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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1924-10-29, Page 7CENTRAL CANADA'S FUEL PROBLEM Alberta One of the Possible Sources of Supply—Production and Transportation Questions, One of the Possible Sources Of a coal £rum Alberta to Ontario to $7 Canadian Coal supply for Ontario and ton in an agent to encourage• lute popu- Quebec 1s .the province of Alberta and larize its use east of the Gteat Lakes, it is with the poeeleillties and Pron.The oontinuatlou of this dow rate, it leets of tidy Source that the present; was intimated, was 0011ditlolal on the article deals. operators likewise reducing their rates Alberta nae Immense resources Of in order'tc extend the market, TJn- coal, The: problem Is how to get it to fortunately, production conte due to far away Ontario and Quebec as a Cost 1 the large number of mines operating low enough to enable it to compete only a part of the year end the ease with col from the nearby United with which new mines can be opened States. In tact, the province contains when demand 1no1'eases, have aiweya seventeen peer pent. of the coal re- been coplparetively high, This season sources 00 the world, and abonteighty further oomplloaticns have been in - Per cent, of the coal resources of Clan jected"into the problem by aorlous la- ado. P. B. Dowling, of the Geological bor troubles, In the Drumheller die- Survey of Canada, . in "The Gni Re- trice,' ' for iutetence, the output for o the World," has estimated March was only 36 per cent, of normal. h W Sources f , that Alberta contains an actual re- Of 22minesonly 3 worked oontinaoua- serve of over 886,000•millton.tons and ly and these were forced to close for a probable reserve of about 674,000' two or three days per week during the million tons, ,This melees a total re- first three months of the present year. serve for the proviuee of considerably In District No. 16, one of the large pro - over 1,000,000 million tone:. _ doting districts in Alberta, the oper- A close geological study of the ators plain that wages amount to 66 Drumheller area, one of the principal per cent, of the total cost of produc- producing - areas of. Alberta, -chows tion. The result bas been that, due to that it alone will be equal to the needs these .causes and also in part to the of many future generations. The yield, sbort season during wheel the -mines it is estimated, will amount to ap- are operated, high production coats Proximately 1,200 tons per acre foot have continued•. Wath an aggregate of ten feet of work- This situation has given United able coal over at least 6,000 acres. States coal a chanee to enter even the Geoloplsts estimate thereserve market west of the. Great Lakes, a amounts to nearly 100 million tense market in which Western Canadian With reserves such as these, It may coal gained supremacy during and im- be confidently predicted that coal min- mediately atter the close of the war. ing in Alberta is only In Its infane'. This area, which now imports around The industry began in 1$81 when coal 2,000,000 tons annually, is a natural was dug trona the bake of the river at preserve for Alberta and Western Can - Lethbridge. A little later a mine was ada coal United States coal interests, opened at Anthracite on the main line however, are making a strong bid for o f the C.P,R, from which coal was on it, and they have the advantage not tailed for the use of locomotives and only of being highly organized but al - tion to the with the $favfavorable transportation connection wit y of fano � a • inso p bail Ls e construction work encountered in head of the lakes in boats returning building that railway through the there for cargoes of grain. When the Rocky Mountains, From -this small be- navigation season is closed by winter ginning the industry has grown till to- this coal is hauled west from Port Ar - day there are 880 mines In operation, thur and Fort William as return producing in the. neighborhood of 6,- freight in grain cars that would other- -000,000 tons perannum,•and giving em- wise have to return empty. ployment to over 6,500 persons. While Alberta has all the natural fa. The problem ot tholiidustry in Al- ollities for developing a large and pro- berta has been to find markets for the !liable Coal mining industry: it is ap large tonnage which it is possible to parent that some radical changee will produce. Post war conditions and 1a- have to be made in organization before bor troubles in the United States of the industry comes into its own, Oyer - recent years have so increased the development is probably the chief cost of United States anthracite, the trouble to -day, and some system is fuel - which has until lately almost needed for regulating the opening up monopolized the market in Central, of new mines until there is an assured Canada, that an opening was created market for their product. The produc- for the Alberta, product in this popu- tive capacity is four times the demand, lous area. Experimental • shipments so there is a problem also of getting were made to Ontario and the public more markets. The Central Canada was convinced that Alberta coal was market together with the one west of a most desirable domestic fuel. Freight the Great Lakes arenatural, selling rates were high, however, and, the fields, and there are prospects too for question was, could it compete with developing a market in Vancouver and United States anthracite when condi- Seattle for bunkering of grain cargo tions across the border beeame nor- ships. As soon as 'Alberta coal can be Mal. placed en these markets on a sound Last year the Canadian National economic basis there is little 'doubt Railways cut their rate temporarily en there will be an effective demand. COMPASS DOES NOT POINT NORTH The,. magnetic _ compass has been need for more than 600 yearn and to day is more widely employed than ever before; by miners underground, by explorers, travellers, hunters, trap - Pere, prospectors, pioneers, 'timber' cruisers and others overland,lly navi- gators on the sees; and by airmen high above the earth. With this small, delicate, restless instrument they are stabled to tell direction. Yet contrary to popular belief the magnetic com- paee does notpoint due north, but more or less eastward or westward of it' at different places. At Halifax it points twenty-two degrees west' of north,., at Vancouver twenty-five de- grew east of north, while at Fort Mo - Pherson, on the Mackenzie river, with - 1n the Arctic circle, it points forty-four degrees east of north. Scientists state that this is because the magnetic poles of the earth are not situated at the geographical poles as shown on our. maps of the world. Changes From Year to Year. The problem of the compass is still further complicated by the fact that it changes Its direction from year to year: it marches to the westward for many years, then turns backward and marches to the eastward, then re- verses again and ]larches to the west-' ward, etc. Moreover, its very contus- ing behaviour is quite different In dif- ferent places. Whether this is caused by a altlfting of t110 magnetic poses, by clianges within the earth itself, or by some influence of the sun or planets,. scientists have not yet been able to determine. Surveys Necessary. In order that the colipase may be used With reliance, therefore, the 811- forent countries -of the world carry out magnetic surveys to measure its exact direction, and supply the information to the public in the form of magnetic n eaps, Owing to the continual shift- ing or "march" of the compass, as It is called, the work accomplished by a magnetic survey would become obsn 1et0 unleae proper corrections are ap- plied;. so this march Is measured at certain points end the - work corrected accordingly from time to time. Canadian Survey One of Largest. This information Is particuiarly valu- able In such a large new country as Canada, and It is therefore interesting to note that one of the largest Mag- e eti0 surveys In the world is being Cadet Rumbold, eleven years old, is the youngest sailor cadet in the British Isles. The young lad' is shown being initiated into the art of splicing on board H.M.S. Worcester. Old Times. There are no days like the good old days— The dayg when we were youthful! When humankind were pure of mind, . And speech and deeds were truthful.' Before a love for sordid kold Became man's ruling passion, • And before each dame and maid be- came Slave to the tyrant fashion! The Earl of Beauchamp has been elected leader of the Liberals in the House of Lords; to succeed Viscount Grey of Faliowdon, who resigned the post recently because of ill -health. made in this country by the Topogra- •phical, Survey of Canada whose fiolt parties, cover such wide areas an their land surveys. The coat is very slight because these measurements take but a minute or two and are made during spare moments in the land surveys. T1ie magnitude of the work a000mp- lishecl since it commenced in 1880 is shown by the fact that nearly 20,000 of those measurements have been made already and' neaps published,' showing the results, for colupase users. Great Minds' Think Alike. There are no girls like the good old girls-- Against the world I'd stake 'em, As buxom and smart and clean of heart As the Lord knew how to make 'em. They were rich in spirit and c0mmon- aenae, • And piety allsupportin'; They could bake and brew, and had taught school, too, And they made such likely Courtin'. There are no boys like the good old boys, When we were boys together; When the grass was sweet to the brown bare feet, That dimpled the laughing heather. When the peewee sung to the summer dawn Pat had been hurt. It wasn't much' more than a scratch, but his employer, with visions of, being obliged to keep him for the rest of Iris life, sent him to ahospital ter examination. The don tor said: "As subcutaneous ebraslon is, not observable, I coo not thinly there is any reason to apprehend tegmnental elca- trizatlonof the wound "A11," said Pat in relief, "ye took the . very words out of me Mouth," Baby Seals Foer Water, Baby seals are afraid of water, anti have -to learn to swine by repeated ef- e,entun rt.; now been ]amici] the "Hollywood" of Canada since the On- ions, W41°11 puce they kava bean tarso. overnn1e0t has established a motioli pieture. bureau there Ilere'Is.tito taught to swim, however, they soon b forget to walk. t studio, which is fully equipped for Clem work. Of the bee in the billowy clover, Or down by the mill the whip -poor -will Echoed his night song over. There is no love like the good old love— The love that mother gave us, We are old, old men, yet, we pine again For that precious" grace, God gave us.! So we dream and dream of the good old times, • And our hearts grow tenderer, fonder, As those dear old dreams bring sooth- ing gleams Of heaven away off yonder. —Eugene Field. Foolhardy. "Owing to a severe storm the surf, was so dangerous that the authorities forbade bathing from the beach. The young woman, however, a strong and courageous swimmer, Insisted on put- ting utting on her bathibg suit and entering the water, She was caught in the un-, dertow, swept out to sea and drowned." So reads the newspaper dispatch. How many fine young men and women, now dead, would be alive' to -day if good swimmers were as ready to use their reason and common sense as they are to display their strength and courage! A Sharp Answer. "Tire difference between a woman and a glass," remarked the funny man, "is that the g}ass reflects without speaking, while a woman speaks with- out reflecting. "And the difference between you and a glues," said the sharp girl, "Is that the glass is polished.' No serviceable tooth should be pull- ed until after a consultation between dentist and physician, according to the theory of a professor of an Am- erican University. CANADA'S BIG GAME RESOURCES International Meeting Indicates the Dominion's Fortunate Position—Distribution of Game in Quebec. That Canada WAS one of the most tor- :Motel Railway, west of tb0 'Lake 54, Lunate countrlee lu regard to her re- 000rces in big game and' all that this 'means for the healtn of the whole people was brought cut et the recent meeting In Quebec of the InteruatiOn- al Association of Game, Fish and Con - Canadian Wheat and Flour. The remarkable development of the demand for flour in the Far Eastern markets and its satisfaction by the• shipment of Canadian wheat and flour through Vancouver, constitutes la the view of the London Times a grave dan ger to the British food supply. In an editorial the Times notes that where- as In 1922-23 there were exported through Vancouver alone 770;000 bushels of wheat to China and 2,610, 000 bushels to Japan, in the following year exports to China had increased to 6,206,000 bushels and to Japan to 7,058,000 bushels. During the same period exports of flour had increased from 99,000 barrels to 302,000 barrels to Hong Kong, and from 270,000 bar rels to 604,000 barrels to China. Re viewing the population figures, the Times continues: "It is clear that there is nothing in- herently improbable in a further ra pid increase of the demand for wheat and flour in the Chinese market in the near future, and it is equally clear thatsuch a demand must be met from a surplus production for which these islands compete. The development of modern milling in Shanghai and other ports in china In recent years has ben amazing, and it costa less to bring wheat to Shanghai across: the Pacific than from the northwestern province of China. This year the late• nese of the grain crop 1n Western Can- ada will probably result In the exporta- tion of a larger portion through Van- couver than through Montreal by water. It would not. be 'right to de- elare the eituatton is alarming, but no one who look; to the future rather than at the immediate present, can fail to recognize that 1fthis country is compelled to continue to import four- fifths of its wheat requirements, it is impossible to viewwithout anxiety the development of an important competi- tion for the surplus supplies which are now available." Fortune From a Wink. Jackie Coogan, the infant prodigy of the film world, was discovered by Oharlie Chaplin on the platform of a Pennsylvania railway station. Chaplin was walking up and down waiting for a train when he was struck by th piquant face of the child. As he looked at him admirably the small boy suddenly and gravely winked at him. His intone° gravity and self-possession decided Charlie Chaplin that Jackle Hurst be secured for the films at once. Jackie Coogan's first appearance was in Chaplin's six•part dim, "The Kid." Wasting Energy. Kit's mother is a keen motorist, add as a result Kit, though only three, Is familiar with all sorts of Motoring terms. The other day the cat was lying purring loudly outside the front door. Kit stooped to pat him, and turning to his mother said, earnestly: "Pussy ought to shut off the engine, oughtn't be, mummy, when be's stop- ping outside. a house?" eervatiou Conwelesioners. At this meeting et the asaooiatlon, of which Mr. J, B, Harkin, Commissioner of Canadian National Parks, Department of the Interior, was elected president, delegates attended from %any parts of the continent, and Canada's pre- eminence in big gatno was stressed. Much valuable work was done in the axehang a of views and in the reach- I ing of decisions which will lead to the streugtbening and harmonizing of gauze laws throughout ItTorth America. One of the meet informative papers was that of Mr, J. A. Bellielle, Super- intendent of Game and Fisheries for the province of Quebec, who in the course of his addreae on "How Quebec Protects its Game" spoke of the dis- tribution of game in that province. While Mr. Beige dealt only with Que- bec his paper gave an idea of the great reeouroe Canada has in game is the forested portions of the different pro. winces. Following are extracts taken from Mr. Bellisle's paper:— "The Lake Edward country has long been renowned for the large num- ber of moose that have been secured there, So are many other parts of our north Country, especially in the Rivire a Pierre, Riviere Vermilion, Peribonoa, Lake St. John, and Segue - nay districts. Chicoutimi Is also the oentre of a first-class s ss moose and cari- bou countr1y,and, s o are thehead- waters of the Ottawa and Gatineau rivers. Moose are plentiful in the forests along the St. Maurice river and the line of the National Transcouti-, Jobe Country, "Air to the Ottawa dlstrtet and Its enormous back oountry, the Matte -we, Fipawa and Timiskeming regime, it may be field that -moose, cari'b'ou and deer are all toped there, Partridges, wild ducks and wild geese also abound in their eoasone. All the country watered by the 'immolate and Magen- asibl and neighboring rivers its full of large game, conetitutiug a pilonomenal hunting ground, In the Mattawe Ids- triet, big ,game is: not as plentiful ate it once wee-, but there is more of it far. thsr north, in and about the Klpawa country, "On the south' elide of the St, Law• roncered deer are plentiful in almost every part of the Eastern Townships, where any wild forest land remains, and also in the acounties of Nicelot, Lotbiniere, Beaute, Dorchester, Be11e- ehasse, Monttnagny, l'Islet, ICamour aska and parts of Temiscouata, as well as in the wilder portions of Compton and Megantie, "Almost the wbole of that part of the southern portion of the provinoe of Quebec, adjacent to the state of Maine, is an uneettled wilderness, and is full. of big game, Many moose as well as rod deer, roam the forests of Beaune and around Lake Megantio. M0000 are wonderfully plentiful in the Temiseouata country, as well as in Montmagny and Rimousld, and im- mense numbers of them roam undis- turbed over ndis-turbed-over thousands of square miles of virgin forest, in the heart of the Gaspe peninsula. Here they find a safe asylum in the Gaspesian Forest, Fish and Game reserve, while thous- ands of caribou find a fairly secure retreat in thalong e forests the Path, pedia and about the headwaters of the Matapedia in the interior of Rimouski and Matane, as well as at the head- waters of the rivers flowing into Gaspe Basin." According to .Plan- Althoegh it was rather latein the year, it was a warm, fine day on the sands, and the three little bays were very happy with their spades and. buckets, each intent on his own par- ticular articular piece of work. They had organized a kind of com- petition between them. This morning they agreed that each should build a model of a motor car. One of them had piled and patted and cajoled the sand into a resemblance of a racing car, another had constructed, with fair success, a touring car. But the third little fellow's construction was without shape or form. "What sort of a car is yours?" asked a passer-by, who was taking an in- terest in the proceedings, The boy made no reply. "Yours looks like two or three care all together," he was told. "Yes," answered the little chap loftily, "That's just what it Is. Mine's a collision." Hammer Still In Use. An old Greek philosopher says the Invention of music was brought about through the sounds made by. ham- mers" "Undoubtedly true. The girl who gave him that idea is still hammering away in the apartment right next to ours!" Interesting Data on Ottawa Valley Quake. Earthquakes are, fortunately, al- most unknown in Canada. One occurs from time to time along the St. Law- rence river below Quebec and oc- casionally, but more rarely, a tremor Is felt in British Columbia. In the Ot- tawa ttawa valley very slight shoeks hap- pen every three or four years and such an earthquake was felt by many persons in that valley on the evening of July 14 cast, The shock was recorded on the seis- mograph at the Dominion Observatory, Ottawa, the first preliminary tremors beginning at ten minutes and nineteen seconds after seven p.m., eastern stand- ard time and continuing until seven - fifteen. As usual in such cases the Seismologic Division of the Dominion Observatory sent out questionnaires to the postmasters in those sections of the country likely to be axected but the mas of data received In reply to the live hundred forms mailed has not yet been completely worked up. No damage was done at any point. The results to date from the ques- tionnaires indicate that the epicentre of the quake was: near the Ottawa river and in that section bordered by the county of Renfrew, Ontario. They show that the 'fault line" or line of weakness, lies along the Ottawa river and also along the valley ot the Gati- neau, The noise phenomenon was par- ticularly marked • and seemed to indi- cate that the quake moved from south- west to northeast in many cases. Snakes as Barometers. According to an old weather super- stition rain is foretold by the appear- ance and activity of snakes. Stories About—W ell -Known People The Embarrassed Judge. Here is a story of Lord Darling in the days when he was Mr. Justice Darling:— The famous judge was In a train which had halted at a wayside station. A man carne up to the carriage door and asked if he were addressing Mr. Justice Darling. On being told that he was, Ile said: "Oh, we have a kind of connection with you. You sentenced my father to death not long ago." The judge murmured some words of re- gret. "Not at all," said the man, "Father was a dreadful man. He mute Bored aur mother," "Dear ate!" said the judge; "a ter - tibia tragedy for you all." "Not at all," said the other again. "Mother treated us all shamefully. In fact, wrong es it was, it solved a great, many problems for us" A Great Find. Most people know what great in ferret Lord Cowdray took in the search for oil welts in Britain. The engineer in charge of one et the bor- ing partiessent Lord Cowdray a bot- tle ottle of crude oil to be analysed. Lord Cowdray gave the bottle to a maid to take- to an analytical 'chemist. By mistake the girl picked up the wrong bottle, Soon afterwards the engineer .re- ceived this wire: ."Congratulations. Yotir fortune is made. , You have struck paregoric!" Making Balfour Blush. Pealtably the most famous • bachelor of to-r04y is Lorca Balfour, who has per sistently shunned matrimony, in spite of router"s efforts to ccupla his name I with that of some fair lady, This A young Australian gift who luta done remarkable work in connection with the great new 20,000,000 Sydney Harbor bridge is now 111 London. Her name le MIR; Kathleen Butler, and elle has been installed in a repel 1t the °Mee of Messrs. Dorman Long.ee 0o,, the euoa0sstul tenderers for the bridge, attending to most diflloult and technioal questions in regard to the contract, and dealing with a mass 00 coz'reelondenae that 0011109 111t0 her office daIly, Romantlo Advance. Kathleen Butler is a typical out-ot• doors Australian girl, and she will :tela You gaily that when her work is ovor she indulges in her favorite "vises"— surf bathing, dancing; and lawn tennis. Her career, even in a young coun- try where names are made more easily than 1n an older and more settled set- tled community, has been an amazing and romantie-one. Ten years ago she was a clerk in the N.S.W. Public Works Department, without any tech - Meal qualifications and with no train- ing beyond that which a practical Irish mother had been able to get for her in the Convent Schools of Sydney, where her girl was educated. Her father was a station -master. When the scheme for Sydney Har- bour bridge and the big underground railway station was finally agreed ou by Parliament, Miss Butler was the first officer appointed to the depart- ment created to deal with these two great engineering projects, She was appointed on her merits and because she had mastered all sorts of intricate technical matters of engineering dun ing the years she was in the Govern- ment service. The Engineer's Praise. She was ultimately appointed con- fldential secretary to Mr, J. J. C. Brad- field, the designer and engineer of the bridge, and in a thesis which she re- cently wrote for his degree of Doctor of Science and Engineering at Sydney University. where he is a lecturer, Mr. Bradfield paid her a remarkable tri- bute, The technique of the specification, Mr. Bradfield said, was hers, and it would be impossible to ffnd a better arranged or better thought-out speci- fication. Mr. Bradfield said that, himeelf ex- cepted, xcepted, his confidential secretary "alone knows of the many Issues in- volved in tendering for the bridge, Her conscientious and efficient help has materially lightened the responsibility which the design and construction of these two great engineering works have entailed, and in this thesis I wish to place on record my sincere thanks to the lady for her invaluable assist- ance," Exciting Days. In addition to the important part she played in drafting the specification, Miss Butler also helped in the prepare, tion of the report on the tenders, an historical document which she signed as secretary. "We were working on that report six weeks night and day," she said to an interviewer, "because the tenderers were all waiting to hear their fate, and we wanted to let them get back to the United States, England and Canada , as soon as possible. I think I know: that report and the specifications oft by heart. Whose were exciting days: I was the only woman present in the Minister's room when the tenders were opened." There Wasn't. "I want you to clean my window," said Mr. Binks to Mlggine, the village window -cleans, "Do you think you can do it while I ant away for an hour or so?" "Oh, yes, glad to do it!" returned Miggins. While Mr. Kinks was away he set to work with a will. "Mlggins!" said Mr. Birks, entering the shop, and glancing at the cleaner'el work with approval, "You've done the job well. Why, there isn't a speck or a scratch to be seen on the whole pane! Here's your money, and au ex- tra shilling." "I'm glad you're satisfied," murmur- ed Miggina, pocketing the money somewhat nervously, "Of course I am. Why, I can scarce- ly believe there is glass there at all, it looks so clear!" "Weil, as a matter of fact, - there ain't," sold Miggins, moving away, "Me and the ladder fell through the glass just after we started, A Tell Story. A Maachausen story of fls11 that climb trees caused old Captain Long - chalk, as a London daily cauls hent, t0 retort with this; He was shooting els: plants in Africa when one of the herd, slightly woundeddived into a lake. The captain pursued him with a land- ing net, but before he could reach him the elephant tore up a palm tree and, µsing it as a vaulting pole, disappeared in a succession Of high jutnpee What She Whnted to See. kloglish Clergyman' --"And when yea arrive in London, my dear lady, don's fall to see St. Paul's And 'Westminster Abbey," "chronic" singleness has not been without its amusing side. Once, when he was Mr. A. J. Balfour, he was stay- ing at e, hotel when a postcard was brought to him. It read, "Baby going on nicely. S really think she has grown since you left," He blushed deeply and felt very em- barraesed until it was discovered that there was: another A. J. B. among the guests. Trials of Portralt-Painters. There are times when the most suc- cessful portrait -painters feel a loath - !ug for their craft, Millais, though he made a point of having four months' holiday out of the twelve, Could earn $200,000 a year, Yet he told a friend that le detested portrait -painting. "It is killing Werk to an artist who is sensitive. You have only yourself to please in other pictures. In por- traits you have also to please the sit- ter and the sitter's friends and rela- tions." Mr. Sargent, who has received as muoh as $50,000 for a single portrait, declared some years ago that he would paint no more portraits, and for a period clung to this resolve. "Some sitters get on my nerves 00 intensely," he says, "that I leave 00 retire every now and then behind 4 screen, and put out my tongue to re - neve my feeling/el" Portraits which the orates admire may fail to please the original, "Why 15 my faro to red 1 ]papas if these off 1n a 11urrebtYflb I had been drinking," complained Cir Pair A•iaerioan---'Matt bet, I'll rattles dinal Manning, en seeing ]tis portratti these oft sure, but what:I'vebeen belt - by Millets—one of th9 Attest pat�tt'aita i ltarinpi to See ever siitioe I was ]ince, it the world, acretding be Ford Mad,* blah to 8 granahaooao f6 the Church oe Brown„ I ingiand,"