4 - Friday, February 17, 1939 - North Shore News

N. Shore
to get 9-1-1
service

THE ENTIRE Lower Mainiand,
including the North Shore and
Bowen Island, will be plugged into
a 9-1-1 emergency telephone
system by March 1990, according
to a report to the Greater Van-
couver Regional District board of
directors.

And cost per resident to install
and operate the system will be far
less than originally anticipated.

According to the report, all 23
municipalities and electoral areas
in Greater Vancouver, which con-
stitutes a population of [ 4 mil-
lion, will be served by the new

RENTAL OF
CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

The Engineering Department of the British Columbia Railway §

may wish to rent equipment for work during the upcoming season. §
The following types of equipment may be required:

Dump Trucks

Excavators

Scrapers—towed including crawler tractor
Scrapers—self propelled

Crawler tractors

Graders

state-of-the-art system.
Estimated system installation os .
cost is $2.1 million, while the an- Hi-rail equipment
nual operating cost will be $1.5 Brush clearing equipment
million. . ks out t Miscellaneous heavy equipment
imately’ $1 per year for residential Rental rates will normally be on alt-found hourly rate basis, as §
users. specified in the effective edition of the “Province of British Columbia,
GVRD spokesman Bud Elsie B.C. Hydro and Power Authority, and BC Rail Equipment Rental
said the original estimate put the Rates.”
resident tial user cost at $I per BC Rail Ltd. reserves the right to select equipment based on
Payment for the service will be age and mechanical condition.
made through individual This is not a formal tender, but equipment owners interested §
municipalities as an addition to i are invited to list their equipment giving the following information:
regular GW RD ay Fries er City Make, model, serial number yeat attachments, availability, WCB
y number, business address and telephone number AN preaious
J equipment listings have expired.

and Richmond have 9-1-1 systems.
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Trust compan y hit TA tem is in place, calls 1989 Winter submissions should be forwarded before February 24th,

Compaction equipment

NEWS 5 “ne Both will participate in the
for emergency assistance, whether
WEST VANCOUVER Police are searching for a maa who robbed the for fire, police or ambulance, will Stu Heath

Park Royal South Naticual Trust on Valeatine’s Day. A lone man be channelled to a central location Engineering Department
walked ap to a (eller af approximately 3:45 p.m. A police spokesper- at the mzin Vancouver police sta- 1108 Industrial Way

oom said the man sinsulsted a gun inside the left-hand pocket of his tion where they will be screened .
v2 money. The teller complied. | and directed to the appropriate 1 Prince George, B.C.
t pocket and ran away. Police are emergency service. Critical infor- V2N 2K8

. MPETO! 28 to 32 years of age, 5°6"" mation, such as the address of
sad weighing aprroximately 145 pownds. The man had brown, where the call! is originating, will

a mousty-be, brown eyes aud was wearing appear on a contro! room display.
All calis will be handled by pzo-

fessionally-trained stat.

DONALD BUCK

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