Daily British Whig (1850), 14 Feb 1921, p. 11

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Current. Ploiure 'Ne por: a Ln ' AE AMSUIMERGHRM rp ey ws--British Columbia (1) Excavation work for the Bush In. ternational Sales Building, London, England, showing in course of erec- | tion the largest crane in London. There will be three distinct structures on this three acre site closely grouped to form a single unit. (2) A typical beauty of the Dyak tribe in British North B h British 7 uble in maintaining telegraph service owing to the disappearance of wire which is mainly used by the maidens for orna- ment. (3) A search party making a raid in Dublin, - (4) On officer reconnoitring a likely hiding place in Dublin. (6) Forcing locks with a revolver. (6) The winners of the Chateau Fron. tenac Curling Trophy: in action at Que- ec. (7) The Chateau Frontenac Curling Trophy, which was won by the Ottawa curling club, £ The oxmobile, of Caleutta, India. : his unique vehicle is one of the com- mon sights of the city of Caloutta. This particular animal is principally direct. ed by the tail. - . ~ bi 1 Fh EYRE) k SYTOURTESY OF C.P R British Columbia's P 5 The birth and development of the pulp and paper industry in British Columbia has been phenomenal. A decade ago not a single ton of pulp- wood, mechanical or chemical, was manufactured in the Pacific coast Jtovince; in 1919 the total value of he products of this industry amounted to $12,654,257. To-day British Columbia stands third among the provinces of the Domin- ion in the amount of capital invested in the industry. The surprising rate at which this has grown in the last Jew Joars and is continuing to grow, is indicated in the jump effected be- tween 1917 and 1920. It was $22.- a in 1917 and $50,000,000 in This is a remarkable history of development of what will doubtless me one of the most important hdustries of 'the Pacific coast, but is more than probable that the decade will exhibit still more pid expansion. Great Britain and ter part of their paper supplies eyes are turned om Canada, and British Columbia possessing as t does the jeryest remaining stands of timber in world suitable' for HTT er A Pulpwood Ready for the Mills in British Columbia. ~~ < apart from the demand in the United United States are drawing the | the Ps I A the production of pulp and paper. The province's annual export to Australia already amounts_to more than 20,000 tons whilst the demand for pulp from the far east exceeds the Fat available supply. Of the 370,870,000 cords of pulp- wood estimated to exist in Western Canada, British Columbia is ersdit- ed with 2853870,000 cords, consist- ing of 'spruce, western hemlock, and balsam, whilst for the coa: es of pulp a certain amount o uglas fir is used. - It should also be pbserved here that British Colum- bia is highest among the provinces of the Dominion in the average pro- duction of pulp per cord of wood the mechanical process giving an average of 2485 pounds. : To-day there are only seven plants in British Columbia roducing pulp -- groundwood and chemical -- and newsprint. No other industry offers such boundless opportunities of de- velopment. In J ition to the enor- mous areas of suitalle' timber are senefdous unhiinedsed Water powers awaiting ul tion, whic ire estimated at 3,000,000 horse- #53 Pulp Industry ulp and Paper ates there is an unlimited market for the product of the mills imme- iately across the ocean. s Hay be instanced from fact that the entire pulp product o one of the largest mills on the coast goes to Japan for manufacture there Thi into newsprint, Up to the present time the provincial government has placed no embargo on the of the raw British roduet, Columbia is export ng suf- ficient newsprint to supply the whole of Canada, taking t recent estimates of the annual con- sumption of 120,000 tons. Figur of the province's output of pulp and' paper of all kinds for 1919 were as \ follows: Sul 04 wrapping 7 bi or 73 tons; most hite, 80,047 tons; sul- } 9, t, 122807 tons third among the C: From the ping, 3 JDright futuse augits ) olumbia in the pulp an Paper n- 7 placed eh amos the paper amon, pa sections of the American see it prod: continent, IEE 7 tons. In 5 FX: Columbia. stands anadian provinces. standpoint of timber re- sources, water powers, Elimate, ship tish - Iii AO CT A

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