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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-04-26, Page 8BUSINESS DIRECTORY MacLean Home Improvements 527-0032 FREE ESTIMATES Siding-Aluminum & Vinyl Aluminum Windows, Doors Awnings, Railings Income Tax Preparation and Bookkeeping Reasonable Rates Contact Ken McGowan KEN'S BOOKKEEPING Blyth & TAX SERVICE 523-4293 170 Wallace Avenue N., Flower Phone 291-2640 Zillot7Ef 9/0 'tilt Ltd. ED VAN GEEST LISTOWEL, ONT. YOUR PERSONAL FLORIST WITH. WORLD-WIDE CONNECTIONS BELGRAVE CO-OP For Feed & Fertilizer ' Petroleum Products Hardware and Appliances Universal Milker Equipment and Cleaners BRUSSELS WINGHAM 887-6453 357-2711 McGavin's Farm Equipment We specialize in a Complete Line of FARM EQUIPMENT Brussels Sales and Service Seaford] 887-6365 Walton 527-0245 Mrs. Yvonne Knight. Agent for Elma Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company R.R. 3 Brussels, 887-6476 Anstett Jewellers Ltd Watch and Jewellery Repairs — We Sell and Service — BULOVA — ACCUTRON — WATCHES — 3 Stores — SEAFORTH — CLINTON — WALKERTON Bray Chiropractic Office 197 Josephine Street Wingham,Ontario Phone 357-1224 BRUSSELS TRANSPORT Livestock Trucking and Shipping Service Local and Long Distance Phone 887-6122 (Evenings) George Jutzi, Brussels H&N Dairy Systems Ltd. Sales,Service and Installation. of UNIVERSAL pipelirieg .a and milking parlrintrg Brussels Waltoh Merwood C. Smith,Ltd R.R. 2 Listowel 291-3810 TV Refrigeration Appliance Service Pardys Dairy Supplies Brussels 8.87 ,6694 - 8 — THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 26, 1978 Students finish drain mapping After eight months of work, about a dozen University of Guelph students presented Turnberry Township council with a map of all municipal drains of which the township has records. Until now the township, had scores of maps, charts, letters. and engineet 's reports indic'ating the size, location, type.and date of construction, of municipal. drains, The map work was organized through the Rural Development Outreach Program (RDOP) of the, university. Turnberry Reeve Pon .Eadie called the drain mapping "a great value to the council and the• ("Jerk" and noted that the map- ping and the filing system accompanying • it will make • it easier for council and township residents to make drainage decisions since the whole drain- age network can be viewed on one neap. The university students also produced a number of other maps identifying the soil capabilities of the township. the physiology of Tumberry • and . showing the wooded areas in the municipality. Though some of these maps arc similar to those produced by -the Huron County planning . depart- ment. 'Turnberry Conn. Doug Fortune said the. planning de- partment's maps arc kept in Goderich and not always available when needed. He told council lie is impressed with the students' work. Mr. Eadie told. council its $500 donation to the project was a good investment. "1 think possibly we've gotten our $500 worth a few times over," he said. Council members will receive the. students' - 100-page report which is presently being printed, but were given a brief' verbal report by the students. Council was warned that extensive wood- ed areas of the township should not be cleared and drained. Drainage of wet, swampy areas would increase soil erosion, re- duCC Wind protection and water retention and cause more severe wind damage and flooding. The swampy and wooded areas should also be preserved to save wildlife in the area, the students reported. One student noted that the soil in much of the swampy land in Turnberry wouldn't produce good crops even if it was cleared and drained. She added. there are no . J.E. LONGSTAFF -OPTOMETRIST- SEAFORTH 527-1240 Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 9:00 - 5:30 Wednesday, Saturday 9:00 - 12:00 CLINTON 482-7010 Monday 9:00 - 5:30 By Appointment I BERG I Sales — Service Installation FREE ESTIMATES ° Barn Cleaners i. ° Bunk Feeders ° Stabling !Donald G. Ives R.1412, -Myth Phone: I Brussels 887-9024 large swamp areas in the town- ship in which the soil would produce enough to justify the monetary and environmental cost of drainage. Guelph professor D.W. Hoff- man, instructor for the class responsible for the mapping, told council the township's large sand and gravel supplies should be conserved because they allow surface water to sift down to, the water table and in the process the water is cleansed. Using a lot of sand and gravel combined with intensive farm drainage could affect the water supply in some areas, Mr. Hoffman warned. if drainage was allowed to become extremely efficient, he said, spring runoff would carry away most of the water which now keeps the Maitland River flowing in the summer.. If the water flow was reduced in the summer, municipalities along the river wouldn't have sufficient water to . dilute sewage, he said. This problem occurs in other water- sheds, he said, so - conservation authorities build large dams to maintain a store of water with. which' to flush the river systems. "Would that not just be robbing Peter to pay Paul?" Court. Brian McBurney asked. He noted that if' farmers drain. swamps to get more land in agricultural production the scheme might backfire if a huge reservoir •• was _ needed and hundreds of acres of farm land were flooded just tomaintain the flow of water' in dry periods. Mr. McBurney told the meet- ing he doesn't intend to drain any more of his land because of the environmental hazards and the work involved. "In a way, random drainage is just as greedy as development (of farm land ," he said. Council wastold that tlie drain- age mapping is accompanied by a complete filing system with in- formation ,on each drain. The information is all cross tiled and if there is a question about a drain the files identify the drain, give its location, tell whether .a map of it is available, who engineered the job, when it was built and whether the drainage report is available, As the students were preparing to return to Guelph, Mr. Eadie asked the group if Turnberry could have another project un- dertaken by a Guelph class. The township will contact Mr. Hoff- man in early September. Wingham Memorial Shop QUALITY SERVICE CRAFTSMANSHIP Open Every Weekday Your Guarantee for Over 35 Years of CEMETERY LETTERING Box 158, WINGHAM JOHN MALLICK