THE FORT GEORGE WEEKLY TRIBUNE Saturday, November 28, 1914 FORT GEORGE TRIBUNE \V. G. McMpRHls • - Manager Subscription Rates: $4 per Year. [ Advertising Rates on Application. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1914 A 8QUAUE DNAI* Tho decision of the Board of Railway Commissioners hnnded down on Monday last ordering the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company to build a station at a point between Oak and Ash streets is a complete vindication of the contentions of the people living, in the very important western portion of Fort George and places the Board in an enviable position, completely justifying as it does, the public belief in their integrity and uprightness of purpose for hearing in thirty days, that the board had already heard the appeal, and that the company had rested its ..!!«.* on tho hearing before the mv> case on the hearing Council, The board had made the previous decision on facts after all parties had been' heard, and the Privy Council had sustained the or-dor. Mr. Firinglo went on to show that tho parties who had petitioned for this hearing were parties to tlie original order, and therefore the order was binding on them as well as the railway company. For these reasons the board had no flight to re- according to the statutes. It is impossible to go outside oC the commissioners' rulings, who are the creators of same. Therefore the petitioners have no standing. In fact the previ-out finding di the coinniissioners is absolutely iinal. Mr. D'Arcy Scott, assistant chief commissioner, 'said tlia.t the boaird had i.t in their power to rescind and It was felt in best Informed circles1 vary orders when they saw lit in the that the Railway would not bo swayed Commissionersj intercuts of the public, by the repre-j Mr. Pringle contended that the sontations of a certain element who! would stop at nothing to injure the; power existed only in special instances, and where the rules were ad-in making the application would stop at nothg j \^&U> inmaking pp interests of those to whom they feel fQT lho rehearlllg,f Butj VaJd Mr, y illing to antagonistic. fQT lho reheag j Prlugle Iny cyelLts are willing to > d v fli tagonistic. Prlugle Iny cyet The fair and patient hearing given t the b> d ou an ev fooli by the Board to the evidence submit-, d {i t ^ „ ^ ted by lie varied interests is to be wan.t the question settled. ~ commended, especially in face ol the ... the commissioners had fact that heard the application twice before We not be-be liove the order should changed, as Maple street is the best site. In the appeal to the Privy handled 1100 tons. 6.00 tons tlireugh! Prince George, and also boat 150 tons had boon Boat out locally. Be-j aides ,tli€dr Bteamer freight traffic.! 5 00 tons had been handled on scows i on the Frasor river south. Tlie B.C.1 Expr(sss Company had daring the 1UU1WJU w ______ .._.„. years 1912-13' collected $412,961 In por t\^{s purpose there is nothing else we freight and passenger tolls. On ac- knowof that we can so strongly-endorse as count of this volume of business he Roxall Olive Oil Emulsion. Tlie remark* thought the station ought to be lo-' ay'» success of this splendid medicine is cated at George stree. as it was two; dueto the fact that it contains ingredients miles from the corner of Second avt- i that tone the nerves, enrich the blood and nue and Hamilton street to tlie foot1 furnish to the entire system the strength, of George street. ¦ To place the stn- weight and health-binkling substances it tion elsewhere would mean that the.,iecds. And, it docs aU this without limir-approach to same would have to be jne the stomach, In fact, Rexall Olive Uil on a grade that would double the Kmulsion is not only pleasant to take; but cost of 'hauling supplies out of the even the most senSftiye stomach is benc-ivay yard on account of Lt being fited by it, and the dig&bon improved. On oasible to get & leVel girade. the other hand, it contains no alcohol or ¦ • ' ' most parents 11 docs its t weakness ind builds the body \ih td^te natural strength, at the same timqjmiikuigitstrong to resist disease. J/7). , , If Rexall Olive Oil JSmuiiion doesnt build your child up, fftfl tJrtTstunted, puny muscles, and make tlieMittle one lively, TUIT DIIIIY 01111 (1 TIIIP PllADAIUFFR RFMFllY j.f y.our c]uid is under-weight, listless, ^nJ iu».L>ler to get sick easily, it needs a l»,ijane to build its weight fine* strength, h i thin else we railv impoasible In answer to Mr. Montgonnery. Mr. Cooko said that the placing of the station further west thaa George Htreet would make a difference on account of distance and grade of two loads per team per day. Mr. Pringle—These statistics you have given are mainly traceable to the fact that South. Fort George was I tho head of navigation during construction of tho railway, are they not, A.—Yes. Mr.. Pringle—Do you think the] steamboats will be able to run on the Praser and compete with the Pacific Great Eastern Railway? A.—Yes The railway will only serve one sid< of the river, and boats and scows habit-forming .. object to giving theft children are meant bynature to have, come back and tell us and get your money back. WVdon't want you to lose a cent We think this is no more than fair, and it leaves you 110 cause to hesitate. For old people als^ —for convalescents—for all who are ner^ vous, tired-out, run-down, no matter what the cause—we offer Rexall Olive Oil Emulsion with the same guarantee of entire sat and had already paid one visit to, Couil(vil Preniier Bordei) had stood Fort George and gone over the; by the order for Maple Btrect btiC[Ulse ground caret ully with their wigm- , rolt tflie. order was made for the eering «-;xi>ert» Na withstanding| b „ of H The . pre]nier had this, and the fact that they had pre- ltak the d th,lt lhero wa8ouly viously ruled in favor of Maple interest to be. served, that of the street,' tlieTOmnvissioners^sliowetl -(i| public.""" Prenjier :Borden had said at George street people pur- cominendable broadness of mind in j JVmt time-reopening the case, and giving it! chased lot their undivided and unbiased atteu- i sI „..,' i tion during the six-hour sitting of \]o ^ Uieir last Monday. That, the ultimate result should be to more strongly entrench the commissioners in their previous position I prjv, was expected by all who had investi- .tj-t ' gated the question with an open ' nil ml and who wore not prejudiced by selfish interests. ou en to ..„ ___ ___ real estate transactions. It is of no importance to the Council whether town lots had sold in one spot or another. The will run south on the Eraser. As a ; f ti or money back. Sold only at th. matter of fact, the1 Dominion gov- 7L)O0 Rexan stores, and in this town only by us. $1.00. C. A. JAMBS Druggist, Central Ave., Fort (Jeorgo | eminent are to build a wlia.rf t< handle tliis steamer traffic. Mr. Scott—Will the placing of ithe station cause a change ia the building of the wharf? Mr. Coo-ke—Well, the government — made an appropriation of $11,00 0 Ms company had, and on cross-exam- for the wharf at LaSalle street, and ....." " *...--- the location of the station a-t Georgi-street would be more advantageous than elsewhere for the transfeirrint.' of freight from the railway to the steamers, as from that point would h h "When you travel rail or boat Wear a PERU Y suit and coat.''., New Fall and Winter Lines Now in Stock Warm UNDEUWEAK for men. from $2.00 a suit'. FIJANTNEL SHIUTS in gieut variety. OVEHCOATS In the fiishioimble 1>. IJ. Ulster style, pure wool cloth; big, roomy and comfortable; from $18.00. PlfR COATS, 8HEl»SKIJf-LINEI> COATS, MACKINAW'S, SHOES, S1IOK PAGS, MOCCASIXfi, ETC. g. at 'SPECIAL P1UICES, HARRif G. PERRY M(«n's SI1011. Centrail Avonue GEORGE George Street PRINCE GEORGE be a level haul and much shorter. ____ if the station were placed at fullest, consideration of all in- j Maple street the only way freight terests. continuing, Mr. Pringle said: Mr. could be handled would be to go up ^..tial investigation has caused the commission to become more firmly con- -» ------, . . , . Murtin Burrell at. the hearing before Now that, the commission has-given lhe 1>rivv c:ounoil llftd saidf tha,t all all parties to the two years control {interests were protected in the previ-yersy an opportunity to state their 0U8 order ils Maple street was equi-case from ovcmt angle and this impai-(,is,ailt froni al, part8 of the tnree (¦enters involved. --;----, , . , , , Mr. Pring-le sa.id that the G.T.P. vlnced that their onginal order was ¦ oriinal townsite phuis 8i1Owed the In thec-bosi interests ot the public, sta,tion t0 be 4O0O feet east of Fraser that boily must feel Uiat they haveLvenu-e while the Natural Resources added much to their prestige• and Secur1ty Company, Limited, wanted B£ y" .. » .. 1 • • « jit Placed 2000 feet east of Fraser lo say that the decision has won avenue. On account of this discrep-Uio approval_of^lh^ejnjJreilaw:abid:Ja_ncy and aftei. a ca.reful exafni,na.tion portion of the cojinnunity, Is only I Jj ^ie paying that just tribute to the Board aciv1ce h fll titld payg j to which they a^e fully entitled. ground, the board on the of Mr. Mountain, chief Ul I LOCAL j engineer of the Railway Commission, 'a sI)Ot midway between l t llad I ^ these points, which was Maple street, Be loyal to your own community. I therefore the original order \yas a Probably at no other season of Lhe | comproinise, satisfactory to all year is the temptation so strong as. panties. at Christmas time to overlook _ the j Mr. Hansard, solicitor for the G. homo merchant and "send away for | T. P., objt-oted to Mr. Pringle's goods. There is always the feeling, statement that Maple street was sat- i that a greater range £0 choose from can be had in >the larger centers, and to some extent this is true. But re- isfacory. Mr. Pring-le—I don1 care if you do. Mr. Hansard—I have my instruc- iiuition admitted that the fact that there were two competitors might have had something to do with his pulling out of Fort-George. Mr. Pringle—-I have here the school cenaus for last month which chows Fort George average attend- | met' for flie month !)6 as against 54 ] for South Fort George. That "hardly boars out yoifr contention that the j population of South Port George is j ilirw to oiu> over Fort George. Mr. Pringle—East of George street is low "land, it is not, Mr. Mc-Klroy? A.—Yes. q,__Then you think the development would litUurally trend west and cause they had not seen the ground, south? A.—No, east. antl for the reason that the coramLs- q.—Don't you think that the busi-sion had been charmed by Hammond ness of South Fort George, as you have Instanced it. was abnormal on Mr. Scott—What is the grade account of the scow and steamer the road on M-aple, thence along tin cut-bank road to Lincoln street to Frasor, down Fraser to AVineliestw and along Third to George. In repl> to a question, Mr. Cooke said thought .the board lia-d given previous decision as they had be- he the THROUGH SERVICE PRINCE RUPERT Effective Sept. 18 Sat., Mon., 6 p.m.\Lv.—WINNIPEG—Arr..'. 12:50 p.in., Sat.,. Mon. Sun., Tue3., !>:15 p.m., .Lv.—EDMONTON:—Arr. 8 a.m., Fri., Mon. Mon., Wed., 7::iO p.m.Arr,—PRINCE GEORGE— r Lv. 8:15 a.m.. Thur., Sun. Tuea., Tliurs., 6:00 p.m...Arr.—PRINCE RUPERT— l>v.. . 10 a.in,, Wed, Sat. ¦* THROUGH STAXDAU1) SLEElMHt ii nud Prince Itupt-i't connections at Kdmouton from all p thereof. \V. J. QUOLAX DiaC-riet Passenger Agent. 260 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg way construction 7. A.—Yes, H. J. Bradley, manager of Hoods, Limited, general merchants, said j that his flwn bad done a business of j 32 30.0011 in Fort George, Sou.th and his lawyers. Mr. Scott—W___ _ .__ „___ from George street to Qu&en sUreet traffic in handling bupplies for rail-around Connaughit park on the way • « . ^^^ to South? Mr. Cooke said he didn't know. Mr. Mountain', the board's engiin-eer, placed it at 6% per cemt. v......._. Mr. Pringle then asked Mir. Cooke Fort George and Prince'George be-if he was not the man who subdi- tween January and October of this videcl Souith Fort George. Yes, and ' Vl>ar. The firm had invested $13,000 i I'm .there yet, was the reply. 'on George street in a store building ¦ Mr. Pringle—Did you not say at jn vvliich they carried n $90,000 j the hearing of this matter in Ottawa, stock. In answer to Mr. Wai son,; •that the east side of this itownsite of | Mr Bradley said that the firm's1 Prin.ce George was not fit far town choice of a* station site was George member that eveiry time you send j tions. out ol town fox an article that can| Mr. Pringrle—I can't help it if you be procured at homo you are hasten-1 have. ing tlie day when you will probably j Mr. HansJrd- have to go out of town to hunt for work. If your home merchant has -It is wit on the records. Mr. Pr(ugle>—Records don't go h G T P ( not the particular article you want j with the G. T. P. there is no doubt that if you inform-| Ma1. Hansard—I say there was nc him what it is he can procure it for; order made. you, and will gladly do so, and in all I Mr. PringJci—Please don't be silly, probability can supply it to you at j Hansard. You tried to. slip another a price similar to what it will cost order through taking a chance on you to send out and pay express to! faulty description, but the board bring it la here. Every article bought in the stores of the community means the building up of the stopped it. What's the use of talking nonsense. Continuing, Mr. Pringle said that town and the increase of its payroll, | Order No. 15»34t, fixing Maple street while every article purchased out ofjas the station site, was made after town by mail or otherwise is build-; careful consideration. There AVas no ing up some other commercial center to the detriment of your home town. Think this over and figure out for yourself whether the few paltry pennies you may save in this way is of as much importance to you as the building up of a commercial center that will make your interests here double and treble what they are today. Bo loyal to your own community by buying your goods at home. I was made final. .-,.-¦¦ ,.,. . street. His reasons were that the I think I qualified that statement,. firm had handled 56 cars of 30,000 pounds each, and to have liad to -, | ha.ul this morchanaiBe from Maple •ft street would liavo increased the cost llTi considerably to the consumer. Only development? answered Mr. Cooke. It's not in the printed evidence you did, replied _Mr. Pringlr We can build you anything from a BUNGALOW to a SKYSCRAPER Estimates furnished on all classes of buildings. Brick and re-enforced coucrcte work a specialty. A. G. BLACK & CO. General Contractors Hammond St., Fort George. P.O. Box 270 Prince George Mr. Pringle—Do you tai.uk busij ness In steamer ftnaflRc on the Fraser river is going to keep up as in the about 20 per cent, of .the goods sold went to Central avemie district, in reasonable excuse for a new hearing and the previous order should be j binding on all parties. However, my street, about center? A.—.Theres . b clients are reasonable, and without been a change m conditions since withdrawing from the position that then. the station should be at Maple street, Figures were here submitted to what was wanted was a tsation, and I the board by Mr Pringle to show his cliens were willing that any new 1 that-between Map e and Oxk was the information should be submitted to ! most centra location to serve the ilithe board before their original order \ terests of. all the panties affected. Mr is made final Pringle submitted that in tr>lng to Mr. D'A-rcy Scott then said that I evade the order the railway company the board had decided to reopen the I were not only not giving the public ™,«a »ml h«.r anv now information I a fair deal, but were trying to .ruin Heard on the Street Corners. Tho morning after the night be-j case and hear any new information fore: "Great Scott! eve." But we had a good tliat was lo be submitted. I the investments of millions of dol- iuterests of South P^ort George, then -———--------- , addressed the commissioners. Mr. 'Ow are you, old top; 'Ovv did {-Montgomery said that the people of past? A.—Not bo la.rge.v but there I his" opinion. Business was all ceil-f will always be business for steamers tering on Geolrge stTeet, und the1 and scows, freighting, ¦ - ------!— .....- -"¦ —• Mir. Pringle—What is the freight rate firom Queanel? A.—One and a half cents a pound. Ntr. Eringle—That is almost equal to the rate from Montreal to Prince George on the railway, is it not? A. —I>on't know. Mt. Pringle—Aif' Ottawa you said that Maple street was about dead center between the two towns? A. —I said about one and a> half miles between both towns. Q.—That, would make Victoria you like the decision?" "My word! 'Twas h'all right," 'e H'ansard. Talking about the increased cost of living, wonder if that $ 12,000 road touch of the Hallway Commission won't cause the G. T. P. to raise their mental tariff on that good old friend and standby, Ham-und. DEPOT TO BE BUILT BETWEEN OAK AND ASH Continued from page 1 their T>etter judgment, the audience was very orderly. The various conflicting interests "wane ably represented by a formid-- able array of legal talent, the personnel of which was: R. A. Priagler of Obta\ya, representing Fort George citizens; ;P. B. Wilson, Prince George,, representing Prince George citizen*; N. Montgomery, Prince George, representing South Fort George citizens; while H. H. Hansard and Mr. \V;fcSMnar looked after tho interests of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Mr. It. A. Pringle, .ropresenting N. Montgomery, representing the j bars. It was decided to have the commissioner's engineer, Mr. Mountain, check up the figures as to distances and grades submitted for the board's benefit. Mr. Hansard asked Mr. Cooke why he thought the Maple street order tendency of expansion was all east of George street. In answer to Mr. Pringle's question as to whether his finn would! ha.ve made these improvements onj George street if the railway company had' not ignored the commissioner's .previous order to place the station 'at Maple street, Mr, Bradley sa-id he "was not in a position to state. He said his Arm had had a branch store on Central avenue, but the atore was aot now occupied. His firm found that there was no money there, he said, so they could not do business on Central avenue, Cross-examined by Mr. Hansard as to where the wholesale houses would go, fitr. Bradley said in -his opinion thoy would go east of George street. As a comparison of business conditions he thought that his lirm did 35 per cent, more business in South Font George than they now did in Port George, bat admitted that the firm had a stock of goods in South, and the Fort George business was all-done by light delivery rig since the firm had closed the Continued on page 3 A. J. S. WILLSON I/iie Roberts, Jones it Willsori Real Estate and Insurance Agent ACREAGE SPECIALIST Improved Farms and Garden Tracts for Sale Hamilton Avenue, South Fort George, B. C. Phone 2, South Fort George. P.O. Box 23, South Fort George P. BURNS & CO., LIMITED Wholesale and Retail Dealers in all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats Fo^T DELIVERED T0 ALL , , Lgg5>, parts of city. Highest Prices Paid for Live Stock Fort George South Fort George I'hono 30 South Fort George feLt that they had never been properly represented at tho previouB hearings on the station site. M)r. Pringle interjected remarks o-f counsel were camplimenjtary to eminent counsel, Mr. Hammy Hill, who represented South Fort George at die hearing in Ottawa. Mr. Montgomery continuing, said that counsel had never been on the ground and therefore could not be expected to Kno-w lo>cal conditions, and now that, the coniinisaioa was her© the real deait* ot South Fort George wished to have a proper hearing. He said that they did not caire about the Grand Trunk Pacific, but that the b. tot ion site that the company had chosen on George street suited them better than that laid down by the previous ruling of the Railway Commission, and was entirely satisfactory to .them. " Mr. D'Arcy Scott, assistant chairman, eaid that the boaird had come here with an open mind and were not governed by any previous ruling. Mr. Montgomery exclaimed, that George street wa». where the residents of South Fort George wanted the station, as tliey thought It was the logical center, and he proposed was not a good one. A,—Because that the I the board gave snap judgment before not very 1 they had a chance to look over the the initareste of Fort George, dressed the commissioners in matter of rehearing the case, stating 'that lie wished to call the attonlon of the commissioners to the fact that Order No. 11)347 Avas made after two ad-! to produce witnesses to prove the' contention. this Mr. Scott—Well, (ire ahead. Produce the witnesses and let us get to work. Mr. Montgomery called W. F. or thiree hoa-rings, and the station i Cooke. utte was fixed by lt. If the railway) Mjr. Cooke explained that he h%d company wished a rehearing they j boon a 'resident of this district for »hould have appealed in thirty days, (eight years, and submitted figures of according to the rules. There is no the assessment roll and improve-1 one better posted on these rules, con-Jmonts of South Port George, and itinued Mr. Pringle, than the railway claimed a population of 750 people company's solicitor, who had said | for that community He said that the £h&t they did not want another hear-j Northern Lumber & Mercantile Coming Mr. Biggair,'solicitor fa< theipany, of which he was president, had Grand Trunk Pacific, had stated in brought"!n 4C01 tons of freight to to an enquiry as to why tlie South Port George since 1911, and ground. Mr. G. E. McLaughllh, secretary-treasurer of the Northern Lumber &_ Mercantile Company vva.s tlie next witness. He produced statistics showing the bank clearings and payrolls of various concerns doing business in South Fort George. He said thftit the placing of. the station at Ma-ple street would add 20 per cent. to th© coat of hauling supples -to South Port George over e at George street because It would better Berve the interests of South Fort (leor^, and in liis opinion the ¦weight of business done In Soatii Fort Qeo-rge as against Font George was throe to 0110. In Fort George, he aaid, I here were ten or 'twelve commercial businesses as against thirty in South Font George. Asked by Mr. Pringle if he Had ever had a lumber yard The Big Three of Central B.C. an enquiry as to why the South Fort George since 1911, and had act made application during the vast' twelve months had In Fort\George, Mr. Mcl-.lroy said / NEW HA2ELTONT Center of the richest mining district in Canada. Gateway of the Groundhog anthracite coal fields. The junction of the waterways •where tlie.lines of trade meet. Future absolutely assured. HUBERT Trade center of the Bulklcy Valley. Is bo strategically located that all branch railway lines will bo built from that point. Has no possible competitor for tlie irade of tho rich territory lying between Fort George and New Hazelton. ' FOHT. GEORGfi Is In a class by itself No city In Western Canada with the possible exception of Winnipeg of Vancouver will outstrip Fort George's growth In population and development. No city on Mie North American continent has more natural advantages than Fort George. When you seek opportunities for business or investment you must be tsurc of tho location of tht, MAIN BUSINESS ^CENTERS. INVESTIGATION will prove to ymt that PORT GEORGE, HUBERT an«l SEW HAZBLTON ar© so strategically located that they will overshadow all other towns iu ContraJ, Northern British Coluriibia und the PEACE RIVEK DISTRICT. NATURAL RESOURCES SECURITY COMPANY, Ltd. (Joint Owners ami Sole Agents Fort George and Hubert Townsites) HAMMOND STREET FORT GEORGE, B.C.