,4
LIMITED
GENERAL
CONTRACTORS
&
ENGINEERS
Bridge
Construction
Harbor
Work
Hydraulic
Dredging
Reclamation
Work
W.
G.
MACKENZIE,
President
Phone
MArine
6451
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ri
540
HOWE
STREET,
VANCOUVER,
B.C.
BROAD
HIGHWAY
(Continued
from
page
1)
a
million
cubic
yards
of
material.
Huge
boulders
which
strained
VlftlcHnix
anH
mnvlntr
pnilfnmpn
were
shuffled
into
useful
positions.
Rock
faces
were
"humped"
with
dynamite
and
carted
up
the
line
to.
make
fill.
None
was
wasted.
The
equipment
used
in
thest:
operations
included
78
trucks,
25
bulldozers,
21
power
shovels,
32
dump
cars,
nine
graders,
ana
28
dumpters.
Most
satisfactory
piece
of
equipment
was
the
dumpter.
This
self-powered
heavy
unit
could
move
a
load
of
six
cubic
yards
of
rock
at
a
fair
tun:
of"
speed,
and
could
take
ter
rific
punishment.
Its
tugged-ness
kept
it
on
the
job
whei.
trucks
of
a
smaller
capacity
gave
way
under
the
strain.
In
appearance
it
is
a
steel-framed
big
broth
to
the
old-fashioned
horse-drawn,
dump
wagon,
with
.horse-power
under
the
hood
of
a
tractor-like
power
unit.
Shovels
powered
by
dlesel,
and
gas-air
hoisted
millions
of
yards
of
material.
The
gas-air
com
bination,
long
.used,
but
not
very
well
known,
employs
a
principle
whereby
certain
cycles
of
move
ment
are
powered
by
direct
drive
from
a
gasoline
engine
and
part
from
an
engine
operated
by
air
which
is
compressed
by
the
gaso
line
engine.
Seemingly
involved,
this
system
is
effective,
although
the
type
Is
no
longer
built.
The
result
or
all
this
burrowing
and
blasting
is
an
excellent
mountain
highway.
Its
20-foot
wide
crushed
rock
surface
is
not
darkened
by
any
tunnel.
In
spite
of
the
tortuous
course
of
the
Skeena
Itiver
there
are
only
one
or
two
places
where
there
are
eight
per
cent
grades
and
30-degree
curves.
Forty-five
bridges
vary
the
rock-gray
of
the
highway.
Tei.
of
them
are
major
spans
of
the
wooden
Howe
truss
type,
BY
LAND
and
SEA...
The
Skeena
River
Highway
Is
a
further
avenue
to
prosperity
in
the
North.
We
congratulate
its
builders
.
.
.
PACIFIC
STEVEDORING
AND
CONTRACTING
LTD.
Prince
Rupert
The
New
Skeena
River
Highway
fulfils
the
dreams
of
a
generation
of
pioneers.
Among
them
are
the
Proprietors
of
.
.
.
.
LONG
MOTORS
Prince
Rupert
Who
were
happy
to
be
able
to
help
supply
the
road
contractors
with
automobile
and
truck
parts.
Phone
52
i
Box
908
DEALERS
IN
ALL
GENERAL
MOTORS
PRODUCTS
MONDAY
.PAGE
FOUR
SPECIAL
SECTION
THE
DAILY
NEWS
Final
Link
In
Long
Cherished
DreaJ
Village
of
VANDERHOOF
400
Miles
East
of
Prince
Rupert
on
the
new
Highway
is
the
Village
of
Vander-hoof.
It
is
the
centre
of
the
largest
area
of
good
agricultural
land
in
British
Columbia,
with
the
possible
exception
of
the
Peace
River
district.
A
good
highway
is
built
north
for
175
miles
into
a
district
abounding
in
minerals,
and
where
there
are
several
proven
mines.
It
is
the
point
of
access
to
splendid
fishing
and
big
game
hunting.
The
district
needs
and
welcomes
settlers.
Come
and
investigate
the
opportunities
today
for
the
settler,
the
miner
and
the
sportsman.
Make
your
night's
stop
at
Vanderhoof,
where
the
hotel
accommodation
is
not
excelled
anywhere
in
Central
British
Columbia,
and
where
all
conveniences
await
the
traveller.
'
;
The
Commissioners
of
the
Village
of
Vanderhoof.
TRANSPORTATION
"v;.,r
.:
is
vital
.
.
.
We
foresee
increased
prosperity
in
North-Central
British
Columbia
through
the
Skeena
River
Highway.
LINDSAY'S
STORAGE
&
CARTAGE
LIMITED
PRINCE
RUPERT
Phone
68
(Cor.
2nd
Ave.
and
Tark
Ave.)
Kox
817
First
Car
Reached
Hazelton
in
1911
By
II.
F.
Glassey
Completion
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway
connecting
Prince
Rupert
with
the
highways
of
this
province
brings
to
Prince
Rupert
the
final
link
in
a
long
cherished
dream.
Many
factors
delayed
progress
of
the
development
of
Central
British
Columbia,
but
today
we
have
direct
road
connection
with
the
outside
world.
During
the
years
1906
arid
190'i.
when
Hazelton
was
the
destination
of
the
river
boats
plying
the
Skeena
River,
and
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railroad
was
under
construction,
citizens
looking
into
the
future
development
of
Central
British
Columbia
predicted
in
those
years
that
'Hazelton
would
some
day
enjoy
a
wagon
road
from
Quesnel
situated
in
the
Cariboo,
a
distance
of
some
500
miles,
to
replace
the
pack
trail
which
was
the
only
means
of
inland
travel.
Pessimism
prevailed
among
many
who
said
even
if
a
wagon
road
was
constructed
it
could
only
be
used
for
a
few
months
during
the
summer
and.
early
fall,
and
that
the
snowfall
would
j
be
so
.
great
that
horsedrawn
sleighs
would
not
be
able
to
use
such
a
road
during
the
winter
months.
As
progress
continued
in
the
construction
of
the
railroad,
tote
roads
were
made
so
equipment
and
materials
could
be
delivered
by
horsedrawn
vehicles
to
contractors
working
at
railroad
construction.
Hazelton
citizens
saw
the
curtain
of
reality
rise
as
early
as
the
summer
of
1907
when
Carl
Wakefield,
who
had
taken
up
land
in
the
Bulkley
Valley,
announced
that
he
had
arriving
by
river
boat
a
wagon
which
he
intended
to
take
into
the
Bulkley
Valley.
At
that
time
only
a
trail
and
narrow
pack
bridges
led
from
Hazelton
to
Aldermere,
the
centre
of
Bulkley
Valley.
But
Carl,
by
use
of
rope
and
tackle
and
by
dismantling
the
wagon
to
cross
bridges,
landed
the
first
wagon
to
be
used
In
the
valley.
During
the
early
summer
of
1911,
when
only
stretches
of
tote
load
were
constructed
by
Foley,
Welsh
&
Stewart
for
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
as
far
as
Rose
Lake,
west
of
Burns
Lake,
Seattle
papers
reached
Hazelton
bearing
headlines
in
bold
type
about
P.
J.
Sands,
who
"had
left
Seattle
together
with
a
mechanic
and
a
Mr.
Webster,
a
Seattle
photographer
in
a
little
Flanders
20
automobile
to
es-
tabllsh
a
record
of
driving
an
automobile
to
the
most
northerly
point
from
Seattle,
and
that
their
destination
was
Hazelton,
British
Columbia.
This
was
the
era
of
the
opening
up
of
Central
British
Col-lumbia
by
roadways.
Sands,
with
the
able
assistance
of
Jack
Mc-Amus
of
Hazelton
who
met
the
Sands
party
at
Burns
Lake,
reached
Hazelton
on
the
afternoon
of
September
17,
1911,
driving
his
Flanders
20,
thus
con-
BRITISH
COLUMBIA
BRIDGE
&
DREDGING
CO
MADE
HISTORY
Central
object
in
this
night
photograph
is
a
Flanders
20
automobile
which
arrived
in
Hazelton
on
Sept.
17,
1911,
under
its
own
power
from
Seattle.
Driver
of
the
car
was
pi
J.
Sands,
of
Seattle,
who
with
a
mechanic
and
photographer,
set
out
for
Hazelton
to
prove
that
the
use
of
automobiles
in
the
North
was
practicable.
The
photograph
was
taken
In
front
of
the
Hazelton
Hotel.
Perhaps
some
old
timers
may
recognize
faces
in
the
group.
eluding
a
long,
tedious
bui
momentous
Journey.
He
delivered
to
William
Allison,
then
.Provincial
Government
Agent
at
Hazelton,
a
letter
from
the
mayor
of
Seattle,
thereby
establishing
two
factors:
the
first,
that
automobiles
could
be
driven
in
the
North,
and
second,
that
In
arriving-
at
Hazelton
he
made
a
record
of
having
driven
a
car
to
the
most
northerly
point
from
Seattle.
After
the
completion
of
the
Fraser
River
section
of
the
Cariboo
Highway
In
1931,
when
the
late
Premier
Simon
F.
Tolmie
came
north
from
Vancouver
to
Hazelton
by
motor
road,
it
was
interesting
to
note
that
P.
J.
Sands,
with
the
same
little
Flanders
20
automobile
had
the
honor
and
privilege
of
heading
the
premier's
caravan
a
trip
no
doubt
more
pleasant
and
much
less
hazardous
than
the
trail
blazing
one
of
1911
1
With
the'
completion
of
the
highway
to
Prince
Rupert,
old
timers
who
still
remain
in
this
area
'can
look
back
on
the
past
33
years
as
years
of
expectancy
and
fulfilment
of
a
dream
bene-finclal
in
a
major
degree
to
the
prosperity
and
development
of
Central
British
Columbia.
Greetings
from
VANDERHOOF
The
people
of
Vanderhoof
and
district
send
greetings
and
rejoice
with
the
people
of
Prince
Rupert,
Terrace,
and
other
points,
so
long
without
highway
communication.
The
opening
of
the
road
cannot
fail
to
promote
not
only
increased
business,
but
a
new
spirit
of
friendliness
and
co-operation
between
them.
Central
British
Columbia
today
moves
an
important
step
nearer
its
hard
won
destiny.
GREETINGS...
.
Thirty
years
after
the
railway
linked
tht
t
u.
cities
of
Central
and
Northern
British
ColumW.
tininn
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hrturrn
H-!..
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I
Kunrrt
1
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...
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achieved
'
toy
Tlic
Skeena
Itiver
Highway
will
prmit
tJJ.
11
quicker
Quicker
travel
iravci
between
Deiween
these
mese
two
two
cities
cities
and
ai.n
tk.
ih.
u.
-
ur
iniM.
towns,
fostering
a
new
prosperity
and
new
unitr
Accordingly,
on
behalf
of
the
people
of
pric,
and
district.
I
send
greetings
and
communities
west
of
our
city
and
to
those
perso
1
made
the
great
engineering
feat
of
the
Skeen
rJtimt
'l
way
possible.
...
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A.
M.
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City
of
prince
cj
Congratulations!
All
Central
Uritish
Columbia
With
opening
of
the
Skeena
Highwar
are
on
the
advent
of
many
more
develop-.!
and
are
really
now
just
beginning
to
marclj
time
with
the
rest
of
the
Province.
Not
alone
to
us
but
to
our
brother
City
rrinee
uupert
anu
10
me
towns
and
commr
ties
in
between,
this
new
road
link
is
a
bootul
a
source
of
great
satisfaction.
In
a
short
time
cars
from
both
cities
1
be
exchanging
visits
and,
by
bringing
Pri
Rupert
and
communities
much
closer
to
Pr
George,
we
can
really
get
acquainted.
Opq
of
'
(he
Skeena
Highway
iwill
surely
make!
irreater
friendships.
"1
o
rhone
SCC
Watch
UsGrowJ
PKINCE
GEORGE
BOAIID
OF
TRADE
Rupert
Motors
SALUTES
A
GREAT
ACHIEVE!
.
.
.
The
Completion
of
the
Skeena
River
Highway
Distributors
of
Chrysler
Troducti
Cars
PRINCE
KUI'EKT
Trucks
At
Last!
vvr.
o
jm
Willi
jl.Li
11I16&NS
fl.ru
n"j"
DISTRICT
IN
CELEBRATING
THE
COMPLETE
1
THE
HIGHWAY
LINKINO
PRINCE
RUPERT
vw
INTERIOR.
OUR
CONGRATULATIONS
TO
THE
OFHCIAIA
EERS,
CONSTRUCTION
COMPANIES
AMU
J
THROUGH
WHOSE
EFFORTS
A
SPLENDW
BEEN
DONE
UNDER
STRENUOUS
CONDITION
RECORD
TIME.
WE
ARE
LOOKINO
FORWARD
TO
SEINJ.1!
PENDABLE
FORD
CARS
IN
THE
COMINO
F
YEARS
FORD
CARS
IN
WHICH
YOU
MAY
DRlV
THIS
HIGHWAY
AND
ENJOY
ITS
SCENIC
BE
YOUR
LEISURE.
T,rPAU
with
THE
RETURN
OF
PEACE
OUli
WILL
AGAIN
BE
FULLY
STAFFED,
AND
IT
r.
.
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T!PT01
uuit
AIM
TO
ADVERTISE
ANU
'
.
SLOGAN:
"THE
HOME
OF
FRIENDLY
SERVICE-
S.
E.
PARKER
LIMITED
FORD
AND
MERCURY
DEALER
'
"
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