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Newspaper
Pas Herald
Location
The Pas, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1961
Page
4
The Town engineering department faces frequent breaks in 40 year old water mains with talk of replacing all old lines. A new Taylor Avenue line, replacing a prone old line, suffered a clean break last week. Taylor Avenue taxpayers, who paid a foot frontage levy for the new line, had water restored the same day amid resident complaints.
Citizens outline a program to ease municipal taxation while expanding The Pas. The plan calls for higher education grants, water imports from Clearwater Lake, a Technical Training School, provincial funding for RCMP salaries, and lower electric rates, with continued town development.
Alex Wilchowy, longtime resident of The Pas, accepts a councillor nomination at a October 1 meeting. He pledges monthly Citizens Meetings with full Council, efforts to attract new industry, a winter works program for jobs, and low cost housing, seeking endorsement at the March Civic Election.
The Chamber urges Clearwater to hire Professor George A Russell of the University of Manitoba to represent the town at upcoming water board hearings. It insists on competent engineering backing for a Clearwater Lake as the local water source, while the town has yet to decide on the Chamber’s request.
The fuse acts as a safety watchdog for electrical systems. A 15 ampere fuse differs from a 30 ampere fuse and misuse can be deadly.
In 1913 I hired with the RCMP as a special constable and interpreter to deliver mail to Churchill by dog team. The voyage began December 26 1913 under Capt. F French and included long treks, camps, and loads of 500 pounds per sleigh, ending at Fort Churchill after months on barren lands and the Beaver Lake gold rush rumor.
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