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Rapids Big Job O . ¥8 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Thursday, November 1, 1988 Damming The in building the deep St. He bie Job Seaway will be in the International Rapids area be- low Cornwall, Ont. This stery, one of a series, describes the e eering plans for this multi- on dollar power aha canal project. Tomorrow: at the seaway means to Canada. By FORBES RHUDE Canadian Press Business Editor Ontario and New York state plan to turn the International Rapids section of the St. Lawrence river into a lake, in one of the most dramatic events ever to occur within si BE seoing distance of mass populations. They plan to develop 2,200,000 horsepower of electrical energy which they will share equally. It is part of a project which also includes Canada's plan to make a deep seaway from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic by replacing 14-foot canals with 27-foot canals in the |b 115 miles between Prescott, Ont., and Montreal. . ; The International Rapids séction runs 47 miles from Chimney Point, N.Y., four miles below Prescott and Ogdensburg, N.Y., to St. Regis N.Y., below Cornwall, Ont. Its tur- bulent waters drop the river 92 feet through the Galop, Rapide Plat, Farran Point and Long Sault Rapids. PRESENT PLANS Plans are not final, and opposing American interests have instituted court action in an effort to hold up the project, but what is pro- posed is about as follows. Some nine miles below Chimney Point, a dam will be built from Iroquois Point on the Canadian side to above Point Rockaway, N.Y. It will have a 2780-foot concrete section and an over-all length of 3,600 feet; will rise 118 feet above foyndations; and have 40 gate epenings, each 50 feet wide. It will regulate the flow of water out of Lake Ontario and cause some increase in the water level some five miles back. It will pour Great Lakes water into a narrow lake some 35 miles long and four miles wide. At the eastern end of the pro- lake, another dam will be uilt at the foot of the Long Sault Rapids, from the upstream end of * American-owned Barnhart Island, to the American mainland. It will have a 2,890-foot concrete section and an over-all length of 7,340 feet; will rise 145 feet above foundations and have 50 spillways, each 50 feet wide. BIC POWERHOUSE A short distance farther east at the downstream end of Barnhart Island and about 3% miles above Cornwall, a powerhouse will be built from the island to the Cana- dian shore. It will be 3,500 feet long, 183 feet wide, 145 feet above foundations, and will be split at the international boundary into two International Seaway ou Ipiaoid [Im Ie] mou IL only water for power but a seaway for ships. We will enter it near 84 feet. Iroquois through one lock with a The structures will have a 50- small drop. We will leave it near foot sluiceway between them and |the Barnhart Joyerhouse, and drop 75-foot sluiceways at each shore | more than feet in two locks. end to clear winter ice. These three locks, with 27-foot This dam and powerhouse and |depth, will take the place of the the dam at Iroquois 35 miles up-|11 present 14-foot locks. steam, long a, some shore | AT HALFWAY MARK es, will con ; Temporary coffer dams will be ly has placed us built and jempor Channels cut the entrance to Lake St. Francis to divert the river flow sufficiently X . ' Pyrmalit : : an expansion of the St. Lawrence to give "dry" working conditions river about half-way on the 2,200- at the dam and power installa- mile trip from the Lakehead to tions, the Atlantic. We have descended NO INTERFERENCE from the 602.2-foot elevation on These things must not interfere | Lake Superior to 158 feet above with present local power installa- sea level. tions, such as that at Messena,| From Cornwall ye pass throu N.Y.) at least until the new power |Lake St. Francis) with a gentle is rehdy to replace them, or with |drop of one foot in 26 miles, then operation of . the existing 14-foot|through 18 miles and five locks of galials, until the new ones are|Soulanges Canal on the north side equal-sized structures. Each half will produce 1,100,000 horsepower from a head of water a--eraging t. The work will give us much of the drama usually reserved for frontier works like Labrador iron ore and Kitimat aluminum--with something of its own added. Camps will be erected, construction roads built, railway sidings put im. People will have to leave doomed shorelines, saying good-bye to old homes and scenes. Behind them, their communities of up to 1,000 population will be torn down and everything movable taken away. 83 feet into Lake St. Louis, another expansion of the river. : hen our project is finished, however, we shall probably go through Quebec's vast new Beau- harnois power canal on the south side of the river, built with navi- gation needs in mind, and drop into Lake St. Louis through two new locks. We pass through Lake St. Louis, Some 15 Hfles, » Lachine vy drop ' eet ug ve cks 0 Trees will be cleared from the Montreal harbor. We probably countryside. : shall have two locks there under At last, the scene will be set | the pro; ject. for our lake. About three years after construction starts, the wat- {HARBOR DEVELOPMENT rs will build up rapidly. |. Several schemes have been sug- on TO V. ) Sandy ted for the Lachine and Mont- The Long Sault Rapids, which real harbor developments, dep now fling themselves through a|ing somewhat upon whether Que- 42-foot, two-mile descent, will fade bec undertakes to harness the 1,- into silence. 200,000 horsepower available in the Islands will Lachine Rapids. come smaller. Among the proposals for Mont- water will inundate some [real and vicinity are: 16% square miles on the main-| A power dam below Victoria land, about equal to the area of [Bridge for the prospective Lachine Hamilton. J Rapids power; long dikes on either Near Iroquois dam, the 1,000 side of the harbor to protect prop- people of the town of Iroquois will | erty from flooding; creation of a in new homes elsewhere and | Bridge to Longue Pointe, by con- Iroquis will be engulfed. | struction of a dam near Ste. Ther- A few miles down from Iroquois, the town of Morrisburg, popula- tion 1,800, will watch its former main street go under and turn to do business on a new thoroughfare. The sites of the smaller communi- ties of East Williamsburg, Aults- ville, Farran Point, Dick Landing, Wales, Moulinette and Mille Roche will disappear 3,000 AFFECTED _. More than 3,000 persons, 2,000 disappear or be- that the entrance to Montreal from downstream end and up- stream would be by lock. Further schemes envisage re- clamation of flooded land on the south side of the river between St. Lambert and Boucherville; expan- {sion of harbor facilities on the south side of the river; and open- ing of a mew industrial area be- tween Montreal and Varennes. and 50 farms,| Leaving Montreal there is for 300 summer cottages, 30 miles of [160 miles a 32.5-foot channel railway and 45 miles of main high- through the winding river to Que- way will have been relocated. bec. It is planned to deepen the All this is on the Canadian side channel to 35 feet. which has most of the affected! This stretch and the deeper river settled land. On the American beyond drop us another 23 feet side, too, the water will creep up | until we enter and pass through the the shorelines and touch the town |Gulf of St. Lawrence and head of Waddington. out into' the Atlantic. TRIUMPHANT LIVING Sale Lasted Distinguishing Marks 0f Christian Character By MERVIN A. BURY A Christian woman who had been For 14 Years LONDON (CP) -- A book sale which has lasted 14 years is fin- ally closing. ceive this fruit of the spirit. He| On Dec. 1, the last books from {will try to acquire patence and un- | the collection of the late Sir Lei-- derstandin, {cester Harmsworth will be put up of the St. Lawrence river, dropping |ese Island. The pool would mean | nineties have been fully Their follies, Florador- as, sophistication. But hoever heard of glamor in the eighties? Yet it was there, less scintillating, perhaps, but solidly satisfying. If my own childish memories are cor- rect, the eighties, too, had thelr golden days, and one of these was hristmas. So wrote Mrs. Lulu M. Dyart in the Milwaukee Journal before Christmas 1952. Here is her inter- esting treatment of the Christmases of other days: Its simplicity, of course, was in stro ng contrast to the magnificence of today's. Instead of a shower of reeting cards, my mother was lucky to receive a message from an old friend. There were no urgings from elaborately decorated stores to "Shop Early', no painted Santa, either, to take fearsome children on his knees in the toy Gepariment, Our holiday began on Christmas eve, at the church where my fath- er was minister. For several weeks, during our "general exer- cises" at Sunday school, we had practised 'Joy to the World" and 'Hark, the Herald Angels Sing". One member of each class was chosen to speak a piece. One year there was no consultation, and rep- resentatives of three classes were ready to recite Longfellow's "Three Kings Came Riding". De- spite protests, my father insisted that all three should be heard, so that finally. the beauty of the lines themselves and the melodious names of Melchior, Gaspard and Baltazar rolled like music on our ears and our spirits. SANTA'S ARRIVAL After the program came the great event of the evening when ithe real wax candles on the tree were lighted and a red nosed Santa came prancing in, clad in his tra- ditional garments, sewed by the Ladies' Aid society and aired once a year on this occasion. He pro- ceeded to distribute to "good little boys and girls" some tarleton bags of hard candy, popcorn balls and --wonder of wonders--an orange to each child. In those days, before the advent of vitamins, children were brought up on bread and butter instead of spinach and fruit juice, and an orange was a great delicacy. I took mine home and put it in my bureau drawer along {with my ket handkerchiefs, my Bible, and my conch shell from the sea. Every day I gazed fondly at my treasure, thinking of the future day when I would happily devour it. But one day I discovered that my precious orange was turning black, and I ran in tears to my mother, where I could always find comfort but no more fabulous fruit. Our own family celebration came on Christmas morning. The day began with griddle cakes; no stuffy oatmeal that day. Over the kitchen wood fire our mother fried cakes to a golden brown while we alternately devoured them and waited our turn. Then came fam'ly [provers when my father read in is sympathetic voice the absorb- ing stories of the shepherds and the wise men. Then we must "do up" the ever present dishes. Finaly, when we were about burst- ing with suspense, came presents, which had been hidden under cush- ions and behind chairs. There was The gay When Christmas Was So Simple and Really So Rich the | mo tree; few families had one in |those days, for the tree at church was deemed sufficient. But my mother, glorifying our humble cere- mony by a musical game, played ! soft notes on the piano as we hunt- |ed, each in turn, and as we near- | ed our y, she accelerated the sound till a mighty paean sounded as we triumphantly pounced on our gifts. FIRST TIME GIVING GIFTS One year, when. my sister was nine and I six, we had a new ex- perience. My mother eked out her slim household budget by aking a roomer in the spare room, an he had a rare understanding of children. About two weeks before Christmas, he took us aside and held out a silver dollar. "Wouldn't | you little girls like to buy some | presents for the family?" he asked. | We gasped with delight. It had nev- er occurred to us to buy gifts for the others; we had always been on the receiving end. Armed with that dollar, plus two dimes and a nickel | we had somehow acquired--I've forgotten how--we started to the | general store two blocks away. My sister had studied arithmetic, so with her advanced learning she did the figuring: Papa, mama, and three boys: 25 cents apiece. Such a wilderness of things at that general store: Little stuffed dogs, carts, jumping jacks, mixed | in with cans of peaches and sacks of sugar, all seasoned with the fragrance of ginger and cinnamon. {It was hard to keep up the sacri- | ficial spirit when we saw the candy counter with its tempting array of gumdrops and lemon balls--but one dollar and twenty-five cents must buy five gifts. | |TEARS IN MOTHER'S EYES | Mama's present came first. Af- {ter much looking, we finally car-! ried away a canoe Shaped glass boat designed for pickles Mother |was taken entirely by surprise and tears stood in her eyes; we still have that boat in our family, de- | spite many movings, for it was al- ways tenderly carried by hand. For {papa we chose a mustache cup, | though he had never worn such] ! hirsute, adornment. Now it was | time fof the boys. We soon settled | on a china cat for our 3-year-old brother, its head was set into a socket, so that a finger could keep it jogging up and down. But what | could we buy for those brilliant old- er brothers, one of whom was al- ready in prep school? Suddenly | 'my sister's eyes lighted on some little guns; Fp pulled a string at 'one end and a rounded nine-inch | stick popped across the room. I ob- | jected. Mama didn't like the boys | {to have guns. "But," assured my | |sister, more conscious of seniority than of grammar, "these guns won't kill nobody. Real guns have | bullets." I shall never cease to be grateful 'to those splendid sports, our two 'big brothers. There was no laugh- ing, no patronage over the little sisters' gifts. They spent most of Christmas morning shooting, their target being the nickel plated lion | on the top of the coal store. Moth- | "er, busy in the kitchen, kept little brother with her. So no one was shot in the eyes, and the lion stood up bravely under the assault. All in all, our presents seemed emi- | | nf little their particularly if some J then all burst into a laugh) the ice per; we were cold but happy. Sud irls were well pleased with disappeared. The guests, being min- denly I saw one star that shone first Christmas giving. |isters, had doubtless wrestled with | more brightly than the rest, and Dinner was another high spot, | finances often enough to be ap- I seemed to see Melchior, Gaspard | generous | preciative but from my teasing and Baltazar Siding on their camels parishioner had supplied us 'with | brothers, I never heard the last of through the dim light. "Papa," I a chicken. Mother's chicker and |it, Every time a festive bird ap- asked breathlessly, "is that the dumplings were something to re- | peared on our table, they would be- star of Bethlehem?" member. Once or twice during my {gin, "And just think!" | "I shouldn't wonder, childhood we had turkey--wonder- Dinner dishes over, the day was | daughter," he answered. full It might have been sent by "with joy I used to settle! "Could we sing 'Joy to the the Ladies Ad or Possibly te down on Christmas afternoon to world', 'I cried. 3 Sia espe SPU Y read my new book, for in our fam-| So, 'with my father's arms ily, toys or no toys, there was al- around us, we stood still in the SHE BROKE THE ICE ... {ways a new book for each of us. | sharp, cold night. singing the i I zht, singing age- One Christmas we had distin- | 1ouisa May Alcott was the favor- less song, and gazing at the star guished guests for dinner: two lite, By the age of nine I suffered that guided the wise men. Perhaps marooned ministers. The whole all the anguish of Amy over her it has guided me, too, in all the familiy competed to do them hcnor. | unfortunate nose, was enraptured | years since my father's comfort. My father, regal in black cutaway, with Meg's marriage at the age ing arms brought to me the as- sat at the head of the table. The lof 16, and, with all the little girls | surance that Christmas is a thing boys, dutifully holding up 'heir |of that era, shed great tears over ye vision and of enduring family | ove. tly successful and two anxious little chins over unaccustomed collars, | the death of gentle Beth. Especially tried without success to think of | gp Jove Io Teg 8 sana | e snow 0] - | Something iB > Je | side. Then the sense of being shut | grace, and responded all {in from the world was a delicious too | : feeling, and I was conscious of completely. At the end, he] § cleared his throat and everyone | he Varun and Soniness of the thought he was boi fo Inake ome | solidarity of our family life. rof re! " e silence | remained unbroken. Feeling the sit- | STAR OF BETHLEHEM 'door uation desperate, I had a sudden in-| Only one Christmas night stands | Forty m spiration. "And just think," I cried our clear] in my memory. Papa Bobby w FRIENDLY JOKE BINGHAMTON, AN. Y. (AP)-- Four-year-old Bobby Delancy dis- covered an open mail box near his home Thursday and pulled himself in. A playmate shut the door and. snapped the padlock. ines later the screaming released from the box, {in a high piping voice, "the turkey wanted a look at the stars and after a neighbor heard his cries never cost us a cent." For a mo- | took us little girls along. Patiently and called police. A mail man was ment' there were anxious glances; ' he pointed out Orion and the dip- sent to open the box. TIP TOP'S ANNIVERSARY men's & taores' SUIT confined to her bed by an: aggra- | (TEAR of others, keeping his fo, tion. Since the sale opened - yating illness for many years | avoiding sudden outbursts of rage. [In March 1939 the auctioneers, ¢ eheertully commented; "During | Think of the effect this would hove Sotheby's, have taken in £212,902 these years that I have been af- on the improving of family life! ($605,125). 4 | flicted, and confined to my bed,| Christian parents certainly need |,, ast books to be sold will be 1 have learned the significance of (to be longsuffering mustering all those comprising the 18th and final | te pl EAT rd CSL FB rnd AE ong the spirit. | {bl : : other sales in| Bearing this burden of suffering cicatoy to, vith the problems ALE the past lasted almost as long--the | {created in raising children. Some- | gyn sale which extended from | Rt has taught me patience and under- standing of brought me in with my Heavenly Father." perience, arduous and . though it acqui spiritual blessing which turned her life from one of seem- ing defeat into undoubted triumph. She was perfectly right in affirm. ing that through long: suffering she had devel patience and under- standing others. In fact, some Bible translators point out that the word "longsuffering" in the King James Version really means "pa- gience." Dr. Moffatt suggested that the implied meanng here is "good temper." The Christian who is desirous of adding this characteristic of long- hers; - and it has closer relationship | Through this vital, personal ex: | painful | was, this Christian had | I {tion of the human spirit and its suffering to his standards of Chris- tian character, will endeavour to! place himself in a position to re- times, too, when aged grand- parents reside in the home, situa- . d the Britwell sale from 1916 to tions arise which demand the exer- | br i He oD ale the | dag which took in more than £500,- Happy persons, in happy family Such book |! situations, in happy Christian | many years because estons time homes, feel themselves generously | necessary for careful catologuing rewarded because they possess the (and because auctioneers are wary Jeers} of this quality of Christian of flooding the market. In practicing this Christian vir- TWO-LEGGED DX tue, we place ourselves in position] VICTORIA (CP) -- to receive the outpouring of God's | spirit which results in the exulta- 1911 to 1920 and brought £278,498, DOG "Tippy," a 15-year-old collie, has managed to get around on two right feet since he lost the left ones when caught in a coyote trap some years ago. The dog. bright and alert, moves about fairly rapidly. CATTLE FEED Oil-cakes used for cattle feed in Britain are made mostly of 'lin- seed, cotton seed or soy beans. consequent growth toward divine perfection. is is exactly what visitors can discern as they call upon the sick woman referred to above. While her body was failing and growing weaker through the Years, her soul took on new streng- th and grew in stature from day to gay, And that is triumphant liv- "MANCHESTER ( Assessment | Appeals Heard MANCHESTER -- The meeting of Reach Township Council was - held on Monday, November 2, at! 10 am. The minutes of the pre-| vious meeting were adopted as | read and correspondence was read and discussed. The clerk was instructed to have | copies of Bylaw 1722 printed in Wvniig i val ext Sunday ing a 0' School at 11 am. Slock. 'Sunday Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Oswald Croxall on the birth of their little daughter in Port Perry Hospital on Sunday morning -- a sister for John and Murray. BIGGEST LAKE The Caspian sea between Russia and Iran, called the world's larg- | est lake, covers 168,000 : square miles. PILES H 3 $e . LH hi $501 i i : z 2 i, q 2x3 It t i | il $ 3 < < book form so they may be i d| with Building Permits. George Turnbull interviewed the Council re Adams graders. _ At 130 p.m., the council ad- journed and formed a court of re- vision to hear appeals filed against the assessment made in 1953. All appeals were considered and ad- justments made after which the court arose andgresumed general | business of the township. Relief account for amounting to $158.43, was present- ed and ordered paid. The sheep ac- count and shooting dogs, $333 Community Memorial Hospital de- benture, $903.18; General accounts paid, $323.52. In the event of an election, on December 7, the next Council meeting will be held Wednesday, December 2, at 1.30 p.m. There was a good attedance at the church on Friday evening last, when Miss Jean Samells showed her own pictures and gave the story of her trip to the Coron- ation and the Continent. The Wo- men's Association realized over mr. Coverley of Courtice, the Royal Winter Fair. Mr. Coverley of Courtice, a lay-- man, was the guest speaker at church on Sunday morning. Those who were fortunate enough to hear Mr. Coverley were thrilled with his very fine message. The a lay- October, | | children will long remember the story he brought specially to tham YOUR WEEK-END REMINDER BEVERAGES [ GINGER ALE COLA ORANGE CREAM SODA & oLuB SODA | } J. 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