Daily Times-Gazette (Oshawa Edition), 17 Apr 1957, p. 17

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THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE St. Lawrence Bridges Set Up For Seaway ...By ROBERT RICE... ...| "Right now, the jacks are hand- involving new approaches, A ver- Canadian Press Staff Writer |pumped, so it takes about an hour tical lift section is inserted . MONTREAL (CP) -- Inch byjto go six inches," in the nearby CPR e, inch, Jacques Cartier Bridge , job| Altogether stretching from this island city to|superintendent, who helped build bridges have been the south shore is getting higher. the bridge 28 years ago. several others are It's like a bridge with elevator «put for later sta: es we're get- Seven are for railwi shoes that won't stop Srowing un-|ting mechanical jacks and they'll but some also permi til it's 120 feet above the St. Law- do the job in 13 minutes." fic. Almost 50,000 tons rence River. The two-mile-long| , will be used in them. bridge, built in 1929, has to be PLAN ANOTHER BRIDGE ITO LINK CANADA-US. raised 80 feet at one point to let! Another bridge from Montreal To high-masted ships sail under it|Island to Nun's Island and then| At Cornwall, Ont., a Jigh-J el and into the St. Lawrence sea-|across to Laprairie is expected suspension bridge will Can- way. crossings, road traf- steel {to be built in the next few years|ad the United States -- The $6,900,000 contract awarded |to help alleviate Montreal's cross-| crossing from Cornwall Island to to Dominion Bridge Company, isiriver traffic congestion, the American mainland. Work on - only one of more than a dozen) Upstream, Montreal's other key|this was delayed earlier this year bridge projects being tackled in|bridge, the Royal Victoria Ju-|{by a strike of bridge crews, but. connection with the seaway. In a|bilee Bridge, will split in two|the dispute has been settled and quiet way, though, it is most spec-| where it crosses the seaway chan-|the job resumed. Canada's J ii tacular of all. {mel at the entrance to St. Lam- ihe Sub-struchue. while the . bert lock. Opened in 1860 as|icans le superstructure. { h BUSY ARTERY | Montreal's first link with the] There's talk, too, in Cornwall Some 17,000,000 use the mainland, th .|of another high-level bridge from | e present bridge car bridge annually, and except for aries trains, and vehicles. the city itself to Cornwall Island, few hours they'll keep on using The split part of ri to replace the present Roosevelt it during the 24-month operation. | : e sp gan of the bridge will Bridge. The St. Lawrence Seaway The work is planned so that some. |2¢ Somew t ie a see-saw. As Authority has expropriated 5% time this year--perhaps in No- 3 ShP passes it 1208 goehal f,lacres of city land, but mo con- vember--the Shan crossing the Tals the oth lf oioot clear: y aet has been awarded. seaway channel near the south-| 21CEs il olthep x - be downy high - level bridge on the ern end will be pulled out and 2" hi carry the traffic. He Canadian side, plus 27-foot dredg- a new one, without low-hanging |i" f ing alread. lanned, would '- girders, will slide into its place. pridge piers straddle the en- Re Ry og Beng Rp new span will be -built/Tance to the first lock of thei; qian" seaway if and when beside the old ome, both tied to. S€2Way, and engineers have had! he gether for the "translation" job, '© ig around them with care. bridge '-- probably and the bridge closed at night for] Every stone in the piers is| American--is contemplated near the switch. Then, the old span numbered and examined often Ogdensburg, N.Y., crossing to will be dismantled. for tell-tale fractures that would|Canada east of Prescott, Ont. At the moment, two temporary betray any strain. |near Johnstown, Ont. A ferry is Bailey Bridges divert traffic at| Honore Mercier Bridge atthe only link at the moment, and the south end around the section Caughnawaga, Que., crossing to there are fears that the water being raised. Underneath, unseen the western tip of Montreal Is- flow, slowed by a power-dam net- by drivers, workmen are jacking land, is also being elevated where work near Cornwall, may freeze it up six inches at a time. !it surmounts the channel, a job/the ferry in during cold winters. Says Unions Too Big For Members By NORMAN WALKER (boosts, but the skilled workers felt WASHINGTON (AP)--Are big |they deserved even higher wage |g unions going out of style, getting |increases, particularly since as f too large to serve their member-| older workers their chances of los- | + ip effectively? A |ing jobs were relatively slim un- | The problem is suggested by re- | der seniority rules. cent eyents involving North Amer- | VOTED LAST WEEK i ica's two largest labor unions-- | the Teamsters and the Auto Work- | The UAW convention last week | ers, each claiming 1,500,000 mem. | voted to let skilled workers bar- SHANK PORTION | bers: gain their own extra terms hence- | forth, separate from those of the € Ih © SMOKED, COOKED, READY TO SERVE These events, while based on far different circumstances, demon. | Te8ular production workers. strate that size can also become| This, in effect, sets up a union a handicap among labor organiza- | within a union. tions. | The question arises whether the The United Auto Workers acted | giant union, able to care for mem- at its Atlantic City convention last |bers' needs in the last decade, is week to give a more active voice |t« » unwieldy to care for members' in bargaining power to its skilled needs in the next and coming de- worker members--a step toward |cades when there may be varying departmentalizing the union. |sets of Fequirements within the {same union. PANGS OF BIGNESS The UAW is moving to adjust The Teamsters, on the other to the changing times. The Teams- hand, are feeling the pangs of big- |ters undoubtedly will find ch ness on another score, Their han- necessary, too. But whether the dling of vast accumulations of big unions can remain intact re- union money has come under mains to be seen. sharp criticism. Both the UAW and Teamsters | j SUES OVER HAIR situations, while different in char- 4 acter, seem to grow out of the| SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP)-- same ailment--that a union can |Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor Monday grow so big it may not always|sued a beauty salon for a total operate along the lines of the of $40,000, charging it caused her |! members' own best interests. hair to fall out. In the suit against |' The UAW problem with the auto|the Helen Young Beauty Salon of industry's skilled workers grew|Beverly Hills, she alleged 'al out of the union's three-year labor negligent application of strong |} contract negotiated in 1955 and |bleach" Jan. 9 burned her scalp, ! featuring the mew supplemental over-bleached her hair and caused unemployment benefit plan to help it to become "dry, lusterless, brit- jobless workers. itle and frayed and to fall out in That contract also provided pay large quantities." DAILY CROSSWORD no centre slices 2 : removed Bese 0 Gok 8a Ee DEEP CUT SPECIALS! Aluminum Pol Reg. Price 310--SAVE 4s REYNOLD'S WRAP 2h D7 ec MeLaren's Garlie Reg. Prige 270--~8AVE 2¢ SLICED DILLS 15-02 jar 2 5 4 Standard Quality Reg. Price 2 tins 33¢--8AVE 7e IONA PEAS 4 20-0z tins 5 + J Choices Quality Reg. Price tin 25¢--8AVE Be : PEARS 2 28-02 tins 4 5 [4 | Jublies SPECIAL! 'CHEESE SLICES +... 25. Cherry Hill Aristocrat SPECIAL! 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Originates 46, Memo- randum 47. Drips water, asapipe 48. Pitcher : DOWN | A. Perform 2. Conflict 3. Evening | (poet.) ¥. Game animal Large stones are still used as money among certain natives of the South Pacific Micronesian islands. Modern man jays his bills with a slip of paper, often a check from Pacific Finance. How much do you need to consoli-- date your bills? Tell us today! NOW TAKE 30 MONTHS TO PAY! ACIFIC FINANCE CREDIT, LTD. JOHN AGNEW, Mgr. 5 12 Simcoe St. RA 5.6571 JAPAN PAYS TRIBUTE NEW YORK (AP)--Hundreds of thousands lined the New York and New Jersey shores of the Hudson River Monday night to watch huge fireworks displays de- picting Niagara Falls and Japan's Mount Fuji. The display, put on from barges anchored in the river, was part of a one - hour tribute by Japan to the World Trade Fair which opened at the New York Coliseum Sunday. The two spectacles required 2% ions of fireworks. ACTRESS SUES COMPANY NEW YORK (AP)--Trial of ac- tress Arlene Dahl's million-dollar d suit inst Columbi Pictures was postponed Monday until April 29. The actress al- leges that the film company made "offensive" exploitation of ther film Wickéd as They Come. She charged she was 'humil- iated" by composite photographs and drawings advertising the film. ¥ POLICE ATTACKED KARACHI, Pakistan (AP)--An angry mob beat up eight police: {men who prevented them from {rushing Premier Suhrawardy as he left parliament Monday. Twenty casdalties were counted {in the clash between elub-swinging police and the crowd. The demon- strators 'were naval. dockyard workers 'who 'have been pressing | wage claims, 4 CUT DRAFT PERIOD PARIS (AP) Premier Guy Mollet said Monday night French { conscripts will no longer be re- cored to serve more than 24 ionths, Because of the fighting in Alberia, most conscripts have seen held over in the last year until their service reached as high as 30 months. The legal draft pes iriod is only 18 months.

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