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Page Four THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 3rd, 1928 Speeding up Freight Service 'Y'he recent installation of Mack Tractors and Lapeer Trailers by the Dominion Transport, Company Limited, for the transfer of l.c.l. freight between the Canadian Pacific Place Viger freight sheds wnd their oatlying terminals in this city, was demonstrated before E. W. Beatty, Chairman and Presi dent, and other executives of the railway outside th< Windsor Street Station. Mr. Beatty was specially interested in the me ehanism by whicih the trailer is connected up with •the tractor. This is done by the simple operation of backing the tjactor slowly into the trailer. Uncoupling is actuated from the tractor by the simple moving of a lever. The President had these operations performed several times and expressed his appreciation of their simplicity. Coupling and uncoupling of the trailer is operated *y means of a mechanism known as a fifth wheel -which is bolted to the tractor frame and upon which the front end of the trailer rides, interlocks itself mechanically with the trailer through the use of rail-road type double locking jaw couplers. Brakes of troth the tractor and trailer are applied individually and separately by the driver and are at all times under his control. Were it possible for a trailei fceeome disconnected from a tractor at any time when in motion, the brakes of the former are automatically applied bringing it almost immediately to a stop. Through the use of a "Dolly" which consists of a fifth wheel mounted on a parr of road wheels, two or more attendant trailers may be attached to one tractor thereby forming a tractor train and by so doing much increasing the total load capacity. With 'the addition of the extra trailer wheels the total weight of the vehicle and load is divided over a greater road surface tire area, thus overcoming the deteriorating effect of heavily loaded trucks on the .■highways and city streets. The capacity of the trailers used is 10,000 to (15,000 pounds with an inside dimension of approximately 16 feet long, 6% feet wide and 7 feet high. The tractor is of the internationally known "Bull Dog" type and its draw-bar pull is far in excess of latiything that will be required of it, but was deemed (advisable to use in view of the heavy road conditions prevailing in Montreal during the winter months. While the tractor is of standard Mack design, •only the chassis is so in the case of the trailer, the feody being buttt i * pany's plant in Montreal. The body is of oak throughout with a sheet metal covering and the whole equipment is highly finished in dark blue with red 'heels and undergear, the standard colors of the company, making a very handsome appearance. The centre side panels or sliding doors of the trailer as well as the rear doors and front panel are decorated with the Maple Leaf and Beaver, insignia of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The doors of the tractor bear the same crest. The Dominion Transport Company have at present nine trailers in operation and will increase this number to twelve in the next few weeks. Similar automotive equipment has been ordered for use in Toronto by the company. Mack Tractors and Lapeer trailers represent the latest and most efficient method of handling freight. It consists of spotting one or more trailers at strategic points where freight is to be picked up. When the trailer is loaded the tractor calls for each in turn, taking them to their respective destinations under what ia known as the Shuttle System. By this method no time is lost by full trailers waiting to be moved, as they are operated on an hourly schedule between each of the outlying freight depots and the central station, thereby giving the merchants and manufacturers of these outlying districts same despatch with their freight as those Who more centrally located. Royal York Fast Reaching Skyward Vpper-- Rapidly towering skywards to obtain the title of th. cal Royal York Hotel will look when completed. Photographed from a Iron girders, said to be the heaviest used In Canada. t building in the British Empire, cale model. Lower " -** "W/ork on the Royal York, the new Canadian Pacific vv Hotel being erected at Toronto is at least ten days ahead of its schedule. • It waB only in September that the razing of the old Queen's Hotel and the other buildings on the property began, and a battery of 'steam shovels were turned in on the task of taking out the excavation. The latter was no small job. The area of the hole required was about 340 yard3 by about 194 and its depth averaged somewhere between 23 and 24 feet while the soil excavated amounted to over 50,000 cubic yards. There is now every hope that the building will be completed by May 1st, 1929. It will rise 395 feet above the sidewalk, thus being the tallest building in the British Empire, that title now being held by the Royal Bank of Montreal which towers 392 feet above the street. The furnishing and equipment of the hotel will set a new standard, and a small army of designers are busy preparing plans for the decorations and furnishings. The tunnel entrance to the hotel from the Union Station will open on the' floor immediately under the concourse and will be opposite the passage-way 'throuerh which arriving travellers leave the trains. It will pass under Front Street to the south-east corner of the hotel entering the building on what might be termed the ground flooT, although its floor level is slightly below that of the street. The main feature of this floor will be a large exhibition arcade which will be one of the outstanding features of the hotel. Here will also be a coffee room, grill and barber-shop, and around the sides will be a number of shops each with a display window on the street. In the south-east corner will be a bank, and the remainder of the space will be taken up with store-rooms and service equipment. The main, or lobby floor will have the main entrance of the hotel on Front Street, and another entrance on the east side. In the centre of this floor will be a large lobby containing the hotel offices and ten passenger elevators. To the right will be writing rooms, cafe and news stand, and to the left a lar/i' lounge opening on to the main dining room which will extend pretty weU the entire length of the hotel's frontage on York Street. This room, like the loune; • and lobby will be two storeys in height with the galleries of the mezzanine floor above. (60) Victoria. -- The are* of forest land in British Columbia dedicated to future forest production is 5,860-000 acres, according to a Govern- Calgary. -- Plans are actively under way by the Calgary Terminal Grain Company to build a seven hundred thousand bushel elevator at Vancouver, it is announced by A. R. Betts, manager of the com-piany. Mr. Betts said that an eminently suitable site had been secured on the north shore, approxtara-tel-y opposite Spillers elevator. specd-al trains 1600 pilgrims passea Montreal recently on their way to Quebec City and the shrine of Ste Anne de Beaupre also visiting the shrine of St Joseph in Montreal on their return trip. They were from the church of St Aidan, Jersey City and under the care of Father Thomas M. Ourry, parish priest, were on their annual pilgrimage to these shrines. Shipments of freight destined to points in the north-west of Canada Via Port McNicoll, Ont., on the Canadian Pacific lake and rail route will now be accepted, the earliest date being April 9. There will be five steamers in the company's lake service between Port McNicoll and the head of the Lakes dtwtag the coming season. Through passenger service will be resumed this season from Owen Sound May 7 and from Port McNicoll, May 19. Installation of Mack Tractors and Lapeer Trailers for rapid movement of freight from Canadian Pacific depots to and from outlying terminals has now been completed in Montreal and will shortly be in use in Toronto. The tTactor is immediately attachable to one or more of these tractors which each can hold up to 15,000 lbs of freight and can be as swiftly disconnected. They are expected to immensely expedite the movement of C. P. freight. Immigrants are flowing into Canada at record rates stance lately and Canadian Pacific steamers from Great Britain and Europe are bringing them over at the rate of shiploads of close on a thousand per ship. The majority are farm laborers of British and North European stock and are mostly going in the land in the Prairie Provinces with a fair proportion going to Ontario and the Maritime Prov- Wlnnipeg. -- Despite the heavy movement of immigrants to the West during the past two weeks, more positions are open on western farms than the railways and em-l pspyment agencies can fill, immigration and employment officers state. Thousands of vacancies, the officers said, had been reported. Likelihood of an earlier commencement of seeding operations is generally conceded in the West, they added, and unless Emigration continues at its present high peak the opening of operation* an the land may find western farmers shorthanded. As the result of a conference between members of the Sheep Breeders' Association, financial representatives and members of the Winnipeg and Brandon Boards of Trade, a movement is under way for the placing of 100,000 sheep annually on Manitoba farms. These will be sold in groups of fifty t« each farmer, somewhat similar to the plan now in operation in North Dakota. J. D. McGregor was appointed temporary chairman of a committee to make further arrangements for the carrying out of this ISSUES WRIT IN CHURCH DISPUTE United Church not Satisfied with Award of Court in Case of Church Property at Beaverton The duties of Sheriff Paxton of Whitby a few days ago led him to Beaverton with a writ of execution from Judge Thompson, in connection with a dispute between the Presbyterian Church and the United Church there and the division of certain elnuci) eciuii'went. Feeling ran high between the two parties and it has been reported that the sheriff promised drastic action unless those con-•erned carried out the terms of the vrit in more amicable fashion. It will be recalled that last year the Ontario Legislature passed a eivate bill restoring to the Presby-erians the old stone church and a lause in the Act stipulated that the county judge was to effect a settle-t between both congregations, dividing up certain church equipment including an organ fund of $1,100 and there was to be no appeal from the judge's decision. , ' His Honour listened to representatives from both churches, and then nade his award, which it is under-:tood, was not satisfactory to the United Church, and since that time little or no attempt has been made to carry out the terms of the award. is understood that the United j Church officials claim that there is organ fund, although representa-is that there was, were made to the judge. The Presbyterians, since the award, have built a fine brick church and naturally want some of the equipment awarded to them. The price of rural mail boxes, which y of printed envelopes, billheads is getting see The Express. 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