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GODERICH, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1932
Goderich Mariner Shares in Important Ceremonies
Thorold, . Aug. 6.—Higtr on The
of the control house of the greatest
flight of marine locks In the world,
Canada's Governor-General today de-
dicated In two brief sentences Can-
ada's contribution to the trade and
commerce of the world.
Attended by repreaeutatives el all
Comma -
wealth, each of which sent Its mes-
sage of congratulation and praise to
a slater dominion, His Excellency
climaxed nineteen years of engineering
effort when he turned the little lever
which galvanized into action the mech-
■nfsm of the new Welland ship canal,
and gold:
"It Is a privilege to dedicate'thia
canal to the trade of the world.
•'1 hereby derlar4- the, Welland ski
world."
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Official Opening
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Governor-General O®nista in the
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"On the Broadway of
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Spectators Lice Badu
• The steep canal bank* were lined
by thousands of spectators and cheers
met each address carried to them 'by Y_
loudspeakers.
These addreaaea were the voice of
the British Empire rejoicing with Can-
ada in a great advancement in world
relations. Prime Minister R. 13. Ben-
nett instanced the rignithvucr of the
canal as a highway for the ships of
the- seven was, of all the nations of
the world. Lr. Manton stressed the
commercial triumph by a nation for
the betterment of all nations. RL
Hon. Stanley Baldwin forecast the
economic advancement to follow when
tjx ships of the world passed through
on "their lawful ways." All the dele-
gates from the far-flung reaches of
-the Empire offered their praise
congratulation upon Canada's achieve-
ment.
The ceremony was impressive. Ile -
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hind the simplicity of Ills Excellency's occurred on all the highways heading
few words and formal gesture lay tnto.th, canal area. •
weeks of preparation and detail. Up But parfirmlarly at (be three twin -
the canal, in lock No. 7, waited the eight Iocka at.-Thurotd had -the cele
giant S.S. Lemoyne, largest carrier on bratlou hetome most remarkable. To
the Great Lakes, a mighty token of the residents of the dlstrh•t it signal -
Canadian shipbuilding skill sod abil- fled the completbm of a teak into
By. In her holds was the largest car- which they had poured the rtierisles
go ever to pass the ageless barrier of
the Niagara Peninsula.
Spectator,. l( aa-.eaaas a.asM.ri$M
of Canada. The ceremonies ware
broadcast by Canadian National and
Canadian Pacific radio experts all
over the Dominion and picked up and
re -broadcast throughout the 1'nited
States by the National and Columbia
broadcasting systems. Within the re-
stricted canal areas—the island in the
centre of the canal upon which the
ceremonies were held—were leaders in
Canadian financial, Industrial and po-
litical life.
Engineers Present
Among them were mingled engin-
eers who had worked since the first
work lead been launched In 1913. Alex-
ander Grant. white -bearded but alert,
former president of the Engineering
Institute of Canada, was present as
the engineer who had carried the tre-
mendous task to completion. There
were other engineers there who had
stepped into breaches when death had
claimed their predecessors.
Throughout the full twenty-five .Iles
of their manh.sxl. Thousa di. - of
,sctnana reeideuts had found year*
tri employtnent on the task. Now
they hoped to Meeire the fruit of
their Inleors in increased shipping and
tonnage passing through the canal.
Lemoyne 1s Ready
I the canal the blunt prow' of
the 1.emuyiie, red and white of the
Canada Steams -rips'- fleet. slipped into
view shortly before noun. She had
passed through herr frig rows of spec-
tators as she majestieelly emerged
from the giant No. Is lack at Port
Colborne- largest 111.1 longest lack In
the world—and dropped slowly to
Thorold. Mlle lay- In readiness for her
part In the .i -remoulds. She appeared -
gargantuan, es she reared her red nose
and white superstructure over the
Opening of New Welland Canal
Oa Saturday last the otlblul i penIng of the,new Welland canal took
place with appropriate ceremony. The steamer Lemoyne of the Canada
Steamship Lines, the large -t ship int the (.rent Lakes, passed thriingh GK. -
_ canal, cutting the ribbon as a feature of the official prtx•eedtugs. The en-
graving allows 111 the sternum Lemoyne with her (t9.'i-fact length stretched
along -the Detroit watertt.ut, oilier way from the tipper lakes to the new
eamal Inset is her ilas sum. C. E. Robinson of Dederick. (:1 -!!Nfisod
of removing bridges from the path of canal trallic. In the foregeouM to
altowu une behlge Losed N How the vessel to As underneath, and In the
background another bridge w zee ms Nee (mere( . PfiuTure .Co. 3 s't3Ws
that two large cargo boats can peas each other easily in the 'anal. The
ships awe theIthi rMW...a.1dAs•.kurtmomiL
The steamer Lemoyne was built at Midland and Imam -bed in 11rJtf and
is considered a triumph of t'aundiau achievement. She le 1133 feet long,
with a 70 -foot IN•am, a depth of .sl feet and a registered tonnage of 10.480
tons. Since she was pit in commissdou she has been fn command of Cap-
tain
aptain C. E. Robinson. a native and lifelong resident of Goderich.
After passing through the caulil the Lemoyne proceeded to Kingston to .
discharge her cargo of over half-a-nlllllon bushels of grain.
ntrs later thy huge Lemoyne was
stealing slowly into the lower lock.
('aptaiR Eddie N•euldn't "Dell Up"
..l A e fbr 4141000- 461 41.4- lakes passed -
10 marquee. ('aptain• Itobinson—the
tulle who is said tohave defied depart-
a«htal lustructions to "doll up" for
gc [Mico.- egnrt• pstt .t}a Leslie land -
lag, "chinned" a bit with spectators,
salted It �.gfsalygad .iaa.j�th
waw in the crowd somewhere, th
went inside. removed his coat and
ii[hr1'"'htv Rteeres tip:- • Sibs-ally-ih4ng
that inay have •+mocked of the "doll•,
up" attire that offie•laldom Is said e
have urge.( hint to don was the
cat. of h(ue cloth, with a bit of gold
,braid Its front. which he Ie wont to
wear carted down -over one eye In
goal old Iteatty fashion. His coat
was pl+riti Dh10, and his- pants. the
;tame. as the ship moved down.
'-- HEARING POSTPONED
waters of North America kali puwnd eleowtr to the sea la ships and de_best--.itearinR regarding the injmne-
Tver the- Niaga_r1a_ escarpment. __ His- nese thereon," !in" arc tired by Howard Hser; Cot
tory carried one's: mind back to the four el Ur. Maulou's pndree,awrtyi Iaorne township. against the sale of Ills
days of the l'rerh'h r'i+lorers. Tref had passed away. he said, l.itlee the
1 them, who had left their names on work wax started. All the former e'ar, whirls was -e' z•
gates. 141ddllefon, les Is -en postpned. The
Beneath her the Rates- dropped Ulu bays and lakes of Canada, the Premiers of the same period and at. junrttu", ith" becnt Friday last and
sheer to the next water level. The Matsu had -been nsstarmountable the (ioveleioy-Generals were stilt tiv-
three twin -flight locks are the •moot barrier. Tet even as Canada had (leen hag. To each had been despatched al the Sheri'(' Is still holding the car
advanced type of murine engineering shaped from n wilderness. the Nlagara-t-aseasage of thanks and congratulation I peudlug the hearing before Judge T.
shapedskill; they are the only example of Peninsula had remained nacortquered. for the part he had played. The. ill. M. t'1CetrHhn The - seizure was made
ter n the aur
their kind f tl Id They each h Only brief century ago the firsc•a
t canal repreaated a contribution of'.1.. sutlsfy certain claims exalted Baer
permit the passage at the same time canal had been bulk, a narrow, chat----Canediart-eottrime a d--rosottreeho r� dltnrs
or the canal's tenth It was ■ day of I of one ship on an upward trip and Ion waterway with tw•e.ty-nice locks ueslt, h .
one aa a downward M leading from lake..ta_lakn:,. but it ,had.__ _ - s�..y_
rejMcitrg• At Port Colborne, Welland, �p ip:.-,.--._,._... ----.-
Iiumtserstntne, Thorold, even down to
Above Thorold the (anal narrows to marked the beginning of Canadian de-
I'ort Weller, the harbor which had the lock entratwws. Here the flight— termiruation and skill. Only a dozen generations ago the
Tie Armstrong Real Estate come Into efNwtenc,pan1T fi7-?meivae taking its name from the similarity Two other canaille -had. followed on gallant •Frerwr- explorers is the
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to a Night of steps---l.-Tins. The la•k1i same site as the first. They had mouth of the Mt. Lawrence thought
peninaala waited to cheer the huge Ile in a descending row to the north- INen inadequate for the growing con- they bad dist-oaered the Spire Islands,
Lemoyne on her voyage. Traffic jams ward". They are twin because they mere' of Canada and the United Rt. 1101. Stanley Baldwin retailed.
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States. With the twentieth centur As a member of the t'armllian Privy
lie in pairs; two ships Mille by aide y
pass each other. one ascending, the had eome the desire and need for a Connell and an Englishman, he was
proud to be *hie to offer a few words
of congratulation on the advancement
of Canada in so brief a time.
"Today we nee your country as the
link between the Haat, which thot"e-
French rgnipJ'efa. _erniabt.._. and the
West whence they came," he• eon-
of
'ongretulate 7011 and
ydn,r liorernment for thts great work
of your brains and skill and 'cunning
hands, May' Canada, es the years
ease end she 5-.•.. great ships passing
on their lawful ways, as Rhe grows
richer and more populous, recall she
is the representative of two great-
cIv111rw thsna. Mary ske protest the
weak, keep the law,—leer God a i
honor the King for her own prosper-
ity and the prosperity of the world."
Other speakers were Itt. Hon. Stan-
ley Bruce ref Anstrslia. Hon. is--41s-
(bates of New Zealand. Hon. N. C.
Havens* of Routh Afrtra. Sean Le-
wes* of Ireland, 1 E. Emerson of
Newfannlland ansi Sir Itegnm Gun-
wale of India.
His Excellency then with a few
words declared the canal teen, the
lock gates Megan to move and five min- 1
other descernling. Between them Iles I "OA' -anal. Thla eauaI stood today,
a vast concrete island upon which I he eee•laretl. the completion of the de -
is the lock mechanism. There are termination to advance trade.
threepairs of ouch lacks, one 'name- Through this waterway flowed
distely abutting the other. . A Anti more traffic than eltlle•r the Suez or
passes directly from one lack to the Panama canals. it was n great link
other.
Upon the Island in the centre of
ttaese fights, the ceremonies were
held. The locks, 880 feet long and
topside of accommalating ships $20
feet long, have sures at Poch end. I verse the entire canal route In less
These gates are 130. feet high; the; than eight hours. To its completion
leaf of each gate weight" 4U tons. The . the lives of 113 men had been given;
total gate and fixed mechanism
weight is 23,0110 tons. Each leaf con-
tains 70,000 rivets. Set a aan,,iiben
the canal is etnpty and not bearing
its weight of water, could swing one
of the gates shut, so carefully are
they balam•Pri on their siils.
At the lower end of the lock Is the
control house, the operation of the
gates tieing performed from the Rec-
and floor, which Is walled In glass to
permit fall visibility of (he eanal sec-
tion. On the top of this haus was
erected a wooden platform today cov-
ered with an awning and decked with
boating and banners. Into it had
been wired a Nuptial control Ismer.
Iyki t ,
In the .2,200 -mile higbwtit from Fort
William to the Straits ..1 Rolle isle.
Its seven lift' locks did the task of
the earlier twenty-nine larks. The
greatest ships of the hoAes could tra-
he hoped that these would he fittingly
remembered In some Witmer, He then
Int o`dncei ivre®Tee $Fnnrtf.
Premier Bennett
•
"11111 Ix the day of niy colleague,
the Minister of Rallwa- sod Canals,"
declared Premier 1ien1+•t1 with a
smile. "Hut 1 am reminded by this
great developtnent of the conflict of
men with nature 5111ce the dawn of
history. It has been : ienlMct of ad-
venture and played its part in the
development of this t•ointry. Man
came to the foot of the,' rapids and
saw the nerd of transl4ert, ■ need
'which we ate realized in the railways
______ ani canals of today." • _
a,7eer broke out as the Oavernof- The earliest history showed the
General arrived• amompantld by Prime part canals had played In the ad.
Minister Bennett and Hon Dr. Man- Vanement of mankind. +ontlnned the
ion, Minister of Railways and Canals. Premier. So today Comore had not
With them were Rt. Hon. tetanley only a greet Banal Mit a great link
Raldwin, Rt. Ho . J. H. Thomas, and In a waterway resehing to the seta and
other Empire hates. lir. Manion, offering tribute to mail'- commercial
as ehairman. ned the ceremonies. life. Transportation was the life of
Not only was the opening of the trede, he Mid. This canal wee a tri -
canal the official recognition of a Mit. to Canadian reroureefulneeaa ami
great task accomplished, mid Dr. determination to farther trade.
Manion, hut It marked a great con- "lint while we real(►' that this Is
trtbntion to the trade god commerce a ramal os, Canadian soil, baht by
M an entire eonhintet. Its cnmple- ('anadian hand* and skill, 1t b opee
ttoa had been interrupted by Can- to all pattens alt shipe-" Premie �.T.�.
WI pactirlpatiora•...in t1 -este:. Mit .b •..
risrtd.ao'YaM (a
a anaMas..{ •• saaT
today it was completed. contribution to war civilisation. Tina
For militnna of years Use inland do we contribute to Buse who go
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Someone enter..T iTie stole of-1Ee
(loidwill Cleaners and Tailors one
urnhng last week ani purloined a
101.T0Oiled «ticker from aesrweir•-on
which it I g. The proprietor, Mr.
George Kay, had been absent only a
short time and on his return he missal
the coal. Several (cases of petty ler
cony have come to light Within Ole
mot few weeks, including the theft
of gasoline from parked cars, a bicycle.
etc. _ .
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