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(LAKEFRONT MAY GET WATER
meeting between the
delegation and council.
Subdivision owner Gordon
Smith sought clarification
from council on who actually
owned the water system in
his subdivision and as such,
who would be responsible for
its maintenance. Smith said
the system has a very bad
leak,
In new subdivisions, the
township assumes ownership
of the water system and
leases it back to the sub-
division.
In the case of the portion of
the subdivision which has
developed since 1968 there
was never an agreement
signed by the subdivider or
the township although a
letter of intent agreeing to
assuming of the system by
the township is on file.
Councillor's Wilder and
Dick Rau suggested that the
association of residents in
Bayview assume the
ownership of the system and
that only minimum repairs
on the system be done until
the matter of water from
Port Blake is claraified.
Council told the delegation
that the Bayview water
system could tap into the
pipeline. A regulation water
supply for the subdivision
could not be provided unless
the roads in the subdivision
are assumed by the town-
ship. Hay will not take over
the roads until they are
brought up to ministry of
transportation and corn-
munications standards,
council said.
In another matter con-
cerning the Bayview area,
Smith sought the approval
from council for the severing
of 35 acres from the rear of
the BayView Golf course.
The land in question would
not be land-locked if there is
a legal right of way to the
rear of the property.
Reeve Jack Tinney
suggested to Smith that he
talk with officials at the
Huron county planning
department before
proceeding any further on
the matter,
In other business, council:
Told St. Joseph resident
Joy Hogg that the township's
present mobile home
bylaw does not allow for the
replacement of a mobile
home with another mobile
home in an area not
designated for mobile home
use, The township is in the
process of changing its
mobile home bylaw.
Were told by Karl Haberer
that there were several
people interested in
becoming subscribers -
shareholders in the Hay
municipal telephone system.
Haberer also expressed
concern that an ad in the
London Free Press by the
firm handling the system's
$815,000 debenture issue did
not specify that the deben-
ture was for the telephone
system.
MARKETING .A FIRST — The Exeter firm of Draycon Equipment Corporation will be
Marketing the first hydraulic pull scraper to be made in Canada. Standing beside the
scraper which is made by an Embro firm is Bob McIntosh of Draycon.
Why is it,'a man wakes up in the morning after
sleeping under an advertised blanket on an advertised
mattress and pulls off advertised pajamas. Takes
a bath in an advertised tub, shaves with an adver-
tised razor; washes with advertised soap, puts on
advertised clothes, sits down to breakfast of
advertised cereal and coffee, puts on an advertised hat, rides
to his office in an advertised car, writes with an
advertised pen . . . Then, refuses to advertise his business
saying advertising doesn't pay, and then, if business
isn't good enough . . . he advertises
it for sale.
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FARMING WAS DIFFERENT — David Triebner, Brucefield, and his son Brian, RR 3 Kippen, demonstrate how this 12
horepower Goold, Shapley and Muir gasolinb engine works. Brian said it was made around 1919 and was once used to
power ct. thresher. Staff photo
Repair of old engines is real
gas for Brucefield pair
By MARY VAN ESSEN
Brian Triebner, R.R. 3
Kippen, has travelled as far
as New Brunswick to buy
gasoline engines and has
paid as much as $1.800 for
one. But these aren't your
average. everyday gasoline
engines that you'd put in
your car. They're collectors
items from the early part of
the century. •
Brian and his father,
David Triebner, Brucefield,
together own about 80 an-
tique engines. You can't
walk too far in their barn
without tripping over one of
them.
The problem with this hob-
by is that "it takes five or
six years of making mis-
takes before you know what
you're doing." Brian said. At
the first auction sale he went
to, Brian passed up a rare
engine which went for a
relatively small price. And
at a second one he bought a
very common engine for a
high price.
"As you progress you pick
and choose a little more,"
Brian said.
What you should look for
when buying an antique
engine is whether it has all
its original parts. It doesn't
matter how seized and
rusted it is if it's a complete
engine and a collectors item,
Brian said.
The object of the serious
collector is to put the engine
back as close as possible to
its original condition. You
run into a lot of problems if
all the parts aren't there
because it's hard to get old
parts that are no longer
manufactured.
David Triebner said that
the most common parts mis-
sing are the carburetor, ig-
nitors and magneto.
Sometimes these parts can
be bought at flea markets,
but for a very high price.
Sometimes you have to
make parts yourself.
Brian said that he gets the
most enjoyment out of get-
ting the engines working and
then tends to lose interest
when it comes to getting rid
of the rust and painting
them.
Brian said that 10 years
ago many antique engines
There's a possibility that
by this time next year some
cottage owners along the
Lake Huron shoreline in Hay
township may have water
from the pumping station
located at Port Blake.
This information came to
light as a result of a
discussion between Hay
council and a delegation
from the Bayview sub-
division at council's meeting
Monday.
Councillor Lionel Wilder
told the five members of the
delegation that the town-
ship's engineer had in-
dicated to council that if
matters proceed as planned,
tenders for the first phase of
the project could be called as
early as next spring.
Ministry of the en-
vironment officials are
Scheduled to review in mid-
September the township's
application for a grant on the
work, clerk-treasurer Joan
Ducharme stated.
Once all the financial
information is assembled a
public meeting would be held
to discuss the matter for
shoreline wa ter,deputy-reeve
e Lloyd Mousseau said.
If approved, the work on
the pipeline would be done in
three stages with the initial
stage running from Port
Blake to Hay sideroad
twenty.
Just why there appears to
he a need for the pipeline
was brought up at the
were being sold for scrap at
$5. "Now you're lucky if you
can get one for $300 or $400,"
he said. Brian and his father
started collecting engines
five years ago at the in-
fluence of a neighbour.
David said they wouldn't
sell any of their rare
engines, but they do have
some duplicates they'd sell
if offered a good price.
Despite the tact that they
own about 80 engines, Brian
said. "We're just a nickle
and dime operation." This is
in comparison to a fellow
they know in Toronto who
owns 250 engines.
Most of the engines Brian
and his father collect are
stationary. "There's not as
much to them and it doesn't
take as long to fix them,"
Brian said. Stationary
engines are also easier to
take around to shows, since
they aren't as big.
Brian and his father are
members of the Tri-County
Heritage Club which is bas-
ed in Ilderton. They attend
at least eight antique shows
each year, taking with them
some of their rarest engines,
One exception to their
collection of stationary
engines is the Happy
Farmer tractor, manufac-
tured around 1915. They
bought it for $1,800 and know
of only two others in On-
tario;
"They used to say that the
only happy farmer was the
one who didn't own one,"
Brian said. But he added
that just about all the gas-
oline engines were un-
reliable when they first hit
the market. This was
because they were more
complicated an engine than
people were used to and
usually the small gasoline
engines were put into large
steam chassis, therefore,
naturally there wasn't as
much power as farmers
were used to.
"It all depended on who
owned the engine and
whether they knew anything
about them." Brian said.
"They couldn't have been
too bad or they wouldn't still
be around today."
Nevertheless. the Happy
Farmer Tractor Company
from. Minneapolis went out
of business in 1924.
The Triebners aril have
any steam engines and don't
intend to get any. They're
just too cumbersome and
you need big trucks to move
them around, Brian said. He
also said that they're
dangerous if you don't know
what you're doing. "If one
blows up it burns everyone
within 200 feet," he said. The
government's restrictions on
steam engine boilers are
getting stricter every year.
But still, the greatest de-
mand is for steam engines,
But the Triebners do have
some hot air engines. Hot air
engines were very popular
because they are very quiet
compa'red to gasoline
engines and there is no
danger of them blowing up.
One of their most valuable
engines is an Ericsson hot
air pumping engine. They
paid $1,000 for it two years
ago and the value increases
20 percent each year. It's
purpose was to pump water
from a tank in the basement
upstairs to the kitchen.
Another hot air engine n
they own may be one of a
kind. It's a Heinrici motor
engine and they bought it for
$750. It was probably used to
power a sewing machine or a
jeweller's tool, David
Triebner said.—
The Triebners also own
some old Massey-Harris and
John Deere engines that
were once used to pump
water, grind grain, saw
wood or chop corn stalks.
The Massey-Harris engines
are especially valuable
because they are scarce in
the United States.
Another valuable engine
they obtained at an auction
sale in the Niagara Falls
area is a 1903 Goold. Shapley
and Muir engine. This engine
is one of the few that has a
shield covering the crank
shaft. Brian said it was
probably used in a machine
shop. It is supposedly a 12
horsepower engine but he
said that many engines were
underrated at that time and
it is probably more power-
ful,
Brian doesn't only have a
couple of barns full of
engines, he also has a house
full of antique engine
publications from Canada,
England and the United
States. He uses them to help
date his engines and they
give him an idea of their
original state,
Draycon which began
operations. in. April, is the
brainchild of Jerry De Boer
of Exeter, Bob McIntosh of
Mt, Carmel and a third silent
partner.
De Boer said the aim of the
company is to market
products primarily for the
construction industry from
small Canadian firms who
lack the resources to market
their products properly on a
nation-wide basis.
In its initial stages the
efforts of De Boer and
McIntosh will be directed
towards the marketing of a
hydraulic pull scraper
manufactured by Roberts
Welding and Fabricating of
Embro, near Woodstock.
McIntosh explained that
the scraper is the first of its
kind to be manufactured in
Canada. The Canadian
demand for hydraulic
scrapers was, formerly filled
by machines manufactured
in the United States.
The biggest demand for
the scrapers has been from
Western Canada where the
units will be used in the oil
industry.
Demand for the bulldozer
Ntiled scraper has been
excellent De Boer stated,
with the company's
production spoken for until
October, At present, two
scrapers have been com-
pleted with the Embro
gearing up for production at
the rate of two per month.
Draycon will concentrate
on the marketing of the
machines in the west but Do
Boer said they have plans to
market the machines world
wide which aside from the
tires, bearings and hydraulic
cylinders. are completely
manufactured in the Embro
plant.
"The world is our
market," De Boer stated and
added that inquiries about
the scraper 'have- been
received from the U.K. the
Middle East and, • $'outh
America,
The machine is expected to
be very competitive on the
world market, thanks to the
depressed state of the
Canadian dollar, De Boer
said, On the world market
the scraper's main com-
petition will come from
United States based heavy
equipment manufacturers,
De Boer emphasized that
his firm is acting as
wholesaler for the units.
Retail price for the units
depending on 'which of the
two sizes, was purchased
would be between $55,000 to
$60,000.
Both McIntosh and De
Boer Who both have ex-
tensive experience in the
drainage industry said
they've been quite pleased
with the way things have
gone for Draycon.
Asked if they, have ex-
perienced any major dif-
ficulties operating as
Marketing firm somewhat
remote from the major
centres of commerce, De
Boer replied that the firm's
most valuable tool has been
the phone.
Draycon has been ap-
proached by anather firm to
market their product but De
Boer said no commitiment
by either party has been
made. He added Draycon
would welcome inquiries
from other equipment
manufacturers who desire
marketing services.
Maybe it's time
you lumped
into something
more demanding
• than a car pool.
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