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Snow Water Content |how much water there is in the SNOW. The results of the tests--the gauges will be checked every six hours--will be published, The fig- ures will help hydrologists in {flood control work and public Measured In Canada =a clear up two questions for the i [to the southern border and from inches of new snow to equal one section--the water content of | Canadian Press Staff Writer [coast to'coast," says J.G. Potter, inch of water. |snow in the Arctic and in British | TORONTO (CP)--East of Mon- head of the surface data section) SPECIAL GAUGE Columbia, two aréas where not treal, that snow on the driveway of the climatology division. |" Therefore, his section has de- much work of this sort has been is wetter than the snow that fell| In the past, his department|veloped a special snow gauge--it done. lon the Prairies. used a ruler to measure the depth [looks like a can sunk in a funnel Mr. Potter's department, in the By BRUCE LEVETT years--and what it's likely to be during the next 100 years--come to us." LONG-TERM TREND His office is near the site of a meteorological station set up by the British Army in 1839. "From their records we know {that the winters have been grad- ually warming up in this area-- about three degrees in 100 years," Mr, Potter says. "And the snowfall has been de- creasing graduallv--from a 90- inch annual average taken during a 10-year period in the 1870s to the normal, present-day average THE OSHAWA TIMES, Thursday, March 3, 1960 21] show about a five-inch decrease] Quebec--"Snowfall was above during the last 100 years." |mormal in the 1890s, then dropped. | The reason is the '"artificial| neat bubble" which forms over|!t Tose above normal again each large metropolitan area, | through the 1930s to 1940. It has waning the upper air. " been slightly below normal dur- Therefore, the amount of Snow ing the last 20 years." is less, but the same percentage | a of water content still comes down| Only one factor puzzles him | about his graph: --as rain. "There's a small community in REGIONS VARY |Ontario where the same lady has Mr, Potter's records cover Can-| : ada from west to east: been keeping the records for us Victoria--""No evidence of a for many years." Lately, the | Exactly how much wetter, the of newly-fallen snow. Divide by 10|{--to collect accurate snow| midtown Toronto, is also | climatology division of the Cana-|and you had a general idea of the samples. The shielded can is|place where snowfall records are|of 56 inches, The long-term av- |dian Meteorological Service is water content. mounted on a pipe and can be kept. erage is 61.2 inches." snowfall. |alarming rise. trying to find out. | However, it was known thatextended up to 12 feet high fo| "If you want to know what the| His graphs show the long-term| Edmonton--*There is evidence| "It could be that the snow is | "We're setting up gauges to|while the 10-per-cent figure was/keep the can alwavs five feet snowfall will be during the next average for Montreal is approx- of increased snowfall east of the looking deeper to the good lady measure the water content of|accurate from Montreal East.|/above snow level. couple of days, go to the forecast (imately 106 inches. The current| Rockies.' leach year. There are many fac- |snow from the top of the Arctic|ward, on the Prairies it takes 13 With the accurate sample, the division. But if you want to know average is 101 inches. Winnipeg, Sydney -- "The fig-|tors to take into account in this Lon "Both Toronto and Montreal 'ures hold steady." businss." well-marked downward trend" in|snowfall figures have shown an |department €an gauge accurately!what it was during the last 100 2 AWAKE NIGHTS Many people never seem to geta good Healthy kidneys filter poisons and vnbeatable ight' , They t d turn i s acids from the blood, If the; bi i ® ti pel dul si] listless pov ai stay in on co ¥ | ] | | nat on throughout the day." system, disturbed rest, tired feeling . -- . All of which may be and backache often follow. If you due to a temporary don't rest well at night--if you toxic condition which haven't that sprightly step of health calls for the use of in the daytime--use Dodd's Kidney Dodd's Kidney Pills. Pills. You can depend on Dodd's! a SET TCL TO HANG John Hartford, 19, of Oak- | his arre ville, was found guilty Wednes- --CP Wirephoto day of murder in the rifle ; slaying of a Trans-Canada Air- - - lines clerk at Malton airport last Nov. 24. He was sentenced to hang May 16 at Malton. This photo was taken shortly after INOW ITS HOMOCEN!! THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF OSHAWA TENDERS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FILTRATION PLANT Sealed tenders addressed to the Chairman of the Public Utilities Commission, 100 Simcoe Street South, Oshawa, Ontario, will be received until 12 o'clock noon on Monday, March 21st, 1960 for the Construction of an Extension to the Filtration Plant, Plans and specifications with blank Form of Tender may be obtained at the office of the Public Utilities Commission or at the office of Gore & Storrie Limited. Consulting Engineers, 1130 Bay Street, Toronto, on payment of a deposit by cheque in the amount of 50.00. Such deposit will be refunded on the return in good condition of the said plans and specifications within two weeks from the closing date of tenders. Firms To Pay NHA Mortgages OTTAWA (CP)--Uranium com- panies have guaranteed mortgage payments on four of every five NHA-mortgaged private homes in the troubled mining centre of Elliot Lake, a spokesman for Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation said Wednesday Of 1,423 private homes with Na- tional Housing Act mortgages, he said, the mining companies have guaranteed the mortgage pay- ments on 1,119, and also have rrangements with the owners ior repurchase of the homes. In the Commons, Works Minis- ter Walker denied a report that eight owners of NHA-mortgaged homes at Elliot Lake have re- turned the keys to CMHC and left town. 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