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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 16, 1911
Page
4
The notice lists publication details for the Prince Rupert Journal and advertises subscription rates: $2.00 per year within Canada and $3.00 per year for points outside Canada. It notes the editor as O. H. Nelson and provides the office location on Third Avenue near McBride Street.
The article extols the reopening of streets and the influx of visitors to Prince Rupert on May 16, 1911. It credits local optimism with attracting business and notes the town’s natural position and status as Grand Trunk Pacific terminus as key features for future growth.
Supplementary estimates totaling 17 020 980 were tabled in the House of Commons. Of this 8 746 931 is chargeable to consolidated funds and 8 274 948 to capital account. Major items include 463 500 for militia and defence and 8 186 300 for extension of the intercolonial in eastern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton. Also 2 000 000 for Hudson's Bay railway construction and 150 000 for rural mail boxes. BC items include public buildings 123 148, harbors and rivers 448 015, new dredging plant 200 000 and telegraph lines 82 315. Public buildings for various towns are listed with revotes and alterations. Harbors and rivers projects include Arrow Lakes narrows 25 000, Boswell wharf 7 500, Columbia and Kootenay Rivers wharves 19 500, and multiple wharves and piers with a 200 000 train pier construction and numerous wharf works across coastal and river sites.
City council discusses halting or continuing Seventh Avenue planking amid 81 affected properties. An electric sign at Phoenix Theatre is approved if placed under eight feet over the street. Extensions for Third Avenue and Second Avenue planking are authorized with owner financed work and fire access concerns addressed. A temporary Sixth Avenue sewer is recommended using wood pipe until a permanent line is installed.
Vancouver reports that the Red Cliff Mining Company Ltd has floated its stock on the London market with Canadian control retained. Director A D Tennant is credited with securing London investment, while A Herskine-Smith leads the firm and will stay as president. In Victoria, hunting and fishing licenses for non residents are issued with set fees. a record number of licenses is anticipated for the year as anglers and bear hunters begin obtaining permits.
A reserve notice states all vacant Crown lands within Cariboo Lillooet and Kamloops Yale districts are protected from alienation under the Land Act except by preemption. Deputy Minister ROBT A Renwick signs for the Department of Lands in Victoria British Columbia, April 3 1911.
T D Pattullo now of Victoria is expected back Sunday for a few days of business. Dr A A McIntyre and Mrs McIntyre with Mr and Mrs M Bondeaux have returned from California and reside on Third avenue. McIntyre praises Grand Trunk Pacific steamers as superior in service and accommodations. Mrs J C McMullin and her children depart for the Okanagan to visit her former home.
Meteorological Station director R T Stripard asked for 2 500 square feet of land for department use. The request was referred to the streets committee. A petition asked to extend the water main along Highth avenue from Green street to Hays Cove Circle and was referred to the water department. Alderman Clayton moved for a report on replacing the culvert on Third avenue and the cause of its collapse.
Tenders for Lot 541 Range 5 Coast District near Prince Rupert due June 1 1911 at 5 pm. Upset price 100 per acre for 19.7 acres. tender must include 25 percent cheque. Payment: one quarter cash, balance in three annual payments at 6 percent interest. Highest bid not guaranteed. Field notes available at Government Agent office.
For Job Printing of all kinds see The Journal man.
Drawings and description of the site of a proposed wharf at Prince Rupert B C have been deposited with the Minister of Public Works Ottawa and duplicates with the Registrar of Deeds Prince Rupert for approval. After thirty days the Minister of Public Works and the Government of British Columbia will apply to the Governor General in Council for approval. J B Griffith Public Works Engineer Victoria B C April 5 1911.
Under section 131 of the Land Act a regulation fixes minimum land sale prices at ten dollars per acre for first class and five dollars per acre for second class lands. The prices apply to favorable applications filed after this date, regardless of application date or delays. Applicants under sections 34 or 36 may withdraw and receive refunds of deposits if not accepting the new prices. William R. Ross, Minister of Lands, 4 11 6 11.
Notice to every company receiving deposits or carrying on business as a trust company in British Columbia to provide corporate name and managing director’s name and address to the Inspector of Trust Companies in Victoria to obtain forms for the mandated return under the Trust Companies Regulation Act.
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