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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE .HURSDAY, JULY 19, 1951 PAGE TEN Dozen Companies Fight For Right to Transmit 0il Ottawa (CP) -- One of the great- est gold rushes in Canada's histo- ry--the race to tap Alberta's fabu- lous oil-gas wealth to the full--is on in full swing. Hundreds of millions of dollars of potential profits are at stake as almost a dozen companies compete for the rights to pipe Alberta's fuel resources to the lucrative markets of central Canada, the west coast and the United States. With these glittering riches in prospect, the companies are ready to lay out investments ranging in- dividually up to $250 million to set up facilities stretching from the oil-gas fields to the fuel-hungry markets outside the foothills pro- vince. Main prizes are the right to transmit: 1. Gas and oil to the north- western United States. ; 2. Gas and oil to Canada's Pa- cific coast. 3. Gas to central Canada--as far east as Montreal under present p ot Up to now, only one major pipe- line is in operation beyond the carrying of ! Prairies and down to Superior, Wis. From there, it is taken by tanker to a refinery at Sarnia, Ont. Elsewhere the field is wide open and 10 companies--many of them backed by large U.S. financial in- terests--are after franchises to operate in one direction or another. An 11th group is trying to get in- corporated. None s¢ far has got beyond .the preliminary stage of applications before the federal Board of Trans- port Commissioners, which has the final say in granting permission to operate pipelines and laying down the routes. BAN ON GAS EXPORT A delaying factor is a current ban by the Alberta government on the shipment of natural gas out- side the province until known re- serves are larger. This decision is due to be reviewed in September, and so the transport board has set down Sept. 25 for the start of hearings on four gasline applica- tions now before it. . It also has desighated Sept. 24 for new hearings on four oil ap- plications. All four of the oil-pipeline com- panies want to carry the black god westward, some directly to ancouver and some hitting the northwestern United States market on the way to the Canadian west coast. Three ,of the gas applications before the board also are pointed towards the west coast. The fourth company aims eastward as far as Winnipeg. : But the most ambitious venture is not yet before the board. In- corporated only at the recently- concluded session of parliament, Trans-Canada Pipe Lines, Litd., aims to set up a $250 million gas- pipe network stretching from Al- berta to Montreal and possibly later to Quebec. The company would have 900 miles of line gathering gas with- in Alberta and a 2200-mile trunk line to Montreal, touching at such cities us Sudbury and Toronto. It is backed by the big Delhi oil in- terests of the U.S. The other eastbound gas service is proposed by Western Pipe Lines, Ltd., which wants to run from the Gleichen, Alta., area to Winnipeg, hitting Swift Current, Sask., Moose Jaw, Sask., Regina, Portage La Prairie, Man;, and some other points. On the westbound front, two of the competitors want to carry both oil and gas to the west coast. They are Westcoast Tragsmission Company and Alberta Natural Gas Company. VIA NORTH ROUTE Westcoast Transmission would follow northerly routes through the Rockies, lan gas and oil at a number of Bri Columbia com- munities on the way to Vancouver and exporting surplus to the U.S. Alberta Natural Gas Company offers alternative all-Canadian and partly-U.S. routes on the way to Vancoyver for gas. For oil, it would ship by way of the north- western U.S. presumably serving American cities on the way to Vancouver. The other westbound oil lines are sought by Trans-Mountain Oil Pipe Line Company, whose line would start at Edmonton and end at Van- couver, and Independent Pipe Line Company, going from Edmonton to Port Moody near Vancouver. Besides the two companies hand- ling both oil and* gas to the west coast, two firms want to 'deal in gas only. They are Prairie Trans- mission Lines, Ltd., whose applica- tion is before the transport board, and Champion Pipe Line Corpo- ration, incorporated at the last parliamentary session. Champion proposes an all-Can- adian line through the southern Crow's Nest Pass in the Rockies to Vancouver, and from there to the U.S. It also has indicated that later it may seek an eastern route taking in Toronto, Hamilton and Montreal. Prairie Transmission Lines wants to serve a number of south- eastern B.C. centres and dip into the U.S. before reaching Van- couver. It would run a pipe under the Strait of Juan de Fuca to serve Victoria and Sidney on B.C.'s Van- couver Island. Another organization in the run- ning, but still on the fringe, is Border Pipeline Corporation, which wants to carry oil "from Alberta down to Spokane, Wash, and Seattle, Wash., before reaching Vancouver. Its incorporation was blocked at the last session of par- liament through a filibuster by western members of parliament determined that an all-Canadian route should be followed. Still another company got quick incorporation at the session and permission from the board to oper- ate. That is the Canadian-Montana Pipe Line Company, which is to carry gas from southeastern Al- berta to a defence plant in Butte, Montana. The Alberta government has sus- pended its gas-export ban to per- mit this operation, at the request of U.S. defence authorities. Model Prison Stresses Reform In New Training Kingston, Ont.--(CP) -- A new philosophy of prison life--you can't reform a man if you kick him when he's down--is being taught both guards and inmates alike at Collins' Bay Penitentiary, a model federal prison six miles west of here. There are no grey stone walls, barred windows or rows of steel doors at Collins Bay. Instead, pris- oners are housed in neat cell-blocks painted in restful pastel tones and with dark linoleum on the floors replacing hard concrete. There are no steel bars on the cells. (Each is equipped with a sturdy wooden door which adds to the general appearance and pro- vides privacy and silence. Living conditions at Collins Bay are only part of a theory that a man who commits a cfime may be a victim of society as well as its enemy. Less attention is paid to the prisoner's 'bad habits and more to the development of his good ones. Training is the key-note at Col- lins Bay, or as Warden Harold Cleeton says--"training with a view to reform and rehabilitation." In that respect, no one is ever sentehiced to Collins Bay. Each priscaer is individually chosen on the basis of his age--he must be under 21 years old--be a first of- fender and possess reformable ten- dencies. a ideas in penology have alter- od "climate" at the penitentiary. Prisoners jokingly refer to their in- carceration as "summering at the Bay" but that doesn't mean that they're there for a rest cure, Prisoners, clad in plain shirts and overall trousers which replaced stripes a4 the bay, are all gainfully at some trade which will ald in their rehabilitation. The men are no longer employed on la- ba for its ows sake. The accent on training for the future snd reform. STEADY WORKERS Prisoners carry lumber, pour con- 'crete and pat cement blocks in place on a new building program at The Bay. They work steadily as if they were earning $1 an hour in- stead of five cents a day. Moden shops, fully-equipped with the latest tools, have been set up to help inmates learn a vocation. All must take courses in mathe- matics, blueprint reading and draughting in connection with their Prisoners learn how to operate a lathe, lay bricks, build a house or install plumbing and air-condition- ing equipment. But first they go to school--from nine months to a year depending on the course--and must pass written examinations. Concentration on ation at Collins Bay stems f the publica- tion of the Arc ult Report im- plemented by Maj.-Gen, R. B. Gib- son when he was i com- missioner of penitentiaries in 1946. "The prisoner should be regard- ed as an adult in need of educa- tion as well as a criminal in need of reform," he told the Canadian Penal Congress here two years ago. Education is further encouraged through correspondence courses handled by the Department of Veterans' Affairs and the Ontario Department of Education. No few- er than 10 inmates are registered in extra-mural courses on a uni- versity level and 17 out of a class of 20 passed their entrance exam- inations this year. . Work and study can occupy only a certain amount of a prisoner's time. He must have reasonable periods of rest and relaxation, Of- ficials at The Bay have introduced a stepped-up recreational program including diversified sports and hobbies. An orchestra is in the process of formation and many of The Bay's 380 inmates contribute to a weekly newspaper known as the "CB Dia- mond." "The prisoner is no longer just a number," says C. A. M. Edwards, classification officer at Collins Bay. "He is a human being and an individual and he is treated like one." PETSCHE FAILS IN EFFORT TO FORM CABINET Paris (AP) -- Finance Ministc Maurice Petsche today gave u his week - long attempt to form z French cabinet. Petsche told President Vincent Auriol he was unable to get France's political leaders to agree on a number of domestic issues. | Auriol now must try to find some- one else to try to do the job. Auriol asked Petsche last Thurs- day to take, the premiership and try to form a cabinet. The right - wing independent be- gan immediately to talk with lea- ders of all parties except the Communists and the followers of Gen. Charles de Gaulle. Since the extreme left Communists and the extreme, right de Gaullists control about 230 of the national assem- bly's 626 votes, and cabinet will have to have the combined sup- port of nearly all the other par- ties in between. 'One main obstacle to reaching full agreement is the old issue of whether the government should give financial help to Roman Ca- tholic schools. Among the parties from which Petsche sought a ma- jority, two are for granting the aid and two are against. Fire Claims Landmark In Dublin Dublin (AP) -- A fire that broke out suddenly in Dublin's famed Abbey theatre early this morning destroyed the main part of the building before it was brought un- der control. The blaze was discovered at 1:30 a.m. and' 30 minutes later the grea' °r part of the auditorium and stage had been burned. Actors and actresses of the Abbey company helped save some valuable paintings and other sou- venirs of the theatre's role in the history of Irish and world drama. The Abbey became famous early in this centruy when it presented the works of a new school of Irish playwrights. Its actors included many who later became stars abroad. New Officers Are Named By Shell Company O. B. Roger has been elected a director and A. L. Wilson appointed a vice-president of Shell Oil Com- pany of Canada, Limited; W. M. V. Ash, president, announced today. Mr, Roger will continue as vice- president and treasurer in directing the firm's financial affairs. Mr. Wil- son, as vice-president, is in charge of Shell's Canadian marketing ac- tivities from coast to coast. Mr. Roger has been associated with the oil industry for many years, having started his career with Shell Petroleum Company, London, England. He came to Canada in 1929 and has directed the financial affairs of the Canadian company since that time. He was appointed vice-president and treasurer in 1946. Following graduation, from the University of Toronto in 1932, A. L. Wilson joined Shell as a service sta- tion attendant. He has had many years of experience with the firm's operations throughout North Ameri- ca, During World War IT he was loaned to the British Government for wartime duties with the British Merchant Shipping Mission in Washington. 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One of the Communist cameramen clicked his camera dozens of times, but the lens was covered. --Central Press Canadian. Files $450,000 Suit For Police Beating Chicago (AP)-- A bank robber filed a $450,000 damage suit yes- terday charging he was perma- nently injured by Chicago police who he says beat him to obtain a confession. David Edgerly, 34, charges the police beat him into unconsciousness three times to ex- tort a confession. Edgerly was sen- tenced to 60 years in prison July 6 for his part in a 1949 bank rob- bery in which two Brink's armored car guards were slain. UK's PART IN INCREASED - PRODUCTIVITY In the second half of 1950, indus- trial. production in the U.K. was running at 30 to 35 per cent above the 1938 level. Large increases in- cluded twice, as much oil refined, 80 per cent more electricity pro- duced, 60 per cent more synthetic fibres and 60 per cent more vehicles. |Urban Campers Stage Sing-Song In Rail Station Montreal -- Twenty-two eleven year old girls of the Y.M.-YWHA Summer Urban Camp marched two by two into Central Station last week, sat down cross legged with their lunch boxes, and started to sing under the direction of Council- lor Ethel Goldstein and Junion Councillor Sheila Fine. After a three minute concert the group was paged over the loud speaker systm by Station Master J. C. Webber for a tour of the station. It was about the two thousandth time he has requested such a group "to come to the green light." Mr. Webber has been showing such groups around Central ter- minal ever since it opened eight years ago. Three is the most he conducts a day. It's an hour's walk to see the station; ' the express, baggase, and mail departments, the new airline building, and trains in the station. The girls got a kick out of find- ing "real babies" in the station nursery, baby chicks and grown hogs in the express;, were awed by the giant automatic freight eleva- tors. About each there were many "whys" to be answered by Mr. Webber. Mr. Webber finds that older groups can understand more about the station 'but you can't beat the young ones for remembering about it" . BRITAIN'S FAVOURITE SPORT? There are between 2 and 3 mil- lion "Izaak® Waltons" in the UK, according to an estimate by Bri- tain's Association of Fishing Tackle makers. This compares with about 800,000 adult Britons who regularly play football. The 'Sports Maga- zine" feature of the B.B.C's televi- sion service includes a section for anglers with Esmond Drury, cham- pion flycaster, initiating viewers into the mysteries of fly fishing. 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