CHEMISTRY AND INDUSTRY
8 i of tlic iriitinl om. Tlic totnl p o w r on this river to bc developctl is 240,000 1i.p. Tlic first unit of tlic Bridge River instnllntioii, of 56,000 li.p,, for thc snnic conipniip is under constniction. Tlie coiiipniiy lins oiic or two sniiill hydro-clcctric instnllntions situated on Viiiicouvcr Islnntl \vhicli nrc under construction.
Tlic \Vest liootcnny l'owcr S: Light Co. (subsidinry of C. JI. &, Smelting Co.) lins coiiiplcted tlic inst:illntion of the 75,ory) 1i.p. st,ntiori n t South Slocnn, on tlic Kootriiay Niwr, niid ]ins iiindc rip1)licritioii for pcrrnission to dillti tlic Adiiiiis Itivcr n i i d construction of n power 1il:iiit gciicriitiiig 30,000 11.1). It is proposed to usc this poivcr in the district of Copper Jloiintniii, Vcriion, I'cii tictoii, t i i i d 0 1 ive r. Tlic \'cst Cniiii din 11 I-Iycl ro-I*:lcctric Corp. is iiow opcrntiiq tbc Sliiiswip Falls plnnt, in tlic Vcnioii district., gcricrntiiig 3100 11.1'. Tliis Iins just IJCCll coiiiplctctl rcccntly. Tlic Xortlicrii IW. Pomr Co., Yriiicc Ilnpert, Iiiis rippliwl for tlic rights to tlcrclop riiid ntilisc tlic witcr n t l~iills River on the Ecstnll Hivcr \vliicli ciitcrs tlic Skrciiii ii little nl)ovc Port Essiiigtoii. til)oiit GOO0 11.1). caii Iic pciicriitctl n t t,liis sitc, i i n d tlic powcr will 1)c furiiishctl to I'riiicc .Rupertr arid vicinity. T\vo In rgc Iiytlro-rlcctric privilcgcs ;ire Imies of oiitciitioii Iiettvccii tliflereiit I~iddcrs-tlic Ciiiiiplirll Itiver on 'iiIIcoii?cr Islntitl, and tlic Lois Iiivcr 011 tlie iiiiiiiiliiiid, soxtli of l ' o ~A l River. Thc :I Iipliciitits for tlic foriiicr \wrc die C!oiisolitliitcd Jliiiiiig S: Smelting Co., ILC. l'owcr C!orp., riiitl Ciiiindiiiii Utilit,ics, Jhl., 1s-liilst for tlic hitter the coiiipctitors w r c tlic Coiisolitliitcvl 11. & P. C~J. iiiiil tlic Po\vcll River, Ltil., with liirgt:
pidp i i i i d Ii:ipi!r mills iit l'o\vcll Iiivcr, IW., ~vliicli is u i i i i p I : i iiiiiig of power sliortngc f r m i its present. supply.
- Iic Lois River sitc, wliicli will iiicluilc storage rescrvoirs by i~iipoii~itliiig tlic wntcrs of n scrics of liirgc Iiikcs, is
of gciicrri tiiig %,IKN) 1i.p Tllc Jhitish ~~~l l l l l ~J ~i i gowriiiiiciit. liiis not, iis yet,, given m y tlecisioii upon tlic p i i t i i i g of water potver rights in citlicr msc. 'l'lic OorisoliOatctl JIiiiiiig S: Srneltiiig Co., in its npplic:itioii, rcqiicst tlint ii cartniii Iiirgc nrcn of liiiid siirrouiidiiig tlic p o w r site Iw iiot griiiitetl to othcr pcrsoiis, so thnt with tlic crcct,ioii of ~iictnlliirgicril works, tlicrc IJC produced in opernting tlic siiiclter, will iiot ilniiingc i8iiy proppr'ties oiitsidc tliosc .rvlhli miy IJC coi~t.rolletl Iiy tlic coiiipiiiiy iii tlic T,ois Itivcr district. r , WII IN SUCI~ 1111 iircii of 1111id that, fliiiies. ~vliicli iiiiiy CANADIAN INDUSTRIAL NEWS Tlic Doiiiiiicoiin Pulp niid Piipcr Co., n siilklinry of Price has., Iins tloiililctl its sulpliitc pulp protluctioii t o 1% toils 21 diiy. The piilp is disposed of to otlicrs tliiiii Price Bros., Ltd. In :I prcvious issuc referciicc wns i i i i i d ~ ti, tlic iroii &posits of tlie islniids ndjncciit to tlic west const of Tlic prcsciice of iroii orc on tlic I3clclicr Islnnds, rilJout 90 miles wcst of Niistiipokii Soiiiid, in Iliiilsoii I h y , Iiits bccn Iaiowii for iiiniiy yciirs, Imt tlic iiiiicccssil~lc clinmctcr of tlicir locntioii liiis ileliiycd full iiivcstigntioii of these dcpositl;. Diiriiig tho siiiiiiiicr n prospecting piirty has bccn ciigiigcd upoii tliciii, ruid rcports tlic prescncc of largo borlicn of vnluahlc iron ore. UIlgIIvI1, Qucllcc, 011 lruilsoll h y , ;It Silstrlpokn Sound.