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vu -reiy ‘eased from the Govern- "-9 terms of the leases vary- ” ’90:) payment of a certain an- “ rental the amount of such ren- ‘09qu based of course, upon the “I 0: power developed. Such ‘8 these are now placed under t of its district. Next to Nhgara, there is no district, in Ontario, at least. in which the falls are being developed to a degree than along the line Trent Canal. There has been of crude timber dams on taterway for many years back, finch power has been, to a. lim- iextent. developed. It has been Eng recent years only, however, PM great possibilities of power Went on the Trent Canal Ibsen fully realized. Efficient lmodern power houses are now Iiog up at the various dams, lthe district thereabout is be- “:a network of power trans- I'On iines. i813 due to two main reasons. fly, it mlght be stated that the l adoption that the .Ioute the flshould take at cereain points. the erection of substantial new rem, it is not along this line L but rather as a means by 3 electrical power has been de- nialong its route, and the he I care to discuss the Trent his playing in the industrial the midland counties of On- ' connecting Georgian Bay with cabaxio. at Trenton. constitut “route for barges of 8 ft. 6 in- ,dmght fully 250 miles shorter butteal than by the Welland u, is in reality nearing complet- I: will, therefore, be a. matter short time only until the ad- moi this route will have an unity of demonstrating t9 the if they can, that the Trent .projected nearly 75 years ago carry grain from Midland to ii at cheaper rates and in time than by the Welland while the Trent Canal has been oifor many years. and has, an; corstituted a sort of po- football with which perhaps of the great political 55 have played, it is, at the , time. as a. canal. a wabesway guansportation of the pro- “! the country. that it has {mocated and to which it has may been referred. This water which when completed will run , .. w u-v--â€" may“ no any - - A' 08‘“ HUM VI Falls, spent a day here ‘1me m Mr. and Mrs. Will Butler last week, Mr. and Mrs..Henry Mark.- ‘leaving a fine baby bOy. Miss Rich, of Mariposa is a guest A good time is expectofi n!» n- rm“ Canal district may be to have furnished to Ontario final practical demonstrat- m» value of water conservatâ€" a: value ’Grotifying Story Of Water Power Conservation On Trent Valley Canal r-Fifth Year [the control of the Railway Commis- gsion, in so far as the matter of rat- ;es to consumers of power is concer- lned. This was a very wise move on ' the part of the present IMinister of Railways and Canals,~as it ensures to the public the delivery ; of power at a reasonable rate. 3 THE RESERVOIR WATERS ! But the remarkable deVelopment of electrical. power on the Trent 5Canal is not due to this alone. The {flow of the Otonabee and Trent Riv- ‘ers, on which the great portion of the power is developed, has, by a Ijudicious and aggressive policy of Iconservation, been increased to such .an extent that it has contributed lperhaps to a greater degree than the construction of new dams‘to the present highly satisfactory state of affairs. and has indirectly also conâ€" tributed to the development 01 the towns and villages along the route of the Canal.‘ When it is realized that the flow of the Otonabee River 1 at Peterboro has increased over 100 per cent. during the past five years. one can realize that water conser- vation on the Trent Canal has been ‘a reality, ‘ Until five years agoi the watersl ‘of the Trent Canal and the waters 5 of what is known as the Trent Cane a1 watershed were under separate management. That isnthe main lake and rivers that constitute the Trent Canal proper were under ,the control and management of the Dominion Government, while thegfeeders there- to were under the control! of the Government of the Provine of On- «‘ tario. m It must be borne‘in mind ‘that the County. of Haliburton and those porâ€" tions of the counties of Peterboro and Victoria north of the main line of the canal, contain,almost count- less lakes of various depths and si- zes. A glance at a map drawn on a: reasonably large scale, on which these lakes are shown, would urn- doubtedly surprise one who is not personally familiar with the local- ity. Some of these lakes are quite large, Rehstone for instance, in the township of Guilford, having an area of 3.081 acres; Kenneese, in the township of Havelock, having an area of 3,833 acres, and Gull Lake in the township- of Lutterworth, hav ing an area of 2,748 acres. These lakes empty into various streams that finally discharge into the Trent Canal-”I‘he two of the largest of these are known as the Gull River, which flows into Balsam Lake at Coboconk, and the Burnt River, which flows into Cameron Lake just above Fenelon Falls. A GREAT 'ACREAGE -. OF WATER Gull River basin ...... ...... Burnt River basin ............... Nogies Creek basin ............... Mississaugua basin ............... . Eeel’s Creek basin .................. Deer .Bay Creek basin ............ Buckhorn Creek basin . . Squaw River basin ........ Jack’s Creek basin ...... However, there are other streams that are valuable as “feeders'- to Trent Canal, a full list of which, together with¢the areas, in acres of their basins, are as follows:, Total .............................. 83,238 During the year 1904 an agitation was started by the power users a1- ong the Trent Canal. as well as by the navigation interests, to have the control of above-mentioned avatar- THE LINDSAY POST . u-o con-co o... Inn-cu... .uno. scoooocoo .n-.o Butler last week, lried out Acres. 40,864 22,950 1,671 7,002 2,683 2,547 955 341 4,198 At certain periods of the yearâ€" impeachable character, and one whc during the spring and early summer was endowed with rare business tal- â€"â€"an unnecessary amount of water ents. It was only natural that a Icame surging down the Otonabee and . young man possessing such qualifica- lTrent Rivers, while by the month Itions would have his worth recogniz- ‘of August there was not enough ied. Last August he journeyed to the water to drive the wheels of the , great West and accepted a responsible 'van'ous power houses on the canal, iposition on the grain exchange. Here or supply the requirements of the ,‘he won the esteem and love of his ’navigation interests. This staee of .‘associates, and he was looked upon :affairs was due to the fact that as avalued official. Being a young :those in charge of the tribut- man anxious to make his mark, and ‘ary waters had’mo interest whatever ‘endowed with rare business acumen, in these streams other than to as- lhe devoted himself with zeal and sist the lumbermen in getting out iearnestness to his calling. Close appli- their logs. The Ontario Government Ecation to business, however, told on Ehad built timber‘ dams at the out- the deceased. About two weeks ago he ‘lets of many of these lakes, which was stricken with illness, which de- were controlled by the Provincial VeIODed into inflammation of the Department of Public Works. The brain. His attending physician, Dr. dams were built and operated in the A. Clarke, of Winnipeg, (brother of interests and for the sole benefit of {D12 Clarke. 0f Lindsay), as well as the lumbermen. When the lumbeunen the“ stat of St. Reliance Hospital, would drive out the various lakes, .were untiring in their attention to there would be an abnormal and un- !the young man, hilt death claimed necessary flow of water come down !him at 4 o’clock on Saturday morn- into the main canal. The stop logs 'ing. His father, who arrived in Win- would remain out until the following gnipeé’. 18513 Tuesday, was With him spring, when the same process {when the end came. would be gone through. The deceased is survived by his sorâ€" NO DUAL MANAGEMENT. growing parents, and two brothers, It was argued, and quite properly gMessrs. G. Eyres, of Lindsay, and Dr so, that if the entire water of the :H H. Eyres. of the Protestant Gen- Trent Canal watershed, together fieral Hospital. Ottawa. The sympa- with the water in the main line of tthy ofa wide circle of friends and the canal, were placed under one Iacquaintances will go out to them in l . management, a system of conservat- their bereavement. ion could be inaugurated whereby, | The remains will arrive this even- without any interference with the ,‘ing per C.P.R. rights of the lumbermen, a steady I and increased flow could be made to , pass down the OtOnabee and Trent congratUlations Rivers at all seasons of the year. It was, of course contended that the . h D 8 F F' control should be vested in the Dom to t C I a I’m ion Government, in view of the re- _â€" quirements for navigation purposesi After some months of negotiation, . h‘ . . _ . In. w ich prominent men-of the (118 lgratul'ation on the occasion of this, trict, regardless of political creed, . took part, the transfer to Can. Gov ‘ their fiftieth anniversary. We had ment was _made in July, 1905, the t the pleasure of reading one of them Provincial Government handing over to-day, and we publish it here be- all lakes, rivers and streams tribut- nnvep ma mm. o prnrogsos: the :pnâ€" .._... m...â€" The firm of Dundas Flavelles, Ltd :are receiving many letters of con- ary to the Trent Canal. north of Fe terboro. The Dominion Government agreed to protect the rights of the lumbermen in respect of the use of dams on th‘ére streams and guaram teed to them all priveleges theyghad hitherto enjoyed. The Department of Railways and Canals, under whose control this splendid watershed now came, at once got busy. Money was voted for the repair, re-blnilding and improv- ing of the dams at the outlets of these various lakes. The old timber dams were in many instances replac~ ed by substantial concrete strdctur- es. Others were repaired and tighten- ed, and in mostly every other case the dams were raised by many ,eet over their formal level. On the var- ious streams good competent, and shed. or what is. now commonly known as the reservoir waters, transferred from the Province of On- tario to the Dominion Government, in order that there might no longer be a dual system! of management in connection with the water thgt fin- ally passes through the Otonabee and Trent rivers on the main line 01 the canal. Until that time the nonnal flow of the Otonabee-river at Peterboro was 44,000 cubic feet {per minute. There was no uniform !flow of water, for the reason that 'it was practically impossible under ! the conditions then existing, to con- l trol it. OHt Pleasantly. '. Wesley Benson, of the 8th LINDSAY, ONTARIO, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 2 1910 :f; . ,V W ‘ a‘eszlolIaQym: g The firm of Dundas Flavelles, Ltd 'are receiving many letters of con- lgratul'ation on the occasion of this, ‘their fiftieth anniversary. We had : the pleasure of reading one of them to-day, and we publish it here be- cause we believe it expresses the senâ€" timents of our citizens as a whole : Wm. Flavelle, qu., President, Dun- das Flavelles, Ltd., Lindsay. Dear Sinâ€"I am in receipt of the chaste folder, announcing the semi- centennial of your company, and have igreat pleasure in extending to you my sincere congratulations. It is rare to-day, for a business to continue for fifty years without a break, in the same town or city, and when this does occur, it speaks well for those responsible for its virility. That generation yet unborn, may grown up to know familiarly, the lusty firm of D. F. is the hearty . wish of , 'ed. Last August he journeyed to the , great West and accepted a responsible iposition on the grain exchange. Here ,‘he won the esteem and love of his The deceased is survived by his sor- rowing parents, and two brothers, Messrs. G. Eyres, of Lindsay, and Dr H. H. Eyres. of the Protestant Gen- eral Hospital, Ottawa. The sympa- thy ofa wide circle of friends and acquaintances will go out to them in their bereavement. William Palmer Eyres was the youn- ; [ gest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Eyres J and was in the twenty-fifth years of his age at the time of his sad demise. He was born in Cameron, educated in the Collegiate Institute, and after- wards took up the grain business. He was recognized on all sides as a young man of sterling worth and un- impeachable character, and one whot was endowed with rare business tal- ents. It was only natural that a; young man possessing such qualifica- tions would have his worth recogniz- er of a. spotless life, filled the hearts of his many friends with sorrow. Palmer Eyres is dead ! This was the sad announcement that greeted the citizens on Saturday aft- ernoon, and the calling home of a young man whose life was full of promise and who wore the white flow- LIFE OF GREAT PROMISE CLOSED [N DEATH OF PALMER EYRES extinguished before much dama e w done. . g 88 Continued on page 4. Yours sincerely. These are the days to be proud of, the days when we feel and look our best. You can satisfy your mental enjoyment here every day by hearing the beautiful musical program arranged each afternoon, but we’ll attend to your outward appear ance, and you can'rest assured it will be right if you allow us to garb you in one of our swagger and cleverly styled Suits and Overcoats and Furnishing Accessories that are now on sale during our 10 Days' An- niversary Sale, as we pass the 50th mile- stone in our business history in Lindsay, The child disappeared on Dec. 8, 1909. leaving her home to attend mass at St. John’s Church. No trace of the missing girl was found until May 30, when bones identified as hers were found buried in the cellar of the St. John’s Church parochial school. Wendling, a former janitor of the church and school, who had disap- peared Jan. 19, was arrested in San Francisco July 30, charged with the murder. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 29.-â€"â€"Joseph Wendling. charged with the murder of little nine-year-old Alma Kellner, who for months was supposed to be the victim of a. mysterious kidnap- ping plot, was yesterday placed on trial in the Criminal Court here. The cars are being distributed all along the line. and seVeral trains have passed through Peterboro. Child Murdered ; In A Church . The Grand Trunk railroad has put ‘upon the road recently nearly 1,000 lot more new box cars. These ears are very strongly built, are uniform of size and additionally strengthened by iron bases and cross-bars. They are nearly all of sixty ton capacity and present a: very solid, serviceable appearance. Thousand Cars for G.T.R. ANNIVERSARY DAYS Dundas Flavelles Limited (Special to the Post) CLOTHING AND FURNISHING DEPARTMENT y Hollow Lake is a fair sized body of water, having an area as large, ‘ii : not 'larger, than Sturgeon Lake', and there is no doubt that the water that flows therefrom, if diverted this way, would prove an important factor in its relation to the power and naviga- tion interests-on the Trent Canal. A l glance at the map shows that this :lake is located in the County of Hali- §burton. To be precise it might be {stated that it is surrounded by the Townships of McClintoch and Living- ston. E It is separated from the other lakes of Haliburton county by a ridge [of land'that divides the rainfall of I that back country, sending some of the water down the Gull River into 3the Trent Canal, and sending ehe »remainder thereof by way of Hollow .Lake, the east branch of the Mus- ' koka .Lakes, Georgian Bay and after ‘passing through Lake Huron, Lake ‘ St. Clair, Lake Erie, Niagara River, joins its old neighboring waters at Trenton on Lake Ontario. Yet the ! points at which these waters start their respective journies to the sea fare perhaps not more than a mile1 f . apart . ed, claimed in no uncertain manner that the natural outlet for waters 0! Hollow Lake, and the adjoining height of land plateau, was through Minden Bay, at the south west cornâ€" er of that Lake, into Trout Lah- Sonoras . Lake and the Gull River. The waters of these last two men- tioned lakes do, of course, at the ’present time, flow into the Gull Riv- er. It is alleged that for many years the waters of Hollow Lake found their outlet in this direction, and that no water flowed from Hollow {Lake into the east branch of the iMuskoka River, although the head of that stream must have been very Iclose to Hollow Lake. It is clamor! lthat in the early days, when the dumbermen were practically the ad- éministrators of the north country; , the flow of water was diverted to suit the requirements of certain lumbering Einterests. The lumbering interests an Ithe Gull river waters were not then ‘ very extensive, a great portion of the Ilumbering at that time having baa: :carried on on the Black River. which 7 Continued on page thirtm- (Examiner). Shall the waters of Hollow Lake flow >into the Gull River and come down the Trent Waterway, or shall they continue, as at present, to flow into the east branch of the Muskoka River then into the Lake of Bays, and finally Into the Muskoka Lakes and Geargian Bay ? This is a question which has just recently been raised and one which will undoubtedly de~ mand a great deal of discussion. SHALL WATERS 0F HOLLOW LAKE COME DOWN THE TRENT CANAL? tneIr Amas concert on the 23rd of this month. MIXS- : min after ' the Lake the Liver. : intc at . the the Gull river waters were not then very extensive, a great portion ofthe lumbering at that time having baa: carried on on the Black River. which It is claimed, and it might be stat- ed, claimed in no uncertain manner. that the natural outlet for waters at Hollow Lake, and the adjoiing height of land plateau, was through Minden Bay, at the south west oom- er of that Lake, into Trout Lake, Sonoras . Lake and the Gull River- I It is not the purpose of this article to deal with the merits of the can- tention that the natural outlet of Hollow Lake is by way of the Gull River. It is merely for the purpose of reciting the arguments as made by those who allege that such is the case. There is no question, however, as to great benefits that would at crue to the various interests on the Trent Canal if the waters were dio vetted this way. Continued on page thirteen- PAGES NINE T0 SZ‘XTEEN" 39