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BC items note construction plans and labor tensions
The province articles report Merchants Bank of Halifax planning a three story Rossland building and a Nelson sampling works by G W McDowell. Fernie coke ovens near 350 shipping tons daily. new smelter on Texada Island to run by June 1 at 500 tons daily. Nelson to Ottawa funds for government building. Labour leader Ed Boyce visiting unions in Sandon and Rossland. Protests over election of several government men. Kuskonook chosen as Nelson and Bedlington railway terminus. terminal buildings to start.
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Fernie
Nelson
Vancouver Island
G. W. McDowell
Slocan
British Columbia
Texada
Ottawa
Ed. Boyce
Sandon
Rossland
Neill
Alberni
Prentice
East Lillooet
Hume
Wells
N. E. Kootenay
Kuskonook
Lake Kootenay
Nelson & Bedlington