Page A8, October 17, 1979 - North Shore News FROM PAGE AT salmon. and cold tinned tuna. About three days: after the accident I began to realize - the enormousness of the : - Situation. . a “Everyone had been busting their nut to prove | this concept, and we were ___ very. disappointed. But in the 15: days that it had been operating - IL chad discovered _ to my satisfaction . that” it " does work. ‘The: damage is about $1. ‘million to the barge, plus the ~ salvage operation will cost ‘about ‘half a million. Our _ business interruption losses _ were. the greatest, “S283 “million. “This i isa ‘dry barge. What cI mean by that is. that we don’t carry ‘any. alcohol on “board, for reasons of safety ; ‘and good management. “However, I like a drink as well as the next man, and I regretted .not _ having - something to warm us up in ‘the...cold™ and dark. We ‘waited. around. with chest waders: on down: below, and -more « than’ once I ‘fell through holes in the floor. _ “Chest waders aren't much use when your head is under water,” jokes Glen. “Later in the week a nearby. Icicle Fisheries _vessel had some beer, and we had movie tapes which they hadn’t-seen, so we did a ‘swap. The beer settled our _mnerves and warmed our stomachs.” ° The Ultra Processor was --temporarily-repaired_on-the- Department spokesman_said -$pot and then towed back to Victoria by the tug Salvage Chief from Portland. At Victoria about 40 per cent of VACANT LAND _ FOR SALE BY TENDER LOCATED ON ALLAN ROAD Municipality of NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. . the steel bottom of the barge ; was replaced, and then it. ‘ was “towed back’ to North Vancouver again to have the rest of the work done. “Over.125 electric motors. - had to be redone. We hoped. to be finished in December or early January, and we are going back up for.the crab season. In a way it’s not the -end of the -world. We discovered in the first 15 .days that it does work, and we also discovered that there wete:.a few bugs in the system that we have’ been repairing. - — . “For “instance the in- surance.. company has, now ‘insisted that we add a fourth anchor, a . 30,000 pound anchor and 36,000. pounds of chain. I also installed'a radar in my quarters at their _request, which has a feature’ that tells me automatically whether or not. we. are moving. a y “I can't let you finish this story without telling you that the: United Coast Guard helicopter pilot “was © in- credible. He hovered over our barge in 60 to 70 knot winds.” ‘Mattress fire inWV- Smoking has been blamed -: for a mattress fire in West Vancouver on the weekend that destroyed a bed and caused heavy smoke damage ~ to an apartment. _A West Vancouver Fire " ‘THIS. MASSIVE BARGE has a complete ‘living : -deck" for for workers and fishermen: above the main. processing and. freezer areas. The second floor contains apartments and rooms for sleeping, laundry facilities, a recreation complex and a cafeteria, the fire at Apartment 206, 1552 Esquimalt Avent was reported at 9:30 on Saturday night. 1.26 ACRES (TRAVERSED BY HASTINGS CREEK) The Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing invites offers by sealed tender for the following property: Lot 5, Block 64, District Lot 2022, Plan 15263 Hereto ia annexed Easement 562766-M over West 13 Feet of Lot 2, Municipality of North Vancouvor, B.C. + 1.26 acres (Traversed by Hastings Creek). Ail tenders must be sealed and clearly marked on the envelope ‘Tender - Offer to Purchase - Lot 5, Plan 16263, Allan Road, North Vancouver, 8.C." and must be delivered before 2:00 p.m. on October 29th, 1979 to: —_—" Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing #204 - 1525 West 8th Ave. Vancouver, B.C. v6J1T5 Tenders must be accompanied by a _ certified cheque, or money order, in the amount of $1,000.00 made payable to “Minister of Finance” The highest or any tender will not necessarily be’ accepted. Except as expressed above, the property is offered for sale “aa ts” “Terms and Conditions of Sale" and “Forms of Tender” documents may be obtained from the office of the Ministry of Lands, Parks & Housing at the above address. Prospective purchasers are required to obtain a copy of same before submitting bids. 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