Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 18, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page 8 Winnipeg free press thursday May is 1950 Pine Falls project coffer dam must go Pine Falls May. 18 special there was tension thursday in this northeastern Manitoba Power Community. You can see it in the sweating r workmen at the Sun drenched and in the White Collar men at the fluorescent lit project boards. It was everywhere and nowhere. It would end at 5 . Leaser cribs two lesser cribs in this infant project Power House coffer dam were blown in the morning an emergency move made necessary 1 by dangerously High flood Waters. Bridge threatened the main Section a crib close to an important 150-foot Channel spanning suspension be blown tonight. If it goes said j. R. Jim Rettie representative Here Lor the Manitoba department of mines Anc natural resources we be got to worry about. If it Doe set our project sche Dule May be made impossible to Complete by nov. 1, 1951." when completed the Pine Falls government Power project will Supply Parkdale sub station Between Winnipeg and with an. Additional horsepower generated by units. A slip in blasting operation could conceivably throw a King sized Monkey wrench into the whole works. The engineers Here and Thor arc enough to hold a Small Fie convention have More than jus one Monkey wrench to worry them. To save main area had they not blasted portions o their coffer dam cribbing dangerously High floodwaters would a v almost certainly spilled into the project proper. Said or. Rettie woul be disastrous. It w Ould actual throw our work further Back tha a bad blast this it would be All Over but the shouting at a . Experienced offset plate maker a Pressman wanted immediately for Large Edmonton Plant will pay transportation. Apply Box 2035 free press for interview. Triple notice. Our St. Boniface Plant is temporarily closed due to the flood. Our personnel and trucks Are working on dikes and evacuations. We Are prepared to resume operations immediately the situation is improved. Our office is open during usual business holies and is ready to attend to All enquiries. Martin paper products Ltd. Winnipeg Calgary St. Boniface phone 204 871 Slicker theft proves no so Slick arrested three quarters of an hour after they had stolen three army Issue slickers from the May fair Avenue Dike Early wednesday a Winnipeg Trio was arraigned before magistrate m. H. Carton in City police court thursday and ordered to pay a Fine and costs each or spend 21 Days in jail. The three Clifford Lathan 32, of 607 Mountain Avenue Cornelius Martens 23, of 543 Mountain ave nue and Gordon Earl Roberts 20, of 66 Carlton Street pleaded guilty to the theft charges wednesday land were remanded one Day for sentence. Tump out basement police said the Uio had been allowed into. The restricted Mayfair Iverlue zone to pump out a base nent and when they left they look the slickers off a Dike where hey had been deposited Ray Mem Jei a of an army Security patrol. Thefts were immediately reported to the patrol commander Capri Eorge Gamble of the Royal Winnipeg rifles who previously had Aken Down the licence number of the Trio s Auto As a Security measure. Capt. Gamble notified City police who arrested t he three i North Winnipeg. S500.000 for equipment including bulldozers lost to flood Waters. Confusion in claims the meeting of underwriters appraisers and adjusters will seek to Iron out some of the perplexity and confusion surrounding flood claims. Main Point of concern it was re , is what compensation action might be expected from Vinci Al and Federal governments. Other details such As claims for furniture moved from flooded Homes Are Likely to be discussed. A meeting insurance company representatives on the same subject was held thursday morning in the Paris building. Parade cancelled the Loyal Orange association s Church Parade to Stonewall United Church scheduled for sunday eve Ning has been cancelled owing to the flood uncertainty. The Plant of the Codville company on Portage Avenue East is surrounded by several Leet of 1 thanks to this make shift Bridge employees Are reaching work without gelling wet. Don t pull plug you la be sorry committee warns citizens were warned thurs Day by Winnipeg s flood control committee not to remove plugs from catch basins until the River level recedes. A lot of people Are taking out their plugs just out of sheer curiosity. They should declared n. S. Bubbis general manager of the greater Winnipeg water District. Some of them will be in for a rude Surprise if they do. One fellow removed the Brace and the plug hit him in the put in Aid. C. E. Simon Ite. More about flood continued from Page 1 Ever took a More optimistic View. Vav. D. Hurst City Engineer said thursday that there appeared to be no great danger of. Very serious looking in a Large new residential Rea from this Reservoir of flood water. Water so allow the water which he said had found its Way North from the flood prime. Minister expected Here Early next week Ottawa May 18 special prime minister Louis St. Laurent is planning to visit Winnipeg and the red River Valley Early next week although the exact time 6 his departure has not yet been set. Only Long standing engagements sources close to the prime minister explain prevented him from going within a Day or so after the invitation was extended to him by Premier Campbell and mayor Gar net Coulter. Or. St. Laurent is going to Quebec City for the provincial Liberal convention Friday and on saturday he is scheduled to attend the Peterboro out., Centenary celebrations. While the former engagement might have been cancelled it is pointed out he could hardly have Lake and around Morris was spread Over wide gone West time for and the then returned Peterboro event rated Hallow Irea. Railway spokesmen stated i hey lid not think the Yards were threatened immediately but Hal hey were prepared for any c flooding happened work could be transferred to Transcona shops official said. The railway has special notice to Western life policy holders to ill policy affected by hit flood the period for payment of Premium due in april ;