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Safety at stake says brakeman Acton man fights to keep caboose Herald Matt is a caboose iccording to Aden Jim of Street He a with Canadian Railways who is lobby municipalities with in jurisdiction of his The yearold repre sents United Trans port Union Local or health and safety lies put together a booklet of letters and supporting for town ells and he media for support of his union fight to oppose trains Initialed by CN ihe railways have ipplied to the Board of Transport for permission to do away with caboose They feel a hot box detector that scans for problems with air brake pressure on replace the two men ho usually mm caboose and make visual Inspect The railways won be laying off staff who man the caboose hey jilsI moved up to the second engine at front of the train The union problem is over safety factor Mr 1 percent of freight trains carry some sort of dangerous commodity In the past five years in order to costs the railways have on average doubl the length of trains Instead of having two trims the railroads have just added more engines to pull more tars The average length of a freight tnin is feet he said and can contain as many as ICOcirs Taking away caboose would add to the danger of trains and could help cause anolhcr trim disaster he says Visual track ins pec lions arc important and he cites the example of Am Irak washout where a train was de- CN the assistant manager of public Jim says proposil to do with has been fciint on r ibout Were withholding any until the of Transport ikes Ms decision he Ho however thai United States ind Mr in Europe the trains ire very sin ill in to In Canndi Some slates In the U won allow to cross their he says Letters of protect been to the of Transport ind the Transport Commission Public will bo held in a number of communities probably within the The of Ilnllon Hills was given a copy of Mr booklet about trains and hive asked for Iheir support The United Union will mike presentation to own council Sept JlmLcpkllia member of Ihe United Transport Union who will be making a presentation council Sept In hope or receiving their support against doing away with the caboose Here he Is shown on the back of one of his runs from Toronto to Parry Sound Photo submitted Michel Serre Meet the principal Whats in a caboose What in a caboose Since irolns were built there have been cabooses and Jim feels usefulness over But the railways want to eliminate the caboose because of ihe cost he says The result is delays and a reduction In productivity the railways say Costs include making sure caboose is sanitary and I hat equipment is properly maintained In a caboose there is a small stove area and two desks along with washroom facilities and a first aid kit Usually there are two broke men on a train One is in the caboose and the other is with engineer Mr says The conductor who is responsible for the whole train sits bock In the caboose A In the caboose watches the air pressure indicator and tells the engineer if the level is correct lit also helps in organizing the order of the cars so that dangerous chemicals are placed in strategic positions on train In the cose of a derailment he latlend crew in the caboose has a list of where dangerous chemicals arc on the tram for firefighters He con also warn residents to move away If an explosion is imminent the caboose a can check for broken wheels sticking brakes and wheel bearings that can catch on Tire Also at the rear of rain he can Inspect track and feel for washouts If a train has to stop for an emergency and if a crossing is blocked a on a caboose less train might spend a long time walking back to the end of the train Mr says Aggregate wording worrisome BANIPEDERIAN Herald Staff With acres of aggregate lands in Hal ion Hills town coun don wont to lose their control over how the natural resource is developed Monday night the comments it is forward month to the Provincial Secretary for Resources Development The comments ore based on recommendations made July 31 by the Provincial Secretary re garding policies and implementation or the Niagara Escarpment Plan The town wants a sec lion of the plan which slates Implementing bodies must comply with the provinces Mineral Aggregate Mike Armstrong milted uses the town suggested development would like to see control remain with the from Ihe following Commission until Ihe uses arc permitted to following uses may be permitted Town planner Ian Keith said he was word cd by the wording in the policy and urged adopt the changes He said he was con that if must comply is approved the province will be able to whatever policy in place on aggregates without the town approval We think they re try ing to step around the planmngact Itself which worries us Mr Keith said towns zoning bvlaw is ready lo accept that control llyltOMNHAKrWClL Herald Staff Having had parents who were both teachers must have had some effect on Michel who is principal at Saere Mr mother aught him in Grades I and while he was a pupil in Sturgeon Fails She hid me all day and all night Mr said At the age of Mr decided on a career in and he entered the ficulty of education at University After attend ine teachers college in Sudbury he began teach Grades through in Kirk land Lake On his decision to enter teaching field Mr said I have no regrets at all A five year involve ment with Ecole St Philippe in Burlington where he taught Grade and acted as principal and a two year principalshlp at St Mancin which he opened brought him to Ecole where he Is now in his fifth year as principal Having been taught in French during his grade school education Mr Serre said he had the surprise of his life upon entering jj bilingual school In Sturgeon tails and having lo take certain courses in llsh which is still a language to him SacreCocur is one of three schools in the Separate School Board which has I- as lis language of instruction English is taught as a secondary language In he Grades through levels Graduates of the school have the option of cither attending a trench or English high school Mr said percent of Ihe graduates attend a French high school in Hamilton while per cent attend Cord In Brampton or Georgetown District High School Saere shores some building with Holy Cross Scpa School Mr said there is a lot of cooperation between himself and Holy Cross principal Richard Lorlto whose pupils share the same library gymnast um and schoolyard I think it s a very positive experience with Holy Cross I think the students are learning Canada is all about with two official living and cooperat together he said Mr Serre would like to become a superintendent for either the school board or the Ministry of Education He has received his supervisory officer certificate from the Ministry of lion after a continuous process of self study and a year a Intensive study Mr Serre and his wife Claire whom he met while they were both teaching at same school in Kirk land Lake have two boys Eric and Luc 1 His hobbles include golf and flying in which he has logged flying OPENING SOON TANNING CENTRE As tilings stand roughly one third of Hills is Ihe Policy lo be the changed to shall have Escarpment Commissi MULTI COOK FRY PAH IN THREE DIFFERENT STYLES FREE DRAVIT FOR A BEAUTIFUL 3 VACUUM CLEANER RETAIL VALUE OF 399 VACUUM CLEANER WITH POWER HEAD AND CLEANS CARPETS AND HARD SURFACE FLOORS LADIES FREE MICROWAVE DEMONSTRATIONS ON A BEAUTIFUL GE 0VALWAVE