CASSIAR STEWART ROAD
Still on the Move

The following is an extract from
"The Sentinei", Stewart, B.C. -

Advance Notice of Tender Call

THIS IS NOT a tender call, but
advance notice that it is planned to
call tenders early in the 1971/72
fiscal year for the projects (both in
Atlin Electoral District) listed below:

Project 2233 - Stewart-Cassiar High-
way, North Bell-Irving River to
Beaverpond Creek (16.14 miles).

Project 2234 ~- Stewart-Cassiar High-
way, Beaverpond creek-Bob Quinn
Lake (11.51 miles).

The proposed contracts will be
carried out by the De»artment of High-
ways on behalf of the Department of
Mines and Petroleum R2sources.

H. T. 4AIARD
DEPUTY MINISTER.

Department of Highways
Victoria, British Columbia.
October 1970.

Taken from Lritish Columbia Gazette.
October 15, 1970.

NEW ARRIVALS:

James MacPherson - Asst. Mill Lab. Spvz.

Fred Cousins and Family. Fred will be
Asst. Mechanical Superintendent.

Coralie Osmond - Town Administration
Of fice.

TRANSFERS :

W. Lyall to Clinton Creek.

M. Lane to Mechanical Shop - Clerk.
W. Jacobson to Cookery Accountant.

Y. Godbout to Cassiar Community Club.

TERMINATIONS:

L. Skakun
P. Mays
W. Corrigan

CONTAMINATION OF ASBESTOS

A peculiar feature of the Crys-
talline Mineral called Crysotile As-
bestos is that its diameter is so small
in relation to its length that its
spinning properties are similar to
those of organic textile fibre.

As far back as B.C. 436, the
Greek Sculptor Callimus used an asbes-
tos wick in a golden lamp which he made
for the Temple of Pallas Athene, where
it was to be kept perpetually alight.

The story of Marco Polo's thir-
teenth century travels mentions a fire
resistant material, which he believed
to be made from the skin of Salamander, ~
but which proved to be Asbestos.

Prior to the commencement of com-
mercial mining of Asbestos ore in
Quebec, a hundred years ago, the early
habitants also used asbestos thread
for knitting stockings which were
cleaned by throwing them into a roaring
fire.

These examples show the endurable
nature of Asbestos.

Today, Asbestos is indispensable
for our Industrial economy. It is
primarily used for Electrical Insu-
lation, Mechanical Packing, Safety
Clothing and as Friction and Rein-
forcing materials. .

Age, Fire and Corrosion cannot
destroy Asbestos but, it can become
useless by contamination.

Contaminants such as - wood,
paper, wire, grease, etc. are insep-
arable from Asbestos and they destroy
its usefulness for Electrical Insu-
lation, as an example.

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