By JOHN BRUCE Examiner Staff Reporter Your dirty chimney could be firetrap If it hasnt been cleaned at least once year it could be caked with greasy soot that may one day flare up causing serious fire according to Al McDougall of Midhurst and Jeff Tunnicliff of Alijet Chimney Sweeping prepares to start another clean partner Al MCDOUEBH says 1h hth be ITS 90 CH UN chimneys ing job which he says should be done once year to prevent chimney fires His theyve cleaned and some of the homeowners werent aware of it Alljet is the only chimney cleaning service in the Barrie area Examiner Photo Couldnt find chimney sweep local men start own company Jeff Tunnicliff of Painswick operators of Barries only chimney sweeping service They formed Alljet Chimney Sweeping Co last Chimney sweeping requires specialized equipment that Al McDougall of Alljet himney Sweeping 70 says is not available in Canada The fibreglass rods used to run wire brush over the walls of chimney had to be imported from Great Britain he said Examiner Photo Cross Canada Survey Varied reaction to slid By THE CANADIAN PRESS On the whole the floating dollar has mixed value said Harvey Webber Sydney NS businessman It depends on whose ox is being gored Webbers succinct comment appears to reflect the view of Canadas small businesses to the sudden lunge in the value of the Cana ian dollar in recent weeks in terms of United States funds CrossCanada survey by The Canadian Press of busi ness tourist officials govern ment and civic leaders brought varied reaction to the sliding dollar which Wednesday still hovered in the 90cent range It traded above par last year Well experience pickup in demand for our wood our min erals our fish said Dr Jim Rae assistant deputy minister of economic development for British Columbia From BCs point of view the decline in the dollar has in the net been good Premier Richard Hatfield of New Brunswick said that while the devalued dollar has been an asset to his province also its not generally good for the coun try for the dollar to be drop Ping TOUGH DOLLAR Jerry Finnen president of Dashwood Industries Ltd of Centralia Ont manufac turer of wood products said 90cent dollar is little tough Id like to see our dollar little higher about 95 cents is level we could digest It would reduce our increased costs by about onehalf and offer some degree of protection Dashwood imports most of it lumber from the United States Mel Sheppard general man ager of Shuchat Furs Canadas largest fur rctaler said the lower dollar is preventing the company from importing goods Canadians can afford to buy The price of raw furs in RICHARD HATFIELD generally not good world auctions is going to be so enormous that we project the increase in merchandise start ing the latter part of Novem ber to be affected by 25 per cent UNEXIECTEI BONUS On the other side of the coin Dick Wertheim spokesman for Northern Telecom said the company earned an additional 13 cents share in the first nine months because of cheaper ex ports But we also import in fair amounts he said Possibly offsetting that increase is the inflationary impact of purchas ing in the US Yet Nathanael Davies chairman and chief executive officer of Alcan Aluminium Ltd of Montreal claims that devaluation of the dollar has helped the North American aluminum producers because aluminum is dollar com modity In St Johns Nfld Paul Rus sell of Bonavisla Cold Storage Ltd described the cheaper dol tar as really godsend His company exports 98 per cent of its frozen fish produc tion to the US while canned fish goes to other foreign mar kets and caplin and squic to Ja pan ATS AS CUSHION For the pulp and per in dustry the declining ollar has been cushion against slightly weakened markets in the 18 April after searching in vain for someone in the Barrie area to clean the chimneys over their fireplaces They began cleaning chimneys just two weeks ago McDougall said and what theyve found is quite frightening Most of the 19 chimney they have cleaned in the last two weeks havent been cleaned in years he said and about 90 per cent of them have had Chimney fires McDougall said the major cause of chimney fires is soot buildup on the inner wal Over the years the scot hardens into carbon and con tinues to build up until the chimney is almost blocked AN UNITE At that point single hot ash from the fireplace can ig nite the deposits Tunnicliff said the amount of soot that builds up on the chimney walls depends on the kind of wood burned in the fireplace Pine and elm are the worst woods to burn because of the amount of resin in the wood while hardwoods with very little resin are best he said Mclougall said he and his partner can clean chimney in about 20 minutes They use circular wire brush about eight inches in diameter mounted on fibreglass rods which screw together to form single rod about 50 feet long After inserting the brush Styrofoam screen mounted on tubular steel frame is placed in front of the fireplace to keep dust and ashes off the floor The screen has two open ings one for the fibreglass rods and another for vacuum hose which cleans out the fireplace as the soot dust and carbon deposits are knocked down by the brush The fee is $10 The brush and the fibreglass rods had to be im ported from Britain Mcliougall said because they are not made anywhere in anada lie and lunnicliff designed and built the Styrofoam screen themselves he said Mcllougall and his partner work at MansfieldIenman General Itd Mclougall is an industrial engineer and Tunnicliff is in charge of quality control Should be swept yearly Barrie tire Barrie Fire thief lack McAllister says chimneys should be cleaned every year to prevent fires Commenting on new chimney sweeping scrvicc operating in Barrie the chief said there is little likelihood of fire breaking out in chimney over fireplace if it is cleaned and the flue is pro perly maintained We do periodically get chimney fires McAllistcr It has also resulted in unex pected extra income for the companies JP Fisher president of Fra ser Companies Ltd of Ed mundston NB said the prices for paper in the US are set by the America market so with 10percent increase in the value of the US dollar were getting roughly 10 per cent more for the product The company markets about 90 per cent of its paper in the US Tom Williams spokesman for Vancouverbased Mac Millan Bloedcl Ltd largest forest products firm in Canada said that each time the Canadian dollar fluctuates by one cent and remains steady for year the companys aftertax profit goes up or down by $3million Bruce McPherson president of Gibbard Furniture Shops Ltd of Napanec nt said that although he imports some materials from the US he would like to see the dollar remain at its present level It isnt hurting my particui lar business but we hate to see those imports he said We havent raised our prices since July 1976 but think were due for hike in January and thats mainly because of the drop in the dollar and higher wages Gibbard imports mahogany and cherry wood from Brazil but pays for it in US dollars chief says said but not to any great extent thn chimney fire breaks out the chief said it is usually caused by defect in the flue or deterioration of the chimney bricks He said the department nsr ed to have problem with fires caused by the heat from fireplace radiating through the bricks and scorching the wooden wall studs but iin proved fireplace design has rcduecd the incidence of such fires amcs Angus an economist with the ouncil of Forest In dustries of It said the lower priccd dollar will hurt the in dustry because companies will have to pay more for all our big machines and equipment which are imported spokesman for the Uhited Fishermen and Allied Workers union of BC said fish prices will go up because refitting boats will be more expensive We use an awful lot of lapa nesc gear he said Our ALLAN BLAKENEY could add interest TORONTO Pi Union Gas Ltd it would like to take part in the pipeline project awarded to Foothills Pipe Lines Yukont Ltd to transport natu ral gas south from Alaska However spokesman for the Foothills consortium in Cal gary said this week it is not negotiating with Union Gas for membership and it is not taking on any more participaan at this time lYnion Gas based in Chat ham is the only one of On tarios three major natural gas distributers to indicate desire to take part in the project at its prisent planning stage The other two onsumers Gas and Norccn Energy Rf sources Itd said they want see something more conc on proposal to build an ex tension to the Alaska Highway line an extension that would On Nov lst the on thing that changf is our name on Shea Real Estate eremonies marking the official merger of Thos Shea Ltds real estate operation with Family Trust Corporation Realtor were held Tuesday at the Aurora Golf and Country lub with John Cox Registrar of Real Estate officiating Participating in the ceremonies were from left Robert Union Gas wants part in Alaska pipeline plan give Canadians access to their own gas in the Mackenzie Valley delta of the Arctic We feel Foothills should take in more Canadian part ners William Stewart Union president said in an interview We are anxious to provide assistance Union Consumers and Nor cen had been members of Cana dian Arctic Gas Pipeline Ltd whose bid to pipe US gas from Alaska simultaneously with Ca nadian gas from the delta was rejected this year by regulatory authorities in favor of the Foot hills proposal Some other Arctic Gas sup porters including Tran PipeLin Ltd which carries gas from western to eastern Canada already have thrown their sup port behind the Foothills proposal BCs goeduck clams might be big industry CAMPBELL lthlllt il 11 Its got silly name and looks llkt hot dog with clcphzintiasis but the British oluinbin government hopes to innkc thc geoduck clam tthnts pronouncml gtxicydnckl into ninlti million dollar industry ltccrcation and tonscrvation dollar floats the ones we use to hold up our nets the different types of nets themselves all types of electronics in fact almost all our electronic equipmentand even trolling gear is imported Bob Hanman Manitobas newly appointed minister of tourism and minister of in dustry said the declining dollar probatin will be inflationary and result in higher energy costs to the public We export oil in Canadian dollars but when we buy off shore as we do in Eastern Can ada its American dollars That 10centagallon surcharge is offsetting the decline now but if it goes further therell be in creases to the consumer Donald Craik Manitoba min ister of finance said if the Ca nadian dollar remains below par until the end of 1978 it would probably cost the prov ince about $2milli0n in interest charges on foreign debt alone Premier Blakeney of Sas katchewan said the provinces borrowings in the US are for terms of 30 years If the dollar were to stay low for that period of time it would add to the in terest debt But its not likely to MORE FOR DOLLAR The premier said in the short term lower dollar benefits Saskatchewan because its ex ports are cheaper to buy and so we get more dollars for our potash oil and wheat than be fore Minister Sam Bawlf spurred on by 110000pound order for geoduck siphons from Japan has commissioned $36000 study on geoduck reserves to lay the basis for what he says may become sitmilliona year industry Ilcading the study is Bruce Evans 25yearold marine bi ologist and president of Coastal Itiochores Ltd owner of the 50 foot research gesscl Pursepa Geooucks are no ordinary clam Weighing up to 12 pouri is they are found in 60 to 80 feet of water their long meat siphon sticking out of the sand Io harvest them divers blow the sand away with high pressure hoses The Iursepa recently struck paydirt near this fishing and Shea president Corby Adams Barrie office Robert Davies executive vicepresident and Thomas Shea chairman Robert Shea predicted even more concentration on services relating to family needs in real estate as Family Trust gets under way Bahama chewan drilling program nounced Wednesday year earlier business notes Electric demand is up TORONTO CPi Ontarios electrical energy demand for the first nine months rose four per cent compared to last year Ontario Hydro reports The rise in demand in Sep tember was 02 per cent compared to September 1976 Company buys own shares TORONTO CP Bramalea Ltd real estate company reports it has purchased 263018 of share repurchase program that will end when it has bought 500000 of its 5413865 shares at price not to exceed $7 share The com pany is restricted to buying no more than five per cent of its issued shares within any consecutive 30day period Signs hotel pact with CP NEW YORK Reuter The Hotel Corp of The Bahamas reports it has signed agreements with Canadian Pacific Hotels of Toronto to manage the Balmoral Beach Hotel on Cable Beach New Providence The agreements also cover the Lucayan Harbour Inn and marina in Freeport Grand Shell Canada drills wells TORONTO CP Shell Canada Resources Ltd says it has drilled the first three wells in its 1977 southern Saskat Murray appointed president TORONTO CP Willaim Murray has been ap president of Massey Ferguson Industries Ltd the Canadian operating subsidiary of Massey Ferguson Ltd it was an Steel company has net loss PITTSBURGH AP Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp has reported thirdquarter net loss of $47 million despite $572 million sales gain over the same threemonth period Barrie Honda receives two awards manager for Canadian Honda rie resident presented the pointed Kerv and Barbara Johnston of Barrie Honda Auto Sales will travel to Japan this fall to visit Honda head office and plants Barrie Honda Auto Sales won contest that was based sales and high degree of service proficiency Only 30 dealers across Canada qualified with 10 dealers from Ontario being win ners John Russell district sales Motors Ltd and former Bar award Barrie Honda also won the logging community 140 miles 33 Star Track Service Award northwest of Victoria In presented to dealers who are Ihe biggest specimen 433 333 above average in servrcrng Greg Johnston after sales 25 manager accepted the award =1 from Mike Cousineau district service manager weighed pounds Almost half the body weight is edible The meat is milder than most clams said provincial cori servation officer Bob Cox and mis much more plentiful IIID stun KERV JOHNSTON to Japan Elsie Boyce of Thornton won last weeks Wheels of Yesteryear Contest by correctly identi fying the automobile as 1970 Ford Maverick Mrs Boyce wins $10 gift certificate good only at Brass and Glenn on Dunlop Street It you can Identify this Weeks automobile send your entry to Wheels of Yesteryear the Examiner Box 370 Barrie Ont AM 4T6