Oakville Newspapers

Oakville-Trafalgar Journal, 25 Nov 1948, p. 18

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ger many. ctually an use in the seams ts pre. stand ville Nov. 25, 1948 THE OAKVILLE-TRAFALGAR JOURNAL hursdays Range Water Scheme Announced (Continued from Page 1) : 5 were in accord in feeling: "Consumers should not be "pay the entire coming generations. afting a rate structure to "for depreciation and an easing domanl cturen qualized" 8 bre set up jes, W ong ith a little leeway allow= 3 yetually, it in peak base 7 vhicl ermi Jute whieh EE everaall operating iret nd encourages increases ots, He sale of water, which 1 -- would lower the cost to onsumers. We feel that owt ilities should be operat- bl in investment basis, jand ging on that premise. make the commun- Lofquist went on. rio centres are nat- ping faster than in- fd towns, as industry demands bundant water supply and esidents require adequate 7 An up-to-date system fi) enhance Oakville's develop- font possibilities while at the fume time providing better ser- ce for present consumers. Alds Trafalgar Growth He stated the commission hisnds ready ta keep pace with ar expansion in Supplying ownship requirements. "A man, br a community, cannot live unto flccl alone. Town business thriv- bc on adjacent growth, and the bore consumers we have, the fehcaper water can be supplied. We would supply Trafalgar at ost, but that cost would be worked out on a. different basis han that by which town costs brea arrived at. Oakville consum- will find that the township vill be paying it's own way, and fat Trafalgar residents are an- fous to do so," he declared. of Inspection writer proposed a kession with Russell Barlow, ommission manager, fo famil- jarize himself with town water broblems, he little realized the immensity of the task he was pnocently setting himself. Last hufsday afternoon, for more han two hours, he enjoyed that kession, which consisted of a ery thorough tour of inspection bi present equipment, followed by a mental battle royal with omparative present and future feonsumption figures, cost esti- mates, a wealth of technical de- ail. He came away with a com- prehensive picture of the many acts of the problems of water Supply, a picture which left him Beaving a sigh of relief that hos merely fnunicipal migraine, and did not flemand reportorial solution. When Russell Barlow took bver his duties: here, he soon ced the double challenge of Both water and power crises. He b taking that challenge in his Bride, but he task of battling ake Onta fray develo) Tour When this rebates ing] When the Western Ontari BLUES STOP PARRY AND MUSTANGS ' i Sei University of Toronto Blues snapped the University of Ss winning streak at 27,games, they had to stop fleet Jack Parry (27) among other Mustang speedsters and Eraser Miistard (40) 1s the man who's heading him off in quarter of the game played at Varsity Stadium, Toronto Western running ace, was injured in the first half of the confest. did not make an appearance in the second half, and is a doubtful starter next Saturday when the two teams fight it out for the intercollegiate crown * The Mustangs will be the underdogs, le --Central Press Canadian this play during the second Pury, the something of a new role for them these twin problems hasn't been an easy one. Fortunately, ex- perience of recent weeks had pre- pared him for the barrage of lay- men's queries with which we plied him. Centres On Intake Major factor in upping the daily water potential to some nine times the present capacity, it seems, is the replacing of the currént pump drawn intake with gravity flow. "At present, we pump our supply through an 8- inch intake set up on piers on the lake bottom. The new 30-inch intake will be laid, from a point well out from shore, through the rock to a well in the plant where a rotating screen will sift out silt and other impedimenta as water flows in through gravita- tion," Mr. Barlow explained. "The exisiting intake = was the bottleneck last summer, Storage is always down on summer eve- nings, and can only be replaced when the demands of the day drop off. When intake blockage occurred, we were in bad shape, and emergency measures were not sufficient to prevent imposing of restrictions. The new gravity in- take can be effectively screened at both ends, and will not present this problem again." Piles of refuse, comprising weeds, leaves, wood splinters, rags and sand, lay beside the pumps as he spoke, providing a convincing dejnostration £ blockage headaches operators at the pumphouse have to face. "The new filtration plant, which will come a little later, will round out a complete, modern layout. which will take care of our needs for an extended period," he went on. "At the same time, pumping facilities will remain available should they be needed." Could Service 25,000 Office records disclose that, during 1947, some 1,400 consum- ers were listed on ledgers, indicating an estimated service of some 5000 persons. Since that time, another 200 odd water users have been added. Working from -these figures, Mr. Barlow estimates the prospective new capacity could fill the re- quirements of a district popula- tion of at least 25000 persons. "And this estimate may be low", he stated. "However, I'm taking into consideration the big demand of industry: % At the present time, Trafalgar township represents only three customers to the commission, as all township water is registered on three meters as it is delivered. "Actually, however, the township provides many consumers now, and will service many hundred more as soon as we can provide the water." he concluded . commission: Our New Home We are proud to announce the opening of our NEW OFFICES, WAREHOUSE and STORAGE YARDS QUEEN ELIZABETH HIGHWAY WEST (South side between Sixth and Seventh Lines) May we take this opportunity of patronage. With our new facilities we can assure them, and all new cus- on the * tomers, of even better service in the future. ames L. Cooke Limited GRAND RIVER SAND & GRAVEL LTD. COOKE PRODUCTS & EQUIPMENT CO., LTD. JAMES L. COOKE CONSTRUCTION CO., LTD. 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