleteria is 155; Vlnlng Room 46; Blue Room, which Is just outside the Vlnlng Room, can accommodate an additional 50 people, lor an approximate sitting ol 250 pastengens In total. Unless you desire additional tables set up In the Car 2 - Veck area, where an additional 100 passengers approximately, could be served, we would require too plus sittings In the alorementioned accommodation. When membens ol youn Committee looked over the ship, they would have had an appreciation ol the area concerned, and would like to hear Irom you as to your requirements In this respect. Tor dancing purposes the Car Veck has been used tuccettlully In the past, In addition to the Alt Lounge. In order that we can have our Malntalner provide the necessary electric power, will appreciate learning Irom you, also at your convenience, your requirements In this respect. As you may wish to use youn own printed tickets ,lor this cruise, we would request that a coupon be Included which we may uplilt lor passenger count, as conllrmation to membens ol youn Working Committee to establish numbers travelling. 11 It is not your Intention to issue separate tickets, we will provide passage tickets as Indicated In Excursion AgAeement,. which will be sold at the rate ol $15.00 per person, with adjustment to lollow based on the range In rates quoted. Should there be any other Inlormation you desire, kindly contact me. Yours very truly, R.R. REID Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB Date From To VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978. File: T-78-1010-A A.N. Cairns Form 102A-R Master "Princess of Vancouver" The attached copy of instruction issued October 1977 is still valid. • The criterion for requiring the additional Officer to assist loading autos on the rail deck, is to be 50 autos. Marine Superintendent ANC'BB ""'■■■ ' ■■» ■ " ■' »?*n'«S CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978 From A. Meijer To Chief Steward "PRINCESS OF VANCOUVER" File: T-78-16 T-78-1010A m!f)Form 102-R New carpet will be installed in the dining room and work will commence 10 April. Duration will be seven to ten days. Please ensure that all furniture is stored in the Sunroom and all liquor returned to the stockroom in the bar. Due to the above work, no dining room waiter will be required for that period. Catering Superintendent cc. J. McCowatt AM'GP CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978 From J.D. Finnie To O.R. Robison Vancouver File: 608 Kindly invoice Imperial Oil Distribution Terminal 3232 Underhill Burnaby, B.C. Attention: Mr. A. Cleaver for movement of one lube oil truck via the "Trailer Princess" 31 March 1978, total amount $900.00. Manager Traffic & Sales cc. V. Jones JDF'GP (Form 102-R J CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978 From M.W. Holland To A. McDermott Montreal File: X-77-5-4 Further concerning the "Carrier Princess" which ran aground on 9 November 1977 in Active Pass. In my letter of 17 March, I advised that charges are still outstanding from Canadian Ship Safety Investigations. I telephoned Mr. Roberts of that department and he advised that the service was rendered free of charge and,"therefore, no invoices will be submitted. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH'GP )Form 102-R ! CPRail FfZ4 Internal Correspondence j^| Date VANCOUVER, 31 March 1978 File: X-76-14-15 From M.W. Holland To A. McDermott Montreal Concerning damage to Pier A-3 at Vancouver on 30 October 1976 by the "Carrier Princess". We have received an additional invoice from Dominion Bridge covering federal tax. Copy of their invoice plus our voucher in payment is attached. It will be noted that the penalty of $46.78 was not paid. JO Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH'GP i J \\ Y , CPRail Ihtem ondence p-ata VANCOUVER, 30 March 1978. From A.N. Cairns To Mr. D. Hall " Marketing & Financial Analyst BCCS - Northland Service ; Vancouver, B.C.' — ' File: M-001 In response to your memo of 15 March 1978 with respect to the ' feasibility of operating either or both the "Northland Fury" and "OceanPrince'V' with their respective barges on a one-time contract for the movement of gyproc wallboard to Anchorage, Alaska. While both vessels are capable of the voyage and may have their "licences adjusted for the period, it is suggested that consideration be given to the following: - J-:v -^/.--x; . ■ •-■" ' y"'X" r.-f-'vvV-'V'X**.7.7-V7;'^^^".-^V ■:• '■'- ■' ■, ■•' 7-...-;. ■•'■ 7.:'•'"/': '*'*'V•'7'7-X - V* X '-' '• li'-'X-' -••-•; ■ •.-- - ■ ' :.•- Weather conditions in the Gulf of Alaska as they relate to %v possible voyage delay. " -'.' ■yi.^-^J■■ • . '..- While these two vessels operate with tandem tows to Kitimat, it 2'): is via the Inside Passage, which for the most part is a protected waterway, and as the Gulf of Alaska is open ocean it is not considered safe to tandem tow with either of these vessels ;: in that area. ;: ;-.j r. .'x'';'"x::' . .- " ■ ~'.x: ';-, Berthing fees, at Anchorage will need to be determined. _ ~ A Certificate of "Financial Responsibility" with regard to- ^environmental damage will need to be obtained. . . x. V. .;,.:; '^30 days lead time for preparation of units is needed prior to ;; ' sailing^ Marine SuSeSinfrandent ANC'BB Mi cc. Mr. M.W. Holland Mr. J. Agar Mr. T. King ,: i ■. ■ (Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Data VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland File: M-001 To Memorandum Mr. V. Jones Vancouver, B.C.. This is in reference to Mr. Hall's memo to Mr. Cairns dated 15 March, regarding the possible movement of gyproc from Vancouver to Anchorage, Alaska. In future it is requested that requests similar to this be copied to me for my information, and action where necessary. It is new business such as this that will strengthen our position in the marine industry in northern areas, and please be assured the operations area will endeavour to provide the answer to any questions raised. Such action will avoid the embarrassment of being approached by members of the local marine industry and not having had prior knowledge of circumstances about which they are inquiring. Obviously we will be looking at the feasibility of many such ventures in the future. <^ Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc. Mr. D. Hall Marketing and Financial Analyst Vancouver, B.C. Mr. A.N. Cairns )Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 15, 1978 From D, Hail 79 Mr. A. Cairns Marine Superintendent CP Rail ■- Northland Service has been approached to transport. 8000 tons of gyproc from Vancouver to Anchorage, Alaska. The move would take place late this year and would probably require four round trips of the tug Ocean.Prince II or Northland Fury and the barge Northland 101. In order to quote the shipper a final price, and prior to signing any agreement, I would appreciate it if you could provide me with the following information: 1. are the above-mentioned vessels allowed to enter U.S. waters; 2. are they subject to any laws regarding environmental damage; 3. do any bonds or monies have to be obtained or paid before entry to Anchorage is allowed; k. are there any other operational obstructions or problems of any sort that would, to your knowledge, interfere with the planned move. I would appreciate it if you would provide me with an answer by March 21, 1978 as there is some urgency to providing the information to the customer before, we can make, the final agreement. Marketing and Financial Analyst (Form 102-R TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 30 MARCH 1978 P.I. GEORGES MONTREAL, QUE. CONFIRMING SINGLE JIM BALFOUR HYATT REGENCY ARRIVAL SUN APR 2. JIM MCCOWATT WILL CONTACT IN EVENING AS WILL BE OUT OF TOWN EARLY PART OF DAY. WILL APPRECIATE LEARNING ARRIVgiTIME MR BALFOUR BCC- 72 R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine Sxiph/*c Supt. E;';grx ^ Asst. Supt. Engr. Cafcrxng Sxjpt. TtrKtt'naf SjpL ■Dvipsf. Analyst. /?, «*O.A~* AetauTvL 1 oMnVw $&. d> Tvt^ <~sf : r'Sfffl i r pi j BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 Y/-Holland '''Reid 30 March 1978. File No. 168 Imperial Oil Limited 475 West Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. Attention: Credit Card Department Gentlemen: Please refer to our letter of 6 March 1978, requesting Credit Card No. 291-692-915-7 covering BCCS Vehicle No. One Will you please arrange to issue a further three credit cards with above number, marked Vehicles Three, Four and Five. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB TELEX J.D. MASON 05-24725 MONTREAL, QUE. VANCOUVER, B.C., 30 MARCH 1978 File: T-78-150 PLS ARRANGE CASH ADVANCE 100.00 FAVOUR MR J AGAR TERMINAL MANAGER BCCS - NORTHLAND .VANCOUVER TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BCC-70 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS BB cc. Mr. W.W. Hocking J Internal Correspondence Data VANCOUVER, 30 March 1978. From A.N. Cairns To Mr. D. Hall Marketing & Financial Analyst BCCS - Northland Service Vancouver, B.C. File: M-001 In response to your memo of 15 March 1978 with respect to the feasibility of operating either or both the "Noi-thland Fury" and "Ocean Prince" with their respective barges on a one-time contract for the movement of gyproc wallboard to Anchorage, Alaska. While both vessels are capable of the voyage and may have their licences adjusted for the period, it is suggested that consideration be given to the following: - Weather conditions in the Gulf of Alaska as they relate to possible voyage delay. - While these two vessels operate with tandem tows to Kitimat, it is via the Inside Passage, which for the most part is a protected waterway, and as the Gulf of Alaska is open ocean it is not considered safe to tandem tow with either of these vessels in that area. - Berthing fees at Anchorage will need to be determined. - A Certificate of "Financial Responsibility" with regard to- environmental damage will need to be obtained. - 30 days lead time for preparation of units is needed prior to sailing. Marine Superintendent anc cc. Mr. M.W. Hollaoci Mr. J. Agar Mr. T. King (Form 102-R 1_ s/ CPRail ce Date VANC0UVER> 30 March 1978. From A.N. Cairns j0 Chief Engineer (5) Chief Steward (5) Second Officer (5) "Princess Patricia" File: T-78-101-PP f Heads of Departments are reminded that during the fitting-out period the hours of work are as follows: 0800 - 1200 1230 - 1630 with the allowed 20-minute coffee break in the forenoon and afternoon. Personnel may be allowed 10 minutes clean-up time at 1620. It is to be understood that the working day on laid-up ships is 0800 - 1700, with one hour for lunch, but the above hours have been mutually agreed to and must be adhered to by all personnel. Mar ANC'BB rintendent )Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 'V,'Holland S Reid • Manager March 30, 1978 File: 375997 Mr. Jim Wong 1175 Waverly Street Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Wong: This is to advise that we have amended our personnel records to show your name as SEH HEUNG WONG, as shown on your Certificate of Canadian Citizenship, in order that we may avoid any future problems with the Pensions Department. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB si BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 / Holland ■■■'jcr I Reid 'Xanager March 30, 1978 File: AGR.l. CMSG.GEN. Capt. J.E.S. Bragg Business Representative Canadian Merchant Service Guild Western Branch 230 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1P7 Dear Capt. Bragg: In accordance with Article 5-11 of the Agreement, enclosed herewith is current "Leave List" for Deck and Engine Officers, Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, JB J CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED British Columbia Coast Steamship Service LEAVE LIST AS PER ARTICLE 5-11 PER AGREEMENT NAME LEAVE DAYS AS OF MARCH 16, 1978 # - INDICATES WORKED MARCH 16, 1978 DECK OFFICERS J.H. Sandberg, Master H.W. McAnerin, Master G.W. Heater, 1st Officer D.M. McKechnie, Master P. Harris, Master C.J. Delamare, Master L. Steil, 1st Officer F.A. Hart, 1st Officer R.J. Hudson, Master P.F. Nichols, 1st Officer E. Schimpf, 3rd Officer A.J. Evans, Master K.G. Odgren, Master D.E. Rigg, Master G.L. Lott, 1st Officer C.W. Lee, 1st Officer D.J. MacDonald, Master D.A. Inkster, 2nd Officer R.W. Vivian, 2nd Officer K.N. Ho, 2nd Officer W.W. Robinson, 3rd Officer G.L. Whitehurst, 1st Officer D.J. Broadbent, 1st Officer W. Warden, Master D.W Harris, 1st Officer D. Chamberlain, 1st Officer D.L. Annesley, 2nd Officer W.A. Gibb, 3rd Officer F.A. Eastman, 3rd Officer R.R. Foulkes, 3rd Officer A.C. Molson, 3rd Officer 39 35 68 46 64 10 36 45 35 34 44 54 12 55 26 55 31 41 25 26 28 47 24 32 27 35 25 40 7 25 37 # # # # # # # # # ENGINE OFFICERS T.F. Williams, Chief Engineer 47 M.P. Neal, Chief Engineer 37 J.M. Irwin, Chief Engineer 65 R.C. Owens, 1st Electrician 59 I.. Koppel, 2nd Engineer 18 E.R. Roberts, Jr. Engineer 20 A.J. Drew, Chief Engineer 24 J.K. Wong, Jr. Engineer 46 P. Mah, 2nd Engineer 4 0 J. Barbillion, Jr. Engineer 13 A.W. Hasenheit, Jr. Engineer 8 D.G. Park, Chief Engineer 24 T. Whittemore, 2nd Engineer 29 J. Wildin, Jr. Engineer 38 R.D. Sawchenko, Chief Engineer 28 P.B. Sorensen, 2nd Engineer 42 H. Medfortb, Chief Engineer 223 T. Nakatsu, 2nd Engineer 36 W. Gunn, 4th Engineer 1 R.Z. Nelson, 2nd Engineer 12 R.R. Walker, Jr. Engineer # # # # #' # # # # ..2 -- 2 I. Podravac, Chief Engineer 49 # J. Hutchinson, 2nd Engineer 19 K.H. Schoof, Jr. Engineer 32 D.W. Smythe, 2nd Engineer 31 # N.W.. Rush, Jr. Engineer 22 J.M. Crawford, Jr. Engineer 22 • # N. Markan, 2nd Engineer 37 # R.K. Lee, 2nd Engineer 17 P.W.Ross, 2nd Engineer 7 J.O. Munro, 2nd Engineer 69 E. Hayden, 2nd Electrician 2 # W. Young, Jr. Engineer 42 # A. Rushton, 1st Electrician 59 S.F. Wong, Jr. Engineer J.L. Shipp, 2nd Engineer 4 # M.M. Jalil, 1st Electrician 52 A.E. Omeria, Jr. Engineer 36 J. Faucher, 4th Engineer 2 # A.H. Baldwin, 2nd Engineer 16 M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S, CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 30, 1978 File- 494363 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R Granger Montreal Reference your letter of March 23, 1977, file M-2024Yps., concerning Walter F. WRIGHT, #494363, Claims Manager. Date of entry into Northland Navigation was October 13, 1959. m (SlForm 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S JB j 1 4 BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 CPBail Holland 30 March 1978 Reid File: T-78-69 'Xjnager •• Wilstow Ltd. 5th Floor 97 Park Lane London, England W1Y 3TA Dear Sirs: Enclosed is information requested in your letter of 1 March 1978, together with a copy of our ferry schedule. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH'GP CPRaU Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 29 March 1978. From R.R- Reid jo Mr. V. Jones Controller Coastal Marine Operations Vancouver, B.C. FLlSjflJt. T-s504 Jaq***LJ> WciaI^F PLS. INITIAL' & PASS f Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine Supt. ^ Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt, Terminate Supt. i Deprl, Analyst, Office Mgr, Account. wo+lnpt St In respect of drafts on Treasurer, we have arra .. Vancouver BCCS Wharf Ticket Agent (0792) of the attached DOT s Nos. 85886 to 85905 (20 $5,000.00 limit), and 81001 to 81025 (25, $1,000.00 limit), in view of the immediate need for additional DOT's. Attached are Treasury instructions which are to be discussed with Svlvia Hendrix and Carole Siddall, who will have signing authority for DOT'Sissued in your location upon confirmation from Treasurer of the registration of their signatures, anticipated shortly. Until such time as confirmation has been received and advice forwarded to you, Manager,. BCCSS, will continue to sign DOT s issued at Northland. Attached is a small supply of re-order Forms 3718 and when current supply requires replenishing you are to re-order from Mr. P.E. Le Feuvre, Asst. Treasurer, Banking, Toronto, Ont. For your information, Mr. Le Feuvre can be contacted on Telex 06-22057, for any irregularities or assistance. Should there be any questions pertaining to the issuance and requisition of DOT's not fully explained S the attached Treasury instructions, please advise. Should either of the afore-mentioned signatories' functional duties change within Northland operation, this office is to be advised immediately for cancellation of signing authority and installing of replacement signature. Please confirm in writing these instructions are understood. )Form 102-R I understand that Treasury instructions for Kitimat somehow - 2 - reached your office. On copy of this letter to Mr. Murray, I am advising him you will forward his instructions on receipt of this letter. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. N.H. Parham Northern Sales Representative BCCS - Northland Prince Rupert, B.C. REGISTERED MAIL r Herewith DOT's Nos. 81076 to 81095 inclusive, 20 at $1,000.00 limit. Please note comments to Mr. Jones and place DOT's in your safe pending receipt of advice of the registration of your signature by Treasurer, Toronto, Ont. You will be notified immediately of same, from which time you will have authority for direct issuance of DOT's at Prince Rupert. Also attached are Treasury instructions, together with a small supply of draft requisition Form 3718, which must be used in future to replenish your supply, drawn on Treasury, Toronto, Ont. Should there be any questions concerning use and requisition of DOT's, kindly advise. Please acknowledge receipt of instructions as understood, and confirm DOT's received corresponding with numbers indicated herein. cc. Mr. D.J. Murray Terminal Manager BCCS - Northland Kitimat, B.C. REGISTERED MAIL Enclosed please find DOT's Nos. 81096 to 81145, 50 at $1,000.00 limit. You are requested to place DOT's in safe pending receipt of registration of your signature by Treasurer, Toronto, following which advice you will be notified immediately of the commencement of use of DOT's by you in Kitimat. Please also note request on Mr. Jones to forward your Treasury instructions concerning the handling of DOT's. In connection with the latter we are enclosing initial supply of draft requisition Form 3718, which must be used in future to replenish your supply, drawn on Treasury, Toronto, Ont. Should there be any questions concerning use and requisition of DOT's, kindly advise. Please acknowledge receipt of instructions as understood, and confirm DOT's received corresponding with numbers indicated herein. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. ' r :i £) , v <-.'/''-..' i, w.v- ,uo i.■ wv ■ *. < -v, Tel (604) 665-3; 35. Telex 04-507684 €P Rail MS Holland: '•••■trier March 29, 1978 Chief Immigration Records Department of Manpower & Immigration Ottawa, Ontario Dear Sir: It is a condition of employment that all new entrants into Canadian Pacific service supply adequate proof of age. In the absence of a Certificate of Birth, it will be appreciated if you would kindly advise what document(s) were provided by Mr. Lai and what his date of birth is according to your records. The enclosed "Record of Entry into Canada" form gives as much detail as the applicant is able to provide and we hope that from this you will be able to locate this employee's immigration record. To further assist your search, we are enclosing a photostat copy of the following document: Identification Record Thanking you in anticipation of your kind co-operation. Yours very truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc- Mr. R. Granger, Montreal JB CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 19 March 1978 From A. Meijer To Chief Steward "PRINCESS OF-VANCOUVER" File: T-78-14 Please be advised that orders for donuts, muffins and pies should be ordered Wednesday afternoon for: 1. Thursday delivery 2. Friday delivery (the weekend inclusive) Catering Superintendent AM'GP ^f< f|g)Form 102-R internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 28 March 1978. From j.d. Finnie To Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland The "Sir Galahad" is experiencing engine problems, and latest E.T.A. I have is Wednesday night, 29 March. Vessel will proceed Lynterm to discharge explosives and berth Pier "B" 30 March to discharge imports. Exports will be handled 4 April 1978. Manager, Traffic & Sales JDF'BB )Form 102A-R ^l^w+^7tUi ^ : m I i him ■ ' w -r-»,i CPRail m Date VANCOUyER 28 March 1978. File: 252 From M#w. Holland To Master, "Princess of Vancouver" "Carrier Princess" "Trailer Princess" "Princess Patricia" Messrs. K. Bourgeau, Vancouver. » C.A. Aitken, " 0. Robison, " R. Gavin, " Enclosed for display, is copy of a circular from the Department of Insurance and Fire Protection, Montreal, a reminder to give Company premises a general inspection and clean-up. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB ijOForm 102-R TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 28 MARCH 197* File: T-78-150 J.D. MASON 05-24725 MONTREAL, QUE. . PLS ARRANGE CASH ADVANCE 200.00 FAVOUR W SHAVER FREIGHT SALES REPRESENTATIVE BCCS - NORTHLAND VANC PAYABLE NOT LATER THAN FRI 31 MARCH/78 A/C BUSINESS TRIP NORTH. BCC-68 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS BB cc. Mr. W.W. Hocking J Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 28 March 1978. From A. Meijer To Chief Steward "Princess of Vancouver" File: T-78-14 It has been apparent that due to the heavy volume of traffic over the Easter weekend, some shortages occurred. We must point out that it is the Chief Steward's/Asst. Steward's responsibility to have a sufficient supply of provisions on hand. Should you run short, however, I should be advised immediately, preferably during office hours (for instance, before departure at 0830 from Nanaimo); if not possible, at home. This in order to allow us plenty of time for additional deliveries. Last-minute deliveries are made at a substantially higher cost and inconvenience. Catering Superintendent AM'BB (Form 102-R CPRail TTM Internal Correspondence [|^| Date VANCOUVER, 28 March 1978. File: 402 L-108 From m.W. Hdlland To Memorandum Mr. H.L. Hudson Would you kindly prepare for me a list of all automobiles currently in the BCCS - Northland fleet, showing make, model, year, serial number and assignee. This should include the cars assigned to Mr. Finnie and myself, as well as the two new Granadas which have been assigned to Mr. Margetts and Mr. King, as well as the vehicles assigned to the Sales Department of Northland. Your early attention is requested, and you are directed to provide Mr. Hocking with a status report on the automobiles listed in the attached lease invoice from Wolfe Chevrolet-Oldsmobile Ltd. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB J»Form 102-R Infernal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 28 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Mr. W.J. Comerford Manager, Customer & Agency Accounts Montreal, Que. File: 103 Please refer to your letter of 21 March, File 798-1, regarding John S. Brydle. i Attached is photostat of my letter to Mr. E. Robinson, Agent, Nanaimo, B.C., under date 8 December 1976, with copy to you, which is self-explanatory. ™'t)Form 102A-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRRsBB 1 - ;..-...' TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 28 MARCH /78 - " File: T-504 P.E. LE FEUVRE 06-22057 i ASST. TREASURER, BANKING * TORONTO, ONT. PLS REFER MY LETTER 17 FEB. -CAN YOU ADVISE STATUS ITEMS 1 AND 2 RE CHANGE IN BANKS BCC-67 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB | X:'p: m TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 28 MARCH 1978 P.E. LE FEUVRE 06-22057 ASST. TREASURER, BANKING TORONTO, ONT. NORTHLAND SERVICE REQUIRE FURTHER SUPPLY DOT'S BUT ALSO IN 5 THOUS DLR LIMITATION STOP ASSIGNED TO BCCS VANC WHARF AGT 0792 ARE 20 DOT'S 5 THOUS DLR LIMIT 85886 TO 85905 ALSO 25 ONE THOUS DLR LIMIT 81001 TO * 81025.' AS ACCOUNTING OFFICE VANC UNABLE USE DOT'S FOR WAGE SETTLEMENTS AND NOT REQUIRED FOR PSGR TKT REFUNDS AS YET INSTRUCTIONS STILL PENDING REQUEST AUTHORITY TRANSFER AFOREMENTIONED DOT'S TO NORTHLAND AND WE WILL SUBSEQUENTLY REQUISITION DOT'S FOR THIS OFFICE'S USE STOP CAN YOU AT THIS TIME ADVISE HOW LONG WE WILL BE ABLE CONTINUE USING PRESENT MONEY ORDER STOCK FOR TKT REFUNDS ' BCC-66 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB CPRail Date VANCOUVER, March 28, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. A. McDermott Montreal File: X-77-14-11 Further regarding damage to Nanaimo Wharf on November 11, 1977, when the "Princess of Vancouver" listed and destroyed 29 facing planks. rf Enclosed herewith is copy of Harbour Pile Driving Co. invoice in the amount of $12,398.00 together with a copy of the voucher issued to cover by our Pacific Region Data Centre. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc• Mr. W.C. Sylander, Vancouve: HLH/jb *7v>)Form 102-R ^S? Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 W Holland ■jer RReid ' Manager m •March 28, 1978 File: 435783 Sun Life of Canada Health Insurance Claims Office 200D --338 Broadway Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0T3 Dear Sirs: Re: G.L. LOTT, Emp.No. 435783, S.I.N. 703-333-591, Group No. 7030-GD, Sub. No. 001, Location 5062 Enclosed herewith is doctor's further report for your consideration. We are also enclosing Form "B" showing Mr. Lott back to work March 27, 1978. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S, JB TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 27 MARCH 1978. N. CARTWRIGHT . . • ' MONTREAL, QUE. CONV DATE 1973 ALASKA CRUISE ACTIVITY 16-8 DAY CRUISES WEST STAR (WESTOURS). : (CAPACITY APP 140) XANADU - AIR CLUB INT. (CAPACITY APP 120) SPIRIT OF LONDON - P AND 0 (CAPACITY 740) (PRESENT SUN PRINCESS) • 13-8 DAY CRUISES t 6-14 DAY CRUISES EX CALIF ISLAND PRINCESS - PRINCESS CRUISES (CAPACITY 600) MARIPOSA - PFEL 4 - (CAPACITY 336) ITALIA , - PRINCESS CRUISES (CAPACITY APP 400) 9 - 8 DAY CRUISES 12 DAY CRUISES EX CALIF. CRUISES EX CALIF PRESUME EITHER 12 OR 14 DAY DURATION PRINCE GEORGE ,- CNR (CAPACITY 260) PRINCESS PATRICIA - CP (CAPACITY 328) 21 - 7% DAY' CRUISES 20 - 7h DAY CRUISES INCLUDES 7 CHARTERS • .- ' . ' V CN AND OURSELVES APPROXIMATELY SAME TARIFF STOP HAVE NO RATES FOR OTHER VESSELS BUT HISTORICALLY WE HAVE BEEN AMONGST THE- LOWEST PRICED CRUISES STOP HOPE THIS ASSISTS YOU. '• REGARDS BCC-64 BOB REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB ^2W ~rviy>. -MP4k*M BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CP Rail '■'Holland 27 March 1978. 'tSJ* F*^ Wo. 5H-R Alt. R.H. Ballantyne Assistant General Manager Canadian Pacific Consulting Services Ltd. Montreal, Que. Vean Mr. Ballantyne: Thank you kindly {or your letten o{ 24 "February In connection with tike Interest by Mr. L. Maaslnl M. Vlas In the leasing o{ the TE\\I "Vrlncess Patricia." While It It our present Intention to withdraw the "Patricia" following completion o{ her Alaska cruise teaton this {fill, no definite arrangements with regard to her dlspotal have as yet been made. We would be Interested In hearing {urther {rom Mr. Vlas In connection with any more recent Information concerning his proposal. Yours very truly, R.R. RE1V Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. From R.R- Reid j0 Mr. P.E. Le Feuvre Asst. Treasurer, Banking Toronto, Ont. FilevS T-504 IS 4 With reference to your letter of 17 February, Files B 01-07-92 and B 01-99-92, we are attaching specimen signatures as follows: M.W. Holland Donald J. Murray N.H. Parham Carole Siddall Sylvia Hendrix W.W. Hocking R.R. Reid Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Terminal Manager, BCCS - Northland Northern Sales Representative, BCCS - Northland JD ti \\j o \\-t • l5 u Northland Accountant, B.C.C.S.S. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Vancouver Kitimat Prince Rupert Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver The foregoing have signing rights for DOT's issued in association with B.C.C.S. - Northland Service, in addition to which Messrs.. Holland, Reid and H.L. Hudson, whose signature is attached, also have signing authority for DOT's to be used subsequently in BCCSS for passenger refunds. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB »Form 102-R m Date VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Memorandum Mr. C.A. Aitken File: 651-1 Your memorandum of 23 January 1978 regarding number of large depressions around former Immigration Building, resulting from settling of ground. f Please proceed with necessary repairs to $116.00 mentioned in your memo. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB g£) Form 102A-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. From R.R. Reid File: 651 To Mr. R.G. Kerr Division Engineer Vancouver, B.C. With reference to your letter of 16 September 1977, File PaV-14, and subsequent telephone conversation. Provided the proposed floodlighting between Piers A-l and A-3 conforms to the agreed location of same as discussed between representatives of this office and Mr. Annus and Mr. Starr, we are agreeable to BCCSS paying its usual 70% of the cost. We do not agree that BCCSS should be subject to 100% of the cost for the proposed sidewalk, in view of the fact that sidewalk was damaged during the demolition of the old Immigration Building. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S, RRR'BB '»Form 102-R F- Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CPRail US W Holland .27 March 7975. R Reid Manager Tile Mo.. T-78-69 Mr. Thomas M. Vykes Pace Productions Ltd. 818 Vouglas St. Victoria, B.C. V8W 2B6 Vean Tom: This has re{erence to our conversation Thursday and pnevlous commitment by Mn. Holland In respect o{ your letter o{ 7 January 1978. We would ask that you kindly proceed with the pnoduction o{ the audio-visual unit "Captain Cook's Treasure Chest," the cost o{ which Is $1.75, to the Initial quantity specl{led o{ $2,500.00 Looklng {orwa/id to seeing the {Inished pnoduct, Yours very truly, R.R. RE1V Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB ■ - agxr BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver. BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPRail 1W Holland 21 March 1978' RRReid File No. 236 .x Manager Mr. N. Sigsworth Regional Manager, Ship Safety Canadian Coast Guard (W) Box 10060 - Pacific Centre 700 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1E1 Dear Mr. Sigsworth: Please refer to my letter of 20 March in connection with meeting to be held in your office at 9:30 a.m. on 6 April in connection with Dangerous Goods Shipping Regulations, in which I advised that meeting would be attended by Mr.A.N. Cairns, Marine Superintendent, B.C.C.S.S. Mr. Cairns will now be accompanied by Mr. C.A. Aitken, Terminals Superintendent, and Mr. J.D. Finnie, Manager, Sales and Traffic, Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB be. Mr. C.A. Aitken Mr. J.D.Finnie TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 27 MARCH 197.8. File: T-78-150 J.D. MASON- 05-24725 MONTREAL, QUE. PLS ARRANGE CASH ADVANCE FAVOUR R D PELLEY SALES REPRESENTATIVE BCCSS VANC 1000.00 A/C BUSINESS TRIP CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, MINNEAPOLIS, WINNIPEG PAYABLE NOT LATER THAN FRI 31 MARCH/78 BCC-63 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS BB cc. Mr. W.W. Hocking v S, " MB ' "■■'■ if BC Coast Steamship Service Pief'B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 (QP §%®il M W Holland 27 March 1978. Manager RRReld Vile No. T-78-10 <5ssr. Manager Mr. Bob Berto 0{{lce Manager Southeast Stevedoring Corporation P.O. Box 8080 Ketchikan, Alaska 99901. Vear Mr. Berto: Your letter addressed to Mr. Holland has been re{enred to me {or handling, In view o{ my attendance at the January cruise ship Industry meeting with Glacier Bay Motional Park repre- s entatlves. 1 recall at that time the suggestion that cruise thlp operatons get together {or a meeting later on this year, {or the purpote o{ evaluating theln activities In Glacier Bay and projecting this matter Into theln 1979 tchedullng. At the present time our plant {or 1979 and {uture activities In Ketchikan remain obtcune. While we are looking Into tixe pottlblllty o{ replacing the "Prlncett Patricia" and are mott Interested In doing to, we have not reached that point In time where we can e{{ectlvely tay that we will de{lnltely have an operation con{lnmed within the next {ew weeks. However, as you probably are aware, we have requested berthing In 1979 In line with our usual dates o{ tolling which we have used over the past {ew yeans, {or on unnamed ship. Those o{ us In the cruise Industry, and particularly Canadian Pacl{lc, who have been associated with sailing to Alaska {or over 75 years, one naturally concerned that we are to be told • what we can and cannot do. A{ter all, l{ we cannot sell an appealing cruise to the people who put up the dollans and pay our wages, and keep the ships running, then there Is little purpose In continuing, but It mutt be appreciated that ships just cannot scoot {rom one place to another and maintain a cohesive scheduling, pivoting around the desires o{ the environmentalists. Haturally, we would wish to be Included In any meeting pertaining to 1979, l{ {or no other purpose than just observation to evaluate whether or not It Is even {easlble to consldeA continuing In the pAomotlon o{ an Alaska cruise, and will appneclate being ln{ormed o{ such a meeting when -it Is set up. ** I In so {or as 1978 Is concerned, It must be appreciated that to deviate {rom tchedullng at this point In tone could seriously a{{ect our economic position. We have marketed a cruise sclieduled to attract the Interest o{ our passengers, wiio have paid deposits In order to take the tchedullng o{ theln choice that they might see the points o{ Interest promoted by cruise companies. 1{ we one told that we cannot go- Into Glacier Bay It will seriously a{{ect our load {actors. By reason o{ the scheduling o{ the "Princess Patricia," the does not have the speed or {lexlbllity In schedule to alter her cruising In mid-stream, as IX were, to we would have to make drastic changes In our tchedullng, pottlbly to the exclusion o{ Glacier Bay, In order to keep our vessel on schedule and permit us to {requent Glacier Bay on the dayt ' we are able to do to. While 1 am conscious o{ Glacier Bay Park representatives' concern, and share their desire to keep the Park {ree {rom pollution and the overcrowding conditions which were discussed at our January meeting, tt Is Still such a {ocal point that people come {rom great distances to tee It, to obterve the li{e o{ the wholes, the binds, and the action o{ the glaclert. It would be a pity l{ people who have taved money over many years, hoping to tee this part o{ the world, were told they could not because Glacier Bay was wanted to be kept {or the whales, the birds and the gla.cl.ens themtelves. 1 trust you can appreciate our {eelingt In this matter. We In the BCCSS will co-operate with anyone, but we expect cooperation In return and an appreciation o{ the extent o{ our Involvement with our travelling public to date. Trusting we may hear {rom you {urther In this connection, and with best regards, Yours very truly, R.R. RE1V Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB s r BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 CP Bail m M W Holland ■27.MoAch 1978. '. '.mager RRReld ■^Sf. Manager Tile No. 78.ALA.521.V. Ms. Olive M. Vincent i Toun Vlrector 01 Ways Tours Box 383 San Luis Obispo, Call{ornla 93401. Vear Olive: 1 am very sorry that there has been a delay In writing to you In connection with your September 20th booking. 1 was on compassionate leave and have just returned to the o{{lce. Enclosed please {Ind your receipt, copy o{ Veposlt Form BCS 17 No. 01729. Looking {orward to seeing you In May. With best regards, R.R. RE1V Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB CPRail Date VANCOUVER; 27 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Manager, Customer & Agency Accounts Montreal, Que. - LAM GEM IM Attention Mr. B.W. Langam File: T-77-150 Kindly refer to your letter of 24 February, File D3027-RM. I regret the delay in writing to you in connection with your letter to Mr. Hocking, which has been referred to me for reply. Mr. Burchill is presently on leave and not expected back in the Vancouver area for another few weeks. As soon as he has returned and when passing through Vancouver, as he does not live here, we will attempt to resolve this matter and advise you. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R CPRail WZM Internal Correspondence §_5 Dafe VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. File: T-78-160 T-78-166 From R.R- Reid jo Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland Mr. Hudson has discussed with me his letter of 3 March to you concerning injuries among B.C. Coast employees. t It appears there is some reluctance to formulate a policy of safety precaution among BCCS ship personnel. In recent discussion with Mr. Georges, he indicated the concern of Mr. Keith Campbell pertaining'to the degree of injuries among our coastal fleet employees. This being the case, I would suggest that the officers concerned draw up a safety programme in order that same can be presented to Mr. Campbell when he again queries BCCSS injury statistics. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R CPRail E Dale VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. From M.W. Holland Jo Mr. B.D. Margetts General Manager Coastal Marine Operations Montreal, Que. - The attached correspondence was forwarded to me by (Mr. Murray, which is pertinent to our future in the North. While I realize this is political in nature, it none the less indicates that the oil port concept for Kitimat is not necessarily a dead issue. It is my intention to keep well advised of the political implications of the pipeline over the next few months, as I believe there is still very active support for its construction. I will keep you advised accordingly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB X'OForm 102-R Date VANCOUVER, 27 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. W.W. Hocking File: 562 Attached you. will find copy of letter from Mr. H.N.[ Crompton, Manager, Quatsino Sound Division of Seaspan International Ltd., regarding adjustments in our charter rate for the "Seaspan Doris'.' in Beaver Cove Service. Would you kindly review the attached calculations and confirm to me that they are correct. By copy of this letter I would ask Mr. Finnie for a status report on his review of our requirements in the NEVI Service, as he projects them over the term of the contract. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. J.D. Finnie £2) Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 27, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Montreal Files: 148295 130205 Reference your letters of March 3 and 13, regarding refund of erroneous pension contributions in favour of G.W. Marshall, #148295, S.I.N. 602-458-036 and W.W. Hocking, #130205, S.I.N.■ 602-458-010. According to our records pension contribution arrears were not deducted. We will, therefore, appreciate receiving a copy of the letter sent to you by W.W. Hocking. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB )Form 102-R CPRail vta Internal Correspondence M^ Date VANCOUVER, March 27, 1978 File: 126622 From M.W. Holland To Mr. N.D. Mullins Law Department Vancouver Re: C.A. BENNETT, #17-126622, deceased February 27, 1978 Further my telex JB-44 of March 2, to R. Granger, Montreal, copy to you, concerning the above mentioned. The following documents are enclosed: -- completed Form P.R.3 — copy of Certificate of Death Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB ESForm 102-R News Summary MAR 2 8 1978 News and views on topics of current interest prepared by Public Relations and Advertising Department Vol. Alaska Gas Pipeline Aviation BCR Problem Business & Finance ?ere )u@T^pBa|^ ALASKA GAS PIPELINE The ultimate cost of the Alaska question mark over the northern cost $10-bil1 ion, observers in result of cost overruns it coul PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. ^Qo^r. <§i Ma[rch f?3',T9/a Supt. Engr. Econ tffft-es- Rail t^^lJ^L Tele :offimttriJi«jJafipns Deptl. Analyst. Office Mgr. Account. oj^ ?vyv a ^ ItzTm W % \\ ■;_ 15 fijft^r^ 'X Gas Pipeline hangs as an enormous landscape. Although now estimated to Washington, D.C., suggest that as a d reach $30-billion. Page 5 DEREGULATION BATTLE Deregulation of the U.S. transport industry from government control is seen as an idea whose time has come. But powerful forces, economic and political, are aligned on each side of the issue, and deregulation promises to become a major legislative battle. Page 8 BCR PROBLEM Change is in the wind this year for the British Columbia Railway. The conflict between its development role for northern B.C. which is unable to be profitable and the drive for a commercially-profitable operation must be resolved, says one of its executives. Page 9 TRENDS AND TOPICS VIA Rail Canada's president says that because of the prevalence of low- cost ABC fares, domestic airlines won't make enough profit to continue to subsidize uneconomic short-haul flights, and so there is a great growth potential for inter-city rail passenger service. Page 9 An Ottawa economist says that as a result of growing economic and political problems, Canadians are becoming aware that as each other's largest trading partner, Canada and the U.S. "have a vital interest in each other." Page 14 At hearings in Ottawa, independent users and associations representing hundreds of firms across Canada continue to take a strong stand in support of CNCP Telecommunications' application for interconnection with Bell Canada's local switched public telephone network. Page 15 Canadian Pacific 2 NEWS IN BRIEF EMPLOYERS WANT POWER AT BARGAINING TABLE VANCOUVER - Employers in B.C. are beginning to fight to get some of their own back at the bargaining table. This trend is shown dramatically in the last three strikes to hit the province -- the ferries' shutdown, the 81-day strike-lockout at B.C. Telephone and the current strike by the Amalgamated Transit Union against B.C. Hydro. In each case, the dispute was a result not of the union demands but of demands from management. Bill Hamilton, president of the Employers' Council of B.C., said the toughening attitude of employers is an indication of their awareness of the need to improve productivity and efficiency at the workplace in order for Canadian products to maintain their competitiveness. (Vancouver Sun, March 17) VANCOUVER CITIZENS BEATING STRIKE BY TAKING THE TRAIN VANCOUVER - Downtown office workers who live in the Port Coquitlam- Mission area are making the most of the B.C. Hydro transit strike with their own deluxe commuter service to and from Vancouver on CP Rail's transcontinental train. About 30 commuters boarded The Canadian on March 16. The trip from Coquitlam takes 30 minutes versus 70 by transit bus and passengers wish there was a regular -- although cheaper -- commuter rail service. (Vancouver Sun, March 17) ROYAL HUDSON TO TOUR 16 CITIES VANCOUVER - The Royal Hudson steam train will leave Vancouver March 30 to carry an 'open house' invitation on a 38-day tour of 16 North American cities. The train will carry display coaches and tour guides extolling the beauties of B.C. and urging tourists to visit the province during the Captain Cook Bicentennial Celebrations. (Vancouver Sun, March 17) POST OFFICE TO FIGHT UPS PARCEL DELIVERY SYSTEM IN ONTARIO TORONTO - James Corkery, deputy postmaster general, appeared as a witness against the huge American-owned UPS parcel delivery company which is seeking licences to operate in Ontario. He said the Post Office would fight any firm seeking to take away part of its market. (Toronto Daily Star, March 17) TRAIN CRASH HORROR IS HONEYMOON CITY'S NIGHTMARE NIAGARA FALLS, ONT. - MPP Vince Kerrio is spear-heading a movement to get trains carrying dangerous commodities re-routed away from urban areas like Niagara Falls. (Toronto Daily Star, March 19) SOME AIRPORTS TO RAISE FEES OTTAWA - User charges at 35 of the federal Government's 132 airports will be increased in two stages this year to help offset rising operating costs, the Transport Department announced March 16. (CP - Winnipeg Free Press, March 17) EXPORT OF GRAINS FACE DIFFICULTIES WINNIPEG - Canada's grain export program at Vancouver is in danger again. Just when it appeared that an accelerated March shipping program was beginning to reduce a 32-36 million bushel deficit accumulated late in 1977 and early 1978, labor uncertainty, bad weather and a terminal shutdown combined last week to hamper March grain traffic. (Winnipeg Tribune, March 17) WHITE PASS IS TRIMMING ITS SAILS VANCOUVER - White Pass & Yukon Corp. is hoping to cut costs by converting the two ships it operates between Vancouver and Alaska into barges. President R. A. Hubber-Richard said that the containership Frank H. Brown will be removed from the run to Skagway, Alaska, in July and tested out as a barge pulled by a tug. Regular sailings in Alaska will be maintained although with reduced frequency by her sister ship, the Klondike. The major reason for the cost-cutting is the fact that on June 30 White Pass is scheduled to lose business from Cassiar Asbestos Corp. Ltd. (Vancouver Province, March 17) NEW SHIP TERMINAL SEEN FOR B.C. VANCOUVER - A new cruise ship passenger terminal at Vancouver's present Pier B-C site is foreseen in conjunction with the construction of a convention centre and a world trade centre, according to plans unveiled by the Port of Vancouver. The plans, presented in a consultants' report commissioned by the National Harbors Board, apply mainly to the area of NHB interest between the foot of Granville Street and the foot of Main Street, which encompasses the waterfront boundary of the Gastown area. Construction is also advocated for a pier immediately west of the present harbor ferry terminal at CP Rail's downtown station. Marathon Realty Co. Ltd. of Toronto, which owns the station and much of the waterfront land between it and Stanley Park, plans to convert the station to high-quality office space that would retain an old-time flavor. The many lines of railway tracks that run along the waterfront would remain. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 21) AIR FRANCE LOWERS FARE PARIS - Air France March 3 announced plans to introduce a Paris-New York round trip fare of $323 for regularly-scheduled mid-week flights. (Montreal Gazette, March 22) CN OFFERS PRAIRIE JOBS WINNIPEG - CN says it will hire 1,250 workers for summer work in the prairie region. It will recall 296 trainmen and yardmen laid off last year and hire 265 new trainmen and yardmen. (Montreal Gazette, March 22) U.S. COURT SUPPORTS AIRLINES ON FORCED MATERNITY LEAVE WASHINGTON - U.S. airline policies that compel pregnant stewardesses to take immediate, unpaid maternity leaves have been left intact by a ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court. All U.S. air carriers except Northwest Airlines require any stewardess to leave her job as soon as she learns she is pregnant. (AP - Toronto Globe and Mail, March 22) DEMURRAGE CHARGES TO BE RAISED TORONTO - Canadian railways are increasing their car demurrage charges effective May 1, according to the Canadian Car Demurrage Bureau of Montreal. Changes in the rates set for penalty days will be made in hopes of speeding the turnaround of cars, according to Emil Szabo, the bureau's national manager. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 9) U.S.-BRITISH PACT BOOSTS LOW-FARE AIRLINE SERVICE WASHINGTON, D.C. - A new aviation agreement between the U.S. and Britain has greatly expanded low-fare service between the two nations and eliminated many restrictions on charter flights. The agreement removed British opposition to Braniff Airways' plan to offer sharply reduced fares on new Dallas-London service. The two countries also agreed to allow similar low-fare service between Britain and 13 more U.S. "gateways," in addition to Dallas and New York, where the low-fare service began last fall. (Wall Street Journal, March 20) SEAWAY TOLLS TO RISE WASHINGTON - Canada and the U.S. have exchanged diplomatic notes confirming toll increases on the St. Lawrence Seaway. The increases, to be implemented over three years, will eventually double current tolls on the waterway. (Montreal Star, March 22) FREE PORT UNDER STUDY HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia and federal governments have commissioned a $40,000 study into the concept of a free port in Nova Scotia. If such a port were created, ships could enter port with cargo which could then be assembled into a different product and this product could be exported without any duty being applied to it. (Montreal Gazette, March 21) MARINE TRANSPORT BEATS RAIL FOR NORTHERN B.C.: MINISTER VICTORIA - Federal Transport Minister Jack Davies has made it clear he favors marine rather than rail transportation to open up northern British Columbia and serve pipeline builders in Alaska and the Yukon. He said that towboats could ferry heavy freight, including railway cars, to northern ports at less cost than a railway. It would never make economic sense to build a railway parallel to the B.C. coast. (CP-Montreal Gazette, March 21) DOMINION ENGINEERING PLANS $5-MILLI0N OUTLAY MONTREAL - Dominion Engineering Works Ltd. of Lachine, Que., announced a $5-million program March 20 to provide equipment for the expansion of its iron foundry and heavy machining facilities. (Montreal Gazette, March 21) * * * ALASKA GAS PIPELINE PIPELINE PROGRESS: TAPPING OIL AND GAS SUPPLY VANCOUVER - Enormous expectations are riding on the Alaska Highway pipeline. For Canada, it is the largest in a series of energy projects that will buoy the economy at a time of sluggish growth. In the view of Robert Blair, president of Foothills Pipe Line (Yukon) Ltd., this economic boost is critical to keeping the country together. He and his partners behind the line have had nearly a quarter-century experience at building pipelines. Together, they have joined forces in the form of Foothills Pipe Line (Yukon) Ltd. which will own the Canadian section of the new pipeline. The companies behind the $10-billion Canadian-American project include: -- BLAIR'S own Alberta Gas Trunk Line Ltd., which operates a 5,400-mile pipeline network within Alberta. Mr. Blair says it has Canada's biggest pipeline engineering organization. --VANCOUVER-BASED Westcoast Transmission Co., operator of a gathering system and a gas trunk line in British Columbia. Both Westcoast and AGTL will each own 40 per cent of Foothills. -- TRANSCANADA PIPELINES LTD., Toronto-based operator of the gas trunk from Alberta to Ontario, may have a 20-per-cent interest in Foothills. — NORTHWEST PIPELINE CORP., Salt Lake City, is the leading American partner in the project, responsible for building the sections of the line in Alaska and below the 49th parallel. The company is a subsidiary of Northwest Energy Corp., which for 20 years has operated the trunk lines that have distributed Canadian gas in the western U.S. The Alaska Highway pipeline is billed as the world's largest privately- financed capital project. However, will it be privately financed? Of course, the ultimate cost of the pipeline also hangs as an enormous question mark over the northern landscape. The Foothills group, perhaps wisely, discourages any sort of comparison with the Alyeska oil pipeline from Prudhoe Bay to Valdez. This pipeline, which jerked uncertainly into life last year, cost 10 times the original estimate and more than three times the first official cost projection. Building it nearly bankrupted one of the protagonists, Standard Oil of Ohio, and the only thing that eventually saved the day for its sponsors was the quadrupling of oil prices by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. As for just how much the cost overruns of the pipeline are likely to be, no one has the temerity to suggest that there will be none but the figure of 35 per cent has emerged as the consensus "maximum." However, the inflationary experiences of recent years in virtually all major capital projects — from North Sea oil development and the Concorde aircraft in Europe to Alyeska and the James Bay hydro-electric project on this side of the Atlantic -- has led to what seems an almost cynical approach to cost projections by some authorities along the lines of "take a figure and double it." Thus, in Washington total cost figures as high as $25-billion- $30- billion have been gaily bandied about in recent months -- and have regarded with dismay, but little shock. been Polar Gas's proposed line ARCTIC OCEAN EII.Mn.rt I Rinpiai XX1 Existing TransCanada line Alaska Highway pipeline Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed has indicated his province's willingness to invest a sizable part of the province's mounting Alberta Heritage Trust Fund in the project. There is general agreement that the funds to build a pipeline are available. The most recent estimates peg costs of the Canadian portion of the line at about $3.9-billion out of the total $10.3-billion. Of this amount, it is projected that $800-million will be raised in equity, $400-million in Canadian long-term debt and $500- million from the Canadian banks. However, the lion's share, about $2.2- billion, will be raised in long-term debt in the U.S. Here the key figures are likely to be Bank of America and the huge insurance companies, Metropolitan Life and the Prudential. As far as Canadian financial institutions are concerned, most will be involved. Among the banks, the leading role will be played by Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Bank of Montreal and Bank of Nova Scotia. Of the investment houses, McLeod, Young, Weir, along with Dominion Securities and Pitfield Mackay Ross, have been named as Canadian fiscal agents for the project. John Houlding is president of the Polar Gas Project, a nascent pipeline to the Arctic Islands that almost everyone believes will be still-born, but which Mr. Houlding himself fully expects, regardless, will still be born. Most energy observers, in Ottawa and out, regard Polar Gas as a project whose time won't come for at least another 12-15 years. The bureaucracy -- and one can only assume, the money market -- see no immediate need for the pipeline, hence no urgent need to even consider it. Moreover, there could be a host of objections. The environment in the North is sensitive. The native groups are more so. Certainly, a second multibill ion-dollar project (Polar Gas weighs in at $6.1-billion) hard on the heels of the first could encourage dangerously high inflows of foreign capital. Furthermore, there are alternatives, especially the smaller-scale (and hence less-worrying) scheme of moving the gas out in liquefied form in ice-strengthened tankers. The tanker scheme is one that finds favor with two Polar Gas participants -- PetroCanada and Tenneco Inc. Both are studying pilot schemes using liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers. Tenneco already has NEB approval for a similar scheme (for Algerian LNG) and a processing facility at Lorneville, N.B. The tanker scheme is attractive because it would enable Polar gas finally to move some gas south and provide cash flow for Panarctic Oils Ltd. and the other major explorers in the High Arctic. Moreover, the Lorneville processing plant could be in place by the time it's needed. Mr. Houlding thinks the $1.5-billion that would be needed to start an LNG tanker system would be better spent on a pipeline. He also says the tanker scheme is a less efficient way of moving gas to southern markets. (Financial Post, February 25) * * * 8 DEREGULATION BATTLE THE BIG DEREGULATION BATTLE NEW YORK - Less than four years ago, the idea of deregulating transportation seemed to interest only a few academic economists. The public was thoroughly conditioned to government control, and complaints -- of which there were plenty — tended to focus on making regulation more equitable and efficient. Then, at President Ford's Economic Summit in September, 1974, deregulation was suggested as an anti-inflation device. Since then, the cause has picked up a momentum that must amaze observers who believe that governments can only move in the direction of more control, not less. Clearly, deregulation is an idea whose time has come. Equally clear, the subject is of tremendous importance to every individual and business in the country, not only to the carriers and their regulators. Americans spend about $67-billion a year to move passengers and products on common carriers. Deregulation, if it works as it is supposed to, will make transportation cheaper and more efficient. How much cheaper, it is hard to say. But some economists estimate that it could shave as much as one-half point off the Consumer Price Index, and that is not an inconsiderable accomplishment. But deregulation won't come easily. Powerful forces, economic and political, are aligned on each side of the issue, and it promises to provide one of the major legislative battles during the remaining 34 months of Jimmy Carter's Administration. The major areas of contention are airline passenger traffic and trucking. Among the other segments of transportation, air cargo was unfet- fered last year, and rigid railroad rate-making regulations were eased considerably in 1976. Buses and shipping do not seem to be a pressing issue right now, so there is nothing in the works on these industries. With the Carter Administration, key legislators and consumer activists all calling for more transportation deregulation, the affected industries naturally have their own view of such proposals. The railroads, which don't have to worry about a rash of new competitors, are for as much deregulation as they can possibly get. The truckers, who would have to face untold numbers of new entrants in a highly competitive environment, are virtually unanimous in their preference for the status quo. The major airlines are sharply divided on the question, since each must operate under a different set of circumstances. (Dun's Review, March, 1978) * * * BCR PROBLEM CHANGES AND SOLUTION TO BASIC ROLE CONFLICT IN EFFORT TO PUT BCR BACK ON TRACK VANCOUVER - Change is in the wind this year for British Columbia Railway. Conflict between its development role and the drive for commercial operation must be resolved, says M. C. Norris, vice-president and chief operating officer of the provincially-owned north-south railway. He said he welcomes the current royal commission inquiry into the railway system because it will put the spotlight on BCR's problems and stimulate thinking about solutions. Yet BCR is in some ways in good shape, Mr. Norris said. From the beginning, it was intended to foster development, and has succeeded in doing so, particularly over the past 25 years. The railway was built in sections and became more commercial as industry, primarily lumber manufacturing, was established in the interior and the northern part of the province. Manufactured goods and supplies for communities along the way provide only 20 per cent of revenue. Revenue is sufficient to cover expenses and gives hope of returning a profit only on the main line. The extensions are money losers. There is talk about closing the Fort Nelson extension. The Royal Commission has made its recommendations on the fate of the extension in an interim report now in the hands of Premier William Bennett, and the Government's decision will be announced following the opening of the Legislature in April. Mr. Norris proposes that the extensions be kept going, with the province taking care of capital costs with grants and operating losses with subsidies. Because of the developmental nature of the extensions, "there was no way they could make a profit, but we were held, in the public's eye, accountable for the large losses." He wants accounting and funding mechanisms that would encourage management to use profit as a measure of operating efficiency on the main, commercial section of the line. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 22) * * * RAILWAY ALL ABOARD! VIA WANTS CANADA BACK ON RAILS OTTAWA - On or about April 1, depending on progress in tripartite contract negotiations, the new Crown corporation VIA Rail takes over responsibility for all passenger services from the major two rail companies. On June 1, VIA goes to work in earnest, taking charge of its first operation, the western transcontinental rail service from Montreal and Toronto to the west coast. 10 It won't, in its start-up phases, be the modern rail operation that the enthusiastic VIA president, J. Frank Roberts, conjures up each time he talks about Canada's rail future. In its first season, the streamlined transcontinental service won't even have a name. But it will weld staffs, procedures, ticketing forms, menus, and all the other nitty gritty of a passenger operation under a new VIA banner -- and VIA service standards. Under the summer schedule, one train a day will leave both Montreal and Toronto, travelling west respectively over the northern CN line and southern CP Rail line to Vancouver. There'll be a standard VIA fare structured somewhere between the present costly CP Rail levels and lower CN levels. And Mr. Roberts expects the lower fares on the speedy CP Rail route coupled with a strong promotion campaign to start the process of enticing more passengers back to the train. Last week, Mr. Roberts was in Ottawa to give the NDP and Conservative caucuses private briefings on VIA Rail's current plans. As in the past, these covered much of the Canadian landscape: -- THE red, white and blue fare pattern, established by CN over a decade ago, has had its day. Under VIA Mr. Roberts says, there will be a basic year-round fare for Canada. However, this fare will be amended by various types of incentive programs, including what the VIA chief describes as "three-day" fares, "two-day" fares and "packages" -- such as an economy mix of hotel and rail accommodation. There will be regional variations in the incentives offered, fine-tuned to build up traffic in slow travel periods. Mr. Roberts notes that in the Windsor-Quebec City corridor now, rail traffic peaks in winter because of business travel. In the Maritimes it peaks in summer. -- LIKE the NDP members he encountered here, Mr. Roberts is less than happy with the local service for northern Ontario ordered by the Canadian Transport Commission and meshed with the single-line transcontinental service that begins this fall. Mr. Roberts has been meeting with the Ontario government and other interested bodies, and says if a cen- sensus emerges, the CTC could shortly be asked to approve changes. -- IF ever Mr. Roberts waxes lyrical, it's on the future of the short- haul intercity service. It's here that VIA will, sometime after its final-stage takeover next April, begin operating the LRC (Light, Rapid, Comfortable) trains now on order by the government. For Mr. Roberts, the future of the train lies in such 100-500 mile hauls, and he sees them soon picking up passengers from the air carriers. Mr. Roberts argues that air services such as the Montreal-Toronto flights are operated at a loss, subsidized by profits on cross-country routes. With public pressure building for lower cross-country fares, the air carriers won't have the funds to keep the shorter services running. Meanwhile, VIA is working out plans for three new inter-city services. In the west, it is consulting with prairie officials to design an 11 Edmonton-Saskatoon-Winnipeg run and a Calgary-Regina-Winnipeg service. In Central Canada, VIA is planning the first through operation between Quebec City and Ottawa. Mr. Roberts promises, enticingly, that he's going to arrange to have his new $5-million trains on the move 16 hours a day. (Montreal Gazette, March 20) * * * MAY TRIAL SCHEDULED ON RAIL LINE SALE PRICE SASKATOON - A Saskatoon lawyer said March 10 he will attempt to prove in a May jury trial that a real estate subsidiary of Canadian Pacific can charge no more than $5 per acre for land received from the Canadian government in partial compensation for building the country's first transcontinental railway. Andrew Hawrish said his dispute with Marathon Realty Company Limited is scheduled to go to trial during a sitting of the Court of Queen's Bench beginning May 5 in Saskatoon. He said the company is seeking to repossess about 46 quarter sections of land he purchased in his own name and that of his company, A and E Land Industries Limited. Mr. Hawrish said he in turn has filed a counter-claim that he does not owe the nearly $200,000 which Marathon says he does. * * * (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, March 11) PARTS OF CONRAIL SYSTEM MAY BE SOLD WASHINGTON - A U.S. Railway Association official has confirmed that as part of a study on New England railroads the agency is investigating the possibility of selling off part of Conrail. The association had considered this idea in 1975 while it was preparing a blueprint for Conrail, a reorganization of six bankrupt New England railroads. According to the law which created USRA, the association's Finance Committee (the Secretaries of Transportation, Treasury and the USRA board Chairman) has the authority to decide at some point in the future that Conrail cannot succeed as a private carrier and should not use more federal money in the effort. Then, unless Conrail volunteers to liquidate itself, USRA could recommend that Congress pass legislation calling for a federally-orchestrated sale of Conrail. This is now a relevant subject for discussion because of Conrail's recent disclosure it needs approximately $2.3-billion in federal loans for operations and equipment acquisition by early 1979. Conrail was supposed to operate on $2.1-billion in federal aid authorized for use from its inception in April, 1976, until 1980. (New York Journal of Commerce, March 16) * * * 12 DUSTY, RIBBONED DOCUMENTS FIGURE IN RAIL LAND DISPUTE TORONTO - A six-inch stack of documents tied with a red ribbon and gathering dust in an Ontario Supreme Court vault could be part of a stumbling block on the road to the redevelopment of a prime area of downtown Toronto now covered with railway tracks. The land, bounded roughly by Spadina Avenue, Front Street, Bathurst Street and the Gardiner Expressway, is the westernmost portion of 180 acres of railway lands that have been the subject of negotiations between the railroads and the three levels of government. The land west of Spadina appears, at least to some who have examined the matter, to be no indication that the Crown — theoretically the original owner -- ever issued letters patent granting it to anyone. The claimants and potential claimants, of,course, include the Canadian National Railways, which has been acting more or less as if it owned the place since about 1849. But the petition filed by Ontario in 1972 asks that the province be declared "the absolute owner in fee simple" of the land. CN has filed a counter-petition asserting its claim to ownership. Lawyers who have looked into the matter for the city believe the municipality may have a claim, based largely on a document issued in 1853 by the Province of Upper Canada granting 55 acres, then covered with water, to the mayor, aldermen and Common Council of the City of Toronto and their successors in office. The federal Government also could get an oar in, likely arguing that the lots once belonged to Her Majesty's Ordinance -- that is, were used for military purposes -- and thus would have become federal lands at Confederation. CN lawyers could find themselves arguing that they have no document permitting them to put their tracks all over the place, but that they rely, in effect, on squatter's rights. But the matter may never come to trial. People who have been following the case would not be surprised to see it settled quietly out of court, in the context of the other negotiations underway concerning the railway lands. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 21) * * * DELAWARE & HUDSON FACES CRISIS AT END OF MONTH WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ranking officials of a federal agency and a leading railroad have expressed doubt that the Delaware & Hudson Railway, the only competitor to Consolidated Railway Corp. in Upstate New York can remain solvent past the end of this month without more federal aid. At the same time, the U.S. Railway Association has refused to extend any more federal money to the D&H beyond that necessary to keep the line operating until March 30 -- the date the association will again consider a request for about $4-million for the railroad. (Washington Star, March 16) * * * 13 CANADIAN CARLOADINGS For week Ending March 7, 1978 73,695 4,740,116 7,885 Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback + 587 + 117,015 + 201 + 0.8 + 2.5 + 2.6 Total for year to March 7, 1978 Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback 640,516 41,059,953 66,665 + 17,064 + 2,137,417 + 2,123 + 2.7 + 5.5 + 3.3 U.S. CARLOADINGS For Week Ending March 11, 1978- 404,130 15.4 billion Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) 65,196 0.4 billion - 13.9 - 5.4 Total for Year to March 11, 1978 3,693,758 141.5 billion Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) 459,034 4.4 billion - 11.1 - 3.0 Total for Year to March 4, 1978 293,207 Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Piggyback + 23,220 + 8.6 * * * BUSINESS & FINANCE COMINCO VANCOUVER - Cominco Ltd. announced consolidated net earnings of $62.2- million or $3.43 a share in 1977, up from $47.7-million or $2.66 a share the previous year. Sales were $759.2-million, compared with $725-million in 1976. F. E. Burnet, chairman and chief executive officer, said lead production increased to meet strong demand at prices significantly higher than in 1976. Prices for gold, silver, tin and electrical power also were above 1976 levels, he said. The decline in value of the Canadian dollar relative to the United States dollar had a beneficial impact on the company's earnings from export sales, he said. (Calgary Herald, March 11) * * * 14 ECONOMICS CANADIANS LOOK SOUTH AGAIN AFTER A PERIOD OF ANTI-AMERICANISM OTTAWA - When Pierre Elliott Trudeau became prime minister in 1968, Canada was on the verge of a new era of confidence and prosperity. A decade later, much has changed. Canada's economy is faltering with an inflation rate of nearly nine per cent and with more than eight per cent of the work force unemployed. Canada's French-speaking province of Quebec could well be on the way to declaring its independence from the rest of Canada. In the process, the anti-Americanism of past years has evaporated, and Canadians now believe that co-operation with the U.S. is essential to their future. "More and more Canadians are looking inward toward North America, looking for a closer association with the U.S.," says E. Wayne Clendenning, an Ottawa economist. Canadians, he says, are becoming aware that as each other's largest trading partner, Canada and the U.S. have "a vital interest in each other." Says another observer, Canadians today see the U.S. as "the ultimate security blanket if Canada starts to disintegrate." And in the most extreme view, says Mr. Clendenning, a few Canadians are talking about becoming part of the U.S. "as an alternative to Canadian federation." There seems little doubt that the unexpected election of Rene Levesque and his separatist Parti Quebecois in Quebec in November, 1976, has been the impetus for the rest of Canada to re-evaluate its traditional U.S. ties. Growing economic problems have hastened this process. An economist points out that the threatened breakup of Canada's 111-year-old confederation has reminded Canadians that they long have had a north- south, rather than an east-west, affiliation. (Wall Street Journal, March 17) * * * CANADIAN INVESTORS DISCOVER CALIFORNIA PLEASANT HAVEN SAN FRANCISCO - Like tourists, Canadian investors are finding California a pleasant contrast to their chilly northern environment. Although statistics are hard to come by, California financial experts agree Canadian capital is flowing south in unusual volume, continuing a two-year trend that shows no signs of slackening. Robert McKerroll, president of the California Canadian Bank, said that not even the drastic drop in the exchange value of the Canadian dollar has slowed the movement of capital. (Canadian Press - Ottawa Citizen, March 16) * * * 15 TELECOMMICATIQNS BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS SUPPORT CNCP INTERCONNECTION APPLICATION OTTAWA - Independent users and associations representing hundreds of firms across Canada continued to take a strong stand in support of CNCP Telecommunications' application for interconnection with Bell Canada's local switched public telephone network. A hearing into the application has completed its third week before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunication Commission. Particularly outspoken in his presentation was Joseph Green, president of the Business Intervenors Society of Alberta, which claims 372 business-members in that province. "We are fundamentally supporting the application because we do not wish the TCTS cartel to drive CNCP Telecommunications out of business," Mr. Green told the CRTC. "We believe that service and price competition is the most effective way of controlling cross-subsidies which in our view is the primary method used by coercive vertically-integrated monopolies to destroy competition in the free marketplace." CNCP Telecommunications has the skills to market competitive services against TCTS, and it is in a position to offer competitive carrier service, he said. But that can only happen with interconnection. Mr. Green said his group foresees several benefits arising from a successful outcome of CNCP's application. "It will introduce a competitor carrier in the market which should force competitive rates and also force maximum efficiency in service. It will put to rest once and for all the reasoning of members of TCTS that interconnection is undesirable for technical integrity reasons. "It will also allow a choice of terminal devices which will act as a stimulus to electronics manufacturers," Mr. Green said. Taking a similar stand was Frank Paine, representing the Canadian Business Equipment Manufacturers Association, whose 61 members produce a variety of data processing equipment and communications devices. As well as being suppliers of equipment, CBEMA members are themselves major users of telecommunications services, Mr. Paine said. Looking to wider equipment markets should the CNCP application be successful, he said "there are a number of telecommunications services that have not been open to competition. Lack of competition can mean that a monopoly supplier has less incentive to innovate. "As an example, take PBX equipment, over which the telephone companies in Canada maintain a monopoly. The user must meet his needs from a limited range of products. In the United States the provision of this is competitive and the user is well served by a variety of products and a choice of suppliers." In the limited areas where there has been competition between telecommunications carriers, Mr. Paine pointed out that Canadian users needs "have been satisfied by the provision of new service offerings which hav: J 16 have been in the forefront of the world's telecommunications technology. "CBEMA believes that competition is being weakened by the present policies on interconnection," he said. Ian Munro, general traffic chief for The Canadian Press, revealed to the CRTC "we are now interconnecting some Bell lines originating in the United States to our CNCP private wires in Canada to ensure the fastest and most efficient dissemination of international news and pictures. At present we do not interconnect CNCP lines and Bell private lines originating in Canada, but we may need to do so at any time. Some papers in major cities are already providing The Canadian Press with local news directly from their computers' dedicated local loops. As papers distant from The Canadian Press bureaux convert to computers, we shall progressively need more combined use of the public switched network and our leased private wires," Mr. Munro said. Without interconnection there is a need for additional equipment and manual intervention, both of which involve delay and added cost, he said. "Any delay or added cost is a potential interference with the free flow of information to the public." In evidence presented by Robert Chouinard, president of the 130-member Canadian Industrial Communications Assembly, the CRTC was told, "we should not be inhibited in our choice of telecommunications services and facilities by the restrictions and controls imposed on their use by any one common carrier. Telecommunications services have reached the stage where Canadian business depends on them to conduct day-to-day affairs. It is a vital part of their operations. It would be a disadvantage to CICA members if our choices of telecommunications services and facilities continued to be restricted to those services provided-only by Bell Canada." (News Release: CNCP Telecommunications, March 20) * * * AVIATION MORE CHEAP DOMESTIC FLIGHTS OTTAWA - Cheaper domestic flights will be available to 111,576 travellers as a result of a Canadian Transport Commission decision to approve all applications to start advanced booking charter flights across the country. The decision, announced March 17, means that in some cases air fares will be operated between central Canada and major western cities. As well, 100 round-trip advance booking charter flights will be operated between Toronto or Montreal and St. John's, Charlottetown or Halifax. A typical saving under the new fare system will occur on the Toronto-to- Vancouver run. Pacific Western Airlines, in co-operation with Suntours Ltd., will operate advance booking charter flights on the route for as little as $199 this summer. Regular economy class fares during the same season will be $402, while charter class fares on the same route will be $232. (CP - Montreal Star, March 18) * * * CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. V. Jones Vancouver, B.C. File: K-001 This is in reference to Mr. Hall's memo to Mr. Cairns dated 15 March, regarding the possible movement of gyproc from Vancouver to Anchorage, Alaska. In future it is requested that requests similar to this be copied to me for my information, and action where necessary. It is new business such as this that will strengthen our position in the marine industry in northern areas, and please be assured'the operations area will endeavour to provide the answer to any questions raised. Such action will avoid the embarrassment of being approached by members of the local marine industry and not having had prior knowledge of circumstances about which they are inquiring. Obviously we will be looking at the feasibility of many such ventures in the future. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB Cc. Mr. D. Hall Marketing and Financial Analyst Vancouver, B.C. Mr. A.N. Cairns PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. fCT]). Marine Supt. (J* Supt. Engr. Asst. Sixpt. Engr Catering Supt. Terminal Supt. Depii. Analyst Office Mgr Account. -T L'OForm 102-R r Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland jo Memorandum Messrs. A.N... Cairns T. King C.A. Aitken File: K-100 Further to our conversation of this a.m. Attached is correspondence from Mr. Margetts regarding our services in the Kitimat-Prince Rupert area, in which he outlines his intentions as they now stand. Mr. King is requested to note Item 3 of the letter dated 16 March, and it is understood that his planned visit of 30 March ties in with this problem. I request that you all give Mr. Balfour full co-operation in his efforts to conclude the study as outlined in the letter dated 15 March. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB KDForm 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Mr. B.D. Margetts General Manager' Coastal Marine Operations Montreal, Que. Attached for your information is a copy of Mrs. Campagnolo's report recently distributed to her constituents. Pages 3 to 16 will be of interest to you, and you will note that she is already using Canadian Pacific in her list of achievments. There is no problem in this, of course, but it merely places the onus on all of us not only to capture new markets, but to provide an efficient operation into the area. I am sure Mr. Jones would be interested in the attached; unfortunately, I only have one copy. i'OForm 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB L J Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. File: 608 From M.W. Holland To Memorandum . Mr. J.D. Finnie This is in reference to your memorandum to Mr. A.N; Cairns dated 15 March, regarding the use of the "Trailer Princess" in delivering lube and diesel fuel to ships in Vancouver Harbour. I sincerely commend you on obtaining this traffic and appreciate that the procedure has been tried and proved successful. Your rates appear to be well in line with our requirements, not only to cover costs but to produce a profit. I would suggest that it would be most helpful if a summary could be kept of such moves so that in our year-end analysis we can pinpoint the value of this service to our overall net position. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB )Form 102-R infernal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER* 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Mr. P.E. Timpson Asst. Supervisor, Labour Relations Vancouver, B.C. File: AGR.10.BCMEA.N.GEN. Attached are forms which we have been asked to complete by the Director, Mountain Region, Canada Department of Labour. . Would you kindly review the attachments and confirm that the Industrial Relations Department has no objection to this action. By copy of this letter I am asking Mr. Aitken to maintain contact with the BCMEA with the intention of keeping us advised of their position in this case. As you are aware, our close cooperation with the BCMEA is not only desirable but mandatory. I would appreciate meeting with you on this matter on my return from vacation. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB ©Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland j0 Mr. V. Jones Vancouver, B.C. File: P-310 Attached is correspondence, with copy to me, regarding information which was requested sometime ago related to the Pension and Health and Welfare Benefits applicable to employees of the Northland group of companies. I believe you originally undertook to provide this- information, and I would appreciate a status report on its current position. By copy of this letter I am asking Mr. Reid to arrange for this information to be forwarded in the event that the request has not been complied with to date. Accordingly, your reply should be directed to Mr. Reid in my absence. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. R.R. Reid '-.LN*yForm 102-R CPRail Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. File: 429-N From M.W. Holland To Mr. P.E. Timpson Asst. Supervisor Labour Relations Vancouver, B.C. Attached is a letter from the Department of Labour dated 16 February 1978 requesting completion of settlement reporting forms for various contracts associated with the Northland operations. Would you kindly review the attached and advise me if there is any problem from the Industrial Relations standpoint with the completion of these forms and forwarding same to the Department of Labour. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB '■IS Form 102-R internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. File: 434 From M#w> Holland '° Memorandum Mr. W.W. Hocking Attached you will find copy of registration form for Industrial Relations course offered by Queen's University, Kingston, Ont. You will note that I have made application and that the Conference fee is $650.00 per person. Accordingly, will you kindly arrange for a voucher to be prepared and forwarded directly to the Industrial Relations Centre at the address shown on the form. Your early attention to this will be appreciated. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB VSForm 102-R rV Holland' IRaid MJnnger BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507634 CPBali '23 March 1978. File No. AGR.2.SIU. Mr. Guy de Merlis, Director Mediation and Conciliation Ottawa, Ontario. K1A 0J2 In the matter of the Canada Labour Code (Part V - Industrial Relations) and a dispute affecting Canadian Pacific Ltd. (B.C. Coast Steamship Service), Vancouver, B.C. and Seafarers* International Union of Canada, Your File 326-3-888 and letter of March 8, 1978, refers. Dear Sir: Please be advised that a Memorandum of Settlement was signed by the Parties, 22 March 1978, incorporating agreed-upon changes and those.recommended by Conciliation Commissioner, Mr. D.C. Watt. A copy of the Memorandum of Settlement is attached for your information. Settlement is, of course, subject to ratification by the unlicensed employees, and following that procedure, the document will be forwarded to the A.I.B. for approval. Thanking you for your assistance, Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. PET'BB cc. Mr. D. Crabbe Dept. of Labour 750 Cambie St. Vancouver, B.C. be. Mr. P.I. Georges, Montreal, Que. Mr. J.T. Sparrow, Montreal, Que. Mr. P.E. Timpson, Vancouver, B.C. Mr. D.C. Watt Conciliation Commissioner 5348 Kensington Crescent West Vancouver, B.C. Date VANC0UVER> 23 March 1978. From File: AGR.2.SIU. M.W. Holland j0 Mr. P.I. Georges Asst. General Manager Coastal Marine Operations Montreal, Que. Reference negotiations between BCCSS and the S.I.U. Memorandum of Settlement was signed 22 March 1978, incorporating agreed-upon changes and the recommendations of Commissioner D.C. Watt. A copy of the document is attached for your use. There is an agreed-upon wording change in Article 2, Section 12, and Article 4, Section 1, with which you will not be familiar. The words "trailer wheels" in each instance have been changed to "commercial or recreational trailers or mobile homes," to reflect present practice and present method of payment. The wheels of all such vehicles are blocked, but there has been, on occasion, a dispute regarding payment. Since payment is realized and justified under such conditions, it was agreed to clarify the wording in each instance. You will be advised when notice is received from the Union regarding ratification, which should be in approximately 10 days. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. PET!'BB cc. Mr. J.T. Sparrow, Manager, Labour Relations, Montreal, Que. Mr. P.E. Timpson, Asst. Supervisor, Labour Relations, Vancouver, B.C. )Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. Filet T-78-33 From M.W. Holland To Chief Steward ) Purser '" ) "Princess of Vancouver" Master ) MRS. JOAN MARR & DAUGHTER, ANDREA The above-named, relatives of Supervisor, Customer Service Centre, Vancouver, will travel on the "Princess of Vancouver" ex Vancouver 1230 today, Thursday, 23 March 1978, returning on 1600 sailing from Nanaimo same date. They would appreciate a tour of the Wheelhouse on the trip ex Vancouver, if possible. Kindly arrange and extend every courtesy. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JDF'BB K)Forrn 102-R CPRail Internal Corres, Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Mr. P.I. Georges Asst. General Manager Coastal Marine Operations Montreal, Que: File: 655-C We have been in correspondence and conversation with our Legal Department over a period of time concerning the operation of a casino on board our Alaska vessel. L I have now received copy of letter from Pauline L«. Maughan addressed to Ms. Joyce Gilden concerning same, and copy of same is attached for your information. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB ;.x\\.': - ., ■•• be. Ms;.Pauline L. Maughan Law Department Vancouver, B.C. I appreciate copy of letter to Joyce Gilden. My concern '..■■■■■ with-"regard to the operation of a casino has been Mafia.. . interference. -Their tentacles seem to be worldwide,' .and . . feel-if we did operate a casino on board the "Patricia," or. any'other vessel, we would not be free from their : y .". influence. However, as you appreciate, the attraction of cruise ship passengers to a casino sometimes is-::the only'reason they want to take a cruise. ""While wehave indicated that the "Princess Patricia" will be withdrawn following completion of her 1978 season, there is the possibility that the "Patricia" may.be replaced with a more modern vessel, and this is the main reason why we have been so concerned with regard to the ramifications of operating a casino. Many thanks for your assistance. '«t)Form 103-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From R-R- Reid To Ms. N. Cartwright Montreal, Que. File: T-77-10 I am attaching passenger carryings supplied by Customer Service Centre next door, as previously discussed. ■ You will notice report is broken down by month, and you will have to refer to last year's ship calls to equate the monthly sailings with the number of adults concerned, copy of which list is attached. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R CPRail ce File: T-78-69 Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From R.R> Reid To Ms. N. Cartwright Montreal, Que. Status of circular letter from Spring Travel Show '78, Cassels, Grant, Mitchell & Associates, is enclosed for your perusal, in the event you did not receive copy of same. Please let me have your comments concerning the practicality and desirability of becoming involved, in view of your possible activities in this area around this time. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. H.L. Hudson. Attached is completed Form 1409 covering an accident on board' the M.V. "Squamish Warrior." Would you kindly prepare instructions for the completion of this document in its entirety, and which are in accord with Canadian Pacific's policy. By copy of this letter I am asking Mr. Cairns to ensure that your completed document is appropriately circulated. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. A.N. Cairns Mr. A. Meijer )Form 102-R CPRail n . VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. Dare File: AGR.l.CMSG.N.GEN. From M.W. Holland j0 Mr. J.T. Sparrow Manager, Labour Relations Montreal, Que. . This is in reference to my letter dated 16 March 1978 relating' to certain documents required in the application by the Canadian Merchant Service Guild for certification as bargaining agent for classification of employees in the Canadian Pacific Limited - Northland Division Service. As promised, the organization chart which you require is enclosed. Should you need any further information, kindly advise. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. P.E. Timpson Asst. Supervisor, Vancouver, B.C. Labour Relations )Form 102-R CPRail internal Date VANCOUVER, 23 March .1978. From R.R. Reid - File: 336 To Mr. A. McDermott,. Manager .,. x; Insurance & Fire Protection , ..'•. Montreal,.. Que.. . .7 ._-..._•:...-.. Please refer'to your-letterrof 7 March 1978,-File MC&I-B-7-2. - -X'X'"'-1*^?**^ V ^'-vVrr^'.'*^'''A^X^^^.V.v' -V5'4r"ji:. Your calculations appear.in.order,7 except that it should have been pointedi'but that the "Seaspan Greg" in service 15 "January"1977', 'was actually a replacement vessel for the "Seaspan..Doris" on that date, and accordingly, feel that we -should not..be assessed for that day.'■'■■,■ > .->.-,,. ........bS;....., Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S./ • ■■_■ -■ "•;;■-'. •;;:.''■• "■"./ •;£ ;~ '■;.'_■ '■ - ;y-;';7r-.; rrr'bbx'j ■'..;-■' ?|.:.: ,•■'--"■■•'■ -■ ' -'".'-'-v-7 "■ "-■-■■'■■ y^Wfi^^i f-bc.'-Mr^HJ-fLxr;: Hudson "-Pleas ■'-"■■ ■ ■''^WC^V'::2"'•'■••• ;•'-. x."..; ''■'■-.'f.Pt^.'.^epo^tiiig^^... .. ■ .'/■''./>,'...'■" . '■ .t x'x-xi.7 7.' -:' -.1'' v^'v':"^ ^ 7, ^V,-:e._lt»lv^v.^* S^?7S7 "*VM( •JF^'.C ■•■'V;: ■n"'V'i-. - :~^.s>v7^:H?5 pA:>s>ji-5as£i*:,5.^. :.7.-^.: sfc.-.x-.c?r, *-*:• )Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. File: 336 From r.r. Reid To Mr. A. McDermott, Manager Insurance & Fire Protection Montreal, Que.. Please refer to your letter of 9 March 1978. 1. The "Princess Patricia" does not carry freight, automobiles or cargo; therefore, insurance is not required. 2. We do not operate any vessels employing a Purser or Chief Steward between Sidney or Swartz Bay and Vancouver, and insurance is not required. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB f'OForm 102-R M Date VANCOUVER, 23 March 1978. From R.R. Reid File: T-78-40 To Mr. A.C. de Greef Supervisor,. Recruitment and Career Planning Personnel Development Montreal, Que. Subject: Renewed Request for Employment from Mr. Peter Howcroft Please refer to your letter of 15 March, File RCM. Regret we do not have an opening at present, but will keep Mr. Howcroft's application on file. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. A. Meijer )Form 102-R r / Date VANCOUVER, 22 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Mr. W.J. Comerford Manager, Customer and Agency Accounts Montreal, Que. File: 77.ALA.521.B. Further to our letter of 27 February concerning status of the New Toronto Travel Service Inc. non-payment of Alaska transportation, in connection with which please refer to your File 7999-1207. Mr. Allan Graham from our Pacific Region Law Department, has written to me enclosing copy of letter received from Mr. N.A. Chalmers, Q.C., photostat of which is attached for your information and to update you in regard to progress of this file. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. A.G. Graham Solicitor Vancouver, B.C. Thank you kindly for your letter of 14 March, File 1-420, with attachment from Mr. Chalmers. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. » Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier-B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 J vyHolland '.' naget IRReid tSSSf Manager CP Rail •22 March 197S. Vile Wo. 7*.ALA. 527.T. Mr. R.L. Turner P.O. Box 104 Cedar Glen R.R. 37 Vuns{ord, Ontario. KOM no Vear Mr. Turner: This has re{erence to my letter o{ yesterday*s date. 1 had Intended to enclose request {or reduced rate consideration In connection with your June Sth "Vrlncess Vatrlcla" Alaska cruise, but {orms were Inadvertently omitted, and I now enclose them with request that you kindly sign both copies, as per the sample, and return. With best regards, R.R. RE1V Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB Pier "8". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-50/68-: CPBail ■/Holland 22 March 1978. 'S5U £t£e Wo. T-7S-69 Ma.. F.A. LaVleche Manager, Travel Trade Relations Canadian Government 0{{lce o{ Tourism Ottawa, Ontario. K1A 0H6 . Vear Mr. LaVleche'- ~l wish to acknowledge receipt o{ copy o{ Canada - 700 Vacation Packages, {orwarded to us under date o{ 14 March 197$, and at the same time to compliment you on the excellent job o{ compiling Such great ln{ormatlon on the availability o{ Canadian vacation packages. I appreciate very much the ln{onmatlon concerning the availability o{ updated regional lists o{ Travel Agents, and will certainly lake advantage o{ youi o{{er In the veny near {uture. May 1 at this time express my appreciation {or the excellency o{ the CGOT presentations wltii which we have been associated, and the conduct exhibited by the Canadian members o{ the CGOT. While 1 have not been actively associated with the presentations this year, It -was my pleasure to be Involved In the northern Call{ornla CGOT gatherings last year, and they sure spoke well o{ Canadlanlsm and cur way o{ doing things. Yours very truly, R R RE1V RRR'BB Asst- Manager, B.C.C.S.S. be. Ms. W. Cartwrlght - 1 am attaching photostat o{ letter received {rom Mr. LaFleche, which you may also have received. The Canada package brochure : Is excellent, and l{ you do not have a copy o{ same you can have a look at ouns when next you are In Vancouver. What Is ■ o{ Interest Is the V.S. to Mr. LaVleche's letter, and you may wish to take advantage o{ this {or some promotional purposes In your area. Having just completed a mall-out In oun area, we do not {onesee a second mall-out {on some tone, but will certainly take advantage o{ Mn. LaVleche's o{{en at that time. Asst. Managen, B.C.C.S.S. Date From VANCOUVER, 22 March 1978. R.R. Reid File: T-78-10 To Memorandum Miss B.C. Thorn Although we have continually kept in touch with the booking situation of the "Patricia," I think it is time that we reviewed with the girls in your area, our booking procedures to be followed, in view of the shortage of cabin accommodation in categories (a)- (d). We both agree that guaranteeing space last year caused us some concern, resulting in the assignment of higher category space than passenger was willing to pay for. Our policy should continue to be as follows: 1. Where space is definitely not available on sailing of first choice, an attempt should be made to direct passenger to another sailing when it is in close approximation to that originally desired, providing desired space is available. 2. If space is not available, an attempt to upgrade passenger should be made. 3. If passenger is not willing to accept an alternative sailing of an upgraded room, and desires space in an (a) category only, guarantee should be given only to the extent of three cabins, particularly on high-season sailings. Every endeavour should be made by a member of your staff, subsequent to Mr. Pelley's being available to give total supervision to your area, to contact passengers who have as yet to send in deposits, and tour groups holding space who have as yet to send in deposits, to ascertain if space held is going to be used and when deposits will be sent. Should there be a reluctance on the part of either to forward deposit, space should be taken back into your assignment and used to protect guarantees, except in the case of tour operators whose option date has not expired. In this instance you should request them to release an unassigned room, and should they require same at a later date, protect them in whatever space is available. If a passenger is definitely not interested in a guaranteed room, after having been told that you will attempt to secure stateroom .■S) Form 102-R from another operator, and wishes to be listed for a period of a few days, then the previous procedure should be effected immediately in an attempt to secure room. Should you find that you are unable to secure accommodation to protect a guarantee or a listing or a request for a specific room, then the matter should be brought to my attention and it will be decided at that time whether or not to improve the accommodation held by a passenger, in say a (b) or (c) category room, up to an (e) category room, and protect the requesting party in their (b) or (c) category room. I realize this is going to mean an additional workload, but I expect Mr. Pelley to become involved in this in order to relieve you of the added responsibility in view of the workload with which you are already faced. It is our desire that every reservation request made should be accommodated, if at all possible, and if we are forced to do some room switching, which heretofore has not been our policy, we will agree between us what to do at that time. Please do not let these matters delay, and although we are all very busy, do not ever feel you cannot come in and discuss the situation. i Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR' BB cc. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Ms. B.D. Margetts. P.I. Georges, M.W.Holland, R.D. Pelley, Montreal. Montreal. Vancouver. Vancouver. N. Cartwright, Montreal. Date VANCOUVER, 22 March 1978. From R' R* Rsid To Mr. R.A. Ferguson Regional Manager Public Relations & Advertising Vancouver, B.C. File: T-78-69 Form 102A-R Mr. Holland has given his approval to the recommended ferry service 1978 advertising plan. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB T CPS CMC MTL CPF PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 22 MARCH/78 F D MARGETTS MONTREAL. QUE T & L R X T ■i PR PATRICIA. LETTER CF INSTRUCTION TC PARE; THCM FCR DISCUSSION VI TH HER STAFF IN EFFECT VITH COPIES TC YOU PAS ICALLY ADVISING 1. VHERE SPACE DEFINITELY NOT AVAILAPLE CM SAILING OF FIRST CHOICE ATTEMPT IS TC BE MADE TO DIRECT PSGR TC ANOTHER SAILING VHEN IT IS IN CLCSr- APPROXIMATION TC THAT ORIGINALLY REQUESTED PROVIDING DESIRED SPACE AVAILABLE. 2. IF SPACE NOT AVAILABLE ATTEMPT TO UPGRADE PSGR SHOULD LADE. 3. IF PSGR NOT VTLLING ACCEPT ALTERNATIVE SAILING CR UPGRADED ROOM AND DESIRES SPACE"IN (A) CATEGORY ONLY GUARANTEE SHOULD BE GIVEN ONLY TC EXTENT 3 CABINS EACH SAILING PARTICULARLY ON HIGH SEASON SAILINGS. . , 4. PSGRS AND/OR TOUR GROUPS HOLDING SPACE CN VHICH DEPOSITS NOT FORWARDED ARE TC BE CONTACTED AND IR THERE IS ANY RELUCTANCE TC REMIT DEPOSIT SPACE IS TC BE TAKEN BACK EXCEPTION BEING APPRECIATION CF TOUR GROUP OPTION DATES ALREADY AGREED TC IN THIS INSTANCE TOUR GROUP IS TO BE REQUESTED TO RELEASE.AN UNASSIGNED ROOM WITH GUARANTEE OF PROTECTING HIM IN WHATEVER SPACE AVAILABLE SHOULD THEY REQUIRE SPACE.AT LATER DATE. 1 la* g 6. IF PSGR NOT INTERESTED IN GUARANTEED ROOM BUT WILL ACCEPT LISTING WHILE BERTHING DESK.ATTEMPTS SECURE ROOM PREVIOUS PROCEDURE VILL BE EFFECTED IMMEDIATELY. •'• IF ALL ELSE FAILS BERTHING SHEET IS TC BE SCANNED FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADING OF PSGRS IN (B) OR (C) CATEGORIES TC (E) CATEGORY ROOM AND PROTECT REQUESTED PARTY IN THEIR CB) OR CC) CATEGORY ROOM. RICHARD PELLEY TC SUPERVISE VHEN COMES OFF ROAD. PRESENT STATUS VOULD INDICATE NO GUARANTEES ARE REQUIRED 3E PROTECTED CN MAY ZS, 23 CR 31. 2 (C) CATEGCRY ROOMS ARE LISTED FOR JUNE 8.. VE HAVE LISTINGS FOR 5 FAM TRIPS MAY 15, 4 FAM* TRIPS MAY 23, 2 FAM TRIPS MAY. 21, 3 FAM TRIPS JUNE 8. AVAILABILITY CF CABIN SPACE MAY 15* 1 CD) QlQl- -". 11 (E) 12 CF) 11 CG) 1 (81) TOTAL 36 MAY 23., 9 CE) 5 CF) '• „, '. 1 t) Form 102-R Further to our conversation this morning, it would be appreciated if you would arrange for delivery of an automobile in accordance with the vehicle specifications listed on the attached order form. Should you require any further data, kindly advise. Manager, B.C.C.S.S, MWH'BB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager ~?w Catering Supt. Taf.Tiif.a! Supt. Account. Um.*s (t^J -iPtiP 7irm***l S*1m/L. oJ J TELEX V ANCOUVER, B.C., 21 MARCH 1978 B.D. MARGETTS MONTREAL, QUE. RE YOUR DISCUSSIONS R REID CONCERNING RETROACTIVE RAIL INCREASES. TRIED CONTACT E DODGE YESTERDAY AND ADVISED HE IS ON HOLIDAY UNTIL WEEK MARCH 27. WILL ENDEAVOUR HAVE MEETING ASAP. BCC-58 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS MWH'BB J internal Correspondence Data VANCOUVER, 21 March 1978. From M. W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. A.J. McPherson File: 434-A ! Further to our conversation this morning. Would you kindly undertake a review of the benefits of the BCCS membership in the Council of Marine Carriers, as an Associate Member. As indicated to you, I would appreciate summary of the objects of the C.M.C., the cost of membership and the benefits to be derived. Your early attention to this matter would be appreciated, in that I require your review on my return from annual vacation the week of April 3rd. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB )Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 21 March 1978. ^ T_78_1010_A From M.W. Holland To Master "Princess of Vancouver" It has come to my attention that crew members and others are again using the rail deck ramp for coming aboard and proceeding ashore in contravention of previously issued instructions. This practice is to stop, and all crew members and others will use the upper car deck ramp. Employees are reminded that when travelling off duty, they must present for passage, on demand, a pass or fare. This letter is to be given full distribution. r(Qp Manager, &.€.%,■$?&-£ :an.c'bb I ;J\\ cc. "Princess of^V^ncouver" (10) "Carrier Princess" (4) "Trailer Princess" (4) BCCSS Shops (2) Mr. J. Ferguson (2) Sliptender A-3 (1) Ticket Office, Nanaimo (2) Ticket Office, Vancouver (2) c )Form 102-R ; W Holland BC Coast Steamship Service Pier'B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CP Bali -21 March 1978. *ReW File No. 78.ALA.521.T. ■ Manager Mr. R.L. Turner P.O. Box 104 Cedar Glen R.R. 31 Dunsford, Ontario. KOM 1L0 Dear Mr. Turner: Attached are all the required papers covering your trip on the "Princess Patricia" on June 8th. I have made a quick check of the passenger list at this time, and there appear to be approximately six other CPR couples, either of the employee or pensioner ranks, currently booked on the June 8th trip. I will have a list prepared for you closer to sailing date, which will give you an indication as to who these individuals are and their current positions. I have also enclosed copies of our brochure, which I think clearly indicates what you may expect to see during your voyage. If there is anything further I may do for you, I trust you will advise me. In the meantime, we look forward to seeing you and Mrs. Turner during your trip West. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB \\J Date VANCOUVER, 21 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid File: 511-R This refers to my memo dated 7 March regarding contents of a letter from Mr. Bob Ballantyne of CP Consulting Services. r Would you kindly advise whether you are now in a position to draft a reply for my signature to Mr. L.M. Dias, replying to his inquiry via Mr. Ballantyne. I would appreciate discussing this with you at your convenience. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. C£$ Form 102-R ■ / I If T. i—j CPS CMO MTL "CPR BCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 21 MARCH/7 3 P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE t RDM'S LETTER 16 MARCH RE NORTHLAND - KEMANO SERVICE. DC NOT KAIN COPY JIM BALFOUR'S DRAFT REPORT PLS FORWARD COPY BCC56 M V HOLLAND MGR BCCSS * CPS CMO M.TL CPR BCCSS VCR TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 21 MARCH 1978. N. CARTWRIGHT MONTREAL, QUE. RE YOUR TELEX DATED 20 MARCH ITEM 2. MERIT PLAN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO MR MARGETTS HERE IN VANC ON HIS ARRIVAL. MESSRS CAIRNS AND HOCKING WILL REPLY TO ITEMS 1 AND 3 RESPECTIVELY. BCC-55 M.W. HOLLAND - . < MGR., BCCSS : MWH'BB' ■ , cc. Mr. A.N. Cairns Mr. W.W. Hocking i $ TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 21 MARCH 1978 X e! AGR.2.SIU. P.I. GEORGES MONTREAL, QUE. SIGNING OF MEMORANDUM OF SETTLEMENT WITH SIU CANCELLED BY T HINES YESTERDAY AND NOW SCHEDULED FOR 2PM WED 22 MARCH BCC-54 M.W. HOLLAND ' MGR., BCCSS MWH'BB s CANADIAN PACIFIC L I fl I T E D British Columbia Coast Steamship Service VANCOUVER OPORD - #78-7 Date: 21 March 1978, Distribution « Groups L 2 & 3 File': 163 Subject - Schedule "Trailer Princess" Reference - OPORD #77-16, 27 July 1977, Paragraph (B) The regular Friday 1800 sailing will now be 1730. a/ CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED British Columbia Coast Steamship Service VANCOUVER OPORD Distribution Subject #78-6 Date: 21 March 1978. Groups 1 & 3 File: 163 Easter Weekend Schedules "Princess of Vancouver" - Regular Schedule. "Carrier Princess" "Trailer Princess" "Seaspan Doris" - A. 24 March regular schedule until 1600. B. Layover from 1600, 24th, until 0900 Monday, 27th, then as per schedule. - Layover from 0730, 2k March until 2000 Monday, 27 March. - Layover from a.m. Friday until 0001 Sunday, 26 March trip to Nanaimo. CPRail internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 21 March 1978 File*. T-78-1010A From A. Meijer To Chief Steward "PRINCESS OF VANCOUVER? A, Mr* Kammermayer will contact you tomorrow around 12:00 noon to check out the Sun Room which he has booked for a party 20 May. Please be of assistance showing him around* Catering Superintendent AJM'GP O ■ jO^orm 102-R Pier "Ef, Vancouver. BC V6C ?R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 CP Bail V/ Holland 21 March 1978 ?f?9;d 'X.mitger File: T-78-40 ^ Ms. Cynda J. Wallis 4691 Blenkinsop Rd. Victoria, B.C. V8X 2C7 Dear Ma* Wallis: Thank you for your letter of 23 February enquiring as to the possibility of employment as a Cruise Director, or similar position, in our service. We have only one cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia" which will be taken out of service permanently at the end of the 1978 season. Our present Cruise Directors, who are also the entertainers, will be with us throughout the final season, so there is nothing we can offer you. I suggest you apporach one of the larger cruise companies, such as Princess Cruises, who have an office in Vancouver. Sorry B.C. Coast Service cannot be of more assistance but in view of your additional experience in the field of Public Relations, I have passed your letter on to Mr. W.H. Clark, C.P. Rail's Personnel Supervisor in Vancouver. All good wishes for success in your chosen field. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc. W.H. Clark Copy of Ms. Wallis"s letter is attached, HLH'GP TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 20 MARCH 1978 N. CARTWRIGHT MONTREAL, QUE. YOUR TELEX AND PHONE RE PAT OFFSHORE. SHIP DOES NOT OPERATE OUTSIDE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF CANADIAN WATERS OTHER THAN INTO ALASKAN WATERS BCC-52 A.N. CAIRNS MARINE SUPT. ANC'BB ^S^Wtyj^ cf~ \\1 TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 20 MARCH 1978 File: T-78-150 J.D. MASON 05-24725 MONTREAL, QUE. PLS ARRANGE CASH ADVANCE 600.00 FAVOUR R R REID ASST MGR BCCSS VANC A/C BUSINESS TRIP MONTREAL PAYABLE NOT LATER THAN TUES 21 MARCH/78 TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR BCC-51 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS RRR' BB -;..,•, cc. Mr. W.W. Hocking ■:\\i x V|j-fif^^|l :!-:Vr^pfwH Lx ■■(•'-:'•■ i^jj^B TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 20 MARCH 1978 File: T-78-10 N. CARTWRIGHT MONTREAL, QUE. CONV DATE RICHARD W AND C PARTY KELOWNA 178.00 STOP CO-OP RICHARD CDN TO DATE 77.00 + 35.00 = 112.00 PLUS 150.00 U S ALSO ASSESS YOUR CO-OP 150.00 U S SPLIT WITH RICHARD FOR SAN DIEGO SEN CITIZEN INSERTION BCC-50 R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB . \\ :-.-X:,Wt ';A • ! '■>■• : TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 20 MARCH 1978. File: 78.ALA.521.C. B.D. MARGETTS MONTREAL, QUE. . WE ARE HOLDING CABIN 225 JULY 10 SAILING MR/MRS KEITH CAMPBELL. PLS CONFIRM IF WILL BE TRAVELLING SUBSEQUENTLY. BCC-49 . .1 . '7 R.R. REID . , ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB Vr'Holland BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 CP flail .20 March 1978. ■-Reid File No. 236 ■ 'Xjnager Mr. N. Sigsworth Regional Manager, Ship Safety Canadian Coast Guard (W) Box 10060 - Pacific Centre 700 W. Georgia St. Vancouver, B.C. V7Y 1E1 Dear Mr. Sigsworth: This will acknowledge your letter of 14 March 1978, File 9502-1, in connection with meeting to be held in your office on 6 April at 9:30 a.m. in connection with Dangerous Goods Shipping Regulations. Mr. A.N. Cairns, Marine Superintendent, B.C.C.S.S., will be in attendance on 6 April. Yours very truly. M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 20 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Mr. H. Whitmore System Supervisor of Passes Box 5, Windsor Station Montreal, Que. File: T-78-49 Please refer to Forms 1176 dated 6 February 1978, requesting annual BCCSS, CP Rail and E&N passes in favour of Mr. A. Meijer, Catering Supt., BCCSS, Mrs. Meijer and dependent daughters, in lieu of passes held by former Catering Superintendent, F.W. Atkinson, and Mrs. Atkinson. We are now returning the following passes held by Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson for cancellation, and will request passes in their favour on "Pensioned" basis: Mr. Atkinson BCCSS BH 601 CP Rail AX 4912 E&N WM 900 All Ports All Lines All Stations Mrs. Atkinson & Betty BCCSS BH 660 CP Rail AX 4918 E&N WM 909 All Ports Except Alaska All Lines All Stations Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB )Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 20, 1978 File: 152203 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Montreal Re: F.W. ATKINSON, #P-152203, S.I.N. 701-340-838, Reference your letter of March 8, file 366645, concerning the above mentioned employee. As requested, enclosed herewith is completed Form TD-1. ^Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB m i CPRail Internal Correspondence K Dafe VANCOUVER, 20 March 1978 From H.L. Hudson To 0. Robison Vancouver File: 570 Will you kindly let me have, as soon as possible, names of seasonal staff, with starting dates, for the coming summer. Jennifer Gurd and Cathy Patterson are among those I know to be available. Office Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH'GP ' livf) Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 20 March 1978 From M.W. Holland To A. McDermott Montreal File: 578 Your file S-BCCS/S-5 concerning certificate of insurance required in connection with agreement with C.I.L. for use of Canadian Pacific's dock facilities at Swartz Bay, B.C. Renewed certificate is now attached. Sorry for the delay but this has only just come to hand after repeated "tracings" on our part. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH'GP L;OForm 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 20 March 1978 File: T-78-30-20 flfW A.J. McPherson To Memorandum R.R. Reid Attached is the complete file covering alleged damage to Foremost trailer #763 on or about 12 February 1978. At this point, the letter dated 17 March 1978 has not been forwarded to Foremost Foods as I thought it best to determine what your thoughts are on this matter. It seems apparent that we are responsible for the damage done but it has not been our policy to settle for "concealed damage; however, under the Water Carriage of Goods Act it appears that we could be legally liable for concealed damage to contents provided we are contacted within three days after delivery. It has been suggested by Mr. J.D. Finnie that we offer settlement on a 50/50 basis. I am inclined to agree with this as I believe if Foremost Foods pursues this through legal channels we may find ourselves liable for all contents damage up to a $500 ceiling. The ramifications of achieving such a judgement could result in all sorts of claims from shippers for contents damage. In conversation with the Production Manager, Foremost Foods, it was learned that similar damage (although not as serious) has occurred about fifty times in the past several months. Since Mr. Dinsmore did not relay this information to us for investigation, it is my feeling that Foremost Foods must bear some of the blame for this incident. Departmental Analyst AJM'GP )Form 102-R CPRail W^d internal Correspondence m!% Date VANCOUVER, 20 March 1978 File: T-78-30-5 From m.W. Holland To Master "CARRIER PRINCESS" On 1 March 1978 a letter (copy attached) was sent requesting several people under your jurisdiction to supply statements regarding an accident that occurred aboard the vessel on 9 January 1978. To date, both deckhands have complied with this request with only Mr. F.A. Hart's report not receivede Would you please arrange to have Mr. Hart forward his report as soon as possible. a"S>Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM'GP \\J TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 17 MARCH 1978 File: T-78-10 B.D. MARGETTS MONTREAL, QUE. YT 16 MARCH. THE SITUATION HAS NOW BEEN TAKEN IN HAND. RICHARD PELLEY WILL BE REVIEWING THE SITUATION TODAY WITH RESPECT TO PLAN OF ACTION FOR EACH TOUR OPERATOR CONCENTRATING INITIALLY ON THE. MAY AND EARLY JUNE SAILINGS. YOU WILL BE INFORMED AS TO WHAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE. BCC-48 ' M.W. HOLLAND ; . "':>'""■" MGR., BCCSS . : . : ' ;. RDP'BB . /'■■. 7/a -yyicA. ^ J. 1 Page 2 of 2 March 17th, 1978 Mr. W.L. Dinsirore, Foremost Foods Ltd. If you are agreeable to settlement on this basis, I would appreciate receiving a purchaser's invoice for contents lost as I understand it was consigned to Island Farms Ltd. and I must be able to substantiate that the claim is not for retail price. Further, since no one from our operation actually was able to view the contents and establish whether there was any salvage value, I would appreciate receiving a statement indicating final disposition of the goods claimed for. Should you have any further inquiries regarding this claim or any other related matters do not hesitate to call Alec J. McPherson at 665-3138. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM/wj ■ i W Holland I ragef : R Reid ■ Mjnager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135. Telex 04-507634 CPRail •March 17th, 1978 File: T-78-30-20 Mr. W.L. Dinsmore, Production Manager, Foremost Foods Ltd., P.O. Box 2600, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 3W8 WITHOUT PREJUDICE Dear Mr. Dinsmore: Re: Damage sustained to contents of trailer 763 on or about February 12th, 1978 The investigation of this claim has been completed and it is still doubtful as to where the damage to the contents occurred. The hostlers who were loading on that evening as well as the ship's mate who was supervising the loading are not aware of any events that may have caused this damage. Further, since we also were carrying other trailers with dairy products on that evening and none of these sustained similar damage it does not serve to convince us that we are responsible for the "concealed" damage sustained to your load. As you can appreciate, the unit is loaded and sealed to destination by your personnel and B.C.C.S.S.'s involvement is simply the transportation of the trailer as a unit. Under the authority of the Water Carriage of Goods Act, RSB 1970, it has^not been our practice to entertain claims of this nature unless obvious damage that is attributable to our personnel has occurred to the trailer unit, and then our liability is limited to $500. However, with a view to maintaining good customer relations we are agreeable to making settlement on a 50/50 basis. It should be stressed that this is not our normal policy and that it is not to be construed as a precedent. Cont'd../2 r Date VANCOUVER, March 17th, 1978 From R.D. Pelley To Mr. R.R. Reid Vancouver, B.C. File: T-78-10 Attached is my travel itinerary for period 1 April to 13 April, 1978. Sales Representative. RDP.wj Form 102A-R / CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 17th, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. A. McDermott, Manager, Insurance & Fire Protection. File: X-77-5-4 gg) Form 102-R *«&s Further to correspondence regarding the Carrier Princess which ran aground on November 9, 1977 in Active Pass, Copes of invoices and covering vouchers where applicable are attached as follows: Haida Air Ltd. (helicopter charter) Burrard Dry Dock (repairs) Burrard Dry Dock (repairs) Seaspan International (tugs) Rivtow Straits Ltd. (tugs) Lloyd's Register (survey) $ 64.00 8,720.00 42,673.20 4-,498.62 850.00 955.00 Also attached is copy of supervisory expenses which should be added to the other sums involved. The only charge still outstanding is from the C.S.L. and copy of their invoice will be forwarded to you as soon as received. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. J CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 17th, 1978 From m.W. Holland To Mr. J.L. Rochon, Data Centre, Vancouver File: X-76-14-15 Further to my letter of March 10, 1978, will you now let me have a copy of the covering voucher supporting Dominion Bridge Co. invoice, copy of which is attached. It is noted that the penalty of $46.78 will not be paid. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. r^Form 102-R internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 17th, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. J.L. Rochon, Data Centre, Vancouver, B.C. File: X-77-14-H Concerning damage to 29 facing planks at Nanaimo when heavily contacted by the Princess of Vancouver on November 11, 1977. Harbour Pile Driving's invoice in the total amount of $12,398.00 was forwarded to you for payment on February 2, 1978 and it will be appreciated if you will let me have a copy of the covering voucher to support insurance claim. For your information, further copy of Harbour Pile Driving's invoice is attached. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. tSbFom 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 17th, 1978 File: X-77-14-8 From M.W. Holland To Mr. A. McDermott, Manager, Insurance & Fire Protection Further to my letter of March 7th concerning incident in Nanaimo Harbour, September 19th, 1977 when the Princess of Vancouver struck the Dolphin. I now enclose proof of payment to Nanaimo Harbour Commission in the form of photostat copy of this department's voucher in the amount of $6,456.00. Also enclosed, received today, is copy of the Salvage Association's full report and their invoice for services rendered in the amount of $346.00. CfglForm 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc: W.C. Sylander, Copy of Salvage Association's report attached. *&9 . \\ CPRail internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, 17 March 1978 From m.W. Holland To A. McDermott Montreal File: 336 For your information, the "Trailer Princess" will "on an as required basis" deliver lube oil and possibly diesel fuel to deep sea vessels lying in Vancouver Harbour for Imperial Oil, Shell and Chevron Limited. Method of operation entails a highway truck being loaded onto the vessel over A-3 ramp and delivered to the deep sea vessel where the lube oil is pumped off the truck* This service was performed for the first time 14 March 1978, and the operation went very smoothly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JDF'GP (§jg)POfm 102-R PRIVATE CPRail Infernal Correspoi Date VANCOUVER, 17 March 1978 From J.D. Finnie To E. Robinson - Nanaimo O. Robison - Vancouver Further to conversation 16 March with Mr* E. Robinson respecting "drive on" automobiles and continued failure of the "consignee" to be on hand to drive the vehicles from the ship. We do not wish to implement the "drive on" auto rate of $25.00 except In special circumstances as this implies liability for damage; therefore, it would be appreciated if this traffic would be ticketed on a 5 x 10 for the $14.00 rate and the consignor responsible for loading the vehicles on the vessel. If the consignee fails to be on hand when the vessel docks to unload the vehicle, you should envoke Item 18, BCCS Tariff No. 11, assessing a further charge of $6.50 per unit. This amount to be taken to special debit CSC 5, group 19, as handling charges annotating the 5 x 10 ticket number. A receipt should be given to the customer on Form 599. It is understood that Mr. Robinson will have his terminal staff perform unloading. Manager Traffic & Sales JDF'GP (>v|)Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 17 March 1978 File: T-78-67 From j#D. Finnie To Memorandum A.N* Cairns Commencing 24 March 1978, the following schedule change is requested for the "Trailer Princess": Friday sailings only to Swartz Bay Ex Vancouver Arr Swart» Bay Ex Swartz Bay Arr Vancouver 1730 2230 2330 0430 (Saturday) This is necessary to assist our customers in earlier delivery of their trailers on Friday night. Would appreciate the OPORD being sent to all truck and trailer customers with reason for change as "scheduling requirements". Manager Traffic & Sales B.C.C.S »S* JDF'GP O)Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 17 March 1978 File: X-77-5-4 Front m.W* Holland To A* McDermott Insurance & Fire Protection Montreal Further to correspondence regarding the "Carrier Princess" which ran aground on 9 November 1977, in Active Pass* Copies of invoices and covering vouchers where applicable are attached as follows: Haida Air Ltd. (helicopter charter) $ 64.00 Burrard Dry Dock (repairs) 8,720.00 Burrard Dry Dock (repairs) 42,673*20 Seaspan International (tugs) 4,498*62 Rivtow Straits Ltd. (tugs) 850.00 Lloyd's Register (survey) 955*00 Salvage Association (survey) 1,308.00 Also attached is copy of supervisory expenses which should be added to the other sums involved. The only charge still outstanding is from the C.S.I, and copy of their invoice will be forwarded to you as soon as received:1 Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH'GP H I Lp'SForm 102-R PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst Mgr. Marine Supt. t; t Supt Engr. Asst. Supt Engr. 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Page 5 Calgarians want to transform their city into a major financial capital, one that will supplant Montreal as Canada's second money centre, behind Toronto. SMALL PARCEL COMPETITION Page 7 Fast delivery of small packages is turning into a big, booming business, and the profit potential is big enough to get everyone from private carriers to airline into the competition. Page 8 TRENDS AND TOPICS A CP Rail executive foresees increasing importance for intermodal transportation, with solid trains of containers and trailers carrying most manufactured products to markets. Page 12 A group of western Conservative MPs issue a statement that Canada must never give up its low Crow's Nest Pass freight rate on grain, and its benefits must be extended to other agricultural products. Page 14 Ontario railway workers may reject a contract proposal for a six-percent wage increase because the new Ontario Health premiums will take such a hefty bite of their salaries. Page 23 Multi-modal ownership in transportation in Canada was the subject of a speech by H.M. Romoff, Assistant Vice-President, Corporate Development, Canadian Pacific, in Washington, D.C. A copy is appended. Canadian Pacific 2 NEWS IN BRIEF CAR6ILL, ALBERTA POOL LIKELY BUILDERS OF GRAIN TERMINAL AT PRINCE RUPERT WINNIPEG - Two major grain-handling firms, Winnipeg-based Cargill Grain Company Limited and the Alberta Wheat Pool, appear the most likely to build export terminal elevators at new dock facilities proposed for the Prince Rupert, B.C., area. (Winnipeg Free Press, March 15) FAVORABLE REACTION TO CP RAIL LAKE LOUISE MAINLINE PROPOSAL CALGARY - A new $12-mil1 ion improvement to the CP Rail mainline in the Lake Louise area seems to be meeting with general approval, according to John Patterson, CP Rail general manager of maintenance and operations for the Pacific Region. Mr. Patterson told a meeting of the Engineering Institute of Canada on March 13 that he had been to Lake Louise and "for the most part I don't think they (the residents) really object." Mr. Patterson outlined the necessity of such a double tracking procedure, saying that with reduced grade reduction it will allow the number of trains on any one day to increase from 15 to 19. (Calgary Albertan, March 14) $3.5-MILLI0N FERRY PLANNED FOR QUEEN CHARLOTTE RUN VICTORIA - The B.C. Government will call tenders for a new $3.5-million ferry to operate between Prince Rupert and the Queen Charlotte Islands. Recreation and Conservation Minister Bawlf said March 13 the ferry is part of a $12-million program to improve services to the mid and north coastal areas of the province. (Vancouver Sun, March 13) CP RAIL GETS THE RED CARPET VANCOUVER - The citizens of Midway, in south central B.C., invited CP Rail employees to town earlier this month to honor the company. "The thing was unprompted. The railway has been here 78 years and we thought we might have been taking them too much for granted," said Mayor Jim McMynn. (Vancouver Province, March 14) PASSENGERS HIGH ON TWO-LEVEL GO TRAIN TORONTO - Commuters who used to have to stand on GO Trains from Oak- ville to Toronto are finding seats on the new double-decker cars which went into service March 13. (Toronto Daily Star, March 14) CP AIR CHIEF AGAINST MERGER MONTREAL - CP Air president Ian Gray says a proposed takeover of Nordair by Air Canada would amount to "overcontrol" of the market by one airline and would make a "mish mash" of Canada's regional airline policy. (Winnipeg Free Press, March 11) MANITOBA POOL ELEVATORS CONCERNED ON BRANCHLINE ABANDONMENT WINNIPEG - Manitoba Pool Elevators is deeply concerned at the proposal by the railways to abandon some of their branchlines. While Ottawa has yet to give its approval of specific abandonments, MPE's board of directors decided last week it had better prepare for the inevitable. The board decided to undertake four projects in the Rivers District of western Manitoba. The projects involve the building of new elevators and relocation of others, as well as a study to determine the volume of grain available to Manitoba Pool from the farmers in the area, and whether it would justify the financial commitment. (Winnipeg Tribune, March 11) FATE OF ISLAND RAIL LINK STILL WEEKS AWAY VANCOUVER - The fate of passenger service on the E&N Railway on Vancouver Island won't be known for many weeks as provincial government appeals and CP Rail counter-appeals work their way through legal channels. (Vancouver Province, March 11) U.S. FREIGHT CARS ORDERED BY CNR WINNIPEG - CN has ordered 35 freight cars -- 70-ton boxcars to be used for hauling newsprint from Canada to the United States -- from a U.S. firm. (Winnipeg Tribune, March 14) PANCANADIAN PETROLEUM SEES HIGHER GAS SALES THIS YEAR DESPITE SURPLUS CALGARY - PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. said in its Annual Report that it expects increased sales of natural gas this year despite the gas surplus in Alberta. Gas sales also increased last year due to gas sales contracts obtained prior to the surplus. However the company said it has a number of gas properties for which it needs purchase contracts. The potential production from these properties has been offered to major gas purchasers. It said that any new contracts depend on the purchasers obtaining gas export permits. (Canadian Dow Jones, March 15) STEEP ROCK SEES STRONG LIKELIHOOD OF ENDING CURRENT OPERATIONS WITHIN FEW YEARS ATIKOKAN, ONT. - "There is a strong likelihood that Steep Rock Iron Mines Ltd. will be forced to cease current operations at the end of 1979 or early 1980," L. J. Lamb, president and chief executive officer, said in the Annual Report. Steep Rock has been facing continuing uncertainties for several years over continuation of its current operations beyond 1979. The company has been reviewing various possibilities for the development of additional ore reserves. (Canadian Dow Jones, March 15) RAILROAD SAFETY CHECKS BOOSTED WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is stepping up enforcement of railroad safety regulations in the wake of two recent freight train wrecks which killed 21 people, reports federal railroad administrator John Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan told a House transportation subcommittee hearing March 15 that his agency would make all railroads correct safety problems even if they are in poor financial condition. (Reuter -Montreal Star, March 16) 4 CHEAP FLIGHTS TO VANCOUVER APPROVED MONTREAL- Suntours Ltd. will be offering Montreal-to-Vancouver charters for $219 return with flights scheduled for every Saturday between June 24 and Oct. 21. The charters have been approved by the CTC. (Montreal Star, March 16) CANADIAN NATIONAL SHOULD EARN $150-MILLI0N A YEAR: BANDEEN EDMONTON - CN should be earning between $150-mi11 ion and $200-million a year, according to president Robert Bandeen. Mr. Bandeen predicted greater profits in the future and admitted that because the CN is a Crown corporation, profits might be considered by some as a source of embarrassment. (CP - Montreal Gazette, March 15) SPEEDY TRAINS URGED AS AID TO OUR UNITY TORONTO - A 200-kilometre-an-hour (125-m.p.h.) service in the Windsor- Quebec corridor should be the first objective of a modernized Canadian rail service to help re-unite the country, an Ontario civil servant says. Richard Dilon, deputy secretary for resources development, told the Canadian Institute of Strategic Studies the cost would be $250- million. But it would create 1,200 jobs for five years and result in orders for new locomotives, rolling stock, rails and signal equipment. (Toronto Daily Star, March 13) WEEKEND SAVINGS CONTINUE FOR LAURENTIAN TRAVELLERS MONTREAL - Fare reductions of one-third for round-trip travellers on CP Rail's weekend Laurentian service between Montreal and Mont Laurier have been extended beyond March 19, 1978. Special excursion rates were implemented experimentally on Sept. 9, 1977, and have since become popular with weekend travellers. (CP Rail News Release, March 15) SUPERTRAINS ON VIA RAIL TORONTO - New super-trains, capable of 125 miles an hour and equipped with a system which will enable curves to be taken at higher speeds, will begin service on intercity routes in Canada in 1980. Details of the new trains, which have been ordered at a cost of $60-million, were revealed March 10 by Angus Campbell, vice-president of VIA Rail Canada. (CP - Ottawa Citizen, March 11) RAIL DISASTER MAY HAPPEN, SAYS EXPERT FORT SASKATCHEWAN - A major train disaster similar to the two accidents in the southern United States recently could happen here, too. And the Fort Saskatchewan Chamber of Commerce is concerned about the situation. This town of just under 10,000 is not proof against similar disasters, says John Kalf, co-ordinator of safety, fire and security with Sherritt Gordon Mines Ltd. "We haven't got the equipment, we haven't got the manpower, we haven't got the water supplies to deal with an emergency," says Mr. Kalf, of the town. (Edmonton Journal, March 8) * * * CANADIAN PACIFIC REPORT CANADIAN PACIFIC LIMITED REPORTS FINAL 1977 EARNINGS MONTREAL - Canadian Pacific Limited March 13 reported record consolidated net income for 1977 of $247.0-million. This was $56.5-million or 30 per cent higher than in 1976. Net income per Ordinary share was $3.41, an increase of 79 cents over 1976. i Net income in 1977 included extraordinary income of $7.2-million which represented Canadian Pacific's share of the net gain by Canadian Pacific Investments Limited on the sale of CanPac Leasing Limited last April. Canadian Pacific Investments contributed $170.0-mil1 ion to income before the extraordinary item, compared with $117.8-million in 1976. Oil and gas operations provided the major impetus to CPI earnings but significant increases were also recorded by mines and minerals, forest products, iron and steel, real estate, insurance and agriproducts. Hotel operations incurred a sizeable loss. In the transportation sector, airline operations made a profit after two years of losses, rail operations in both Canada and the United States had improved earnings and income from telecommunications and container shipping increased. Trucking operations had lower earnings and bulk shipping operations sustained a substantial loss. Net income from CP Rail was $54.8-million, an increase of $3.7-million or 7.2 per cent over 1976. Revenues were up $123.5-million, mainly as a result of freight price adjustments and an increase in the volume of export commodities carried. Inflationary pressures on wage rates and on fuel, material and other prices, a heavy track maintenance program and an increased freight car repair program contributed to an increase of $119.8-mil1 ion in expenses. Canadian Pacific's equity in the income of the Soo Line Railroad was $11.1-mi 11 ion, an increase of $2.2-mil lion over 1976. CP Air had a profit of $3.3-million in 1977 after a loss of $9.8-million in 1976. Revenues increased $44.4-million or 12.7 per cent, principally as a result of fare increases. The rise in expenses was held to $31.3- million or 8.7 per cent by stringent cost controls. Net income from CP Telecommunications was $2.6-million, an increase of $592,000 over 1976. Revenues increased $8.9-million due to volume growth, primarily in telex and leased services, and rate increases. Expenses rose $8.3-million mainly because of higher costs for wages and benefits, and materials. Net income from Canadian Pacific Transport Company, Limited, at $722,000, was down $1.0-million from 1976. The reduction occurred mainly in the Trucking division where revenues were adversely affected by the continued economic slowdown which resulted in intensive competition for a relatively static volume of traffic. Earnings from the Express division were J down even through CanPar, the parcel delivery system inaugurated late in 1976, earned a modest profit. The Bulk and Specialized Trucking division had a higher operating profit in 1977. CP Ships had a net loss of $10.3-million in 1977 compared with income of $3.6-million in 1976. This reflected poor results for Canadian Pacific (Bermuda) Limited's tanker and bulk carrier operations during the fourth successive year of a depressed bulk shipping market. CP (Bermuda) lost $13.2-mi11 ion in 1977 compared with a profit of $1.1-mi 11 ion in 1976. Net income from the container operations of Canadian Pacific Steamships, Limited was $2.7-mi11 ion compared with $2.4-million in 1976. Earnings benefited from an increase of 22 per cent in the volume of containers carried. Miscellaneous income decreased $7.6-million from 1976 when there was a gain of $8.4-million on the sale of land formerly occupied by railway facilities in Quebec City. Summarized Statement of Consolidated Income for the Year ended December 31 CP Rail CP Truck CP Telecommunications CP Air CP Ships Miscellaneous CP Investments Limited Equity in income of subsidiary not consolidated Income before extraordinary item Extraordinary item Net Income Earnings per Ordinary share Income before extraordinary item Net income 1977 (in 1976 thousands) $ 54,792 772 2,602 3,340 (10,319) 7,522 170,002 $ 51,097 1,822 2,010 ( 9,802) 3,598 15,055 117,801 11,151 8,889 $239,862 $190,470 7,166 - $247,028 $190,470 $3.31 3.41 $2.62 2.62 (Canadian Pacific News Release, March 13) * * * CALGARY: NO 2? CALGARY'S BIG PUSH TO BE NO. 2 NEW YORK - Times have changed very quickly for Calgary, a city of 480,000 that is at the hub of the oil and gas book in the western Canadian province of Alberta. With the rest of the country's economy floundering, there is growing recognition that "this is the one place in Canada where something's going on," in the words of Michael Kanofsky, until recently with the investment banking firm of Midland Doherty in Calgary. And with that recognition has come a yearning by the city's natives to transform their city into a major financial 'capital, one that will supplant Montreal as Canada's second money center, behind Toronto. And the chairman of a Montreal-based chartered bank privately admits that Calgary's displacement of Montreal "will probably happen over the next ten years." The swing to the west is in part due to the separatist takeover of the Quebec provincial government. The financial men believe the provincial government has made it clear that it doesn't want them around. The situation has reached the point where the question is not who is leaving, but who is staying. It's not just that financial intermediaries are leaving the province -- private investment has plunged, too. Few companies are committing themselves to major capital projects in Quebec. Most of the market action that is leaving Montreal is going to Toronto, but a fair amount has headed for Calgary. But while Calgary has grown fast, it's not fast enough for the Calgarians. Still, Alberta does have some problems to overcome before it can become a full-fledged financial center. The essential difficulty is that while Alberta will be a major consumer of capital for many years, it will be a while before it can provide much of that capital locally. The multinational energy companies that operate in Calgary are generating more funds that they use, but by and large their financial operations in Canada are centered in Toronto. The local oil and gas companies, meanwhile, still consume more cash than they generate. Moreover, Alberta is a fairly small province, with a population of not quite 1.8 million — not a very large base to support financial institutions that would be capable of financing projects as large as those planned for the province. Apart from the proposed $4.5-billion Canadian sections of the Alaskan gas pipeline, there are plans on the books for plants to extract oil from Alberta's tar sands and heavy oil deposits. Those range in cost from just over $3-bi11 ion to well over $4-bil1 ion. Then there is a wide range of petrochemical projects, products, pipelines, refineries and gas processing plants. J 8 The largest single source of investment money in the province would be the provincial government's Heritage Fund. One-third of the government's cnsiderable revenues from oil production are earmarked for the fund, which is expected to have more than $3-bi11 ion in assets by the close of the March 31 fiscal year. While the government isn't willing to provide all the wherewithal for the development of a financial center, it is trying hard to create a favorable business climate. Regulations are usually more reasonable than in other Canadian provinces, and taxes are very low. Unlike its neighboring province of Saskatchewan, Alberta is not interested in nationalizing successful private enterprises, though it is participating in tar sands and heavy oil projects. Through its role as a partner in major projects and as an institutional customer, the Alberta government has has made it clear that future business will go to institutions that set up fully-staffed operations in the province. (Institutional Investor, February) * * * SMALL PARCEL COMPETITION BIG BUSINESS IN SMALL PARCELS NEW YORK - If more businessmen are sleeping sounder these days, it is because they dre increasingly sending their important parcels via express delivery service. Indeed, when it comes to getting a business component to its destination, speed is often the quintessential corporate consideration, and chances are that a package languishing on a loading dock is costing some company a bundle of money. As a result, the fast delivery of small packages is turning into a big, booming business. Although the size of the business is impossible to measure, it is growing fast and the profit potential is big enough to get everyone from private carriers and airfreight forwarders to scheduled bus and air lines and even the U.S. Postal Service competing for a piece of the action. Speed and dependability are the express services' stock in trade. They guarantee to pick up a package and place it in the hands of the recipient virtually anywhere in the U.S. within a stated deadline, often by 10 a.m. the next business day. Although some of the services will express- deliver packages of any weight, the bulk of the business is in packages of under 100 pounds. The emergence of specialized package delivery services traces back to the oil embargo in 1973, which played hob with the amount of "lift" available to shippers using airlines and all-cargo aircraft for their priority packages. With fuel scarce and expensive, freight rates soared and airline schedules were slashed, especially at night, which is prime time for packages. The result was a drying up of a short-haul air cargo service. Scores of services have joined the battle for a share of the mushrooming market. At the big airfreight forwarders, which own no aircraft themselves but book cargo space aboard scheduled and chartered planes, small parcels are not only the bulk of the business but also the fastest growing and most profitable segment. Every major airline is also pushing small-package express services, and with good reason. Since parcels help to fill the bellies of regularly- scheduled planes, they amount to add-on business with high-profit margins, On the ground, the big bus lines have gotten into the act. Greyhound Lines, the nation's biggest bus system, offers same-day, door-to-door delivery up to 500 miles from any of its terminals, even on weekends. United Parcel Service, the biggest delivery service next to the U.S. Postal Services's Parcel Post, is also trying to keep up with the fast- moving competition by offering shippers a deal that links UPS's ubiguit- ous brown vans with plane service within and to certain regions of the country. Intended for customers who need parcels delivered with reasonable but not overnight speed, the UPS service delivers packages to their destination in two days. Even the U.S. Postal Service, hardly noted for its swiftness of delivery, is now selling speed with its new express service. Utilizing 1,000 post offices in 400 cities, the service sends packages from one post office to another by 10 a.m. the next business day, and will deliver them to their final destination for an extra charge. If the competition among the services is hot now, it is likely to reach fever pitch in the months ahead. President Carter recently signed into law an air-cargo deregulation bill whose provisions amount to a landmark in the industry. The measure not only paves the way for the free entry of additional carriers into the business, but removes route restrictions and permits carriers to set their own rates. Under the decontrol law, which went into effect in January, all airlines that offer cargo service can apply for certificates allowing them to fly freight anywhere in the U.S. * * * (Dun's Review, February) TRANSPORT 2000 NO BUCK ROGERS IN CORPORATE LOGISTICS CLEVELAND, OHIO - Though hydrogen has been touted as the fuel of the future, it won't be available within the next 22 years to propel trains, planes, trucks, or railroads. I 10 Nor will other exotic energy forms. And herein lies a major problem for the logistics sector of the economy. It will still rely on petro-based products -- at higher costs and with decreased availability or allocation, or both. The year 2000 will see breakthroughs in physical distribution and transportation, but nothing akin to the futurists' vision of vacuum tube movement of goods. The closest thing will be advanced pipelines. Indeed, the pace of development will be moderate. Most of the prototypes for the system of the future are currently in their infancy or first-generation development in a minimum number of U.S. companies. The changes that do come will be evolutionary, building to more advanced forms of currently existing applications. There will, for example, be major shifts between modes of transportation, caused primarily by dwindling energy supplies and the lack of substantial alternatives that are economically feasible and ecologically sound. Population and industrial shifts from snowbelt to sunbelt states will be nearly complete, causing some small town and rural areas to grow quickly in support of manufacturing operations. The heavy concentration of industry below the Great Lakes will be diversifying away from energy- consuming processes. Metrication will be accepted and used by industry and consumer alike, the result of international pressure and materials' dependence. Standardization will appear throughout the physical distribution/transportation sector. The use of containers, ranging from single units for small shipments -- no matter what the mode of transportation -- to intermodal units of large scale, will be standardized. The computer, telecommunications, and automated handling systems will be integral parts of the international distribution system. Shippers will consolidate their distribution networks so as to reduce the required movements between the source of the goods and the ultimate consumer. A few futurists envision a maximum of seven rail systems supported by regional truck carriers and only eight major airlines by the year 2000. Huge sections of the motor carrier industry will be swallowed up via the merger route. A major change expected by the 21st Century is the emergence of transportation middlemen who will constitute a special new industry. Among other things, these transportation middlemen will consolidate warehousing, freight forwarding, and other transportation services under one management. Though they are becoming more complex, by 2000 the principles of physical distribution management will be understood by management as elementary and fundamental -- which is not the case now. Computers routinely will make trade-off decisions between inventory carrying costs and transportation. Decisions to relocate plant production or regional production facilities will be influenced more by 11 distribution costs than is true today, futurists contend. To lower total distribution costs, the integration of production lines with . delivery systems for both inbound materials and outbound freight will be more tightly controlled. "By the year 2000 the field of physical distribution will be recognized by virtually all of the top 500 firms as a science equal to marketing, finance, and production in the makeup of the firm's basic segments," predicts Bernard J. Hale, vice president, distribution planning, Bergen Brunswig Corp., Carson, Calif. Large helicopters will be used for short-haul transportation of containers. Lighter-than-air craft will make a resurgence and will be used primarily to haul large, oversized loads. Some sources insist that technology will allow pipelines to increase their tonnage market share by 20 per cent, with the inroads coming at the expense of the waterway system and the rails. The optimists see packaged goods moving via short-haul pipelines that will connect warehouses, freight yards, and plants. In terms of the year 2000, rails rank as the mode with the brightest future. Rails consume only nine per cent of the total energy used in distribution but transport 37 per cent of the total freight hauled. Simple economics, and a society that by the end of the century will be more at ease with efficiency rather than speed, will help them reverse the trend to other modes. Their stature will increase through deregulation or regulatory reform, allowing intermodal ownership in the transportation sector. Rising fuel costs and highway safety rules will make long hauls of single trailers extremely expensive, thus facilitating additional "piggyback" use "as the normal method rather than the exception for the longer hauls," foresees Chessie's Jerome D. Krassenstein, senior assistant vice president, merchandise traffic. Bulk commodities not acceptable for pipeline transfer between points will move in train-load lots. To accommodate these train-load quantities, more regional distribution centers will be constructed for lumber, newsprint, and construction materials. These distribution centers will act ds transfer points for one mode of transit to another and will eventually handle barge-rail transfers and rail-truck transfers of liquids and dry commodities. Frost and Sullivan Inc., a New York-based technological market research organization, sees demand for locomotives increasing from 27,600 in 1974 to 56,000 in 1995, necessitating the building of 58,000 locomotives during the 21-year period. More than one-half will be electric. On the inland waterways, canalization of the Mississippi River system and expansion of the lock sizes has allowed tow configurations, barge sizes, and required horse-power to increase dramatically in the last 25 years. In the deepwater sector, vessels capable of handling 1,300 35- ft. containers will give way to ships capable of handling 1,600 containers. Nearer-term, user taxes for waterways seem inevitable. They will increase costs to shippers but won't drive much traffic away from the system because of its high fuel efficiency. 12 Only rationing or allocation of fuels could divert traffic from the trucking mode in significant amounts by the year 2000. Factors such as service, delivery times, routing and scheduling will continue to make it attractive to shippers. Short-haul, 200 to 300 miles, low-volume traffic will remain best suited to truck, not rail, transportation. Truck usage, predicts Frost & Sullivan, will rise at a reduced rate from the 21 million in 1975 to about 35 million in 1995, due to trucking's declining role in long-distance hauling and more efficient use for short distances and local deliveries. (Industry Week, Feb. 20) CP RAIL INTERMODAL CP RAIL INTERMODAL: BRINGING SYSTEM INTO ITS OWN ATLANTA, Ga. - "Ten years from now the boxcar, as a vehicle for moving manufactured goods from coast-to-coast in Canada, will be almost a thing of the past. Instead, a great many more solid trains of containers and trailers will be carrying the country's manufactured products to market. Intermodal transportation will have come into its own." This is the prediction of A. E. Jenner, general manager of CP Rail Intermodal Services, the man who made Canadian Pacific's intermodal arm from a tiny operation 20 years ago, consisting of 50 flatcars and 100 trailers, into a fleet of 2,000 flatcars and 1,500 trailers today -- said to be the most successful intermodal operation in North America. "With the high cost of rail equipment today and the cost of maintaining branch lines for anything other than the transport of raw materials, I really cannot see the railway being able to afford to run boxcars for what you could call 'packaged goods'," he said. "Take, for example, a movement from Owen Sound to Calgary. An. empty boxcar may have to be moved from Toronto yard along a secondary rail line to Owen Sound, north of Toronto, and into a customer's private siding to load, say, 40,000 pounds. After loading it has to be switched from the private siding, moved back to Toronto, and after that on a through-train to Calgary. At the Calgary end it's the same thing all over again: the car is switched out of the train to a private siding, emptied and moved back into the general freight yard. "The days that operation takes! Whereas you can take a 44-foot container from Toronto on a chassis up the highway to Owen Sound, pick up the load, come back, put it on a flatcar at Toronto and it can be well on its way to Calgary before the loaded boxcar has been moved back to Toronto'. For that particular type of shipment, I cannot see CP Rail continuing to buy boxcars. Instead I think you will see that over the next five or 10 years we will be buying more containers, as the boxcar 13 ceases to be effective economically in handling traffic in certain areas and as the boxcar fleet goes through the process of attrition. "However," he emphasized, "the grad system for the rail car system is un raw materials -- potash, coal, grai trainload shipments. Intermodal ca that kind of traffic solely on the will be the mainline network across that network we will transfer conta and highway them to whatever point in reverse direction, from the pick ual substitution of the intermodal likely to happen in the carrying of n, sulphur -- those huge 10,000-ton nnot match the economies of moving steel wheel. But for the rest there the country and at major points on iners between flatcars and chassis for delivery. The same will happen up point back to the mainline." Highway common carriers can and do move goods across the country, but they cannot match the cost efficiencies of the intermodal system, Mr. Jenner said. The combination of long-haul, heavy-weight rail movement with the flexibility of local truck pick-up and delivery gives intermodal a distinct competitive edge. (Per unit of energy consumed, a railway intermodal system can handle two to three times the tonnage of goods that highway vehicles can, Mr. Jenner claims). This concept of increased intermodalism in Canada is not likely to come to pass as early in the U.S., Mr. Jenner said, because of frequent inter-changes between the different U.S. railroads across the country. "In Canada one side benefit of the gradual substitution of the intermodal for the rail car system will be in the location of industrial plants," Mr. Jenner said. "People looking at establishing or relocating a plant will have a wider choice of locations. They won't necessarily have to confine themselves to a site by a railway track. They won't have the expense of installing a spur line. Intermodal can reach them by road. "The production of goods in those plants and the question of how often and in what quantities the goods are to be shipped out, becomes a matter of 'industrial scheduling.' As long as they can rely on our container- movement schedule, they can look on intermodal as a conveyor system for moving their traffic. They won't have to load 100,000 pounds or 120,000 pounds at a time, if that's not necessary. "Instead they can break their shipments into smaller units for one or two containers." Containerization will become more and more important as a vehicle in the total distribution system from plant to customer, or from central warehouse to the selling-point or customer. More than just a transportation service. A conveyor system in which the container is the vehicle and the highway movements and rail flatcar movements are simply bridges over which the container travels between producer and consumer. CP Rail Intermodal Services is unique in North America is being a separate entity within its parent railway company. It has its own network of 50 inland trailer terminals and 14 container terminals which 14 handle, in addition to domestic traffic, a thriving import-export container business connecting with Canada's leading container exports: Saint John, N.B., Quebec City, Montreal and Vancouver. The movement of import and export containers increased from 74,283 TEUs in 1972 to 165,000 TEUs in 1976 -- a growth of 122 per cent. The inland container terminals include such key centers as Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Winnipeg, Regina, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver. A Canadian Pacific subsidiary -- the Soo Line -- operates container terminals serving key midwest centers in the U.S., including Chicago, Minneapolis and Milwaukee. Intermodal Services achieves an annual rate of equipment utilization from its flatcars and trailers that, based on loaded miles per day, is approximately three times greater than the utilization of rail boxcars, and a loaded-to-empty ratio about six times better than boxcars. "We are the best intermodal operation in North America," claims Mr. Jenner. "I have been around and seen a lot of them. It sure sounds egotistical and biased, but none of the others have our management systems." (Container News, February, 1978) RAILWAY * * * CONSERVATIVES SAY CROW RATE TO STAY (By Stan Schellenberger, M.P.) SASKATOON - On February 27, 1978, 14 Western Conservative Members of Parliament and I met with Justice Hall in Saskatoon to review with hi some of the recommendations contained in the Hall Report. HI We were aware that so far, only six of some 92 recommendations had been fully implemented, five others had been partially acted upon, and no action taken on the rest. We were disturbed to find: That neither the Government nor Otto Lang had ever contacted the chief architect of the Royal Commission since the Report was made public. Our main concern was that the piecemeal approach of the Government was jeopardizing the whole concept of the Hall Commission, which was to improve the economic situation on the Prairies and to rationalize our primary grain handling system; Another concern was that the Prairie Rail Action Committee set up by Mr. Lang, instead of the Prairie Hill Authority recommended by Justice Hall, was a stall which would put us right back where we were before the Commission did its work -- back in the hands of the Eastern controlled Canadian Transport Commission; That the railroads are receiving far too much taxpayers' money without having to account for the way in which it is being spent; 15 That there was no Government policy to assist the Prairie Livestock feeding industry or the oilseed crushers, by off-setting the low statutory freight rates on grain. Our stated policy is: That the Crow Rate must stay for the grain producer; That the Government must pick up the difference between the Crow Rate and the compensatory rate and pay it directly to the railroads; That a subsidy is required to remove the current freight rate distortion on livestock, meat products, and oilseed products (approximately $30-mi11 ion a year -- Hall Report); That the railroads then must be responsible for maintaining and upgrading their prairie rail network with no further subsidy from taxpayers. At present, the railroads have the best of both worlds: subsidy plus grants, to be spent as they wish. Not one cent of branch line subsidy has been spent on upgrading those lines. In the past few years, the increasing cost of Government has taken away all western agriculture has gained -- and then some. Farmers have borrowed themselves into prosperity (Net Farm Debt has doubled in the past 4 years -- now $4.5-bi11 ion). It is a good idea to keep an eye on our very competitive neighbour to the south. The U.S.A. spends about $1-billion a year on tollfree waterways. The Missouri-Mississippi-Ohio waterways are designed to develop the commerce of the Mid-West -- to move products to and from the centre of that country as cheaply as possible. The U.S. Government contribution to low transportation costs makes our Crow Rate assistance look like a drop-in-the-bucket. We must never give up our low statutory freight rate on grain, and we must extend the benefits to agricultural products. (Wetaskiwin Times, March 8) HOPPER CAR SHORTAGE HAMPERS RAPESEED PLANT LLOYDMINSTER, ALTA. - Even though it pays the highest freight rates CP Rail and CN may charge, United Oilseeds Products Ltd. plant in Lloydminster can't get enough covered hopper cars on a regular basis to carry away its rapeseed meal. Jack Smythe, general manager, said if the situation became as bad as he projected it would in April, the plant may be faced with periodic shut-downs. There is no place to stockpile either the meal or oil for more than a few days at the plant. Lack of car assignments almost forced the plant to close several times around the year-end. (Calgary Herald, March 8) * * * 16 PENN CENTRAL BANKRUPTCY CASE NEAR END PHILADELPHIA - The nearly eight-year-old bankruptcy proceedings of Penn Central Transportation Co., the biggest and probably most painful in American history, are drawing to a close. On March 9, federal district Judge John P. Full am ruled that an elaborate plan for paying off the former railroad company's hundreds of thousands of creditors and claimants is "feasible, fair and equitable," and that, "subject to a few relative minor adjustments," the proposal should be allowed to be carried through. The reorganization plan calls for the revived Penn Central, whose earnings will be sheltered by a vast accumulation of tax losses, to be built around three assets. The first is Pennsylvania Co., or Pennco, a holding company with interests in pipelines, amusement parks and real estate developments. The second asset is a huge assortment of miscellaneous real estate the Penn Central has begun to sell. The final asset is a massive lawsuit Penn Central has filed against the federal government over the amount the U.S. should pay for the former Penn Central Railroad. (Wall Street Journal, March 10) CANADIAN CARLOADINGS * * * For Week Ending Feb. 28, 1978 Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback 76,277 4,847,497 7,565 + + + 1,309 224,420 75 + + + 1.7 4.9 1.0 Total for Year to Change from Similar Percentage Feb. 28, 1978 Period, 1977 Change Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback PIGGYBACK LOADINGS 566,821 36,319,837 58,780 + 16,477 + 2,020,402 + 1,922 + + + 3.0 5.9 3.4 Containers Trailers Carloads Carloads For Month Ending January, 1978 10,445 18,164 Change from Similar Period, 1977 39 + 1,556 Percentage Change 0.4 + 9.4 Containers Trailers Tons Tons 436,812 438,372 + + 22,520 30,284 + + 5.4 7.4 U.S. CARLOADINGS 17 For Week Ending March 4, 1978 408,782 15.6 billion Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) 53,906 0.5 billion - 11.7 3.3 Total for Year to March 4, 1978 3,289,556 126.1 billion Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Carloads Bolumr (Ton-Miles) 393,910 3.5 billion - 10.7 2.7 Total for Year to Feb. 25, 1978 Change from Similar Period, 1977 Percentage Change Piggyback 255,242 18,907 8.0 Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles For Week Ending Change from Similar Feb. 25, 1978 . Period, 1977 386,470 14.7 billion 52,779 0.6 billion Total for Year to Change from Similar Feb. 25, 1978 - Period, 1977 2,880,251 108 billion - 340,527 5.6 billion Percentage Change - .12.0 3.7 Percentage Change - 10.6 4.9 Piggyback Total for Year to Change from Similar Feb. 18, 1978 Period, 1977 210,158 14,477 Percentage Change + 7.5 * * * AVIATION CP AIR ORDERS AIRCRAFT COSTING $117-MILLI0N VANCOUVER - CP Air has ordered two more wide-bodied McDonnell Douglas DC-10 airplanes and a Boeing 737 medium-range aircraft for a value of more than $117-mil1 ion. The order is in addition to the one placed last fall for two DC-lOs and two 737s. The total value of the combined order is $239-million. The new order brings to four the number of 284-seat DC-lOs the airline will take delivery of between 1979 and 1981. The three Boeing 737s will be delivered next year. The first DC-10 will arrive at the end of this year, the second in May, 1979, the third in April, 1980, and the fourth in April, 1981. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 15) * * * 18 AVIATION QUARTER RESULT BETTER THAN YEAR-AGO: CP AIR MONTREAL - CP Air expects to break even or suffer a slight loss in the current quarter, Ian Gray, president, said March 9. The carrier reported a loss of $5.3-million in the year ago March 31 period. Mr. Gray did not indicate whether the prospective result would be on an operating or final net basis. Company officials said CP Air recently sold one DC-8 series 40 at an undisclosed price. The gain or loss from the sale will show up in the current quarter. Net earnings of CP Air in 1977 were $3.3-million compared with a $9.8-million loss in 1976. Mr. Gray revealed CP Air "intends to go into the travel wholesale business." He indicated that the airline would establish its own tourist charter agency, headquartered in Toronto. Elaborating on Mr. Gray's remarks, company officials said the airline envisions substantial expansion into domestic and foreign advance booking charter business which calls for special flights at reduced rates. So-called Canadian charter class flights, a form of domestic scheduled discount service, will also be increased, the officials said. Mr. Gray said CP Air is considering the sale of two Boeing 727 aircraft which it would replace with further 737s "on a two-for-one basis." He said the smaller 737s offer more flexibility and that sale of the 727s would standardize the fleet. CP Air last year sold four of its six 727s. The carrier currently operates seven 737s. CP Air expects to phase out four DC-8 series 40 aircraft from its fleet starting in 1980, Mr. Gray said. The older and less efficient aircraft will be sold following receipt of newer planes next year. (Montreal Gazette, March 10) * * * CP AIR SUES OVER LOSS VANCOUVER - CP Air has launched a British Columbia Supreme Court suit against Royal Insurance Ltd. for the loss of $483,000 in cash from one of its aircraft. The airline says in a statement of claim that the money, in Canadian bank notes, was being carried on a flight to Toronto from Athens on July 8, 1975. (Montreal Gazette, March 10) * * * 19 CP AIR ADDS CHARTERS TO COAST VANCOUVER - CP Air will offer a charter program this summer with reductions of up to 40 per cent on regular return fares, an airline spokesman said. Jim McKeachie said the company learned March 9 that the Canadian Transport Commission had approved a company proposal to offer 8,000 airline seats on 40 charter flights between mid-June and early September, most on Boeing-747 aircraft. Mr. McKeachie said return fares will start at $189 between Vancouver and Toronto and $205 between Vancouver and Montreal. On April 1, regular economy return fares on CP Air will rise to $402 from $382 between Vancouver and Toronto and to $434 from $412 between Vancouver and Montreal. The charters must be booked 45 days in advance and a $50 non-refundable deposit is required. The flights will be marketed through CAT Tours (Eastern) Ltd. of Toronto and sold through travel agents. On most flights, passengers must return in one or two weeks, but several are for longer stays. Mr. McKeachie said the company will continue to offer charter class fares on regularly-scheduled flights during the summer. (CP - Montreal Gazette, March 13) * * * WARDAIR IS FLYING HIGH EDMONTON - Wardair International 1977 net income was $3.8-million or $1.08 a share against $l-million or 22 cents a year earlier. Revenue was $110.7- million against $89.7-million. The Edmonton-based airline plans to buy two B747-200B aircraft and two DC- 10 aircraft from Boeing Co. and McDonnell-Douglas respectively. * * * (Montreal Star, March 10) MIRABEL CALLED UNSAFE OTTAWA - Mirabel Airport does not meet international or Canadian transport department safety standards and it will cost $4,300,000 to bring the new multi-million dollar airport in Quebec up to an acceptable level of safety, Dan McKenzie (PC-Winnipeg South Centre) charges. Mr. McKenzie based his allegations on inter-departmental government memoranda which he has in his possession, dated April 22, 1976, and March, 1977. (Montreal Star, March 10) * * * 20 TELECOMMUNICATIONS BEIGIE URGES CRTC RESIST STATUS QUO IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY OTTAWA - Carl Beigie, president and chief executive officer of the CD. Howe Institute, has urged the Canadian Radiotelevision and Telecommunications Commission to resist outdated or superficial arguments for maintaining the status quo in Canada's telecommunications industry. Mr. Beigie, appearing before the CRTC in support of CNCP Telecommunications' application for interconnection with Bell Canada's local switched telephone network, said the application seeks to broaden the scope for competition and to make that competition more effective in the light of changing technology. "The telecommunications industry is one of great importance in determining the evolution of the Canadian economy, and I regard competition as having a key role to play in that evolution," he said. In his view, telecommunications facilities will become the most important infrastructure for advanced economic systems of the future. Resource costs, especially for energy, the growing recognition of the waste of time involved in travel, and the increasingly prohibitive private and social costs of packing people into huge urban agglomerations will place a higher and higher premium on moving information rather than people, and on dispersing people more evenly across the land space. "Mankind's next great era will be the electronic era," Mr. Beigie said. "The capacities of the telecommunications infrastructure will represent at least as great an increase over the transportation infrastructure as was generated by the airplane relative to the horse-drawn carriage." The key to the telecommunications industry's future will lie increasingly in the hands of those who control access to the local information gathering and distribution phases. "Therein lies the gateway to and from the modern electronic highway," he said. "If access to that gateway remains blockaded, I regard effective competition in the telecommunications service industry to be essentially a closed issue. "I would suggest that if an expanded potential for competition has any role at all in the future evolution of the telecommunications industry, there should be no question about the right of interconnection, only about the terms of access. "One can make a fairly strong case that the Canadian telecommunications industry has, in general, served the public interest reasonably well in the past," Mr. Beigie said. "Artificial limits on competition were an integral part of the industry's structure. These limits are now becoming a serious handicap." (News Release: CNCP Telecommunications, March 13) * * * 21 BURBIDGE, BANDEEN SEE DECLINE IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTMENT OTTAWA - The presidents of Canadian Pacific and Canadian National appeared March 17 before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to press their companies' cases for interconnection with Bell Canada's local switched telephone network. F. S. Burbidge, president of Canadian Pacific Limited, and Dr. R. A. Bandeen, president of Canadian National, argued jointly that failure of the application could well lead to declining future investment in CNCP Telecommunications. Mr. Burbidge, describing the corporate structure of Canadian Pacific, said that it is the company's position that each of the various enterprises should function as a profit centre. "It should stand on its own feet and perform at least as well as a well-managed firm would do in its particular industry," he said. Mr. Burbidge told the CRTC there is increasing demand by users of private line voice and data communications services, as provided by CP Telecommunications, for access to those services through the local switched public telephone network. "Technological development has given the telephone companies a windfall competitive advantage in providing the very class of service traditionally provided by CP Telecommunications," he said. "Because Bell Canada will not permit dial access to CNCP services, the time could well come when the market available to CNCP will not provide revenues sufficient in themselves to support the investment necessary to service that market. "Should the outcome be that there is no reasonable prospect of an adequate return on investment in telecommunications then, in accordance with its business policy, Canadian Pacific would decline to invest." Dr. R. A. Bandeen told the CRTC that Canadian National is viewed by the Government of Canada "as being an enterprise which should be commercially viable, and that is the mandate of its management." CN Telecommunications has been set up as a profit centre which is expected to carry on its operations in the same manner as any other commercial enterprise which includes earning an acceptable rate-of-return on investment. "A decline in the market for telecommunications services available to CN would be reflected initially in a corresponding decline in the rate of new investment," Dr. Bandeen said. "If this continues, as I have been advised it will, the volume of operations would eventually fall far below available capacity resulting in deficits for CN Telecommunications. "Before such an event would take place, CN would cease investing capital in that part of the business conducted in co-operation with CP Telecommunications." (CPCN Telecommunications New Release, March 17) * * * 22 SHIPPING THIS LINER CAN DO IT ALL NEW YORK - Finding cargo for the return trip home has been an age-old problem for ship operators. But a new, multipurpose Swedish liner may help some shippers avoid this costly obstacle. Known as a BORO -- shorthand for the bulk cargo, oil, and roll-on/roll- off containers it carries -- the hybrid ship may be the most versatile vessel on the seas. On one round-the-world journey, for example, a single BORO ship could transport containers and steel from Europe to the Mideast, oil from the Mideast to Japan, autos from there to California, and American-made construction equipment back to an Arab port. (Business Week, March 13) * * * STUDY ON PROPOSED ELEVATOR ARGUES AGAINST CHURCHILL USE OTTAWA - A consulting firm hired by Transport Minister Otto Lang's office to study a proposed government elevator at Yorkton has gone beyond its terms of reference to argue against the long-standing Prairie dream of increased use of the Port of Churchill. "In the course of this study and during discussions with various sectors of the industry, it has become apparent that there are serious reservations to be raised with respect to additional exports through the Port of Churchill," the consultant's report concludes. (Regina Leader-Post, March 1) * * * TANKER LAW IS SUNK NEW YORK - The Supreme Court struck down a Washington State statute barring from Puget Sound any tanker with a deadweight of more than 125,000 tons and imposing design standards on tankers larger than 40,000 tons. Although some provisions of the statute involving the use of tugs and pilots were upheld, the decision that the statute conflicted with federal law was basically a victory for the oil companies and a defeat for the states. Although only Alaska now has a law similar to Washington's, 15 other states had asked the court to endorse the authority of states to enact such regulations. The states will now lobby more strongly for bills giving them the power to control tanker traffic in their harbors. (Business Week, March 20) * * * 23 HIGHWAY 'MAD' TRUCKERS FIGHTING BACK TORONTO - Ontario trucking companies are "mad as hell" about tentative provincial government plans to "selectively deregulate" the industry. What concerns the truckers, among other things, is proposed legislation that includes a long list of exemptions which effectively allow anyone to haul farm produce and a variety of lumber and building materials, thus eroding the market (and profits) for present licenses. The truckers are fighting back, claiming "out-of province vehicle owners will run rampant over Ontario highways, destroying the orderly marketing of many of the newly-exempt items." (Financial Post, March 18) * * * LABOR OHIP HIKE MAY PAVE WAY TO RAIL STRIKE TORONTO - Ontario railway workers might reject a contract proposal for a six-per-cent wage increase because the new Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) premiums will take a hefty bite out of their salaries, a union official said March 15. "They are boiling mad," said Jim Hunter, Ontario regional vice-president of the Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers (CBRT). "This OHIP hike will cut out $168 a year from the take-home pay of our married members in Ontario," Mr. Hunter said. Ontario rail workers make up 30 per cent of the almost 100,000 workers scheduled to cast ratification votes on a tentative one-year agreement reached Feb. 21 between 17 rail unions and 13 companies. Rejection of the contract proposal could pave the way for a national railway strike, said Mr. Hunter, who added that he does not know how rail workers in the other provinces will vote. Results will be known late next month. The Ontario government announced in its March 6 budget that OHIP premiums will increase May 1 to $44 a month from $32 a month for families and to $22 a month from $16 a month for single persons. The rail companies now pay $11 of the premiums and the employees pay the rest. CBRT members employed by rail companies now earn an annual average of $11,000 and the new premiums will have the effect of cutting their anticipated six-per-cent wage increase to 4.5 per cent. (CP - Ottawa Citizen, March 14) * * * I 24 A SOO FIRST: USW PROPOSALS MADE PUBLIC SAULT STE. MARIE - Both Algoma Steel Corp. Ltd. and the Steel Co. of Canada Ltd. will be negotiating this spring to replace a three-year agreement that expires on July 31. The demands of the 7,500 Steelworkers in the Soo are similar to the demands in Hamilton. These include fewer working hours, which according to a Steelworkers spokesman could take a number of different forms, including a shorter work week, additional vacations or an extended vacation program. The Soo Steelworkers will also seek improved pensions geared to encours age early retirement, indexing of pensions, an increase in the amount of pension and automatic joint survivorship. The union also said it will seek "a meaningful" wage increase in the new contract. * * * (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 14) 4 BUSINESS & FINANCE TOP EXECUTIVES UNITE TO KEEP HQs IN MONTREAL MONTREAL - A Montreal-based businessmen's group March 9 announced it has formed a blue-ribbon committee of corporate executives to try to stem the flow of head offices from Montreal. The committee was formed by the Quebec Association of MBAs, a 650-member group of business-school graduates, because the association is alarmed by the steady decline in Montreal's importance as a business centre, association chairman Roger Beaulieu said. (Montreal Gazette, March 10) * * * PAN-ABBERTA PLANS GAS SALES TO U.S. AS PART OF FUTURE SWAP ARRANGEMENT CALGARY - An agreement covering a short-term sale of surplus western Canadian natural gas to the United States has been signed by U.S. utilities and Pan-Alberta Gas Ltd. of Calgary. Under the agreement, which is subject to the endorsement of regulatory authorities in Alberta, Ottawa and Washington, up to four trillion cubic feet of fuel could be moved to California and the U.S. Midwest beginning in the fall of 1979. Under the arrangement, Alaska gas could eventually replace the Alberta supplies offered now. (Toronto Globe and Mail, March 11) * * * internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 16 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. A.N. Cairns File: AGR. 9.BCMEA.N.GEN. ! Attached is notice of the Annual General Meeting of the B.C.M.E.A. and of the Annual Reception and Dinner. As you are aware, you are the alternative representative in our membership. Accordingly, you are requested to make yourself available for this function. This position, of course, could change with Mr. Aitken taking such a prominent role in the dock operations, but in the interim you are requested to represent BCCSS, along with myself, at these functions. 7/< Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB Dictated by M.W. Holland PLS. INITIAL & PASS /Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine Supt. ^ Supt. Er.gr. Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt. Terminal Supt. Deptf. Analyst. 04 OSl?? Office Mgr. •—rT^d Account. 4k*AJbp i ^d (^viw^^^yv. <^T r )Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 16 March 1978. File: 106 From M,w- Holland j0 Memorandum Messrs. C.A. Aitken J.D. Finnie Attached is correspondence regarding the agreement between Johnston Terminals Ltd. and ourselves with respect to hostling arrangements at Vancouver. Would you kindly review with Mr. Ferguson our current operations and provide me with your recommendations with respect to contract renewal with Johnston upon expiration of the current agreement on 30 June. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB )Form 102-R J Date VANCOUVER, 16 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Mr. V. Jones Vancouver, B.C. This is in reference to Mr. Margetts' memo regarding the discussions with G. Urton of Chemainus Towing, dated 7 March 1978, File C-720, It is areas such as this I feel we should review together, as there are several points raised and individuals named in Mr. Margetts' memo which I think I could contribute to significantly. Accordingly, I will be arranging a meeting early in the week of 20 March. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. B.D. Margetts MDForm 102-R CPRail Wjk Internal Correspondence m^4 Date VANCOUVER, 16 March 1978. From M-w- Holland To Memorandum Mr. W.W. Hocking Attached is copy of letter to Mr. B.D. Margetts from Manager, Pensions and Benefits, re contribution control of Management Retirement Income Plans for Mr. T. King and Mr. A.N. Cairns. The letter is self-explanatory, and you are requested to take action necessary to ensure that Messrs. King and Cairns received maximum benefits in the Management Retirement Income Plan for the year 1978. It is assumed they will want to continue with this plan, and by copy of this letter I am asking them to confirm that this is their intention. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. T. King Mr. A.N. Cairns )Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 16 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. W.W. Hocking Attached is an invitation to the 29th Annual Spring Banquet of The Plimsoll Club, at which I have reserved a table for eight as the BCCSS participation in this event. Accordingly, would you kindly arrange an emergent cheque in favour of The Plimsoll Club for $200.00 to cover the cost of this event. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB IForm 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 WHolland -16 March 1978. ;?Re'd File: AGR.9.BCEMA.N. Manager Mr. J.M. Devine, Secretary British Columbia Maritime Employers Association 45 Dunlevy Avenue Vancouver, B.C. V6A 3A3 Dear Mr. Devine: Attached are the nomination papers duly completed as requested in your circular dated 9 March 1978. Should you require any further assistance from me in this matter, kindly advise. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ■.'/Holland PS Reid CP Rail March 16, 1978 File: 494220 Mr. R.G. Brereton 2446 W. 1st Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Brereton: Regarding your enquiry concerning pension refund deductions for the period July 20 to August 27, 1977, inclusive. As you resumed employment approximately one week after resigning, application for refund was inadvertently held in this office but it will be submitted immediately and you should receive your cheque in approximately six weeks time, which will be mailed to your home address direct from our Pensions Department in Montreal. The delay is regretted. Yours truly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/jb ' CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March l6th, 1978 From A.N. Cairns To Master, Carrier Princess Concerning our letter to you dealing with the movement of this vessel on Saturday, March 18th, this will cancel the previous instructions and the following now applies. In order to place the life raft davits on board this ship, you will berth starboard side to at Pier "C south upon completion of discharging. Marine Superintendent. cc: Chief Steward, Carrier Princess Chief Engineer, Carrier Princess Wharf Traffic Supervisor Sliptender A-3 -^T^i^iv^, HO Form 102-R CPRail ffA Internal Correspondence J^sJ Date VANCOUVER, March l6th, 1978 From AOForm 102-R TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 14 MARCH 1978. File: 655-C P.I, GEORGES . MONTREAL, QUE. IN 1977 TRAVEL AGENCY COMMISSIONS APPROXIMATED 9.88 PCT OF TOTAL REVENUE. IN 1978 USING THE BASIS OF OUR CALCULATION TO ARRIVE AT AN APPROXIMATION OF COMMISSION BEING 15 PCT OF 75 PCT OF TOTAL REVENUE CALCULATED AVERAGE IS 11.25 PCT. IN VIEW OF GREATER ACTIVITY THIS YEAR WOULD NOT WANT TO LOWER THIS PERCENTAGE. BCC-38 R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB &ftl f<^ <.- [/ VANCOUVER 14 MARCH/78 T L air wot M T E, X £ g. X T I. P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE AS REPORTED TC YOU DATE CONCILIATION COMMISSIONER D WATT'S REPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY LETTER DATED MARCH S/76 FROM DIRECTOR MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION OTTAWA RE CUR DISPUTE VITH THE SIU. MR WATT HAS RECOMMENDED HIRING HALL CCNTRIPUTICN RE INCREASED TC 30 CENTS EFFECTIVE JAN 1/78 EASED MAINLY UPON FACT TCWBCATS HAVE JUST INCREASED THEIR CONTRIBUTION 100 PCT ALBEIT IN 2 STAGES. I RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE MR WATT'S PROPOSAL. FURTHER MR VATT HAS RECOMMENDED S PCT INCREASE IN WAGES EASED UPON A ONE-YEAR CONTRACT. HE HAS BASED HIS RECOMMENDATION UPON THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED TOWBCAT CONTRACT AND THE FACT CUR LAST CONTRACT INCREASES WERE BASED AT LEAST IN PART UPCN THE TC¥BGAT CONTRACT AND SUCH AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE AI3. MR WATT FURTHER RECOMMENDS 8 PCT INCREASES APPLY TO FOLLOWING ITE"5 1. ARTICLE 1 SECTION 32.1 WELFARE PLAN 2. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 8.1 EASES ON LAIDUP SHIPS 3. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 12.1 WORKING CARGO 4. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 13.1 WORK OF A DIRTY NATURE 5. ARTICLE 4 SECTION 4.1 CLEANING BILGES. THE 6 PCT INCREASE SHOULD APPLY TC THE FOLLOWING ITEMS 1. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 7.2 MEALS IN PCF.T 2. ARTICLE 2 SECTION 8.5 SUBSISTENCE AGAIN I RECOMMEND ACCEPTANCE CF THE COMMISSIONER'S PROPOSALS. PLS FORWARD COPY TC J T SPARROW. BCC-41 M W HOLLAND MGR BCCSS PET'BB cc. Mr. P.E. Timpson Asst. Supervisor, Labour Relations Vancouver, B.C. CPS CMO MTL CPR. PCCSS VCR VANC OUVE HQR MARCH/78 P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE DISTRIBUTION CREW WAGES PR PATRICIA 1977 WORKING TIME OVERTIME LEAV PURSERS 13,869 4,069 DECK OFFICERS 31,762 ENGINEER OFFICERS STEWARD OFFICERS 76,258 12,932 49,917 DECK RATINGS ENGINE RATINGS 51,11° STEWARDS 217,616 4,3 50 15,3 56 3,440 22,518 10,501 201,546 17,747 55,282 69,705 1 9,049 36, 125 36,886 150,182 OTHER 340 INVESTIGATION TOTAL 36,025 91,394 161,319 35,421 108,560 98,506 585,426 14,0 93 EAR EXPENSE 1,989 HAIRDRESSER TOTALS 453,47 3 261,780 384,976 16,422 QNQQYNYTQ WORKING TIME IS 40-6 PCT OF TOTAL OVERTIME IS "2 3.4 PCT OF TOTAL LEAVE IS 34,5 PCT OF TOTAL AND OTHER IS 1.5 PCT OF TOTAL FCR 1978 A 10 PCT INCREASE WAS APPLIED TC 1977 TOTAL WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 PCT BEING APPLIED TC 1978 TOTAL FOP 197 9. PCC-40 A «J MCPHERSON DEPARTMENTAL ANALYST CORRECTION - TOTAL UNDER TOTAL COLUMN SHCLXXX SHOULD READ 1,116,651 MACHINE PULLED NUMBER A «J MCPHERSON DEPAR T! TEN TAL ANA.LY S T CPS CMC MTL CPR BCCSS VCR CPS CMO MTL CPR PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 14 MARCH/73 M CARTWRIGHT MONTREAL QUE 7 RE CCNV DATE 1. LUBE CIL COST 1.S26/GALL0N APPEARS TO BE ESTIMATE 1978 MARKET PRICE. LUBE GIL PRICE IS NOT UNDER A CONTRACT PRICE. EXPENSE •■ CALCULATED CN BASIS 50 GALLONS CONSUMED PER 24 HOUR AVERAGE VI TH 4.6 TWENTY-FOUR HOUR PERIODS PER TRIP. % r ■ A r THUS 4.6 X 50 X 13 TRIPS X 1.826 GIVES 7 560 DLRS WITH ESTIMATE CF 8500 FOR 1973 SET AT 9,000 FOR EXPENSE PURPOSES. 2.. PORT EXPENSES INCLUDE ITEMS U S IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS CHARGES TUGBOAT ASSISTS AS NECESSARY. 3. WELFARE AND BENEFIT PROGRAMMES FOR SHIP'S PERSONNEL EXPENSE AT 2.5 PERCENT GROSS WAGES. 4. PAYROLL TAXES INCLUDE RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD, U I C AND CANADA PENSION EXPENSED OVERALL AS 12.3 PERCENT GROSS WAGES EXPENSE. RAILROAD RETIREMENT CONTRIBUTION CLASSIFIED AS TAX. FOR 1977 SEASON EXPENSE IS 23.35 PERCENT PLUS 12 CENTS PER U S MAN HOURS. .EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTES 5.35 PCT OF 23.35 PERCENT TOTAL CP PENSION EXPENSE OF EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTION SET AT 12 PERCENT .-; : CANADIAN FUNDS WAGES. Y 6 PERCENT OF A.ECVE MATCHES EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION WITH ADDITIONAL 6 PERCENT BEING A DIRECT CORPORATE CHARGE TO FUND PENSION ACCOUNT BACK PAYMENTS DUE. M CM ALL OF ABOVE 47 PERCENT CONSIDERED U S TIME AND 53 PERCENT CONSIDERED CANADIAN TIME. THESE PERCENTAGES INCLUDE VACATION PAY ACCRUED. 'A 5. WHARFAGE/DOCKAGE EXPENSE VARIES FROM PORT TO PORT. EXAMPLE: SKAGWAY CN EASIS 7 5 CENTS PER FOOT OVERALL WITH MINIMUM 300. DLRS PER 24 HOUR OR PORTION. ADD 50. DLRS ••. WATER PLUS 1.50 'TAX. PRINCE RUPERT 181.86 PER TRIP ASSESSED BY NATIONAL HARBOURS BOARD KETCHIKAN 358.55 PER TRIP ASSESSED BY KETCHIKAN PUBLIC UTILITIES WRANGELL 120. DLRS DOCKAGE PLUS 6.00 5-/ PCC- 4k A jj MCPHERSON DEPART;IENTAL ANALYST CORRECTIONS ITEM 4 THIRD PARAGRAPH SECOND LINE Dr-LETt Y IN FRONT CF 6- ITEM 5 A XXM -LAST WORD SHOULD READ TAX A «.' MCPHEPSON' DEPARTMENTAL ANALYS T CPS CMO M71 CPR BCCSS VCP c a ~-;..jS.>.~:. ■ ■■ffiWt'if E T >£ T THE SUBSIDY FUNDS WILL COME FROM AN ANNUAL 43 MILLION DLR SUBSIDY THE GOVERNMENT GIVES TC THE FERRY CORPORATION. BAWLF SAID THE NElv ROUTES SHOULD PE IN OPERATION WITHIN 13 TC 24 MONTHS. THE NEW VESSEL WILL TAKE ABOUT 18 MONTHS TC BUILD. IN THE MEANTIME AUTO ACCESS TC THE QUEEN CHARLOTTES IS BEING- PROVIDED VIA COVERED BARGE BY P.IVTCV STRAITS UNDER CONTRACT TO THE FERRY C CRP CPATI ON. BAWLF ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT THE QUEEN CF SURREY VILL NOT BE USED BETWEEN PORT HARDY AND PRINCE RUPERT. TRANSPORT MINISTER JACK DAVIS SAID IN NOVEMBER THE VESSEL WOULD BE PUT ON THE RUN IN 197 9 BUT BAWLF - WHO TOOK OVER RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FERRY CORPORATION FROM DAVIS LATE LAST YEAR - SAID THE VESSEL WILL REMAIN DORMANT PENDING THE OUTCOME OF ANOTHER STUDY. FERRY SERVICE TO THE MID AND NORTH COASTS HAS BEEN IN A STATE OF FLUX SINCE LATE 1976 WHEN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CANCELLED A 4- MILLICM-DLP-A-YEAR SUBSIDY TO NORTHLAND NAVIGATION WHICH HAD BEEN PROVIDING SERVICE. LAST APRIL THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SAID IT WOULD PROVIDE 8 MILLION % f 'Z> A YEAR TO 3 C TC ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ALL FREIGHT AMD PASSENGER SERVICES CN THE COAST INCLUDING SUBSIDIES TC PRIVATE COMPANIES. UNQUOTE FCC-30 ■^ X- T Iff ..J33» M W HCLLAND MGR BCCSS CORRECTICNS LIME 7 - DELETE NE IN FRONT OF NEW LINE 2 5 SHOULD READ QUOTE PRINCE RUPERT, AND BETWEEN OCEAN FALLS, KLEMTU NAMU AND BELLA BELLA UNQUOTE M W HCLLAND MGR BCCSS A. CPS CNC MTL CPR PCCSS VCR y E L afrttwjfa^^fcfllfc <.. ■»■"=■•■- ..-Ti ■ Ai^********, vi ! 1 CPS CMO MTL CPR PMYJILCR CPR. PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 14 MARCHc78 B D MARGETTS MONTREAL QUE FOLLOWING ARTICLE FROM VANCOUVER PROVINCE TUES 14 MARCH QUOTE PLAN FCR. NORTHERN FERRY SERVICE UNVEILED VICTCRIA - A COMPREHENSIVE 12-MILLICN DLR SCHEME FCR DELIVERING FERRY SERVICE TC MID AND NORTH CCAST B C COMMUNITIES WAS UNVEILED MONDAY BY SAM BAWLF MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CROWN-OWNED B C FERRY CORP.. THE PLAN INCLUDES A NE NEW 210-FCCT VESSEL TC LINK THE QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS WITH PRINCE RUPERT. THE VESSEL WHICH WILL' CARRY 23 VEHICLES AND 50 PASSENGERS WILL COST ABOUT 3.5 MILLION DLRS AND WILL COMPLETE THE ROUND TRIP IN 24 HOURS BAWLF SAID. UNDER THE PLAN THE QUEEN OF PRINCE RUPERT WILL CONTINUE PROVIDING A YEAR-ROUND SERVICE BETWEEN THE SOUTH CCAST AND PRINCE RUPERT. THE VESSEL WILL PE, BASED IN TSAWWASSEN DURING THE WINTER AND IN PORT HARDY DURING THE SUMMER BAWLF SAID. ON ITS-RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH IT WILL STOP AT OCEAN FALLS AND BELLA BELLA. VHEN LEAVING FROM TSAWWASSEN IT ALSO WILL STOP AT PORT HARDY. USE OF PORT HARDY AT THE NORTH END OF VANCOUVER ISLAND WILL COINCIDE WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE NEW ISLAND HIGHWAY. PREVIOUSLY KELSEY BAY FURTHER TO THE SOUTH WAS THE ISLAND PORT-CF-CALL. THE NEW PORT WILL MEAN THE RUN TC PRINCE RUPERT WILL TAKE LESS THAN 24 HOURS. THE MINISTER SAID THE GOVERNMENT WILL CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE OPERATORS TC PROVIDE CONNECTOR SERVICES BETWEEN KINCOLITH, PORT SIMPSON AND PRINCE RUPERT, AND BETWEEN OCEAN FALLS, KLEMLS, KLEMTU, NAMU AND BELLE THE NEW SERVICES VILL COST A TOTAL CR 12 MILLION DLRS TO PUT INTO OPERATION BAWLF SAID AND VILL REQUIRE AN ANNUAL SUBSIDY CF 6 MILLION DLRS . MHM — BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B",Vancouver. BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135. Telex 04-507634 .•/Holland Reid '.' tnager CP^aii • March 14thf 1978 File: T-78-10D 352 The City and Borough of Juneau, Mr. E.J. Emery, Administrative Services Officer, 155 S. Seward St., Juneau, Alaska 99801 Dear Mr. Emery: This \\Tiill acknowledge receipt of your letter of March 3» 1978 enclosing copy of the resolution which sets the priorities for tour ships in Juneau. In this regard, vie hope you received our letter of February 27th asking for position protection for the 1979 cruise season in the event that We will be able to continue in the Alaska business, but in case this did not reach you, copy of same is attached. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj 6C Coast Steamship Service Pier "fi", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPRail vv Holland ■ .rjnr I R Reid ■ Manager March 14th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. M. Bardone, 322 S. Boyer, Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 Dear Ms. Bardone We were pleased to receive your letter of March 11, 1978 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of C.P. Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 tan WHolland 1 Reid • Manager March 14th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. M. Bardone, 322 S. Boyer, Sandpoint, Idaho 83864 Dear Ms. Bardone We were pleased to receive your letter of March 11, 1978 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of C.P. Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. CPRail Internal Correspondence a Date VANCOUVER, March 14, 1978 File: 127631 From M.W. Holland To Mr. N.D. Mullins Law Department Vancouver Re: Harry J. MURRAY, #17-127631, deceased February 28, 1978 Reference my telex JB-44 of March 2, to R. Granger, Montreal, copy to you, enclosed herewith are the following documents: -- Completed Form P.R.3 Copy of Certificate of Death -- Copy of Last Will and Testament S3 Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S S. JB r CPRail Date From To Files T-78-39 VANCOUVER, March 14th, 1978 M.W. Holland Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo Purser, "Princess of Vancouver" Miss B.C. Thom Please apply following rates effective March 15, 1978 until further advised: U.S. Funds at premium on international and foreign freight traffic covered by CFA Tariff 16G: 12 1/2 Percent 8 Percent Exchange Surcharge Discount Nil. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. a) Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 14th, 1978 File: T-78-30-20 From A.J. McPherson To J.D. Finnie After our discussion of March 13th, 1978 with W.L. Dinsmore, Production Manager of Foremost Foods Ltd. it would appear that we are responsible for damage that occurred to their trailer unit 762 on or about Sunday, February 12th, 1978. Further, there appears little doubt that this damage was a direct result of the hostlers using excessive speed when loading. It is unfortunate that someone at Foremost Foods did not contact us sooner regarding repeated damage to their goods as I understand we are now handling all perishable loads "with kid gloves" and we have not had a repeat incident of this nature since. In view of the above, and the fact that this is the first time in the past 1 1/2 years that Foremost has filed a claim, I am going to recommend payment in the amount of $792.22 (full amount of claim), Prior to this, however, I would appreciate any comments you may have regarding our liability in this instance as well as an opinion on our chances of recovering this sum from Johnston Terminals, who supplied the hostlers. Departmental Analyst. AJM/wj J >»Z) Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 14,1978 File: T-78-14 From A. Meijer To M.W. Holland Re: Delivery of Provisions - Princess of Vancouver. Under the present system, all ship's provisions are delivered to.the assigned baggage carts near the ticket office for furtherance to the Princess of Vancouver upon arrival. The procedure seems to be as follows. Each driver, who delivers the above stores, obtains a signature from a Sliptender or Linesman, not employed by B.C.C.S.S. Consequently, this poses several problems, namely: 1) Shortages do occur when stores arrive on board, mainly because they are not checked upon arrival. 2) Apparently, last summer there were some instances when, among other items, frozen foodstuff had been left behind, mainly due to late delivery by suppliers. These shipments were exposed up to 7 hours without refrigeration. In order to eliminate some of these problems and hazards, I suggest all provisions be delivered to our Storekeeper, who is in a position to properly check all goods and who, in turn, will inform me regarding shortages or late deliveries. This will require the first bay near the storeroom to be cleared, in order to accommodate and facilitate the loading of dollies. Mr. Gavin will have to move his car to the front of the bay. .../2 OForm 102-R J Page 2 of 2 March 14, 1978 M.W. Holland Mr. McCowatt informs me, however, that the welding shop needs to be relocated and that he intends to occupy the area concerned. This is a situation that should be discussed between the parties concerned. I feel it is of utmost importance that concessions be made in order to provide me with a closer grip on the catering end of the operation. Catering Superintendent. AM/wj CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 14, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. W.C. Sylander Vancouver File: 484516 Re: David R. BRANDRETH, Storekeeper, injury sustained November 21, 1977 Reference your letter of March 8, file 77/77837, concerning the above mentioned. Mr. Brandreth advises that he mailed a cheque in the amount of $72.33 to the Workers' Compensation Board approximately two weeks ago. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB ?OForm 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 14 March 1978 From m.W* Holland To h.C. Whitmore System Supv., Passes Box 5, Windsor Station Montreal File: 503 , Please forward to this office as soon as possible a supply of Canadian Pacific Railway Limited TS passes, which we are using for BCCSS trip passes* Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP >I)Form 102-R \\ CPRail Internal Correspondence From To VANCOUVER, March 14, 1978 M.W. Holland Ms. Nancy Artinoff Personnel Assistant Personnel Development Montreal File: 162 Re- Personnel & Administrative Manuals Thank you for your letter of March 8, and for the four copies of the manual which have now been received. Yes, it will be appreciated if you will forward three copies of all updates to Northland at the following address: B.C.C.S.S./Northland Service C.P. Rail 2285 Commissioner Street Vancouver, B.C. V5L 1A9 Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/jb )Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 ~\\ CPRail W Holland 1 Reid ■ Manager •March 14, 1978 File: 169649 Mr. Nick Temofychuk 2086 East 46th Avenue Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Temofychuk: We have been advised by the Pensions Department in Montreal that you will attain the maximum service credits allowable under the Pension Rules (70 units) on June 1, 1978. Discontinuance of pension contributions on payroll will be on period 12, 1978. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 'ViHolland R Reid • Manager m 14 March 1978 File: 1978REF005 M. Hope Spencer 9835 - 113th Street Ste. 1201 Edmonton, Alberta T5K 1N4 Dear Sir or Madam: I received your refund request of 10 February 1978 for unused portion of BCS 5 x 10 #413948* I regret that I am unable to process your refund as requested* Our records indicate that you failed to cancel this reservation as required by our tariffs. In accordance with these tariffs, when a customer purchases his ticket, the envelope given with them states the following: BEING A "NO SHOW" CAN BE COSTLY If space reserved for vehicle is not used by ticket holder or has not been cancelled by holder three hours prior to scheduled sailing time of ship, no refund will be made of ; charges paid* Phone Nanaimo 754-2331 Phone Vancouver 665-3142 In view of this, I am enclosing a money order in the amount of $8*00 which is a refund of the passenger fares collected which are not subject to the above restriction. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM'GP lemal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 7 March 1978. File: 78.529.S. From R.R- Reid To Chief Steward Purser "Princess of Vancouver" Reference my letter of 3 March in connection with group of students from Cleveland Elementary School in North Vancouver and a group from Portland, Oregon, travelling on "Princess of Vancouver" 1230 _ sailing from Vancouver 16 March to Nanaimo, returning from Nanaimo on the 1600 sailing same date. Please note this movement has been cancelled. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Master ) »Princess 0f Vancouver' Chief Engineer ) Mr. 0. Robison, Vancouver. Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo. Messrs. A.N. Cairns T. King A. Meijer Asst. Mgr. PLS. INIT8AL & PASS Manager Supt. Asst. Supt Catering Termina' Supt. Depti. Analyst. Office Mgr. Account. <&*j6uAl4. )Form 102-R Te^/n. ai cR.. r Date VANCOUVER, 7 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Mr. D. Murray Terminal Manager BCCS-Northland Service Kitimat, B.C. Mr. N. Parham Northern Sales Representative BCCS-Northland Service Prince Rupert, B.C. With reference to drafts on Treasurer for local operation. Will you kindly sign the enclosed card with specimen of your signature and return. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB '."O Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Telex04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 IP Rail vr~^ ' '//Holland 7 March 1978. ' nager i R Reid Vile bio. T-78-10 St. Manager Mns. M.W. Anderson 6825 Adera Sl. Vancouven, B. C. V6P SC2 Vear Mrs. Anderson- Thank, you. kindly {or your letter advising that we will not have the pleasure o{ having you and Ma. Anderson travel on board the "Vrlncess Patricia" on your Alaska cruise. We can understand your {nlends' decision, and wish you both a most enjoyable experience, bio matter how you travel to Alaska the scenery remains the same, as do the people. 0{ course, I would have to add that you would have more {un on the "VatAlcla," but again, that Is only my personal {eelingl 1{ there Is anything J can do In the way o{ {urnlshlng you with any ln{onmatlon on Alaska, please do not hesitate to call me, and would be Interested In knowing on which ship you have decided to travel. Yours very truly, R.R. REIP Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB — ■ BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604) 665-2507 or 665-2508 IV/Holland ' imager iRReid ■ -X Manager %&$£* rffelff •7 March 1978. Vile bio. T-78-10 Mns. Vlane Young Solicitor C? Ships 65 Tra{algar Square London, England. Dear Mns. Young: Mr. Holland, In speaking with Mr. Vrank Turner, asked me to drop you a line with re{enence to the availability o{ the employee reduction In connection with oun "Princess Patricia" Alaska cruise. In the event that you do not have a current brochure, we are enclosing copy {or your use. Employee reduction Is available on the shoulder sailings only, wlvich, during the 1978 season will be May 15th to June 16th Inclusive, and September 4th to 28th. The reduction available is 25% o{{ the minimum (a) category rooms; {on example, on May 15th and September 28th, where the {are Is $585.00, the available reduction will be $146.25. Tn other words, {or any category shown on the tarl{{ page you may deduct there{rom tiie allowable reduction o{ $146.25. There Is no reduction on premium charges, which Is the dl{{erence between the minimum and the categony shown. Tn addition, pier handling charges o{ $12.00 per person must be added. All sailings are pretty well booked {or categories [a) through Id). Tn addition, we ane enclosing copy o{ the Vaily Cruise Bulletin, {rom which you will be able to achieve an appreciation o{ the daily activities on board slvip. The advantage In sailing on the "Princess Patricia" Is that by reason o{ her size, 6,000 tons, she Is truly able to navigate the Inside Passage to the total extent o{ hen Itinerary without having to go outside, as do the larger cruise ships, and there are two areas where the other sivips are unable to travel; namely, Wrangell Harrows and Tracy Arm, both spectacular examples o{ the magnl{lcent Alaskan Scenery. The {rlendly crew o{ the "Princess Patricia," extending typical Canadian hospitality and cuisine, together with the {riendliness o{ the Alaskan people, create an experience unlike any other cruise In the world, and we hope you will be able to avail your- sel{ o{ tlie opportunity to travel with us. l{ we can assist you with reservations, or {uAnu>h you with any additional ln{onmatlon, kindly let us know. Yours very truly, R.R. REIP Asst. Mana.ger, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB E L E T E X ";f CPS CMC MTL CPR BCCSS VCR K VANCOUVER 7 MARCH/78 P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE IN VIEW CF THE NUMBER CF PCXES CF BROCHURES RECEIVED WILL APPRECIATE LEARNING FROM YCU HCV MANY MORE ARE EMRCUTE 3CC-25 R R REID ASST MGR BCCSS CPS CMO MTL CPP PCCSS VCP -J 't. ■ i mm -.".W Holland x r'xiger a R Reid SI Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPBaii . 7 March 1978. Vile Ho. 78.52US. Mr. Gordon T. Southam 1426 Angus Vrlve Vancouver, B.C. V6H 1V3 Dear Mr. Southam: Enclosed please {Ind ticket covering Cabin 3 on "Princess o{ Vancouver" 4:00 p.m. sailing {rom Hanaimo 27 MaAch to Vancouver. Charge {or the above Is $6.00. Yours very truly, R.R. REIP Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB CANADIAN P A C I F I C LIMITED British Columbia Coast Steamship Service VANCOUVER OPORD - #78-* DATE: 7 March 1973, FILE: 163 Distribution - Groups 1 & 3, (Except "Princess Patricia" & "Haida Transporter") Subject - "Princess of Vancouver" Schedule Due to a B.C. Hydro programmed power outage in the A-3 RAMP AREA FROM 0100 - 0600 SUNDAY,-12 MARCH 1978, THE "Princess of Vancouver" will L1QX operate from 1830 arrival at vancouver, saturday, 11 march 1973, until 1230 sailing Sunday, 12 March 1978. CPRail Internal Correspondence 7-4 Date VANCOUVER, March 7, 1978 File: 494363 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Montreal In connection with the conditions of entry of Northland Navigation employees into Canadian Pacific's pension plan, enclosed herewith is Form 017(b) and Enrollment Form OSS-1 for Walter F. WRIGHT, #494363, who was transferred to B.C.C.S.S. effective March 1, 1978. Particulars are as follows: ENTERED NORTHLAND SERVICE — October 13, 1959 DATE OF BIRTH — December 5, 1931 S)Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/jb t )Forrn 102-R CPRail internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 7th, 1978 File: T-78-1007A T-78-1010A From a.N. Cairns To Master, Princess of Vancouver Master, Carrier Princess The liferaft launching davits on the Carrier Princess willbe transferred and fitted to the Princess of Vancouver as will the liferafts in order that the Princess of Vancouver Safety Certificate may be established at 765 passengers and $8 crew. Bouyant apparatus will be removed from the ship at a later date. In respect to the above, the Carrier Princess will berth at Bl starboard side to, well aft, on Saturday 11 March at 0800. After removal of starboard davit it will be necessary to turn the ship around and remove the port davit because the crane cannot reach same. To facilitate fitting of the davits to the Princess of Vancouver, the ship will, upon completion of discharge at 0230 arrival, Sunday 19 March shift to Bl starboard side to, for installation of the starboard davit, the ship will require to turn around to fit the port davit, remaining there until 1100 date. for Marine Superintendent. cc: Chief Engineer, Carrier Princess Chief Engineer, Princess of Vancouver Purser, Princess of Vancouver Chief Steward, Princess of Vancouver Sliptender, A-3 C. Aitken J. Ferguson D. Smith, Casco, Pier B/C J. McCov?att T. King A. Meijer K. Bourgeau BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "S", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPRail vHolland -March 7th, 1978 I Reid Manager File: T-78-40 Ms. Jeanne Croxdale, 1520 Ranier Ave., Napa, Calif. 94558 Dear Ms. Croxdale: Reference your undated letter concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be ofmore assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPBaii .W Holland B Reid ' Manager March 7th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. K. Treiman, 202 S. 41 St., Phila., Pa. 19104 Dear Ms. Treiman: Reference your letter of February 26th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. WHolland 9 Reid '."Imager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CPRail .March 7th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. Y. Hose, 3720 W. 25th, Denver, Colo. 80211 Dear Ms. Hose: Reference your letter of February 28th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 W Holland 3 Reid ■ 'X.-tnager CPRail •March 7th, 1978 Ms. K.A.Pratt, 1314 Hilliard St., Peterborough, Ontario, K9H 5S4 Dear Ms. Pratt: Reference your letter of February 24, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CP Rail wHolland "March 7th, 1978 H Reid ' HAaneger File: T-78-40 Ms. K. Yergen, 2950 N.E. 23rd #L2, Gresham, Or. 97030 Dear Ms. Yergen: We were pleased to receive your letter of March 1, 1978 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HW/va;; BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04 -507684 CPRail < W Holland "March 7th, 1978 "RReid : Manager File: T-78-40 Mr. J. Siba, 4783 Cloverlawn Dr., Grants Pass, Or. 97526 Dear Mr. Siba: We were pleased to receive your letter of February 27th, 1978 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of C.P. Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 '//Holland ■xer 7 Reid Wmagnr ■March 7th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. M.R. Heinzman, 16150 Auburn Rd., Chagrin Falls, Ohio 44022 Dear Ms. Heinzman: We were pleased to receive your letter of February 28th, 1978 concerning employment tvith B.C. Coast Service fo C.P. Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. Hr/A~>, BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 IV Holland 7 Reid 'Xraner March 7th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. R. Rantz, Durham Rd. Box 29, Pipersville, Pa. 18947 Dear Ms. Rantz: Vie were pleased to receive your letter of February 26th, 1978 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, as we are strictly a coastal operation and this ruling applies similarly to American coastal vessels, so unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. We are enclosing our Alaska brochure for your parents perusal. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S, H#ft CPRail internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 7th,1978 From A.N. Cairns To Master, Princess of Vancouver With respect to OPORD 78-4 March 7, 1978. You will, upon completion of discharge 1830 arrival Saturday, March 11, ensure the A-3 ramp is raised to it*s maximum and clear of the ship. Access to the ship will be by the upper car ramp only. All starboard deck and boat lights are to be left on overnight. A continuous gangway watch will be kept; visitors and unauthorized persons are not permitted on board. Marine Superintendent. cc: Chief Engineer, Princess of Vancouver 2nd Officer, Princess of Vancouver Chief Steward, Princess of Vancouver Purser, Princess of Vancouver ANC/wj >2)Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, March 7th, 1978 File: 341-E From A.N. Cairns Vo Mr. H. I. Williams Please refer to your letter of February 15th, 1978, file 8-50012- 11140-7 concerning demurrage charges from Acetogen Welding. " Attached please find copy of telex received from Mr. J. Achtman, C.N. Marine, Montreal, which should explain action being taken by C.N. Marine. Marine Superintendent. (T'OForm 102A-R ANC?wj internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 7th, 1978 From m.W. Holland To. Mr. A. McDermott, Manager Insurance & Fire Protection File: X-77-14-8 "Princess of Vancouver" Struck Dolphin at Nanaimo Harbour on September 19, 1977 With reference to your letter of March 1, 1978 and further regarding the above incident, I now enclose a copy of Nanaimo Harbour Commission's invoice No. 5101 in the total amount of $6,456.00. I will forward a ■ copy of the covering voucher when processed. I have not yet received a full report of the incident from the Salvage Association, and by copy of this letter am tracing them for same. This also means that their bill for services rendered has also not been received and this will follow in due course. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. b.c.c: The Salvage Association: Your Advance Advice No. VO 3942. When may I expect full report and invoice to cover your services? b.c.c: Mr. W.C. Sylander: Copy of Nanaimo Harbour Commission's; invoice referred to above is attached. '': -:..-..• HLH/wj ^ IvSForm 102-R Internal Correspondence L Date VANCOUVER, March 7, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo Files; A.GR 7.BRAC.G. 568 570 Please refer to my Bulletin No. 9 dated February 22> 1978, concerning i the position of Ticket Clerk J-2, Vancouver Wharf Ticket Office. The successful applicant for this position is Mr. Alan Giesbrecht. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc: Mr. R. Welch Sr. General Chairman B.R.A.S.C. Vancouver, B.C. JB OForm 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 7 March 1978 From M.W. Holland To J.G. Forward Fire Inspector Vancouver File: T-78-17 Enclosed please find Watchman's Clock Sheets for the "Princess of Vancouver" for the months of December 1977, January 1978 and February 1978. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. GP >3Form 102-R TELEX VAHCOUVER, B.C., 6 MARCH 1978. Vile: T-78-10 PA. GEORGES MOHTREAL, QUE. HAVE JUST HOTICEV TELEX BCC-23 SEHT YOU PATE REGARV1HG ACCEVTAHCE AIR CAWADA MCO'S. PLS UHVERSTAHV WE HAVE HO ARRAHGEMEHTS WITH AIR mtmmf for the pavmeht ov commission to themahv uhver ho . CIRCUMSTAHCES SHOULD WE GIVE THEM ANY. ' BCC-24 R.R. REIP ASST. MGR. RRR'BB BCCSS f \\ (Q&jHh m ' Pier "B", Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 ^isr Wm&aS w Holland '6 March 1978. '^»oid Vile Ho. A6R.3.BRAC.S. Manager Mr. Paul Roulllard Vice General Chairman BrotJierhood o{ 'Railway, Alnllne S Steamslilp Clerks, etc. 401 Dominion Building 207 West Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1H7 Dear Mr. Roulllard: This will acknowledge receipt o{ your letter o{ 1 March 1978, Vile H-1-8B-78, signed by you on behal{ o{ the System General Chairman, requesting meeting to discuss renewal agreement between BCCSS and the Brotherhood o{ Railway, AVillne £ Steamship Clerks, etc. Kindly note that Mr. Holland Ia out o{ the city {or a {ew days, but upon his return we will advise as quickly as possible when meeting requested can be arranged. Yours very truly, R.R. RETT? Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. B.D. Margetts, Gen. Mgr., Coastal Marine Operations, Montreal. Mr. P.E. Timpson, Asst. Supervisor, Labour Relations, Vancouver. Mr. J.A. Voster, Local Chairman, BRAC, 811 Beach Drive, Hanalmo. be. Mr. A.J. Meijer ) Will you kindly estimate Increased annual Mr. W.W. Hocking ) costs o{ revisions to the BRAC agreement attached. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. « i % T ' T e t. i ;.;.;.«3* T p CPS CMO MTL CPR PCCSS VCR VANCOUVER 6 MARCH/78 P I GEORGES MONTREAL QUE RE CCNV DATE WITH A MCPHERSON THIS VILL COMFIRM THAT IT IS IN CRDER TC ACCEPT AIR CANADA MCC'S FOR PAYMENT CF ALASKA CRUISE TICKETS MCC SHOULD SHOW DETAILS CF RCCMS RESERVED, PASSENGER'S NAME ETC SERVICE COUPON MUST SHCV GROSS FARE WITH ANY COMMISSION BEING CLAIMED TAKEN ON SALES REPCRT TO AIR CANADA. MCC SHOULD BE CLEARLY MARKED TO CP RAIL LIMITED ALASKA CRUISES. ECC-23 M V HCLLAND MGR ECCSS + CPS CMO MTL CPP BCCSS VCR 0 T. £ BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B",Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ■ W Holland :.;■'.! ■ 9 Reid ■ Vanager .6 March 1978. Vile Ho. T-78-49 Mr. T. Whlttemore 759 Parvlew Drive Hanalmo, B.C. Dean Mr. Whlttemore: As requested by Chle{ Engineer Heal on 2 Vebruary 1978, we have secured B.C.C.S.S. annual pass In {avour o{ younsel{ and Mns. Whlttemore, and Pass BH 1544 Is attached. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB To )Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, 6 March 1978. File: 78.529.G. From R.R. Reid Master Purser Chief Steward "Princess of Vancouver" There will be a group of ladies, wives of Canadian Merchant Service Guild Officers, numbering 40 to 45, travelling from convention on the 1600 sailing of the "Princess of Vancouver" from Nanaimo 7 March to Vancouver. En route Vancouver it will be appreciated if the Master will extend the courtesy of the Bridge to those interested. No special arrangements are requested, and ladies will utilize the facilities of the Princess Room en route Vancouver. Will all kindly accord special attention, noting that Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo, will issue block ticket for group Asst. Manger, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Chief Engineer, "Princess of Vancouver" - For your information. Mr. 0. Robison, Vancouver - For your information. Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo - As per conversation. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S I 1 ... TELEX P.I. GEORGES MONTREAL, QUE. VANCOUVER, B.C., 6 MARCH 1978 _ File; 655-C 7 ' ; ■ PLS ATTEMPT SECURE OP STATS MERCATOR ONE PI EVERGLADES TO NOVA SCQTIA TO INCLUDE SPEED AVERAGE, VARIATIONS, FUEL CONSUMPTION,' TOTAL CREW AND BREAKDOWN, LENGTH OF VOYAGE. BCC-22 R.R. REID _ ..' , .'. ASST. MGR., BCCSS " RRR'BB BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "3", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 iW Holland ■ wager i R Reid ..: Manager CPRail March 6th, 1978 File: 168 Imperial Oil Limited, 475 W. Georgia St., Vancouver, B.C. Attention: Credit Card Department. Dear Sirs: In connection with credit card company issue No. 291-692-915-7» will you kindly issue me with a further credit card bearing that number and also marked B.C.C.S. Vehicle No. One. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH/wj H Reid Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier^B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 *r icIJ ■w Holland March 6th, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. T. Ide, 766 Toronto Ave., Penticton, B.C. V2A 2P9 Dear Mr. Ide: Thank you for your letter of February 28th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver at your own expense, we will keep your telephone number on hand should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M. W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH/wj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B",Vancouver. BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 W Holland B Reid Manager CPRail March 6th, 1978 Ms. D. Staniforth, 1321 Sherbrooke St., Apt. 81 C, Montreal, Quebec Dear Ms. Staniforth: Reference your letter of February 24, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia". The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj H Reid Manager BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "3", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135, Telex 04-507684 vHolland 'March 6, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. D.K. Gapper, 12240 E. Hill Rd., Goodrich, MI. 48438 Dear Mr. Gapper: We were pleased to receive your letter of February 14th concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wrj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 CPRail rWHolland .March 6, 1978 ■ LIC iRReid ■ Manager File: T-78-40 Ms. J. Scott, C.U. 8241 Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona 86011 Dear Ms. Scott: Vie were pleased to receive your letter of February 25 concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ; W Holland ■ .xor a Reid ■ Manager March 6, 1978 File: 127631 Mrs. H.J. Murray #407 -- 1550 Richmond Road Victoria, B.C. V8R 4P6 Dear Mrs. Murray: Kindly accept our condolences on the demise of your husband February 28, 1978. It will be appreciated if you would complete the enclosed Form P.R.3 and return to this office, together with a copy of the Certificate of Death and Last Will and Testament. If you are able to locate Capt. Murray's Long Service Pass, kindly return same to this office and a new pass will be issued in your name. You will no doubt be hearing from the Pensions Dept. in Montreal, in the near future,regarding survivor benefits. Yours truly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 6, 1978 File: 127050 From M.W. Holland To Mr. W.R. Jones Montreal Reference your letter of February 27, file 55-19-24, concerning the non-receipt of January 1978 pension cheque #847783 in the amount of $205.45 in favour of Mrs. E.G. Semple, #017-S127050. Mrs. Semple received the above cheque on March 3, 1978, and same is returned herewith for cancellation. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB (Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, March 6, 1978 File: 375997 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Montreal Re: Proof of age for J.K. WONG, E375997, S.I.N. 701-379-232, Your File 88284 BL Further my letter of January 3, to the Department of Manpower and Immigration, copy to you, concerning the above mentioned employee. Enclosed herewith is a letter dated March 2, from the Canada Immigration Centre, Vancouver, in which they confirm Mr. Wong's date of birth as November 13, 1929. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB ! SForm 102-R Internal Correspondence wk& Date VANCOUVER, March 6, 1978 File: AGR.l.CMSG.GEN. From M.W. Holland TO CHIEF ENGINEER PRINCESS OF VANCOUVER CARRIER PRINCESS TRAILER PRINCESS PRINCESS PATRICIA For your information and distribution on your vessel enclosed herewith are copies of Seniority and Category lists of Engineer Officers as at January 1, 1977. Please ensure a copy of these lists is posted on the bulletin board. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB S3 Form 102-R SC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B",Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 W.Holland iger I field ~ Manager March 6, 1978 File: AGR.l.CMSG.SEN. Capt. J.E.S. Bragg Business Agent Canadian Merchant Service Guild Western Branch 230 West Broadway Vancouver, B.C. V5Y 1P7 Dear Capt. Bragg: Enclosed herewith are two copies of Service Seniority List and two copies of the Category List of Engineer Officers as at January 1, 1978. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB CPRail £j© Date VANCOUVER, 6 March 1978 From J.D. Finnie To J.M. Ferguson Vancouver File: 608 Reference letter dated 10 February, copy attached, from the Marine Superintendent to the Master, "Princess of Vancouver." Please discuss this personally with all Traffic Supervisors to ensure that our personnel inform the loading officer when loading has been completed. Manager Traffic & Sales JDF'GP &;£) Form 102-R I Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. From R.R. Reid To Mr. R.J. Schmitt Regional Marketing Manage Marketing & Sales Vancouver, B.C. File: 128 The latter part of last year we discussed the possible docking by the "Princess Marguerite" at Berth 4, Pier B-C this coming summer, on or about August 23. We have now received an official request, as per the attached, and would appreciate your arranging to accommodate the "Princess Marguerite" with the facilities of Pier B-C, and other arrangements indicated. At the time of our conversation it was agreed that a charge of $1.00 per passenger would be made inward and outward, with which B.C. Steamship Company (1975) Ltd. are agreeable. It will be appreciated if you will write directly to Mr. Price in confirmation of the arrangements, with copy to us. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. L.E. Wedman, Supervisor, Wharf Operations, C.S.C., Vancouver. Form 102-R PLS. INITIAL & PASS Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt. Terminal Supt; fj.yfA.4uL. tx.u L.uasr steamsrvp service Pier "3", Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604)665-3135. Telex 04-507684 up* /Holland 3 MaAch 1978. ***> Vile Ho. 128 '.imager Ma. David Price Deputy General Manager British Columbia Steamship Company [1975] Ltd. 254 Belleville Street Victoria, B.C. V8V 1W9 Dear Mn. Price: Many thanks {or your letter o{ 27 Vebruary requesting docking {acllltles {or the "Princess Marguerite" on August 24, 1978. You will hear directly {rom Mr. R.J. Schmltt In connection with the arrangements requested, as con{irmation o{ conversation between Don Tyson and mysel{ the latter part o{ last year. Best regards. Yours veny truly, R.R. REID Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. From R.R. Reid y0 Memorandum Mr. R.D. Pelley Ms. N. Cartwright Mr. J.D. Finnie Mr. V. Jones You will undoubtedly be interested in the attached copy of excerpt from "The Northern Traveler," having reference to sales persons, which I find very true. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB )Form 102-R Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. File: 655-C From R.R. Reid To Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland "MERCATOR ONE" I have been giving some silent consideration to Mr. George's request, also Mr. Margetts' direction, regarding the possibility of associating with EPA in a Management and Marketing area. It would seem that if we are to consider managing the operation of a vessel on the East Coast that it would require the "on spot" expertise of an individual(s) from this Department, particularly from an operating viewpoint. I can foresee if we attempted to do it from Vancouver that someone would have to fly in and out for every sailing, and where there is an emergent mechanical or crew problem, the delaying time factor in getting to the trouble spot could produce serious consequences from the viewpoint of curtailed cruising, all of which would have a critical effect on future cruising in the West Indies, and a bad impression on Alaska, with an undependable ship, and notwithstanding a change in crew and the concern by passengers regarding the crew of their ship to Alaska. It would therefore appear that we are looking for a jack-of-all- trades individual, who has operating, engineering, public relations and ticketing experience, similar to Frank Wiggans, who was formerly associated with the "Xanadu." I know of no one in our organization who qualifies, and yet to go the other route would take away from BCCSS Departmental Officers needed in this area. To break the continuity of their service on the West Coast would seem to be very detrimental to our operation. I do not believe a large staff is necessary, but if a Manager had the capability of the jack-of-all-trades mentioned, he would probably only require an assistant and clerical staff. From the viewpoint of marketing, it is feasible to consider a joint advertising programme centering around the ship in dual service, one complimenting the other with an overall marketing concession )Form 102-R • «.- • - 2 - * r of selling each other's service,by the owner and charterer. I give you these comments for your discussion with Mr. Georges in Montreal next week. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'iBB Bl.' '.. ■?•>.' St-xamship Sxrvx.x Pior'B'. Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Telex 04-507684 Tel (604)665-2507 or 665-2508 )P Ri ;7 WHolland ■iiiger RReid x Manager 3 March 1978. Vile Ho. 78.ALA. 521.T. Mr. T. V. Turner 105 - 235 Keith Road West Vancouver,B.C. Dear Mr. Turner: It was a pleasure meeting you with Mn. Holland, In connection with the making o{ an Alaska booking on behal{ o{ Mns. Turner and younsel{ on the June 8th sailing o{ tlie "Princess Patricia." I am sure you will {Ind Cabin 220 to be both com{ortable and commodious, and am certain you will return {rom your Alaska cruise with a {Ine appreciation o{ the Alaskan scenery, its, people, the "Patricia," our cuisine and our crew. As Indicated to you, the total cost {or Cabin 220 Is $2465.00, plus pier handling charges en route the cnulse, $24.00, total $2489.00, {rom which Is deducted employee alowance o{ $328.00, {or a net tarl{{ cost o{ $2161.00. Balance a{ter deposit o{ $200.00 received on 1 March leaves $1961.00. Any time at your convenience a{ter the beginning o{ May we will be pleased to complete ticketing, and 1{ desirable, will charge same to your CP credit card. Vor your consideration In advance o{ the cruise, we are enclosing table sitting requests, which you may wish to discuss with your {riends who are also travelling on the same enutse. We would tike to place you at the Master's table; however, l{ you pre{er to be alone with your {riends, then naturally we will oblige you. The Evening Bu{{ets are open sittings, and no table reservations are made; however, {or break{ast, lunch and dinner there are too sittings, and {Inst on second sitting will be utilized throughout the entire cruise. The times are as shown on the memorandum, except that when we are In port breakfast is advanced, In order that as much time ashore as Is possible can be enjoyed. On these occasions break{ast is usually, {Inst sitting at 0715 and second at 0800. Also at your convenience, you might let us know what your pleasure Is In this respect. There one shone excursions available at additional cost at Ketchikan, Skagway [Lake Bennett White Pass & Yukon side trip), Juneau, Prince Rupent and Alent Bay. Some o{ the operators have yet to announce 2 - 1978 nates, but we are enclosing list o{ the optional shore excursion available to you. These excursions can be purchased on board ship {Aom our Purser. Looking {onward to having Mrs. Turner and yoursel{ on board ship, and l{ there Is any Information you desire prior to sailing, kindly do not hesitate to contact us. Embarkation Is available {rom 6:00 p.m. evening o{ June 8th, with departure 8:30 p.m. T{ you are being driven down to the ship a{ter 6:00 p.m., you may bring your baggage with you at that time, as our Room Stewards are available at ship's side, Ho nth end o{ Pier B-C, lower level. Whoever Is driving you down to' the ship should be dlnected to pnoceed to the bottom o{ Burrard St., crossing the viaduct over roll tracks, turning to the le{t down the Incline In the opposite direction to Pier B-C, at the bottom o{ which make a sharp le{t turn back towards the pier, proceed parallel to the roll tracks, and just at the approach to tlxe piers turn le{t Into Pier "B", proceeding stralglit through to the end. Cans can be parked and visitors may go on board ship until sailing time. Many questions which may arise are answered In the enclosed Daily Bulletin, which is usually {orwarded when tickets are Issued. Yours very truly, R.R. REID Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. File: 78.529. S. From R.R. Reid To Chief Steward Purser "Princess of Vancouver" Manager, B.C.C.S.S., is personally involved in exchange of students between Cleveland Elementary School in North Vancouver, and a group from Portland, Oregon. While the numbers involved have not been finalized, it is anticipated there will be about 45 youngsters, all in the approximate age level of 11 years. They will take a day trip, accompanied by Mr. Holland, on the 1230 sailing 16 March to Nanaimo, and return from Nanaimo on the 1600 sailing... En route their cruise, an opportunity is to be made for a visit to the Bridge, and in certain instances by a portion of the group to the Engineroom, commensurate in both cases with the safe operation of the vessel, under the Master's and Chief Engineer's direction. A special luncheon is requested for the youngsters, consisting of soup, sandwiches, dessert, milk and/or pop, cost of which will be advised by Mr. Meijer. Would suggest the children be taken into the restaurant as early as possible after departure from Vancouver, but permitting them an opportunity to see the ship leave the harbour. It will be appreciated if you will kindly assist Mr. Holland in every endeavour requested. Asst. Manager, S.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB ) r, cc. Master Princess of Vancouver" Chief Engineer ) Kindly note the foregoing and oblige. Mr. 0. Robison, Vancouver - We will request ticketing as soon as total number is known; however, the rate to be charged will be half Day Excursion fare, or $2.50 for children. The )Form 102-R 2 -• cc. Mr. 0. Robison (Cont'd.) number of Supervisors has yet to be determined. Mr, E. Robinson,. Nanaimo - Is there anything you might be aHe to arrange on the Nanaiso side, of interest to these youngsters, and whether or not a couple of school buses might be available to transport them to the Bastion, for instance? rn Mr. R.A.. Ferguson, Vancouver - For your information. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. be. Mr.. A.N. Cairns) Will you please arrange with the Master Mr. T. King ^7)- and Chief Engineer.to oblige the Manager in the foregoing,, commensurate,.with .their "' . responsibilities.- '....,;. -■ Mr. A. Meijer - Will you kindly suggest best possible price to assess luncheon. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. r B' 1 Internal Oorresi ._.... mee \\c File: T-78-69 Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. From r.rv Reid To Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland Will you kindly advise your wishes with respect to Tom Dykes' suggested package for the "Princess Patricia" this coming year. In this connection, to refresh your memory kindly note his letter of 2 January JOForm 102-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB InC . . /' Jl / ■ ,.;.-. .dense Dale VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. From &• K. Reid 7o Memorandum Mr. M.W. Holland File: 651 Steve Annus has advised there will be a power cut-off on 12 March, 0100 to 0600. He is arranging for air pressure in order that the "Princess of Vancouver" can be docked; however, there will be no lights whatsoever in the area. This, of course, is a directive from B.C. Hydro. By reason of the ship affected, usually carrying light passenger loads out of Nanaimo, from the viewpoint of safety I believe we should cancel passenger carriage out of NanaLmo midnight 11 March; however, some auxiliary lighting will have to be rigged for crew protection. The only light in the area will be the auxiliary lighting from the Yard Office, which certainly will not help our area at all. Please advise with regard to cancellation of passenger service. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Messrs. A.N. Cairns T. King C.A. Aitken (^)Form 102-R rjP«0.7l Date From VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. M.W. Holland File: 511-R To Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid Attached is copy of a letter I received from Bob Ballantyne. of CP Consulting Services, outlining a conversation he had with a Mr. M. Dias recently. Would you kindly provide me with your comments and recommendations on the contents of Mr. Ballantyne's letter. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB )Form 102A-R CPRail L'ji,. mal Zorrei Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid In light of our passenger and automobile carryings for the month of February 1978 as compared to the same period in 1977, would you kindly advise whether you are in a position to elaborate on your comments regarding this problem in January. As you can see, there appears to be a deteriorating situation, and I think we should consider all action to improve our levels. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB OForm 102-R x.\\.i)j internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 3 March 1978. File: 78.529.G. From M.W. Holland j0 Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid I have been advised by Mr. Gordon Mercer of the Guild, that a group of ladies numbering 30 to 40, and representing wives of delegates to the Guild Convention, will travel on board the "Princess of Vancouver on the 1600 sailing ex Nanaimo, 7 March 1978. Would you kindl-y ensure that these ladies are afforded all courtesies of the B.C. Coast Service. * Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB d>orrn 102-R TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 3 MARCH 1978. A. McDERMOTT 05-268621 MONTREAL, QUE. THIS REFERS TO YOUR TELEX DATED 22 FEB AND IS TO CONFIRM THAT WE WILL BE CONTINUING WITH THE OCCASIONAL CHARTER OF BARGES PER PREVIOUS PRACTICE . BCC-20 M.W. HOLLAND MGR., BCCSS MWH'BB - !: ■ : '.• ". \\ j ' ■ : ■ X s '7 J I ' 7 7 er B Van -ouver.BC /6C 2R3 Te!(0041665-3135. 7 ' ?( ., i/Holland . 3 March 1978. i Reid ' Manager Vile Ho. 305 Mr. Thomas M. Dykes Pace Productions Ltd. 818 Douglas St. Victoria, B.C. V8W 2B6 Dear Mr. Dykes: You are probably {amlllar with Mr. Bawl{'s Inner Harbour Development. In this connection Mr. Alnslie J. Helmcken, City Arclilvlst, has approached us to dedicate a plaque commemorating Canadian Pacl{lc ships, theln Masters, and the e{{e.ct upon the BCCSS o{ two world wars. Plaque would be cast In bronze and would be mounted by the City o{ Victoria's Engineering Department on the wall o{ the causeway around the perimeter o{ the harbour. Actual casting can be done through the {acilltles o{ the City Archivist. Because o{ the number o{ ships and people concerned, also the wartime activities o{ the vessels, we envision something upwards o{ {our {eet In width, perhaps by {our {eet. In order that we might have an appneclatlon o{ the costs Involved, would like to receive an estimate o{ what you would change us to design the plaque, l{ you would consider the task. As a suggestion, specl{lc ships o{ concentration might be the "Princess Victoria," which really Inaugurated the growth and success o{ the BCCSS; the midnight vessels, "Princess Ezliabeth" and "Princess Joan," and the "Princess Maqulnna," wliich served the West Coast o{ Vancouver Island so well. There are also many other ships which made their mark In the Company's service, but T am thinking o{ sometlving {eaturlng the "Princess Victoria," tie "Princess Elizabeth"/"Joan" centred with the checkerboard {lag o{ past marine association. Some tliought would have to be given to the {act that the new multlmark Is now associated witli our ships, and would have to be possibly crossed with the checkerboard {lag. You might give this some consideration In your early thinking. In any event, it would be appreciated l{ you could get back to us and let us know what youn consulting costs would be to design the a{one-mentioned plaque. Yours very truly, R.R. REID Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB V * 1 be. Mr. M.W. Holland - 2 - You will undoubtedly wish to acknowledge Mr. Helmcken's letter, and when doing so you might request him to ascertain the cost o{ casting In bronze a plaque approximately 4' x 4', through the {acillties In Victoria he discussed with us when having lunch. Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. W Holland ■ : /anezouvs BC . -■.. 2R3 )4)665-3135. tel-x^x "r- . CPRail .3 March 1978. IReid Vile Ho. 305 ■ Man „:■■■ Mr. J. Yates 2379 HeJLson West Vancouver, B.C. Dear Jim: This has reference to our conversation concerning the commemorative plaque which we have been asked to donate by Mr. Alnslle Helmcken, to the Inner Harbour project. Understand Mr. Holland has also had conversation with, you, and as the date has been moved {rom June 1 to May 15, would appreciate getting together with you to see what material we have to date and how it can be used. Yours very truly, "7/4 % 1 R.R. REID Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB .' CPRail v:T~>\\ internal Correspondence . j^j Date VANCOUVER, March 3, 1973 File: T-78-166 From H.L. Hudson To M.W. Holland Your memorandum of February 28, 1978, this file, concerning increase in lost time injuries among B.C. Coast employees. In order to determine which particular group appears to be most susceptible to injury, I have researched the years 1975» 1976 and 1977 and total lost time injuries over that period are shown below:- BRAO (Stewards Department) 17 " S.I.U. (Deck Department) 12 S.I.U. (Engineroom) 4 CMSG (Officers) 3 Shops 2 ~ Time Lost Injuries by Year 1975 14 1976 8 1977 16 Injury Causes Slipping and Falling 14 Sprains and strains through lifting 7 Hand damage handling mooring lines 4 Cuts requiring hospital attention 5 Foreign bodies in eyes 3 Miscellaneous *- Case of juice fell on employee injuring right 1 arm Industrial rash 1 Pulled muscle when taking bath 1 Drowning (fatality) 1 Fractured ankle on falling when overcome by 1 carbon monoxide fumes )Form102-R Cont'd.../2 VANCOUVER, March 3, 1978 File: T-78-166 M.W. Holland F It is apparent that our ranking injury ratio could be considerably reduced by paying more attention to item 1124 of the Company's Code of Safety Rules & Safe Practices, which reads "Employees should watch their step and make sure of firm footing and clear path." Worn and improper footwear are a factor in many cases in this type of injury, also oil or wet surfaces. Sprains and strains, when lifting could be eliminated with proper instruction. Item 1126 reads"Employees should, when lifting, have secure footing; bend the knees; keep the back straight; take firm grip of object and slowly straighten the legs." Consideration should be given to the use of protective eyewear. Safety posters are mailed regularly and are distributed to ships and shops. It is suggested that a meeting of the three Superintendents and Shop foreman should take place with the Regional Director of Safety Training, Mr. Gerry Wolfe, for the purpose of discussion on how to reduce the injury ratio. I will arrange for all employees to receive a copy of the Safety Code (I last did this about three years ago) and an accompanying letter drawing their attention to the most frequently occuring violations which are 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126 and 1127. Office Manager. TV CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 3, 1978 File: T-420 From c.A. Aitken To Memorandum to M.W. Holland Your letter February 22 to Mr. D. Murray - outlining problems discussed your trip February 6, 7 last. During my visit February 22, 23 two of the items were reviewed as follows:- (b) Don agreed to our telexing him the layout of the after half of the barge in starboard, midship and Port side section. (f) Tom King has undertaken as part of his Preventative Maintenance program, replacement of ports of the lighting system as required. It has been found that the wiring has ratted or rusted and likewise the light brackets and parts. There have been a number of cases where "glad hands" have been knocked off and we are checking this end for loading practices but am wondering if some of the trailers are losing air enroute and upon discharge when the tractor makes contact, does the trailer shift backward and contact the trailer behind and damage the "glad hand" hook up. Terminal Superintendent. CAA/wj i"SForm 102-R J - CPRail internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 3, 1978 File: 162 From M.W. Holland To Messrs. A.Meijer - B*G.C.S.S. V. Jones - Northland N.E. Wood - Northland W.V. Shaver - Northland J.R. Dickson - Northland D.J. Murray - Northland W.D. Hickman - Northland Concerning booklet "A Code of Business Conduct" recently forwarded to you, I would appreciate receiving the tear-out portion as soon as possible, duly signed, as requested. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj :.'<£) Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Ss . Pier"B". Vancouver. BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135. Telex 04-507684 Rail W Holland "': Reid ■ Manager' March 3, 197 8 File: 323659 Sun Life of Canada Health Insurance Claims Office 200D -- 338 Broadway.Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R3C 0T3 Dear Sirs: Re: Group No. 7030, Sub. No. 001, Loc. 5062, M. KOSARCZUK, Emp.No. 323659, S.I.N. 713-076-404 Reference your memorandum of February 10, enclosed herewith is a current medical report from Mr. Kosarczuk's doctor. Form "B" is also enclosed showing Mr. Kosarczuk back to work March 1, 1978. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB News Summary » News and views on topics of current interest prepared by Public Relations and Advertising Department ECONOMIC FORECAST /&*~~iJfa^^ F.S. Burbidge, president of Canadian Pacific, says that using projected rail freight as a barometer of the economy, he sees 1978 as a year of sluggish growth. Mr. Burbidge predicts economic growth of about four per cent this year, which corresponds to other analysts. AIRLINE COMPLAINT Canadian airlines are complaining about what they call the increasing burden of airport user charges being imposed on them by the Department of Transport under its proposed user-pay policy. The intention is to have airlines pay the full operational costs of airports. TRENDS AND TOPICS ¥ In an effort to get Canadians to travel to little-known, scenic parts of the country, VIA Rail Canada is promoting package trips that will put vacationers in passenger cars at the tail-end of freight trains. Hearings begin in Ottawa on an application by CNCP Telecommunications to interconnect with the local switched distribution networks of Bell Canada, which has a monopoly position for data transmission services. 13 16 Major scheduled airlines in Canada will boil down to three or four, not the seven of recent years, predicts Keith Miller, president of EPA. He says economics will dictate the necessity of consolidation, Economic analysts feel that at $330,450 a year, Ian Sinclair, chairman and chief executive officer, Canadian Pacific, may be underpaid. They point out his salary is below that of top U.S. rail executives. Canadian Pacific Investments reports a final consolidated net income for 1977 of $213.2-million, an increase of $73.0-million over 1976. Net income per common share was $3.55, up from $2.36 in 1976. 22 23 25 A submission to the Task Force on Canadian Unity was made by Ian D. Sinclair, chairman and chief executive officer, Canadian Pacific, in Ottawa, March 3. A copy of Mr. Sinclair's submission is appended. Canadian Pacific 2 NEWS IN BRIEF ' RAIL PACT APPROVED MONTREAL - Leaders of 17 rail unions have approved terms of a proposed national rail contract and will be asking 100,000 unionized rail workers in coming weeks to do the same. Ballots go out to the members next week, but final results of the ratification vote won't be released until late April. The general feeling in union circles is that the deal will be ratified, if only because the workers are getting the most they can under anti-inflation guidelines. (Montreal Star, Mar. 1) AIRLINE OFFICES RAIDED BY TAXMEN VANCOUVER - Income tax investigators have conducted simultaneous raids on airline offices across Canada in an effort to obtain infoimation on kickbacks, commissions, discounts, rebates and the use of passes. Tax department representatives said Feb. 28 the investigation also will involve travel agencies and their dealings with airlines. CP Air was visited several months ago as part of the preliminary investigation. (CP-Montreal Star, Mar. 1) CN, CP AGREED ON CLOSER LINKS OTTAWA - CNCP have agreed that their telecommunications divisions should be joined, but details of the link still have to be completed, J.G. Sutherland, president of CP Telecommunications Ltd., said Feb. 28. The two divisions have worked closely for a number of years and operate a number of services jointly, but it is thought that CNCP Telecommunications would be more competitive if there was a stronger corporate link, Mr. Sutherland said. (Ottawa Citizen, Mar. 1) TRANSIT STUDY GETS OK VANCOUVER - The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) board of directors gave its approval Feb. 22 to a $300,000 eight-month study of light rapid transit. The study is to include design of priority transit routes and stations, cost and benefit estimates, financing and staging plans, passenger estimates, solutions to utility, crossing and environmental conflicts and a decision on which sections of the transit system should be at surface level, elevated or underground. (Vancouver Province, Feb. 23) EARNINGS UP 49?c FOR PANCANADIAN CALGARY - A 49-per-cent increase in net earnings for 1977 over 1976 was reported by PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. The company said net income for 1977 was $126.5-million or $4.05 a share. This compared with $85-million or $2.72 a share for the 1976 fiscal year. The company said gross revenue totalled $301.3-million last year, compared with $206.9-million in 1976. Net daily crude oil production averaged 31,226 barrels a day in 1977 compared with 27,707 barrels a day in 1976. Natural gas liquids sales averaged 14,771 barrels daily in 1977 compared with 12,668 barrels a day in 1976. (Winnipeg Free Press, Feb. 23) 3 NEWS I N BRIEF QUEBECAIR SEEKS ABCs MONTREAL - Quebecair will apply to the Canadian Transport Commission for licences to operate domestic charter flights to Vancouver from Montreal and Toronto. The Montreal-Vancouver flight would cost $219 return and run every Friday between June 24 and Sept. 30. The Vancouver-Toronto run would cost $199 return and is scheduled to run every Friday between June 30 and Sept. 29. The Quebecair flights would be run in conjunction with Suntours Ltd. (Montreal Gazette, Mar. 1) CHRETIEN IS SPORTING ON CP PAY OTTAWA - Finance Minister Jean Chretien finds little wrong with the $330,450 salary earned by Ian Sinclair, chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific. "It is wrong to have a country where one man earns so much," said Lome Nystrom (NDP-Yorkton-Melville) in the Commons Feb. 28. Mr. Chretien shrugged. "What about baseball players and hockey players?" (CP - Montreal Gazette) GETTING BRANIFF'S GREAT PUMPKIN TO LONDON — FAST NEWr YORK - On March 1, Braniff Airlines began the first regularly scheduled daily nonstop 747 service between London, England, and the U.S. Southwest. The entire aviation industry will be watching to see if a single 747 can be emptied, cleaned, catered, fueled, routinely maintained, and loaded -- day in and day out — with only 2 hours and 15 minutes at Gatwick and 3 hours and 55 minutes at Dallas/Fort Worth. (Business Week, Mar. 6) A FRIENDLY TIGER NEW YORK - Los Angeles-based Tiger International Inc., which owns the largest all-cargo airline, Flying Tiger Line Inc., paid $3.9-million to acquire a 9.91 interest in the second-biggest cargo line, Seaboard World Airlines Inc., of New York. Tiger said it may buy more Seaboard stock on the open market and is interested in discussing a friendly merger with the company. Seaboard flies across the Atlantic, while Tiger serves domestic and Far East markets. (Business Week, Mar. 6) CANADA'S SECRETIVE PEICHMANNS NEW YORK - With one of last year's biggest real estate deals — buying eight New York City skyscrapers for $50-million above $280-million in mortgages — Toronto's Olympia & York Developments Ltd. became a major investor in U.S. real estate, one of the Big Apple's largest landlords, and an object of intense curiosity in the real estate industry. Privately held O&Y is owned and managed by two publicity-shy brothers, Albert and Paul Reichmann, who practically never talk to the press, will not permit themselves to be photographed, and run their $l-billion outfit close to the vest. (Business Week, Mar. 6) 4 NEWS IN BRIEF LOSSES CLIMB AS GRAIN SHIPS WAIT VANCOUVER - Vancouver is jammed with waiting grain ships, but it may be a year before the cost to the Canadian farmer is known. The Canadian Wheat Board, which pays demurrage on ships forced to sit at anchor, is still processing claims from ships kept waiting during the 76/77 year. Given the forecast of the Wheat Board, that the port will be clogged until July 1978, it seems likely that the total of demurrage in 77/78 will top the $17-million paid out in 73/74. (Vancouver Province, Feb. 27) CP HOTELS TORONTO - CP Hotels said it has agreed to manage a new $48-million, 800-room convention hotel in Philadelphia. The company said construction of the hotel is scheduled to start in March, with the completion by mid-1980. (Globe and Mail, Feb. 16) HOUSE PANEL APPROVES COAL SLURRY BILL WASHINGTON - The House Interior Committee approved 30 to 13 Feb. 22 a bill that could provide a new way of moving coal long distances by mixing coal dust with water and pumping it through a pipeline like oil. The bill would authorize the secretary of the interior to grant certificates permitting coal slurry pipelines to cross property of railroads, which are now the principal carriers of coal and are fiercely fighting the bill. The first pipelines are being planned to move Western coal from the Mountain States to the Southwest and Pacific Northwest. Besides the railroads, opposition comes from some environmentalists and members of Congress from arid Western states who fear the large amounts of water needed for the pipeline would not leave enough for agriculture and other at-home needs. (Washington Post, Feb. 23) WAGES TO TAKE 1\\ P.C. JUMP TORONTO - Labor and business officials predict that wage increases this year will average about seven per cent, despite the staged withdrawal of wage and price controls that begins April 14. (Canadian Press - Montreal Star, Feb. 28) COMINCO, HUDSON BAY CUT PRICE OF ZINC BY 1.5 CENTS A POUND TORONTO - Cominco Ltd. and Hudson Bay Mining and Smelting Co. Ltd. of Toronto have reduced their price for zinc sold in Canada by 1.5 cents a pound in the wake of weakening zinc producer prices in the U.S. market. (Globe and Mail, Feb. 25) REGULAR AIR TRAVEL HAS SAFEST YEAR EVER LONDON - Last year was the safest year ever for regular air travel, according to a detailed analysis of overall accident figures by the British magazine Flight International. (Montreal Star, Feb. 25) RECORD TOURISM DEFICIT REPORTED OTTAWA - Canada registered a record fourth quarter tourism deficit of $340-million, compared with a year-earlier shortfall of $293-million, Statistics Canada reports. (Globe and Mail, Feb. 23) 5 ECONOMIC FORECAST CP CHIEF SEES FLAT YEAR FOR THE CANADIAN ECONOMY (The Windsor Star) Although Fred Burbidge, president of Canadian Pacific Ltd., has his own way of measuring Canada's economic prospects for 1978, his forecast isn't much different than those of other business leaders. He sees sluggish growth and continuing problems with inflation and unemployment. In fact, he says, all economic indicators are pointing towards a flat year. Mr. Burbidge is probably in a position to know. As the top man in one of Canada's largest corporations, Mr. Burbidge says he has to be a practising economist because his business is heavily dependent on the movement of freight — and freight movement is a reflection of the country's economic performance. Interviewed while in Windsor, where he testified before the Canadian Transport Commission's hearings on the Powell Siding dispute, Mr. Burbidge said CP Rail's operations depend on freight for 98 per cent of its revenue. Passenger service makes up the remainder. In attemption to measure what the economic growth will be, Mr. Burbidge said CP divides commodities into 70 groups at the outset of each year in order to assess its prospects for the upcoming 12 months. "When we look at 1978, we see a year in which freight movement will be flat," Mr. Burbidge said. He feels there will be little improvement over the final half to 1977 when the railway began to feel the impact of an overall economic slowdown. Mr. Burbidge said there are a couple of bright spots which will assist CP Rail, including new movement of fertilizer with new plants in operation and improvement in the pulp and paper industry. But the slow-growth economy is hampering CP's trucking operations. "The major trucking operations are in Ontario and Quebec and the volume was soft in 1977 and we see it continuing in 1978," Mr. Burbidge said. About 70 per cent of CP Rail's freight activity, he said, is west of Thunder Bay and during the first six months of last year the company experienced substantial movement of goods. Commodities such as coal, potash and sulphur represented major freight movement during the first half of last year, he said. To a lesser extent, there were large volumes of grain. Mr. Burbidge said movement of new cars and trucks remained strong throughout the year and continue to remain stable, in the face of fall-offs in other commodities. The slowdown in commodity movement which began in mid-1977 and is continuing in the current year is a direct reflection on the slow growth economy, according to Mr. Burbidge. "The second half of 1977 wasn't strong I 6 ECONOMIC FORECAST and we don't look for much improvement this year." He forecast a slow year for the resource sector — particularly mining — because of large inventories. The forest industry, he said, may experience some improvement because of a better economic picture in the United States which should spur homebuilding. CP Rail, he said, is heavily affected by activities in the U.S. as 30 per cent of the company's freight shipments go across the border. Mr. Burbidge is optimistic that the automotive sales market in North America will continue to be strong. Automakers are predicting increased sales this year over 1977. Mr. Burbidge said another economic indicator is the movement of basic consumer goods from manufacturing plants in Ontario and Quebec to Western Canada. The movement of such goods, he said, has not been strong and there are no indications of improvement. Mr. Burbidge predicts economic growth of about four per cent this year, a figure which corresponds closely to the predictions of most of the country's financial analysts. He said CP's shipping operations are also feeling the effects of the slow-growth economy. He said while container shipping is moving well, the bulk and tanker volumes are down. He said the bulk and tanker trade decline is evidence of "soft economic conditions throughout the world." Telecommunications, he said, is showing a steady growth and CP is becoming more involved in data processing. He said the company has an application before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to have an interconnection with Bell Canada. Mr. Burbidge said a hearing on the application is scheduled for Ottawa later in the month. Approval is essential to enable CP to further develop data movement and grow in computer development, he said. CORPORATE PROFITS UP Canadian industrial corporations had profit of $2.81 -billion in the 1977 fourth quarter, up 29.4 per cent from $2.17-billion a year earlier, Statistics Canada says, reported Dow Jones on Feb. 23. 7 AIRLINE COMPLAINT AIRLINES COMPLAIN ABOUT THE INCREASING BURDEN OF USER CHARGES (Globe and Mail) One of the buzzwords in airline circles these days is "charges" — specifically, airport user charges and what the federal Government is doing to them. The scheduled airlines — Air Canada, CP Air, and the five regional carriers — are quick to complain about what they call the increasing burden of airport user charges being imposed on them by the Department of Transport under its proposed user-pay policy. According to the airlines, they are being unfairly saddled with costs of the department's own making. They say they are also being asked to pay part of the $56-million deficit incurred at Mirabel International Airport in Montreal in each of the past two years. Department officials disagree. They say Canadian airlines have had it pretty easy in the past and the new charges are not extravagant. At most, the new increases, which are to go into effect this year, will mean an average increase of about $1.35 a ticket. This will be the second increase in two years, but before that fees had tended to be static for a long time. The department is fully picking up the Mirabel deficits, which spokesmen claim will be closer to $46-million this year rather than the forecast $56-million. The airlines say they have no choice but to pass the new increases on to the air traveller. They have already applied for fare increases, citing the aiiport charges as well as rising fuel costs. The fare increases and new government charges are both to come into effect April 1. The department contends that if it does not recover more of its airport operating costs, then the taxpayer who never flies will be subsidizing the taxpayer who does. Airport deficits are covered out of general revenues and airports are facing the same inflation costs as the airlines. User charges are the landing fees charged all aircraft using Transport Department-operated airports, and in Canada that means almost all of them. For the scheduled airlines it means primarily the nine international airports so designated in Canada and the 14 designated national airports into which they operate. The airlines chafe at the nine international airports because they include the deficit-producing Mirabel, which is regarded as a white elephant, and Toronto International Airport No: 2 at Pickering, which is still farmland. National airports are those such as the ones located at Windsor and Victoria. The department says its costs of operation and maintenance at these airports is about $300-million a year, of which it recovers $200-million, leaving a deficit of $100-million. The new fees, which will recover about $10.2-million, will go into effect in two stages, one on April 1 and one on Sept. 1. Under the new fees, landing charges for domestic flights will rise 28 per cent over the period, those for trans-border flights will go up 20 per cent and fees for transoceanic flights will rise 5 per cent. 8 AIRLINE COMPLAINT For example, on April 1 the landing fees for a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9 on a domestic flight will rise to $40 from $35; fees for a McDonnell- Douglas DC-8 on a trans-border flight will rise to $250 from $225; those fees for a Boeing 747 jumbo jet on a trans-oceanic flight will rise to about $1,600 from $1,525. On Oct. 1, the domestic fee will rise to $45 for the DC-9 and $270 for the trans-border DC-8 flight. Landing charges are based on the take-off weight of the aircraft. In the above examples these are: 38 cents a 1,000 pounds, up from 33 cents, for the DC-9 at 107,000 pounds; 72 cents a thousand pounds, up from 65 cents, for the 347,000-pound DC-8; and $2.06, up from $1.96, for a 777,000-pound Boeing 747. The charges do not appear out of line when compared with charges at other international airports. According to the International Air Transport Association, the cost of landing a Boeing 747 in West Germany is $2,862, Amsterdam $2,716, John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York $3,723, and from $1,290 to $4,250 at Heathrow Airport in London, depending on the time of day. All are full-cost recovery airports. These figures are not as high as the $6,434 landing fees in Sydney, Australia. But it must be noted this is a maximum fee and includes air navigation and en route charges. Comparing international charges is like comparing apples and oranges because of the different methods used in calculating fees. But the Air Transport Association of Canada, which is leading the fight against further increases, has shown that the actual cost of landing a Boeing 747, for example, at Mirabel International Airport is close to $5,000, after a transoceanic flight. This includes en route North Atlantic fees of $130 (the charge for providing overwater and overland control on the ocean crossing), the landing fee based on 775,000 pounds at $2.06 a thousand and totalling $1,596, the use of four Plane-Mate vehicles at $25 each to carry passengers between plane and terminal, a general terminal fee of $212, a security charge based on 220 passengers at 20 cents a passenger or $44, fuel throughput charge, a federal fuel tax based on 22,000 gallons at 1.5 cents or $330, provincial fuel tax on 22,000 gallons at 3 cents a gallon or $660, and transportation tax paid by the passenger up to a maximum of $8 for 220 passengers or $1,760, for a total of $4,832. The airlines are aware that the cost of operations is rising for the department as well as for themselves. Many of the expenditures made by the department have been done at their behest. But their concern regarding the increases goes back to the fall of last year when the department unveiled a proposal that left them startled. Department officials said they proposed to institute full recovery operations at selected airports. They would seek to increase landing fees at the rate of 28 per cent a year over the next eight years for domestic flights, 20 per cent a year for trans-border flights and 5 per cent a year for trans-oceanic flights. The department has since backed away from this proposal, stating this plan would not necessarily be carried out. However, 9 AIRLINE COMPLAINT the 1978 increases are consistent with the department's intentions. The Air Transport Association of Canada has noted that if the plan is to be carried out, total airport revenues would increase by $6 to $12 a passenger on an average one-way fare of about $80. Landing fees would increase about five times at Toronto and 2>\\ times at Montreal (Dorval) International Airport and Mirabel. Airports with predominantly domestic traffic would have landing-fee increases of more than six times. The association also says that only in air transport does the department seek to make any significant recovery of its costs. This recovery totalled $213-million in 1976-77, according to the association. Except for a $20-million recovery for providing marine services in that fiscal year, there was and has been no recovery- of road or rail deficits incurred by the department. Rail deficits, particularly for passenger services, have been automatically picked up in the past. MIRABEL TERMED WHITE ELEPHANT, OTTAWA PREDICTS $50-MILLION LOSS (CP - Montreal Star) Mirabel, described by opposition MPs and critics as the great white elephant of the country's airports, is expected to lose about another $50- million in the coming fiscal year, government spending estimates show. And the transport department has no idea how long Mirabel's enormous deficits will continue, a department official said. The spokesman also attributed Mirabel's losses to an over-all drop in North Atlantic air traffic. The decline was not anticipated when Mirabel was being planned and the airport was designed to meet future needs, not to be operated at full capacity when it opened, he said. The decline in North Atlantic air traffic has started slowing down, but it is not known when traffic will pick up enough to end Mirabel's string of large deficits, the spokesman said. Another presistent complaint about Mirabel is its location about 35 miles northwest of Montreal. Original plans call for a rapid transit system to connect the two. The system was to have been built by both the federal and Quebec governments and is still being considered, other federal officials have said. But, in the meantime, airline officials, tour organizers and Mirabel critics have said the airport's location is causing travellers to route their flights through Dorval, Toronto and U.S. airports to avoid Mirabel. 10 RAI LWAY 'POTENTIAL FOR PRAIRIE RAIL TRIANGLE EXISTS' (CP-Lethbridge Herald) The potential for the Winnipeg-Regina-Calgary-Edmonton-Saskatoon- Winnipeg triangle to develop into an inter-city rail passenger pattern exists, David Jones, chairman of the Canadian Transport Commission's rail transport committee, said in Regina recently. Mr. Jones told a meeting of the Saskatchewan rail committee that the triangle has all the requirements to become a densely-travelled corridor, including major cities separated by 200 to 500 miles, a community of interest among the cities and a flat terrain which contributes to good passenger train operation. CP RAIL MAY BOOST LAND RENTS (The Western Producer) CP Rail has proposed sharp increases in rents charged to Prairie elevator companies for land leased along CP Rail tracks and a spokesman for the elevator companies says the proposed rent hikes would cost the industry hundreds of thousands of dollars. This summer, members of an elevator industry committee hope to get the size of the proposed increases reduced through negotiations with officials of Marathon Realty Co. Ltd. A spokesman for Marathon said in an interview the company is proposing higher fees because of escalating land values during the past five years. "It's the same thing that has happened to other tenants," said A. L. Petrie, operations manager, land, for the Prairie division of Marathon Realty. The rent increases would apply to hundreds of sites in the three Prairie provinces where the elevator companies have elevators or sheds on land leased from CP Rail. Marathon has proposed that rates go up Sept. 1 when the current five- year master lease agreement expires. Rents have not been increased since the agreement was signed in 1973. KEEPING EVERYONE INFORMED (Editorial: Sault Ste." Marie Star) Railway workers in Sault Ste. Marie are upset by Algoma Steel's intention to build a spur line which will bypass Algoma Central Railway and connect u RAILWAY directly to CP Rail. Joe Sandie, of the United Transportation Workers, said he fears as many as 100 jobs may be lost at Algoma Central with the building of the spur line. UNION STATION REPORT TO BE STUDIED (Regina Leader-Post) Regina city council referred a report to the downtown authority Feb. 14 which supports the use of Union Station as a multi-modal passenger transportation terminal. The report, based on a study by De Leuw Cather Canada Ltd., consulting engineers and planners, was released by the provincial government. The report said Union Station, located on South Railway St. between Hamilton and Rose Streets, could be developed into a multi-use terminal housing rail passenger, Saskatchewan Transportation Company and Greyhound bus as well as inner-city bus and taxi facilities. DOUBLE-DECKER GO COACHES WILL ENTER SERVICE MARCH 13 (Globe and Mail) GO Transit will start putting some of its 80 new double-decker coaches on the Lakeshore run in Toronto on March 13 but service won't be more frequent. Tom Henry, public information officer for the Toronto Area Transit Operating Authority, said the double-deckers, costing $38-million, will help ease crowding on platforms and trains. Mr. Henry said each double-decker seats 162 passengers compared with single-level cars' 94. They also have a washroom, not available on the conventional cars. SPRING DEADLINE ON RAIL LINK-UPS (The Western Producer) The Prairie Rail Action Committee hopes to decide on the future of every mile of the 2344 miles of uncertain line designated in the Hall report before Sept. 4, 1978, says Henry Ropertz, executive director of PRAC. PRAC is working to get recommendations out on all lines requiring linkups or similar construction before spring planting, Mr. Ropertz said; "We want 12 RAILWAY to get construction started as soon as possible in the spring." * * * GRAIN SHIPPING SLOW (Winnipeg Free Press) The terminal grain elevators at Thunder Bay are not much more than half full and slow rail car movement from Manitoba means stocks may not be able to keep up to ship loadings after Great Lakes shipping reopens, says J.D. Deveson, president of Manitoba Pool Elevators. M'initoba Pool shipping programs normally handle about 100 cars a week tuia have handled up to 1600, compared to the average in the first six weeks of 1978 of only 240 cars a week, he said. Farm deliveries are also well behind last year because of low delivery quotas, Mr. Deveson added. GRAIN MOVEMENT IN JEOPARDY (Toronto Globe and Mail) Delays in rail shipments of prairie grain to export positions pose the danger that the record 1977 crop will not be moved before this year's crop is harvested. "A heavy movement in March is essential," said Manitoba Pool Elevators president J.D. Deveson. "If that does not happen, the spring season of read restrictions and soft railway road-beds, followed by the busy seeding period, will delay heavy shipments until late June and then there simply will not be time to get this crop moved before the new harvest." * * * LAND BANK OFFICE BUYS CP FARMLAND (Saskatoon Star-Phoenix) Of 55 quarter sections of Saskatchewan farm land offered for sale by CP Rail in January, 13 have been bought by the Saskatchewan Land Bank Commission, Calvin Massier, administrative assistant for the commission, said Feb. 20. Mainly, the land is located in four rural municipalities in the North Battleford district and the northwest area of the province, he said, although other purchases were made in other sections of Saskatchewan. 13 RAI LWAY U.S. PLANS TO STUDY HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS RAIL CARGO (New York Times - Montreal Star) U.S. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams says that dangerously neglected roadbeds and equipment have been a primary contributor to train accidents, such as the derailments that led to the deaths of 20 people in the past week. However, Mr. Adams rejected suggestions Feb. 27 that the government take over and rehabilitate them, pledging instead that the administration will press for the hiring of more federal safety inspectors, provide aid to state inspection agencies and give more information to local police and fire officials on ways to handle accidents involving hazardous materials. He also called for a new task force of rail officials and experts in handling of hazardous materials to study procedures for handling a growing volume of the substances on the roads and rails, as well as through pipeline networks across the U.S. NEW RAIL TOURS TAKE YOU OFF THE BEATEN TRACK (Ottawa Journal) In an effort to get Canadians into little-known parts of the country, VIA Rail Canada is promoting package trips that will put vacationers in passenger cars at the tail-end of freight trains. The mixed trains will be used with VIA's nine-night Newfoundland tour. These trains go into "very scenic" areas where there is no commercial service, explained William Coo, manager of VIA's tour programs. The Newfoundland package, one of 12 budget trips VIA will have on the market this summer, will cost Ottawans a bit more than $36 per person per day. Included in the nine-day package will be five nights hotel accommodation, two nights on the ferry crossing to Newfoundland and back, and two nights Daynighter accommodation on the trip to the east coast and back. (Daynighters have seats like lazy-boy chairs, in which you can recline.) An eight-day package will provide you with an unlimited travel rail pass for the corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, at a cost of $28 per person per day. The main package includes stopovers in Ottawa, but programs are flexible and Ottawans will be able to substitute extra nights in Montreal, for instance, in place of Ottawa hotels. Hotels are centrally- located, such as the Lord Elgin in Ottawa and the Lord Simcoe in Toronto. 1A RAILWAY NITL, CANADIAN COUNTERPART AGREE TO EXCHANGE INFORMATION (New York Journal of Commerce) An arrangement to exchange information between parallel committees of the National Industrial Traffic League and the Canadian Industrial Traffic League was announced by NITL President J. Robert Morton at the close of the 62nd annual general meeting of the Canadian group in Montreal Feb. 22. Typical of joint interest issues thrown up at the Canadian meeting came during the Rail Transport Committee report in mention of the Southern Freight Association's proposal S2906 for an additional 50 cents a ton on commodities moving in open top gondolas. The Canadian league joined with 110 other shipper groups and individuals in protesting the proposal, postponed for further study. Also reported to the meeting was the proposal by eastern and western lines for a 4-per-cent hike, instead of an earlier suggested 6-per-cent, in general rates in the United States, which will have an international effect, it was pointed out. This increase, subject to SFA concurrence not yet forthcoming, would go into effect not later than July 1. CN LIFTS BOXCAR BAN (Montreal Gazette) CN has removed the ban it imposed Feb. 9 on the loading of boxcars for nine states in the U.S. because of a delay in returning cars to Canada. Ron Lawless, executive vice-president of freight marketing for CN, said Feb. 22 "the flow of our cars from the States is improving." The delay in turning around the cars was caused by bad weather in the U.S. CNR ORDERS BOXCARS (Montreal Gazette) CN has ordered 35 newsprint boxcars valued at $1.4 million from International Car Co., Ohio. CN said Feb. 27 the cars will be purchased with funds accrued from a surcharge on boxcar rentals to U.S. railroads. The funds collected from this surcharge must be used to buy equipment in the U.S. CANADIAN CARLOADINGS Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback Carloads Volume (Tons) Piggyback For Week Ending Feb. 14, 1978 68,787 4,373,805 7,366 Total for Year to Feb. 14, 1978 418,697 26,879,614 43,488 Change from Similar Period, 1977 + + 502 106,006 219 Change from Similar Period, 1977 + 12,788 + 1,456,747 + 1,294 15 RAI LWAY Percentage Change - 0.7 + 2.5 + 3.1 Percentage Change + 3.2 + 5.7 + 3.1 U.S. CARLOADINGS Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) For Week Ending Feb. 18, 1978 383,201 14.5 billion Change from Similar Period, 1977 - 60,589 1.1 billion Percentage Change - 13.7 6.9 Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) Total for Year to Feb. 18. 1978 2,494,070 93.3 billion Change from Similar Period,1977 - 287,459 5.0 billion Percentage Change 10.3 5.1 Piggyback Total for Year to Feb. 11. 1978 185,483 Change from Similar Period,1977 + 12,620 Percentage Change + 7.3 Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) For Week Ending Feb. 11, 1978 366,489 13.9 billion Change from Similar Period,1977 46,490 0.8 billion Percentage Change - 11.3 - 5.4 Carloads Volume (Ton-Miles) Total for Year to Feb. 11, 1978 2,110,574 78.8 billion Change from Similar Period,1977 - ' 227,165 3.9 billion Percentage Change - 9.7 - 4.7 Piggyback Total for Year to Feb. 4, 1978 151,279 Change from Similar Period,1977 + 9,356 Percentage Change + 6.6 * * * 16 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CRTC HEARS CNCP APPLICATION TO INTERCONNECT WITH BELL CANADA LOCAL PHONE NETWORK (News Release: CNCP Telecommunications) Hearings began Feb. 28 in Ottawa before the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on an application by CNCP Telecommunications to interconnect with the local switched distribution networks of Bell Canada. CNCP Telecommunications seeks access to the Bell network to remain competitive in the burgeoning field of data transmission services in Canada. In his opening statement to the CRTC, C.R.O. Munro, counsel for CNCP Telecommunications, said that Bell is imposing an artificial constraint on competition by exploiting its local telephone monopoly. "The overwhelming and overriding issue in this case is whether the recognized public interest in effective competition in telecommunications is to be thwarted by the anti-competitive policies of Bell Canada," he said. "Bell Canada finds that its monopoly over the local, switched public telephone networks gives it a strangle-hold on competition beyond the public telephone service and beyond its wildest expectations." CNCP and Bell maintain competing long-haul telecommunications networks and each may be accessed through Bell-provided dedicated circuits. However, Bell permits its telephone subscribers to access only its telecommunications network through the local switched public telephone system. "The eventual result, unless this application succeeds," says J.C. Sutherland, vice- president, CP Telecommunications, "will be a virtual monopoly in the provision of private line voice and data communications services." CNCP stresses that it is not seeking to compete in the monopoly of local switched telephone service or in public long distance message toll telephone service. It seeks to compete only in private line voice and data communications which constitute 13 per cent of the total telecommunications market. CNCP's position in the competitive market amounted to 33 per cent in 1976. If the application for interconnection fails, CNCP expects this to decline to about 20 per cent by 1982. CNCP sees its position in the computer communications market, the largest segment (43 per cent) of the competitive area, as becoming especially weak. In 1976 it served only nine per cent of this area, and this could drop to four per cent by 1982. Several key witnesses will be called by CNCP Telecommunications during the course of the hearing, including Carl Beigie, president and chief executive officer of the CD. Howe Institute, H.J. Von Baeyer, former chairman of the government's Computer/Communication Secretariat, F.S. Burbidge, president, Canadian Pacific Limited, and Dr. R.A. Bandeen, president, Canadian National. About 40 businesses and associations representing hundreds more, have already filed documents in support of CNCP's application, including the Bank of Nova Scotia the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, IBM Canada Ltd., Westinghouse Canada Ltd., the Canadian Association of Broadcasters, Canadian Petroleum Association, The Canadian Press and Multiple Access Ltd. 17 TELECOMMUNICATIONS CNCP SAYS FUTURE WILL BE BLEAK WITHOUT BELL HOOKUP (CP - Montreal Gazette) CNCP Telecommunications said in Ottawa Feb. 27 it will be forced to eventually close its operations, including the telegram service, unless it is allowed to connect its system with Bell Canada's. In documents filed with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and in interviews, CNCP Telecommunications said without the link its financial future is bleak. Without the prospect of a reasonable rate-of-return on investment, CNCP Telecommunications said it will have to wind down its operations, the documents said. Both CNR and CP said policy requires the telecommunications branch to hold its own financially. "If a division can't pull its own weight, it goes," John Cox, a public relations officer for Canadian Pacific, said Feb. 27. Asked if CNCP would continue operating the telegram service, Mr. Cox said: "I don't see how portions of the (telecommunications) network could be salvaged." Despite the bleak outlook presented, Mr. Cox said a wind-down of CNCP "is not an immediate prospect" if it loses its bid to for interconnection with Bell. It could take a few years or 10 years depending on the general state of the economy, Mr. Cox said. BELL'S MONOPOLY: EXPERT URGES LINK WITH OTHER SYSTEMS (Ottawa Journal) Bell Canada's phone users will continue to be overcharged unless the company drops its prohibition preventing other carriers such as CNCP Telecommunications from linking their systems into Bell's, says a U.S. telecommunications expert. John W. Wilson of Washington, D.C, also said that unless Bell drops its prohibitions, innovation in the telecommunications industry, which is "critical to the nation's welfare," will be stifled. Mr. Wilson's comments were made in a paper commissioned by Robert Bertrand, director of investigation and research under the Combines Investigation Act for the consumer and corporate affairs department. JIM MCDANIEL IS MR. CN-CP (CP - Calgary Albertan) For seven years Jim McDaniel has performed the dual role of a CN-CP Telecommunications executive and a television actor. Mr. McDaniel, 60, has appeared in more than 30 commercials for the company and has been dubbed Mr. CN-CP. * * * J 18 SHIPPING SEAWAY PILOTS DRAW U.S. FIRE (Montreal Star) A group of U.S. congressmen is preparing to ask for high-level U.S.Canada talks on the question of costly delays by Canadian pilots on the St. Lawrence Seaway,, delays they fear are threatening American commerce. At the root of the problem is the fact that the 42 Canadian pilots who work the Montreal-Cornwall stretch operate under a peculiar work structure that seems to foster delays in the movement of shipping. And, unlike their U.S. counterparts in the rest of the system, they are civil servants with no apparent incentive to speed things up. Figures compiled by U.S. Seaway authorities show that between May and December last year, 750 vessels were "significantly delayed" between Montreal and Cornwall. In December alone the average delay was 42 hours, costing shipowners an average $8,400 per vessel. * * * NEW TANKER REGULATIONS SATISFY U.S. (UPI - Montreal Gazette) The United States failed to convince other maritime nations that double-hulled tankers are needed to prevent oil spills, but other measures just approved at an international conference should do an equally good job, U.S. officials say. Deputy transportation secretary Alan Butchman said in Washington, D.C, on Feb. 24 the steps finally included in a pair of new treaties will provide key safeguards against such disasters as the 1976 wreck of the Argo Merchant that spilled millions of gallons of oil on the Atlantic off Nantucket Island. * * * PRIME MINISTER DOUBTS PORT VALUE (Montreal Star) Canada would be interested in considering a new west coast oil port "if we needed a port for ourselves," Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau said at his regular weekly news conference Feb. 23. Adding Feb. 23 that this Canadian need for a west coast oil port "hasn't been demonstrated," the Prime Minister in effect seemed to destroy, for the foreseeable future, any American government hopes of having a new oil pipeline built from Kitimat, B.C., across British Columbia to Edmonton. * * * B TOURI SM & TRAVEL DESTINATION '78: CANADA (Edmonton Journal) Canadians are being enticed to see their country, with an assortment of more than 50 tours designed to suit almost any travel whim. The magic word is "packages" — a travel concept Canadians have been familiar with for at least a decade, while seeing countries other than their own. The new plan, to become effective April 1, still needs foimal approval by Parliament, but Air Canada and CP Air have already begun touting the pleasures of domestic sight-seeing. CP Air calls its travel packages Canadian Routes, and Air Canada's are billed Share Canada. In addition to a reduction in air fares, both airlines are offering travel deals which are to include substantial reductions in hotel accommodation. Length of stay can be anywhere from seven to 30 days. * * * BARGAIN AIR FARES PROPOSED (Toronto Daily Star) Canadians could be offered the lowest-ever cross-country airfares if a federal commission approves the proposal of a Toronto tour operator. Dennis Gill, president of Suntours Ltd., told The Star he expects the Canadian Transportation Commission to approve a round-trip Vancouver-to- Toronto charter fare of $199. The service would be offered from June through September. The new round-trip summer fare will be $402 and the charter class fare is going up to $232. Air Canada and CP Air are now permitted to operate a limited number of charter fares within Canada. The application has been made by Pacific Western Airlines, the carrier which will fly the Suntour passengers. DOMESTIC qiARTERS FACE STIFF COMPETITION (Montreal Star) The great rush is on to offer Canadians a better deal on airline flights inside Canada this summer, but there are indications that overseas bargains will continue to entice many of this country's holidayers. Canadians have become accustomed to taking advantage of package trips to Europe over the past decade and it may not be easy to change their travel habits overnight. * * * 20 AVIATION BLUE SKIES, NEW PLANES FOR CP AIR (Calgary Herald) After a year of stringent economy measures in 1977 which resulted in a $2-million profit, CP Air is finally seeing blue skies again, but the belt- tightening will continue this year. The economies last year included the disposal of four Boeing 727-100 aircraft, reduction in domestic and international frequencies and increased capacity of Boeing 747s. New charter class fares within Canada and overseas plus other marketing innovations have stimulated revenues. A major expression of confidence in CP Air's long-term prospects is its commitment of more than $120-million for two wide-body DC-10s and two Boeing 737 aircraft, scheduled for delivery during the next two years. The new acquisitions by 1979 will bring the CP Air fleet to 29 aircraft. The present fleet consists of four Boeing 747s, two Boeing 727-200s, seven Boeing 737s and 12 Douglas DC-8s. The jumbo aircraft will be integrated into the airline's present fleet to provide increased capacity and flexibility to scheduled and charter operations. The B-737 aircraft, seating 107 passengers in all- economy configuration, will support an expected increase on domestic routes, especially in the northern B.C. and Yukon where the economy is expected to boom with pipeline construction during the next few years. CHEAPER FLIGHTS BETWEEN CANADA-U.S. (Ottawa Citizen) The latest round of price-cutting by U.S. airlines has spilled over into Canada, and by May 1, if both governments approve, discounts of up to 40 per cent will be available on many scheduled flights between Canada and the U.S. But it seems likely that Canadian customers will have to book earlier and keep their trips shorter than Americans. The new fares are the lastest version of the U.S. "super-saver" tariffs, which come at price levels roughly comparable to Canada's domestic charter class fares, though calculated by a different formula. They provide a 30-per-cent discount on weekends and 40 per cent Monday to Thursday on economy return fares between specified pairs of cities. Until recently, super-saver fares were available only on a limited number of U.S. domestic routes, mainly across the continent. A special excursion fare, sometimes called a Canadian super-saver, already exists between Toronto and Los Angeles, San Diego and San Frant 21 AVIATION Cisco — sold by United, American and Air Canada — but United has asked Canadian Transport Commission approval to offer the new super-savers on all its routes into Canada. Air Canada has responded by filing for charter class fares to and from cities it serves in the U.S. For return flights originating in Canada, Air Canada proposes to apply the Canadian domestic charter class rules — 45 days advance booking and validity of seven to 30 days. But on flight trips originating in the U.S. it will match the American super-saver conditions, which stipulate only 30 days' advance booking and allow stays of from seven to 45 days. * * * CP AIR OPPOSES NORDAIR TAKEOVER (Dow Jones - Montreal Gazette) An objection to the proposed purchase of Nordair Ltd. by government- owned Air Canada has been filed by CP Air. . In a formal intervention before the Canadian Transport Commission, Vancouver-based CP Air said the proposed acquisition by its major competitor should be blocked on grounds that "Air Canada's position in the domestic market in Canada is so dominant that it would appear to achieve no substantial advantage in its own operation other than increasing its size. * * * SKYTRAIN PROFITS (Regina Leader-Post) Britain's aviation entrepreneur Freddie Laker said Feb. 16 his company has made $1.6-million in profits from the reduced-rate Skytrain air service between New York and London since it began last September. He said Skytrain flights, for which no reservations are accepted, have been filled on average to 81 per cent of capacity. WINNIPEG AIRLINE BUYS LEARJET (Winnipeg Free Press) Perimeter Aviation Ltd., of Winnipeg, has taken delivery of a $2.5- million Learjet as a partner for its $1.3-million Cessna Citation executive jet to establish Manitoba's first charter jet service. Bill Wehrle, president, said 12 Winnipeg firms have indicated they want to use the jet service and he estimates 50 per cent of the jet's flights will be trans-border. * * * 22 AVIATION PWA SEEKS 90 FLIGHTS (Montreal Gazette) Pacific Western Airlines has applied for 90 domestic advanced booking charters this summer and is looking for more, Rhys Eyton, PWA chairman, says. Thirty-six flights are designated Calgary-Vancouver, 36 Vancouver- Edmonton and 18 Vancouver-Toronto. * * * EPA OUT TO CORNER ATLANTIC CHARTERS (Financial Post) Major scheduled airlines in Canada will eventually boil down to three or four, not the seven of recent years, predicts Keith A. Miller, president of Eastern Provincial Airways. "I said that a few years ago, and since that time Pacific Western Airlines has applied to the Canadian Transport Commission (CTC) to acquire Transair and Air Canada has applied for the acquisition of Nordair. 'Economics will dictate the necessity of this consolidation within a year or two," Mr. Miller says. But he expects Eastern Provincial Airways (EPA) will be one of the three or four to survive — "as an integrated operating unit. "We've been preparing over the past two years for our role in the domestic advance booking charter (ABC) policy," Mr. Miller says. This summer, EPA expects to begin running charters from points in Ontario that are Atlantic- Canada oriented. Because of the number of "Newfoundland Clubs" and other similar groups, Mr. Miller thinks EPA can penetrate that charter market the fastest. EPA has been in the international ABC market for several years, offering charters to the Caribbean and Florida. Mr. Miller has some reservations over the new domestic ABC policy. "It has been a double-edged sword, and the public has only looked at one side of it," he says. "They have failed to take into consideration that a wide-open ABC policy is not just a question of cheaper fares, it can have a bad effect on present existing airline scheduling." CALGARY'S NEW TERMINAL WILL SOON EXCEED PASSENGER CAPACITY (Calgary Herald) Calgary's three-month-old air terminal will exceed its design capacity of 3.1 million passengers annually this year. Though the official total for 1977 passenger traffic will not be known until later this year, airport insiders have placed the number of passengers enplaning and deplaning at Calgary last year at "just under 3 million." * * * 23 BUSINESS & FINANCE IAN SINCLAIR: A BARGAIN AT $330,450 (Montreal Gazette) At $330,450 a year, Ian Sinclair, chairman and chief executive officer of Canadian Pacific Ltd., may have been underpaid last year. That's the opinion of one Montreal brokerage-house analyst, Terrance Salman, who says that while Mr. Sinclair is likely one of the five or 10 highest-paid businessmen in Canada, he is also one of the best. While setting any chief executive officer's remuneration is an imprecise exercise, the CP board of directors has an unusually difficult time, analysts say, because the giant conglomerate really has no Canadian equivalent in size and diversity. Montreal-based CP is the biggest industrial company in Canada measured by value of assets — $6.8-billion in 1976 ~ and the fourth-largest by total sales — $4-billion. The next-largest diversified company is Brascan Ltd., about one-third that size. In the case of CP, both Mr. Salman and a Toronto analyst familiar with the company, Robert Tang, feel shareholders are getting a pretty good return for the pay top executives get. That pay was a well-kept secret until Feb. 24 when CP gave up a yearlong battle with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the U.S. and allowed the commission to release the figures. The commission also revealed that CP president F.S. Burbidge earned $193,950 and vice-president Keith Campbell earned $146,550. Mr. Salman says the closest comparison to CP is in the U.S., because only in that country are there rail companies that are as big and as diversified as CP. He feels the best comparison is with Union Pacific Corp. of New York City, which earned $195-million in 1976 on total sales of $2-billion from rail, oil, gas, coal and woodlands operations. Union Pacific chairman Frank Barnett earned $465,000 that year from salary and bonus alone, the company's president, James Evans, earned $407,000, and executive vice-president William Cook received $380,000. These figures do not include income from stock options or directors' fees from associated companies; the SEC figures for CP include all types of income. At Burlington Northern Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., chairman Louis Menk earned $349,000 from salary alone in 1976. Burlington Northern's profit was $73-million on sales of $1.9-billion. And, in Mr. Salman's opinion, Mr. Sinclair's management group has outperformed those at the two U.S. companies. The average compound growth rate-of-earnings per share at CP was 20.5 per cent from 1970 to 1976, compared with 14.1 per cent at Union Pacific and 18.9 per cent at Burlington Northern. Mr. Tang is not sure these figures tell the whole story. He notes that 24 BUSINESS & FINANCE the U.S. companies showed a better rate-of-return on investment. But he blames tougher Canadian regulatory pressures on rail rates rather than Mr. Sinclair for this, and gives Mr. Sinclair high marks for pushing CP strongly into more profitable areas such as petroleum. Mr. Sinclair has been "the driving force" behind CP's transformation into a highly-profitable conglomerate (including petroleum, steelmaking and mining) in the past 10 years, he says. "I would rate him quite highly" as a manager. Observers of CP also note that top management allows itself few of the expensive perquisites that are relatively common in multi-billion- dollar companies. The only executives who are entitled to use a company limousine are Mr. Sinclair and Mr. Burbidge, and there is no fleet of company j ets. In fact, there are no company planes at all, and Mr. Sinclair uses scheduled flights for the estimated 100,000 miles he travels each year to oversee the CP empire. ONE-TIME PEEL ST. LANDMARK COST $1-MILLION TO DEMOLISH (Montreal Gazette) It was 30 years ago that a spanking new Laurentien Hotel in Montreal opened its lower floors to the public. Now even the lower floors are gone. In two weeks, its demolition should be complete, sit empty. And the land will Marathon Realty, owner of the site at Dorchester Blvd. and Peel St., says it will build nothing on the land until the outlook improves for renting office space in Montreal. Andre Daigneault, project manager for Marathon Realty, said Feb. 27: "Before we start building, we want to find a big tenant to occupy a good part of our office building." STOCK DEAL PROPOSED (Winnipeg Free Press) Cominco Ltd. of Vancouver has announced that it proposes to offer two million preferred shares with a par value of $25 each. The shares are to be designated as floating-rate preferred shares Series C and are to be issued at par. The offer, to be made through Wood Gundy Ltd., is expected March 6. The company said in a news release the net proceeds of the issue will be used to reduce short-term indebtedness and for general corporate purposes. There will be no application to list the shares on any stock exchange. 25 BUSINESS & FINANCE CANADIAN PACIFIC INVESTMENTS REPORTS FINAL 1977 EARNINGS (News Release: Canadian Pacific Investments Limited) Canadian Pacific Investments Limited March 2 reported final consolidated net income for 1977 of $213.2-million, an increase of $73.0-million or 52 per cent over 1976. Net income per common share was $3.55 compared with $2.36 in 1976. The record 1977 earnings included extraordinary income of $8.5-million, representing the net gain on the sale of CanPac Leasing Limited which was completed on April 1, 1977. Income from oil and gas increased $36.1-million to $110.2-million as a result of higher production volumes and increased prices. PanCanadian Petroleum Limited's crude oil production was up 13 per cent and natural gas production increased 18 per cent. Income from mines and minerals increased $8.7-million to $41.1-million. CPI's share of Cominco Ltd.'s income, after minority interests, was $31.4- million compared with $24.4-million in 1976. The main contributing factors were higher prices and sales volumes for lead, gold, silver and electric power plus the exchange value of the Canadian dollar in relation to the major currencies in which Cominco does business. CPI's share of Fording Coal Limited earnings in 1977 was $9.0-million, an increase of $1.7-million, reflecting a rise in sales volume. CPI also received ownership payments from Fording of $2.3-million compared with $2.0-million in 1976. The company's share in the income of CanPac Minerals Limited was $1.0-million compared with $755,000 in 1976. Income from forest products rose $5.1-million to $10.3-million. The company's net income from The Great Lakes Paper Company, Limited, after minority interest, was $8.1-million compared with $2.7-million in 1976 when operations were affected by the final two months of a millworkers" strike. The improvement also reflected increased shipments of all products, particularly pulp, and the exchange premium on the U.S. dollar. Pacific Logging Company Limited earned $2.2-million in 1977 compared with $2.5-million the previous year when earnings included a gain of $1.5-million on disposal of an investment. The marked improvement in operating results was attributable mainly to better log-selling prices. Earnings from iron and steel increased $9.5-million to $23.0-million. The company's net income from the Algoma Steel Corporation, Limited, after minority interest, was $15.8-million compared with $10.3-million in 1976. Dominion Bridge Company, Limited, owned 43 per cent by Algoma, continued to make a substantial contribution to Algoma's earnings. Algoma also benefited from higher steel production and shipments, better product mix and operating improvements. CPI's share of Steep Rock Iron Mines Limited's income, after minority interest, was $5.0-million compared with $2.5- million in 1976. Chief contributing factors were consolidation of Steep 26 BUSINESS & FINANCE Rock earnings for a full year, good operating conditions, higher shipments and the U.S. dollar exchange premium. Income from real estate increased $1.2-million to $11.6-million, mainly as a result of larger contributions from shopping centres and office buildings. CP Hotels reported a loss of $4.7-million compared with earnings of $10,000 in 1976. A major portion of the loss represented charges relating to development projects that are no longer considered likely to be pursued. Poor operating results reflected difficulties being encountered by the whole Canadian hospitality industry. Earnings from finance increased $190,000 to $2.5-million. Net income from Chateau Insurance Company was $1.3-million compared with $498,000 in 1976. Consolidation for a full year accounted for the increase. Net income of Canadian Pacific Securities Limited was $912,000, an increase of $116,000. The effect of these increases was largely offset by the absence of income from CanPac Leasing after it was sold on April 1. Income from other operations increased from $801,000 in 1976 to $4.3- million. Growth in the net income of CanPac AgriProducts Limited from $837,000 in 1976 to $4.4-million was mainly due to the acquisition of Baker Commodities, Inc. on Nov. 30, 1976, and its consolidation for the full year 1977. An increase of $5.0-million in investment income was almost entirely the result of gains on sales of investments. (For Summarized Statement of Consolidated Income, see Page 27) CPI DECLARES DIVIDEND ON PREFERRED SHARES (News Release: Canadian Pacific Investments Limited) The Board of Directors of Canadian Pacific Investments Limited March 2 declared a dividend of 47.5 cents per share on the outstanding 4-3/4 per cent Cumulative Redeemable Convertible Voting Preferred Shares, Series A of the company. This dividend, being the half-yearly instalment, is payable on May 1, 1978, to shareholders of record at the close of business on April 6, 1978, 27 BUSINESS & FINANCE Canadian Pacific Investments Limited Summarized Statement of Consolidated Income for the Year ended December 31 1977 1976 (in thousands) Oil and Gas* $110,222 $ 74,064 Mines and Minerals* 41,064 32,360 Forest Products* 10,278 5,236 Iron and Steel* 22,988 13,467 Real Estate* 11,569 10,423 Hotels and Food Services ( 4,696) 10 Finance 2,489 2,299 Other Operations 4,285 801 Investment Income 6,483 1,521 Income before Extraordinary Item $204,682 $140,181 Extraordinary item after income taxes 8,542 $213,224 Net Income $140JL81 Earnings per Common Share Income before extraordinary item Net income $3.41 3.55 $2.36 2.36 After interest of outside shareholders, * * * 28 BUSINESS | FINANCE CPI TO ACQUIRE SYRACUSE CHINA (News Release: Canadian Pacific Investments Limited) Agreement was reached March 2 between Canadian Pacific Investments Limited of Montreal and Syracuse China Corporation of Syracuse, N.Y., whereby CPI will acquire Syracuse China for $26.75 cash per share. Syracuse China has 729,575 shares of common stock outstanding. The acquisition will be accomplished by a merger between Syracuse China and a newly-created subsidiary of CPI which will bear the name Syracuse China. The proposed merger is conditional upon the execution of definitive agreements, the approval of a majority of the stockholders of Syracuse China and certain other legal requirements. The transaction is expected to be completed within 60 days. The existing management of Syracuse China will continue to direct the operations of the company after the merger. Syracuse China manufactures and markets a broad line of chinaware, candles and hand-cast metal tableware for the food service industry. GO TRANSIT EXPANSION PROPOSED (Hamilton Spectator) Transportation Minister James Snow would like to see Burlington serviced by five GO Transit trains a day as soon as possible. Mr. Snow told the institute's annual regional technical conference on rapid transit that GO Transit would like to use the old Toronto, Hamilton, and Buffalo Railway station on Hunter Street to provide better service at the western end of the Lakeshore route. JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT (Ottawa Citizen) The Canadian Labor Congress is proposing an environmental unemployment compensation fund financed by industry to compensate workers who become victims of environmentally-induced unemployment. CLC secretary-treasurer Donald Montgomery said the unemployment in Canada would make it an "act of criminal irresponsibility to place jobs at risk, even for serious environmental considerations." Submission to the Task Force on Canadian Unity by Ian D. Sinclair, Chairman, Canadian Pacific, Ottawa, March 3, 1978 INTRODUCTION Any problem worthy of discussion must be viewed from some perspective. In general, the most helpful perspective from which to view social and political problems is the historical since it is important to understand how we arrived at where we are and the dynamic forces that drove us in the direction we took. There is, however, another justification for our adopting a historical approach in the preparation of this submission. That justification is to be found in the observation of Clarence Darrow — that one of the things that's wrong with history is that it repeats itself. PART I: A PERSPECTIVE ON THE UNITY QUESTION 1. Canadian Pacific was founded in 1881. By November 1885 the Canadian Pacific Railway Company had completed Canada's, if not North America's, first transcontinental railway — a railway constructed to realize Canada's then national dream — that of welding together its far-flung territories, so that confederation could become a practical and workable economic reality. Indeed, Canadian Pacific has been described as affording history a rare example of a nation created through the construction of a railway. 2. What were the circumstances that brought this national dream about? It must be remembered that the pride which is now shown in the "3,000 miles of undefended frontier" is a realization of this century, not the last. In the middle of the 19th century there was a general belief in many quarters that it was the manifest destiny of the United States to rule the whole of North America and it is recorded that President Grant expected that the peoples and territories to the North would become part of the United States during his administration. Our confederation came about as a response to American pressures from the South in the belief that they might be better resisted by a united Canada — pressures of the kind exemplified in the cry of Secretary of State Seward in a speech in Boston in the summer of 1867 when he said "Nature designs that this whole continent, not merely these thirty-six states, shall be, sooner or later, within the magic circle of the American Union". It remains to be seen whether and to what extent those words might yet prove to be prophetic. 3. In the late 19th century, Canadian Pacific played a crucial role in unifying the territories which made up Canada. It was a physical unification, but from that physical bond there began to develop a political, social and economic bond. In short, Canada's component parts began to develop some community of interest. In this second half of the 20th century, Canadian unity is once again a matter for serious concern. It faces grave threats. Because of our preoccupation with linguistic and other cultural ideals it is frequently said that mere physical and economic bonds can no longer provide solutions. Indeed, it seems probable that these alone never really did. But if the challenge appears to us to be far greater now, it would serve us well to remember that the challenge has always existed in one form or another and to a greater or lesser degree. 4. In the Canada of the 1870s and 1880s "nationalism" was a strange new word. Patriotism was rooted in ethnic origin. Racial and religious cleavage ran deep. Culture was regional, provincial animosities savage and the idea of unity ephemeral. Against this backdrop one might wonder how the concept of a united Canada was ever conceived in the first place, let alone realized. The historian, John Bartlet Brebner, a Canadian who spent most of his life in the United States, explains the matter thusly in his book entitled, "North Atlantic Triangle", at page 184: "In general, traditional dependence on the Mother Country and traditional fear and dislike of the United States, combined with a disinclination to change and an unwillingness or inability to shed familiar cultural garments, were quite naturally so strong that it would have required a profound cataclysm to have projected the colonists into the American Union. Quebec, in particular, threatened as it felt it was by English-speaking Canadians so far as the maintenance of its ways of life and thought was concerned, was still more afraid of engulfment in the omnivorous, all-digesting culture of the United States. Better make a bargain for autonomy in these fundamentals as part of a smaller federation which would not be able to ignore the power and the geographical position of the French-speaking province." But if the foregoing constituted the basic ingredients that made confederation possible, there can also be little doubt that the Fathers of Confederation were looking forward to acting on a larger stage and were confident that in so doing they could create a prosperous transcontinental economy. Indeed, steps leading to the negotiation of reciprocal trade agreements with the West Indies, Brazil and Mexico had been taken towards achieving this end even prior to the union and Joseph Howe of Nova Scotia is on record as having remarked as early as 1855 that he had a very natural desire to earn distinction beyond the narrow limits of the Province in which he was born. 5. It takes little examination to see that there are essential differences between the Canada that is and the Canada that was brought into being in 1867. Many of the factors have been modified significantly in impact and there is little doubt that a good measure of success has been achieved in the area of developing an acceptable national economy. We would have been more successful had our entrepreneurial instincts not been dampened and our work ethic eroded by a fairly general acceptance of the proposition that governments replete with bureaucrats have all, or almost all, the answers. 6. Canadian Pacific has played an important role in Canada's history, its growth and development. It should not, then, be surprising that the future of Canadian unity should be a matter of continuing concern to us. Indeed, Canadian Pacific's evolution has, in a very real sense, paralleled the evolution of the country. What, if anything, can this teach us? 7. The dynamics of Canadian Pacific's evolution has resulted from the fact that a separate commercial structure and management has been given to each of its enterprises. As a result, they have developed in their own right without undue regard for or preoccupation with their origins. CP Hotels, for example, began as a service to meet the requirements of rail passengers; today it operates a far-flung chain of hotels and dining facilities serving all sectors of the travelling public. Similarly, in addition to its Canadian interests, PanCanadian Petroleum is now exploring in the North Sea, in the United States and in Southeast Asia. Each business can be seen to develop a commercial logic of its own, based not on its origins, but rather on the dictates of the marketplace and technology. 8. In all of its undertakings, Canadian Pacific has been a pioneering company and has gladly accepted the risks of the market place. This is equally true of the railway, which was built when many thought it impossible, of telecommunications, which for years provided the only means of communication across Canada, of the development of the mining industry in southeast British Columbia, and the pioneering interests of the tar sands and Panarctic. Canadian Pacific has been a company which built and aggressively innovated. It is a company based upon a realistic appraisal of the economic and environmental factors that won't readily change and which must be accepted as the basis for action, on the aspirations of people seeking a better life and on physical assets and their development. Our progress has not been based on any idealistic, soul searching introspection. 9. Canada too has evolved as a country because people caused things to happen. Things do not happen simply because people wish that they would. Rather, they happen when enough people form the collective will to make them happen. That is as true of a country as it is of a business enterprise. As Van Loon has observed, "The history of the world is the record of man in quest of his daily bread and butter". 10. Little will be achieved if we permit our problems to hypnotize us or if we spend our time conjuring up unreasonable or unattainable ideals. To be sure we have problems for which there are no pat solutions but Canadians have frequently been guilty of overstating their importance and then condemning the Government or the country or some part of it because our every whim has not been satisfied. An interesting and timely example of this is the much expressed wish of some Canadians to travel within Canada at subsidized rates to further the cause of national unity. The wish to travel is laudable but the accompanying refusal to pay the legitimate cost of it is not. 11. One of the fundamental differences between Canadians and Americans is that our friends to the south recognize that they, like us, have many serious problems and they certainly know that their country is far from perfect. Nevertheless, they tend to think of it in terms of being the best of all possible worlds. They do so because they understand and believe from their history and their collective experience that their country affords them the best opportunity of achieving the good life that they are searching for and they work at it with a vigor that we, in Canada, would do well to emulate. Canada is as much blest as is the United States and if we would but stop concentrating upon unachievable ideals and apply ourselves to the task of improving our own lot, we might indeed find fresh hope for the future. 1 2. One possibility that has not changed is that it is open to Canadians, now as it always has been, to opt to join the American union rather than to continue to develop our own country as we have done for the last 110 years. Whether this option should be seriously considered now or in the future raises an issue of serious national importance that must be responded to by all Canadians but not on any provincial or regional basis. It must be responded to on a national basis because a parochial response is very likely to prejudice the ultimate result and the bargaining position of Canada as a whole. 13. The notion that this country can be fragmented into separate viable entities is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Let us not fool ourselves into thinking (because of the existence of our supposedly sophisticated bureaucracies) that fragmentation will lead to some ideal state of independence. That would not have been the result in 1867 and it will not be the result now. The reasons are obvious and do not require much elaboration. iOur highly dynamic neighbour to the south continues to exercise a powerful pull on Canadian investment and development. A fragmented Canada could not long endure the vortex generated by American enterprise and, indeed, if Canada ceased to be one country there would no longer be any raison d'etre for suffering the pain of continuing competition with them. At the political level, our shabby remains would only constitute a fertile breeding place for strange ideologies — something that would not be readily tolerated by the American eagle. 14. For Canadian minorities desirous of perpetuating themselves, I suggest that it is better to be "un comme les autres" within the Canadian framework than "un comme les autres" within the American framework. It is, I think, beyond argument that had the Province of Canada opted to become a state in the American union in 1867, there would be no serious linguistic issues at stake today, there would be no cultural issues at stake today and, moreover, there would be no question of secession today. It may seem like a brutal fact to those emotionally unable to accept it but it is nonetheless true that our minorities have fared very well within the context of our confederation. Another brutal fact is that if they wish to perpetuate themselves, then Canadians had better stick together within the present Canadian framework or within some reasonably amended facsimile of it. Indeed, it is somewhat ironic in the light of our history that section 133 of the British North America Act (which for the first time conferred official status on the French language to the extent of its use in the Houses of the Legislature of Quebec and in its courts as well as in the House of the Parliament of Canada and in the courts of Canada) should be made the subject of legislative attack in Chapter III of Quebec's recent "Charter of the French Language", an attack designed to destroy the very basis of the French language's protection within our constitutional framework. PART II: SOME THOUGHTS ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 15. I am not one of those who believes that there is a great deal wrong with the British North America Act as it was enacted and amended from time to time since 1867. Our problems are not really rooted in the constitution but rather in the unwise use that has so frequently been made of the powers conferred by the constitution. Many examples of both federal and provincial legislation could be cited and, indeed, there are bills in the legislative process today that should not be enacted. If, however, the constitution can be amended to prevent past errors from recurring, if it can be made an instrument of discipline against future excesses, then certainly some attempt should be made to amend it. What might be done? 16. To begin with, it would be a sign of our maturity as a nation if we could amend our own constitution within our own boundaries. Hopefully, some consensus respecting an amending formula can be arrived at but care must be taken that the formula does not constitute a straight jacket in relation to future amendment. It would be unwise if the formula conferred a veto power on any government or group of governments. 17. In addition to or in lieu of securing an appropriate amending formula, the possibility of an amendment authorizing the delegation of legislative power as between the two levels of government should be fully explored. While a delegation of administrative authority is presently allowed, it would add considerable flexibility to the constitution if a delegation of legislative power were also to be permitted. For example, a province or some of them might be authorized to impose an indirect tax for prescribed purposes but within stated constraints. 18. An effective constitution should guarantee the free flow of goods, services and people throughout the country. As presently written, our constitution preserves this position relatively well in relation to goods and services and care must be taken to continue this situation by maintaining legislative control of our national instruments of transportation and communications within the purview of the national government. 19. In recent times we have become conscious of subtle problems in respect of the movement of people. I allude in this regard to certain linguistic barriers which have resulted from the inability of Canadians to obtain a reasonable primary and secondary education in the official language of their choice in many areas of the country. The problem appears to be rooted in the fact that the subject of education lies within the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the provinces. What appears to be required is a constitutional amendment which would provide Canadians with a free option on reasonable terms, to be educated in the official language of their choice. Since the exercise of this right is likely to prove to be somewhat expensive, the matter can only be handled in a realistic way if the Parliament of Canada is given jurisdiction to legislate in respect of that right. This necessarily implies some trenching on the exclusive legislative jurisdiction of the provinces in the field of education. 20. The importance of such a change is specifically pointed up by the recently enacted "Charter of the French Language" which in Chapter VIII would deprive the children of many English speaking parents as well as the children of most French speaking parents of the opportunity of receiving the whole or some part of their elementary and secondary school education in English. Ironically, the burden of this restriction will fall more heavily on the children of French speaking parents who, unless the parents possess special financial means, will be unable to obtain an acceptable level of formal education in the English language and who will therefore find it difficult to compete on an equal basis for jobs in very significant sectors of the commercial and business world. In contrast, the children of English speaking parents residing in Quebec should, over time, to their very great advantage, become bilingual in French and English since they will learn to speak and write English at home and elsewhere, and French in school. It must not be overlooked that English is the language of national and international business and that proficiency in that language is a prerequisite to promotion and ultimate success in the world of business and commerce in the twentieth century. 21. Flowing from what has already been said in respect of linguistic education, Canadians would do well to insist upon the entrenchment of a Bill of Rights that would protect them both at the federal and provincial levels of government. A Canadian residing in British Columbia should forever enjoy the same basic fundamental rights and freedoms as a Canadian living in Manitoba or Newfoundland. More specifically, we would do well to entrench private property rights. To some extent certain jurisdictions in this country do not enjoy an enviable record in respect of the way in which they have dealt with private property rights. It would tend to lend credibility to Canada as a country and stability to the Canadian economy if private property rights were recognized and entrenched in the constitution. Investors, whether Canadian or foreign, could then look at Canadian investment possibilities and feel confident of at least some protection conferred by the constitution of Canada. 22. Finally, we would do well to consider a constitutional amendment which would prevent the conditional use of the federal spending power in respect of any matter that lies exclusively within provincial legislative jurisdiction. The right to make unconditional grants would, of course, be maintained. The fact is that many of our economic problems today flow from the excessive taxation burden that has been imposed as a result of the unwarranted use and cost of "shared cost" programmes that have been induced into being by unwarranted federal forays into matters of jurisdiction that, very wisely, were reserved for the exclusive jurisdiction of the provinces. We have, as a nation, been living beyond our means for too long and an attempt must be made to cut back on these excessive costs. 23. To the same end, consideration should be given to a constitutional amendment which would preclude collective bargaining in the public sector and the use of the so- called "right to strike" in that sector. It is a sad commentary on our evolution as a nation over 110 years of history that we must pay taxes in Canada at rates well in excess of those paid by Americans only to find that we, not infrequently, lose our ability to deliver the mail because of militant strike action or to clean the snowoff airport runways for the same reason. We can no longer, as a nation, afford to permit ourselves to be held up to ransom by those who seek and enjoy employment in the public sector and I think that this comment applies equally to all levels of government. 24. While this last suggestion may appear a little extreme to some in view of the fact that the same result could be achieved by legislative action within the present constitutional framework, I think we must be realistic enough to doubt that such an important and fundamental structural change in our society can ever be realized at both the federal and provincial levels of government simply on the basis of ordinary political initiatives. 25. If the reaching of a constitutional consensus reconciling basic and fundamental differences among the Canadian people is difficult, a complete revision or rewriting of that consensus is equally difficult and considered by some to be impossible. Indeed, such a course is not recommended and if any one should be foolish enough to undertake it, he does so at his peril. A great many other areas of the constitution have been considered for possible revision, such as, the Canadian Senate and the Supreme Court of Canada, but none of these areas has proven to be particularly rewarding in the sense that they justify or require extensive revision. 26. Insofar as the Senate is concerned, it is difficult to conclude that an appointed chamber of sober second thought is no longer a useful Canadian concept. One very good reason for retaining its character as an appointed chamber is that it has not been readily possible to interest a sufficiently large number of well informed and experienced persons of quality and good will in seeking elected office. The Senate can and does afford a useful countervailing force to the over-enthusiasm that sometimes prevails with members of the House of Commons. The constitution should, of course, restrain the Senate from frustrating, in any ultimate sense, the express will of the majority of members of the House of Commons. 27. With reference to the Supreme Court of Canada, great care must be taken to avoid the frequently expressed suggestion that appointees to the court of last resort should sit in some representative capacity or as delegates of various conflicting regional and political interests. The Court must not be turned into some kind of arbitral tribunal either in respect of the discharge of its ordinary judicial business or in respect of the resolution of ultimate constitutional issues. A divided power of appointment would inevitably lead to this. It would, however, improve the stature of the Court if its basic framework and jurisdiction were enshrined in the constitution so that these could not be readily amended or circumscribed by precipitous legislative action. CONCLUSION In the last analysis, questions concerning the continuation of the country, constitution-writing and amendment involve not only an exercise of the mind but also of the heart. Fundamentally, there is something very personal about one's country — a sense of feeling, of belonging, of oneness. The mind may conclude that it is finished, over and done with, but the heart will belie that obvious fact and so it is with Canada, the improbable, impossible possibility, which became a nation in spite of great odds and succeeded and endured beyond the wildest dreams of its founders for over a century. If enough of those who have inherited the legacy that is Canada feel keenly enough about it, Canada will not be seen as irrelevant in the present context. It will not pass away in our time. The final decision concerning the continuation of Canada — and that is by far the most important decision for Canadians today — rests with the people of Canada. They constitute the jury who must determine that issue, and, even as we continue this confusing colloquy respecting our unity and ultimate destiny, the jury is out. nternal Correspondence Tsi k^'2*» 0af9 VANCOUVER, 2 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Messrs. R.R. Reid A.N. Cairns. T. King J.W. McCowatt File: A. Meijer C.A. Aitken 0. Robison, Vancouver. E. Robinson, Nanaimo. 530 My Form 102-R RE: REQUISITIONS - B.C.C.S.S. Please note signing authority and maximum amounts allowable for respective Departmental requisitions: 1. Catering equipment ex Stores, and commissary supplies. Any one item not to exceed $2,500.00 Catering Supt. 2. Ordinary Engineroom and Tug supplies ex Stores stock. Any one item not to exceed $2,500.00 ...... Marine Supt., or Supt.. Engineer, or Asst. Supt. Engineer, 3. Ticket Office supplies, advertising publications, printing of tariffs, etc. Any one item not to exceed $2,500.00 Assistant Manager 4. Equipment such as carpets, linen, cutlery, crockery, and all special items in excess of $2,500.00 Manager, B.C.C.S.S. 5. Replenishing Stores stock Manager, B.C.C.S.S. In the absence of any of the afore-mentioned Departmental officers or Manager, Assistant Manager, B.C.C.S.S. has signing authority. Andre Meijer, Catering Superintendent, will now have jurisdiction over the Stores Department. As such, all requisitions should be authorized promptly by Departmental Superintendents concerned and directed to Mr. Meijer for expeditious handling with Storekeeper, Will you please arrange accordingly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RRR'BB cc. Mr. V. Jones, Vancouver. /teJLb K^ W —^ yatCTflT-Aiwriyrtr- internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 2 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To File: T-78-10 Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid This refers to the letter from Mr. O.W. Hanger, General Manager, Northern Bus Company and Ketchikan Sightseeing, dated 21 February, regarding the disposition of the "Princess Patricia" at the end of the 1978 season. While I agree that certain Ideas put forth by Mr. Glenn Lee of Seattle are attractive from a sentimental approach, I question their economic feasibility. In any case, there is no way that we can give support to any of these suggestions, as they would be in direct contravention to our current course of action. If Mr. Lee wishes to pursue this course, then there is nothing we can do. It is obvious that there is a certain amount of interest in placing the "Patricia" in a Northern B.C. route, and if you wish to pursue this avenue, I would be quite willing to review any recommendations you might make. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB )Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 2 March 1978. File: 78.529.S, From M.W. Holland 70 Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid This is to confirm our recent conversation regarding a trip on board the "Princess of Vancouver" by a group of youngsters from Portland, Oregon, and their Host/Hostesses, who will be billeting them during the week of March 13th here in Vancouver. The latter represent students at Cleveland Elementary School in North Vancouver. I would appreciate if you would arrange for these students, all II years of age or under, to travel as a group and to be afforded the privilege of a trip to the Bridge, and in certain instances a visit to the engineroom. It is planned that they will take the Vancouver-Nanaimo return trip on March 16th. I will be able to give you more definite numbers prior to that date. Also, as suggested, it would be appreciated if you would arrange for soup, sandwiches, dessert and a beverage to be made available to these youngsters, the cost of which should be minimal, and for which I will take responsibility. Would you kindly review the above and advise me of any further action I should take, or information you require. VjyForm 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB cc. Mr. A.N.. Cairns Mr. T. King' Mr. A. Meijer CP in spondence Date VANCOUVER, 2 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Memorandum Mr. R.R. Reid File: 305 You will note the attached letter from Mr. Helmcken regarding our discussions at lunch last week, and I would ask you to proceed with this matter along the following lines: 1. As you are aware, I have discussed with Jim Yates the fact that we have been requested to provide these plaques and that he might talk to you with respect to any input he might have. He has borrowed my copy of the "Pacific Princesses" and is currently putting something together for our review. 2. It will be necessary to have the plaques designed, and I would suggest that perhaps we could have this done by Mr. Tom Dykes of Victoria. However, this should perhaps be discussed with P.R. and Advertising personnel first. 3. We should at this time be investigating the costs of this project in order that we may include same in our presentation to Management for their approval. You will note the time element we are facing, and in this light I would suggest that it receive your early attention. I have told Mr. Margetts that we have been approached and are putting together our ideas on the subject, but also Informed him that this is-.Mr. Bawlf's pet project at this time, as he is responsible for the development of the Inner Harbour. I have suggested to Mr. Margetts that any participation by ourselves can only improve-" our relationships in the coastal marine field. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB >5)Form 102-R internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 2 March 1978. From M.W. Holland To Mr. P.I. Georges Asst. General Manager Montreal, Que. This refers to your memorandum dated 23 February 1978, File 107. The comments in Mr. Campbell's letter, which was attached to your correspondence, have been noted and will be followed accordingly. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH'BB :>'r)Form 102-R P" ■ B Tel (a I ■ ■/Holland ! Reid ■' ! jger 2 March 1978. File No. T-430 Mr. Peter Wilson J.S. McMillan Fisheries Ltd. No. 9 - 975 Centennial Road Vancouver, B.C. V6A 3J7 Dear Peter: It was indeed a pleasure having lunch with you on Friday, 24 February, and please accept this as confirmation of the points discussed at that time. We acknowledge the fact that McMillan Fisheries are interested in leasing the shed facilities currently being used by your good company, and that it is your wish that we consider a long-term lease arrangement with McMillan Fisheries Ltd. As stated to you, it is our intention that monthly lease payments on the shed facility will be $2200.00, and that lease will, by necessity, be drawn up in accord with Canadian Pacific's policy, which will place the responsibility for such items as light, heat and power, insurance, business taxes, and other extraneous items of an operating nature, on your company. As advised, our lease on the property expires 28 February 1979, but we hold options for renewal of the lease on a 10-year basis. We have no idea of any increase that the Department of Highways might levy with respect to the lease payments on expiration of the current lease, but we would be willing to provide you with similar option clauses as we currently enjoy. You did mention that a degree of strengthening was required with respect to your own adjacent facilities, and that at the time of making these modifications you would, in all probability, wish to strengthen the deck support of the Northland shed. While we would not be in opposition to this, it would, of course, have to be undertaken at your own expense. - 2 - If the foregoing should outline your basic requirements, would you kindly advise and I will ask the Law Department to draft a' proposed lease for your consideration. As stated, we would expect any lease arrangements to be retroactive to 1 March 1978. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S. MWH iBB be. Messrs. B.D. Margetts, Montreal. P.I. Georges, Montreal. V. Jones, Vancouver. N. Parham;, Prince Rupert. tD- Intteti. ii ^orresaon: F< m oe File: T 78 - 35 Date From To Vancouver, B.C., March 2, 1978 W.W. Hocking Mr. H.S, Harriman, Manager, Revenue Accounting, Montreal, P.Q. Your File: PD-B/5-1 Allocation of the above revenues to "Trucks & Trailers" for the month of February 1978. There were 3 unaccompanied autos on the Vancouver-Nanaimo run and they should be credited to "Drive-On Autos" for the 'Princess of Vancouver' and 'Other Vessels" in the amounts of $50 and $25 respectively. Revenue credited to "Trucks and Trailers" is as follows: Vancouver-Nanaimo Car Ferry (of Vancouver) 637, Other Vessels Carrier Princess Seaspan Doris 5% 32% 37% 1007, The Swartz Bay route carried 33 unaccompanied autos for a credit of $1,015 to "Drive-On Autos". Seaspan Doris also performed on the Vancouver-Kelsey Bay-Elk Falls- Beaver Cove service February 4/5, 11/12, 18/19, 25/26. Included were 82 unaccompanied autos for a total credit of $9,184 to "Drive-On Autos". Accountant, B.C.C.S.S. iV?) Form 102-R an ernal Correspondence File: T 78 - 35 Date From To Vancouver, B.C., March 2, 1978 W.W. Hocking Mr. H.S. Harriman, Manager, Revenue Accoutring Montreal, P.Q. Your File: AF 700201 Employment of vessels and car ferry forthe month of February 1978 are as follows: 7 Princess of Vancouver Carrier Princess Seaspan Doris Trailer Princess February - 1 - 28 February 2, 3, 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27, 28 February 15, 16, 23 February 1, 4, 11, 18, 25 Box car carryings on the Vancouver-Nanaimo route were as follows: LOADS EMPTIES(inc. PCS) TOTAL Princess of Vancouver 503 279 782 Carrier Princess 422 332 754 Seaspan Doris 3 8 11 Trailer Princess 89 75 164 1,017 694 1,711 Box car carryings on the Vancouver-Elk Falls (Duncan Bay) portion of the Beaver Cove Service were 28 loads 30 empties for a total of 58. :,ii®)Form 102-R Accountant, B.C.C.S.S. Infernal li.."-"'.i*vi.. Fence Date VANCOUVER, March 2, 1978- From M.W. Holland To Mr. W.R. Jones General Paymaster Montreal File: 127050 Reference your letter of February 27, file 55-19-24, concerning the non-receipt of January, 1978, pension cheque #847783 in the amount of $205.45 drawn in favour of Mrs. I.G. Semple. Returned herewith is signed receipt form #599. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB )Ftrm 102-R •t ■ -:.x Ste x .. . •' i: . B", Vancouver BC . . 1(604)665-3135 1 )76S ' CPRail Hand March 2nd, 1978 f&id ■ ' ■ File: T-78-40 Mr. J. Rundell, SQA President, P.O. Box 1, Louisiana College Pineville, Louisiana 713°0 Dear Mr. Rundell: We were pleased to receive your letter of February 14th concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj BC Coast Stea- : .-■■.■. Pier"B".Va iver.B x r,.x.x. 104-50'. W Holland R Reid ■ 'X.trjgc: March 2nd, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mss M. Vance, Box 949, 2525 West Mall, Totem Park, U.B.C. Dear Miss Vance: Thank you for your letter of February 27th, 1978 concerning employment on our vessels. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, please let me have your telephone number in order that I may reach you should such an opportunity occur. Yours truly, M.W. Holland, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj B",Vancouver,BC V6C2R3 Te!(604)665-3135, Telex04-507634 x,' Holland Reid vtanaoi March 2nd, 1978 File: T-78-40 . Ms. Patricia Mallory, 6 Westlake Lane, Apt. 115 St. Catharines, Ontario ■L2Kh-5S3--v;----r■-'■- • -.•:■ ■-.-- . . Dear Ms. Mallory: Thank you for your letter of February 21, 1978 requesting employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, at your own expense, please let me have your telephone number in order that I may reach you should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S HLH/wj R Reid : H Steamship Service : 'tot 8", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135. Telex 04-507684 W Holland March 2nd* !978 File: T-78-40 Mr. C. Alleyre, College Savannah, St. John, Barbados, VI.I. Dear Mr. Alleyre: We were pleased to receive your letter, undated, concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement, there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj BCCoastSt lamshif Servi: • ' B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 ■ (604) 665-3135. fetex 04-50 fit Si :'A'Holland . ■i Reid ' Manager March 2nd, 1978 File: T-78-40 Ms. Darlene Caresani, 812 Burnhamthorpe Road, Apt. #1103 Etobicoke, Ontario, M9C 4W1 Dear Ms. Caresani: Reference your letter of February 27th, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel the "Princess Patricia." The "Princess Patricia" is an older vessel and owing to her conformation she has very limited accommodation for female crew, only four in fact, which are taken up by the Stewardess, Hairdresser, Gift Shop Attendant and Entertainer. In any event, all positions on the vessel are filled and we have a very long waiting list of applicants. Sorry we cannot be of more assistance at the present time, but thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific. Yours truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj J 6«*J tik-£UJ *4sS> vW *'. tcJ^ViAJfavia'vfifiTi IWI Date VANCOUVER, March 23 1978 fro/J? M.W. Holland File: 332973 To Mr. R. Granger Montreal Re: Roy C. OWENS, #P-332973, S.I.N. 701-378-770 Reference your P.F.I of December 20, 1977, file 372472, concerning the above mentioned employee who will retire on pension effective August 1, 1978, account age limit. Enclosed herewith &re the following documents: '.'_'■--._. '■,.. -. . .. ; Completed Form P.F.37 Completed Form P.F.2 Completed Form TDl Marriage Certificate Mrs. Owen's Certificate of Birth Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB (jS&FoflP 102"R . . -■-. - r CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 2nd, 1973 File: T-78-1012A From a.N. Cairns To Master, Trailer Princess, Your vessel will load James Island rail traffic for the 2100 sailing Monday 6 March in lieu of Wednesday as noted in APORD 78-3. £3 Form 102-R Marine Superintendent cc: Blaney Agencies Chief Engineer, Trailer Princess Wharf Traffic Supervisor C.A. Aitken J. Finnie Master, Princess of Vancouver Master, Carrier Princess T. King J. McCowatt Sliptender, A-3 kttc -afift/wj marn^," ■ •-■■"?: TSsraswuB BC Coast Steamship '• Pier"B", Vancouver, t Tel (604)665-3135. h '■■■ W Holland ■ i-.jer B Reid ■ Manager £ March 2nd, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. C. Thomas, 1 - 223 Nelson St., Kingston, Ontario. Dear Mr. Thomas: Thank you for your letter of January 16th, enclosing application for employment on this Company's vessels. Our crew requirements for the coming season will be reviewed at the end of this month, when your application will be considered. You will be hearing further from me in this regard shortly thereafter. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj • 7 iast Steamship Set Pier "3". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Te!(604)665-3?35, Telex04-507684 IW Holland R Rsid ■ Manager March 2, 1978 File: 126771 Mr. Colin Turnbull 2298 McBain Ave., Apt. #205 Vancouver, B.C. V6L 3B1 Dear Mr. Turnbull: Kindly advise if you have received advice of Annuity from the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board and if so, please forward a copy of same to this office at your earliest convenience. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB ■JUOiy W Holland March 2nd, 1978 File: 627 U.S. Federal Maritime Commission, Washington, D.C. 20573 U. S. A. Gentlemen: This has reference to periodic reports covering the operation of our TEV "Princess Patricia" as required under U.S. Public Law 89-777, for which we hold Certificate of Non-Performance No. P-50 and Surety Policy No. 64558I of the Royal Indemnity Company. There have been no changes since our report of January 10, 1977 as our vessel did not operate during the months of January and February, 1978. Our next report will be made June 1, 1978. Will you please acknowledge receipt on the attached copy of this letter. Yours truly, Assistant Manager B.C.C.0.0. ACKNOWLEDGED Sfe^nature HLH/wj Date " rt Reid BC Coast Steamship Sen/ice Pier "B". Vancouver, BC V6C PR3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 •P Rail it ^tand March 1st, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. R.B. Green 668 Northmount Drive N.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2K 3J9 Dear Mr. Green: Thank you for your letter of February 9th, 1978 requesting employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, at your own expense, please let me have your telephone number in order that I may reach you should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH /wj ;/... BC Coast Ste v ■ ■ Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 e '604)665-3135 Te!ex04-5076. I March 1st, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. B. Daley, 31 Robinson Dr., Fredricton, N.B. E3A 1L7 Dear Mr. Daley: Thank you for your letter, no date, requesting employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, at your own expense, please let me have your telephone number in order that I may reach you should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland ■ ■■'■ Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH/wj J SC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel (604) 665-3135, Telex 04-507684 %&ti u afiafi 'J***1 March 1st, 1978 Raw File: T-78-40 Mr. Juan E. Herrera, 1096 Esquimalt Rd., Victoria, B.C. V9A 3N3 Dear Mr. Herrera: Thank you for your letter of January 25, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, at your own expense, we will keep your telephone number on hand should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj I be t,oast steamsnip Se • -.. e Pier B ', Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 Holland I Reid March 1st, 1978 File: T-78-40 Mr. A. Price, 901 Lillooet Rd., North Vancouver, B.C. V7J 2H7 Dear Mr. Price: Thank you for your letter of February 12, 1978 concerning employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to return to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, we will keep your telephone number on hand should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH/wj 7; Reid '.' x .: ; Pier"B". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Te! (604)665-3 '• 35, Telex04-507684 i... 'Holland March 1st, 1978 File: T 78-40 Mr. W. Powell, 603 Lansdowne Ave., Westmount, Quebec. H3Y 2V7 Dear Mr. Powell: Thank you for your letter of February 1, 1978 requesting employment on our Alaska cruise vessel. I very much regret that there is little likelihood of our being able to offer you a position. We have a great number of people laid off from last summer who are most anxious to reutrn to work this summer, being the "Princess Patricia's" last season in service. In addition, we have received many applications such as yours which will be given due consideration. There is the possibility of a resignation or replacement later on in the season and if you are interested in joining us at short notice and are available in Vancouver, at your own expense, please let me have your telephone number in order that I may reach you should such an opportunity occur. Yours very truly, M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S HLH?wj BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B". Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 '■■'Holland ' R Reid CPRail •March 1st, 1978 >"" File: T-78-40 Ms. Leslie Lima, 1423 Woodgrove Square, San Jose, California 95117 Dear Ms. Lima: We were pleased to receive your letter of February 9th with your attached resume concerning employment with B.C. Coast Service of CP Rail. As much as we appreciate your interest, I would state at- the outset that we are unable to employ anyone who is not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant of this country, and unless you can meet this requirement there is no point in pursuing this matter further. If, however, you are eligible for employment in Canada we would be glad to reconsider your application, so kindly advise in this regard. Thank you for your interest in Canadian Pacific and we wish you every success in your chosen field. Yours very truly,. M.W. Holland Manager, B.C.C.S.S, HLH/wj ernai Date VANCOUVER, 1 March 1978. From A.N. Cairns ^° Master "Princess of Vancouver" Honand D.C. Freeman, Freight Claims Agent, Vancouver, B.C. Attached is my complete file covering alleged damage to CP Transport Trailer No. 54010 on or about November 22nd, 1977. Since we are unable to pinpoint the exact location at which the loss occurred it appears B.C.C.S.S. must bear the cost of these repairs. If you agree with these findings,I would appreciate you making arrangements to issue a voucher to CP Transport in the amount of $420.00 to cover the cost of repairs. /•*','.'.-3\\ Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S, AJM/wj CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, March 1st, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Master, Carrier Princess File? T-78-30-5 RE: Capital Freightways T-63, January 9th, 1978. During the loading operation in the late afternoon of January 9th, 1978 the above trailer received extensive damage when it was backed into a Grassick trailer by Johnston Terminals hostler, Mr. Len Munro. In connection with this would you please have the following personnel complete a handwritten statement: Mr. F.A. Hart - 1st Officer Mr. H. Prosick - Deck Hand Mr. Robert Anderson - Deck Hand In particular, I would like a short statement indicating if they saw the incident and what their recollections are of the happenings just prior to and just after the incident. It would be appreciated if they would also supply the names of any other personnel (either ship or shore) who also may have witnessed the incident. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM/wj Form 102-R TELEX VANCOUVER, B.C., 28 APRIL 1978. File: 78.ALA.521.W. N. CARTWRIGHT . . MONTREAL, QUE. YT 26TH MRS G A WALKER. OFFER CABIN 215 ON AUG 19 AND 27 BEST AVAILABLE PRESENTLY USING RATE BASED ON 25 PCT EMPL REDUCTION APPLICABLE B CABIN OR 795.00 PLUS P.C. 12.00 TOTAL 807.00 LESS EMPL RED 181.25 (25 x 725) TOTAL 625.75 EACH SAILING ADVISING MRS WALKER OF 15 PCT INCR IN FARES OVER LAST YEAR STOP ADVISE ACCEPTANCE AND ARRANGE TKTG YOUR END AND ADVISE SUBSEQUENT TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS TO THE COAST. BCC-14 R.R. REID ASST. MGR., BCCSS RRR'BB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Manager Asst. Mgr. Marine Supt. ft^ Supt. Engr. Asst. Supt. Engr 1 K2_ ^S^mp \\rf&P es/o?h f &*s *W*\\ r \\ , CPH BCCSS VCR ' "' . Vancouver 15 april/73- ~_:J- • •■_ E D MARGETTS '.. '."■ MONTREAL QUE/ "';./■ ''."■" ' ■ Lr ■ ' • - ' FOLUOWING IS SUGGESTED RELEASE FCR tlP • ' • ■/■•,. ... j.. quote ' . "•; .-•"'"....'.■.'.' ■■:.'■'.'' ~ ', canadian pacific's coastal marine organizaticn, which tcck over ... ■■!> r ■ * THE % OPERATION CF. NORTHLAND.. NAVI ATI CN COMPANY JANUARY 1 THIS YEAR, ■ HAS EXPRESSED C CNS-IDERA3LE INTEREST IN PROVIDING A DIRECT TUG AND EARGE SERVICE TO PRINCE RUPERT- FROM VANCOUVER. .THIS WOULD BE: IN ADDITION TO "ITS CURRENT TWICE-WEEKLY"5ERVICE TO KITIMAT.'! ■ , V'- ' : "' " . •" I ""''''-■■ ■■'■■- ■':'■.'r WHILE IT IS TOO EARLY TO SAY SPECIFICALLY WHEN THIS SERVICE .MIGHT COMMENCE, IT ISSMY UNDERSTANDING; THE'' COMPANY J5 ACTIVELY WORKING .7 ;> ' ■■ .'.' ■ "'-•-■■' ';":-y s- • • ■ ■ '-.•-. v. . ; •TOWARDS./IMPLEMENTING THE; SERVICE: BEFORE . THE, END CF- THIS YEAR. . - 'THE RETURN CF THIS SERVICE TO. PRINCE: RUPERT WILL MEAN FASTER,." MORE EFFICIENT-DOCR-TC-DOCR SERVICE, MOT ONLY TC 'THE PEOPLE IN TiUS AREA, BUT ALSO THE QUEEn" CHARLOTTE ISLANDS ''■'■■'■' UNQU-OTE . ■ . • ""'",■' '■■ .. DISCUSSED HERE AND BELIEVE WEvSHOULD MOT 3E PLACED IN A POSITION CF REVEALING PUBLICLY NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN CP AND NHB. . CP -.CAN AMD WILL RELEASE NEWS ASAP- ON DETAILS I. E~. TIMING/FREQUENCY/SI TE AT FAIRVIEV AMD PROVIDE SAME TO B C FERRIES/AND ICNA • SIMULTANEOUSLY. THIS IN 'EFFORT TO AVOID ANY HINT OF COLLUSION ON THIS PROJECT ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME AND TO ALLOW CP TO .SAY AS MUCH AS -POSS IBLEjf VHEN COMPLETELY PREPARED..'. ' . \\ ■ .. V... , ■ C GORDON PREPARING. PCS I-TI ON . STATEMENT. -SHOULD j ENQUIRIES RESULT-FROM ■/: THE RELEASE. CA'^f-" ..'','. '■'.:'-'■■'; : '/■-"-: , . C GALLAGHER NOT AVAILABLE' THIS P. M BUT WILL SPEAK WI TH HIM .MONDAY a m ./.-' pec-15 . : • -• • .:' ' '- . - M W HOLLAND :. ;■',.. ' .... MGR BCCSS- :.''■•'. : CORRECT..! ON - LINE 2 FIFTH WORD SHOULD BE NAVIGATION M \\i HOLLAND . / , -\\ •• - "' MGR BCCSS - - . '\\ CPS CMO MTL CPR BCCSS VCR CPRail ■ fr* Internal Correspondence EL^ Date VANCOUVER, April 28th, 1978 File: T-75-30-51 From M.W. Holland To Mr. W.W. Hocking Accountant, B.C.C.S.S. Vancouver, B.C. •■.■■'■• •'■'•■■' Attached you will find correspondence relating to claim by Doman's Transport Ltd. for damage to their trailer #T-30 on or about December 12th, 1975. It has been agreed by C.A. Aitken, Terminals Superintendent and representatives of Doman's that we will reimburse them for damages beyond our legal liability of $500. In this instance, this will be in the amount of $384.96. Would you please make the necessary arrangements for voucher in amount of $384.96 to be processed and sent to: Doman's Transport Limited 3rd Floor 435 Trunk Road Duncan, B.C. V9L 2P8 Attention: Mr. R. Grant 77:'0 Form 10P-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM:gg CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 28, 1978 From m.W.' Holland TO Mr. R. Granger Montreal File: 320199 Re: Proof of age for W.D. CHIN, #320199, S.I.N. 701-984-114 Reference your letter of December 19, 1977, file Microfiche W.D. CHIN (3320199, Mr. Chin has advised that the date of birth he gave when employed with this Company was November 12, 1932, and claims that the date of birth indicated on Form 01 was a clerical error. With regard to the remark "Natural born Canada", the immigration authorities have advised that this was an error and that it should have read "Naturalized Citizen." Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB K)Form 102-R Date VANCOUVER, B.C. 27 April 1978. From R.R. Reid To Ms. Carole Siddall BCCS - Northland Service Vancouver, B.C. File: C-501 With reference to our telephone conversation on 19 April. I am advised by Montreal, on suggestion of Manager, Insurance & Fire Protection, Canadian Pacific, to have the enclosed Form E-20 completed in quadruplicate in name of Canadian Pacific Limited, for each location, forwarding to me for handling with the Director of Customs in Montreal. He in turn will execute and return it to us for filing with Canada Customs. It is further suggested that when completing same, you may require the assistance of the local Canada Customs Officer. Will you kindly oblige and return at your convenience. Form 102-R Asst. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. RREABB PLS. INITIAL & PASS Supt. Engr. Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt. Terminal Supt. DepiL Analyst. Offko Mpr. Account. Jf ^ yrty\\ «af \\j&pQ$l?? { j CPRail Internal Correspondence \\m Date VANCOUVER, April 27, 1978 Files: T-78-150 T-78-10 From M.W. Holland To Mr. A.E. Schmidt Superintendent Department of Investigation Vancouver This has reference to our Alaska cruise service for 1977* The first arrival of the "Princess Patricia" at Vancouver from Alaska will be at 0900, May 23. As in the past, the Purser of this vessel is required to make a cash remittance to the Vancouver WharT Ticket Office. He is also required to pick up a cash ad- . ;.. vance of $6,000 from that office each trip and an additional $10,000 on the following dates, for the purpose of cashing crew wage cheques: May 31 August 19 June 8 September 4 June 24 September 20 July 10 September 28 July 26 August 3 I would appreciate your making the necessary arrangements to have the Purser met on arrival at 0900 each trip by a member of your staff and accompanied to the Wharf Ticket Office and then returned to the vessel. Copies of the regular Alaska schedule are attached. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH:gg cc: Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver Purser, "Princess Patricia" ■x-'t) Form 102-R Canadian Pacific Canadien Pacifique From: De: M.W. Holland Department Service Send To: A: Mr. Ian Blaney ,"■■■. Date April 27th, 1978 Blaney Agencies Ltd. 920 Douglas Street Subject Objet: File T-78-30-83 Victoria, B.C. '• - •■ - . • ■ -' Message I have a report of damage to CP Transport Unit 8907 ex Swartz Bay 0420 hours, April 22nd, 1978via the Carrier Princess.Damage consists of a puncture to the right rear side and bulged jrear doors. ■ ' ■ ' In particular, the rear doors appeared to have the cargoload (beer bottles) "sitting against them as would occur with sudden braking activity while being backed aboard. v ;.__ ■ - :'"" . - Would you please supply any information your Wharfinger may have pin this that will allow me to process this claim." Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM:gg ... ^ w; Use lower portion for reply. Utiliser la section du bas pour reponare Reply from Reponse de Date Avoid verbal instructions use a Evitez les instructions verbales, utilisez un To Originate: Hand or typewrite message. Remove yellow copy (follow-up copy) and forward balance of set. Save envelope typing: Fold form at arrows . ■ For use in #9 or #10 window envelope. Pour Ecrivez a la main ou a la machine. Detachez I'exemplaire jaune. conservez-le pour suivre I'affaire. et envoyez les autres exemplaires envoyer: Evitez de taper des enveloppes: Pliez aux fleches. et utilisez des enveloppes a fenetres no 9 et no tO. iSP/£/£/D./M&/mO To Reply: Write reply, snap set - retain white original and return pink copy. POUT repondre: Ecrivez votre reponse, detachez, conserve? ■'original blanc et retournez I'exemplaire rose. J CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 27, 1978 Files: T-77-150 T-7£-10 From M.W. Holland To Mr. J.L. Rochon Vancouver Reference my letter of May 5f 1976, concerning procedure to be followed to obtain cash advances for our Wharf Ticket Agent for the purpose of providing the Purser of our "Princess Patricia" with funds to cash wage cheques. The "Princess Patricia will be in service this year from May 15 to September 28, and I presume it will be in order to follow the same procedure as in the past. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. HLH:gg cc: Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver Please arrange accordingly. Advances will be as noted in attached copy of letter to Mr. Schmidt. Copies of the regular Alaska schedule are attached. cc: Purser, "Princess Patricia" Mr. P.E. Le Feuvre, Montreal E .■••3 Form 102-R i/ RETAIN THIS COPY FOR FOLLOW-UP EXEMPLAIREJAUNEACONSERVERPOURSUIVREL'AFFAIRE Canadian Pacific Canadien Pacifique From: De: M.W. Holland Message. Department Service Send To: A: 3rd Officer Date April 27th, 1978 Princess of Vancouver Subject Objet: File T-78-30-80 4| Vancouver, B.C. "'■ - ■' ' ' -" ■ •,"• ...'"- I have a report indicating damage occurring to CP Transport Unit 24021 offloaded the Princess of Vancouver, 1830 hours April 19th, 1978. Damage consists of a scrape to the left side approximately 15 feet in length. Would you please supply any information you may have on this occurrence that - : will permit me to proceds this claim. - Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM:gg Use lower portion for reply. Utiliser la section du bas pour reponore Reply from Reponse de Date To Originate: Hand or typewrite message. Remove yellow copy Avoid verbal instructions use a To Reply: Write reply, snap set - retain white (follow-up copy) and forward balance of set. Evitez les instructions verbales. utilisez un. ^;. . orl9inal and return pink copy. .;t. Save envelope typing: Fold form at arrows ii .. tg p:p C !H f m P■lT! H ""'' Pour repondre: Ecrivez votre reponse, detachez. conservez For use in #9 or #10 window envelope. » fiCJBrU.I.II ACH11 U . I'original blanc et retournez I'exemplaire rose. Pour Ecrivez a la main ou a la machine. Detachez I'exemplaire jaune. conservez-le pour suivre I'affaire. et envoyez les autres exemplaires. envoyer: Evitez de taper des enveloppes: Pliez aux fleches. et utilisez des enveloppes a fenetres nog et no 10. RETAIN THIS COPY FOR FOLLOW-UP ■ EXEMPLAIREJAUNEACONSERVERPOURSUIVREL'AFFAIRE Canadian Pacific Canadien Pacifique From: De: Message M.W. Holland Department Service Send To: A: Mr. George Whitehurst, Chief Officer Date April 27, 1978 M.V. Trailer Princess Subject Objef. piie t_78~30-82 Vancouver, B.C. ■ ■■■ ■--■:- :■. A copy of your damage report oof April 21st, 1978 is attached for your reference. '-■"f :."-•''_ . ' . .- ; . 7 - ;"<• Your report states that damage occurred during discharge at ..... Swartz Bay. Would : ■ ^ou please indicate on copy d>f this letter which trailer was ; in motion when scraping occurred and return copy to this office. - .' ■ |Sg; ■ - .. •' Manager, B.C.C.S.S. AJM:gg Use lower portion for reply. Utilfser la section du bas pour repondre Reply from Reponse de Date Avoid verbal instructions use a Evitez les instructions verbales. utilisez un To Originate: Hand or typewrite message. Remove yellow copy (follow-up copy) and forward balance of set. Save envelope typing: Fold form at arrows For use in #9 or #10 window envelope. Pour Ecrivez a la main ou a la machine. Detachez I'exemplaire jaune. conservez-le pour suivre I'affaire. et envoyez les autres exemplatres ertVOyer: Evitez de taper des enveloppes: Pliez aux fleches, et utilisez des enveloppes a fenetres no 9 et no 10. spisismimismo To Reply: Write reply, snap set - retain white original and return pink copy. .. . Pour repondre: Ecrivez votre reponse, detachez. conservez I'original blanc et retournez rexemplaire rose. BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CP RaM VHolland Reid '.'imager April 27, 1978 File: AGR.2.SIU.SEN. Mr. A.P Poole Vice-President Pacific Area Seafarer's International Union 837 Homer Street Vancouver, B.C. Dear Mr. Poole. Regarding the Seniority Roster recently submitted for "Uncertificated Ratings in the Engineroom Department" (revised March 10, 1978) effective August 1, 1977. It is regretted that MARK S. JEFFERY was omitted. His name will be included in the August 1, 1978, listing with a seniority date of April 27, 1976. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. cc: Chief Engineer, "Princess Patricia" Mr. M.S. Jeffery, "Princess Patricia" HLH/jb / ■ BC Coast Steamship Service Pier "B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 CP Rail April 27, 1978 '■■/Holland i jer Rmeid Manager File: 130230 Mrs. Edith Barnett 279 Pine Street Nanaimo, B.C. Dear Mrs. Barnett: Please accept our condolences on the demise of your husband April 5, 1978. Kindly complete the enclosed Form P.R.3 and return to this office together with a copy of the Certificate of Death and Last Will and Testament. We would also appreciate receiving Mr. Barnett's Long Service Pass in order that a new pass may be issued in your name. Our Montreal office has advised that Mr. Barnett's March, 1978, pension cheque remains outstanding, and, as it now forms part of the estate, will appreciate you returning cheque to this office as soon as possible. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB CPRail PLS. INITIAL & PASS internal Corresponden cjfenager -^ Data VANCOUVER, 26 April 1978. From M.W. Holland To Messrs. B.D. Margetts A.N. Cairns T. King R. Gavin C.A. Aitken J.D. Finnie Asst. Mgr. Marine Supt. U file: T-78=S* n*—* : r Supt. Engr. Asst. Supt. Engr. Catering Supt. Terminal Supt. Deptl. Analyst. Office Mgr. Account. A'. ' *v%s\\ *a^ i£ZZ -vj^V^. j&ybf Attached is BCCSS annual pass cove^Tg cSS^UM «-*- t0 you, as shown below: Pass Vehicle 1 1977 Dodge Aspen, Licence NEB-565 BH 831 3 1978 Ford Granada, Licence PFJ-942 BH 833 4 5 6 7 1978 Ford Granada, Licence PFJ-940 BH 834 1978 Ford Cargo Van, Licence 7472 CH BH 835 Assigned to: J.D. Finnie Traffic Manager, BCCSS B.D. Margetts General Manager Coastal Marine Ops. T. King Supt. Engineer, BCCSS R. Gavin Storekeeper, BCCSS 1977 Chevrolet Malibo, Licence NNJ-003 BH 836 C.A. Aitken ^ 1977 Chevrolet Mnlibu. Licence PCA-549 BH 837 j^™»7 BCCSS Vehicle No. 2, 1977 Dodge Aspen Station Wagon Licence NEB-566, is assigned to the writer, and is covered by Pass BH 832. Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB ... e ihnwmW - For your information. cc. Purser, "Princess of Vancouver rox y J CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, 26 April 1978. File: T-78-39 From M.W. Holland. To Mr. O.R. Robison, Vancouver. Mr. E. Robinson, Nanaimo. Purser, "Princess of Vancouver" Miss B.C. Thorn Ms. Sylvia Hendria&af, Northland. Effective immediately United States funds to be accepted at 12% premium. m 39 Form 102-R Manager, B.C.C.S.S. BB J CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 File: 466759 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Montreal Enclosed herewith is proof of age (Certificate of Birth) for T. KING, #466759, S.I.N. 714-851-284. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. VALUE #D17-64-18 JB m '.in?) Form 102-R DC OC'ddL Otfch//6////J otr/ VlCti Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C2R3 Tel(604)665-3135, Telex04-507684 ' W Holland 3QQf RReid . Manager April 26, 1978 File: 127708 Mr. Brian H. MacLean 650 Westview Shopping Centre North Vancouver, B.C. V7N 3X3 Dear Mr. MacLean: Reference to telephone conversation with this office concerning the demise of Mr. J.S. McKIE on March 7, 1978. Please complete the enclosed Form P.R.3 and return to this office together with a copy of the Certificate of Death and Last Will and Testament. Yours truly, Manager, B.C.C.S.S. JB CPRail Internal Correspondence m Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 From M.W. Holland To Mr. R. Granger Manager, Benefits Montreal File: 126622 Re: C.A. BENNETT, #17-126622, deceased February 2.7/78 As requested in your letter of April 3, file 405201, enclosed herewith is proof of age (Certificate of Birth and Baptism) for Mrs. Bennett. The January, 1978, pension cheque was deposited to Mr. Bennett's account. Manager, B.C.C.S.S. VALUE #D17-64-17 JB K) Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 From A.N. Cairns File: 410 ftQ Master 1st Officer 2nd Officer 3rd Officer (2) Master 1st Officer 2nd Officer Master 1st Officer 2nd Officer ) ) "PRINCESS OF VANCOUVER" " CARRIER PRINCESS" "TRAILER PRINCESS" The attached is self-explanatory-} and you will therefore arrange to re-enphasize the importance of utilizing proper signals adopted as standard. Deck officers will ensure all personnel concerned with parking trailers are properly instructed in the method of signalling as prescribed. Marine Superintendent B.C.C.S.S. cc: Messrs. Aitken Finnie Ferguson Robinson — Nanaimo McPherson g|) Form 102-R CPRail wr^ Internal Correspondence J^\\j Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 File: T-78-16 From A. Meijer To Mr. G. Gamache, "CARRIER PRINCESS" In perusing your overtime sheet, from 3 April to 8 April and 17-22 April inclusive, it is noted you have claimed an hour daily in excess of the approved three hours overtime per day, as per the working hours schedule. This extra daily hour has not been authorized by this office; therefore, your overtime claim is disallowed. For your information I enclose a copy of your working schedule which shows the maximum overtime allowed. Catering Superintendent B.CG.o.o. AJM:gg p Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 File: T-78-16 From a. Meijer T° Mr. D.R. Brandreth, "CARRIER PRINCESS" In perusing your overtime sheet, from 10 April to 15 April inclusive, it is noted you have claimed an hour daily in excess of the approved three hours overtime per day, as per the working hours schedule. This extra daily hour has not been authorized by this office; therefore, your overtime claim is disallowed. For your information I enclose a copy of your working schedule which shows the maximum overtime allowed. Catering Superintendent B.o.L.o.o. AJM:gg *9 Form 102-R CPRail Internal Correspondence Date VANCOUVER, April 26, 1978 File: T-78-16 From A. Meijer To Mr. W.Q. Young, "CARRIER PRINCESS" In perusing your overtime sheet, from 10 April to 22 April inclusive, it is noted you have claimed an hour daily in excess of the approved four hours overtime per day, as per the working hours schedule..; This extra daily hour has not been authorized by this office; therefore, your overtime claim is disallowed. For your information I enclose a copy of your working schedule which shows the maximum overtime allowed. El Catering Superintendent AJM:gg g) Form 102-R BC Coast Steamship Service Pier"B", Vancouver, BC V6C 2R3 Tel(604)665-3135. Telex04-507684 P^lai W Holland * 3 Reid ' Manager File No. T-78-40 April 26, 1978 Ms. Cathy Koodington Kensington R.R. #2 Prince Edward Island GOB IMO Dear Ms. Woodington: Thank you for your recent letter, in which you expressed interest in working on this Company's vessels. I regret to advise that this year's crew requirements have been fully met, and there is little or no chance of our being able to employ you. Due to the fact that our cruise vessel will be retired at the end of the current season, all of our employees who previously worked on the "Princess Patricia," have exercised their rights under Union regulations to return to work for the ship's last season, possibly out of sentiment; however, the prevalent unemployment situation undoubtedly has some bearing on this matter. In addition, we have applications made some months ago from a number of people who must receive consideration for positions that may arise through illness or leave of absence. We appreciate your interest in Canadian Pacific, and hope you will be successful in obtaining employment elsewhere. Yours very truly, M.W. HOLLAND Manager, B.C.C.S.S,"""@en ; edm:hasType "Correspondence"@en, "Ephemera"@en ; dcterms:identifier "CC_TX_133_002"@en ; edm:isShownAt "10.14288/1.0355776"@en ; dcterms:language "English"@en ; edm:provider "Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library"@en ; edm:currentLocation "Box 133"@en ; dcterms:rights "Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca/"@en ; dcterms:source "Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. The Chung Collection. CC-TX-133-2"@en ; dcterms:title "Third copies, March 1978"@en ; dcterms:type "Text"@en .