Show PLANT BR TO 10 SOLVE CANADAS CANADA'S S Sc FUEL PROBLEM 1 c FUE Provi Provinces ces Grant Increase oft of t to Lignite 1 i Utilization Board k RUGINA nUGIA Au Aug 21 An Increase ot ct t has hu h been granted by tho the federal Saskatchewan and Manitoba government I 1 to the Lignite Utilisation b board bo rd giving It ItA I A a total or ot for or the tho construction of oC the lignite pl plant nt ai at E Estevan I Work ork ork on the erection of oC the tho plant hM ha I been ben going on for tor several months months It I la Is lar r rw nW w completion and Ind Is Ie expected to tot tw In operation e by e early fall It will manufacture man man- t a u briquettes et s from lignite for general gen gen- f ml eral a I fuel purposes purposes The board h ha had some mo mo difficulty In obtaining a cheap binder binde but it believes beleN the problem ha hu been solved oled by tho the UMI uce UIO of ot coal coa tar pitch blended with waste straw Successful operation o of the to I plant will go So a p. n long lone lont way toward solving I Canad Canada's Canadas 1 fuel uel problem Though Canada ha ha hll Immense Immen coal deposits deposit the they have not been sufficiently developed as a. bet ct e to supply the naton nations nation's fuel tue needs and much coal U iii Imported imported Im ported front from the tho United States State In con consequence conse- conse quence Quenco the threatened shortage In coat coal coa supply supply sup sup- ply In the tine United State States this winter m may maybe maybe be felt elt In tn 1 Canada Canada Lignite briquettes wili wll not only b be much cheaper cherer than coal but butwill butwill will add vastly to Ca Canada a d a I fuel tue supplIes The Tho southern portions ot of tine the three prairie provinces are underlain underlain- with wih lignite I deposits de de- de posits posit so 1 extensive as to be almost Inex Inca |