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ouncil Reports

tre Insta] and jexperts in the fleld.
a distribution system | “Tn addition, because the plan
‘aunolpa: ities concern~ calls for a municipal operation, |
the system will not be subject
Par far m4 financing the pro-j|to income tax, presontly levied |
fa ject is concerned, negotiations at the rate of approximately 50
(2 with financial houses in both per cent of corporation profit.

in satisfactory |makes the proposal worth con.
The proposal (sidering,
“Your council feels that pro-

id Reise the project by the sale of |fits from gas distribution could

would

ition bonds, to be issued by tho|materially reduce municipal

i oc eee Municipal Distribution Board,/ taxation over a period of time.
a to and to be secured by the phy-|F EDERAL STAND

fn sical asscts of tho system.” “Quite in addition to all these

yacerned, 2, which have |VOTE ASSURED factors!

Valley residents should

3 Wot) appréxiq| “Until the Provincial Govern-|consider the high regard in
$0,000. people. Other ment indicates whether or not|which N&tural Gas distribution
feipalities could join, ‘it favours provision of enabling |is currently hold elsewhere in

|Canada. Only o short t
the Federal Governmc
its polit
extend,
the

Jater if they wished ‘legislation, complete details of
the nogotiations with Valley Na
es tural Gas and with the financiial
fon howses cannot be divulged
“At the earliest possible mo

a

life in
as speedily
benefits of natural

its de
pe
gas

present the municipal
ling a PUC doctsi
nt the B.C. Electric gas

sible.
to

isiribution rights, to the Su- Mont, however, your council Eastern Canada. ;
ste ev Ganeda! baa Besse you with the com ‘And, if son look s oe
t# of the Council re- Plete picture. you will see that Inland
x “You will have the opportun. stock is listed at
& vineial nearont Sa aed for or against the = to Sack zane
The Pro 7 has no! muc
Been appronched about te y. 1p PRACTICAL? za Beppe!
s ! DAL? ga its pipes
matter of providing enabling “,.
ay Your council feels that the
@ésisiation, and) Chilliwack Krom ii, will be just as effici-| “Thero is only rea
7" 5 ¢ © is only area in
dog BELA the Honourabloy Ws oy der a Valloy Municipal British Columbia where munt
K. Kiernan, has assured us of
an a Board as it would have been un- cipal distribution of gas ha
f SED @er the Board of Directors of |been attempted. That is at Nel
* ‘Actual operation of the a private company. son, where propan: s is being
Tounicipal gas distribution sys- “It provides for all the ad- distributed suce
ld tem would be based on plans vantages of professional man “But there are many other
} ‘already prepared by Valley Na=- agement and profe: al oper- instances of successful munici
)) tural Gas. An agreement with ation, with the additional ad- pal operation of other utilities
sthis company Calls for the pur- vantages of substantial munici-|In 1954, Victoria listed more

chase, at a reasonable rate, of pal savings.

all plans relating to necessary “The plans have been prepar—
Personnel, (engineering data, «4d by exports in the Natural
Surveys and construction ma- Gas field. The personnel will be

Please Naete......
JOHNNIE’S CAFE

After seven years continuous service to the
folks of White Rock has now changed
hands.

Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Wolfe

of Vancouver
are the new proprietors and wish to wel-
come you all to the same friendly service
with the same staff and two new members.

than 100 instances of municipal
areas being in the utility busi
ne with total declared asset
totalling more than 41 million
dollars.

“The Ustings include 14 areas
re electric light is munici-
pally controlled; 84 areas where
the waterworks are muncipal
business, In addition, there were
{two muniicipaliti operating
their own irrigation system, one
own telephone tem, and
wo operating buses.
“The Vancouver Water Boar
of course, an exceptional ex
ample of several municipal
areas joining together to oper-
ate a public utility successfully.
OPPOSITION TO BCE

“There are many re:

s

a

is,

e Councils concern:
posed the granting of the gas
anchise to the the B.C. Elec
trlic, Chief of these is that your
Councils feel that Natural Gas
distribution is a “rich plum"
that should not be given away
T operation of a
municipal natural gas distribu
tion system could bring consid~

We wish to thank all our many friends
for their wonderful support and apprecia-
tion of our efforts in the past.

Yours sincerely,

successful

errable revenue to municipal

JACK AND HATTIE McINTYRE coffers, with all municpal resi
dents benefitting,

“Your councils too, that

unwise to g natural

the same com
monopoly for

ara

; of lect
4 the two pro
ie forms of
\f that

permitted to com.
pete with each other.

"In addition, B.C.
Wlectric has a variety of opera
tlons some of which are report
edly not as successful as others,

= %

r

use

successful natural gas operation
in the Valley might be called
upon to help finance a doficit
operation in transit or bus
operation olsewhere.

“Further, your councils do
not fool that Chilliwack area
residents should help pay for
the cost of the transmission linc
from Sumas to Vancouver, Sim-
{larly, residents of Surrey should
have to pay extra only for the
transmission of gas\from Sumas
to their area,

“Your councils have felt, too,
that the BO Blectric has ig-
nored municipal righta. At no
timo has it indicated a desire
to negotiate witn the councils,
and at no timo has it over sug-
gested the possibility that, at
some future time, the municl-
palitios might acquire the dis~
tribution system,
‘Tt ts intoresting to note that

termm The City of Vernon bali game. Tes. coffee, ice)

‘iand, differs considerably from Company.
|what we nre offered by B.C.| Again on July 29 the Park
Blectric.

éan expect as municipalities is Icelandic

|PER CENT of the total earn

“ Well Attended

it would appear possible that a|

‘Semiahmoo Student
(Wins. Scholarship

cow

franchise, negotiated with In- cream were supplied by the

was the setting for three more
“Under the proposed B.C. |city outings.
Electric agreement all that we| The Canadian and American

normal municipal taxation on a jon the American aside with
jutility, Under the Vernon fran- |®DOUt 600 attending. Mustc and
|chise, Inland Natural Gas offers |*inging entertained during the |
the City of Vernon not only the |2fternoon
normai municipal taxation, but! Also on July 29 staff mem-
also the opportunity to purchase /bers of Johnson's Storage. Van
a going concern Iater, PLUS 3 |Couver, held their picnic at the |
Canadian Kitchen. A huge |
jcrowd of 800 were on hand to
jtake part in faces and a ball|@
“Westcoast Transmission |game. The company provided
has stated publicly that it is pre~|C°mee tem and cakes
pared to soll gan to ANY dis i Making use of Park facilitios |
tributing P authorized j°7 Sunday was a small’ Japan- |
ese plonic from a Japanese Club |
in ancouver, There

to operate by the Public Utili-
about 200 in this group,

ings of tho distribution system
CAN WE GET GAS?

Co.

60!

were

tles Commi
arther you may
jolpal operation, will you re

fon

ask for a

m

quire PUG approval? Definitely.
All information relating to our John Franklin Ogilvie, 14 a
plans must go before the Pub- Grade 13 student st Semiah-
ssion, and moo High School, has won a
be main $200 Royal Institution scholar-
if th Tom Barber of the Vancouver ‘ship.
provides enabling logisla~ Sun is to be the judge at the Announcement of his award
tion, there is little doubt about White Rock Annual Flower was made with that of other
our getting PUC approval Show on Wednesday, August 8 Grade 12 and 13 students from
“If approval of the municipal in the United Church Hall all parts of British Columbia.
plan is obtained can start ne John, who has taken all his
almost immed On July 29 approximately 12 high school course at the local
Seatieccitatanton welaashe de members of the White Rook high school, made a mark of 862
rihard Carouidl barnoineed tor ae our Photography Club trav-/per cont
ist lied to Deception Pass and| Born in Ottawa he came to
Hoss. "in bird aetiol Cranberry Lake, Washington, White Rock when he was 12
payers have an opportunity to a photographic tour in per- He is the son of the late Mr.
vote on the proposal? The an weather. B. F. Ogilvie and Mrs. Ogilvie,
| of the coloured Roper Ave. Last year John
is y all negotiations to
’ 2 f t photogenic country will won the Surrey Teachers’
date are tentative. Complttion of 5. chown by the member rest
- sy the members scholarship.
negotiations would follow |. i
erie certhabh eee coming club sessions John plans to enter the Uni-
BOF The next m y of British Columbia in
enabling legislation, and a man- | wity he held « the Fall when he will commence
date from the people of th? lio, at $30 pan. , ‘his second year in the Arts and
muntelpalities. Jashington Ave. All welcome ience course, majoring in
“What have the “appeals” to ena SU chemis
do with municipal distribution] The taking of the pelts of wild| For the past year he has been
of natural gas? There is really fur-bearing animals in Canada president of the Anglican Young
no relation between the two. the 1954-55 season was worth People’s Association at the
Whe court action taken by the $17,423,973. Church of the Holy Trinity.

councils against the Public Uti

liities Commission award has
been based upon a very deop
conviction, We feel that no

public utility company should be
in a cortific
and nodes

permitted to ob!
of public convenience

sity before that company has
negotiated an agreement Ww h
the mun concerned. We
feel that such granting of cer
tificate contravenes the c in:

tent of the Municipal Act. which

ONE COAT COVERS

MOST OLD PAINTED SURFACES

MITCHELL SERVICES LYD.

calls for vote of the people
such special fran
granted.

“Our ‘appeals’ are designed to
straighten out what we feel are
tangled municipal-provincial re
Our ‘municipal gas
pl are designed
municipalities con
source of income

Tationships.
distribution’
to give the
cerned a new
and these plans can be proceed
ed with regardless of the out
come of the anneals

“Mo not permit B.C. Blectri>
or their spokesmen to stampede
Natural Gas will be here
If the mu
efforts.
muni

W.R. 5-5851

1345 Johnston Road.

vou
joi

fora time.

long
palities succeed in their
the ratenavors of every

will henefit <9

ainality cones

“ne rama

ne natn

distrbution.”

Teen hin Pinni-

A total of 73 families, six of
them from White Rock, attend
ed tho picnic held in Semiah

moo Park on Sunday, July 29,
by former residents of Daup
hin, Manitoba

Mra. Edgar C. Batty, 82, now
reaiding on Cedar Crescent in
the Crescent Beach area, Was
the carllest Dauphin resident
present at the pionic. She went
to Dauphin in 1894 Her hus-
band was in the Government
Employment Office there for
many years.

A committees of seven, repre~
senting areas in the Lower
Mainland, was set up to plan
annual outings of a similar

Please check
naturo to Sunday's popular

on the upper

affair.
C. H. McBthinney, Victoria
Avenue, was nominated secre

tary-treasurer of the group,

City Groups Throng

Peace Arch Park
On July 28 the British-Amor—
Chapter 53, Plonser em-
ployeea of tho BO, Telephone
Co. held their annual Conven- |,