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THE: NATURAL OUTLET FOR’ PRODUCTS OF THE VAST
PEACE RIVER COUNTRY

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RINCE RUPERT is the
logical outlet for the

single Carter discs. Clarke auto-
matic shovels are used for unload-

grain and other products
of the Peace River dis-
trict of Alberta and British Colum-
bia, as well as for the already de-
veloped portions of the prairie pro-
vinces.

In order that the facilities of the
port and town may keep pace with
the general expansion in all lines of
commercial activity that has been
taking place here, the Dominion
Government has constructed a
modern elevator of one and a-
quarter million bushels capacity.
The elevator is of steel and rein-
forced concrete construction. The
unit comprising the storage tanks
measures 27714 feet in length and
over 68 feet in breadth; the work-
house is 62x94 feet, and the car un-
loading shed is 101 feet by 581% feet.
The storage capacity of 1,250,000
bushels is divided amongst 130
tanks of varying sizes. The 36
largest of them can hold 25,000
bushels each; 24 can handle 6,000
bushels each; 22 are of 5,000 bushel
capacity; 15 of 3,000 bushel capacity
and remaining storage units are
constructed to hold 1,200 bushels
each.

The receiving capacity of the
house is 18 car loads per hour, and
the shipping capacity is 50,000
bushels per hour. There are 12
grain cleaners, which make it possi-
ble to clean 15,000 bushels per
hour. These are Monitor wheat
cleaners. A drying of 1,000 bushels
per hour is afforded by a Morris
grain drier.

The regular grain equipment in-
cludes two 9A Monitor scales, two
high Carter disc machines and one

ing. There are five 2,000 lbs. Gurney
scales. Electricity is used for power
and light. There are 45--electric
motors with an aggregate 1,327!
h.p. A 400-foot Morse silent chain
drive is used in connection with the
power installation. There are 26
belt conveyors in the house, repre-
senting a total length of 13,000 feet,
ranging in width from 16 to 40
inches.

The wharf in front of the elevator
is 1,000 feet long. There are 19 grain
spouts on it. It is protected with
a fire hose every 150 feet, and there
is 35 feet depth of water at low tide.

The latitude of Prince Rupert is
54°, 17’ north, longitude 130° 20’
west.

In the matter of marine insur-
ance, Prince Rupert is on a_ parity
with other large Pacific seaports,
being excluded from the North
American Warranty.

Northern British Columbia lands
have been held back from develop-
ment through lack of transportation
facilities. It is a well-known fact
that the great interior valleys con-
tain immense areas of good agri-
cultural lands easy to bring under
cultivation, and whenever a railway
is built to tap the Peace River coun-
try it should also serve to open up
these lands.

The shortest route of all from
Pouce Coupe to the Pacific Coast is
the one by way of Peace Pass and
Finlay Forks. It traverses a_ rich
country and opens up a greater fer-
tile area than any other route.

Whatever route is adopted should
be one that will benefit the Peace