The Goderich Signal-Star, 1972-06-01, Page 3•
Two doiiflst�ndardS
M�yCcSt2 8,800
• for .new lighting
By sometime this July
motorists and pedestriant 'alike
will have a new view of the square.
Although the new view may
actually be, just a better view ( t
night) of the sante thing, it will
•" doubtless ' be ,a great
improvement. , • y �+
Public Utilities work Crews are
at present at the job of installing
new lighting in the area and
• according to P.U,C. manager
Dave Rolston it is hoped that the
job will be finished by July.
Twenty-four new standards are
going up on the inside of the
Square, replacing the present
street lighting in that area as well
as the street lights located on the
outside of the Square. The new
units cost approximately $600
each, $300 for the concrete
standard and $300 for the new
General Electric lights.
The new.l.ightswill be capable
of putting out twice the amount of
light the older ones could but will
do so -at -the -same cost- Both -the .
old and the new fixtures use 400
watts, The P.U.C. will be
mouriting them 'atop the ,hollow •
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concrete poles 40 feet above the
street. Mr. Rolston explained the
reason for selecting concrete
poles had a lot to do with their long
life expectancy and the • f.9.ct that
dogs and metal poles tendto cause
a lot of rust.
In addition to the actual street
lamps, the pew standards will be,
equipped with, recepticles so that
flood_ lights may be attached to
light the trees and inner area of •
the courthouse park. Christmas
lights and decorations may also
be attached to these units:
The whole project, which will
cost an estimated $25;000 also
includes«the placement of service
recepticles in. eight places
throughout court 'house park.
,These' are to be 'used in
conjunction with, such events 'as
the annual Art Mart staged in that -
area .- Dave Ro.l.ston.explained-_that' _ _
the P.U.C. experienced some
difficulty in locating a supplier of
suitfllrie-units but -has- managed•..to..-.
get recepticles with a locking
cover so that children could .not-
open
notopen them -and be- injured,
The Goderich Public Utilities crews have been at work during the
last week installing the new lighting system on the Goderich Square.
The new units will mean that motoristsand pedestrians on the
:,Square vwill be -able to take advahtageof twice the amount of light-.:
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Goderich Public Utilities Manager Dave Rolston,. left, and chairman of the lighting committee Deb
Shewfelt look over a copy of the first bylaw pa'ssed to provide street lighting in the town of Goderich as
they discuss the new I ighting program presently being put into effecton the Square. A sample of one of
the original street lights is seen behind the gentlemen. staff photo)
-presen lravarlaTe Tlrie l : C• poise out ,that the rfew sy'sfem
produces the extra light but consumes the same amount of power as
,the present lights. (staff photo)
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The Blue Thumb •
On the 18th of April then
"Associated Tress reported from
Detroit that, the Ford Motor
Company °`would)rrecall 400,000
172 "Torinos Nand Montegos.. A
Forst- ptfkesman said `there had
been.five reported cases where a
Torino or a Montego lost rear
wheels while driving, causing
damage to the cars."
Losing a wheel, whether., rear
or front is no cause for hilarity,
especially at modern speeds,
nevertheless the 'impact of the
news release tookme back to just
such an experience with the first
car I ever owned, and which, not
surprisingly, came from the Ford
stable, and since we are talking
about the year ,1920, it was of
necessity a "N4.'odel' T'°.
World War 1 having been., ,
disposed of, I found myself in
Karachi whence I was ordered to
Quetta in Baluchistan. From
there, in successive stages. I
reached Loralai and was then seni
F ari.,.Sanrieman.... in the Zhoh
river valley. The reason for my
despatch there was that my
predecessor, the Garrison,
DeIagati�nat Rec. Bd.
meeting wants to save
their autonomy
(erre Id the items' on a long
agenda at Goderich Recreation
rd on Tuesday evening Was a
dFltt,,tirin from the Goderich Art
Club seek in thi hoard's support
in Hbtainrn„ what they termed,
-the maintenance ' of their
autonomy of the annual Art
Mart". in view of the fact they had
111,st begun the program over ten
yt,Ir'S ago.
The croup requested a definite
area...from West 'Street to .Fast
Street, on the South Street side of
tht' park. frn'm the carter curbs to
the Court house; be reserved for
their, tie durinri• the. Ai't Mart.'
. i''1he -Art Club advertises
several r•att'gor•ies, a'hd has
approached' other o.rganizations
tote part of this annual event. ,we
should have the privilege of
(lr'cirlinrr which displays and
booths should use this area," they
noted. • • We suggest that Unrelated
activities may he conducted in
another section of the park", they
Added. ,
• The delegation said that the Arta
Mart -has drawn many tourists to
Goderich since its beginning over
hen years- agro, and we wish to
maintain our present autonomy
and hope to promote further
interest in tout isrn in Goderich
along with other groups,'.
--.= .,-R,ee;r a-trc rr-rd • -members»:
M also heard a letter from the
Goderich Tourist committee. who ,
bad met earlier,witli the Art Club.
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Theo�► of ' tie
"f n Goderich in t:o r, enation•
„ � r p with the Goderich polrce
Forte has painted safety markings on Harbor Hill in an, effort to
control an expected increase of traffic to
p , : the St. Christopher's
Beach area.'Sirrce St. Christopher's beach hat been the object of
several improvements during the pasttew months, more and more
•
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The letter urged support of the
club's request.
The board agreed that the club
should maintain control of the
booth locations, and passed the
matter onto Town Council with_
the recommendation that' it he
accepted
Corr-ection
Word has been received from
Goderich OPP detachment that a
report issued last week from
their office put undue importance
upon a car -bus accident involving •
a Sherwood bus from Dungannon.
A spokesman this week.sa%d the
Sherwood bus was -only
indirectly" involved and that no
collision resulted from the
mishap
The Ontario provincial police
regret 'any embarrassment
sufferred•by Mr. -Sherwood.
Engineer had just- left on
indefinite leave "of' absence, an
indefini't'eness which was,
prolonged when it was discovered
'th she had paid the local maliks to
collecfand bz eak road metal to #
much greater value than funds
were available.
These were the days when a
rupee was a rupee. Exceeding
your budget was«,a crime, not a
reason for congratulation, as
occurs today. The Garrison
Engineer's indefinite absence
suggested that the Government of
India's Public Works department
might have been taken for a ride
and that the maliks might have
returned a large percentage of the
sum nominally paid to them, thus
enabling the engineer to leave the
country and bask in some Eastern
clfme where the writ of the Raj did -
trot run.
These then were the
circumstances under whieri'the
' • new boy" was sent post haste to
Sandeman to check the road metal
collected '""in " piles ar ng the
roadside and finally. to discover
that the worst fears of the
Secretary in the P.W.D. were
confirmed. •
.. Fort Sandeman was trot a fort
within the meaning of the
dictionary definition, but rather a
typical outpost of Empire, with a
battalion of Indian infantry, some
pack artillery (screw•guns to you)
a para -military • battalion of
Militia - the Zhob• Rifles and
finally a Political Agent. Officials
and officers •were housed in
bungalows b"wilt on three low hills
or excrescenses which reared
their heads in •an' otherwise wide,
flat, arid valley, .,with the lines of
the troops below " on the level
ground. The nearest post 'was •-kt‘..,
Kapip, a mud brick tower in which
lived a platoon, charged with
protecting the water, supply to
'Sandeman. A-fter.Kapip the next
occupied area was some 80 miles
distant.
The Zhob Rifles were kind
enough to accept me into their
mess, which was pa„rticulariy
appropriate since it was
invariably in the.,compa•ny.of their
patrols that I went forth, with a
train of camels carrying logs to
be sawn on site, corrugated iron,
•all for the repairof postseven
further flung than Sandeman,, all
of. which had but recently been'
damaged'by the mutinying Militia.
These last had been "turned'on•"'
as we say today, by the ambition of
the ,Amir of Afghanistan, aly^,"
prodded by local mullahs tb�an
extent that excessive numbers of
STAY ALIVE
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WATER ,SAFETY
people.
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.are ep d td tike advantage of that arra of Ctoderrclr s •
beach. In anticipation ofthia Mice Chief Fred Minshall said, the .
traffic arrows were deemed necessary to ppartially eliminate traffic
confuioh an Harbor Hill this summer. (staff photo) '
!fflod
their British Officers had been
mutrdered at . these posts, while
the mutinying Pathans decamped
with their rifles And ammunition.
All the mutineers had been.
discharged' and ,' new faces
recruited while it was deemed
wise to bring in a new
Commanding . Officer: 'The
retiring C.O.,named Spain, had
hada hair raising experience
making his way back to Sandeman
efrgm a ravaged post and was now
to be relieved by Bunbury from
the Hazara Pioneers. As was
customary, Spain was busy
selling up his belongings and it
was thud that -was abie tracquire-
his Model T Ford.
As ,few people now recall, 30
miles per hour, with the wind
behind you, was nearly top speed
for the average automobile • of
those days, and then only if the
vibrator on the transformer aye --
a fat enough spank to ,ensure
ignition. There was no self-
starter, in fact it was about this
time that—Charles Kettef•rng.
shared the general frustration at
having to crank the engine and
then and there decided to do°
something about' it, thus giving
mankind the self-starter,,, and
reaping the teternal gratitude of
all concerned.
Possessed of my firs• t car, a
necessity to enable me to visit all
the widely dispersed posts, and
road construction for which I was
responsible, I was returning
proudly from Kapip, bowling
along the track which did duty for
a road at possibly 25 miles per
hour, when I was surprised to see
that lhad-;been beaten in the:,race
by a lone wheel which trundled
ahead of me.
Simultaneously there .came a
distinct list to port, followed by a
grating sound as the brake drum
was dragged along the road. No
worry. No concern. The wheel
retrieved, it was replaced and
this time care was taken to see
that a nail was put in place where
the split pin had been omitted in
the first , instance.'._Inspection'
showed the braking action df>the
.road on the brake drum had
merely ;worn a flax upon it.
'Returned to Sandeman my Sikh
mistri' . soon ensured the loss
wpnld not occur again and though I '
dr ve the Model T until I could
afford a brand new ..1920°
Chevrolet there were no similar
adventures.
Later it seemed that whenever I
landediir India ,I,yvould find a. Ford
'in my life; because 19 years later
I was in Calcutta designing an
armoured body to fit on a Ford
chassis known as CO11QRF
which. built atwWAkrtdsor, Ontario,
was assembled in Calcutta. The
resulting armoured infantry
carrier was produced by the
thousands by the ingenuity of the
men of ,the East India Railway'
shops at Singhboom, and went to
war all over.the East, in
.SQmailand„ --,.oras ,,... irwicaH «
Abyssinia and in. fact wherever
the Indian Army .was engaged.
Having had such an intimate'
acquaintance..with these carriers',
64- 444 -r-i- r -0,e p l
interested to' meet someone who
had used them Yin anger" so to
speak and who would give .rne am•
unpiassedaccount as to how they.
disported themselves in battle:.
One -day, in Detroit in 1944, an
eye -witness appeared. -and I
questioned him eagerly to learn
that their performance had been
satisfactory. But having said this
he insisted on giving me an
account of a personal experience,
somewhere in Persia (Iran), when
he had broken down in one of these
vehicles, finding he could not"
engage the• gea-r-s: It seems he
remained thus until by some
•Divine Providence a.,Sikh soldier
appeared from no where asking
``Quia Hogaya?" (Literally: What
has become?)
Informed.that the transmission
was "phut hogaya," he smiled
broadly, indicating that this was
one of the few instances of
temperament to `which this
chassis was prone and with which ,
he was all too familiar. Asking for ..
a hammer, the Sikh -soldier
-disappeared under the chassis
and having given the re'calcit'rant
part a couple of resounding
cracks with the hammer, came
out from under with every
assurance. "Ubi tik hai" Sahib!"
(Now,it's allright Sahib) and tik
(prop: teak) it was.
tn' these days :when rampant
Naderisrn is taking all the joy out
of driving,if not out of living as
, vela, itis refreshing to look hack .
,orftheearly day °df the Ford car
when practically ANY defect'
could be instantly remedied by the
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dr e n ser armedoicl it �:
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11. s h
y
five pound,farmer. Today it is.
quite a different story and there; is
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