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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-12-05, Page 10Ura., c mb r0 11R4 s claim southern route r pjant at Goderich Mai* 11111104 500 KV treati- se's!** reatmat NMI ar, planned on the 111414 UAW Of the Southern CIVingham to Kim) 'le VOW Ontario Hydro to * tater plant Mar Gleded t:' the Concerned Amato of the United Townships their latest brief. to iii by Ontario Hydro to ISM part in the second Bradley, and Ontario Hydro Generation and VMS-- , Study, theCon- tented Viers group which flOrmed earlier this year to op- pOSO the line though the southern eOrridor, have replied With a hard-hitting brief to Ontario Hydrio President Douglas J. Gorden. Released to the press on Wednesday, Dec. 4. by Lloyd H. Moore of . Ustowel, chairman of the farmers group, the 15 -page ° brief was mailed to Mr. Gordon On Nov. 28. The Concerned Farmers of the United Townships includes members from the: townships of Turnberry, Howick., Wallace, .Maryborough, Peel, Woc#lwich and Pilkington. To backup their claim that ache Main reason for 500 Kv treats - mission linea through top vigri- cultural land of the southern corridor is to ' justify placing a large generating plant near Goderich, the farmers note -the following: 'Three 500 Kv trans ,mission lines are planned on the top pro- ducing agricultural land. between Wingham and Kitchener (this is the land represented by the Concerned Farmers of the United Townships). Only t7 vo 500 Kv lines are planned from Bradley Junction (near Bruce! Generating ,Station) to Wingham .. Two 500 Kv lines will not feed 'three 500 Kv lines." Noting that Ont tarso Hydro's large generating plant at Nanti- cokeis. attracting !heavy industry which, has purchsased land, and that two large cities are being planned in the ,' area, farmers voice the fear tat; same. thingwill happen m their area if another pmt is laced! near Goderich. The proposes t plant at Goder- ich, .first, Ines,tioned by Hydro during trip ismission lisle hearings ' held: thiroughout this area last spring, is still under consideration. f" " Ontario Hydro should be meowed to ',guild transmission lines oh the !southern route, with the resulting generating plant near Goderich to feed these lines, the enormous , destruction by Ontario 'Hydro and the many things thcey will attract will end Ontario,': self sufficient food stand, the farmers state in their brief. "One of the three; proposed 500 Kv ttransrpis$ion lines running east, ,from Wingham towards.. Kitchener, will leave the rest and go to London. We are told by Hydro that tit cis 500 Kv line will likely go clown through Perth County," the TOW .continues. "To *We* fair Study, Hydro must lay all their caurds on the table and show the proposed route for this line, 50 that the others involved will have the opportunity to join in.,, One reason given by Ontario Hydro fele the southern route — for security pprpos,,es, is disputed by the farmers in their brief. "We 'nave on file a letter from the P':emiler of Ontario dated March 28, 1974, stating: 'The pro- babilhty of losing all transmission lines between two points is signif- icantly reduced if the lines are distributed among two rights-of- wa y having at beast a five mile separation between them over as much of their length as possible. Wherefore, it is planned to locate 'the 500 Kv lines from Bruce Generating Station on two separate rights -sof -ways starting at a point about 15 miles east of the plant.' " "We note that the southern route (Wingham to Kitchener) has 25 to 30 Hailes separation through the best agricultural land and is a much longer route from Bruce GS to the markets east of the escarpment where this power will mainly be used," the brief continues. "A five mile separation from the northern route would place the tran- smission lines on land that is mainly poorer or has unfavorable climatic conditions." According to the brief, the other reason that Ontario Hydro gives for the southern route is that the Kitchener area "may need more power." The farmers also dispute this reasoning. "At present Kitchener area is connected with four 230 Kv lines. The line from Kitchener to Sea - forth now dead ends near a - forth. Through this line Kitchener now feeds a small amount of power to the area including Stratford, Seaforth, Goderich, etc. This 230. Kv line is now being connected to Bruce GS and will be able, under normal conditions, to supply the entire needs of the area of London, Kitchener, Cam- bridge, Guelph, etc. "The 230 Kv line from Kit;, chener- to Orangeville is at present being rebuilt so that it will=be able to carry more power when power starts to flow from Bruce GS to Orangeville, thus more power for Kitchener. At present power is being fed from Kitchener to Fergus, Orange- ville, etc , but when Bruce GS starts producing, this 230 Kv line will be able to reverse its flow and feed the Kitchener area. "London may be connected with Nanticoke GS with a 500 Kv poe and would no longer,, require wer from Kitchener, but could in fact, send power to Kitchener. The bulk of the power supplying 1 THANK YOU For Your Support Evelyn DQmaRy the Kim area now comes from the Niagara-Harailton 230 Kv line. Four thneF its present size will be Hauch more than enough for the Kitchener area to grow in the foreseeable future. There is no need for a 500 Kv line from Bruce GS to the Kitchener area besides all this extra power being added when the present power requirements for the whole area is belfng supplied primarily froth one 230 Kv line from Hamilton -Niagara." Out of the 53 counties and dis- tricts in Ontario, the farmers stress that the second Ontario Hydro study will only directly affect the eight counties of Bruce, Huron, Perth, Lambton, Water- loo, Wellington, Middlesex and Oxford which make up approxi- mately two per cent of the land area in the province. These same eight counties in 1973 produced the following : 48 per cent of the total barley grown in Ontario; 59per cent of the total mixed grain grown hi Ontario; 83 per cent of the total dry beans grown in Ontario; 46 per cent of the shelled corn grown in On- tario; 46 per cent of the fodder corn grown in Ontario; :50 per cent of the cattle marketed 'in Ontario and 63 per cent of the hogs - marketed in the province, according to figures from Agri- cultural Statistics for Ontario 1973 (publication 20) produced by the Ontario Ministry of Agricult- ure and Food. "It becomes of the utmost irnportnace to the consumer of this country that Ontario Hydro not be allowed to destroy this good agricultural land by its own actions and the actions. of in- dustries and cities it will at- tract," the brief states. "We do not need cities like Kitchener, London, Cambridge, Guelph, etc. 10 times larger when expansion is on top producing agricultural land. We do not need the Lake Huron area from Sarnia to above Douglas Point solidly built up with industries and cities when they will be on the best food producing land. We do not need transmission lines 'across 'land that produces the biggest share of Ontario's food, when there are shorter more direct routes to the intended markets over poorer producing land. We do not need a hydro ° generating plant near .Goderich where pollution would end the white bean production for the whole area." , "Ontario Hydro," the . brief concludes, "can with less total expense to the consumer, do so much for the future of the pro- vince of Ontario, by steering industries, land -use, urbaniz- ation, planning and growth in the' right direction. This can be done by placement of the hydro gener- ating plants in the economically depressed areas where they and their transmission lines will not disturb the top producing agri- cultural land." 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The presentation was made at the 4-H awards night. Mr. Armstrong provides the award as county director to the OPA. The Sodbusters' Club is a newly -formed 4H plowmen's club. —Their dreams of avoiding a hard winter becoming reality, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Alexander have journeyed to the sunny south to spend some time in. Florida. —At the morning worship service in St. Andrew's Presby- terian Church, Rev. Robert Arm- strong officiated for the sacra- ment of the .Lord's Supper. His sermon was entitled "I Am the Bread of Life". During the serv- ice, Mr. Armstrong welcomed into the fellowship of the church Miss Candice Foxton, by pro- fession of faith, and by certificate transfer, Brian Deyell and Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Armstrong. —Members of the Deb -U -Tons majorette group; and their leader, Patti Robertson, jour- neyed to Listowel on Saturday when they marched in that town's Santa Claus Parade. —Mr. and Mrs. Bill Willis of -the Bluevale Road and Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Jones of town called Fri- day at the Schrieter-Sandrock Funeral Home, Kitchener, to pay respects to the family of the late J. B. Runstedtler who died last week in Kitchener.. —Miss Annie Henry has left the northland and has taken up resi- dence in her winter home in Florida. —Guest soloist at the morning service in the Wingham United WHI TECHUR CH Mr. and Mrs. Billie Caslick of Culross spent Sunday with his Cher, Mrs. Earl Caslick. . and Mrs. Relison Falconer and Lynn of Sarnia spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mowbray, and other relatives. Miss Gayle Rantoul of the Toronto -Dominion Bank staff of Wingham • recently enjoyed a week's holiday which she spent with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Rantoul and family of Tottenham. Rare Opportunity • • • SHOf'P�sd 0 C m • • • • • • • ••• ••• ••• ••• .• • ••• ••• ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ••• •• • s that make CadlNac the standard of North American car production. ••••• • • • • • Inquire. today. Uc. 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Mr. Balfour i visiting in town at the home of his sister, Mrs. George Henderson, and Mr. Henderson. —Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Walpole, former residents of town who have been residing at Blyth, have left for their winter home an Florida. —Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Laidlaw and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Laid- law attended the funeral of their cousin, J. Holmes of Clinton, on Monday. • L akelet Mrs. Warren Zurbrigg, Mrs. Harold Wallace and Mrs. Percy Huth attended the Area Conven- tion held in Kitchener last Mon- day and Tuesday. Mrs.. Wallace was elected hoard director of Subdivision Eleven. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Greenley visited Sunday with Mrs. Lorna Clark and Tim in Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. William Weiss of London spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Edward David and family. Just a reminder that the Child- ren's Aid Society has a need for good used clothing auch as scarfs, mitts, socks and T-shirts as well as used toys. If you have any of these articles please. phone a W.I. member. WARD & UPTIGROVE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS John C. Ward, C.A. R. E. Uptigrove, C.A. Listowel (519) 291-3040 �s.d C '74 .D000X Cek Dow* Milterp, Mee 4'Deer ��. i PLT ' *Doer Ha Power oat retie. 11 4 Deer Seib* l'�i�+Itreis' 472,, .8ATEMWE 5edeik 14 MOITC ' 11 COW Y4 ssis radio IMIEMINASION susleessge ria _ JII# Dow Thooltleiss DR$ DODO*VI ,gNor notes, CRMVFORD MOTORS CHRYSLER DODGE PLYMOUTH WINGHAM ONTARIO POO 4 3*7.3*;4x To- the Electors of Wingham THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT AT THE POLLS ON MONDAY Your' elected members of council appreciate the opportunity of being able to work for you, and will keep your best interests foremost in their minds. John S. Hayes * Jack E. Reavis Brian C. Elmslie * Harold E. Wild * F. John Bateson * Margaret Q. Bennett * Jack Gillespie * William R. Harris * Allan R. Harrison • Larry D. Lane * Angus Mowbray Andrew Ritskes * Denotes Candidate Elected for office x«Fasoi9G�'�.«.5a.,fr.•+nu<o�e�N9'+Yr.:.mho•�YY-"<�'�'�!�•`r�,:•G1'�'�C�•^+:V'(w.,r,.v.•.w.. If there's a fire in your town, you'd want a full report on it, wouldn't you? And, when it comes to reporting fires and other local happenings, most people turn to their local newspaper for the news. Your local newspaper's prime f inction is to present the news—with strong emphasis on local news. That's why eight out of ten adults read a newspaper every day. No other news source can match local newspapers for speedy, thorough saturation of a com- munity. Local newspapers diver massive coverage to people of all ages. 80% of all men and women read a newspaper every week. And the figures are almost as high for teen-agers--7 out of 10 (ages 12-20) read a newspaper every week. Where's the fire? Who's the proud new parents? Who got married? All of these, and more, are reported in your local newspaper every week. And who wants to know? You do—with a full report. Newspapers deliver the local story. CANADIAN COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS ASSOCIATION REIOREStNTING THS COMMUNITY PRIM OF CANADA THE WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES ,s