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Newspaper
Ymir Herald
Location
Ymir, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1904
Page
4
A Toronto World clipping reports a Ontario board of trade criticizes Toronto Chinamen in domestic service, calling for stricter limits or prohibitive laws. The item portrays Eastern Canadian opposition to Chinese workers and predicts Ottawa’s anti Chinese measures may be revived.
The steamer Nebraskan burned oil for a 12 700 mile 51 day trip with no fuel stops. It used ~10 000 barrels of oil, kept 1 000 barrels, and employed three furnace men instead of twelve stokers. Oil may cut costs vs coal though overall price data are pending.
The article compares weights of cordwood species to coal, noting beech and oak at about 3 250 pounds per cord and pine at about 2 000 pounds. It asserts 2.25 pounds of dry wood equals one pound of soft coal, warns moisture reduces fuel value, and mentions Mrs. William Davis of Nelson visiting Victoria with a fundraising plan for a new Old Men home site.
A listing of local businesses and their trades in Ymir including bakery brokers insurance drugs dry goods hardware hotels and undertaker services with firm names such as Widdowson Hufschmidt Gleazer Atkinson Campbell Clark Masterson and others noted alongside their specialties.
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