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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1956-01-05, Page 6Canada Continues to ove Forward By N. 11. Crump, M.F., LL,D., D. Eng. President, Canadian Pacific Railway Company Canada continues to move forward with increasing assur- ance to her place nips the_ nations of the world and with growing confidence in her eco- nomic destiny. Advancement in transportation is an essential part of the nation's expansion in production and trade, and in this year, which marked its 74th anniversary, Canadian Pacific is proud to record its contribu- tions during 1955 to the ad- vancement of transportation — by land, sea and air. These contributions were highlighted by inauguration of the longest scenic dome -car pas- senger train in the world, of- fering literally a new look at the Canadian scene: by opera- tion of an increased number of speedy, self-propelled rail diesel cars in Dayliner service; by im- provements in rail service re-, suiting from the purchase of nearly 100 new diesel locomo- tive units; by the completion of two new branch lines to serve the country's growing mining In- dustry; by the launching of the new 26,000 -ton "Empress of Bri- tain" to join the North Atlantic service next spring; by addition of the all-purpose train -ferry "Princess of Vancouver" to the service between Vancouver and Nanaimo, B.C.: and by the in- auguration of an air route over' the top of the world between Vancouver and Amsterdam, The Canadian Pacific is back- ing its faith in Canada with money and action. Competitiun is playing an ever more dominant role in transpor- tation and a variety of choices is open to the shippers of today. The Canadian Pacific is pre- pared to meet this challenge and asks only that all competitors be subject to similar obligations and conditions. The new streamlined, stain- less steel, scenic -dome trans- continental passenger train "The Canadian" has been given an enthusiastic welcome by a large and growing number of patrons. This fine new train, which made transportation history, makes It possible to travel between Montreal or Toronto and Van- couver in luxury and comfort in less than three days — just half the time required by the Com- pany's first transcontinental train in 1886. In order to equip the trans- continental trains, "The Cana- dian" and "The Dominion", 173 stainless steel streamlined cars, including 36 scenic -dome units were purchases: from the Budd Company at Philadelphia, the largest single order ever re- ceived by that company. The year just ending also brought additional utilization of Dayliners, the speedy stainless steel, self-propelled rail diesel ears, also constructed by the Budd Company. Replacing con- ventional trains and enabling a speedier and more economical service to be provided, Day - liners were put into passenger train service in the past year between Calgary — Lethbridge, Lethbridge --- Medicine Hat, Winnipeg — Riverton — Great Falls, Saint John, N.B. --- Ed- mundston, Montreal — Quebec, and Victoria -- Courtenay on Vancouver Island. Dayliners are also in use in passenger train service between Montreal - Mont Laurier, North Bay —An- gllers, Toronto --- Detroit, and Toronto -- Peterborough in Eastern Canada and between Calgary and Edmonton in the West, Dieselization of the Railway continued during the year, with the purchase of 97 locomotive units, bringing to 556 the num- ber of .diesels now in service on all lines. To provide for maintenance and overhaul of its growing fleet of diesel locomotives the Company completed a new and modern service shop at St. Luc Yard in Montreal: an expansion of the already large St, Luc Yards, which is made up of 94.7 miles of track and includes every type of facility for the handling of motive power and freight train equipment, this new shop features a wheel -tru- ing machine which restores the contours of worn locomotive wheels without their removal from the diesel unit. It is the third such modern shop on the system for the specialized main- tenance of diesel locomotives, the others being located at Cal- gary, Alta., and Nelson, B.C. At the same time, the Cana- dian Pacific made important ad- ditions to its freight car in- ventory to meet the demands of the fast -developing national economy. New units of freight and work equipment ordered during 1955 totalled 1,643, bring- ing the total number of such cars added since 1945 to 31,931. As part of the Canadian Pa- cific's role to provide trans- portation services in keeping with the country's economic - growth a 16 -mile railway line connecting the mining commu- nity of Nephton, Ont., with the Company's line at Havelock was opened last January. This line provides easy access to an area producing non-metallic" rock used in ceramics, glass, paint and other products. In October a 40 -mile branch line from Struthers, on the main line 33 miles west of White River, to Geco, a point north of Manitouwadge Lake, was offi- cially opened, This line taps an important new mineral develop- ment, providing ready access to the Great Lakes and tie the en- tire railway system of Canada and the United States for the base metals to be mined in this area. On the sea, the Company's new 26,000 -ton "Empress of Bri- tain" was launched at Glasgow in June by Her Majesty The Queen. As the first new Cana- dian Pacific passenger ship to take to the ocean since 1930, this streamlined, specially -designed liner will add a uniquely mod- ern touch to shipping in the St. Lawrence route when she makes 1 her maiden voyage next spring. A sister ship, the "Empress of England", now under construc- tion, will now the fleet in 1957. The 7,000 -ton train -ferry the "Princess of Vancouver", the largest vessel of its type ever constructed, entered service during 19555 to operate between Vancouver and Nanaimo, B,C. This all-purpose water carrier is licenced to carry 800 passengers and can handle 28 railway box cars or approximately 115 auto-. mobiles, or a combination of both. The vessel is equipped for stern -loading and is berthed at new specially -designed piers at Vancouver and at Nanaimo. Canadian Pacific Air Lines, now having the seventh largest route pattern in the world, made two further notable advance- ments during the year. A new trans -polar route was inaugu- rated between Amsterdam and Vancouver, at which point con- nection is made with its exist- ing routes serving Australia, New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, Hawaii, Japan and China, in ef- fect bringing these countries 1,000 miles closer to Europe and the United Kingdom. In early November, Canadian Pacific Air Lines introduced the first high-speed, non-stop serv- ice between Eastern Canada and Mexico, when it inaugurated weekly flights linking Toronto IT'S GRAND, AT .3 OR 103 - Who said Christmas is just for kids? Certainly not MaximiHian von $tephany who's seen 103. Christmas Days, "Young ar old, Christmas can't "help being Wonderful," he says. "There's a bit of childhood loft in all of us, and Christmas warms it up." C ,CNN I.Y YD. DABI RU CY—That's what Clarissa Cunningham, administrative iessistant to the director of personnel, General Services Administration, seems to be saying to herself. At least, that's how the words"I will get the hang of it" come out when a novice first operates a government typewriter equipped with a new kepboard. It is the brain , child of August Dvorak, University of Washington. Keyboard is designed to place- let- ters used most frequently closest to fingers which normally do the most work, and to distribute work load more equally for both hands. Line of keps on which fingers rest on standard typewriter reads, from left; asdfghjkl;@, On the new machine line reads. aoeuidhtns-, it's LcminZ. (Simple?) Government will give the device a four-month trial. and Mexico City. Tourist fares for those seeking Mexico's sun- shine and historic charm are available on this service which provides a shorter link between Eastern Canadian centres and South American points served by way of Mexico City by Cana- dian Pacific Air Lines. At ,year's end, Canadian Pacifir�tAir Lines were operating 27710 route miles in international service and 9,354 route miles in do- mestic service. In October, Canadian Pacific Air Lines announced the pur- chase of a fleet of Britannia turbo -prop airliners, three of which are scheduled for de- livery in 1937. Capable of a speed of 400 miles per hour and with a cruising range of 6,000 miles, these new Britannia air- croft will enable Canadian Pa- cific to fly 100 passengers non- stop between Vancouver and Amsterdam in 12 hours, and be- tween Vancouver and Token, non-stop, algin in 12 hours. During the year, Canadian Pacific Communications, in con- junction with their Canadian National counterpart, continued the development of microwave installations linking Montreal — Quebec City, Toronto — Lon- don ondon — Windsor. This system of microwave "repeaters" localed at internals of approximat-ey 30 miles carries message cir- cuits from city to city. Each microwave channel can early one television circuit ur 600 voice circuits. The p cs,•nt single channel system can be expanded to accommodate seven channels as demands warrant. The Mont- real — Quebec City circuit, which inaugurated service in July of 1955 on a temporary basis and is now carrying tele- vision programs -for the Cana- dian Broadcasting Corporation, will be completed in January, 1950. The Toronto — London circuit was completed. in Dc. cember and the London --- Windsor Windsor circuit is likely to be completed in February, 1959, The Company, following a policy of modernization with attendant increased efficiency, is in the process of streamlining accounting procedures through integrated data processing, using electronic computers. In fur- therance of this new develop- ment, which is of broadest sig- nificance, a research group is working on detailed planning for the new system and pre- liminary changes in advance of installation are being put into effect as rapidly as possible. The core of the new system is an I.B.M. '705 electronic data pro- cessing installation, the first to be ordered' in Canada, and scheduled for delivery early in 1957. Its electronic brain bas such amazing speed in adding, checking, snatching, multiplying and dividing that the new pro- cesses which itwill make pos- sible will affect the handling of much of the paperwork of all departments. In another sphere the Com- pany has maintained an envi- able record. The National Safe ty Council's coveted "Public Safety Activities" award, in recognition of eutstanding pub lie safety programs directed to employees and the general Pub- lic, was won this year by the Company. This award is de- signed to recognize and stirnu- late safety work -by the rail- ways. In 1955, then, there has been widespread improvement and expansion of Canadian Pacific equipment and services throughout the nation and abroad, This progressive moderniza- tion of its land, sea and air fa- cilities will strengthen the po- sition of the Company in the highly' competitive transporta- tion industry of today and will materially assist it in meeting the transportation requirements of an expanding Canada tomor- row. Claimed New Blood Are most shopii£ters,frustrated fiction writers? From a study of their ingenious explanations, it appears that only the highly imactinative take to this farm of theft, Some of them actually do mention their literary aspira- tions. Said 'i book thief in Lon- don. "I am a writer and I want to go to jail for the experience.". A women who had stolon scary"e and other oddments dur- ing the pre -Christmas rush, de - elated, "I am writing a story and I want to know the reactions of a woman who steels." ' .flow can they expect people to believe them? "I've been honest up to now," said a Vien- ne "but not long ago I had a blood transfusion — must have been given the blood of a thief, "1 was hypnotized by a ma- gician," stated a woman accused al Marlborough Street. One housewife, arrested out- side a store with a hat for which she hadn't paid, explained that when she tried it on it was so small she forgot it was still on her head. Another took to shop- lifting to take her mind oft her worries. A Sheffield woman, whose explanation was actually acre• d, pleaded that a strict slimming diet, cutting out sugar entirely, had caused her to lose her memory. - "I only took them so I could see my ,way out," declared Jo- seph McChane, .charged with stealing a pair of spectacles from a Hamilton, Ontario, store. In Lambeth a main told the magis- trates that he had stolen an alarm clock in Brixton so that he wouldn't be late for an inter- view next morning. `Shoplifters areimaginative not only in their explanations, but also in their methods. In 1953 a Regent Street store was left with six ragged mackin- toshes; six new ones had walk- ed out on: the backs of Gusto mers, In Oxford' Street a pair of filthy corsets and some ragged underwear were deposited' in a fitting room. Their owner had stolen a complete new.otitfit. Hooks are sewn inside volu- minous coats and'articles attach- ed to them. ' Jewellery thieves stick small pieees -under the counter by means of chewing gum; an accomplice eplleets- later. In Kensington recently a woman switched, price tickets, Dail for 'is cheap garment and took the expensive .one. TABLE "CA! clause 'Ancltews. By Helen Houston Boileau (Christian Science Monitor) These breads are not hard to make, and they're very good! a 0 * SWEDISH RYE LIMPA Va teaspoon sugar 3 tablespoons hike warm water le cake yeast 1 teaspoon caraway seeds 111e teaspoons salt 3 tablespoons molasses 1 teaspoon grated orange rind 3.:4 cup milk, scalded 14 cup water 1% ens sifted flour 11/ tablespoons oil lee cups sifted rye flour Stir sugar into lukewarm water. .Add yeast and allow mixture to stand for 10 min- utes. Add caraway seeds, salt, molasses, grated orange rind', scalded milk, and water. Cool to lukewarm, then beat well. Add all but 1/¢ cup of the white flour and beat. Add oil and rye flour, beating to make a stiff dough. Turn out onto a board sprinkled with the remaining 1/4 cup white 11our. Cover dough with a bowl and allow it t0 rest for 10 minutes. Knead dough quickly gild lightly and form into a ball, Place in a bowl, grease the top, cover, and allow to rise 11/2 hours, or until doubled in bulk. Place in a greased 81/2x41/2x23/4- inch loaf, cover, and again al- low to rise for 11/2 hours. Bance at 400° le. for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 375° F. and bake for 40 minutes, Cool on a rack, uncovered but out of any draft. ,, „ , DUTCH APPLE BREAD 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 1/ tablespoons butter 1 eup milk 1 egg, beaten Oil 5 tart apples, cored and sliced Sugar, Cinnamon Butter Sift the dry ingredients to- gether, then work in the butter. Add the combined milk and egg. Mix well, then roll 'out 1/2 inch thick on a floured board. Ris! s And Hazards When he was sixty-seven, George Brown pushed all .his belongings 2,000 miles across Australia in a wheelbarrow. A cowboy once rode a bull 2,700 miles to New York. A Welsh- man carried a hundredweight sack of coal for fourteen miles on his shoulders. Samson Garcia, a Spaniard, once wan a pledge from his wife not to disobey him for the rest o: the year. He bet her that he coul 1 win a tug-of-war with her donkey, She vowed obedience it he won. He did, but lost two teeth in the process! Still, in these days of artificial dentures, what's a loss like that compared with peace in the home? Ah, well, you murmur, mad tricks like these couldn't have happened in the old days. Couldn't they? More than three hundred and sixty years ago, in the reign of Good Queen Bess, William Kemp, a comic dancer, danced all the way from London to -Norwich, a distance of 130 miles, gaping crowds thronging round him every mile of his strange journey. After eight days he reached Norwich, where a tremendous celebration was held in - his honour•. William Kemp not only earned large sums of ,money free. wagers for this stunt, but was awarded a pension of :forty shillings a year for life. Place. in a greased layer cake pan. Brush top with oil and press in apple slices, overlap- ping them generously. Sprinkle with cinnamon and 'sugar and dot with butter. Bake at 375e F, for 25 minutes, or until done. GERMAN CRUMB LOAF lee cup butter / cup sugar 1 eup scalded milk 1 cake yeast eup lukewarm water 2 eggs, beaten 2/-3 cups flour 114, cups soft bread crumbs y/.s cup brown sugar 1 teaspoon cinnamon le teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons melted butter Cream the butter with the sugar. Add scalded milk and beat well. Add yeast, dissolved in lukewarm water, and eggs. Add enough flour to make a stiff batter. Beat web, cover, and allow to rise until doubled in bulk, about 11/2 hours. Beat again, then spoon dough into e deep pie pan, greased and sprinkled with flour. Cover top with combined crumbs, brown sugar, salt, cinnamon, and melt- ed butter. Allow to rise for 20 minutes, then' bake at 400° F. for 20 minutes. * * * FRENCH BREAD 1 cake yeast 1 cup lukewarm water 1 tablespoon sugar 1 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons cooking oil 31/2 cups flour 2 egg whites, stiffly beaten 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch 1/2. teaspoon salt ee cup water Cornmeal Dissolve yeast in 1,2 cup Juke warm water and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Place the re- maining 1/x cup water in a bowl and add sugar, salt, oil, an�c cup of the flour. Beat vigo- rr"r uosly. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites and enough of the re- maining flour to make a stile dough, Turn out onto a floured board and knead until smooth and satiny. Place in a greased bowl, cover, and allow to rise until doubled in bulk. Punch down,, then allow to rise again until doubled in bulk, Knead lightly, cover, and allow to rest for 10 minutes. . Roll dough out into a targe oval, then fold the long sides into the center, m'aking a typi- cal French bread leaf roll, about 14 inches long and a bit wider in the center than at the ends. Place the loaf on a coo sheet lightly sprinkled Ws cornmeal, covered with a damp ^• cloth, and let rise until nicely rounded. Cover with a glaze made by cooking together the cornstarch, salt, and water until thick and transparent. After glazing, use scissors to make inch cuts or slashes into the loaf. Place bread in the oven, with a large pan of boiling water on the shelf beneath . the cooky sheet. Bake at 450' 11', for 15 minutes, then reduce heal to 350° I', and bake for 20 minutes. a a * MEXICAN THIN PONES 111: cups yellow cornmeal 7/_ cult flour 1 teaspoon salt lye cups warns water 1'tablespoon oil Mix dry ingredients. Blend u. the water and oil to make a rather stiff dough. Set aside for 20 minutes, then using hands„ shape mixture into balls. Flat- ten these balls out as thin as possible and bake on a very lightly greased griddle, brown- ing cakes on both sides. Serve hot or cold. About 2 table- spoons of dough per cake makes a good size. Metres about 1?e dozen. SOWING A FIELD OF DEATH—Masked and gloved technicians spray a rice field near Taipei, Formosa/with a deadly insecti-• cdie in the unending war against the rice stem borer, primee enemy of the Orient's staff of life. Skull -and -crossbones pen- nartt, foreground, warns that field will remain toxic for a week, after spraying.