7mm industrial fire safety Checksprinklers or theyre useless By SUE ROUTLIFFE Examiner Staff Reporter Expensive industrial sprinkler systems are worth less if they arent maintained says Bob Grady of Arkwright Boston Insurance Grady told group of 35 men taking part in Canadian General Electrics twoday fire school in Barrie last week periodic selfinspection is vital It costs very little to carry on these inspections he said There is no excuse for not hav ing periodic inspections Grady said industries with extensive systems should have an appointed inspector in terested in maintaining the equipment and stressed that the inspector should be given enough time to do consistent in spections He must be provided with time for these inspections at regular time every week he said because if he doesnt have that time it becomes sometime thing and before you know it the equipment isnt be ing inspected He must have the support of management in this Grady said weekly checks of sprinkler valves are the only way to be sure the equipment will work in case of fire No valve in plant has to be open except when there is fire he said However the only way to ensure that valve will be open when fire strikes is to make sure it is open at all times he said Industries can buy locking devices to lock valves open says Grady but selfinspection is all that is really needed DRY PIPE VALVES Dry pipe valves should also be checked for pipe system pressure said Grady He said they should be checked for low points during winter months CGE workers gather for fire school here More than 50 employees of Canadian General Electric from as far away as Montreal and Port Huron were in Barrie last week for twoday fire school Fred Griffen head of Barrie CGEs industrial fire brigade says the men took part in field work in three fire pits set up at CG Es Bayview Avenue proper ty They worked with three pans of flammable liquid says Grif fen putting fires out with dry chemicals One was Class woodfire put out with water Griffen said at the close of the seminar The men also worked with dif ferent types of extinguishers Another day was spent in seminars at the Holiday Inn he says The fire school is the second of its kind held by the firm says Griffen The first was held in Peter borough but was moved to Bar rie this year because of Peter boroughs size and the availability of pits on Bayview Avenue ian Grantham corporate in surance specialist for CGE in Toronto introduced the second day of classes says Griffen Bernie Clifford fire preven tion specialist for General Elec tric in New York spoke on the idea of the fire school while procedures for safe control of cutting and welding were discussed by Ed Doran of GEs Erie plant Griffen says Ernie Hovis of the silicone products depart ment of GEs plant in Waterford NY was brought in to speak on new equipment conversions and construction changes Bob French fire prevention officer for Barries fire depart ment attended the twoday course and spoke on relations between industries and the fire department during the second day of classes John Henshaw president of ArkwrightBoston insurance talked about the role of in surance in industry while ArkwrightBostons Bob Grady talked about periodic self inspections The Factor film about major industrial fire at WabassoCotton plant four years ago was shown along with tabletop demonstration by Bernie Clifford These are things that are frosting on the cake he said If sprinklers are provided where needed adequate water pressure and supply is provided and valves are open he said fires will be controlled With those you wont have $1 million fire he said but you could have $25000 fire These other checks could make it lower Grady said fuel pumps and suction tanks should be checked weekly in plant as well as gravity tanks is it full or is there broken gauge somewhere he asked You should fill it to overflow to make certain it is full Checking heating systems for tanks is also important he said Grady said major concern of insurance investigators is obstructed fire doors bet you could go into plant with 10 fire doors and find at least one in any given plant location that is not work ing properly he said Somebody has paid several hundred dollars for that door and think you should be sure it works Other things to check are fire extinguishers inside hoses yard hydrants and flammable liquid areas said Grady General neatness is impor tant he added if youve got crummy looking plant youve got an invitation to fire Keep the place clean NEED COVERS Electrical equipment and cir cuit breakers should be covered to protect them from dust and chemicals he said If you dont you know what theyll look like in six days he added Not all inspections can be done on weekly basis said Grady Electrical equipment needs the inspection of an electrical engineer he said While fire extinguisher nozzles and hoses can be check ed weekly the actual ex tinguishers should be by drostatically tested every five years Ovens boilers and dryers three things Grady says are the most frequently overlooked in safety checks should be in spected every six months There is just no other way to keep your fire equipment in working order he said Its worth the investment of little bit of time to make sure it will work when you need it Cars and cars and Three thousand Datsuns crowd dock at Terminal island in Los Angeles prior to land ship ment to American dealers The scene is typical of crowded docks in Los Angeles iiarbor as Japanese auto manufacturers hurry to take advantage of their products popularity in North America AP Photo Solar heating said promising even in Canadas climate TORONTO CP Lynn Dudley is convinced that solar assisted heating is the coming thing for anadian homes and hes stepping up his plant pro duction accordingly Dudley 56 is president of Raypak Thermomcs Canada Ltd Torontobased manufac turer of solar heating panels conventional heating systems and pollutioncontrol equip ment Hes also the new chairman of the Canadian Gas Associ ation Raypak Canada founded in 15 by Dudley and his wife Alma is whollyowned sub sidiary of small California firm Raypak inc which also has subsidiary in the Nether lands Total sales of solar collectors by the three companies jumped to $498817 last year from $65 in 1973 and officials said bookings of solar equipment rose by 400 per cent in the first three months of this year over the corresponding 1976 period The biggest market is for swimming pool heaters in the United States but demand for solar energy systems for homes offices and apartment buildings is also expanding Dudley said in an intervrew And he said this potential ex ists even for Canadas chilly winters in our climate we probabl couldnt have completely seleE sufficient solar homeheating systems Dudley said But we believe solarassisted systems could save up to 40 to 50 per cent of fuel bills DEVELOPED PUMP Dudley was particularly im pressed by solarassisted heat pump developed by Ravnak in conjunction with the Canadian Gas Research Institute With such solar boost he said homeowners could get about twice the energy value out of every unit of fuel pur chased from natural gas oil or hydro supplier Raypak anada doesnt sell directly to the public but deals with home developers and con tractors Dudley said some so larassisted units cost about $2000 In one home architectde signed for client in Van couver Raypak Canada is in stalling an $8000 solarassisted device to supply heating and hot water The same is feasible even in the subzero temperatures of Winnipeg winter he said noting that Wimiipeg gets many cloudfree days and houses there usually have extra insulation Paul Kirkimtzis takes time for lunch Examiner Staff Reporter restaurant which specializes in burgers and serves beer and wine too Now thats something different for Barrie Peter Gazeas 26 new owner and operator of the Barrie Burger at 347 Bayfield St says he has something different to offer the people of Barrie residents of surrounding townships and tourists We specialize in charcoal burgers which are not cooked until person orders them We also serve smoked back bacon on bun as well as steak on bun But thats only the beginning Heaping trays of fresh pickels sliced tomatoes chopped onion mustard relish and Gazeas special secret sauce are available to the customer to add as he chooses All the vegetables are fresh each day and our buns which are kaiser come fresh from Toronto each day None of our food is prepared ahead of time The pure beef burgers are cooked fresh and our milkshakes are not poured until customer orders one The food doesnt sit Your business By VINCENT EGAN Business and onsumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service The inflation and unemploy ment figures for June have combined to emphasize two pointsyCanadas economy is still in trouble and the econo mists dout have all the answers The 12montb inflation rate has gone back up to 78 per cent same as in June of last year from 76 per cent in May And the jobless rate has edged up to eight per cent of the labor for ce from 79 per cent The pace of economic ac tivity in anada has been ac celerating this year although hardly at tiresquealing speed The recovery has long way to go before it can generate substantial number of new jobs or enough productivity improvement to whittle down the inflation rate Consumer prices in fact are Look at all the goodies in there cooked waiting for someone to buy it BEER AND WINE Gazeas says he hopes to be serving beer and wine to his customers within two weeks At present the Barrie Burger offers the usual beverages pop coffee and shakes The airconditioned restaurant seats 72 persons and is designed to give the feeling of being outdoors while being indoors There is parking for 65 to 70 cars in the parking lot of what used to be the and restaurant Gazeas Greek native with six years experience in restaurant work says he chose Barrie to open his first business in because he loves it here used to go fishing in Muskoka and travelling through Barrie from Toronto really got to like it am from small town in Greece and wanted to settle in place smaller than Toronto Gazeas and his wife Vicky moved to Barrie four months ago Canadas economy still in reflecting inflation factors that have been programmed into the economy such as the semian nual increases in the adminis tered prices of gasoline and other energy supplies con stantly rising returns to agricultural producers as matter of government policy and yearly propertytax in creases well in excess of the in flation rate Any cost rcduct ions as in sugar or in claims on car insur ance are reflected much more slowly at the consumer levcl MONEY SUPPLY favorite theme of many economists is that the govern ment misuses monetary pol icythe richness of which only an economist can fully savor in whatever efforts the politi cians might make to reduce the ratcof inflation The Economic Council of Canada has recently published discussion paper written by federal government economist trouble George Lermer entitled Has Monetary Policy Failed His position shared by many other economists is that the central bank should have re stricted the growth in the money supply to slow con sumer spending and thereby ease the upward pressure on prices Instead he contends in re cent yearsparticularly in 1974 and 1975 when consumer prices were rising at an un precedented ratemonetary growth has been so ex pansionary that Canada is lucky it hasnt had even worse inflation He recommends dismantling the current antiinflation pro gram of wageincrease ceilings and profit restraintsexcept perhaps for publicsector wagesvand replacing it With sound monetary management Then the Bank of Canada would be unable to facilitate ex cessive wage increases by ex panding the supply of money Antiques as profession expect unusual requests CALGARY PJ One mans junk is anothcrs treas ure and after 10 years in the antique business John Irwin is no longer surprised by some of his customers strange desires Some of the weird things people want us to find for them are brass pan0t cage 21 pea nut grinder moustache cups decoys soda water siphons grain grinders brass pot hole and ships wheel Then theres bottles Irwin recently shipped bat ch of old bottles north for use in government restoration project at Fort St James on Hudson Bay There were about 400 alto gether he says lot of them were roundbottomed part of batch of about 900 bought ting business notes General Motors recalls vans DETROIT Reuteri General Motors Corp said Wednes day it will recall about 111000 Chevrolet and GMC 1906 and 1977 cutaway vans lightduty motor home chassis and lightduty truck chassis because of defects in brake moun Layoffs set in Orillia RILLIA Ont ZPJ About 100 of the 500 employees at four Fahramet Ltd plants here will be permanently laid off during the next few months Norman Dobbie comranv vice president announced this week five years ago young couple up in the Yukon had discovered the ruins of an old mine that probably dated back to the goldltrush days of The mine had ex ploded around 1912and tossed up bunch of debris In it they found all those bottles Bottles hold great fascina tion for many people Irwin said people collect ev erything from pill bottles to milk bottles Theres great demand for old ocaCola bot ties RIDING WAVE This is part of the current nostalgia wave Items from about 1900 to 1950 are in at the moment old posters old Planters Peanuts signs Gib son Girl pictures Maxwell Parish prints like the ones you used to see on chocolate boxes juke boxes slot machines lwo old gas pumps are being renovated in irwins shop for George Springatc of Montreal the member of the Quebec leg islature He was in here not long ago and told me he hopes to start restaurant in which hell use the gas pumps in the decor he says Hes interested in an tiques ran into him recenty at an auction sale out at Duncan on Vancouver island Irwin said almost everybody collectspremiers judges doctors lawyers Hutteritcs theatre people restaurant own ers He was expecting visit from former BC premier Dave Barrett who is an ardent collector of art glass FROM ALL OVER People from Europe the US Japan and all parts of Canada have wandered into his shop Irwin says antiques espe cially the good ones are esca lating in price because the sup ply is dwindling The greatest volume of turnover is in furniture Theres also great trade with colic tors of collectibles Irwin suggests that whether person is collector or not he shouldnt throw anything awayit might become valu able tomorrow The monetarists formula might work beautifully if the economy operated in vacuum or if it were directed by self less disinterested statesmen guided by the principles laid down by Plato But an antiinflation policy based on tightmoney only would soon lead to higher unemployment Even though that might be only temporary phenomenon sure to right itself as soon as inflation was checked it would still be politi cally unacceptable That isnt the only difficulty Governments for their own reasons dont want to stop in flation and dont even pretend they do Inflation of about four per centaperhaps Price stabil itydefinitely not Its far easier and more popular course for politicians and bureaucrats to increase the money supply to spend even to waste than it is to be rudent to put the lid on the por barrel to limit the growth of the money supply Too bad the economists and the behavioral scientists dont combine their talents to pro duce program that would squeeze the inflationary fat out of the economy create jobs and restore the popularity of honest work wheels of yesteryear the examiner Saturday July 16 1977 13 lthinklcanlthinklcan Barrie Burger something new By PAT GUERGIS We are living in an apartment now but hope to purchase house by winter he says He says he is working the 10 am to am shift every day until the employees become familiar with the way he wants to operate the business THE WAY WANT like to see that the hamburger is cooked the way want people to eat it Our business so far has been mainly adults who are look ing for something different which is fresh he says One woman came in with five children when we opened three weeks ago and she has brought them back at least twice week ever since Gazeas says his burger is unique in that it is served on kaiser bun You cant find that within 50 miles of here and the bun is satisfying and filling He said even when the restaurant is very busy customer will not have to wait any more than 10 or 15 minutes for his meal The new owner says his prices are competitive with other burgerplaces on the Bayfield strip So if the people who are looking for something different agree with Barries newest restaurant owner his $350000 in vestment will pay off Township sets up committee BARCLAY Innisfil Township will appoint three member committee to spur new industrial development par ticularly in the townships new industrial subdivision The committee to be chosen by council will include one member from the Innisfil Chamber of Commerce township resident and member of council DeputyReeve Blake Con stable voted against setting up the committee The main requirement of in dustrial considerations is to up date information on the townships potential to attract industry he said think it could be done more efficiently by one person on parttime basis in concert With the administrative department heads he said Constable also suggested the township consider hiring some one who has experience in at tracting industries to mum cipalities Canada Dry operation expands in area Canada Drys expanding soft drink sales volume in the Georgian Bay region has resulted in the opening of two new company warehouses one in Orillia the other in Owen Sound According to Ross Eland Ontario Operations Manager the warehouses have been established to serve the grow ing needs of local customers The Orillia operation located on Forest Plain Road will han dle storage and distribution of Canada Dry products from Bar rie in the south to Huntsville in the north and Midland in the west Containing 12000 sq ft of storage space the building has an estimated storage capacity of 35000 cases of product Nine new positions have been created by the opening of the Hodgson of 60 Burton Ave is this weeks Wheels of Yesteryear winner for correctly Identifying last weeks car as 1962 Nash He wins 810 gift certificate good at Brass and Glen Dunlop Street East Only 929 of this weeks model were ever built and only in single model year To enter send your guess of the year and to make to Wheels of Yesteryear The Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ontario 1AM 4T6 Winner will be the first correct entry pick in random draw at noon Thursday new warehouse company of ficials say The Owen Sound operation will service Grey and Bruce Counties it is located on 20th Street East contains 10000 square feet of floor space and has an estimated product storage capacity of 25000 cases Five new jobs have been created The opening of the two loca tions brings the number of Canada Dry operated ware houses in Ontario to seven Others are at Peterborough Grimsby Brantford Kitchener and London Canada Dry Ltd has head quarters in Toronto and plants in Vancouver Edmonton Mon treal and Toronto it has net work of 33 franchised bottlers from coast to coast