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ammo roan SATURDAY sirenImam MW ENERGY TO BURN NATURAL GAS By JAMES MONTAGNES TARIO last year used six times as much natural gas for residential industrial and commercial purposes as in 1939 Lost year bi ion cubic feet of natural gas were used in the province This year it is expected that 135 billion cubic feet will be used for heating cook ing lighting and dozens of industrial processes In another 20 years the Ontario Depart ment of Energy Resources estimates that the province will need aboth soq hillicn cubic feet of natural gas year the equivalent in enery of 10 million tons of coal This will represent more than 25 per cent of the total energy used in the province whereas natural gas accounted for only one per cent of the energyin 1950 Because of its relatively low cost and its availability as fuel natural gas has opened vnst new industrial horizons for dozens of com munities particularly throughout northern Ontn the departments officials point out Previous to the coming of the TransCanada Pipe Line bringing natural gas to northern Ontario fuel costs in many cases were limit ing factor on the expansion of industries and populntion in the north In southern Ontario natural gas also has brought wide new indis trial development At present Ontario gas fields in south western areas around Chatham produce about 17 billion cubic feet of natural gas annually This met only about 19 per cent of needs last year Production of natural gas in Ontario is in creasing the past few years but far greater amounts of the fuel are needed in the province The percentage of locally produced natural gas will diminish as the total reouirements continue to increase More and more western natural gas will be brought in NTARIO is now the second largest natural gas consumer in Canadalfollowing Alberta where costs are about third of what they are in Ontario in View of the 2700 mile journey east for the invisible and odourless fuel Ontario last yeari accounted for about third of all the natural gas used in Canada Ontarios insatiable hunger for more and more energy to drive the wheels of industry to heat and supply cooking fuel for its growing number of homes has upped the amounts of other fuels as well Only coal has suffered drop but this is expected to be made up in the next decade as new coalfired electric power stations at Toronto and the Lakehead are completed Strong point in favour of natural gas even where coal or other fuels are cheaper is that it is very easily controlled spokesman for the gas industry state Natural gas is felt to be the best fuel for any process where precise tempera ture control over long period is essential In northern Ontario industry in paper mills and some mines it has displaced large quantities of United States coal To prepare for emergencies when there might be temporary breaks in the TransCanada Ontario Minister of Energy Resources Robert Macaulay Sulphur test taken at gas discovery well Pipe Line large storage space in southwestern Ontario is being used This storage space is in abandoned and usedup gas wells By storing natural gas there it will be possible to feed from these storage supplies to areas temporarily needing more gas than is coming by pipe line or to ensure an area receiving uninterrupted service in case of pipe line break HERE is continuing demand by communities throughout the province and pipe line build ing has not yet stopped Later this year for in stance transmission pipe line is being built in eastern Ontario to the towns of Hawkesbury Pembroke andRenfrew Ths will give these communities their first contact with natural gas Acres Of eaut By HARRY RUST Balls Falls on of the most beautiful spots on the icturesque Niagara Ese carpment has en purchased by the Niagara Peninsul Conservation Autth ity The property some 100 acres in Ex tent lies just sou of the village of JforI deal in Louth Township andLs 12 miles was of Niagara Falls and miles east of lalnilton Flt is most easily accessible fro No mghway and ccivers milelong etch of valley carved by the Twenty Mile reek in its passage down the escarpment There are falls in the new con serv tion area first has adr of abo 25 feet and then 500 yards fur ther downstream after flowing over ter race of limestone itdrops 85 feet is herd known as Ealls Falls authority members heade by Fra cis Goldring St Catharines law yer ho lives in nearby Pelharn Town ship feel that wi out any great improve men Ealls Falls can be fine picnic area with many nature nails for hikers Tim large residences near the falls have beeq provisionally earmarked as recreation buildings or toplrvide overnightaccom mediation mus um ofhistoric items is also being conside ed Local residents that the falls are most ectacular du ing early Spring when the haw conditions send water pouring down Twenty Mil Creek and they say it is ejlipsed only nearby Niagara Falls the selves The lls Falls form replica of the famous Can bdian Horseshoe Falls The property as owned by the ll family until taken over by the Conser tioniAuthority an it was Manley now in his late se enties who offered 100 acres on the est bank to the alith ity for $50000 pfoviding he can rema in the home whic stands close by for is remaining years property contains nineltroom brick use in which Mr 11 livespa fiveroom frame house two ages and fully uipped oil grist ii large part of theI estate has been in the Ball family for ovef 150 years The authority has also acquired nar row strip of land on the East bank so as to PAGE NINETEEN OF liERFECT GARDEN SETTINGS lluslraleqcazclague Jo 797 fir gt control the stream in its en irety at the In the past the grist and our rnill cat ered to the surrouncli are During the war of 1812 battalio of British soldiers was statiohed there short time and provision and food Ball to Feneral Brock forces stationed as far away as NiagaraF lls hen the areaG neral Brock visited th Ball family andleft gfts and testimo ials in appreci tion of their hosp télity ese possessions have been highly prized generations of the family Afterthe conclusion of the wall plan was completed to establish small the vicinity of Balis Falls bec use the prospects of the wool en flour and grist mills operating on the wenty Mile Creek appeared to be so pro perous As result the property above the falls was subdivid ed and laid out in residential lots with commercial areas Thisiplan has been pre served by the Ball family but was never used No Highway became the mai trans port road far below tlie escarpme and tlie idea of building Ealls Fall town abandoned Businessdeclined and one one the mills closed down The grist mill however continiied to erate until 1910 when it too had to ase operations Today however themill is still in good ndition and the authority has long term as to restore it to an operating plant aj fine example of pioneer industry and tourist attraction 4Conservationists and Mr Ball ve watched with alarm during the past feyv years the encroachment of modern homes to within mile of the Falls and hive noted that subdividers are anxious to se ure more and more land near them for residential development Realizing the falls might be lost to the public Mr Ball made the first approach to have the land purchased and negotia tions have taken some five years to com plete Balls Falls now seem in safe keeping for posterity wineair he lllDiOOltS ANDOUI SHERIDAN Wins the finest selection of Canadian grown cvcrgrcens or foundation planting and hedges in both dwarf and medium varietiesLsuchas Japanese yew and KoieariBox Plus arwondcrful choice of plant tubs in visrious colours and sizes and Patio Pots by Reff ll speciallyaesigned to enhance year round plant decots Headulflca liar llll nglull Int Sales Sta ens 2m Vans SL mu la Lakesncre Kllhwzy ll arkson Hill at mm wiy usiwal of Highway 27 in Cloverleaf 65a Molllee De Lime SL lam Marines ad Montreal Combat the den cdmf rts and bad results at with you let Ask for he lowpost qUOIIY laxative on which Conod 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