opinion that any complaints made during the winter months seem to stem | and its taxes spent “The third and most serious in its own development The Mosquito Control Present method of turn as pos sible, me Rock to the exten sources. thorou Of /issues of the Semiahmoo Sun. for the time being the Editors Yours truly, E. 5. Cox. . 15285 North Bluft Road, RR2, White Rock, BC. To tho Editor. Dear Sr: “Wha Child, three} Langley, April 30, 1956. crippled from To the Editor. Dear Sir: the remote vij- ¥ 1 Pe} coward hi. Hh. 3 Uttie soul was | “® @ property owner in White | d hiding behind a nom "on a mat in the morn- | °K and Langloy for sovorai e-plume? brought in at night, |Y°8T* T was interested in the] Do you really believe the junk any aid until Mrs. statement of retiring Counoll-|you wrote in your Jotter last tanted the Red Cross (‘0° Pitman in tast weok's Sun, |week? Wake up tor joodness there which has only been in |i? Which he advocated dividing sake and realize that the peo- operation a yery few years. 'Sutrey municipality at New|ple pushing the airport through are McLellan Road. He also reiter-|are just ruthless businessmen. Mrs. Thomas paid special | mention of the Junior Red | tes his opposition to the in- | caring nothing for the people ‘Cross and their wonderful work |C°TPOration of White Rock. be- of White Rock anyone who id the leaders, such as our |°tU% “T did not, and still do did, wouldn't dream of putting = ‘Mrs. Sinclair. M yn |2Ot, believe we could operate on |an international airport (not a rise rie aan that |® SUnd financial basis with |secondary one) in the centre of we hear so much of our won- Such a small area.” a rapidly growing residential derful Iying standards and mall As you are aware, sir, Lang-|°Te- re not even satisfied amidst |ley city was incorporated just| Anyone who could our plenty. I wish more people over a year ago. and while it is helicopter service could could have seen the films. {too carly to do any flag-waving, |oubtedly afford to hire a car Thanking you for the space. there aro at least no complaints, 48 an emergency which, when Sincerely yours, jand taxes are not increasing |the new speedway is completed, NOREEN BURDEN. this year. Wo do have tho con-|COU!d reach Vancouver in 30 oe ¢ Solation of knowing that what|™inutes night or day. 15265 Sunnyside Road, taxes we do pay are being spent RR.2, April 22, 1956! right around home where we in hope to eventually feel the effects of this home-spending. is “White Rocker’ afford un Did you know that approxi mately $2,000,000 has gone into Vancouver Airport, and in all the years of operation only ap Proximately $90,000 a been To the Edit Dear Sir: In answer to White Rocker taking as will never develop White t of its re- , that the o foes In discussing the operation of the system, it was brought out | pen reservoir had not en cleanéd for three years and that last summer the problem of algne growth in the roser— Voir was tackled by applying copper sulphate and chlorine Gn April 23, 1956 compound form) manually from |the edge of tho reservoir after |® Srowth had developed. 1t was | the problem as decomposition of [the organisms killed would con- tribute essential oils | which | Would combine with the chfor- ine to form compounds ‘having more objectionable taste and odours than those ooccurring naturally. Mr. Thrift Was told that pre vention of algae growth rather than Killing an existing growth was the key to the problem, It was suggested that if nothir could be done in the way of covering the reservoir, t should be cleaned thoroughly and copper sulphate applied daily in sufficient quantity to keop the algae under contro} It emphasized that chlor ine should not be used as an le and that the copper sulphate should be applied in small quantities to start with so that the minimum quantity necessary for the purpose could be found, With basin was al Pointed out. to Mr: Thrift that & self-righteous dreamer, or g|thl® was Wkly fo accentuate factor affecting this situation) was an ¢€normous increase {in Deal Sought Sonsumption of water for| Surrey will enter « Sprinkling and irrigating of eontrol deal if the other muns_ lawns and gardens The result ¢fpalities of the Fraser Vatley of these combined factors total-, Will co-opernte, ly prevented us trom restoring | A report presented to Coun tle water drained from our re- cil indicated total cost to be Servoir and compelled us to re- $25,000 divided tetween Fraser sort to drastic action on the ‘Valley municipalities Surrey’. evening of Wednesday the 25th share for 200 acres affected of April on very short notice. will be $1200. Skyways Aircraft, This action resulted fn partial |\Langley, Will do the work, restoration of water fével in our | “Municipalities affocked Include reservoir, permitting restora-'Surrey, Mission, Abbotsford, tion of @ portion of our services |Maple Ridge, Chifliwack, Sum- within seven hours after the |as. Langley, Pitt Meadows and closing of the valves. One rea~ Matsqui ‘LONG DISTANCE ° when you i call by number I would like to point out, however, that there is a great difference in the population of I wouldn't say the car is on its way out Where T originally regard to covering the Mr taken out. The Government do not intend to put in the airport free gifts, so who would be re- reservol Thrift stated that a the range of $60,000 Long Distance is fast—often twice as fast came from we ran into the same Tangiey in comparison to that thing—an airport was put in in of the proposed incorporation for the very large irect line with our ‘home, the of white Rock, which. I under- x ee “older folk said often they would |stand, is around ten thousand cise travel IS marvellous, but ; move out, they never did and wo have tess than one thous. th*re’s and a a. ars still are there some of th ‘This was some 15 or more and voters on the list here in Langley, and our total popula ago, and sti there are lots of tion js tess than three thou: . y posts and i : { cars, bicycles, horses around. and, and because of this ae At I s than th town or city you're calling. j Porsonally I enjoy air travel and of us were doubtful of the suc Burrs think it will be an asset to c ticarpore ionmnaven a asively, White Rock. J do not see where nt As our little city Sai ss 2 ; se t covering is z 5 = 5 . Killing: sdren you know, would and as public safet it would be a detriment to «rows we feel sure ¢ shall a ma : White Rock, rather I feel it ve greater results and YOU just shrug yo lved building code sa BRITISH COLUMBIA TELEPHONE COMPANY would bring many more visitors benefits from our tax bill than “4 Say, "It's too bad, factors can be cut. Mr. Webb —— ess.” I can ing at this suge jon, but study up on the statistics could be used 17 j Q 0 9 4 ding de to pro- ns to be the Whit R k W. t W ks £ L dl Sneed 2 Economy and live sed by jets problem as C ef of 5 0. iz: g pretty grim if the rafts proved too and y to see beyond your ego- an interference with 2 tistical nose and think how of the reseryor or if Th C ti f th Di r f | il Life h an airport would s really thoy te 1 to become water. e orpora 10n 0 e istrict 0 affect White Rock. It would jtogged, the material would be el most certainly drive away the ‘re-usable in constructing a rigid very people who are making it Kood place for children to grow up in. White Rock ha the potentlal of becoming B. Built into the a most attractive seaside resort, onough to control the growth of Sprinkling Regulations hich could make far more aigao. One factor whict 3 ese work for everyone than an alr- tend to prevent diffi = cris port ever could. Why not ex- Pend our energies and money to this end and put the airport in sultable place? MAY L BARNETT CARS TRUCKS Designed to give a had been obtained and that the y could not afford such The writer ¢ d that out of all reason and sted that it should be p. to cover bi light shiplap covering over addition the rafts would demon strate. before difficulties deve loped, whether or not shade was ne ing due to waterlogging is that the rafts would only have to be in place in the summer mon As the inlet and outlet of the servoir both situated in hs. t are reservoir, In —when you call by NUMBER. Here’s why. By giving the operator the out-of-town NUMBER—rather than just the name and address—you won't have to wait while she gets the number from “Information” in the Surrey - Water Department Effective now until further notice. Ail Consumers residing on the North and East sides of streets: 7 am. to 8 am, in the morning and ? pam. to 8 pm. in the evening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. A garden-loving property own- the north-west quarter of the a , , er, but not a dodering old~ |resorvoir, it was suggested that Al Consumers residing on the South and West sides ~€ ost cop ~@ timer by any means. one or the other be relocated so of streets: 7 am. to 8 am. in tho morning and 7 pm a ‘h . genes as to promote better circulation to 8 pm. in the evening on Tuesday, Thursday and April 30, 1958. | or the water within tho roser. Saturday. To the Editor. Dear Sir: In connection with the graye The Most Usel DUAL WHEEL SUSPENSION — SOLID STEEL CONSTRUCTION—ORUISING SPEED 63 MPH — 6 VOLT ELECTRIO sysTEM — CRANEOCASE CAPACITY 5 PINTS. | Reservoir was cleaned, the fol- Built by Expert Craftsmen SEE — DRIVE — BUY jently tho reservoir was not pro- in the first | perly constructod Hnstance. Re White Rock Water Company On March 8, @ visit was mado by the writer to the area in |Surrey sorved by the White Rook Water Co, The writer was tary Inspector, and Mr. Thrift of tho water company. Tho visit was mado primar- “Hy to investigate the cause of | taste and odour complaints from accompanied by J. Webb, Sant- | voir. PF. E. NEATE, holders because of the necessity of shutting down a portion of our water system, I wish to ac quaint the public with the facts }which compelled us to resort ‘to drastic measures in order to ‘restora’ the water system to fnormal conditions. Three factors combined to bring about the conditions causing this incident. Firstly, on the request of the Provincial ‘Board of Health we drained our large surface reservoir of all Division of Public Health E Washing of cars by hose to be done during your AIR COOLED ENGINE—OVERHEAD VALVES— eee Fee gineering, Boundary Health||} sprinkling hour. 2 3 88 MPG TORSION BAR SPRINGING — INDIVI- Twoently, when’ he Oxtard st.) Unit seen meen Irrignting with perforated pipes or slow leaking cot- |lowing 1s @ report submitted to | President, NB NAUODaS ere. Gouis usseng ae wba lerequial ini cnet Seen li Mt would appeas that the TO tho Baltar recog to applies the celoa clita ante eae ie cleaning of the reservoir should Dear Sir: sia oda: Ltd., 15083 Washington Avenue, White paren rent conswutea wAton | Respenting,, the “recent: tom Hook UO, forthe: installation ef a metor, €onaumption was at low ebb. It porary and regrettable incon- » BC, Will also be noted that appar-|venience suffered by house- The sbove regulations are to apply to all areas sup- No Sprinkding on Sundays or holidays. ton hose is strictly prohibited. pliod with water from the White Rock Water Works Company's reservolrs and water towers. In caso of fire—all watering of gardens must cease WHITE ROCK ATES WORKS CO,, J. Grant, Seeretary. DISTRICT OF SURREY WATER WORKS DEPARTMENT.