Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-11
C0QUlILAm MAKING GOOD
Will You Doubt IL After You Read The
Foliowins?-rhis 10 Just the Start az
Many More Industries Are Coming.


large eastern stove manufacturing
company has purchased thirty acres of
land on the Pitt river waterfront In
the terms of agreement signed between
the stove company and the Coquitlam
Terminal Company, the former are
bound to establish a stove works and
general foundry business there within
the immediate future.
The Pacific Dredging Company has
bought nine acres of waterfrontage
from the Coquitlam Terminal Company,
where headquarters of the corporation
are to be established. A large marine
railway and machine shop is to be
constructed on the site.
Fort William Grain Company has
bought eighteen acres on the Pitt river.
On this the company will build large
elevator and flour mill.
The Call Switch Company has bought
eleven acres on the north side. and
has it's plant under construction at the
present time. This concern will begin
business shortly-in fact, just as soon
as the Coquitlam Terminal Company's
industrial spur, which is now being
built, is finished
The Hynes Stone and Staff Company
is now erecting it's buildings on the
line of the industrial spur at the corner
Of Dominion avenue. This company is
practically the only industry in Greater
Vancouver producing ornamental stone
for exterior architectural ornaments
and staff Of interior decorations.
The Stave Lake Power Company is
well established in Coquitam now and
is developing $4,000 h. p. This com
pany's electric railway from Vancouver
to Mission. thru Coquitlam, will be
under construction shortly.
The c. P. r. is now building a triple
track bridge across the Coquitlam
river. The structure is far advanced.
Two hundred structures. including
residences. store buildings. a forty
room brick hotel and several office
blocks have been built at Coquitlam in
the past year. These blocks range in
value from $4,000 to $4,000 each.
The Coquitlam Terminal Company is
rapidly constructing it's industrial spur
on the north side of the c. P. r. tracks
$4,000 has been spent in this
work, which is to be finished by March,
1913.
An industrial spur on the south side
of the G. p. r. terminals is TO be con-
structed in the immediate future by the
Coquitlam Terminal Company.
In the municipality OF Coquitlam
there are already built and in operation
the following industries: The Van
couver- Prince Rupert Meat Packing
Company; the British Columbia Elec-
trio Power House.: the Fraser River
Mills; the Dominion Match Company;
the British Columbia PAPER and Pulp
Mills; the Mckay Brown Lumber Com
p1ny; the Crabb Lumber Company; the
Lamont Single Mills: the ]. A. Dewar
gravel pits. and the Western Canada
Power Company, Ltd.
The provincial government of British
Columbia will within the next few
weeks begin construction on an electric
railway and ,vehieular railway bridge
to cross the Pitt river a few rods north
Of the c. P. r. structure.
The old village Of Westminster juno
ton is being rapidly absorbed in the
new city which will soon be incorporat-
ed under the name of the city of Port
Coquitlam
Already there are reservations made
for other industries of wide and varied
scope These concerns will make their
announcements as to their intentions
If construction in the near future. In
fact, hardly day passes without some
announcement being. made as to new
intentions Of ,esta blishing In
Coquitlam
Those are few of the reasons why
~oquitlam Is making good.
GEORGE A. OLSON LAND CON- |
PANY.