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ARGE TRAFFIC LOSSES TOC.N.R.
IF CL!NTON-WINGHAM I.TNE°CLOSED
(Oontinied-frent page 1)
cans, a' year from ,BelgrAve. Mr.
Coultes charged ' that the railway at
one time drove business away because
ok its •arbitrary rates. These had been
adjusted; but the •business, once lostr-
was Iliffieralt to recover.
-Chief Ooinmissioner Cross—PI do not
think you should base your opposition
to closing on criticism of the C.N.R."
Mr. Crawford—"It appears that
everybody hat been asleep for years.",
NO Time to Cripple 'Railway
Witness said, North Huron tould -ac-
commodate vast numbert of immigrant
farmers. The- farms now were much
too large to till. Canada was on the
verge of a big' development and the
present wan' no time to be ripping up
rails in one -of -the best ag.ricultnr4
',sections, a Canada.
prominent East Wawanosh ' -farmer,
told the Board that the, closhig: of the
railway would add greatly. to the, farm,
er's ibtarden, 'already too heavy'. • The
coming of the- vaved highway and the
In winter. Only a few years ago No. 4
highway was snowbound fer weeks.
Lfist winter It was blocked for days at
a time. Snowplows made it impossible
for sleighs to travel -over it•and- stock,
had. to be transferred at ccindessiou
intersectio,ns from Sleighs t6 trucks.
'It was almost impossihle for a farmer
to drive cattle on No. 4. highway, some-
thing that would. have to •be done over
much greater distatipes 'if the railway
"Farmers Are slow to grasp things.
If they really thought this • ine was
4"-wak,e up. 4Many have gone automobile
crazy, but they Will 'get eiVer that: • • •
I am beginning to -think that some of
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'POIIK. BEA
CLAIM'S 20. ez. 3 FOR:25c
ST. WILLIANS 4q ot.
RASP.' or STRAW.
23.c'
this eoiin•try'•s leaders no longer think
agriculture is essential," volunteered
Mr Coultes.
Commissioner .Stoneman -41 would
have some 'difficulty in •believing that
farmers are -
Heavy Loss to Farmers •
• 'Councillor Deacon. Wheeler .of East
Wawanosh estimated that • if the line
were- closed the depreciation on _• the
average farm would be $1,000:'•,
James Michie of Morris said closing
would Bost farmers an average of,
$1OOr a year in added 'transportation
costs. -&..
Reeve Raymond Redmond of East
?'hwanosh told, of one farm of X200
acres purchased eighteen years ago
for $I0,O00 selling recently . for $5,500.
Closing of the railway line 'would .fur-
ther depreciate it by five dollars, an
acre. Ile estimated that Belgrave sta-
tion served 400 -farmers, each of whom
Would be. penalized, at least $50 a year
by closing.
eve „ , m :W iilit br Blyth tol
of 'an expected revival of the flax in-
dustry which would mean much to the
railway. One thousand` acres ofr flax
had been grown in 1940 and. thew same.
acreage was contracted for in 1941;
"Closing . will make a big difference
to us," said Albert Taylor, Blyth plan-
ing n411 owner. He estimated that if
the job ,'were Properly undertaken the
C.N.R, eoltl.'d increase • its business • by
a year in Myth alone.
Smith to• I3elgrave; "1We can give' ii -l•
Iservice, but it •will not ,be as good,"
and telegraPh revenue at lAandeSbero,
Dlyth and Itelgrave. It was negligible.
• General Superintendent Pringle fold.
' Mf; HetheringtOn there was, no • "saw -
off" With the •,c.Polt, .in the proposed
In his argument Mr; lideDoriald said •
he Wished to make it clear to the public
that' the :Canadian' Natienal. Itailways
had not had an operating lost • sinee,
1433. • Last, Year it'had tin operating
surplus °Of 45 patine% 'What loss there
was was heettuse of interest .and taxes
• !that hattl to be paid. Where any par -
1 ticular mileage on the system showed
, an aetual operating loss; as did -the ,
IVIONARCII FLOUR ,
CELERY IlEARTS "Nc' WiliTE.Runch.10c
,ORAIsier
cALIF: NAITELS
Neilson's Cocos, 8 4. 19c
DoM;Sliottenhig 2 lbs. 25e,
Riehtn.ello Tea, ..8 390
Domino Tea .8 oz. 30o
Domino Tea .. 10 os. 59e
Red Rose Coffee ,84oz. 20c
Red Bose Coffee . . lb. 47e
Mite SWIM Tissue ....
Navy Tissue * for 25o
24 lb,
81c
STAMPS
DOMINION
rilvItrLD
"We are no more anxious tot clOse
lines than you are, but where there is ,
a loss our duty ,to the people is to I
seek to have the liffeelosed,'.' be argued. !
J'. IT. Crawford reasoned' that a!
proper, Picture had not been presented '
by the railway. The friunicipalities,
had no facilities to . dispute its!
stati.stles,- but no estimate bad been ,
given- of the "bridge traffic" carried:
on the dispnted line (that is, traffic 1,
'carried .imIter•the line to points beyond). ,
"We have a transportation econemist.1
This feature has been looked into,'.' said '
Chairman Cross.
., to consider the doing application in
its national aspect. 1114 client, ,1%tr.
' Treleaven of ,Xmeknow, tor instance,
paid $17,000 a year In freight • rates,
twice the amonnt it was claimed was
i$eing lost at • Londesboro, Myth and
Belgrave. If the line were elosed this
$17,000 als& would the lost to the rail-
way's. Thousands and thousands of
dollars would 'be- lost to the Village -of
Lucknow each year. •
"We get your point. it a public-
ly-oWned •railwaf and you ask us to
tonsider the general -weal of the •whole
country," said 'air. Cross'. • .
Mink ,Fingland, ICC., argued it was
unfair to close the line just because
'it had lost'money for three years. 'Wliat
about the years' and years it made
"We bonused this railway, to *the
eitent of $85,000 -and we sh,euId not be
cut off from our rights tinder this
contract," ' he tpointed out,
Cminsel Were told that they might
tSubmit further written argument if
they Wished to do so in a• reasonable
time, judgment being reserved. •
The Board left GoderiehAn-A-special
car on the afternoon train.
PORTER'S HILL
PORTER'S 11 LL, 'Feb. 11.—Private
\iorri.s Frame,"Camp Borden, was home
with Mr. and firs. Thos. 'Elliott over the
weekend. •
!Mrs. Reid ' Torrance entertained a
•number of ladies at a '"`quilting; 'today
(Tuesday).
Don't forget the Red..'Cress meeting
next Monday afte'riibon, February 17;
in the church basement. All having
knitted articles will please bring them;.
also •twd quilts •will' he tied, so- bring
along your darning needle.
Born=ln Clinton hospital on Februr
ary 6th, to\ir. •and. Mrs. Glenn Lock-
hart, a daughter (Carol •Ann).
Church Affairs.-+Yery Iittle activity
is to bereported in this community the
last few •weeks;.cI archattendaneg has
been away below average.On %Sunday
Rev. Harold •O irrie delivered a splendid
sermon on what the minister meant to
the community, A VI:eek previous he
spoke on what the church meant to the
community. It must be very discour-
aging to see 'so few out. ; Let everyone
make "a resolution to be atchurch each
unciay. The rear work is eceupying'a
lot of our time, but don't let the church
down. Last Tuesday the annual 'meet-
ing of 'Grace church was to •have, been
held, but either the day was 311 -chosen
or the,officials Were not able *to attend,
The meeting will be held next week;.
the day. is not set as yet.
CARLOW
sbtp'Hall `onTpesday. and quilted three
quilts for lied Cross 'work; under the
supervisiob. of Mrs. . Dave Bean, Mrs. T.
Clark and ,.Dora Wilkie et the Com -
annuity' Club. • •
Mr., Norval Robertson' of the Western
University, London, had charge •of the
Presbyterian service On.!Sunday after-
noon.
Newton and Roy Powler, Colin Young
and Verne Jewell returned on ,S.aurday
night from their month at Chatham.
COURRIE'S CORNERS
there. only until Sunda'y afternoon.
Cards were played, after* which a'
bountiful. lunch was served • and a
soeial hour spent Many good wishes
for Tom's future In his new 'occupation
were expressed.
BENMILLER
13kININLIADR, reb. It G.
Hazelwood was in London on Friday
and Saturday attending a meeting of
the ,London Con,ference.
Nliss .MeEwen. 'and Mrs. Hazelwood
• Mr, Benton -Walters was home trona
London over the week -end.
Itev. It; litizelWood. attended the
Presbytery"meeting at. Clinton on. Mon?
' Congratulations -to. Ur. and Mrs. Cliff
COURRIE'S' CORNERS, Feb. 10.—
Mr. Elmer Parrish made'a trip to Gov
rie on Friday. •
Misies lean Nelson and Pearl Jamie-
son, ,Robert Boak and Grant Parrish
of Lucknew spent the week -end at
their homes here, • '
Mr. Albert .11eQuoid of IitIcknow
Writ the Vatrweer-with -Mr: and -Mrs.
A hurriedly arranged. surprise party
Was held 'Ton Saturday evening at the
home of IMr. and Mrs. Robert Howard,
in honor of •their son Tom, who iS
training twith the Air Force and ar-
rived honie Saturday evening to be
n EATING HINTS.
-11-N job but, .as in everything else,
there is a right and wrong- way
of doing' it. From my. expertence,
the quickest and., easiest Way to
light a Are is this:
First of all, if there is a layer
'of ashes on the grates. leave it
there. About two inches o4 ashes
on Ahe grates help let.'
Then spread about two inches
of coal uniformly Over 'the ASIleat
On top of this fresh coal put a
good charge of kindling, consist -
Jog ,of newspapers and light wood.
.0lie. sure that , erne.
er in the smoke -
pipe and the
Ashpit Damper t-
are ivide open
and the Check
'Hamper dosed. egir
Thiswill create '9 Ir.%
the strongdraft
which is' needed te ignite -the firc.
' Now light the kindling and when
it is burning frogs:, add.
more coal. The kindling will ignite
the fresh coal, both above and below.
it, and you can then add more coal
and thus quickly build up a good
deep Are.
Occasionally you may when
the kindling wood begins to burn,
that smoke starts coming out
through the crevices around the
furnace doors; This is due to*the
fact that the chimney, heing cold,
does not provide sufficient draft
to carry, off the smoke. This eon,
dition can be guiekly remedied by
opening wide tho slide in the fire
door—or by partially or entirely
a eotthltiation of the two._ ,t1
:OARLOW, it—Mrs. tarl Mc-
Knight and Miss M. Yungblut of
Auburn visited Mrs. Chester 'Wagon en
Tuesday. t,
Mrs. Allan Wilson quietly celebrated
her birthday on Saturday, February
Sth. She received many beautiful gifts
and congratulations . from friends and
a long distance telephone -message trona
her son and daughters in tMieh.
The Ladies' Aid held their retbruary
meeting at the home of all's. Il..1‘.1itchell.
Airs. E, Errington, Who was in
charge, led in the devotional pef:iod,
and gave a paper. Ilight members and
three visitors resp(nuled to the roll
call. The ladies worked at war work
and at the. Close the hostess served
dainty lunch and all enjoVcd a social
‘,..A.bout twenty ladles met in tho ToWn-
" AND BROKEN tins OF MERCHANDISE
-DURING, tzmitrAilt
tivirs WEEK.wit OFEER
..LADIES' AND . CHILDREN'S woor.t.INT PARICAS
tem A.00 pa,,-,--Olearing at 25e ea.
tABRIO GLOVES ^IN RUST AND, WINE ONLY
.Iteg. to 1.00 pr.—Clearing at 25c pr.
FLANNELETT'E. SHEETS 70x90—Tucked and Whipped at-'
° both ends.' Blue and Pink borders. Reg, ,g.95 pr.
, Special valrte 2.49 pr. •
ibbert
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