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'THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1929 PAGE NINE 'Storm Devastation Was Spread Throughout the Whole of the Province Central Section of Ontario, However, Suffered Most Sev- erely. in Electrical Storm Last Night--Toronto Street Car System Paralyzed and Damage Done to Power Plants in Many Other Towns and Cities (By Canadian Press Leased Wire) Toronto, Ont., Apr. 6--Three and probably four lives were lost in the devastating 'electrical storm. Accom- panied by a heavy precipitation' of rain, that swept Central Ontario last night, inundating railway tracks, af- fecting bridges and culverts on high- ways, and causing other damage of a serious nature to cellars, power plants and telegraph communications. In Toronto District Warlike gods of the weather world led their armies into battle above the district centering on Toronto yester- day afternoon and evening, with ap- palling results to the comfort and convenience of the city and its peo- ple, as well as the communities 'all the way from Hamilton to Oshawa. Thunder roared and boomed, light- ning snarled and. struck, rain fell in torrents. Nedrly everybody got wet. Traffic piled up in hopeless and exasperating jams, and collisions of automobiles, street cars and pedes- trians became common occurrences, Buildings were damaged by light- ning, which also affected .clectrically- operated public utilities, . Electric light and power went off in districts all over the city and the local hydro system had to assemble an emergency flying squad of 25 men to effect repairs, Car System Paralyzed The entire street car system was paralyzed at 'the height of the rush hour, and was ¢rippled and slowed up throughout the evening by pranks of the storm. Streets became impassable and were washed out in places, particularly in North Toronto, 2 The telephone system, both local and long distance, was particularly, put out of commission by the storm, and will not be restored to normal until this morning. Rivers in the suburban areas over- flowed and inundated areas adjacent to their banks. A total of 1.20 inches of rain fell up to early last evening in the To- ronto district, according to readings golf An Acknowledge In the latest issue of the Satur- Evening Post, a manufacturer of clubs, in speaking of the steel shaft says-- "Giving it, for the first time, the sweet feel of the finest hickory." In this, as well as in nearly everything that goes to promote man's comfort and pleasure, wood is the premier material anything else is substitute. To obtain that elasticity of at the meteorolgical office on Bloor street, This is not a record, even for this time of year, but is regarded as extremely heavy. ! ) Outside the damage to colliding automobiles and ruined dispositions of Torontonians caught in the rain, the main wreckage attributable to the storm resulted in the eastern section of the city, where lightning struck twice. A number of heavy stones in the tower of the Bellefair United church, at Bellefair avenue and Queen street east, were knocked down. - Others were loosened to such an extent that firemen had to be called to pull them down lest they fall later and injure passersby. The storm of mid-violénce, the ci city a number of trees were struck 'by lightning, but no reports of in- jury to life or damage to property wer received. Throughout the coun- u fields are badly flooded and in the clotidburst pro; a time last n flood water system to the limit. This followed a day of humid heat, and an early swept over , and district. Outside the southern 'part the condition of roads is such that traffic is practi- cally impossible, truck Brantf April 6--~Rain of almost es, dons fell Fo for t, taxing the city's which reach- rain B85 inches. During the electric storm this morning the mausoleum at Mount Hope cemetery was struck, considerable damage being done. Railways Washed Out Elora, April 6-Torrential rain assuming the proportions of a cloud- burst caused washouts on both Cane adian National and Canadian Pacific railway lines last night. In three places between Hillsburg and Elora the C.P.R, track bed was washed away with the result that the paseésnger train due here at 8.30 di not arrive until 12,30 this morning. On the CN.R. the washout occurred a mile north of the village. It was discovered by the engine crew of the north bound evening passenger train and a call sent for assistance, Spenpge was estimated at more than}e Oshawa's Opportunity For Damage estimated at $25 was done when lightning struck the house of Edward A. Barnett at 222 Beech av- enue, in the east end. No one was injured. Trouble at Milton wa North of Burlington the CNR. tracks were flooded for a distance of 500 feet, to a depth of four feet, rail- way officials reported, A special train 'was run to Tcronto by the Canadian National from Georgetown and arrived in the Union station at 12:20. It was impossible to go through Milton because of floods. The train from Stratford due at the Union station at 9.38 pm, did not arrive until after one o'clock |! this morning. Guelph in Darkness Guelph, April 6--Accompanied by |; a miniature cloudburst an electric storm, which was the worst exper- fenced in Guelph and district this year, hit the city last night, While the rain was pouring down in tor- rents, the Speed river, which badly swollen as a result of a steady rain early in the morning, rose almost to flood level, while streets in the low- lying sections of the city were in- undated and many cellars flooded. Lightning which struck the Hydro sub-station caused an explosion affecting the high-ténsion wires and the city was in darkness for almost an hour. Lightning Hits Transformers Chatham, April 6--Many farms and roads were inundated last night, ditches were taxed to overflowing, and several streets in the town of Tilbury were flooded as a result of heavy rains yesterday. The heaviest downpour in the rural sections developed with a bad |t electric storm which broke at mid- night, and lasted for more than two hours. Lightning burned out two hydro transformers on poles in the city and caused some minor inter- ruptions in the service, as well as some minor trouble with the tele- phone service, Roads Impassible Sarnia, April 6--Basements of scores of homes in this city were flooded last night when a torrential down-pour accompanied an electrical t Development as Air Centre BY F, HOWARD ANNES There are two prospects that hold hrignt futures for the Motor City. thie mauutactire of aircraft by Gen- era This is dependent upon the re- |! establishment of Camp Borden on the wonderfully perfect site front- r are inter-related. @ first and most important is Motors. ng on Lake Ontario between Osh- awa and Whitby from Corbett's Point to and including Whitby Bay. 'The second prospect depends for ts initial stage upon the realiza- tion of the aviation enterprise on the above location and is the con- struction of the lake shore boule~ vard from Toronto eastwards to Oshawa and Whitby as the first unit of the second great highway between Toronto and Montreal, There is a very definite prospect of the national school of aviation for Canada, which Camp Borden is, being moved from its present loca tion to the one above indicated be- cause the conditions for providing perfect facilities In training cadets in the three great branches of fly- ing----aeroplane, hydroplane or fly- ing boat and dirigible--are here found nearest possible to Toronto which Commander Byrd told the writer is temporarily the chief city of Canada for flying as demonstrat- cd by the war. But there are now known to be two or three very dangerous rivals o the Oshawa Whitby location. Not that the essential requirements are as good, much less better, but because of other reasons that deter- mine the location of governmental favors in the form of national in stituticns, What are the offsetting advan- ages or arguments that may be ad- duced in obviation of the difficulties of the political situation which cou- taing in respect to the re-location of Camp Borden. General Motors and Alrcraft frame which is necessary to take care of vibtation, wind strain and other stresses, wood is the only material which does it success- fully. (Oshawa Lumber COMPANY, LIMITED 25 Ritson Road North TELEPHONE 2821-2820 Stylish Shoes IL COLLIS & SONS 50-34 King 8t. w . 4 The new featutes and equipment of the Nash "400" have added hundreds of dollars of actual, visible worth to this famous motor car: They have added an incalculable meas- ure of enjoyment to Nash ownership: Yet they have added nothing to Nash price. i . At no extra cost, you have the Twin Ignition motor, the year's outstanding motoring improvement (more power. more speed, less gasoline). You have costly car interior finishes, Bijur Centralized Chassis Lubrication, bumpers front #400" model, fully equipped, much less than Twin-Ignition motor Bijur centralized 12 Aircraft-type .spark plugs High compression Houdaille and Lovejoy damper shock absorbers World'seasiest steering (Exclusive Nash mounting) X : Salon Bodies ' bearing bi estate Aluminum alloy pistons mvar-Struts (Is New double drop frame ; 1 Torsional vibration bd ig cl nickel REID NASH MOTORS chassis lubrication Exterior metalware chrome plated over Short turning radius Au these features.. All this extra equipment ... @t no extra cost / Houdaille hydraulic shock absorbers, and rear, even a § tire ock, and not a doller added to the Equipment which other dealers (not Nash dealers) charge extra for, af re- tail prices, is included in every Nash as it comes from the factory, at no extra.cost. That is why you will find that "400," delivered prices are so other cars with similar or even lower factory (f. 0. b.) prices: Compare the cars, compare the prices, before you buy your new car. New NASH 400° ; Leads the World in Motor Car Value IMPORTANT #400" FEATURES - V0 OTHER CAR HAS THEM ALL Longer wheelbases One-piece Salon fenders Clear vision front pillar posts Nash Special Design front and rear bumpers Phone 122--Dundas Street West, Whitby It is the possibility of General Moters 'going into tha air," like Ford. Today the latter is the larz- est producer of direraft on this continent, Is it conedivable thuc the largest priducer Irn the world of wctor vehicles fndel'nitvly will perinit its chief competitor to main- tain such supremacy? The views of 'eminent men of af- fairs regarding the future of avia- tion in this country are illustrated by what Mr, C, L. Burton, General Manager of the Robt, Simpson Co., then President of the Toronto Board of Trade, last summer told the Oshawa Chamber of Commerce at its first business meeting wheu he said, "General Motors manufac- ture of aircraft at Oshawa will open a new era of prosperity and create a greater growth for the Motor City than you have experienced in the evolution of the automobile in- dustry." What the future of flying holds in store on its industrial side also is indicated by the famous statisti- cian, Roger W. Babson, of Waver- ly Hills, Mass., a suburb of Boston, in an article in "The Forum," wherein he tells what will happen with the advent of the 'key mach- ine of the air," that will work out the heliocopter principle of rising straight up in starting and landing and that can fold its wings as well as use its own wheels and power to travel on land. Then, he says, the motor industry will be utterly eclipsed in magnitude with the making of such machines. Another eminent authority on transportation, President G. M. Williams, of the Marmon Company, visualizes the motor car driven by wireless electric power caught up from radio waves, and says this generation will enjoy this wonder of wonders. Its application to the power plant of the flying machine is a certain incident of this adapta- tion of wireless, to the propulsion of motor vehicles. When men who are in a position to know say such things are just around the corner it behooves the man on the street to take notice and try to see how these marvelous mechanical advances will affect his own outlook in this fast moving world. Is there any way that Oshawa and Whitby may aid in realizing some of the benefits that will ac- crue from General Motors emulat- ing Ford? 7 The Local Layout One of the amazing features of the local layout for flying is the discovery of the second flight field of equal area, or possibly even greater, to the twelve hundred ac- reg on the lake front where Camp Borden can so comfortably be ac- commodated. This second tract lies parallel and north of the latter. It is bounded on the morth by the Kingston road from the Canadian Pacific subway to the little stream immediately west and from the sub- way eastwards it runs for more than two miles along the south side of that railway's right of way to the cutting south of the Lewing- ton conservatories, which are exact- ly a mile and a quarter east of the centre of Oshawa. The provision of so long a run-way is the remark- able character of this location for an airport. The shortest axis of this flight field would be the mile and a third straight to the south from the Kingston road. The im- portance of this flight field loca- tion is its strategic relation to the Camp Borden site. Emergency landings for cadets learning to fly would so be provided in excellence. Were General Motors making aire craft in Oshawa this second flight field location would perfectly pro- vide the testing ground required. Furthermore, it would afford ams ple accommodation 'for an airport to serve both Oshawa and Whitby. Your admirable editorial the other day advocating the provision of an airport for Oshawa is the warrant of the author of this writing to make the proposal following, name« ye That Oshawa, through its Chame- ber of Commerce, take the initia tive in the establishment of an air port on this second flight field lo- cation between Oshawa and Whit- by. Were the Ottawa authorities then approached with a proposition involving the establishment of a municipal airport on this secona location with its inestimably vi uable assurance of safety condi- tions for cadets in training on the Camp Borden lake front location, coupled as such a proposal might be with the assurance that Gen- eral Motors will establish its Cana- dian aviation manufacturing at Oshawa, the situation would be compelling in its urgency to im- mediate action. On the other hand suppose Camp orden is taken to St. Hubert, ontreal, or Regina, It is in such event reasonable to suppose that General Motors would develop its Canadian aviation activities in the 'thereat, A Second Highway Taking the more favorable view that the Government went ahead with the Camp Borden re-establish ment between Oshawa and Whitby, at once the second highway be- tween Toronto and Montreal would come for solution into the horizon of practicable public projects. Pre- mier Ferguson's extension of the University Avenue extension act and his agreement that the half- million estimate for starting tne Beaches preservation work, will be validated at next session, both of which are parts of the lake shore boulevard project, are fortunate in this respect that the lake shore highway is assured of legislative -power, when the time comes to go ahead with it. The writer has ad- vocated before the Toronto City Planning Commission that the Fleet Street extension from Bay Street east which is part and par- cel of the lake shore boulevard, should at least be one hundred feet wide, the same as University Ave., extension and as the lake shore boulevard ought to be. The unit to Whitby and Oshawa completed would do more to stimulate motor ing than any other road improve- ment imaginable and extended to Montreal, Quebec City and Ottawa, would be the most alluring super- highway in America to more mil- lions of tourists with its stream of wealth expended in travelling through Canada. The increased distribution of money by these aug- mented visitors from the south in using this Bonne Entante Boule- vard, coupling the four capitals of the two older provinces of Canada, would very quickly pay the cost of the boulevard. . 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