40 PC Cut Is Forecast In Accidents On "401" The deputy minister of high- ways has expressed the hope that the opening of the Base Line as County Road 22 will ultimately result in a 40 per cent reduction in the number of accidents on Highway 401. W. J. Fulton, speak- ing at a banquet in Ajax on Wed- nesday evening, following the of- ficial opening of the eight-mile stretch of road between Whitby and Liverpool, said that when 13 roads leading to the four-lane highway are closed, he expects a reduction in the accident rate of 401. Mr. Fulton stated that the re- building of the Base Line will per- mit it to be used as a service road for Highway 401 from Whit- by to Liverpool. He said that this would make it possible to close 13 roads which now lead out onto the busy highway. In the past six years, he said, 27 persons have died on the stretch of highway 401 which runs parallel to the Base Line. In ad- dition to this he said, 252 persons have suffered injuries in road crashes and property damage from these accidents has amount- ed to $346,300, or almost one-half the cost of building the Base Line. He said that 40 per cent, or 198, of those accidents had occur- red at intersections on Highway partment to abandon other road projects in the province. OTHER PROJECTS Instead, he said, the depart- had ever been host to county of- ficials, said Mayor Parish. Paying tribute to Reeve Mills, for whom a bridge has been d, His Worship said that the ment plans to road as soon as possible but also plans to build highways in other parts of the province, noting particular- ly the Ontario section of the Trans-Canada Highway which is expected to be completed by 1960. In line with this policy of spread- ing the department's spending throughout the province, he said, motorists in Ontario would find this year that they would encotin- ter new construction about every 50 miles along any highway in the province. Stepping into Dr. Dymond's| field of traffic movement, Mr. Cass said that the toll of life on Ontario's roads is tremendous and inexcusable. "It should not be tolerated," he said. "When we have realistic signing and speed limits, you and {I must obey them. Drive with| courtesy and common sense. If we all did, there would be no| accidents." WELCOMES GUESTS Earlier in the evening, Mayor | William Parish, of Ajax, had wel- comed the guests to the banquet. Hosts for the occasion had been| the Ajax Industrial Commission, reeve has been a most loyal ser- vant and has always been a tower of strength in his own municipal- ity. Labor Minister, the Hon. Michael Starr, said that he was d at the devel t of the southern part of the county. "I can foresee what the development of this road will do for this part of Ontario County," he said. Reeve Mills said that possibly the greatest contribution the new County Road would make would be to alleviate the traffic situa- tion on Highway 401. He said that using this road as a service road would remove 90 per cent of the traffic hazards on the four- lane highway. As an indication of how county road expenditures have in- creased, Reeve Mills, as chair- man of the road board, reported that in 1952, the county had spent $350,000. This year, the total ex- penditure, including the Base PRESENTATION MADE For years of faithful assist- | Line road would be one and one-| quarter million dollars. Other speakers included War- den Cyril Morley, District High- ways Engineer Les Boucher, the ance to her husband, the Reeve | of Ajax, Mrs. John Mills was | presented with a bouquet' by the Deputy-reeve of the town, Mrs, Mary Reid, at last night's Line road and the John Mills Bridge, named in honor of Reeve Mills. Mrs. Reid, on the left, presents the flowers to Mrs. Mills. --Robertson, Whitby Of Early By ARCH MacKENZIE Canadian Press Staff Writer OTTAWA (CP)--Archaeologist Richard MacNeish spent his 10th summer in northern research back-tracking over a probable migration route for the Asian peoples believed to have been an- cestors of North American In- dians and Eskimos. En route, he added fresh evi- dence to the theory that patives of Russia, Canada, the United States and Mexico share common forefathers who migrated in waves across Bering Strait. Dr. MacNeish is an American who is senior archaeologist for Canada's National Museum. He tramped down the Firth River valley in the Yukon, from the Pacific drainage area to the Arc- tic Ocean, accompanied by as- sistant Gordon Lowther of McGi University and an Eskimo father- son team, Old and Young Irish from Aklavik, N.W.T. LONG TREK The party walked about 600 |miles. In four "fairly extensive' |excavations undertaken during the trek, it bared new artifacts complementing those harvested |earlier by Dr. MacNeish. In 1955 he returned to Ottawa Back-Tracks Route Asians terview. The artifacts from the second - earliest culture seem linked with discoveries at Lake Baikal in Russia, British Colum- bia's Fraser River canyon, the Columbia River basin of Wash- ington and Oregon and Mexico. MIGRATION ROUTE "it seems probable that the Firth River was one of the migra- tion routes from Asia," says Dr. THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursdey, November 6, 1958 But Dr. MacNeish has been able to send four pieces of antler bone to the University of Pennsyl- vania for testing. Three are from |nis second-earliest culture and one from his third-earliest. Such tests are not necessarily conclusive but they are helpful. He explained that charcoal, rich in carbon, is ideal for the tes Physicists gauge the age of item by the stage breakdown in its radioactive ele- ments. However, Arctic charcoal is subject to water contamination and intrusion from tree and shrub roots, Moreover, the weathering process is ultra slow. Dr, Mae- Neish suggests that he has used logs 2,000 years old for firewood. ts, an of | AJAX INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION | ongratulates The County of Ontario | THE AND banquet in the community cen- | 2 ; : tre. The presentation was made |it is formed from rain driven up-| With evidence of nine separate during the dinner following the de sub-free: levels," |CWitures in the same area, in the official opening of the Base wags El frevoing ooo) UPPeT northwest corner of the| foot ; s n a, = school yukon near the Alaska boundary. thinks hail is form y Snow| This year, he added to his I 4 y col- Jervstats falling through super-|jection "of traces of the second- cooled clouds earliest culture, dated from 8,000 | RADAR USED to 12,000 years ago when thick| 401, of which Reeve John Mills is|Hon. Matthew B. Dymond, Minis- "In the next six years if we chairman. Reeve Mills is also ter of Transport, R. E. Sims, can eliminate 40 per cent of the/chairman of the county road county engineer, and William accidents on this highway, this board. It was the first time Ajax Twelvetrees, project engineer. | new road we have opened today will be worthwhile," he said. H ] Common Salt May Help od . ! The radar at Pehild detects the to 12,000 years ago when thick | Wipe Out Hail St ornls forecipitation within 100 miles but|forests of white birch and fir cov- | CAPITAL BORROWING The Minister of Highways, the Hon. Fred Cass, also speaking at the banquet, held in the Ajax Community Hall, recalled that in lit cannot tell the difference be-|ered the Arctic coast. Men |tween hail and rain so farmers' dressed in stitched leather gar-| ireports are needed. ments used spears to hunt fish, In addition there are intense Horses and giant buffalo were studies" at the Edmonton Domin- present. - ion Public Weather Office of Much of the area appears to weather systems that lead to con- have escaped the ice sheet the ditions conducive to hail. archaeologist suggested in Ba tne The whole study costs from ! 3 $65,000 to $100,000 a year. i The Department of Highways - * On the Completion of THE BASE LINE PROJECT to former years the revenue from the gasoline taxes and the sale of car permits and drivers' li- cences had more than paid for road construction in the prov- By LORNE BRUCE i Dr. Elofson, 39, is a graduate Stettler and Drumheller in the I Canadian Press Staff Writer |i; chemistry from the University east. ince. In recent years, he said, EDMONTON (CP)--A scientist|of Alberta and a practical farmer| Cards are sent to all 18,000 this Tovenne had not been great says common table salt may of the "hail belt" in the Ponoka farmers in the area and each enough to mee! e rising de- wipe out hail as a scourge to|area 65 miles south of Edmonton. farmer is asked to report every mand for new road construction.|prajrie farmers. H Dw 5 = 24 i o ,4| occurrence of hail, when it oc- Because of this, he said, it had : | He said the farm has received| Ther 1 the stone 3 buildi Dr. R. M. (Mac) Elofson of the| damaging hail in eight of the last curred, where, how big the stones been necessary for road building| 0.2 "Research Council says itl] years. He was born and|"ere what accompanied the hail Ju be. Soanced Seugh Borrowing may be possible to use salt to|hrought up on the farm so he and how long it lasted uit, he said, Luis appe: "seed" clouds at much less cost | knows what hail can do. Last year furmers sent in 3,400 method since the roads that are, . : indi am pi 5 gn rn pressed," being built will not only serve the en the shver jscide Low used) | "The object of the present stud- cards. This year only 900 ye a lot has to be learned before it A ; 3 jes is : 'hat caus received, indicating th e a , ; . ! | § 4 present generation, but the next, . 1... ctones soft and small, | 18 BT ig pp api creased prevalence of hail in oa) be done in a proper Tanner. f : : Speaking of the progress being| smc Sou to prairie stain fields, mately we would like to know ig Tus Your pete Yas oy Wed amu iy et | Ca made in the construction of High-|""po." the last three years the|ll it is possible to supress hail," Sly Wg tals "| properly may be so high farmers | : way 401, Mr. Cass said that many j,i study has been confined to|, 32'% The study, begun in 1956, was|would be unwilling to subscribe] y "I think there is every reason to believe that hail can be sup-| Dr. Elofson said. /'But had wanted the four-lane high-|opcervation but may be expanded| "We are quite sure at the pres c,ncentrated this year at Penhold|unless success is guaranteed." way, which is planned to be 500 0x summer to - treatment of|ent time that no one can say cate- i, central Alberta where there| In addition to the direct and miles long, to be Somplet) clouds. gorically that he can suppress were one senior scientist, four as-|indirect damage from hail, there | soon as possible. e no that! The study, the world's largest, hail. sistants and one radar techni-|is the situation that some central | } construction Susie run fo, abou is supported jointly by the Al-| The study at present coverscian. Alberta farmland, ranking with | one million dollars per mile berta Research Council, the|15.000 square miles in central Al-| There are indications it is pos- the best in the world, is not. pro- This year, he said, 50 miles will Meteorological Service of Can-berta ranging from Hobbema in sible to predict hail. But what ducing up to its potential because | be completed and if the entire job ada, the National Research Coun- the north fo High River in the causes hail has not been estab-| farmers are afraid to invest too |} were tackled at once, he said, the|cil and the "Stormy Weather" south and from the Rocky Moun- lished definitely. {much money because of the fear |' expenditure would force the de-'group of McGill University. |tains in the west to a line through' "One school of thought is that'of hail. i 1 i 13 LIMITED PRINCIPAL INVESTMENTS Owner . . Builder . . Developer i co 0. Ho0000s, FOND HOOT TU 1 Mo, FO HOO. THE ONTARIO COUNTY COUNCIL and THE ONTARIO DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS. On the Completion of THE BASE LINE PROJECT LIMITED 3 RICHMOND ST. 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