The Huron Expositor, 1921-09-16, Page 1Our Stock is all NEW. When we say "New"
we mean New Goods, New Styles, New Qualities,
New Prices. This is significant because every
thought and every memory associated with the past
few seasons recalls high prices, inferior qualities,
disappointing service. It's great to get back to old'
standards and this store is where you get it.
All Wool Cloth in Women's
and Girls' Coats $15.00 to $30.00
All Wool Cloth in • Suits and Over-
coats for Men ......$20.00 to $25.00
All Wool Underwear $1.25 to $2.50
All Wool Coat Sweaters and Pullovers... $3.50 to $6
All Wool Sox 5Oc to 75c
Men's and Women's Rain Coats .. $7.00, $10.00 to $15
All departments of our store are filled with high
grade wearing apparel.
The. Greig Clothing. Co.
NEXT TO ABERHART'S DRUG STORE
West Side Main Street
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:Cheaper than Coal Oil.
For full information inquire at
HYDRO SHOP.
TOWN HALL BUILDING
Entrance -Town Clerk's Office.
PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF SEAFORTH
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a Zfi t0, ,:erected in Yi p
Park .: the Town;. of Seaforth i.
•cos mesaoratfoh of 'the inert from this,
ditriet, . ilvho lost their lived at the
front is one which deep honer to the.
memory of the men, to theiflamilies:
and to thetown. St is; conceived.and
executed ,along Ibroad and artistic
Innes. had" represents in marble, a
young goldier standing overthe-grave
of a fallen comrade in Flanders the
whole inscribed, "In Flanders Field."
On the base of the monument is en-
graved the names of forty soldiers
from. this community who were killed
in active -service, and also a list of
the 'battles in which, the 'Canadian
army tools part including Vimy,
Courcellette, Lent, Givenchy, St. E1or,
The Somme, etc.
, This monument has been erected to
perpetuate the memory of these men,
and, as long as the stone endures, it
will remind future generations of the
events of the Great War and the-
achievements
heachievements of the soldiers from this
part of Ontario. Their deeds will
form the basis of all future teaching
in civics and patriotism.
Rupert Brookes, not long before his
death• at Galliopi, wr-rt .t sonnet be-
ginning: -
"When I am dead thi ra` y this of me
That there's a corner in some foreign
field,
That is forever England."
English' literature is rich in senti-
ments of that kind, and in an equally
appropriatte strain the man who left
Canada, never 'to return, might have
said:
"Wihen 11 am dead, think erdyehis of ane
That there's a corner of some foreign
• field,
That is forever Canada." '
Forever Canada.
This epitaph sums up the essence
of patriotism. Their hopes were
Canadian hopes. Their ambitions
were Canadian ambitions. Their
thoughts and feelings were bound up
in their native country, and their
dust, though lying in a foreign field,
is, so much the more, Canadian dust,
and will be for all time.
The secretary of the allied war
cabinet, who knows whereof he speaks
has written a book on the war, and
he states that the conflict was decid-
ed in the spring of 1918 by a matter
of 12,000 'yam. That was the dist
tenet the Germari army were held up
from Amiens during their last great
offensive. Most people know the
topography of the country behind
Ainiens, lit is marshy land, giving
no opportunity for two armies to co-
operate or even to form a junction,
and if the Germans had succeeded in
reaching that city they would have
made a wedge between the British
and the French armies and driven
each in turn into the sea.
Hindenberg, the one honest Ger-
man, who has written about the war,
outlines in his memoirs the reasons
why the German army failed to bridge
this 12,000 yards. He does not blame
his own troops or officers, nor assign
the reason to enemy propaganda. He
states that it was en account of the
"tenacity" of the British troops. He
emphasises this point time after time.
The "tenacity" and endurance of
these troops, which include those from
Canada, in the face of overwhelming
odds, eventually broke the ,power of
the greatest military machine that
the world has known.
Ontario, during the three years
since the signing of the Armistice,
has enjoyed the blessings of peace
and unexampled prosperity. Compared
with other countries in the old land,
it has no . troubles to speak of. Its
lines have fallen in pleasant places,
and the war seems a distant night-
mare
Mankind, in truth, have ever a re-
markable faculty in forgetting things
that are not pleasant. But in allow-
ing free rein to our natural bent in
that regard we are apt to forget also
the benefits of peace that have been
conferred upon us by the men who
went overseas.
Shakespeare, who well knew the
tendency of human nature to forget,
compared the thanklessness of men
to the hardness and rigors of winter.
"Blow, blow, thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind,
' As M'an's ingratitude."
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wzry Y, yt
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H tz :".n 1 �'�j `7, �'W.'sti E4 J.S' at , F�'j ,trW/✓ti dt,f
f Nor al
tli
Lumber has Reached:.a Price Level
where its value' beam: the,,trtie _ and proper pro-
portion, die value of Ole products you farm-
ers raise and'sell.
There's; ';oth_ing Mysterious About
it- just,the old law of supply and demand, and
a willinness on our part to play fair with - our
custona,..-friends by reducing our prices to a
point ,ire you can afford to buy.
Right Ni* Your Problem Might be ,
a Barn, a shed or other building necessary to
help. you do your work betters more quickly or
more economically. Or it may mean a new
home, o (~,'repairing and remodelling the old one.
Bring Your Problem to Us. 'Let us
show your the facts. We have many plans and
suggestions, some of which you can probably
use, and`,'our friendly counsel and assistance
won't, obligate you in any way.
COME IN THE FIRST CONVENIENT DAY AND
'LET'S TALK IT OVER.
We specialize in all forms of Roofing Material
RED CEDAR SHINGLES
BRANTFORD ASPHALT SLATES
AND ROLL ROOFING
VULCANITE ASPHALT SHINGLES
Get' our prices before you buy
N. Cluf f & Sons
i Seaforth fi- - - - Ontario
Sept. 15 to 24
but from grinding poverty, from war
in its 'most diabolical phases, from the
last extremity of pestilence and fam-
ine. Every man under the age of
sixty in the community, if the German
army had succeeded in Europe, would
have been placed in active service, and
the Government of the country would
have been in the hands of the women
and old men.
Most people are fully alive to the
contrast between the present and
what might have been. Ontario is
quite resolved to pay its share of the
expense of the war, whatever it may
be. But apart from meeting the cost
of the war, the chief work is to con-
solidate and capitalize the benefits of
peace, not only for our own Dominion
but for other countries which stand in
greater need.
One big work is the rehabilitation
of the child population of eastern
Europe, the special undertaking of
the Red Cross. Fifteen million men
have been killed, and a slaughter of
that extent, has had its inevitable re-
action on the family life of the old
world. From four to five million
children. the citizens of the future,
form a band, the waifs and strays of
humanity in these eastern countries,
and the problem is one of supplying
food, of building up of some sort of
family life again and of relieving to
some extent the widespread destitu-
1
el ds &.''wail'. .,a' j& ;
.aily. the' ware wh
'wow '
ghhen': there • etee, the of.
]peace i in our etwn caul�j
which hale given life to l ,i/S
tendencies which include
litikal.: theory; under the :suis , -be 041 .1- ,,,i
Glebe said a few days ;agar that the ,Presea
best' way to take adva of; the o "ta.
g of P 74e4 �ering ran k
blessings ,' a is ' . he oldcra 3liJa `e
the pause of leggi lative, economic and .a roller tet dieilt .$
social ,reform:: nut Ole yeke.liemet reventlle yetu s' won
go very far. '1%,e pursuit', of political tinder Invesll a lona
cures aqd panaceas, is realllyef .tdetri- high: end operating os
meat rf it is made the chihing, Optimism is a splendi
when we have to get' down to
hard facts we cannot ca`t$.ta]izp it o
dollars and cage, There are niO,
malities to -day who feel ,tbab I y .
isn't just what it was Greed n ►!.t anti
be because of over -estimation ' t
an inducement to.them to'natei{ c
polder and light figures were qn
which should never have been. •r
sented:: at all, and these prices,,. 1� ;
accepted by the mugieipalitlee.lm gd
faith. To -day their faith is very duff i t,
because of increased 'rates. The ere,„1.'
iginal price the power was offered. at l
was "service at coat,' and the 'prep-
ent prices charged are "servtde"'at -
cost." Now, here are two or three
Instances: Kincardine orgi�nally $$42..€'
per H. P., now $48; Chesterville,
originally $36, next $47, then $7,6.75
and now $85, although, Chestervillel
increased consumption from 50 H.P.
to 192 H.P. Just another instance
Grand Valley's maintainanee charge -
has been raised 65 per cent., interest.
charges 51 per cent, and operating
costs 36 per cent. We could quote
others but plenty is as good as:
feast and these are sufficient
show us that someone's /estimates <;
were too low or their optimism toot.
high.
the blessing of peace is to train the Now, turning back 10 cost .again.
individual, especially the individual we wonder if there is not something
boy and girl. The countries which wrong with Hydro's method of at- i„
felt the war the most are straining
every nerve to train future genera-
tions, not for war, but for the arts
of peace, for the benefit of their own
state, and the well-being, of their own charged on the same circuit. Sup -
people. pose we take up this question and
Only in this way can future geli-
erations be made worthy of the men
who placed their lives like a flower
at the feet of their country and their
cause.
Legislative, aeon ic or social re-
forms may be al�ght in their place
bort their scope is extremely limited:
The chief thing in society (whisper
41) is not some organization,.whether
polit[cal, religlnus or social; It is the
individual. And the chief work in a
free country is the development of
the individual, so that he will make a
better farmer, or a better merchant
or a better mechanic, and thus do his
own commonplace task a little more
efficiently, and make his farm a bet-
ter place to live on, and his own ear -
1 ticular community a better commit.
fty, apart from big problems of the
country as a whole. This running- af-
ter political or social reform for the
benefit of your neighbors, and letting
the weeds and grass grow on , your
own farm, or letting your own busi-
ness become slack, this passion for
organization, this dependence on a
cabinet of eight or ten men to im-
prove economic conditions, Is alto-
gether too prevalent in Ontario and
Canada to -day and is doing little good.
he monument in Victoria Park
cmemerates the triumph of the in-
cJIdividual, without which the success of
'the war would have been impossible.
The best way to take advantage of
Seaforth Fair
THURSDAY and FRIDAY
September 22 and 23
"Freeze, freeze thou winter sky,
Thou dost not rite so nigh,
As benefits forgot."
Benefits forgot. Benefits cast into
oblivion along with the horrors of the
war.
One purpose of the memorial such
as we have described is to recall and
emphasise these benefits by compar-
ing our state to -day with what it
might have been, and comparing our
peace and plenty with conditions that
obtain in some of the countries of
Europe.
One of the benefits that we owe to
the civilian army who represented
Canada, is that war today is no more
and the sword has been turned into
the ploughshare. Some would also
emphasise the fact that we are a free
people, but I am not one of those who
number among ourblessings our
escape from the heel', of German dom-
ination. The time will never come
when the Anglo Saxon will be under
the domination of the German. He
never has been and never will be.
But the chief benefit conferred upeff
this Province andupon the country
at 'lovas, • thirotlgh the 'fortitude and
endrirancebt the men abroad, is the.
escape, not from Germaun dominlattiotl,
HORSE RACES
2.25 Pace, nurse. $150.00
2.15 Pace, purse $150.00
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
Rural and Urban School Children's Parade
from Victoria Park at 1.30 p.m., headed by
Seaforth Band.
Prizes for Drills, Best Appearing School
Prizes for Best Represented School
Children in Parade admitted FREE.
Baby Contest under 6 months old
Baby Contest over 6 months & under 18 months
Boys 18 years and under judging Horses.
Ladies' Hitching Contest, Etc., Etc.
Special Exhibit of the Great Central Experi-
mental Farm of Grain, Sheafs, and Eggs.
SEAFQRTH HIGHLAND BAND.
ADMISSION:
Children, 15c - Autos, etc., 25c.
R. M. JONES M. BRODERICK
Treasurer. Secretary.
riving at cost. We personally thinly,':'
that there are a few cogs missing''
somewhere because we believe that
there is too much variation in prices
LIBERAL CONVENTION IN
SOUTH HURON.
The Liberals of South Huron met in
open caucus in the Town Hall, Hen -
sal], on Tuesday afternoon last to se-
lect a candidate to .contest the riding
in the Liberal interests at the Do-
minion election to be held this fall.
There was an unexpectedly large
attendance, every part of the riding
bei presented, and there seemed
to a general conviction among
t present that after the election
South Huron would again be found
in the Liberal column.
Several names were put in nomina-
tion, but no ballot ipes required, the
unanimous choice (of the convention
(ming Mr. Thomas McMillan, of Hul-
lett, who made such a good fight, a-
gainst tremendous odds, at the gen-
eral election in 1917. In point, of a-
bility, as a speaker, or as a farmer,
and business man, Mr. McMillan has
no superior in Huron County, and the
reception given him after• his great
speech in accepting the nomination,
showed that the Liberals were behind
him to a man. ,
Me, John Morgan, of Usborne, pre-
sided, and besides Mr: McMillan and
the local speakers, characteristic
fighting addresses were delivered by
Duncan C. Ross, M.P., for West Mid-
dlesex, and Mr. A. R. Kennedy, editor
of the London Advertiser, both of
whom briefly, but effectively reviewed
the record of the present Union Gov-
ernment.
The following are the names of the
other heal men proposed: W. C.
Medd, Exeter; J. Procter, Zurich;
Owen Geiger, Hensall; John Morgan,
Osborne; I). F. McGregor, Tucker -
smith; harry Snaith, Hay; Dr. W. J.
Shaw. Clinton; Mayor (',olding. Sea -
forth; Capt. Ferguson, Rayfield; R.
G, Seldom. Exeter, and Thomas Shii-
linglew, Tuekersmith.
After rousing cheers for Mr. Mc-
Millan and Mr. Mackenzie King, the
meeting was closed by the singing of
"God Save the King,"
HYDRO SERVICE AT COST
T
Editor, Expositor:
Under the above heading we are
'ming to try and show up some of
the defects of the hydro system so
for as it etTrets the rural situation;
but. schen you read this instalment,
do not say, "Oh, he's a knocker."
Pleas., suspend judgment on the an,
thor till the series in completer. Our
object in presenting the subject is le
stimulate thought on hydro matter:
and by showing both the advantages
and the drawbacks, to throw it in a
better perspective so that each farm-
er can judge hydro on its merits.
Now, "Service at Cost" i.a a great
talking point for hydro engineers to
dwell upon. In fact its is more than
a talking point. If rates are boosted,
"service at cost" becomes a shield
for the engineers to crawl behind.
If rates are reduced "service at coat"
becomes a big bass drum to lead the
singing. But Cost is a very illusive
term Two engineers, both compet-
ent, will produce different • results
from the same date, particularly so
when "cost" ,is being 'boa oil esti-
mates only. There is-al*days tin ele-
Stain ' hf ,Ohlteftainty, " a chance of
see just how "service at cost" charges.
work _out in practise. Two farmers:
live- side by side; one installs a a,
H.P. motor and te other a• 6 H.P. 8' '
phase motor, A uses.his.8 H,P,_lltn .k.w
for one and one-half hours at full
capacity for 249 days, ltd B uses -his. '
5 ILP. one hour a day for 224
They use approximately the wade r
amount of power. A uses i120sla.
K.W.H. and B 1120 hours bjevr,oxel
would think that at service at dos£ "
they would both pay the same amount.
per annum, but do they? No; de-
cidedly not. Here are the bills that.
would be presented by Hydro to
them for payment:
A.
3 H.P. motor service charge..,$60.41'
480 K.W. Hours at 7c 33,60'
640 K.W. ljours at 31/2c 22.40
I.ess 10 prompt pay- $116.41
meat on power 5.60
Total $J10.81
B.
5 H.P. motor service charge...,$8400
840 K.W. Hours at 7c 58.80
280 K.W. Hours at 31kc 9.80
$152.60
Less 10'F. 6.86'
Total $145.74
Thus A pays $110.81 for 1120 K.W.
hours, service at cost; and B pays:
$145.74 for 1120 K.W. hours, service
at cost.
They both draw it off the same
200.00(} volt line, use the same
amount of power from the same
sourceand yet B pays $34.96 more
than A. Now there is no possibility
of A and le both .getting service at
cost with such a variation or where
such a discrepancy is possible. If
we are to get such a service there
should be a flat rate covering Horse
P'wer used as long as the same
p -mer line is sufficient to carry the
"Hier" and only when a larger-
primary
argerprimary line is necessary to carry in -
et gas e(i voltage should there be any
m'r•ase in cost and that increase
sLeula be an addition to the service
charge only, covering the additional
test of line,
Before we leave this phase of the
eilr,ject we believe there is a little
misunderstanding respecting the cost
her mile of coral ,lines. The Drury •
Government has premised to pay
G"'y per rrrt. of the rant of pri ry
li tee. Cnsenquently an impres ion
hes gone abroad that, the government
will pay one-half the service charge.
This is a mistake. We have before
u•• the hydro engineer's.estimates as
prepared by thorn and presented to
tie Government for approval. These
o'timeles cover twelve townships, 175
n tics of line and 1,005 consumers.
The capital expenditure is placed at
ett75 27 7.00, of which $222,000.00 ,is
fir primary line. At these figures
the total cost per mile of line is plac-
ed at $2144,44, but as the Govern-
ment pays one-half the cost of the-
primary line or $645.71, the balance
together with the additional capital
account of $85.3.01 per mile brings the
total cost chargeable against the
consumer of $1498.72 per mile.- This
figure is approximately that,ef the
engineer who addressed the Varna
meeting and it is on this basis that
the service charge is Computed and
is supposed to' cover depreeinfiolt;'in
terest on iliv'esliment, and the re,
of the bonds in thirty years.
PRANK W,KTII
Moving Sale
Sept. 15 to 24
Ordered Suits and Overcoats
TAILOR MADE
Imported Serges, Indigo Blue , , , $28.00
Imported Tweeds K.., t.F .:.- . . $20.00
Imported Overcoatings... ..... ....$28.00
10 per cent. Discount during Sale.
", V Y' WARDRQI "
MAIN MUT p3T • , - - - ' SEA$Will ',
'c�4. 'a. `r: � '%"� ``r'r „r it
hfl�Y a 1•i - t :�s�lb -.
"Freeze, freeze thou winter sky,
Thou dost not rite so nigh,
As benefits forgot."
Benefits forgot. Benefits cast into
oblivion along with the horrors of the
war.
One purpose of the memorial such
as we have described is to recall and
emphasise these benefits by compar-
ing our state to -day with what it
might have been, and comparing our
peace and plenty with conditions that
obtain in some of the countries of
Europe.
One of the benefits that we owe to
the civilian army who represented
Canada, is that war today is no more
and the sword has been turned into
the ploughshare. Some would also
emphasise the fact that we are a free
people, but I am not one of those who
number among ourblessings our
escape from the heel', of German dom-
ination. The time will never come
when the Anglo Saxon will be under
the domination of the German. He
never has been and never will be.
But the chief benefit conferred upeff
this Province andupon the country
at 'lovas, • thirotlgh the 'fortitude and
endrirancebt the men abroad, is the.
escape, not from Germaun dominlattiotl,
HORSE RACES
2.25 Pace, nurse. $150.00
2.15 Pace, purse $150.00
SPECIAL ATTRACTIONS
Rural and Urban School Children's Parade
from Victoria Park at 1.30 p.m., headed by
Seaforth Band.
Prizes for Drills, Best Appearing School
Prizes for Best Represented School
Children in Parade admitted FREE.
Baby Contest under 6 months old
Baby Contest over 6 months & under 18 months
Boys 18 years and under judging Horses.
Ladies' Hitching Contest, Etc., Etc.
Special Exhibit of the Great Central Experi-
mental Farm of Grain, Sheafs, and Eggs.
SEAFQRTH HIGHLAND BAND.
ADMISSION:
Children, 15c - Autos, etc., 25c.
R. M. JONES M. BRODERICK
Treasurer. Secretary.
riving at cost. We personally thinly,':'
that there are a few cogs missing''
somewhere because we believe that
there is too much variation in prices
LIBERAL CONVENTION IN
SOUTH HURON.
The Liberals of South Huron met in
open caucus in the Town Hall, Hen -
sal], on Tuesday afternoon last to se-
lect a candidate to .contest the riding
in the Liberal interests at the Do-
minion election to be held this fall.
There was an unexpectedly large
attendance, every part of the riding
bei presented, and there seemed
to a general conviction among
t present that after the election
South Huron would again be found
in the Liberal column.
Several names were put in nomina-
tion, but no ballot ipes required, the
unanimous choice (of the convention
(ming Mr. Thomas McMillan, of Hul-
lett, who made such a good fight, a-
gainst tremendous odds, at the gen-
eral election in 1917. In point, of a-
bility, as a speaker, or as a farmer,
and business man, Mr. McMillan has
no superior in Huron County, and the
reception given him after• his great
speech in accepting the nomination,
showed that the Liberals were behind
him to a man. ,
Me, John Morgan, of Usborne, pre-
sided, and besides Mr: McMillan and
the local speakers, characteristic
fighting addresses were delivered by
Duncan C. Ross, M.P., for West Mid-
dlesex, and Mr. A. R. Kennedy, editor
of the London Advertiser, both of
whom briefly, but effectively reviewed
the record of the present Union Gov-
ernment.
The following are the names of the
other heal men proposed: W. C.
Medd, Exeter; J. Procter, Zurich;
Owen Geiger, Hensall; John Morgan,
Osborne; I). F. McGregor, Tucker -
smith; harry Snaith, Hay; Dr. W. J.
Shaw. Clinton; Mayor (',olding. Sea -
forth; Capt. Ferguson, Rayfield; R.
G, Seldom. Exeter, and Thomas Shii-
linglew, Tuekersmith.
After rousing cheers for Mr. Mc-
Millan and Mr. Mackenzie King, the
meeting was closed by the singing of
"God Save the King,"
HYDRO SERVICE AT COST
T
Editor, Expositor:
Under the above heading we are
'ming to try and show up some of
the defects of the hydro system so
for as it etTrets the rural situation;
but. schen you read this instalment,
do not say, "Oh, he's a knocker."
Pleas., suspend judgment on the an,
thor till the series in completer. Our
object in presenting the subject is le
stimulate thought on hydro matter:
and by showing both the advantages
and the drawbacks, to throw it in a
better perspective so that each farm-
er can judge hydro on its merits.
Now, "Service at Cost" i.a a great
talking point for hydro engineers to
dwell upon. In fact its is more than
a talking point. If rates are boosted,
"service at cost" becomes a shield
for the engineers to crawl behind.
If rates are reduced "service at coat"
becomes a big bass drum to lead the
singing. But Cost is a very illusive
term Two engineers, both compet-
ent, will produce different • results
from the same date, particularly so
when "cost" ,is being 'boa oil esti-
mates only. There is-al*days tin ele-
Stain ' hf ,Ohlteftainty, " a chance of
see just how "service at cost" charges.
work _out in practise. Two farmers:
live- side by side; one installs a a,
H.P. motor and te other a• 6 H.P. 8' '
phase motor, A uses.his.8 H,P,_lltn .k.w
for one and one-half hours at full
capacity for 249 days, ltd B uses -his. '
5 ILP. one hour a day for 224
They use approximately the wade r
amount of power. A uses i120sla.
K.W.H. and B 1120 hours bjevr,oxel
would think that at service at dos£ "
they would both pay the same amount.
per annum, but do they? No; de-
cidedly not. Here are the bills that.
would be presented by Hydro to
them for payment:
A.
3 H.P. motor service charge..,$60.41'
480 K.W. Hours at 7c 33,60'
640 K.W. ljours at 31/2c 22.40
I.ess 10 prompt pay- $116.41
meat on power 5.60
Total $J10.81
B.
5 H.P. motor service charge...,$8400
840 K.W. Hours at 7c 58.80
280 K.W. Hours at 31kc 9.80
$152.60
Less 10'F. 6.86'
Total $145.74
Thus A pays $110.81 for 1120 K.W.
hours, service at cost; and B pays:
$145.74 for 1120 K.W. hours, service
at cost.
They both draw it off the same
200.00(} volt line, use the same
amount of power from the same
sourceand yet B pays $34.96 more
than A. Now there is no possibility
of A and le both .getting service at
cost with such a variation or where
such a discrepancy is possible. If
we are to get such a service there
should be a flat rate covering Horse
P'wer used as long as the same
p -mer line is sufficient to carry the
"Hier" and only when a larger-
primary
argerprimary line is necessary to carry in -
et gas e(i voltage should there be any
m'r•ase in cost and that increase
sLeula be an addition to the service
charge only, covering the additional
test of line,
Before we leave this phase of the
eilr,ject we believe there is a little
misunderstanding respecting the cost
her mile of coral ,lines. The Drury •
Government has premised to pay
G"'y per rrrt. of the rant of pri ry
li tee. Cnsenquently an impres ion
hes gone abroad that, the government
will pay one-half the service charge.
This is a mistake. We have before
u•• the hydro engineer's.estimates as
prepared by thorn and presented to
tie Government for approval. These
o'timeles cover twelve townships, 175
n tics of line and 1,005 consumers.
The capital expenditure is placed at
ett75 27 7.00, of which $222,000.00 ,is
fir primary line. At these figures
the total cost per mile of line is plac-
ed at $2144,44, but as the Govern-
ment pays one-half the cost of the-
primary line or $645.71, the balance
together with the additional capital
account of $85.3.01 per mile brings the
total cost chargeable against the
consumer of $1498.72 per mile.- This
figure is approximately that,ef the
engineer who addressed the Varna
meeting and it is on this basis that
the service charge is Computed and
is supposed to' cover depreeinfiolt;'in
terest on iliv'esliment, and the re,
of the bonds in thirty years.
PRANK W,KTII