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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1911
Page
3
BC government enacts railway forest protection rules covering right of way clearance burning permits and debris removal. Standards mandate fireguards, equipment, inspections, and guard measures on engines, carriages, and terminals to prevent bush fires along lines.
Port Arthur council announces an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway signed by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy and city officials to make Port Arthur the upper lake headquarters for three transcontinental railways. CP will build docks worth 260000 dollars, grant running rights for Grand Trunk Pacific, and provide park and tax exemptions while ensuring a union station and waterfront lease. The text also includes unrelated poetry and a stray question from a classroom scene.
A notice states a book opened in the City Clerk's Office to record names and addresses of citizens of Prince Rupert seeking city employment. All interested should register at once. City Clerk Ernest A Woods signs the directive.
Marion McDiarmid of London Ontario an occupation nurse applies to buy 640 acres in the Skeena Land District Sassiar near Kitwancool River. The parcel lies adjoining Lot 1878 north and is described by a rectangular survey starting at a post near the Kitwancool Lake north end. Agent Daniel McDonald signs the notice dated July 24 1911.
I Austin M Brown of Prince Rupert B C sadler give notice I intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands for a license to prospect for coal and petroleum on and under 640 acres on Graham Island and other parcels described by survey numbers and boundaries dated July 17 1911 1914. The notices specify starting posts and compass chains and request thirty day periods for approval in each case.
Henry Edenshaw of Masset B C announces intent to apply to the Chief for up to 640 acres on Graham Island for coal and petroleum exploration. The notice details land parcels near West River and various compass-bound paths including coordinates near C L 4475 4477 and 4467 with multiple 80 chain legs.
Public notices list multiple applicants including B C Masset storekeeper Henry Edenshaw and Edward Port farmer for coal and petroleum licenses on islands near West River Lakelse Lake Massett Inlet and Naas Bay. Entries cover lots of 40 to 640 acres with posts and shorelines described and dates in 1911.
Victor H. Reynolds of Hull Massachusetts a chauffeur intends to apply for a land parcel on Pitt Island near Kitkatla summer village. The tract runs from a high water mark post at the cove entrance east forty chains south twenty chains west forty chains north ten chains back to high water mark totaling about sixty acres. J H Pillsbury Agent notes the filing date February 18 1911.
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