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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1960-03-24, Page 3Vast Green Belt For Ottawa For $30,000,000, a priceless heritage in the form ofa vast "green belt" surrounding Cana- da's national capital now is as- sured. It will be the firSt such North American community to con- quer the relentlessly creeping urban sprawl. The Canadian Government, through the agency of the Na- tional Capital Commission, is now buying up the necessary additional outlying a c r e a g e which will create the belt oil green countryside around the capital. The belt now has been mapped so that its inner perimeter will confine a population of 600,000 persons, a figure which now is not too many years away for this expanding city. The inevitable spill-over will have to go into satellite towns outside .the restricted acreage. Ottawa thereby will never be- come the metropolitan brick - and -concrete sprawl which has befallen many another United States and Canadian city. The green belt averages about 21 miles in depth, It covers an area of 57 square n}iles running in a continuous are around the capital's planned future limits. In this growing busy govern- ment city, it is still possible, because of the green belt, to find old log fences, familiarly' known as snake fences, stretch- ing for hundreds of yards within four miles of Parliament Hill, In it, it is possible to find a large measure of rural life brought to the doorstep of an urban com- munity. Farms are numerous. What housing exists is very limited, and will never grow significantly. There have been approximate- ly 1,000 property owners in 37,- 000 acres of green belt now be- ing acquired. About 800 of these are engaged in agriculture, in- cluding dairying, poultry farm- ing, and market gardening. Most of the remaining 400 are subur- ban property holders, mainly living in single-family dwellings along highways and suburban roads. The green belt long has-been developing as an applied prin- ciple for the Canadian national capital program. It -has been de- bated for, years and was vigor- ously opposed by a number of landowners who wished to sell to real estate developments at high prices. In 1956, after years of strug- gling with the problem, the fed- eral government's own Central Mortgage and Housing Corpora - BITTERLITTER- These pups no doubt feel they're entitled to a better fate than being aban- doned in a Seattle Laundromat. The Humane Society took over and now there are seven well - laundered pups up for adop- tion. 400.1 'LAST 01QNTH !+' IN MISTt7RY "!! f EB 22> Japanese Crown Prtncgns Michiko hes a bey, n�E F a. 1969 Winter 4j.IInIII ,4 ih.L.d;e+lh Olympics begin at know Valley, CeIif, l 22 Ike leaves for tour of South America. 32 die as NCI( 'fork bound Italian airliner crashes at Shannon, Ireland. f EB. 10 U.S, tracking stations report "mystery" eatellite; turns out to be ours. FEB 2 Negro "sit- down strikes" at segregated lunch counters begin at Greensboro, N.C.; spread throughout South, Caryi Chessmon gots 8th epriem from gas chamber as case draws world- wide attention; telegram from S ate Pepartment stirs indignation 14 Queen Elisabeth 11 girds birth to eon. t.ai 25', Princese Margaret announces engagement. 18 House Armed Services Committee orders inrestigation of till military manuals following disclosure of one linking churches to communism. 13 France explodes its first atomic bomb in the Sahara, Khrushcher begins tour of south- east Asia with trip to India. Newsmep l4.11,1111 Argentine Nary discloses unidentified submarine trapped off coast, but it eludes capture. FEB 25: Brasillee airliner and U.S. Navy plane Carrying Nary band members collide over Rio de Janeiro bay; 61 killed, iG!j?(l FEB: 3. 6odles of fire crewmen of World War 11 U.S. bomber foetid in Libyan desert. tion took its first direct step to implement the green belt pro. posal, This crown -owned agen- cy, which is responsible for ad- ministering the National Hous- ing Act, withheld direct loans on proposed homes in the belt re- gion. This effectively stopped residential development, writes. Robert Moon in the Christian Science Monitor: An effort was then made to take direct action through the Ontario Planning Area Board, At a hearing of this board in early 1958, the final attempt was made to create the green belt through the use of the Ontario Planning Act. Despite the stren- uous efforts of the City of Ot- tawa and the Federal District Commission, this attempt failed. After all other possibilities were exhausted over the preced- ing i0=year period, the federal government finally announced that the Federal District Com- mission would be authorized to purchase all those parts of the green belt not already in public ownership. This action met the problem head on, and it has proved effective. Subsequently, the 600 green belt farm owners have been of- fered current market prices for their property. Many have been encouraged to stay on their land with long-term leases al low rentals. Even while the land purchases are proceeding, the green belt is being justified in various ways, not, the least of which is its con- servation aspects. Plans call for a 4,000 -acre government experi- mental farm to be located in one portion. In another part, an expensive but scattered complex of re- search buildings is to be built on a campus arrangement by a pri- vately owned electrical corpora- tion. This already has raised speculation that the research ad- vantages of such an unusual isolation still close to govern- ment agencies and educational facilities may bring a deluge of applications. The green belt, nonetheless, will not be permitted to become overcrowded with such facilities. Badger in the Snow In January there was a great deal of snow and Dachsi (the badger) remained at home in his nest. We badly wanted to know how he would behave in these weather conditions, for down in the forest we had once found badger tracks in the snow. It was formerly believed that bad- gers were true hibernators which spent the greater part of the winter lying cold and rigid hs their earths without taking any nourishment, but later research has shown that this is not the case. In bad weather the badger does remain in its earth, living off its subcutaneous fat layer, but there is certainly no fall of CROSSWORD PUZZLE ACEIOSS 2. Curve 1. Walked • 8. Article of 6. Timber tree apparel •9. 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Begin 3 4 15' 16, 19 22. 27 30 23 96, 37 4 b 13 7 L7 20 21 31 24 26 29 <sc 8 9 14 10 26 32 d 33 35 39 36 4 42 43 44 49 60 45 6I 46 52 4 40 Answer elsewhere on two page PACIFIED PUP Gigi- 11 - month -old Chihuahua, no long- er whines when it's time to go to bed. Her owner solved the problem by giving her a baby pacifier. body temperature as in the dor- mouse or marmot. So one fine afternoon we coax- ed Dachsi out of his nest and carried him down to the edge of the forest where the snow lay two feet deep. Hardly had his feet touched the ground than he set off for home along the trod- den track. But this was not what we wanted to find out, so we threw him into the midst of the white, powdery snow. Holding his head up in a cramped position, he first tried to paddle along like a bad swim- mer; but he made slow and dif- ficult progress, so he adopted other tactics: thrusting his head up to the neck in the snow, he worked his way slowly but stead- ily along like a snow -plough, occasionally lifting his head and drawing in air with deep sighs. As soon as he reached us he clutched our legs and tried to climb up them. He was obviously extremely distressed and we had not the heart to let him tire himself ft.rther, so we carried him home to the stove and warmed his cold, scantily haired belly. Now we knew one good reason why badgers spend the winters in their earths: their short legs are so inadequate for propulsion in deep snow. - From "Nature Stories from the Vienna Wocds," by Lilli Koenig. Catniptions "We weren't convinced of it until he went after the bird," recalled a surprised cat owner named Fred McHugh last month. M c 11 u g h, a public - relations writer for Army Ordnance in Washington, D.C., was talking about his eighteen -month-old black cat, Sammy, who lately has s t a r t e d suffering catniptions whenever the TV set goes on. McHugh first noticed the feline making a beeline for the Magic Lantern a couple of weeks back when a pigeon flitted on screen and Sammy tried to paw it, A few nights later, Sammy added another item to his TV cat-alogue by trying to touch the hand of an actress. Sammy has recently become more selective. "He doesn't watch every night," Mc- Hugh says. "Sometimes if the programs are too dull, he just goes to sleep." The mountain goat is really not a goat at all but a kind of peak -dwelling antelope more nearly related to the chamois of the Alps. In most places he shows a decided preference for the wet, coastal ranges. This snow-white animal weighs from 150 to 300 pounds. Is an expert climber. ISSUE 12 1960 Getting all the heat and power you want - free - from deep down in tate earth, is a fascinat- ing prospect. But don't start dig- ging in the back forty right away. However, the following article from the Christian Science Monitor about geothermal power "down under" Is worth _passing on to you hs my opinion. Australia and Japan have ask- ed New Zealand for advice on the generation of electric power from natural geothermal steam resources. Italy and New Zealand are the only countries who have suc- ceeded in developing, oping commer- cial power from underground steam beds. The thermal region of the north island of New Zea- land is a belt of country about 100 miles long by 30 miles wide. Steam from the hot centre of the earth seeped to the surface through a bed of pumice one mile thick, and New Zealand en- gineers sank bores, some as much as 4,000 feet deep, to tap the steam. 1' a 4. This massive storage bed of pumice acted like a giant tank, absorbing and retaining the steam under pressure. From the depths below the "tank" more steam continually moves up into storage. Roughly, that is the underground picture though there is some question about how quickly the "tan):" can be kept supplied from below once large withdrawals are made. To test this output -input rate, New Zealand engineers have al- lowed test bores at Wairakei, the centre of the present geothermal power project, to run for long periods unchecked to see whe- ther there was any slackening of steam flow. So far, none has been evident. Now and then, a bore blocks up and has to be cleaned, a job that takes about five days. e o a Poking something down a hole from which steam was roaring at 250° C. - more than twice the heat of boiling water - can be quite an engineering trick, best left to the engineers. This tendency to block up means that the engineers had to keep a fair supply of spare bores on hand that could be cut into production at such times. Of the 60 or so bores sunk at Wairakei, 51 were in regular production. * a r: Japan 13 a s geothermal re- sources near Beppu in north Kiushiu, where the Japanese Government hopes to install a plant. Japanese engineers have" been interested in generating power from these natural resources over the past 30 years, and in 1951 a govermnent agency suc- ceeded in a small way in produc- ing power, but nothing further was done. Now interest has been reawakened, and a high ranking Japanese official recently visited New Zealand to make an on -the - spot study of Wairakei. Closer to home, the Australian Government recently invited two New Zealand engineers to in- vestigate the geothermal steam resources of Australian New Guinea, near Rabaul. This major centre is ringed with volcanoes, some active, and the successful tapping of the great steam re- sources there would transform the future of this region. New industries would become possi- ble, providing a better balance with the present predominantly agricultural economy of New Guinea. 4 e e The presence of steam, how- ever, does not mean it can be brought into use simply by duplicating the New Zealand land installations. Experience has shown that the problems of developing the Larderelio field in Italy and the Wairakei field were different. Ironing the problems out of the Wairakei project was a big job, a genuine pioneering job, The engineers still do not know how much steam they can get from the area. At present they are "blowing off" 150 megawatts of steam and were fairly sure of 250 megawatts. "We know we can get the necessary 250 megawatts," said one senior engineer, "and are fairly certain the area to the west is also promising. We also think there ore another eight areas in the thermal field from which we could get steam. * e tt So far they have drilled for and proven 2,000,000 pounds of steam and 15,000,000 pounds of water an hour from the Stage 1 section of the Wairakei project. But Stage 2 will take 2,000,000 pounds an hour of pressure and intermediate pressure sieam. In Stage 2 the water droplets in the steam will be drawn off by a special process and used to drive low-pressure turbines, so that nothing will be lost. * 9 1' Wairakei should fulfill all its promise if political problems can be avoided. Some speakers in the House of Representatives have criticized it as a "gamble", But, as one minister replied, the great advantage of natural steam was its availability 24 hours a day, regardless of the weather. Widespread use of hydroelec- tric resources has brought New Zealand high living standards. In fact, most of the electricity is spent in maintaining these high standards.`Two-thirds of all power generated is used for 'do- mestic and farm purposes with emphasis on domestic. This means that much less power is spent on industry in New Zea- land than in the United States and Britain, where only one- third is used in direct main- tenance of living standards. Deer often starve to death rather than move far from the protection of a familiar woods, ISSON By Btev. 8 Bary Warren 18.11., LUcla, "1 Believe God" Acts 27:1, 21-26; 28:1-3, 11-14 Memory Selection.; X can 40 all things through Christ which strengtheneth me. Philippians 4:13. The major emphasis in Acts seems to be upon the spotters witness. Paul testified convinc- ingly before merchants, scholars, priests, governors, and kings. However, the incidents that oc- cur on Paul's journey to Rome do reveal something added to the spoken witness. As Dr, Mary A. Tenney writes in Arnold's Com- mentary, "Here Paul is witness- ing through his total personal- ity. His shipmates are convinced by what Paul is, not alone by what he says. He finally gains ascendancy over them all by his attitudes, his sound judgment, his compassionate concern for everyone, and his unwavering assurance that his God can be trusted. After days of fasting and nights of prayer Paul's ra- diant face appears among then). 'Sirs, be of good cheer,' he ex- ults, 'for I believe God . Fin- ally this radiance becomes in- fectious until all 276 passengers are of good cheer. The silent and spoken witness of a life has penetrated the unbelief and des- pair of everyone on that sh°p." It's what we are in the day of trouble that reveals our real spiritual condition. John Wes- ley was r.turning to England from a vain effort to convert the Indians in the American colonies, when a great storm. arose on the Atlantic. John was in terror of death. He was im- pressed by the Moravian in their calm confidence in God's trustworthy love. He wanted what they had. Later, in one of their services in Aldersgate, while Luther's preface to the Romans was being read, his heart was strangely warmed. He knew that his sins were for- given. He went out to bless many. Two lady evangelists, friends of ours, were having their car serviced for its 10,000 mile check-up. While being returned to them, it was struck and wrecked by a policeman chasing a killer. It was a disturbing incident. But they didn't go to pieces. Instead, they used this occasion to witness for their Lord. They knew that all things work together for good to those who love the Lord. The Lord blessed them in their testimonjf and two of the salesmen went home to pray. "God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble." Upsidedown to Prevent Peeking SEVEN -LEAGUER -- This big boot, usually used as a display, proved lust the thing for a. Fort Wayne citizen as the area floundered in heavy snow. Shoe salesman Ed Ellenburg, left, tries the gigantic galosh on impressed 011ie R. Harrison.