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board. AsJhe regional district iS IXm~9sions had also been sei'& ad'many members ai- &tmdhm through whtch he held on rescheduling of classes tend& &a hn&mieuofi sharing WQ approved and the 10 See if it would be Possible 10 Semi& .held in Squamish last assessment is paid to the i hold these on one floor $0 ban- year and there have already regional district by Whistler dicaPPed students would not been enquiries about the require a ramp Or elev tor. with the regional district paying % seminar 10 be held in Victoria . The Vice-president - Finance, tire career has been in railway in early May. J.R. Clarke, joined the British real estate admlnisyration and It waa hoped that the creation Columbia Railway in 1975 as the development of industry ENUMERATION TO of the Arson Alert program The three travellers in a scene from the Wizard of 02. manager-control systems and along the line. would result in a decrease in the was appointed chief financial of- Vice-president - Marketing & START THIS WEEK number of fires caused by arson IC e m I ficer in 1977. Sales, A.C. Sturgeon, has 33 The enumeration for the voters' list for the coming similar to that in Seattle which As Vice-president . years of service with the saw them drop percent Federal election will begin this week, themfirst week in April. by IO iourism Shows sharp Operations & Maintenance, railway, including ad- last year Over the preceding e e N.A. McPherson now assumes ministration of terminal offices People wishing to vole, plzase note that this is the first vear, overa I I responsi b i I ity for time that every voter must be a Canadian, born or before his appointment 'as rates , operations, mechanical, naturalized. Formerly people who were British subjects were increase in past year officer in the sales division in engineering and transpor~ation 11966. He was promoted to able to vote, but this is longer allowed, no Tenders The province registered a 6.5- Manitoba, Saskatchewan, New across the country decreased by functions. He has been in the assistant sales manager in 1974 Those British subjects wishing to vote must obtain their percent increase in the number Brunswick and Newfoundland 0.4 percent. railway industry for 36 years and became manager-marketing naturalization papers prior to May 22nd. Tenders for the contract to of non-canadian visitors last were down by 14.4 percent. 8.3 B.C.. however. registered a and worked with CP Rail as a & sales in 1975. Evelyn Mcdartney is once more in charge of the. clear the new sanitary landfill year 'over 1977. Tourism and percent, 4.9 percent and 0.7 gain offour percent to take its enumeration and will serve as Deputy Returning officer in site north of Brackendale were Small Business Development percent respectively. smre 10'9.64 percent from 9.2 this Community. opened at the regular meeting of Minister Elwood Veitch said B.C. recorded a whopping percent. $296,885 grants council, March 27. recently. B.C. Ferries' passenger 21.7-percent jump in overseas I Bids ranged from a high of Nation-wide, the increment visitors. for a total of 272.100. loadings - on the two Van- $21,428 per acre from David was one percent. compared with a CanHda-wide couver Island to the mainland from B.C. Hydro Coulter Contracting to a low of Entries of non-resident hike of 17.5 percent. routes - jumped by 18 7 per- B.C Hydro paid a total of Although Hydro is normally ' $1.835 per acre from Robert travellers to B.C. totalled The province thus increased cent for a total of h.YYS.YO0 $296.885 in school taxes. exempt from municipal taxes. it Kerr. 1.968.517. or 14.6 percent of its share of the national total passengers in 1973. municipal taxes and grants to makes annual giants in lieu Other bids included the Canadian total of from 15.7 percent in 1977 to Room sales, the minister said. the District of Squamish during These are calculated on the $4,626.50 an acre from C.R. 13.481.979. 16.3 percent last year. increased by 16.7 percent over 1978. compared with $204.01 I previous year's generdl and Crowlev and Cogmacting; N&N In 1977, it was 13-8 .pacem TotaC - US- visitors io .the 1977. in 1977. local uqmvcmenl rates_ldpplLed . $3,800 an acre from Fred Prince Edward 'Island and the province rose by 5.3 percent to Restaurant sales recorded a Payments were $240.204 in to all land and most buildings Gaebel Contracting and $&850 Yukon posted bigger gainsfar-. --3353,5+3tYpcrsom.ArtTitr--tht -~-I 2.4 percent bo(%&last year. school taxes. $ I77 in municipal owned by Hydro. plus one per per acre from Frank Golaiy 1978 - 15 and 7.2 percent national figures were down by Gasoline sales. [he statistics taxes. and SSfI.504 in grants. cent of the gross revenue trom Logging. respectively. .but their numbers 0.56 percent. showed, increased by 3.7 per- The amounts were part 01 a Hydro's sales of electrictty (and Council apized a commit- ofisit0r.s were - - This-increased B.C.'s shan of m over the prevmus .y.& totel. of 555 million which gas where applicuble) in each tee including aldermen, the and 136,424 respectively. U.S. visitors to Canada by 0.6 This represents wholesale gas Hydro paid to I21 cities and area town administrator and the Nova Scotia recorded a 3.6 percent to 10.6 percent. deliveries by the I2 malor municipalities and many unin- superintendent of public works percent hike. Quebec had a- 1.4 The "one-or-more-night" US. distributors to retail gas stations corporated rural areas in the For unincorporated rural to review the bids and award the percent boost, while Ontario vehicle entries to the province in the provlnce province The 1977 total was areas the provincial Surveyor contract to the lowest ac- and Alberta nudged .upyards by also grew by. 5-3 percenl. bur Rogers Pass trdttic -. $4 I mi.llion Taxes collects and disburses the ceptable bidder. 0.9 percent. with the Canadian total down by passengers in Canadian and School taxes. which Hydro payments. which .in I979 ac- 1.46 percent. B C.'s share wai toreign automobiles dnd buses pays in most areas ijn the same counicd tor %564.7\7 ot the raised by a full percentage point leaving Glacier Ydtiondl Pdrk basis as other taxpayers. ac- $7 7 milllon in grants. and MARCH SETS RECORD I5 I in A westerly direction - was up counted tor 447 million of the %24 7 million ot the 447 million ...~. to percent March must have set a new record for sunshine with Total U S vehicle entries by I I 5 percent - total in school tdxes more than 20 days classed as clear and an additional four with cloud but no moisture. Rain was only recorded on five days and amounted to 2.9 inches. - The highest temperature was 18 degrees Celsius on BCR to take over Railwest plant March 19 and 21 while the coolest. minus 2 degrees, was worded on March 8 and 28. .e .. There was no 'snow during the month. for expanded car repair.facilities In the first three months of the year the precipitation has M.C. Norris. presidenr -and heavy cdq equipmen1 repdir stores. 'consolidating stores at In Squamish the er;panded been much less than usual with only 9.45 inches of jain chief executive of the B.C. com ple x Yorth Vancouver and stores will consoliddte those in recorded and 30 inches of snow making a total precipitation Railway. announced. yesterday Car repair projection\ hdb c Sq ua m ish Cent r a I iza t I o 1; of Yorth Vancou\er and Squdmirh established that the existing stores is expected to realize con- in the former carshop and the of 12.45 inches. ' thdt major improvements wefe. siderable savings in operating 'car equipment repair complex 10 be made in mechanical and facilities at Squz'mish will shor materials management ifaci,litjes Ily be inadequate to handle the costs and an tncrcase m ef- will utilize the Railuest plan1 fiqiency and better securitf for the secgnd purpose lor 'COUNCIL WANTS RAISE in Prince George, and Squamish. work load 41 is expected tha1 the cost of which it wvs constrqcted Squamish town council gave first three readings to a by- .Transfet ot the enure rolltng . In making the announcement. stock repair pmgram trom the %e- relocatinp wll be offset hy The i)rigina\ purpose WAS to . law which once approved will give them their first raise in he stressed the importance of' existing car shop to the ldrgei the sale ol surplus machinery huild rail cars hut A seconddry pay since 1975. adequate facilities for the ex- Railwest plant not only offers and equipment from the former use was to become 3 repair Although acting mayor Nick Candy felt the raise was panded .rolling stock flee! and improvement in producrron el- Railwest program facility if cars were no :longer "tu0 much in one go" council members approved the terms the need for stares, support close ficicncy but will also enable the In Prince George the neu built which will raise- the salary of the mayor, to $7,000 per year 10 the mechanical facilities. mechanical deparlmenl to lacilifies will consisc'of a 53 6 'Pat Swekaey and Jack Mera, representing, tbe Kinsmen tn espohd to unscheduled repair million Car repair plant and a As the car repair progtam ex.