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Canadian
Chemicals
Company,
Ltd.,
recently
i
organized
affiliate
of
Columbia
Cellulose
Company,
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Ltd.,
at
Prince
Rupert,
will
bepin
construction
soon
;
of
a
large
petro-chemieal
and
cellulose
acetate
plant
j
in
the
Edmonton
area
of
Alberta.
The
plant,
when
I
completed,
will
complement
the
Prince
Rupert
plant,
!
both
affiliated
with
Celanese
Corporation
of
Alaska.
With
Us
year,
'round
harbours,
splendid
terminal
facilities
and
air
services',
Us
highly
developed
fishing
industry.
Us
drydock.
huge
grain
elevator
and
cold
storage
plants,
its
spacious
railway
yards
and
docks.
Prince
Rupert's
importance
as
a
central
.-.
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distributing
point
of
British
;
America.
Tapping
natural
gas
resources
tion
cf
which
was
recently
begun
by
Celanr-e.
contains
essentially
Columbia's
mineral,
fishery,
timber,
and
agrlcultura.1
resources
cannot
be
too
strongly
stressed.
of
the
new
and
rapidly
expanding
l.nC.
PAR
AVfk
flAnntn
'
petroleum
fields
in
the
province
"
water-
Tnls
simplifies
hand
It
nas
been
said
that
the
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comDn.
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ling
and
shipping
problems,
and
aff
jrds
economies
at
consuming
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til-
luu
on
wnich
located.
tne
P"er
h
thrift,
and
capacity
lor
work,'
Although
design
of
the
Colum-enabling
them
to
take
part
In
the
bla
Cellulose
mill
is
based
on
building
of
a
Province
of
which
200-tons
per
day
capacity
of
,we
are
Justly
proud,
and
in
which
dissolving
pulp,
provision
is
made
we
are
happy
to
live,
work,
and
j
In
all
designs
for
the
exceeding
play.
of
this
figure.
strength
of
any
country
ltes
In
its
homes'and
its
people.
Prince
Rupert
and
the
area
it
serves
is
attracting
people
with
an
enterprising
spirit,
which
will
be
continued
to
be
expressed
In
their
;
of
Alberta,
Canadian
Chemical
Company
will
manufacture
many
1
basic
organic
chemicals
never
:
before
produced
in
Canada.
The
company
will
utilize'
the
highly
j
successful
Celanese
process
of
-
oxidation
of
petroleum
hydro-!
carbons.
Celanese
pioneered
in
16
plants.
Formaledhyde
is
a
basic
raw
material
for
certain
military
explosives
as
well
as
an
important
raw
material
for
plywood
adht-sives
and
laminating
resins
which
Prince
Rupert
Doily
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une
u,
1951
The
world-wide
shortage
of
cellulose
which
has
threatened
the
chemical
yarn
and
plastics
industries
on
this
continent
will
be
substantially
relieved
by
the
output
of
high
alpha
pulp
from
Columbia
Cellulose
Company's
;.rw
Prince
Rupert
mill.
With
an
indicated
annual
capacity
of
70.000
tons
of
purified
pulp,
the
new
Prince
Rupert
mill
will
be
supplying
the
basic
material
for
200.000.000
pounds
of
acetate
rayon
yarn.
When
the
plant
went
into
operation
in
mid-April,
Harold
Blancke,
president
of
Columbia
Cellulose
and
Its
parent
company,
Celanese
Corporation
of
America,
announced
that
the
present
capacity
will
probably
be
substantially
increased
in
the
near
future.
Celanese
Corporation
of
America
is
the
first
producer
of
chemical
fibers
to
construct
its
own
pulp
plant
although
the
entire
chemical
fiber
industry
has
l
ven
subject
to)
flic
cellanese
shortage.
The
nevt
Prince
Rupert
plant
is
an
important
part
of
Celanese'
recently
announced
long-term
plans
for
expansion
of
textile,
plastics
.m.
chemical
operations
in
the
United
States,
I
s'iuiIm
and
other
countries.
Much
of
the
current
shortage
of
cellulose
can
be
traced
to
the
past
abuse
of
forest
reserves,
and
as
the
holder
of
the
first
Forest
Management
Licence
in
British
Columbia.
Columbia
Cellulose
initiates
a
vast
tree
"harvestintr"
this
field
and
Has
been
producing
are
vitally
important
to
Canada
s
important
industrial
chemicals
lumber
industry.
Propylene
gly-by
this
process
since
1945
at
its
col
and
methanol
are
used
in
anti-freeze
solutions;
methanol
large
plant
in
Bishop.
Texas.
is
also
finding
increasing
acceptance
as
a
special
fuel
in
various
military
applications.
Other
alcohols
and
glycols
to
be
produced
by
Canadian
Chemical
Company,
Ltd.,
are
necessary
in
the
manufacture
of
varnishes,
lacquers,
plastics
and
hydraulic
fluids.
These
chemicals
art;
al.-o
used
in
synthetic
rubber,
insecticides,
textile
dyes
and
Upon
completion
pf
the
Edmonton
plant,
purified1
pulp
from
Columbia
Cellulose"
Company
will
be
taken
to
Edmonton
where
it
will
be
used
with
acetic
aid
manufactured
in
the
new
plant
in
the
manufacture
of
cellulose
acetate,
the
primary
raw
material
for
acetate
yarns
and
plastics.
The
combination
of
there
two
great
projects
in
the
Canadian
Northwest
will
contribute
greatly
to
both
the
peacetime
and
ciefence
economies
of
i
the
Dominion.
Fcrmaldehydc,
c
u
s
t
o
marily
sold
as
a
37
per
cent
solution
in
watei.
will
be
produced
at
the
new
Edmonton
plant
in
a
solid
iorm
known
as
paraformaldehyde.
This
type
of
material,
the
large
scale
commercial
produc-
The
dam
at
Prudhomme
Lake
which
supplies
the
Columbia
Cellulose
mill
with
adequate
water
summer
and
winter
is
a
solid
concrete
structure
incorporating
a
unique
fish
ladder
in
crder
not
to
interfere
with
the
movements
of
the
game
fish,
with
which
these
lakes
abound.
.
program,
the
first
sizable
"per-'
lvlual
logging"
program
in
British
Columbia.
With
this
program,
the
company
will
log
the
lands
assigned
to
it
by
the
Provincial
Government
in
such
a
way
that
cutting
balances
natural
regrowth.
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The
effects
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
plant
at
Prince
Rupert
will
be
far-reaching
for
Canada
since
it
is
planned
.
that
eventually
much
-jf
the
cellulose
produced
there
will
undergo
further
manufacture
In
the
Dominion
instead
of
being
exported
as
cellulose
pulp.
Congratulations
to
CoDngiilbnai
CdDoiibse
Sportsmen's
Paradise
.
.
.
best
wishes
on
your
Opening
REGAL
PRINTERS
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Second
Ave.
r.
Burns
Lake
calls
itself
a
"mecca
for
sportsmen,"
and
rightly
so,
for
it
is
a
Jumping
off
place
to
near-virgin
lakes
and
streams,
forests
and
valleys
abounding
in
game,
fish
and
animals.
Today,
however.'
the
accommodating
hotels
can
hold
no
prom-'
ise
for
the
tourist.
Rooms
have
been
reserved
years
in
advance
by
construction
crews
for
Alum-mim
of
Canada
Company
projects.
Burn
Lake
is
a
divisional
point
to
Alcans
huge
tunnel
project
at
Tahtsa
Lake,
at
the
vest
end
of
Tweedsmulr-park.
Burns
Lake
will
lose
much
of
its-
appeal
to
sportsmen
when
Its
'
surrounding
hunting
and
lishing
grounds
are
flooded
by
'i"
huge
network
of
streams
and
lakes
to
make
available
the
hydro
supply
Alcan
will
need
at
Kitimat.
But
being
in
the
thick
of
all
the
coming
construction
;:tivity
will
no
doubt
leave
its
mark
of
prosperity.
Estimated
payroll
in
the
district
exceeds
$260,000
annually
among
its
2,600
residents.
Lumbering,
with
83
operations,
accounts
for
the
greater
part
of
productivity
although
it
is
tne
largest
cattle-producing
area
:i'rth
of
Williams
Lake.
Burns
Lake
village
was
incorporated
in
1923,
is
served
by
'
'
sh
school,
elementary
school,
a
16-bed
hospital
and
two
hotels.
Power
is
distributed,
hy
a
B.C.
Tower
Commission
rlie.srl
niani
!t
is
a
Pleas"re
for
us
to
join
in
Welcoming
ond
Congratulating
Columbia
Cellulose
On
this
occasion
of
the
opening
of
the
Columbia
Cellulose
Company
Ltd.'s
Pulp
Mill.
Worthington
takes
the
opportunity
to
congratulate
the
company
on
the
completion
of
this
modern
plant
at
Watson
Island.
Worthington
is
proud
that
two
of
its
7500-KW
turbine-generator
units
were
chosen
to
provide
electric
power
and
process
steam
important
to
the
operation
of
this
mill,
which
will
greatly
advance
the
industrial
development
of
British
Columbia.
Worthington
Pump
and
Machinery
Corporation,
Harrison,
New
Jersey,
U.
S.
A.
on
their
great
new
project
Li
ikyjy
n
rarn
i
but
nearby
Nechako.
River
has
Poster
Advertising
-
General
Painting
of
a
potential
hydro
supply
26,000
horsepower.
it
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