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The Free Press Wednesday July Warden accuses Hydro of cluttering country Ho Hon Warden Anne accused Ontario Hydro of cluttering up thi country with hydro wires suggesting they were building an empire to sell power to the United States at a public meeting in Acton rlday night Are suffering for the people or the United States she an official of Ontario Hydro at the meeting to acquaint the public with alternative routes for the proposed KV power corridor Mrs MacArlhur said she was a frequent visitor to Europe and in spite of the I urge population there the visual pollution of hydro wires was not noticeable Yugoslavia she said was able to run a line under the Adriatic Sea to export power to Italy while Ontario could not even bury lines under the ground There must be a belter way then stringing lowers through to satisfy power More occurrences noted by police There was a substantial in the number or Any knows Invtstlgated during InvlriK Is business reporting week of July 1 to requires your full addition every Acton of I hi Provincial Police slow speeds If a drivtrs at total if 4H general Is diverted ho can be in motor before he knows it At included ALTERNATIVE route for the 500 Hydro corridor as proposed by John Schneider 2 Acton would avoid this area altogether and take the shortest route to and Bruce generating stations Both Ontario Hydro spokesmen and environmental planner Bruce Howlett said the proposal had ment and could be an alternative to the network introduced as other possible routes vitncli Mnjnr Invest I gnllo four reports of dumnM reports or assault me reptrt of theft made two drug resulting In two men bunk and charged Narcotk Act Stolen cars J becking an abandoned vehick officer learned that the vehicle had been stolen from Ton a short lime earlier A second vehicle was stolen In Acton and recovered after being Involved in a collision Two men were charged with theft of a motor vehicle a result Officers wen called to quell a on a main street Whtn attempting to dispurst an unruly eroup of youths a Hamilton man became I iwards the officers was subsequently arrested f r disturbance town men were with having liquor in a Iher than residence a youth was charged with vehicles resulted in two motorists be charged for driving without insurance One motorist was ehurgul with impaired driving speeds he and others can Ik seriously Injun d or worse Moke it your driving rule to avoid millionth behind the wheel at requirements of Toronto and Hamilton she insisted Denies I legal Ions An official of Hydro denied Mrs allegation that the network of towers and lines was being contracted to sell S Hydro does sell some of its surplus power to the in the summer when it Is available the profits from which le noted went back to the people ho said The Hydro spokesman said Ontario hydro shared Mrs MacArlhur concern about cluttering up the countryside but unless I acted there would soon be a power shortage in areas where demand was Increasing He said Hydro people were familiar with technical d nth elsewhere and used the most modern techniques available to supply Ontario He doubted the line from Yugoslavia to Italy would Hie voltage required for the expanding Hamilton Toront i market but he eould not comment because he was not with it Mrs who told artier lines could affici her property Inquired whether those in the rural areas wen really carrying the urban but the spokesman said new line were required to supply Toronto and Hamilton as well as the area in between An aPCPDtahle alternative Georgetown youth drowns William Sutherland 18 of Resuscitation Continued from Page l three alternative would replace He also said the NorthSouth route between Georgetown and Halton proposed would follow the CN railway line through Mansewood Earlier In the meeting It was suggested that the transmission corridor would be best In the Parkway proposed and communications It li the logical location said a member of the audience since ft answers the description precisely However Mr that 1 the Parkway was chosen It might be difficult to get it in quickly enough Hydro has to get going on the transmission corridor soon to guarantee there no electrical power shortage In the province It a a time bind Howlett aald He said his report to the Solandt must be In by the end of August Formal meetings will be conducted by the province to determine the form of the Park way but not until the fall Leslie Brown of the regional planning branch of the Department of Treasury and Economics reported He said the three parties involved Hydro and the Government were out of step Meanwhile the Government wishes to defer discussion on it Collision injures Hydro also discounted questions from a Mr Barrett about putting the lines underground Itisnotfeasible said a spokesmanand experiments have not proved themselves William Peterson noted Hydro had said substations must be located close to railway lines and wondered why The reply was that the ton transformers can only be shipped by nil over long distances Mr Paterson asked then If this would rule out Balllnafad as a substation site since the railway was quite a distance away No was the reply Hydro could build a road into it to the proper specifications Bruce study revealed that the shortest route for the East West transmission corridor would be system involving 5 miles and acres System would takcup98 miles and acres would take 130 miles at its shortest option and 155 miles at Ihe longest 11 300 acres Involved There was no doubt from the general attitude of the meeting that they thought Hydro should take the shortest route and a void the Acton Esquesing Erin area altogether Bruce and his study group also seemed to still have an attachment to System which they had worked out and sub sequently had been rejected by Hydro as fraught with hazards in the event of disaster since both transmission lines would have run along it It was felt by some in attendance that Mr Schneider optional alternative may have solved the problem William Sutherland 18 of Crescent Georgetown died at Monday in Toronto General Hospital after being pulled from the wotcr at Waterfalls Playground Sunday Milton said the young man Resuscitation attempts by was located in feet of water at other swimmers and firefighters the quarry In the park on the partially revived him but he died Sixlh Line Esquesing above after arrival at the Toronto I imchouse The quarry Is a hospital popular swimming spot OFFICE HOURS Untif further notice the Office Hours at Acton Hydro Electric Monday to Friday except the Friday on or before the of the month when the office will be open to 30 on Fridays We ask your co operation In these new hours Acton Hydro Electric Commission Church St E Acton Will be closed for ANNUAL VACATION July 16th to July 29th nine A collision between a half ton truck and a car at the intersec tion the Town Line and First line Erin adjacent to the Acton Meadows Golf Club Sunday afternoon sent nine persons to hospital two of them rather ser iously hurt The truck driven by Robert Murray Acton had even people in it when it collided with the car driven by Gerald Gale of Georgetown about Robert Hurray was admitted to Guelpb hospital with nose and wrist fractures and a passenger Brenda Wilson IS of Erin was admitted with a fractured pelvis Other truck passengers Jeff rubble IS Brad Martin IS both of Acton Michael Hanousek 16 RB 2 Debbie Chard of Erin and Cindy Wil son of Erin were treated for bruises and lacerations and released from hospital The car driver Gerald Gate and Gary is of Georgetown were also treated tor minor Injur ies and released WANTED PAPERS and GLASS FOR RECYCLING THURSDAY JULY 12th PICKUP GLASS ONLY IN THE NORTH SIDE MONDAY JULY 16th PICKUP PAPERS ONLY IN SOUTH SIDE Recycling Is a habit you can live with For Information Phone or alter PORTABLE 12 TELEVISION SETS 12 ACDC MODEL floo PORTABLE TV 12 AC MODEL PORTABLE TV Special this week Come in and choose your Portable TV Business Hours Tuesday Wednesday Saturday 10 am to 6 pm Thursday and Friday 10 a m to 9 pm HALTON FURNITURE APPLIANCES QUEEN SI ACTON 853 or Showtime Sun Thru Thurs a and Sal and WW 1 1 frit Jit 1 THE GETAWAY No Matinee for the months of July A August 15 Mia ft u19 WINNER OF MORE AWARDS THAN ANY OTHER WINNER OF ACADEMY AWARDS BEST ACTRESS UZA kit urn JCtLGMY KSTcaKUToaunn saw AduHi S3 S1JS