Creston Review
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2013-10-04
issued: 1922-06-23
description: All the News of the Creston District
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note: ���������J \ tf 17* f^gacfaJiaj,^ Z* -~/r: vs A Yol. XIV. CRESTON^ B. as, FRfiDAY, JUNE 23^1922 an. ������lSJ Union tb Build New Warehouse -A fully modern structure providing handling, shipping and winter storage space for not less than 54,000 boxes of apples is what is proyided for in the new and substantial fruit and vegetable handling warehouse to be erected for this season's use at Creston by the Creston Fruit Growers Union, Ltd.* the sate of the building to h������������ the two I >ts on Canyon street which were acquired by the Union earlier in the year. The building will be 3~ one story and basement structure. It is "L" shape ia design with a length over all of 205 feet���������the upper part of the *4L" stuv������v ing a measxirem'ent of 108 feet and the lower part 07. ./- The building has a width of 48 feet throughout, nnd the 97-foot* section will face ors tbe spur track that is to Be t-unMnto the warehouse from the C.P.R. siding fzom the east. ��������� The cement * basement, which'-wiTi proyide winter storage for 12,000 boxes of apples, will be approximately 48 feet square, with a 9 foot 6 inch wall. The deeticr. used for the habuHug of_ fruit for immediate shipment has a capacity of 25,000 boxes, while the receiving room for^fruit destined to f;0 through the graders will take care of 17,000 boxes. In the shipping room which will be utilized this season provision wilL bs made for doorway space so that three c$rs can be loaded into at one and the same time, while when fully completed the warehouse wjU show a loading frontage ample for the of five cars loading at once. In selecting the exact location for the building -ihe Union officials ^hav'e taken full ad pant-age of the ideal natural features .of t,he land fin*MhlKhi\ will Weree6ed������->- ^Rie'lot b������s qu]i������4������ decided slope toward the, track, and ;thaic much oFthe: excavation that will be required cache utilized in-?the building? up of a driveway to the lower end of the warehouse where t…
note: Print Run: 1909-1983 Frequency: Weekly
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Creston (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0173961
language: English
lat: 49.0975
long: -116.5130560
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Creston, B.C. : Creston Printing and Publishing Co.
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source: Original Format: Royal British Columbia Museum. British Columbia Archives.
type: Text