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` COVERS I_’R_L\`CE _ED\VARD ISLAND LIKE _QE\V _
Charlottetown Gtelrdlen 'lfwe Cs|m|_
Morning Guardian, Founded |381
wnisii _allow .surveys iii aiiiunin istuiii
Results of _Investigations Carried on in This
Prov-in_ce»by» the Department of the In- terior. ‘to 'Determine Possibilities of Power Development, _ _
Press reports hnve from time to
lime heralded the considerable |»n»g|t-ns made in the commercial .ir-wiopnient of water power in Nm-u Scotia under the Nova Qsotia Power Comniisslon, particularly at Si. hisrgsrelfs Bay liiushnmush; Sheet Harbor, and Bear Rlver»,."l‘he basic investlgltlun welll. Wllioh' lil! been an-ies omtiueuiallicvl semis nada' e. mqieatin, - ment (1919) biliillil the D899!!- mvnt of the interior and the three Maritime Provinces, is in charge of ur. K. ii.. smith, District chisr Engineer, of Halifax, who has kind- i_v furnished _the Guardian with some interesting information bear- ing upon investigation work car- ried on in Prince Edward Island.
Mr. Smith has frequently been
asked why any investigation work should be done in P. E. island. where it is generally suDi>0_l_ed that there are no water powers of value. iif- believed the development for iuczii purposes. on. the Montague iiirer is a sufficient snswer to this. But apart from any positive iui'o\-mation obtained. it frequent- iy turns out that negative data is of equal value causing the saving of money where knowledge can be _~uppiied that a proposed power .if-roiopment will not meet expects- rioun. It is also the basis for com- puting the size of culverts. for rail- wuys und highways, and of the nec-
~-.-=sury free waterways in larger'it i. f tl bb i t I, " - bridges for eniliankments. onrlg-jfetlz.S"'1.“e;dyytal?iilaxgidga1?: a. 3;;-:where he was taken to Tecmo' At the present time. and for some clni way n relatively smnii nuniberifmm mc effects °f 5 severe sh“k`| _ri-urs past, Mr. Smith and his staff|of these measurements distributed mg up and `°° "mm at the myrcy M' ‘mrs been obtaining stream flowifrom low water to high water, tholthe elements' You would hflm \`<‘<f<irds on _the Dunk. Montagueiamount of wuter flowing in the rl-icried mr pity' “H dm the muses und Vernon streams and in addition ver muy be determined for ulllwho attended mm’ “eu ns they "mi iiuro obtained records on a number-stages, by merely reading tl1ei;‘;\$,°§:?_f :$335 in pam' when they ..f .nnerntnenms in the mana. 'rhoy g _ r ini - i -1 n- ' ° _ __ hurt- also carried out general pow- ggitlviin nr‘::ren\;idloxy‘e;:lp(\,:l§o rtiiii tlliei A severe m’w"k M gun which ~r surveys on the Montague, Dunklgauges, usually once u duy, nudnhe Md mah gunned eww in th? und Moreli Rivers with n view to more often ut special seasons. As winter le!! his mmm lm" and his obtnluing` the head (or fall) which the amount of rninfull is import- vimmy weak' one" the hardy . _ 'eoldior, endowed with health und :_ouid be utilized on these rivers :int in thu calculations, this is nice-hun of energy téday he ,__ but 8
“itll investigation was made of a The hyromctrlc dntn has l1een.‘tu“"°ver'wh]ch his weaulamauned. -mall site near that town As yet, compiled in twenty-one lociltles in skin is dmwn “gm “B 8 dmmhead'
. ' ' ‘ , The whiteness of his lislr. hoard
?.‘f.‘»€°...°é’“£>‘I.`i‘.§"'i’i‘.?..ii‘.?.‘I.“'l»‘l.§3{’l"§?J3.fil2i‘“;.£l“Z!3§;l"f$Z§.I&£"l.Z “mi m“““°“@ ‘"“"="°“ "ri °f *he sue Rivers have not been complet- Prince Ed'wa.rd island. Miscellan- m°“9mm,s `wh"m‘»\l:l"“k°t’ 'md ms “Ur it bolus somewhat difficult to eous measurements have been léfind-ly [Me 'B Wm led and h°“°w' make any satisfactory report ontaken at other points and meteor- fmt wnhm mm She" thu B
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these rivers emeept with some ologioal _data li" bs?" mad” “D “Hof the old soldier is still burning
\> of~the work'-on the island. taken
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N, CANADA( sA'rURDAY,_1uARCH 1, 1924 »_,:;“_.-,-;_~,,'_*~;:;;;-__-_g--;g_f_,°_;_-1;;-;-_-gm
particular use for power lu mind. ;'l`he streams of tho island do' not ,contain any concentrated falls or| outstanding power sites and nny 'development on them ls, therefore ls case of building n dam to such a 'height as would economically be `wurrsnted for the purpose.
The foundation of all water po\v-
.er investigations is the tream
'>surements, to bs effectiéf! must be carried on systematically and regularly ovor' a relatively long period of time. The amount of -water available nt any plscs cun- not he determined absolutely, as in the case of 9. fall, but only rela- tively- For the actual measure- ment of the water a gauge is in- stalled at n suitable location, in-
Idicating the height of the surface of the water at its various stages. By means of an instrument known as n current meter. registering its revolutions electricall/, the velo- city and depth of the water is ob- tained at various stages of the _stream as indicated by the gauge. Having determined the area of the ‘cross-section of the stream and the velocity of the water._ths volume _of tho water flowing at each of these stages can therefore he com-
for Aid
By John T. Brady _ guess l'll stick it out till spring." -I
But weeks passed and he did not,
'l‘l\is winter has' =-lsr-.uicd uuiisu- 1 i h _ ally mild to most of us who ilvc ;;?:ennl:o?_:?;;I{g; hngngalctétgfobgfl and work in well heated rooms. prowsmns began tb _,un low. Stai_v_
But for James Davis, the hermit _mon threatened mm unless he
of Florida Mountain, the western could getdawn ummounum side
summit oft.heBerkshlres,above the m~»the nearest ‘wma in Norm
These piecing winds have pene-
trated through the crevices in‘ the crude walls of the old man’s shel- ter, and the grizzied veteran of the Civil war. now almost 80, has felt the cold more than over before.
A Pathetic Figure
And no \vondcr. It would make
your heart ache to see him and to think of him living all by himself amid a wilderness of snow and ice.
lputed by a simple multiplcation io! these tivo factors and this re-_ lsult of "run-off" is usually indie-I ated in cubic feet per second, or, as.
uncle of the three provinces. Fol- lowing is n more dctuiied account
from the Doninlon Report of tis
chain gauge was used, the draiuntzo
miles.- Ext_ron\es_ of stage rcrord- ed: maxlmum discharge. March 10, 1921. (gauge height, 12.s0 ft.) 1.1.10
- ‘ tim'
feet. -Mean discharge, 47 second- feet.
A HUNTER aivsn: Location, ne- iow power house at Hunter River Station. A staff gauge use-il, the
‘It was a pathetic sight to see him, leaning heavily on .the arm of his son, and tottering down the steps of the North Adams Hospital,
brightly. lt ia_revealed by the brightness of his sunken blue eyes. Lt was manifested after his illness in the fall when his son, Harrison
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measure ment work. Th e nies F038” ¢,mue1_it has been a mush B' _Bhd he drdm _eel equal no
ua - the toughest he has experi- ‘Ads tmnp .. _ enced since he abandoned society Reamang um he was forced to and begs" U10 me °f 3 '\'°°l“5e' cut down on his rations--when a
While thc snowfall nn the monn- mmmal supply M good whom
tain has -not been nearly as heavy some ‘Wd _-wa§ mst what lie “Beach as it_wo.s last winter, terrific winds most_a“d await B break in the have swept the posit, piling the windy weanmn It didln come and snow in treacherous drifts and despnqws-..Bk|mui‘ng.. on his _‘Keds swirling around the isolated her- haavoke mst Wednesday mommg mitnge on a wagon road running to' and hardly enough food mn- in south from the Mohawk trail. the house' to vmvme a decent
breakfast. ‘
His store of grain for his horse
was about going, -too. and "Peggy", a bright bay mare, was whinnying for her oats.
“l could have stuck it out for a
day or two longer without food my- self," he said. “but I couldn’t bear the thought of my horse suffering, and I made up my mind to chance n trip down .to North Adams."
Jim Davis Was Desperate
So lie hitched "Peggy" to it sled
and started out. From his hermit uge to his destination is u good flvc miles do\vn around the treacherous “hairpin” turn of the' Mohawk Trail known to almost every Now England motorist. A younger and a well man would hestltntc to ni- tempt the' slide, but Jim Davis wus desperate. _ ~-
Heaven only knows how ho ac-
complished the' journey. but 'he reuched North Adams safely, und purchaed his groceries and fodder for his horse. Then he started buck up the trail.
"i loft North Adams in the after-
noon as soon as I had bought what I needed," he said. “und figured on being homo before dork. But it was a hard pull up the mountain The going was bad, and in the into afternoon there was h flurry of snow, which made matters worse.
“The storm clouds brought dark-
ness on early, but I reached Arthur W'itt's place (he‘s the man who ru-ns the inn on the sumnilt) at about 7 o'cioclr.
“I turned off the trail onto the
wood road that loads to my house
Atlantic Druiimge system (south of ,_ the St. Lnwi-once). propured by Mr.;33,‘n;I_ot$§:iao gggutégelxan ,_t;a“::':.E Gil fish! but alter going M011!! I1 smith' The "`D°rt °°v‘ir“ '"“'U"ter at his comfortable farmhouse bn mnherl made the mmuko M culnrly tho climatic years 1il20»21!m Readsbom Vt fhil\kiilS 1 kD%W U19 WHY bel-lei” ,md1921.g2_ ~ _ '» ' than 'Pc|:gy’,dld. A horse's ln-
. W um,-|v¢ Luv, Moumam g°¢,.¢a¢ stinct is better than n mnn’s cyc~
sight any dark night.
DUNK RIVER: locniiou, tho lilpli- _ _ why in-|,|,,;¢\_ ,rg n0g4,.|~'u ,\||||_ 1\.'_, "No, I thank you. my hoy,‘ -the “l sli_ould have given the more
nil then, “i‘il be right ber head in the darkness and she
siu.\ri ug n ii
miles from Kinkorn Stallion. A 0111 H1011 S' 1 . - Y
~ al in few days and l would have brought mc home safe-
nrea being thirty-seven squnro __ ___ ~___________________________________
second feet, or cubic feet per ‘_ 4 _ ,‘ I ond; minimum. Dec. 3 und 4, 1li2i~. __ _ __ _ _~_ i V. ._
(gauge height. 6.6 it-i 3 second ` _ ' s ‘
'nd-have nn then" of' lm-~f\~*~»~-1~._1-. Tooeur-_
T; A _YM_”Y8;Y Qhariottetown, March 1st, 19M FREE'
Vol. 1, No. 2 _
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'draidage area being 12 square miles. Extremes recorded: maxi- mum, Murch 13, 1920 (gauge height 10.1 ft) 550 second-feet; minimum. _0ct. 23 to Nov. 1. 1921, (gauge
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W' Z~ |"'°0\*,»__'-. _ drglxrge, Hg second-feet. This . _ tr a d ¢ t r-;g=~ ~ - ' ___ ' _ rages nu oimannnoi nina si. owmy. awwfevivios In vi"
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and still eating "Moir’e Cake" il
the message that some recently
H6 ft 8 secondfeet Mean 'mm FMU... M|m_ mmm.,
for Meir-'e 5lrti\dlY Blkl. - OU
i (MILL RWIR: Location, the high~ friend, weanbnt.
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Qin' ~ N" ‘R 'Vey bridge belew liiarchbanhnlliil
in; __,,,,._,~ _ _,,~ :t\t“ihwi_\\n. f.4mut:f¢“r_:'|ue. mm _________y ___ M "___
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-_,tie drlnnse _ _ spare miles Extremes recorded:
(UeA$|i\|e_l enlsge 11) '
-News sales- Increased mentluilf
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month over the year betore, sul.
mlnating in November business that eclipsed seven times 'the
boom wer years. .
A faster ln__¢he prosperity
limit ron: was scour
0F Hum -Munras -rm
An Old Man Lay UnoonseiousI1nt_he»Deep Snow _on Top or 3 Mmm- _
tam After Being--Thr_o\vn=l_1‘rom Hls Sleigh. Hut_,Hi,S_Fai¢hfu|- Horse Lay l)own.Besid.e Hxm.and»Kept..H1m _Warm .During _il\e_Long Bitter_Cold Night; Ami in the Morning Set out
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ly, but I didn't. I tightened the reins and -tried to drive her, and the next thing I knew we were off the road and ditched. 'Peggy' went down and I was pitched eff the sled in such a way that one of my legs gotcnught under tho sled runner.
“The weight of the sled pinned
me down and the more I struggled to release myself the deeperl sank into a snowbank. 'Peggy' had broken one ofthe shnfts in falling. and she -was thrashing around a. good desi and trying to kick her- self loose Lrom the harness. I fear- ed she might kick mo, but she didn't. ‘Peggy’ is a wise horse. _.
How "Peggy" Tried to Release Himf
“When she got on her feet she
started pulling the sled off me, and would have succeeded if.~the_ha'.'r- ness hhdn’t broken. She 'wee free then to trot along home, but she turned to where d was lying, and I, felt her warm breath on my face. '
"Then she kept shaking her head
above my chest as much ns to say, ‘Grab hold of my halter and I will .lift you up,’ I_understood what she meant after n while. and when I ltook hold of her halter she set her ‘front feet and jerked her' head up- ward.
"She lifted my hody clear of the
ground, but I couldu't get on my eet, as one of them was still pinned under the sled. and releasing my hold I sank buck into the snow, ex- hausted." ' " The old msn paused and pointed ite the large rents in his long, black rovercoaf. f“See i.-lint," he said. "Peggy" did that." . ‘ ' "With her roofs?" I asked.
Peggy's Uncanny Horse Sense
"No, with her teeth." he went on.
“l never knew a horse to show so much intelligence. ‘Peggy' has got more horse sense than a lot of hu- man beings of her sex. You can’t tell- men animals don’t think out things for themnlves sometimes.
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