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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 30, 1910
Page
6
Vancouver city engineer Clem ent reports tests on vitrified cement sewer pipes show variable strength with one cement pipe cracking at 11 455 pounds and another at 12 178 pounds while tile pipes endure higher strains. Tests will repeat with all parties present to verify origins of pipes and results.
Engineers survey the Pantridge river project by Canadian Collieries Limited to develop 60 000 horsepower. In six weeks hundreds will build a dam and power plant, with completion in about a year. The $1,000,000 works will supply energy for mine haulage, operations, and fourteen miles of railway to Union Bay ore bunkers.
A herd of sixty four Angora goats owned by Mr Nicholls Nelson was killed Sunday evening when a CP railway train from Seattle crushed them on a foggy trestle near Clayburn. The incident caused great local distress and prompted an official inquiry. In Creston district Ira Beam, a noted prospector, has reportedly found rich placer gold deposits along Goat river above the canyon with two claims located. Stocks Jackson and J McFarland appeared among the first to investigate the finds.
The Red Cliff Brick and Tile Company Limited is incorporated to exploit shale beds at East Wellington near the city. It covers about 117 acres proven to fifty feet deep, capable of producing 300000 bricks daily for over a century and employing about one hundred men. The company plans to take over and operate the shale resources.
Directors gather in New York to view a giant roller map of U S railways, 35 feet by 45 feet, created by C P Gray. The Gould map, at eight miles to the inch, covers the continent and features enhanced topography and state lines for planning discussions.
Notices announce intents to purchase lands in Skeena District Queen Charlotte Islands. Applicants include Charles Rubidge Dunsford Norman M Patterson and Benjamin Ostrander of Fort William Ontario, each listing parcels near Lot 227 with 640 acres total and specific boundary chains. Agents include Arthur Robertson. Dates August 20 1910 with $30 fee.
Notices list applicants B Lucas West Carrie Ont W G Whitesides South Bend Ont and The Canadian Fish and Cold Storage Company Ltd seeking to purchase or lease lands in Coast Range Five and Prince Rupert Harbor area. Descriptions include parcels 640 acres and 20 acres with tract corners and post markers, dated 1910.
The article describes colored railway systems and a broad red line map linking headwaters of the Chesapeake to the San Francisco terminus of the Western Pacific. It notes construction lines near Pittsburg and mentions J. H. Trodden visiting Stewart to explain wharf delays due to timber shortages. It ends with an advertisement for job printing.
Public notices list take notice statements by Thomas Samuel Smith Nelson Noel Smith Mary Smith and Frederick Babe from Fort William Ontario and Winnipeg Manitoba dated August 20 1910. Each describes land parcel starts near Lot 227 shore line directions and acreages including 640 acres for Nelson Noel Smith.
Several residents of Fort William Ontario announce intents to apply for permission to purchase described lands. Edward Robert Wayland, grain merchant, William Curtis Lillie, agent, Sidney Smith, and Ardagh Smith each provide land-start points, directions, and lot references dated August 20 1910. The notices specify post locations, chain measurements, and the ownership chain ending at the applicants.
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