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ill- % ' -:-— 'j With the coming of spring, dcvei-en opmcnt work in the Fraser Valley is 10n once again claiming considerable at-iro temion, and the programme this year * is of particular interest as it includes , several big provincial, undertakings.Must at the present momeiil the only ,. \ big undertaking is the reclamation of Sumas Lake and the adjoining fine cl, agricultural lands, a project which orlrnns into an expenditure of $1,800-lo!000. The throwing up of the Fraser jn River dyke is proceeding rapidly, and i last month some 50,000 yards of soil C(j 1 was shifted by the big Bucyrus (Js machine, which lias been working ,8t i steadily on this dyke since its ar-'l .rival from Vancouver. At the present 11 he.lrate of progress it is expected that (e j the end of the G. N. R. trestle will be Iftigreached at the end of the month or a»r-edearly next month. ’ . • * a■ The smaller ditcher, which has|fJ been-employed on; the;- McGillivray 'S iy- 'Creek on drainage work, has now j I' tig completed its Job in that locality, £58'.and has been removed to Woodruff, aor 1 where it has started on'the Vedder ’ (iy River seepage ditch. . |sThe two machines at present op- * te ©rating liave been doing good work, ^ ie i hut steps are being taken to advance it tlie work more rapidly, and two e machines are now being got ready to reach Can nor this month, while three others are expected in .March. They will he electrically driven, and the work of erecting poles -for a power line started yesterday morning.A contract-for a-pow5f^lineraloug1.i.e
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Abbotsford Post
Abbotsford, British Columbia, CA
Fri, Feb 11, 1921
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