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0-M A any ect te d-ro oute ro oý p Members of Newcastle's Town council made strong presentations to the Solandt Commission last week, urging that Hydro's proposed nuclear generating station in the Bowmanville area and its desirability should be included in any discussion on the Lennox-Oshawa transmission corridor routes. The hearijng, held in the Newcastle United Church on Wednesday and Thursday of last week, was to cross-exa- mine Tom W. Sparling, a Landscape Planning consul- tant from Toronto, on his proposed alternate routes and the proposed Hydro-Common- wealth Route for a 500 KV power transmission corridor through this area, part of the Lennox to Oshawa corridor, hear brief s from residents and organizations in the area and have Ontario Hydro state its case for the line. This was the program indicated by Dr. Omond M. Soladt, who was commission- ed by the Ontario government to conduct these public inqui- ries and make a recommenda- tion on the best route to follow. He in turn had hired Mr. Sparling to propose a number of alternatives for the route. However, Newcastle Council members persisted in their questions to Mr. Sparling and arguments to the commission that the terms of reference could not be confined to the corridor, when the main issue was the building of a generat- ing station at Bowmanville. After Wednesday morning's session of cross-examination of M. Sparling, by concerned residents, questioning where certainlroutes would go in relation to their properties and houses, the afternoon ession moved on to prepared brefs. Mayor's Presentation The first presentation was given by Mayor Garnet Ri- ardom behalf of the Town of Newceastle. He told the com- mission that the town was preparing an eilarged brief for the hearing to be held on Noxvember 13 in Kendal, at 8 p.m d a't that time the town wod take a positive position on the Hydro corridor. He continued with a list of proposals that the town coun- ci felt the commission should consider. Some of these were, that an independeit study should be conducted to investi- gate the need for more electrical power, that a pro- gram to conserve the need for electrical energy be proposed, that hydro should indicate the need for a generating station at Bowmanville and that a more northerly route is desir- able for the corridor. Mayor Riekard rade fur- ther comments that hydro look beyond the immediate future and that inthese terms a corridor in this area is not compatable. He added that he couldn't see the generating station at Bowmanville as being compatable with other industries in the area. A spdkesman for Ontario Hydro uiestioned the mayor as what various land uses might be interfered with, BOWMANVILLE ONT! moi in1 lit' P Alignments on th Precise alignments Mayor Garnet Rickard presented the town's position on the proposed Lennox to Oshawa 500 KV Hydro Line to the Solandt Commission Hearing, last Wednesday at Newcastle Village. which he put in more dramatic language as to whose ox must be gored. The mayor respond- ed by stating "no ox should be gored, all development should be looked at positively. He went on to recommend that the hydro corridor should go through the forest area of the Ganaraska, where trees will grow underneath it. We have in Newcastle a loam (soil), Mayor Rickard contin- ued, that has a high agricul- tural potential, and good soi cannot be transported. To the question of conflict with other industries, the mayor stated there could be confliet with St. Mary's Cement at Bowman- ville, there will be a need for recreation facilities as the population grows in this area and the lake, like the soil, could not be moved.' Mayor Rickard reiterated a statement he had made early that morning, to the effect tha.t the Bowmanville Generatinig Stationis not yet a reality ad nç if it didn't come about the2re would be no need for a southern hydro corridor be- tween the Weslevville Gen- erating Station and the one proposed for BowmanviVie. A spokesman from hydro informed the meeting that after a hearing with the energy board, the Darlington Generating Station at Bow- manville had been approved in principle. He stated that he wasn't sure of this but he thought it was the case. Take it to Hudson Bay The next councillor to pre- sent a brief was Ken Lyall, who read a letter he wrote and was published in last week's Canadian Statesman. In the letter, Councillor Lyall stated any of the three routes that were proposed last summer. These routes included the Gatineau Route to the north, and upper middle route and the third through the central part of Northumberland-Dur- am. Coun Lyall charged that Ontario Hydro will be running their lines right through the lakefront area, close to the Lake Ontario shore. His reasoning behind the charge is the Solandt Commis- sion report that another gen- erating station "will be locat- ed between Cobourg and Brighton". This proposed stat- ion called the Central Lake Ontario station was announc- ,ed inOt. fren Ontario Hydro's long range report. Councillor Lyall continually emphasised that Hydro would not spend the money to build all these stublines to the north when connecting its possible three generating stations. He then proceeded to list all the development along the lake shore, including the CNR Dump for metro's garbage and said the United States would be doing the same on Courtice Guide Presented with All Round Cord On Wednesday, Nov. 6, 1974 at 7:30 p.m., the lst Courtice Guide Co. held a simple ceremony, in which Robin Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brown of R.R. 2, Bowmanville, received her All Round Cord. District Comm. Mrs. Robert White extended congratulations on behalf of Darlington District. Mrs. Arthur Bishop, Deputy Dist. Commissioner, and Robin's Former Guide Captain, offered her congratulations and best wishes, passing the cord to Capt. Mrs. Robert Long who, after adding her own congratulations, gave the Cord to Mrs. Brown to place upon her daughter's shoulder. Recognition of Robin's achievement was expressed in the form of a cake presented to her by Mrs. Ruth Ryan on behalf of the Courtice Parent Committee. The ceremony closed with the Guide Co. singing "Bravo" in Robin's honour. their side of the lake, thereby killing Lake Ontario for our "grandchildren". Coun. Lyall urged the aud- ience to write to Premier Davis and the Energy Minis- ter Darcy McKeough urging them to build power plants on Hudson's Bay. He stated that the use of northern waters was done in Russia. And Hudson Bay has a large quantity of water to use for cooling in the generating of power. Council- lor Lyall stated he wouldn't mind having a tower built in his backyard, providing the power was generated at Hud- son's Bay., A spokesman for Ontario Hydro with his head shaking in disgust, discounted Coun. Lyall's idea that Hydro could place hydro transmission lines where they pleased in this day and age, and stated that'swhy there was a meeting like the one being held and hydro would go along witb the recommenda n o.f ,he 9 Uo mission. He also stated the hydro had considered Hud- son's Bay, however, it was beyond the terms of reference of these hearings. Premature Discussion An impressive presentatior was made by Councillor Kirk Entwisle, who received a round of applause from th, capacity audience. From a written brief, he read "Please consider this submission to be a private supplement to official present- ations which you have receiv- ed, or which will be submitted to you by the Town of Newcastleon the matter of the location of the Lennox- Oshawa transmission une. This submission offers a viewpoint on the southern 401 route proposed by Mr. Spar- ling. "The basic premise of Mr. Sparling's suggested route is surely that the greatest econ- omy and efficiency can be achieved by connecting two points by the shortest and straightest hne, in this case by connecting the Wesleyville oil-fired and the Bowmanvilie nuclear plants by a short and relatively straight route. "But this notion presumes that there will be two points to connect. It flounders complet- ely if one of the two stations is not built. I submit to you, sir, that the basic premise used - that the Bowmanville nuclear station will be constructed - is premature unless the present government of Ontario is willing to put itself into the ludierous position of encour- aging public dialogue on the transmission lne but not on the nuclear station. In every respect, the location of the power lines pales completely when compared with the inport of the nuclear plant, with its visual, ecological and possible radio-active accident potentials. "I realize that the Govern- ment is committed to the construction of the Wesley- ville oil-fired plant beyond redemption. But I do not, believe that this applies in the case of the Bowmanville nuclear plant. Neither do I believe that the Government should allow itself to become committed to a nuclear station' just west of Bowmanville, without, at least, the same kind of public particiatory process as has been undertak- en for the transmission lines. "My colleagues of the Town of Newcastle Council obvious- ly agree with this point of view. They have even gone furîher. They have sqnported M reol-utionIhat the town wiIl do nothing to assist hydro in construction of the plant until all implications of the plant have been publicly expiained and a referendum of the citizens held. The resolu- tion was carried unanimously. "I see no basis for a 401 route if the Bowmanville station is ot buill. If would be a travesty of the publie SECTIN TWO G S - WESL LLE GS is map are diagrammatic. s will be determined by Hydro following àpproval of the Route. orth S .le in Miles Commonwealth ended Route Commonwealth ended Switching Station New Hydr Cridreion Accused of Located Underwoter 1Ignoring Major Hlydro Sugge sts Might Be A number of residents who might be affected by the 500 KV power transnission line Lennox to Oshawa presented fs to-the Solandt Commîs- sion, last Wednesday, at the first public hearing held in the Village of Newcastle. The Commission at the present time is proposing a number of alternate routes, of which two run close to Hwy. 401 into theVillage of New- castle. Another proposed route runs through the transi- tion zone below the Ganaraska Forest and still another was proposednby Hydro Common- wealth and runs approximate- ly midway between the nor- thern and southern alterna- tives. Among thosepresenting briefs were farmers, who stated they would be put out of business or have their busi- nesses hurt severely. Two residents of the Village of Newcastle presented a brief which discussed a different concept for transmission lines. The concept is to put the Transmission lines under- water. A brief prepared by Everett Lake and Roger Yates was read to the hearing by Mr. Yates. Mr. Yates began his discussion of underwater lines with reference to the answer Dr. Omond Solandt had given to a question of its feasibility. Dr. Solandt had stated that the concept was up to 20 times more expensive and the transmission process was un- reliable. He later clarified his ratio of additional expense, by stating he had been referring to underground transmission lines. Mr. Yates stated he was a civil engineer, but had at- process in which we are engaged today if it is assum- ed, without extending this samne public process to the far more importantegenerating station, that'the generating station will indeed be con- structed. Such an extension of the public process would be an exercise in hypocrisy unless the Government is responsive to the public concensus. "I respectfully submit to you, sir, that consideration of a southerly 401 route is superfluous until a public consensus of the citizens of the Town of Newcastle demon- strates that a nuclear plant should be constructed in Darlington." An Ontario Hyrdo Official disagreed with Coun. Entwis- le. He stated that the Ontario Energy Board had given approval in principle to the Darlington Generating station and public meetings on the subject were lanned accord- ing to his understanding. Coun. Entwisle expressed his disapproval with the situation in that the public could express their views on the transmission corridor, but not on the important issue the generating station. He stated we can merely question what tmS oLfuel shou1d beused in the plant "giving us the choice of being shot or poisoned." tained information from an electrical engineer that under- water transmission lines were not only as reliable as verhead ines,nbut ore reliable. He stated it was done by changing AC current to DC and using solid state circuits. He then went on to list a number of places where this concept had been used, Swe- den, England, Italy and Van- couver Island. Mr. Yates clarified his statement on reliability to say that there had been a time when they had run into problems with it, however, considerable pro- gress had been made. The reason for presenting such an idea, he explained, was the connecting of four generating stations which may in the future be operating on the shore of Lake Ontario. In the brief by Mr. Yates and Mr. Lake, as well as discussing underwater trans- mission, they made other recommendations to the com- mission. The brief stated the major factor in selecting routes should be avoiding the largest number of houses. It was stated that the Alternate B south would result in Peter Lake's house being removed. This house was built two years ago in the Village of New- castle. It was also mentioned that one of the southern alternatives would go through Waltona Park in the Village and remove the village's only swimming pool The brief recommended that a route north through the Ganaraska Forest where the lines would be hidden from view and cedar trees could be planted undet the lines. He stated that it was his under- standing that hydro had a principle of keeping the lines out of sight as much as possible in selecting routes, and the 401 alternatives would be against that principle. A statement in the brief that hydro lines shouldn't go a- cross the best farm land in Southern Ontario was com- mented on by Dr. Soland't. He stated that the best farm land in Southern Ontario was under Hwy. 401 near Brampton and Bramalea, west of Toronto. Mrs. Clarence Nichols wgs one of a number of farmers to submit a brief to the commis- sion on Wednesday. Shê com- mented on the hard work that had gone on over the years to prepare three farms, which were just getting into full production. She inserted an objection to the northern alternative in that it would cross all three of their farms. Donald Budd stated one of the routes would go through his farm from north to south. He told the commission that he had bought his dairy farm in 1946 and since that time one h 1946ocorridorthas been p a ced across the farm. With the prospect of another he stated "Our 150-acre dairy fari wiil be finished." Stewart MacKay in a brief, pressed for a utility corridor. Dr. Solandt stated that it was a good concept, but that bistory has proved it difficult 10 do. George Ryken, a spokes-' man for the United Counties which he stated represent all the counties directly east ot Oshiawvaexcept twsatet that representatives, opposed the southern corridor as did the Hope Twp. planning board. Urban Geography Professor at the University of Toronto and Newcastle Village resi- dent, Peter Cave, asked the commission to consider the entire Village of Newcastle as an historical site when select- ing a hydro route. He stated that Hydro planners did not see the village as a place but as an alternate location. He went onto say that the 600 foot in width transmission corridor Project in along wit h y 401 would- sev.er thè ake hore ofCfrom the main part of the village. He asked hydro if they had considered the health hazards and were willing to pay for the visual loss created by the towers. A Hydro spokesman stated that he did not buy his view of nature with his house and that according to studies in other countries he knew no health hazards created. Hydro's lawyer, John South- ly, added "You're a professor at U of T and you commute, but if Hwy. 401 wasn't built you couldn't commute." Newcastle Mayor Garnet Rickard, dur- ing Wednesday's Regional council meeting, complained that the Regional council is ignoring "a multi-million dol- lar project" in Newcastle that "will make North Pickering look like someone's back- yard." He said hydro lines will eut through "half the region," and connect a proposed Darlington Generating Station which will produce twice as much elec- tricity as is now used by the entire province of Ontario. The region is not concern- ed at all, and it should be," said Coun. Rickard. Sells Parade Buttons Along with Gasoline Herb Knapp and his son Gord are strong supporters of 'the Santa Claus parade here as well as many other community activities. Recently, the evolved the idea that they could raise funds for the parade at their SheIl service station on Base Line Road, by selling Booster buttons to customers. Here, Gord Knapp, covered with buttons, pours gasoline with one hand while selling a Booster button to Wally Hobbs of Port Hope. So far this year, the Knapps have sold more than $300 worth of buttons. Mr. Knapp feels that it is an ideal way to sell buttons and is recommending it to other service stations. An Evaluation of Alternate Routes for The Solandt Commission by Tom W Sparling . Alternate Routes Hydro-C Q AI ternate Switching Station Recomm Generatin Station Q R O- Transfor mer Station 1