SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW AND SAANICH GAZETTE, THURSDAY, NOV. 13, 1924, oo -) PAGE THREE hese Bou sarang Bes aA 1, CONES as ae Yr pes Tan aks oh ee . inate Centre of ¢ ors as SEs trent ores ee. “eget: Tortae a Ao faa Re +> SAN Ad Se ‘ oo EUR ae saree: TUDENTS of the geog aphical and physical features of the southern ) portion of Vancouver Island have long recognized that certain parts lend themselves peculiarly to industrial development. Sidney is in many respects the outstanding location of all. TEN | SA ee s SI TNT 3 pea ‘ hie: ‘RoEsTaIs ‘The Sidney Mil ls, Li, Lumber, Lath, etc. Employees. 160, payroll . exceeds $16, 000. ees years cut t twenty: live emilion. feet. | The dee we Ole Co. GEE Fruit, : Pooky .25.inehes. per annum; f . : ; “‘Pemperature ‘average, : “summer: re forthe 2 - ee . 62 deg. and, iin winter 42 leg. above, © pope mE MOB LS "in, 3965 and 18, 819 passeng ; in rage! : a SIDNEY: and District popniation ; exec ds. 2,000. _Bransporta- “ping, Cohetdtée: A aoe out: ne : ale SIDNE Yo ik the -home of, the’ Dominion: Experimental | ‘Station: oes oy tion——by road, rail or: wag operates: for =: “G85 vessels, 7 months, ‘192. Sidney: “has no Fieight ‘Ore for Minicouver: Hsland, with ‘the following: depariments:- ~ “freight between Sidnéys.and the ‘mainland. Auto’ stages Express. Agents, Victoria secures the credit of the big Poultry, Dairying, Apiculéure,’ Horticulture, ete, Mr. Ky, . _ betaveen Sidney and Victoria almost hourly and ‘freight lumber, ete., shipments, Pea : i i M. Straight, B.S.A., superintendent, i ; trucks daily. Washes Model desslo—a § stdne y histrtet MoneyeMaker, ; oe A Crop iv the Sidaey Distriet, AGRICEULPTURB-Pratts (Strayberrios, Raspherrics, Laganberries, Pears, Prunes); Dairying, Poultry, Goats, and General Agriculture, a INDUSTRIES: For. one mile. south of Sidney. along. the water front extends the C, Ne Railway, \ | offers excellent locations for industries, with rail and deep water facilities. ~ Taxation i is very low as. this — is unorganized territory (1 percent on land and improvements and one-half per cent ona agricultural land. ) Excl road communication between Sidney and Victoria. . Boats between Victoria and Vancouver call at Sidney. ae oe Factory Sites Can be Secured on Exceptional Terms. asa eee Gk ke aD ses AAMT ; Baa ae ei