Today Saturday and Sunday is logger sports weekend in Merritt. Equipment, competitions and people are on display at Central park off Voght street.
On this Day: September 13th 1501
Michelangelo starts his work “David”
Tag Archive: Logging
A driver for Jim Lamb Contracting from Kamloops says that he is hauling logs from Peter Hope Lake to the local to Tolko’s mill here in Merritt.The routing is on highway 5A, Aka the old Kamloops road. He says he makes three loads a day and when asked about breakup something that could last three months at one time he said ” we don”t know”. The driver affirmed that he can not make money with the 70 % axle restriction on the highway. He makes three trips a day now from the popular recreational area north east of Merritt, just past stump lake :http://www.bcadventure.com/adventure/explore/high_country/merritt/peterhop.htm.
A colder winter may effect the length of restrictions on the highway when frost comes out of the ground.
Tolko industries is having a green wood waste burner built beside its operation in Merritt. The burner will co generate power into the BC Hydro grid.
Today in history:January 14th 2005
The Huygens probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan.
A fellow that has driven logging truck for 45 years was parking his truck next to his beautiful home on the college heights here today. The proprietor of Blue Spruce Logging say he has a permit from the city to do so. His neighbors supported him in his bid to get a permit. And he says he does not do repairs and is sensitive to noisy start ups. He has a shop also in the industrial area of town.
He says that his fuel bill is ten thousand dollars a month and he pays 26 Cents a liter in municipal taxes. He estimates there are 70 tucks working here in town for the sawmills. And a big part of his expenses go to consumer taxes. The HST he says he gets back except for the amount over expenses.something he implies helps his business.
He also says that the scuttle but is that this towns mills are selling more to the off shore Asian market now.
The resourse industry has always been a cash cow to pay for services the government offers.
Today in History, March 21,1963
Alcatraz United States penitentiary on an island closes.
Mineral exploration trenching
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