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B10 The Acton Free Press Wednesday June 15 Farmers on north leg of corridor eye Hydros conduct and money looking at farms in Rainy River As of Monday night his barn was about to come down he said for the line Though the has the writ to hit Hydro with If negotiations go astray Dun lop said the farmers realize they might delay the line but sooner or later they re going to get it And as long as Hydro treats us honorably as they Indicate they will we 11 go for it said We sincerely regret the fellas in the south feel they been left out a limb Dunlop said Ontario Hydro s ambitions for a power corridor from the Bruce nuclear generating station to Milton depend equally on the manner and the amount of money the offers farmers along the northern section of the line A general meeting of farmers from around the generating station to Col beck near took a tious look at what is described as principles put forth by Ontario Hydro in a series of closed meetings with the Grey County Corrodor Com executive In three closed meetings at Cambridge and Orange before and after June election Ontario Hydro for the first time had svstems planners the people who decide where a line will go on hand lo explain why they feel the BruceMilton line is necessary and also why according to Hydro the Bruce- Esse line would be soon useless Hydro may also loosen its purse strings to encourage farmers to either sell their lands or allow easement Hydro is also taking aim on the southern end of the pro posed corridor with its systems planners meeting is for Friday at Tor onto between the umbrella organization of opposition to the line the Interested Citi ICG and also Group The of the ICG The ICG construction calls for an independent study of the proposed route like the one earned out by Commission on the cokePickering line We have to be convinced that Hydro is working in good faith Jim of Conn said Monday night If Hydro Is not on the level Dunlop said will press a divi sional court writ it has to halt work on the line The executive agreed to hold the writ in abeyance during three meet ings with provincial utility brass which took place around election time During meetings Hydro proposed to sweeten deals with northern farmers by paying for injurious affection on an easement that is the loss of value on the remainder of the farm because of hydro towers on the easement Ontario Hydro up until the closed meetings always refused to consider injurious affection on an easement Also Hydro has offered to buy entire farms where owners find it unprofitable to continue something the lity has always been in a to do according Hydro Director of Property Martin Offers on lands from Hydro will be made well before July when the has the legal right to enter the lands Ontario Energy Minister James Taylor OK d expro priation of the northern sec lands in March Ontario Hydro said claims its offers will be of fair market value As the meetings were taking place and the election winding up cement trucks poured footings for hydro lowers in some farmers fields and steel workers erected girders and another long time opponent to the corridor Leonard of It Conn expressed guarded optimism about the talks with Hydro who was at all three meetings was given the reasons why Hydro Insists on coming this way He said he may have been given a snow job but he felt he said his confidence stems from the rank of the government and Ontario Hydro officials at the closed talks Another source stated that William Stewart tor of Ontario Hydro and a former agriculture minister present with deputy energy minister Malcolm Rowan and Hydro president Douglas Gordon Also present were George of the Porter Commission on long range Hydro policy William Hodges president of Grey County s edcratlon of Agriculture and the reeve of Proton Township Grant ton Regardless of the feelings up north members of ICG executive in the south feel Hydros in the secret talks were shady from the start There been some dirty pool ICG chairman Bill Mann of Acton said Accord to Mann and another source the ICG and MPP Julian Ha Hon Burlington met minister Taylor at Queen Park to discuss a recent appeal court decision on the southern section of IhL line which is planned to pass through Hills minister Taylor said have to wait until after tht June election before commenting on the court s decision Mann said That day May feelers started going out from Toronto to see if the northern group would meet Hydro Mann said The appeal court decision ruled that hearings at Acton are to hear evidence regarding the merits of different routes to take power from the Bruce Such a route may be the Bruce Those hearings slaled to resume next month dealt with the southern see of the line from a point north of Highway and I house to Milton Simon fcnerg minister is holding onto an hearing officer s report regarding the central portion of Ihe proposed line from Colbeck just norlh of Lime house The meetings isolated the from the ICG and even lawyer Peter Manion said Hydro refused to meet if he asked the ICG John Schneider a critic of Hydros techniques to at tend for the first time however Hydro brought along some or its systems planners Ihe people who decide where and why power Jines go Hydro refused several times during expropriation hearings at and Durham this year ind last and during Hearing Board meetings at two years ago to produce any stems planner to justify the he was told by s stems planners Bruce- line was not chosen over Bruce Milton route of security reasons In ten 12 years the Bruce I Minion said he was told Hydro he said plans another nuilear generating station Blind River in northern Ontario When this new station starts producing power around It II run soulh along Ihe Essa Klein berg line Power will come from the Bruce Toronto What ve been saying Minion said is if you re taking power from he Bruce to you don go via Milton Hydro tells us that if you re taking power from Ihe Bruce to Toronto you don go by of CANADA TICKET Only3Dy3Ltft Once the new nuclear plant and ioo unreliable comes into whose farm is was told any Bruce already crossed by one hydro lo line would be too long corridor is moving He fc IHE HAIMINKSS Give yourself a break Drop In and see us for the finest Chinese Food and Fish and Chips in Hills HOURS Thun 10 i a Sat a Sunday Noon 8pm 8532060 BIG SUMMER SAVINGS Fisher Stoves Call Harold 8449097 Parkslde Drive Oakville Ontario Available Evenings Weekends WINNERS OF THE RED Cross Water Safety poster making contest were presented with their awards Monday at Acton Lions Pool The awards were presented by Red Cross Water Safety chairman Jan Bruton left In front are Pierre Agnes of left with Andreas Thiel of Spey side In back are Jenny of M Z Bennett school and Lynda of Speyside Winners who were absent were Hal Martin of and Helen Holland of M Z Bennett school Cars bump near school A collision opposite Acton High School put about In damages on a car owned by Brian Marsh Tidcy 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