The Goderich Signal-Star, 1959-11-05, Page 11SIFTO SALT dODERICH MINE
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Cerifentation' Group Has
World -Wide T Malaya.
The Cementation Group, comeru -
prising 70`.13hitish and overseas
companies, undertakes c i v 11,
mining and specialist engineer -
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ing work all over the -world.
The parent Company — The
Cementation ,Company Limited
—has its head office at 20 Albert
Embankment, London, which
also serves as the croup's head-
quarters.
In addition, the parent Comp-
any has seven overseas branches
India, 'Pakistan, Iran, Iraq,
Ceylon, Cyprus, and Nigeria.
The various overseas subsidiary
companies are located in North
and South America, Europe, the
Middle East, Africa, and Aus-
tralia.
The Group employs a perman-
ent staff of more than 5,000—
including a high proportion of
qualified engineers and admin-
istrators—in addition to tempor-
ary • staff and lalbour, that may
be required at any time for any
particular dOntract, either in the
United Kingdom or overseas.
Since its inception over 40
years ago—in j9:19, when the
parent Company vvaviortned—
the. Group has grown steadily
and hs become at the same
time wholly international in
character. During the past ten
years alone, more than 7,000
civil, mining and specialist en-
gineetina contracts have been
undertaken in 25 countries.
World-wide Major Contracts
The Group today is executing
a considerable 'number of im-
portant 'contracts in various
parts of the world.
itedngdom. these
"THE THUNDER 'TRAIL"
In the UnKi
Other Group Activities
hi addition to its work in the
fields of civil, mining and spec-
ialist engineering, the Group
undertakes geophysical surveys
in all parts of the world—for
Governments, major oil comp-
anies, , and other important
clients.
In the United Kingdom, fur-
ther. subsidiary companies pro-
duce a variety of materials and
finished products for the engin-
eering industry—ineluding con-
crete additives, industrial abra-
sives, anti -vibration mountings
for heavy machinery, and light-
weight concrete aggrpgate.
The main engineering works
of the Group are situated at
Doncaster. TherF„oa total staff_
of 550 iswnproye=primarily
in connection with the mainten-
ance and development of engin-
eering equipment employed on
various contracts.
'The Group also has its own
test and research laboratories
in London, Doncaster, and other
selected centres both at' home
nd overseas.
At 20 Albert Embankment
(the Group's headquarters) a
total of 400. staff is employed
in the nine -story 'building, The
various departments and sec-
tions of the parent 'Company
represented include civil engin-
eering, design, cementation, pil-
ing,
soil mechanics? and soil!
stabilisation. In addition, a
number of subsidiary companies
are represented.
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Picturedabove is the wooden framework for the
shaft collar — one of the many construction phases
in which we took part. •
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We Specialize In
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"DOWN, DOWN, DOWN,- SH -E GOES"
The -Goderich Signal -Star, Thuivd.ay:Nciv. 5th, 1959 . 11,
At a depth of abtut 1,100 feet in February,
1959, the rock salt mine appeared as above
as work'men blasted their way to make '
openings in which to work. ••
above the cab; that the motor at the mercy* of every police
registered ordinary ..revolutions' °nicer who says 1 don't like the
p fn. minute ancl Math' -avera'c' thi't v('1"e1(' make?"
contracts include the construc-1 •
;noise. . Inc nugistrate: "ou.r. argu-
: mi... wade: „A driver is goiii:c ment boils clow n'-tn'this, that
. . vehicle needs,'is to ho\ c
IFfestiniog pumped storage pro-, . • s • to be penalized for soinet b i'ir.; all anY
imit:6 ds much noise as it
pleasei,,,, fecause that' is wii,,t the'
11lieliTor ' hydro -etc etrtc•-,- -prolett-t's-' - : • The inagi.strate: ":\lanufactur-
in Central Wales. The total, Harvey kartin, on' OCtOber 16, thing • to cause noise:
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bon of a darnri tunnels and other ijnreasonabl
e Noise Results In.
I\,vorks in, conneeion with the
ject,; "North; Wales; and similar Fine Re
work in connection ._,Ayith the'
Grain Truck On West
ru,041:icr, correct or not, and
; which is a defect in `
i-fta c t tire."
nianuLc,..U.rei!..'
,,,-ers are.not making anYalleMpt.
,ake the section to mc ii th,,,t.
put .Qh... 1 don't
value of these two; contracts,!,drove a White diesel truck down, As fax as 1 am _concerned
, to eliminate defects., and 1 often
do no., It is there for the protection of
which are being executed for; West street making "such a',said the magistrate, if the con- conclude that owners
),; 1. eofire who do not need t (1
the Central Electricity Generatise you could hardly .heiir stbale..says this .w,.is an unneces• ,
ing Board, is £6 million. '0u11 (11 talk inside the police' sary noise, and hi followed the I want to muffle noise too MUC"''
listen to objectiOnable noizze by
because they think'it will cut, trucks and cars, wh
in India, in addition to its; °nice," Sergt.: Harold Calvertl vhicle a nd considered it WaS WI.'
:down horsepower
; or should be SOITIC Illeth of
erc‘ theft! IS
.woi as civil, , n. g , testified. He pursued the trac-1111:',T.isary noise, that is it." Donald Martin, general man- control, If I am wrong the mat•
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.ber of the 8"ritish 13-companY ; tor -trailer to the harbor, where Mr. •Ik'ade: "Then there is no; ,,,.;,
,,,,, f theElmira'I' • s' id•
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"if my driver is 'penalized I will terthmay be brought up in ;.1
ISCDN consortium for the ii.0,0 it was bound for a caro of grain use putting in a defence?"
hr.., er court. I see no reason
' just have to rule Goderich off,
million Durgapur steelworks for Martin Feed Mills, Elmira. The magistrate: "You are not
the map," , why a• truck should be allowed
projebt in West • Bengal; the' - Charged Section' 17 (2) of the going to put me in that position.
, ' to 'make anv more noise on the
Grow) is currently undertaking IIIighway Traffic Act, Mr. Martin If ,nobody can be charged with The magistrate: "Manufactur-, -a., . •
ni,,nwa,k, than a g,00'd -car."
ers will have to put their brdins,
construction of a reinforced: appeared Thursday before Magii- out a constable saying a driver
concrete jetty and other struc-I trate Dudley.Holmes, along with did such and such, the section Ito , ,
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tures for the new Trainbay ato-a lawyer who challenged the would bwork and do something about
eceme inopeFative, If al
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min ,reactor station near Born-' whole proceeding. His . client constable or other witness sait. ys driven on highways, haven't
If trucks are going to be 1 he famous thelLaurie was written by Villiani
song A n n i c
was convicted and assessed a the noise was unnecessary, it i,ii,,1 rest,•of the people a right to be , Douglas to celebrate the peauty
minimum fine of $5, whereupon for you to show me it wasn't,, not disturbed? I think so." of his sweetheart, who v,.'as the
counsel, D. E. Wade, of Elmira, Mi -Wade: "The driver has'no Mr. Wade: "This • is the only i daughter of 'Sir Robert,Laurie ,
indicated he would appeal. control over construction or place where this has occurred." : a 17th Century Scot. They never'
The magistrate held that the operation of the Vehicle. You The magistrate:. "Every day I ' married and she lived to a ripe
section is designed to protect ,would penalize 8 wage-earner see' records of truckers charged,
old age happily married to sbnic-
'1: an.d we are not, the only com-lbody else. The music -Was
the pu•blic's ears. It prohibits for something he did not do.
"unreasonable" noise, and for- am asking the constable, 'What munity that goes after them. II written Until more than a con-
-bids' an nperatar from ca-usin-g did th,e driver doi'_and you are...whr,i 0 _Londe, -yesterda y, and! tury later. It Was tom -posed -by!
a motor vehicle to make un- disallowing it. ' May that go on there were several trucker casesLady Scott, who probably did
necssary noise by cutting out the 'record?" ,
the muffler before -me, the records showinC the music for "Loch ,Lomond"
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was under thior otherwise.'It The magistrate: "Of course; s latter clause that the reporter is taking down
Martin Was accused, and counsel everything."
argued that there was no evid-i Martin testified that the top
ence of the driver doing any- of • the tailpipe was four feet
bay.
„, Qther overseas contracts now
being executed by the Cement-
ation Group include the- con-
stfuction of an 1.850,000 bridge
it Khorramshahr in Iran; 'drill-
ing' and grouting work on the
Dokan Dam, _Iraq, and Kariba
Dam, Southern Rhodesia;Sliift:
t sicking for the,Mufulira Copper
Mines, Northern BhodeSia; site
investigation, drilling and other
specialist engineering work for
the new Cameron Highlands
hYdro-eleetric project in'' North -
various infractions, in various as well.
places,"
I.VIr. .Wade: "Dees this man! Some people never hit the
have to quit his job and find mark because they never pull
some other?. Is he going to be'the trigger.
We . were pleased to •
- have been the
Electticar
Sub-Confractors
for
The Cementation Cciniany-.
(Canada) Limited in prcAriding,
ALL POWER AND
LIGHTING IN THE
HAFT SINKING
;PROJECT
at
SIFTO SALT
GO ERICH MINE
William MacDonald
Electric Co.; Ltd.
133 Britannia Rd, Goderich
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Expanding Western Ontario's Industry
For the new salt mine at Coderich, near Lake Huron, a 'concrete -lined
shaft . . . 16 feet finished diameter and some 1,900 feet deep . .. sunk"
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through water bearing formations by skilled engineers of The Cementation ,
Company (Canada) Limited . . . completed three months-ahead'of schedule.
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The Cementation organization, which ,undertakes mining work in any part
of Canada, is proud to have been associated with this new venture of
Sifto Salt Limited.
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