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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-02-25, Page 37 GREAT PROGRESS IN WATER POWER 1825 a Record Year in Develoimient of HydroinectriCity. The einival etatement of the Minis- •Other deyelopments on the Winnipeg ter of the Interior regarding the de- rider are alee in Peoseeet. ° vitlopmeat, dietributlon and use of ha the Maritime Provinoeti the only hedinelectrie energy ie Canada re- teem] hydroeleotrie eneeteeetion corn - Teals 'great pzOgresvduripg 1925. In- plated in 1925 was a entail 245 horse- etallietione totalling over 719,000 horse- power instaNatieu at Annapolis., N.S., Power 'wale added to the generating but a number Of extensions and new eapacity of Cenadlan hydro-eleetric plants are in active prospect. 'titian% which now aggregetes 4,290,- 'While it 09,11 hardly be expected that OO •homaTower, This new develop- the reeord installation. of 1925 will be merit, it is estimaked, represents a di- equalled in 1926, there i& every reason moot tuvestment of at least $70,000,000, to believe that substautial growth will Without regard to new capital required continue to be registered each year in the applictetion of the power. Pro- for some thee to owns andthee the re- lects approaching completion Will add cord establiehed in the year Just COM- One of Canada's industrial tireas. more tban 25,000 horse-pewer early ' •pleted will not be allowed to, stand for that is ileavily endowed with natural in 1926, whilst others aiready cam- more than a few years. • resources, and one that is ;destined to inen.olea or he immediate prospect pro- become mere important in the near mise a very substantial. increase in Trophy Hunting m Canada.ftthre, la the Ottawa 1 , The Ot- tawa installation during the next few years.. - ..., .,_ river exec:video, a number of ex - T1 t iusta ' tion in an' and bear .head, and he was uaamy, a a mile= water -ower sites, some of was satisfied, and he would oar marks the fruition of Wen- which have already been developed, ne year give (Mort for a considerable period, again. The pro, he a°12ataereti' NV" while others are contemplated in the not high, only about six thousand dol - therefore , the 'record instailation ot near future. This available power has 1925—almost double of any previous lams, in addition to the physteel effort been the means' of attracting many year—should be oredited, partly to the heeeess" to reach 4 Ca11941 ittla Wad.: oultatanding incluetriee.. . ,. „ee life rendezvous. not heretofore defiled -, efforts. of previous years'. "A The forest industries are probably rith '''''' by the presence of man. Monetary ever increasing demand the work of the musts, important feature of the ,On outlay did not inean a,nything, so long thydre-electrie inetallatien proceeds at taws Valley, and the cheap abundant as he got what he wanted. an accelerated pace and less, time than , power available is attracting many The above is bat another illustration ormerly olaps,es b•etween the turning large plants,. The International Paper f of the.value of the wild life of Canada of the first sod and the commercial Co. is engaged in the construction of ae a tourist feature. Here was a operation of the first turbine. In ad- wile had sot his a large pulp an,d paper mill at East wealthy American, n dition to the greater rapidity of COD- Templeton, on the Ottawa River, also mind upen securing the head of a par- struotion the policy of the department, a hydroelectric plant at Cheltea, on tioular breed of bear. No -doubt be - •by the co-operating previa- the. Gatineau river. At, Ottawa are seconded fore he left on hie, trip he h'ad viedons cial autnoritien hos' served to etimmu- located the saw mills and the pulp and of seeing his den decorated with this paper rnilLs of the J. R. Booth Co. and late healthy progress, in that, the head, a very rare one. He felt that ystema tic and uniform, aecumulation the pulp mill of the Bronson Company. s he would have somethiog that was not Directly opposite in Hull are the large of basic water resource data through- available to everybody simply because e out the Dominion has served to elimin- uln and paper ane other mills of the i they bad the wealth to buy it, and he ' - , E. B. Eddy Comany, while at Hawkes - ate =telt of the uncertainty as to , could therefore elaiin a certain s,upere bury the international Paper Co. have extensive pulp mills. Large 'lumber mills are located at several points' 0, P.RTPONR.A/101.,?1,,001F 4040 , tarot. 11 14Ifkm"07 6.6011100.1 $ fad 1.409 wto1.1. water supply which formerly han.da capped development. Inexpensive power, water -generated, is one of Canada'smost important as- ority among his fellows. Such exclusive treas,urees are not easily .obtained, however, and the pro- s.ent owner fully appreciated the fact eels and is ,the foundation of much of that there were many difficeltiess and the induserial activity and the munie hardships to be overcome ere he was cline undertakings cif the whole 1)0- suocessful. His 'objective was north - minium The pulp and paper industry ern British C-olumbia, where the going relies almoet entirely upon water- :is not easy, but hardship -did not daunt power and, with the exception of coal, him. irides and equipmenna were pro - 'She vast production of Canadian mines oureci, and the journey began. Day is made poesible by the same source after day they pleaded on—the objec- Of energy. Live of the trip was still ahead. Bears The outstanclink activities during were seen, many of them, but the par - 1925 were -in Quebec, Ontario, and Bri- ticular seecies that had been the in - tale Columbia, though, in nearly every oentive of the trip had not yet ap- province actual construction took peared. place or progress was made vrith pro- Finally one bright sunny day, when inieing projects, all nature in northern British Colum - Progress in Quebec. bia seemed at peace, the almost un - Quebec had a record year with a believable =tarred. Breaking through total new installation •of man lime_ the bush into a small openspace, wbat power, exceeding the installation for should meet his gaze but hie bear. the whele -Dominion in any previous Feeding at the ,edge of the forest, the. year, This increase was largely an slightest noise would make him sus - counted 9or by the bringing into 'opera- pioious and he would take ta the for - time of the 360,,000 =lie -power initial est 'cover and probably not he seen , installation of the Duke -Price Power again, One shot, and :only onecould • be secared. Thousands. of miles of Company -at. IVIaligne on the Segue - travel, hardships of trail and peek, un- noy slyer, to which an extension . to 480,000 horsevower is proceeding and limited expense, all for that one shot. • is expected to be Completed early in The occasion was one to tax the nerves of the coolest hunter. There 1926. amongst others'completed den i was' not time to relax -tally moment ng the year were the 37,800 horse - the bear might disappear. Rifle was power developm-ent of the Southern Canada Power Company at Hemming unslung, loaded, oh, for a few minutes to quiet down, No, now or possibly Falls on the St. Francis river and the Bryson station. of the Ottawa River h"en The pilot goes home. Swingingamillion dollar deale on the Power Company en the Ottawa river. market was• but a Senday afternoon Power d,evetopments, too numerous' to .siesta to the ;excitement of that mo - set forth in detail, are approaching ment. Bet, why continue, the bear completion, under construction or about to be undertaken. Of these the was his, and he was happy. Throughout the =trodden spaces largest le that t>f the Aluminum Con poratiou of. America at Cereal Chute of C4,11.:adEll many American big -game on the Saguenay river, where an ulti- hunters will, during the coining sum- mate -development of 800,000 horse - ower is proposed. Another important development Is that of the Intern•atlem al Paper Company at Chelsea on the Gatineau river, for the supply of a pulp and .paper -mild, 'whieseaamongst other activities the Shawinigan Water and Power Company's new station ou the Batisoan river is.approaching eons- pletion. The work of the Quebec Streams Commission in the ;tenet-tic- tiou and operation of ate:rage reser- voirs' in the interest .of power develop- ment was marked by the completion of the Kenogami Lakereservoir to re- gulate the Sables and: Chicoutimi rivers and of the Metis Teservoie. In Ontario the total 1925 installa- tion was about 200,000, horse -power, for whioh the Ontario Hydro -Electric Commitaion was largely, although not entirely, reeeensible. The Commis- ° simnel Queenston-Citippawa plant was brought to its complete capacity by the addition of two 55,000 horse -power units, whilst the largest of its other activities was the .co•mpletion of ;the 75,000 h,oeseeiotv'er plant, at Cameron Falls, on the Mangan river. In Northern Ontario. Amongst the other principal de- velepetents,, were the 24,000 horse- power extension to the Wand Falls Vallt On the Abitibi river carried out by the Abitibi Power•and Paper Com- pany, and also the 13,000 horse -power development of the Keewatin Power Company at the. western outlet Of the Lake of tho Weeds. In British 'Columbia some 59,000 horsepower was' added to the installa= tions, Of this 23,000 horse -bower was secured by the British Columbia Elec- tric RallWay Company at its Stave -Palle plant and, the remainder, at Lower Bonnington Falls on the Kootenay river, where the West Kootenay Light 'and Power Catenate, bee entire- ty reheat itis. old plant.. The Powell River Compauy will coinpleto a. 25,860 horse -power eXtension in 1926, In the !other provinces there was oensiderable activity, In Manitoba, the City of Winnipeg added 21,960 horse -power to its plant on the Witi. ni,peg river fled iet contracts. for two further units for 1926 delivery, which Will bring' tho station to its full ea - Vitally, of .about 104,000 horse,poWer. • mer, be found endeavoring to get that something Inherent in trophies, The Department of the Interior is receiv- ing many requests for information as to the varioue'suitable places for hunt- ing, fishing, canoeing, camping or just for motor tours. Using these inquiries as an index, h would appear reason:. able to expect a very heavy tourist traffic in all parts of Canada this year. Trying to Fool Darwin. Two English boys (being -friends of Darwin) thought one day that they would play a joke on 'him. They -caught a butterfly, a grasshopper, a beetle and a ,centipede, and out of .these creatures they made a strange, composite insect. They took theneentipede's body, the butteefiyes wings, the grasshopper's legs and the beetles 'head, and they glued them together carefully. Then, with their new bug iu a box, they knocked at Darwin's' door. "We caught this bug In a, field," they said, "-can yon tell us Whet kiud of a Ibug 1 is, sir ?" Darwin looked .tat the bug and then at the boys. He milea slightly. "Did huni when eou caught it?" he asked. "Yes," they answered, nudging one another. " "Then," Enid Darwin, "11 is, a hum- , bug." . Natural Resources Develop along the river, particularly at Pent- . broke, Ottawa, Recichinci and Hawke - beet. The Singer Sewing Meehiue I Company is undertaking a hardwood development north of Thurso; and is erecting a factory at the latter, place to prepare all the woodwork for its . • Several plants.. 1 In what may be termed the inclue-1 trial area of the Ottawa river, power 1 has been developed at .Hawkesbury, Ottawa and Bryson, While there "are many other sites available. It is re- ported that the water -pewee at the Chats Faille, on the Ottawa river, and the Paugan Fake on the Gatineau river, will shortly be developed, while the Carillon rapids power site is also being considered. At Chelsea, on the Gatineau river, the International Paper Company ie. -constructing a large power plant. The Ontario Hydeo-Electric Oommission is ;obtaining data pre- liminary to development of Ottawa River power sites wlth tfle object providing additional power to eastern -Ontario. The Ottawa Valley contains a large variety ;of minerals, and, while a num:. ber of excellent producing mines are in operation, some of which are re - merit in Ottawa ported to be the largest hi Ainerlea, there 'woad appear to be splendid portiinitieS for 'greater developinent. On Chats Istand, near Claletta, is lo- cated the lead mine of the Kingdon Mining and etheatiug Company, the largest lead 'producer in Eastern Can- ada. A. few mem north of Qteyon is the Moss molybeeetan min f!, wbioh during the war became the world's MAP. it.dvarm4Tinies , NATURAL RESOURCES oevameieee I no W.. INg OTTAWA VA, 1...144Y opal* MII•0 • "4'4= Campolmiior leading individual producer, tette Fee7,•=t4tna aela c+0.6 totrelS., The Black Donald graphite mine, said to be the largest and richest de- posit of flake graphite known in America, is located at Calabogie, in Renfrew County. The feldspar ;deposits of the Buck- ing -hem dietirot are among the most important ie. Canada, and the quality is said to be of the best. The Ottawa Valley isthe centre of the mica mining industry ht Canada. The liief producing areas are In the territory within &eery reach of the city; although the largest mica, mine in Canada and probably in the world is located in Frontenac county, Ontario. The largest ,deposit of magnesite yet discovered on the North American continent is in the Grenville district, bet wee 11, Ottawa and Montreal. Dur- ing the war the magnesene from this, area met with a good mai..", due to the fact that Australian m.agntsite was not available. The large. Users of this mineral in the United States, how- ever, are reported 10 be financially in- terested in the Austrian deposits', and, though the latter la said to be inferior. to the Canadian maenesite, Canada has not been succeseful -to any great extent in meeting Austrian compete ti()Arit Des.chenes is situated the refin- ing plant .of the late British American Nickel; Company, where the colleen- Itrate.s from the minesand smelters of the company at Sudbury, Ontario, were refined.. As. an industrial area, the Ottawa Valley is rapidly mainking progress. Many and varied industries, are tak- ing advantage of its natural resources., and with ample railway facilitiesi and the further development of the watee powers of the Ottawa river and its tributaries, some of which may be ex- pected at an early date, it would seem that a bright future awaits; the dis- trict. Clearing at Dawn. The fields are chill; the sparse rain has stopped; The colot'of Spring team on every side. With letvping fish the blue pond is full; With singing thrushes the green boughs droop. The flowers of the field have dabbled their powdered .cheeks; 'Phe mountain grasses are bent level at the waist. By the bamboo stream the last frag- ment of cloud BloWn by the wind slowly soatters away. —Li Po, translated by Arthur Waley. Love's Quest. What is in that I seek in you? All of the loves a lover knows -- Sunset and sky's deep blue, Violets and the fairest rose. What is it I seek in, you,. Whom I love surpassingly? God and dearest heaven too, All that joy can mean to me. —George Elliston. A Hard Luck Victim. •- - • "I wear no it's collar," "Neither do I, but I get it in the neck just the same." Tho only sound way to se1 an Attlee of merehandiee is to sell it on its Morita. Old Joan. Old Joan lives down by the river In a little old lop -roofed house. Her old knees shake and shiver, Her eye's like a bobbing mouse; Her shabby old shawl 19 patched and worn, Her finer& are bent and cold, But Joan knows all the stories Ever told. How this Queen,rode to London Town, Where that King stood to die, How 'a miller's son. could win a crown, Aud, when tall shipsgo by. Old Joan can tell most s•plentlid. tales, Of treasures M the hold, And if the fluttering yellow sails Are gold. —Prances Primrose. -The Mystery of a Toy. Many of our toys began as instru- ments of religion, and the toy with which most boys are amusing them- selves at this: season—the top—ie said to be a survival of ancient ritual. It it significant, for instance, that the top comes into its annual popularity at Lent. The fact that blows gave the toy life is consistent with the animistic belief of primitive man that ail inani- mate object can be whipped. into ant. nation. Selden, the historian, •classes whip- ping of tops with eating .of'fritters and roasting of herrings' as ‘"all in imita- nion of church works, 'embmiems of martyrdom"; and. there is, a story that in one of the churches; in Paris during a certain cerement' a choir boy used to whip a top from one end of the choir to another. Forty years ago in the South of Ire- land a faraolnus game was played 'every Lent tap a .certain school avenue in this, way: One -top was laid on the ground, and tbe pla.yers pegged at it with intent to drive it into a small Ting =Irked at the far end; if you missed, it was permissible to oarry your top, still .spinning, and .so estab- 'fell content, assisting the progress of the dormant one by a well-direeted iblow; if that failed, your top went down in place of the other. The actual top driven into the ring suffered the penalty of being "hannen led," wildcat meant that it was, firmly planted in the turf, and each player hod a stab at it, ming his .own to as - a dagger. In olden times a large top was kept in every village to be whipped in frosty • weather ,se that the villagers, might be kept warm and, "out of nee- cbief." The old ;dramatists, refer to the "town top," and in souse of their writings we find that long age, as now, Lent and tops were associated one with the other. TREES FOR OUR PRAIRIE FARMS Shelter -belts Are Playing An Canada's One of the important divisions of the work of the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior is that en- gaged in earrying on. the co-operative plan for furthering tree planting in the! Prairie Provinces of Canada. . Each year thousands of shelter-bette have been established from ,seedlings, cute tinge, and transplants distributed from! the nursery stations' at Indian Head ' and Sutherland, Saskatchewan, to farmers throughout Manitoba, Stessa katchewan, and Alberta, and since this work was; begun in 1901, over 32,000,- 000 trees have been aent out. Tree planting is encouraged in five ways, as follows:— (1) By supplying seedlings, and cut- tings of beeacIleaved forest trees to applicsarte at no cost other than that of express; charges; from the nursery to the applicants station. (2) By supplying trees to rural , schools and thus arousing the interest of the ;children. (3) By furnishing free literature and advice and by having tree -plant- ing promoters visit the applicants be- fore and after planting. (4) By distributing conifer or aver - green species at cost, to those who have .aleeerly established shelter-b'elte , (5) By maintaining demonstration and experimental plantations on the nursery grounds at Indian Head and Sutherland, Saskatchewan.. Only such species are provided as have proved themselveshardy and suitable for planting under western conditions. These include the Mani- toba maple, green ash, Russian pop- lars, willows, and caragena.. As their part of the no -operative scheme the farmers and school trus- tees, in addition to paying the express ADAMSON'S ADVENTURES t'14 bY 1341 SYndii., inc) The Important Part in Western Rural Life. charges on 'the stock, set aside definite areas for the trees, and devote the time and care required for their suc- caste cultivation. When the plan was first launched: many declared it to be visionary and! foredoomed to failure. But the con.' trary has been the result and starting out under adverae conditions with a distribution the first year of 50,000 trees, the work has grown until over 5.000,000 seedings, and cuttings are re- quired each year to Till the demand. At first the distribution was carried on from one of the western expert - mental farms, but the work quickly outgrew this and a nursery devoted exclusively to forest nursery stock was established at Indian Head, Sas- katchewan. Later the capacity of this nursery was ant) -exceeded and a sec- ond one was established at Sutherland just outside the city of Saskatoon. This; later station takes care of the de - mane from the northern settled por- tion of the Prairie Provinces, while the southern districts are supplied from Indian Head. Assistance is confined to residents in rural districts. and no trees are sup- plied to persons living in towns or cities nor are fruit or ornamental trees supplied. The object has been to en- courage the planting of shelter -belts to make tho prairie homesteads more homelike and comfortable and by checking the high prairie winds and conserving moisture, to increase the production of the lar: Instead. of the farmers looking askance at the scheme and declining to devote the necessary time to their plantations., they have Proved the strongest advocates, of the, movement and, in spite of the handle caps of the war years, plauting has gone on at an accelerated pace. The plan has in fact been so successtul that experts were sent in to examine it with the result that it has been adopted in two provieces. in Eastern Canada and by the United States De- partmeet of Agriculture in. 'teepee, to Prairie lauds. Brain Workings of Children Studied With Camera Aid. Why can some children multiply throe times eight with less difficulty than four times seven? Why do others, bright in arithmetic, find read- ing extremely 'difficult? Answers to the. and many other questions con- cerning the school child'smentality are being sought ny numerous 'taste with delicete instrumento in labora- tories, of the school of education at the Untvorsity of Chicago, with pupils as Ile 'subjects. says Popular Mechanics-. In the reading tests, use of a special. camera enables the teacher to do much to help pupils who hesitate and stammer. The instrument is a large one, and it.r lens is trained en the eyes' of the pupil who is :seated in a chair. a point at the nide, a :pencil of light is trained on the eyeball and as . the oyes, move from side to side 'tor!" zontally while reading, the camera records the pc,sition of the ray of light and plots a enrve on a motion -picture film Each child who sits, in the chair I.leave.s tul imprcssion of the movement of his eyes, r,';.• be reads, thus .exposing what words or :grougs. at words are !the "stickers." 13y revealing difficulty lin following front the end of one line of type to the beginning of the next, and ether •obstacles in reading, tho parattis helps teachers. ,,,orccet the pupas and some are made 1to good Easiest way readers in a few mouth