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S A U ® � i � ER . Ment of ting made in the further develop
b.e industry New units are
being Metalled, new plants aansti�tc
ed, and new projects invasti:;aGed too
meet the growing..domestio and indua-
trial demand for cheap hydro -electric
-
. energy.
'PRESENT INSTALLATION ATION' Pulp and Paper Industry,
2,269,659 HORSE POWER.
Figures Show Necessity for In-
telligent Administration of
Canada's Watex,Power
Resources.
Ono of Canada's greatest•resources ton of paper per day, It is not t1there
is comprised in its wealth of water- fore surprieingethat the motive power
powers. In this respect the Dominion used in this industry is piactiea:lly re
takes second place only to the United striated to hydraulic energy and that
'States in the extent of power available, Canada's .high pos4tion in the pulp and
maintains the same relative position paper field resha largely on adequate
In horse -power available per capita of and abundant water -pewee well dis-
population, following Norway, and tributed among extensive forest re -
Again occupies the second place after serves.
the Scandinavian: cous,try in per capita Througioutthe Dominion 113 mills,
hydro development. 'Phe developinent operated by water -power, are engaged
of Canadian water -power resources in the manufacture of pulp and paper;
using in all hydro energy to the extent
of 644,805 h.p, This total is made up.
of 484,228. h.p. actually installed" in
pulp and paper mills, plus 160,577 h.p..
purchased by pulp and paper mills
from central electric stations •watich
derive their energy from -water -power.
Of the total installation 5 mills, are le -
coated in British Columbia utilizing 48,-
800 h.p.; 41 in Ontario utilizing 243,-
146
43,146 h.p.; 54 in Quebec utilizing 320,-
192 h.p.; 3 in New Brunnwtck utilizing
14,668 h.p.; and 100 in Nova Scotia
utilizing 17,900 h.p.
The manner in -which water power
has influenced and assisted in the tle-
i/Sie maent of the pulp anis per Indus-
try., throughout the Dom'lnion le de
monatrated, by the power statistics of
the industry. Cheap motive power i6'
almost as important to the,production
o2 pulp's nd panel• as is the ab nclant.
Supply of raw material in the fact that
it takes, praetieelly 100 h.p. to make a
has been a prominent feature of na-
tty/al progress in recent years, and
probably noother industrial factor has
been so largely responsible for the.em
pio.yment of capital and indirectly for
the •development of other industries:
'The bearing. of Canada's great water-
power'res,ources upon the future mann-
e lecturing status of the country -is sig-
niflcanwt and is rapidly transforming
the Dominion from a country almost
wholly agricultural to one in -which
manufacturing interests are of great
and growing importance.
There hat just been published by the
Dominiae. Water Power Branch a fur-
ther and up-to.date statement of water-
power development in Canada, covs'r
ing.the period up toealeaeraber lst,
1922, and this reveals. the substantial
progress effected in the past few years
in 'hydro • development in all parts of
-Canada and the 'greater part Canada's
Past and Future Growth.
' It is interesting to note the growth
of water -power development in Canada
during the past decade. Since 1910
the total ins.talle,tien' has grown from
975,000 h.p. to 2,970,000 h.p.; the cen-
tral station installation from 605,000
to 2,165,000 lap.; and the pulp and
water -powers: have, in the last decade, phper installation from 191,000 to 484,-
conie to play In the Dominion's Indus- 000 h.p. The average yearly incre-
trial. life: .The recorded power avail- ment in the past decade has been in
able throughout the Dominion, under
conditions of ordinary minimum flow,
is 18,255,000 h.p. The. water -power
available under estimated •flow for
maximum development, Le., depend-
able • for at least s•ix months of the
year, is. 32,076,000 ii,.p.
An analysis of the water -power plants
:scattered from coast to coast given an
average niachine-instaliation of 30' per
ent. greater than the six month flow
maximum power. Applying this, it be-
oemes -apparent that the at present re
corded water -power resources of the
Dominion Will permit ot a turbine in-
stallation
nstalla.tion of 41,700,00 le.p, In other
words, -the present turbine installation
represents' only 7 percent. of the pre-
sent recorded water -power resources.
Recent Progress.
During the pear +1021 the, teaeljusa
n t of values following wartime in
flatten made ,substantial' progress, but
neceseerily -drought in its train many
business, and financial difficulties and
a lackof confidence in trading circles
generally which led to -a reluctance of
capital to embark upon new enterprise.
It is .a remarkable ,fact, however, that
the hydro=electric industry, though na-
turally affected by the general depres-
a,,,sion, suffered no set -back, and in fait
the horse -power installed during 1921,
800,000 h.p., stamps 1921 as one of the
most progressive years; 'in Can adian
water -power history;
The 2,269,659 h.p. at present instal-
led throughout the Dominion is. apor-
tioned to the following uses. A total of
2;164,870 hp,' In central electric stye
tions for general distribution puriyoses,
such as the operation o8: street rail-'
'•" ways, operation of mines, operation of
electro -chemical 'and electro -metallur-
gical industries, operation of pulp and
paper mills and for general industrial,
municipal, and domestic use. A total
of 484,228 h.p. is %nstailed in pulp and
paper mills. In addition there is used
in the pulp and paper industry 160,577
h.p. purchased from the central elec-
tric station installation. A total of
320,561 hp. is installed in industries
other than central electric stations and
pulp and paper mills. The total instal-
lation for the Dominion averages 338
-hp, per thousand Population, a figure
which places Canada second only to
Narway in the per capita utilization of
water -power among the countries of
the world.
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In Central Station industry.
By far the most important arse to
which development of water -power has•
been applied in Canada has been in
••connection with the central electric
sta'tion industry, The extent of this
industry and the important relation-
ship which power bears to it is snea-
sirred by thefact that 97,2 per cent.
of the power actually generated is de-
veloped by the use of water -power and
that there is now invested 'some $501,-
400,000 in, hydroelectric plants and
systems .engaged in the production,
transmission, and distribution ef• elec-
tric energy for Sale,
' Throughout the Dominion. there are
269 hydro -electric central stations with
• a,n installed turbine capacity of 2,164,-
070 {hp., or a generator testallation of
• 1;633,140 k.v.a. It is of interest to note
thiel of this, .total turbine eapaoity
1'501!491 ftp. is', 'i,stalled in commercial
gr pri•vately' owned -stations; while 669;
,la is installed in municipalor
Vaillcly awned statientr. The units
ry in size from 1d h.p. to the 60;000
Qp. turbines recently installed in the
riapeitien development project ,ane
Which aro the largest wa.te}' turU {ft9
anywhere The tune upits
of .tiia industry average 3,425 h.p.
whilst the average inetallatiott of the
4entrai ,statiene fie $,083 h.p,
Coal/sited and agetematir, pingrees
excess of 180,000 h.p. installation.
Should the rate of water -wheel in-
stallation during the past twelve years
be,mainteined there will be installed
in 1925, 8,360,000 h.p.; in 1930, 4,110,-
000
,110;000 h.p.; in 1935, 4,860,000 hp.; and in
1940, 5;600,000 h.p. In view of the in-
creasing appreciation of the advant-
ages of hydro -power, -combined with
the fortunate location,„ of ample sup-
plies' within easy transmission: dis-
tance of the industrial centres through-
out the Dominion, there Is every rea-
son to anticipate that this rate of
growth in utilization will be acceler-
ated rather than retarded:- This will
not seriously reduce the total reserves
for Canada possesses -sufficient re-
serves to 'meet - all anticipated de-
mands for many years to come..
The water -power developed in 'Cana-
da represents an investment of ovex
$620,000,000. In 1940, should the rate
of growth outlined be maintained, this
investment will have grown to well
over- $1,100,000,000. The present de-
velopment represents' an annual
equivalent of 26,700,000 tons of coal,
which, valued M $10 per ton, .repre-
sents, a total value of $267,000,000. In
the year 1940,4.these annual figures
will, with the foregoing assumption,
have become 50,000,000 tons and $500,-
000,000. The figures, are striking evi-
dence of the outstanding importance
and necessity of an intelligent admin-
istration and deyelopsiuent of Canada's
water -power resources.
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A Good Reason.
"Say, Bill, what have you been fol-
lowing that fellow around all morning
for?„
"Gosh! Can't you slued his
breath?"
--AND THE WORST IS YET T9 COME
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Peat Investment Opportunity
With the conolushon.of the 1922 sea- elicit tlioir experieeeee, 1iiglaly setis'fy''
son the work of the Peat Committee of ing and encouraging replies were ro-
achieved. by using an admixture of the
i four years of experimentation end de-
veloprnent at the Alfred bags In One
tarso, may be said to be finished, in as
much as the oommittee has achieved
what it set out to accomplish. The
caminittee lies evolved » a machlne
whlbii, for efficiency and economy, it
believes difficult to fmpteve upon; It
has demonstrated the praoticabiiity of
the Canadian Government, covering oei ved. Excellent results i?evo 'peon.
—Story o£ the Razor. ~'
Manof the world's greatest for-
tunes have been founded on things•
which appeared `rivial•.
There is no better example than the
story of the safety -razor, The idea
was so simple that atfirst the invent-
or, King Camp Gillette, met with noth-
ing but ridicule and discouragement.
But he persevered, and in the 'first
seventeen years after his invention
had been launched it brought him in,
thousands of `dollars a year. To -day
people are buying Gillette razors at.
the rate of well over two million a
year, to say nothing of the seventeen;
odd million blades which: his factories
turn out annually.
Mr. Gillette started his career as a
travelling salesman for the'. Crown
Cork Company, the makers of.tlie little`
metal caps which we 'see on se many
bottles to -clay. He struck up a .great
friendship . with William Painter, the
owner of the Clown Cork patent, and
it was the .latter- who gave lam the
advice which was to start him- on the
road to fame.
"Gillette," said Painter, "wiry: don't
you think of something like the Crown
cork, which, when once used, must be
thrown away, and the -customer /rust
keep coming back for more?"
It was in 1895. that Mr. Gillette was
afflicted one morning with a bI:unt
'razor, which made shaving 'a torture.
In a flash the idea of the Gillette.
safety -razor came into his mind. With-
out a moment's delay he rushed out,
bought some pieces of brass and steel,`
and with his own bands made the first
"Gillette,"
Then a stern struggle began. No-
body would listen to him, He carried
Les plans round for six years, never
losing hope or admitting defeat. Event-
ually, with two other .men, he formed
a compauy with a.nominal capital of
$500,000, Actually; after a terrific
fight, they managed to• find five thous-
and
housand dollars in cash.
The Thin -Ice Skater.
When the well is dry we know the
worth of water, and when the pocket
is empty we know the value of money.
The happy-go-lucky individual who
epoxide as niucth as he makes, is a thin
ice skater. rt sickness or loss of work
shduld c•om'd, he drops through and
disappears. When old age descendsupon him, it is unfortunate but true,
that' he usually iiuds himself in the
threadbare ,ranks of those who have
Seen ;better• diays. Those who practice
thrift, who prepare for next year as
:Weil as this, go rapidly forward. A
steady -growing bank aoco,tint gives
them confidence to branch out and
courage to tackle bigger things, It
snake"$ the step lighter and the heart
more cheery.—C. 1, C. Pacemaker,
It is not regarded as goad ma erre
to issue an invitation by means of
the telephone except; among the most<
intimate friends, for it gives the iguestt
no time, without apparent rudeness,
tai einsider Whether he is really free
4m4 wants to accept, It is muds nsore,
Coli de to to send an invitatlarn 'b .
frets ,
Scotch Thrift.
In a tack on thrift, a banker told a
story about a Sootch farmer who, on
frequent shoporing trips in town, would
hitch his horse on Main Street, and'.
having securely attached the feed bag
would lift a then from the wagon and
tie her with a stout cord to• one of the
shafts, in such a manner that she
would be able to pick up every bit of
the hats the horse might drop while
wrestling with the teed bag.
Steel Cars for France.
The first all -steel sleeping cars for
use on the continent were built escent-
ly in England and sent to France.
Eskimo Seal Hunt.
When once he has gone to the trou-
ble of splicing a fine spear Handle the
Esltimc; does, not wish to break it; so
the point is put on, with a toggle or
joint. When a seal or walrus is har-
pooned the sudden struggle of the ani-
mal does not break the spear, but
merely unjoints the• point, and the
more theanimal struggles the more
the point turns, crosswise in the wound
and the firmer the barbs take hold.
But the ;animal cannot escape, for
with thongs of 'satin the point is con-
nected with the spear shaft. The ani-
mal merely swims away or dives deep
into the sea, carrying with him the
spear. The long leatherrthong which
is attached to it uu'ooiis from the deck
of tine kyack and plays out. It carries
with it a drag like akite, which re-
tards the animal and exhausts him,
but does not pull hard enough to break
the line. Eyen this draw is made of
akin stretched over a spliced frame-
work. When the line is all played out
it is seen to be attached to a float,
which is also carried on the deck of
the boat. This is made of.an inflated
skin. It has plugs and attachments of
cleverly carved ivory, for woad is far
'tab ' precious to be used in• this land of
ivory so far, from the forests.. The
float serves as a buoy so •that the Es-
kimo can follow' the animal and find
it after it gives up its struggle and,
dies. Then, too, the float keeps the.
catch from slnidng and being lost he
the ooean'Ydepths.
two duels, an admirable and practical
usage, and experience has proven that
a man ordinarily egn,sunlning top tone
of coal can use eight tons of coal and
two tone of peat with greater coeve>iai'
enee and a small financial saying,
This practice generally adopted would
result in the immediate market in On-
tario and Quebec% el 1;000,000 tons of
manufacturing peat at a 'commercial peat, eliminating one-fifth of the sable
profit and marketingit in Eastern recite importations' of those provinces.
Canadian centres spccessfully. With There are apparently no rocks to
but limited opportunity, it has, We' hamperprogress to an extensive ..de
complished a great deal of work in velopnient of the peat bogs' of Eastern,
popularizing peat fuel and has estab- Canada, nor any dangers to be appre-
lashed the nucleus of a Bound and ex- • herded in the way of finding a mar -
Pending market. It has apparently ket, The possibilities & economic
done everything to pave the way for manufacture have been demonstrated
the commercial development of Cana- beyond argument, and the popular'
dim peat bogs. "" I quality of the fuel `is now unquestion-
With only slight qualifications, due , abl'e. The .product is a standard one,
to a power shortage which merely af-; the demand for which, is unceasing
Jetted the extent of production, the and voluminous. The 'new manufac-
1922 season at Alfred was one of suc- ture does not set up as' a rival to any
oessful and uninterrupted manufac- other domestic production, but tends
ture. The plant, "which is the result of merely to curtail coal importations,
four years' constant improvement, and the necessity for which Bangs heavily
considered as near perfection as can at all times upon Easte3a Canada, and
be attained, is capable of a production :at such 'times' of a coal shortage a$
of 100 tone per ten-hour day, The 1922 becomes acute to the extent, a"
manufactured product has been placed panic.
It so happens that there are large
peat deposits adjacent to many popu-
lated and industrial centres in ]Pastern
with imported anthracite coal. It is Canada, :notably Montreal and Toron-
even suggested that under conditions to, which offer uique opportunities for
it might be possible to shade this price the enlistment of capital to develop
a trifle. them. If there is any eignificanee to
be taken from the manner in which
the experiments and operations of the
Peat Committee have been followed
by commercial interests., at will not be
long beforethese centres. are furnish-
ed annually with a supplementary sup•
ply of fuel from demestic sources and
Eastern Canada have taken a definite
step towards. conditions of greater in-
dependence in providing far her future
ment to peat -burners, in an effort to winter's supply of fuel,
.British Gold.
Gold.
Although Welsh gold, which is to
provide a wedding ring for Lady Eliza-
beth BowesLyon, also composed the;
wedding'rin.gs for the Queen and Prin-
cese Mary, the majority of people are
probably unaware to whet extent gold
1ias at -various times -been bound in. dif-
ferent parts of the kingdom.
Scottish reefs were ineregular work-
ing in Stuart days, and' still earlier
provided the metal for a porringer for
Queen Elizabeth. British gold also
provided coronation medals for Charles
on the track at $5.00 per ton and
reached the main markets at a prioe
permitting it to enter into competition
It is significant that the entire peat
production of 1922 was early bought
up by the purchasers of the output of
1920 and 1921, .who were eminently
satisfied with. the output of those
years. It is further significant that
not a solitary complaint has• been re-
ceived of the 1922 peat. crap. Further-
more, in ,response to five hundred
questionairee, sent out by the Govern -
'Phe 'veins in Wales are the only
ones which nowadays seem to receive
any serious attention.
London's Mammoth Tank.
'With a capacity of 6,500,000,000 gal
lore of water, London soon will com-
plete the- world's largest municipal re-
servoir after more than ten years of
work.
. Keep out of the 'suction caused: by
those who 'delft backwards.
SECOND THOUGHTS ARE 9EST
---ii`tow tato Weekly
471
Don't Check 'Yourself.
There are those who, when they
take stock of themselves and their
position. In life, feel teat they ought to
have done better 'and. climbed higher
on the ladder of success.
• They are quite right, too. But when
they try to lay their finger on the
cause of their non -progress they are
at a loss. They know they have been
checked; but who did it, and why, they
cannot point out.
The truth is that they checked them-
selves! They barred• theirown pro-
gress! They have only themselves• to
blame! Not, let et be. said, that the
barrier was erected deliberately. The
sse1f-imposed check on their career
came about; because of a, failure to
check themselves in other ways '
There is. one young man, a type of
ninny more, whose Career has Masted.
He is bitter about it, He knows he
has ability, and cannot- realize why he
is standing still.
The fact is that the manager of the
firm for whom hk works, and in whose
hands lies promotion, does not like
him. Be—the manager—is "old-fas-
hioned" courteous and chivalrous to
all women. It jars on him to hear wo-
men. talked of cynically. And that's
What the' young man does!
"There's not much good about a man
who has nothing goad to say about a
woman," says the manager. And the
young pian is not promoted. He is
checked, because he couldn't check his
cynicism.
Another young man has checked him-
self because the has adjusted, and too
,correctly, his "duties" ancahis "rights."
It is his duty to be at his desk ,at 9
a.m., and he is there. It is his
"right" to leave his desk at 5.30—and
he leaves it to the minute.
Five minutes longer, and his
would have been done. But he
That's why he is still at the
desk, and not a better one.
Another type of self-el:eel:et is he
who cannot wait. He wants to get on
so quickly, and thereby annoys those
above him so much that, human na-
ture being what it is, they peep shim
back. It must be remembered that in
this competitive world, the old are wroppers what done saved up."
fearful of the too -fast advance of the Her Steady—"'That's fine. When you
younsg• gets enough soap wroppers saved up
Finally, there is the se'i'f-checker to furnish a fiat us can git married."
who has halted himself because he
backs tact. He may have ability, but
what a man is carries almost as much
weight as what a pian does. Tact com-
( mantis a man personally, He makes
I uo enemies. Lack of tact creates thein
' and they get in his way.
work
goes!
same
Opportunity.
They do me wrong who say I come nd
more When once I knack and fail to find
you in;
For every day 1 stand outside your
door,,
And bid you wake and rise to fight
and win.
Wail not for precious chances pass:
away
Weep not for golden. nee en the
wane •
Each night I
day,
At sunrise
burn the records• of the •
every soul is, born again,
Laugh like a boy eta 'splendors that
have aped; •
To vanished joys be blind and deat
and dumb;
My judgments seal the dead past with
its dead, •
But never bind a moment yet to
O01118.
Though in mire, wring not your hands
and weep,
I lend my arm to all who say: "I
can."
No shamefaced outcast ever sank so
deep .
But he might rise and be again A
man. • —Walter Malone.
ti .
While There's Life There's Soap.
Cindy, the Lauudres„--""That cheer
you're a settin' on was got with soap
When You Lift the Earth.
We remain on the surface of the
earth instead of falling off as it turns
round because it exerts a tremendous
attractiveiorce, which holds us safely
So do not cheek yourself! It is hard to the ground. ,se
to get en if you yourself stand in the When you fling, a ball into the air
way! It goes upwards with gradually lessen-
ing speed until the force of gravity
overcomes the energy you put into the
Laughing Wrinkles Away.. throw.. Then it stops, and the earth -When someone : asked the famous pulls it taster and faster downwards,
singer, Adelina Patti, then getting But if the earth attracts the ball
Along in . years, how she managed to and pulls it down, the ball must, also
preserve her wonderfully youthful ala attract the earth and pull it up, for
pearanoe, see said, "Whenever I have every solid pu110 other e.oi'idsm So the
" telt a wrinkle coming I have laughed earth actually rises a little to meet the
it away, and my advice to' the woman ball as it conies down!
who wants to remain young is: 'be It the ball weighs ono pound, . the
Happy, don't worry, but walk.' " earth, which weighs. 14,000,000,000,000,•
Darwin said "Every mental state has 000,000,000 pounds, will move rile
correspondiug physical expression." wards just one 100,b00,000,000,000,e00e
In other wards, the body is the mind 0,00,000th of an inch tohueet
objectified mid rt must correspond When you jump into the air yoee sift
with that whisk, lives in the mind. the earth . rather more, since your
Every thought, every emotion., every weight is 'greater 'then that of a 'ball,
motive echoes its iuuage in our bodies, In; fact, if •the whole human population
so that, the thought you Habitually held of the world stood. as closely peeped
in mind will tend to express itself in as possible in one spot, and then alt
your face, in your manner, in your jumped tog ether, the lett would be
jgeneral appearance in your rife. t7. s.:sbolit a tliousaudquitlientl of bye ihiok.
Dispatch, Marden, • was of the driest eobweb.
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