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De SE - ad) PAGE FOURTEEN { As 15 Yours Ago Present Epidemic of Long| Distance Flying Recalls Ai- tempts Made by Wright Bros, in Building Hydro- Aeroplane -- Ungainly Craft Never Rose, (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Ga.,, Sept. 14--The present epidemic of long distance flying at- tempts has recalled here tnat the hope of negotiating a trans- -Atlantic hop prevailed as long as 15 years ago in the mind of at least one man, who went so far as to build an airship for the ven- ture, only to have it fall because the cratt would not rise. It was at Savannah, Ga. several years after Glenn Curtiss and the Wright Brothers had been successful in their aviation experiments, that Captain Matthew A. Batson, a retired officer of the army engineering corps, conceived the idea of an air voyage from St, John's, Newfoundland, to Ire- land via the Azores. With this objective, le formed the Batson Air Navigation Company, early in. 1913, with a fagtory on. Dutch ls» land, near Savanna Associated with Batson was Israel Elmgren, a boat builder of Thunder- bolt, near Savanah, and.with a force oft eleven men they completed a hydro- aeroplane for the flight in November 1913. Accounts of it at that time described the ship as "by far the oddest looking flying vessel the country had scen, at first glance being not unlike the type of government dredge used in harbor improvement work." Bat Captain Bat- son and his co-workers were confident it would skim through the skies at from 40 to 65 miles an hour. with certain SUCEess, By this time, however, the resources of both Captain Batson and Elmgren were exhausted, and with no more capital available, the project was given up and the Batson Air Navigation Company became bankrupt. Soon afterwards, Captain Batson re- turned with his family to their former home in New Jersey. He died a ycar or two later, when more than 50 years of age. IMPORTANCE OF GOOD ROADS This is an'age of motor traffic. Its demand for smooth and dustless roads is inexorable. Local traffic must of necessity use what arteries are avail able, 'but the huge and ever-expand- ing auto tourist' army is not subject to any such compulsion. It patronizes regularly and definitely only those parts of the continent which are up to date in highways. Local limitation and excuses, however logical they may be, will not satisfy the auto tourist bent on a pleasant journey. THE GSHAVADALY TIVES WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1927 E. L. VICKERY Who has assisted greatly in the ad- vancement of various departments of Oshawa Fair, "I'm puzzled about this custom of eating to music," Tubbs: "How's that?" Hawkins: "I can't understand whether the food is intend- ed to keep your mind off the music or the music is intended to keep your mind off the food!" Hawkins: \ TE i "4 ! "AN DSOME Chime Clocks, solid mahogany' cases fitted with move.' Submarine Coal Mines Produce Twenty-Five Per Cent. of Supply Canada Contributed Twenty-. Five Per Cent of World's Supply of Submarine Coal --Total Output of the|= World Is 13,000,000 Tons --Paper Read at Great Min- ing and Metallurgical Con- gress Reveals Startling Statements, (By Canadian Press) Sydney, N.S., Sept. 13.--A paper pre- sented by F. W. Gray at the meeting of the Empire Mining and Metallurgi- cal Congress held at Sydney, N, S., dis- closes that 25 per cent of the Canadian production of coal comes from sub- marine areas, and that 55 per cent of the coal output of Nova Scotia is drawn from beneath the ocean. The paper was entitled "Mining Coal Un- ler the Sea in Nova Scotia; with Notes on Comparable Undersea Coal-Mining Operations Elsewhere." The world output of submarine coal is at this date 13,000,000 tons, Canada contributing 29 per cent of this total. With the exception of the undersea coal mined in Chile and Japan, re- spectively 12200000 and 1,500,000 tons pér year, the remainder is mined with- in the British Empire, namely, in Great Britain, Canada and Australia. Coal was first mined from under the sea in Great Britain, and the practice all over the world has been developed hy British mining engineers, The min- ing of coal at tidewater, considered in connection with the names of the fore- going countries, is seen to he associ- | ated with growth of a mercantile ma- rine and naval eminence, The Cape Breton submarine coal field, with which the paper chiefly dealt, heing the only coal deposit on the Atlantic coast of the American continent. and the only larpe deposit of bituminous coking-coal in Canada east of Alberta, possesses nnique econ- omic importance in the Dominion of | Canada. The Sydnev coal field has a coast- designed: primarily and solely to win remote submarine coal, The winning of submarine coal lying outside the territory of the older collieries will, it is suggested, evoke new methods of approach, Mr. Gray indicated the probable employment of deep shafts at the shore-line and long cross-mea- sure tunnels extending many miles to sea. He discussed the novel stand- ards of ventilation, haulage, and power transmission that a unique undertaking of this nature will evolve, pointing out that the fuwure of undersea mining Canada will require a higher grade of technical attainment in mining prac- tice, and a departure from the tradition al methods "of land-mining. Because of the undisturbed nature of the Sydney submarine coalfield and the gentle inclination of the seams dip- ping under the seabottom, together with the presence of elastic and im- permeable clays and shales in the strata overlying the coal-seams it is believed that coal-mining there may proceed further, seawards than any- where else in the world, and may prove to be the classic example of undersea coal-mining, The Whitehaven Col- liery on the Solway Firth: has work- ings now extending 4 miles to sea, and it is believed the Sydney Collieries will eventually exceed this, the presently- attained record penetration of under- sea coal-seams, The main haulage- roads of the No. 1B Colliery of the Dominion Coal Company is planned to extend 4% miles from shore before reaching the prescribed houndary. Sufficient coal is now proven by ex- isting workings to maintain the pres- ent output rate for 200 years, This does not take into account the arca | of the submarine field not as yet pros- pected by workings, which is much greater than the proven area, In the Inverness Colliery on the West Coast of Cape Breton coal is be- ing mined a mile from shore, with 2,300 feet of overhead cover, from a seam that is inclined 55 degrees. The only other instance of undersea mining approaching this for depth is under the Harbor of Sydney, New South Wales, Under the Harbor of Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, coal has heen mined DANCING at the JUBILEE PAVILION Special program has been arranged | for Saturday Night 8.30 p.m. | Carnival Night Special Music-- A Night of Gladness, Residents of the County as well as of Oshawa, Whitby and Bowmanville cordially in- vited, Who's Who in the Big Popularity Contest "comes from under the Pacific' Ocean, where Ad- miral Cradock and his fieet went down. near the Bay of Coronel, Workings are. extended almost miles under the sca here. Australia has a number of undersca collieries in New South Wales, Mr. Gray pointed out how the tra- two dition of undersea minting, which de- veloped in England, is reflected by the occurrence of Old Country names in undersea collieries in Nova Scotia, Vancouver Island and Australia. The paper aroused the greatest in- terest, both of visiting and Canadian delegates present at the meeting, and to a distance of two miles from shore, and undersea coal forms the most im- portant part of the Vancouver Island production, Undersea coal mining is 'more ex- tensively practised in Britain than else- where, namely, on the West Coast of Fgland, on the Solway Firth, on the|it gave rise to a long and informative East Coast off Northumberland and | discussion. Durham, and under the Firth of Foprth con in Scotland, Mine workings wil REIN: TLR eventually extend under the whole ex- PRUNE PIE tent of the Firth from Prestonpans to Leven. There is also mining under Make your crust quite rich, Take the Estuary of the Dee, and subma- | 2 cups of flour for 2 pies, add a lit- rine coal, which will one day be work-| tle salt, % teaspoon of soda, 1 of ed, extends off the coast of Kent un-| cream of tartar. Sift together with 1 der the chalk cliffs of Dover. Coal| teaspoon of sugar 2 large table- will some day be mined under Swan- | spoons of lard and 1.of butter, For sea and Carmarthen Bays in South | filling take 1 pound of prunes, wash Wales. | in warm water, soak over night in |One of the active honorary presidents Japan has important undersea col- | 1 quart of water, and boil very slow- of the South Ontario Agricultural lieries, mining coal undér' conditions | ly till tender, then stone and mash. Society, who is also a past president calling for great skill The better! Add a pinch of table salt, 2 cups of | besides being a director for many part of the coal production of Chile| sugar, This will make three pies, years. : frontage of 30 miles, and extends under the sea orobablv much farther than | mine workers will be able to go. At | the beginning of 1926, 12 collieries have | workines under the sea extending out from the shore-line up to 2% miles, and having solid strata overhead of un {to 1,500 feet, covered by the waters of the Atlantic, Undersea mining bas heen pri ictised a large scale in Nova Scotia since it heing 50 vears since the Prin- | cess Colliery at Sydney Mines entered | submarine territory, in which work- ings are still actively pushed seawards. To date undersea mining in Nova | Scotia has heen largely an unplanned advance of mine workings into the ad- | joining undersea areas consequent upon exhaustion of the coal under the land, | and, with the exception of the recently No. 3g Colliery of the Do- | minion Coal Company, there are no collieries of sufficiently recent date to [include completely modern equipment | ments that strike the hoursand quarter hours on musically toned gongs. Weighing 9000 pounds, it was powered by three Emerson, 100 horse- power, two eylipger engines and had two eleven-foot propellers, one in front and one behind, capable of 1,000 re- volutions a minute, There were six A : = ' pairs of wings, with a spread of 39 ol E teet, The ship itself measured ten by twenty feet." Quarters were provided for a crew of six men, and the central pontoon was fitted for wireless appar- atus, x But the ungainly craft never rose Prices from $150 to $750 into the air, Day after day, its mo- 1 tors roared up and down the Wilming- a 3 ton river as desperate efforts were ; ROS ESTABLISHED made by its designer to take off. Finally, the failure was credited to a The Leading Jewellers "WHERE SATISPACTION IS A CERTAINTY" TEE EET FRI VR SSL AET AP TREE TTR? SARA PT AA AW, | 1877, 12 Simcoe St. 8. OSHAWA W. E. N. SINCLAIR, KC, M.P.P, "jinx" brought on by the number of men--h3--which participated in con- struction of the plane, and attempts to make jt fly were abandoned. ork on a much smaller ship, carry- ing only one engine, was immediately started and it$*tonception was crowned | opene d 4 i -- ph "On Display at de {, Oshawa Exhibition SEPTEMBER 15-16-17 The Latest Designs in Motordom - Await You-Do Not Fail to See Our Exhibit Consirting of the CADILLAC LASALLE BUICK OLDSMOBILE PONTIAC © M C TRUCKS 'Moffatt Motor Sales SIMCOE ST.N OSHAWA JUBILEE EXHIBITION SEPT. 15, 16, ~ Pianos, Radios, Gramophones etc. One of the finest displays of the season will be on the Exhibition Grounds during the last three days of this week consisting of Amherst Pianos, International Phono- graphs, Radios etc, VjELODY as only the Great Masters could interpret it will reign in the Amherst Piano Booth at Oshawa's Jubilee Ex- hibition. A continuous conceri on the Amherst Player-Piano will range through the whole field of music. For the music lover with cultured tastes the master music of the world. Bach, Massenet, Grieg, McDowell. For memory's sake, the ballad music of England, Ireland and Scot- land's purple hills. And for all, the best and gayest of modern music. Amherst Pianos will be shown in all models, both with and without the player mechan- ism. Factory Rlsscaiv cs will be on hand to exdlain and illus- trate. Visit our tent. A beautiful Selec- tion of Music has been chosen r the event. You are welcome. The Ontario Music Company, Limited 92 sSimcce St. N. L. E. COTE, Mgr.