DEVELOPMENTS IN INDUSTRY

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An uinlmecedenled spurt of industrial developneht has taken place in the miovlnce and Premier Walter R. Sbaiw has (nrecasi that this development will mean the creation of 3,mo nan jobs tor the people of the province.

Topping the lint of recent developments is the fish pro- cessing plant and shipyard planned to Georgetown.

“The plant," said the premier. "should revolutionize the fishing lnd|1SU‘.V 0‘ the l7l‘0V'im:e and promote new jobs, new homes and new opportunities in the area."

Construction of a shipyard at Georgetown for Barnum Karine Industries is already underway. This yard will turn out a fleet of steel crawlers for the Island fishing industry.

MARKETS IN EUROPE ARE I-‘INI-I FEATURE

A wide range of fisih pmriut-is is to be processed at llhc GPrll‘.=_’(‘lOWn plant which is expected to be under construction early in the spring.

“One fine feature." said Premier Shaw. “is that the markets are chiefly in Europe and the extent or the service; will involve I wide range of processing techniques."

Prcmicr Shaw made it clear that the new industry in Georgetown will not interfere in any way with any develop- "The Soul-is centre will be “and new draggers will be provided for

ments in other fishing areas. extended," he said. this outport."

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In the Montague area. I million-dollar frosted food plant, Packers. began year with the processing of Brussels sprouts and the aotiv-itiics of the plant are to be expanded this year with new lines ii

operated by Langley Fruit

production.

The Montague food plant. when it hits its stlridie of production, is expected to change the agniiciiltural picture over a wide d the Seaman Bros.

of the country A

as di plant at New nnan.

The has been

New Arman plant. also a

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Shaw forecasts ‘new we

economy of Prince County I tremendous .

“One pi-oducei'." Premier Shaw said. “received over 87.000 - for his produce acres. other producers have had similar satisfactory returm."

net from the plant last year

GOVERNMENT GENEROUS WITH NEW INDUSTRY

The government has been quite generous with the new Industry it has enticed to locate in the province. Annan plant was built by the government at 5 cost of ID- proxlmalely Sl.|l00.000 for Seaman Bros. on a lease-purchase basis. A similar arrangement has been made with Langley Fruit Packers. operators of the Montague plant.

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processor of frozen foods. in operation for several years and has given the boost

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In the case of the Batzhurst Marine Industries Shipyard at Georgetown, ' pany to the extent of $300,000. Fl}l‘illlé"l‘ a.<si9tance may be given,

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The Ganadian-Norwegian g yet been announced.

Comm development of major industry. Premier Shaw said “I think I am quite safe in saying that when larger and small projects are brought into full openation Jobs for Prince Edward Island people.

NEW HOMES. NEW WEALTH. NEW I'l{()Sl’ERlTY llwe

other directions. the new crops that will be requirements that will “The tinker. the tailor. and the mechanic, construction.

the gas stations. the stores. provincial revenue. and evi-

II I new project developed. we are going to have new homes, new wealth, and new prosperity coming to the Island."

prosperity’

the provincial government is assisting the com-

lalnge fish plant for Georgetown will be provided by a

coup, the organization of which has not Trade name of the Georgetown plant Gulf Garden Foods Limited.

enting on the province's proiiiobion [)l‘0'_:l‘.'«llll for the

, we will have upwards of 3,000

are trairii-ng on the job and through our vocational .V01mE P901119 to Dick up these jrvbs. This does not take ' otion the development on the farm. the sea and in oduced and the

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pr be necessary to prod

of our economy will be strengthened. Wherever there

Work on the construction of three large buildings on the site of B a t h u r st Marine Limited Shipyard at Georgetown is pro- gressing favourably and weath- er has failed to halt operations. in the drive for a spring dead- line completion. _

The larger of the three build ings is a steel framed building, in which the steel draggers will‘ be assembled. Due to the type of gmund on which the site is located it was necessary to drive 125 spruce piles each 30 feet in len . Those piles were driven by Wellner Construction and are in clusters 0 four, placed 20 feet apart around the perimeter of the ' to sup- port the structure.

The building is the metal and plate shop, of steel frame con- struction and measures 220 feet by 80 feel and will be used for the assembling of sections of

lips under construction and will allow building to be done indoors and on a 12-month basis. STEEL ARRIVES

It is located on the south side of the site and runs ort n south. M.F. Schurman Co. Ltd., will, in in few days have complet- ed pouring the cement w Al I around the building. The foun- dation wall ls eight inches thick and varies in height from six

0 cenlly commenced will be

and west. It measures 116 feet by 34 feet and is of wood frame construction. It has a cement foundation and is rcinforccd by three-quarter inch steel rods placed one foot apart.

The foundation is six feet higu and eight inches in width and a three-fool wide cement footing runs the length of the b u i l ding from east to west, to support the center wall and two wall foot- ings run north and south across the building.

A boiler room measuring 37 feet by 17 feet is p r o v I ded for and is one foot deeper than the rest of the building.

The building will contain a president’: room. c 0 I1 1! ereiice

oom and clerical and secretari- cal staff rooms.

Workmen are now engaged in shingling the roof of this hiiild- ing and partitioning off the in-

HON. LEO ROSSITER

support the striicture.

terior.

The third building now u n deri construction is located to th e‘ west of the large steel framed building. This st r ll c i ii re on which operations were just re- two

urst Marine Limited last opened temporary offices on me _ _ ’ second floor of the Georgetown stories in height and of w o o d‘ post office building. Martin Yeat- ifraime construction. It measur-,man is manager of the George- es 72 feet by 30 feet and will bei town operations. On the c o n- used as a mould loft and car- stiruction site, Ernest Poole penlry shop. Crcosolcd piles. 25 is construction siiperintendeiit. 700' l°"t1 81‘? being ' 9 ii and Albert Skinncr is the car- around the building perimeter at i pcnter foreman.

feel. to about 12 feet on the south end of the building where th e ground slopes away. -

Above each cluster of piles ce- l merit pads were built. Each pad is 24 inches square and protrud- es inside the wall to form a base for the upright beams of steel. These steel beams will rise 40 feet and will support the steel cross beams and roof.

Steel for the frame and the wall and mod construction has already arrived in Georgetown by rail and has been moved to the plant site. It is expected'that experienced steel workers will arrive in the near future to con- struct the building and they will be assisted by local labor. Now employed on the site are about 30 workmen.

Well advanced in the e on- struction of a large building to house the various offices of Ba- thuriit Marine Limited 1‘ h i I building is located on the north

side of the site and runs out

The Island in '63

Prince l".f‘li\\".’ll'(l ls'laiid'.: polcnt-ial for pmsrpciiity book gliia-nt jiimps during 1963 as an indiistrial develoipiment progvi-aun sparked by the provincial government began to show rcsults.

A $1,000,000 food prnce-ssiiig plant upcncd late in the year at Moiita-giic. but the big news was the huge fish processing plant aniiouniccd for Georgetiown which is esliimated will cost more than $5.000.000 when comipleited.

In addition Genrrgctown also became the site of a chip buiilding firm llia-t will begin 0D€"l’\5ll.l0n8 this spitng or early in the sirmnwr.

As the direct result of this lIl(l'lllSlI'l'a-l £.’l‘(V\|"llll the province will bcncvfi-t to the tiinc of some 3.000 new jobs,

‘er Shaw estimates.

At the same time the l0lll”lStl industry hilt it record value of morc than $l0.300.000_ crackimz the $l0.000.000 mark for the first time and taking over as the prc.A'irlce‘s

second most valuaihle indiis-t.ry. other reports of the Island‘: strides tiowamd greater economiic health are contained in this special 32-page

to hit spring deadline

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l The site is alive with 8(‘ll\'lly‘f"[-{her assist the p'roje(-t_

and very few days work h a v e, government, would begin a voca-

‘been lost due to weather. Bath-i lltlnal training and 3_PP1‘9“ll,C"‘ TOWN CONTRIBUTE! fa], ship program. to assist l. and (

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‘statement, work on the

HON. WALTER R. SHAW “Eu-ry pliase of ecoiiomy to bc slringlhi-nc,d"

G‘TOWN BOOMS! ATOWN REBORN

Shipyard work pushed

By .l.W. LAVERS ’l‘wo dates in the year llltiil the waterfront.

will Stand out in the long his» Georgetown and this |’ll‘n\'Ill('I! tory of the historic Town 0 , _h f th- d ,l _ Georgetown. The first, Aug. 20. “Net :)e°_sen 0: h 15 M6,”; was the date that the provincial Illa’? “"59 "I t 9 ° " mbl" government announced that it fishing and aizricullural poten- w0u1d ,_.0_op(;,-are with 3 canad. lial and Georgetown in particiii- ian- Norwegian development or- ar because of its excentinnzilly ganization in the establis _' of ,, mum_mimon d0]]ar_ fully free conditions and the existence

.propcrty further iipiowii fr 0 in

plant. since named Gulf Garden‘and warehouse built by the de- Foods Ltd.. to be located ailparlmenl of public works. (;€.-,1-gptown and that (-m‘_ui,~..(-. At the time of tlic al1|lOl,Illl'f'- mm 0; the p,-Messing pl an 3, mcnt rcgarding the location of would begin in the spring and it Bfilhursl Marin? Ll m l l 9 fl in was expected to be in operation G90l‘E9l0“'fl. -lens MOE Pl‘*"‘Sl‘ in the fan of 19¢;4_ den! of Bathursl Marine Limit- Again on Nov. 4. Prem ler 9 .‘""" quoted as

Walter R. Shaw, confirmed lliat‘a‘l"':‘°d ll” ‘1°,"°""m9"' 8 NNN Brunswick Shiphuimim u'ithin'a relatively short time Firm. Bathursl Marine Limiiecl.:"‘° -""l"‘-"W “’°""‘ ‘""P‘“-" "I" would locate its facilities at """‘l‘ °f 2"" p“"l’l"

, , _ The company will build ships G"”’g°‘°“" ‘“7d that W ‘‘‘“":t for the Atlantic fishing fleet. and

mam had signed an aglwmp also for Gulf Garden Foods Lim- ited. It is expected that at lcast, seven ships will be built for the Georgetown plant. Al the time

province will assist the c o iii- pany by means of a $300,000 loan‘ on a 12 year plan I

-VOCATIONAL m"0GRAM ,ii was pointed out by a member

,1 I 330! the provincial government 0 nnwihal the Prince Edward Island sin-able lant _ was getting undH.“,a_‘,. 1, pwas mug to enlarge the Souris drag»

so learned at the time that to 3" ”9"!- “ll” lllal '-ll" a"‘"'3“' the i town shipbuilding company may build these draggers.

As the premier issued

uction of the

__ onstruclinn was immediately people to bccome qualified \\'cl- Sfarwd nu ‘mm, mm,‘ “A m Pd dcrs, electricians, steel workers bu”di"E_ apm.Mima",l_V 250 [PM and marine l0l"f‘l‘S- by 80 feel. an office building and

In regards to the Gulf Garden A third bnndinz ,0 hp "SM M a l"00dS Llmllt‘-d ll will P709955 8 mould loft and carpenter shop. wide range of fish varieties as Ship construction Wm be Mr well as a number of other prod» fled 0" during mp W i n , P ,

V Marl“-‘ls Wl” '39 f“" “d months, thus zissiiring a contin-

(‘l. (‘lll¢’ll.\’ ll‘ 0V1‘1’5“35 C0““"l°‘ "M . uous 12-month cmploymcnl pro-_

to some extent on this continent. 1 jwf.

B€l\\’9Pn 700 and 309 P9991” The town of Georgetown has Will UlllmF‘l9l.V he "mPl°-V9” 3"“ contributed a large tract of land the latest tecliuiqucs will be ap- in the \-;(.3nn“. nf the Em-Mr". Pll*“l l“ ‘ll? l"‘"dll(‘ll“" ‘ll hm" mcnl marine railivay slip. on qliality products. The opcralioii “.h;(.h the buildings are 1, ,, in; Of l‘-ll? "““' Plant ‘‘’m l“ "9 “"‘~V conslriiclerl. Strongly Y‘lll'l’l4'll|l'Pd inlcrfcre with existing plants. is the possibimy of thp mm-in.

£’.0"¢"‘n"l9"l ‘ml P"""ld‘-’ cial government replacing it!

l$750,l)00 towards construction of tonnage (.apa(.,¢v

zthe first $l.000.000 phase. The

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west end of Water Street area in the head of the l a r g cl has also asked the Atlantic Dev- and modern Railway Wharf. Til

crcclion V National Railways Station will‘ improved roads. a railway spur. be either torn down or remo\'ed| h a rb or from its prescnt site and that its; power lines. The federal govern- replacement will be located on' COl\'TI'NUED ON PAGE

This great industrial develop- (‘0mPl¢‘l9 ?0"lPl"" Wm "°5l b"‘ ment has resulted in the town of “"99" 55909-0“ 3"“ $6-°°"v”m‘lGeorgctown making 8DPll('alll'l| Equipment for the pla nt and in ‘he; gm-9,-“mom to h ,1 n 1 fishing boats required will all be Gem-gemwn under ‘he provision.

- of the Provincial Town P l a n- ICE-FREE HARBOR "mg Act The location of Gulf Garden I-‘nods Liniitcd will he on the FED!-‘.RAL S'l'AKFl

in an The provincial gnvernmcril

lelopment Board for aid to the provide sufficicni space for its Georgetown industrial project. the prescnt (‘anadian including water and sewer lll1F'S.

improvements and

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