Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 27, 1953, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free. Press tuesday january. 27, 1953. Page 7 . Probe witnesses link teamsters Union to Dock racketeering new York International brotherhood of team sters Al was linked with waterfront racketeering As the new York state crime commission resumed its hearings Here monday. According to testimony the president of one local accepted in gifts and a loan from a trucking company official and manipulated More than in Union funds while its business agent accepted More than from a collection Agency for admittedly doing nothing but being around for suggests Canada quit olympics if women not invited there s a possibility that can Ada s women athletes might be ruled out of the next olympic games As nothing More than excess baggage if some peo ple had their Way. Sports editor Andy o Brien of the Standard would have Canada quit the next olympics if our girls were not invited. Read his Gallant defence of the female athlete in the Standard s Pic Ture maga2ine and also enjoy an exciting 12-Page novel and 20 pages of your favorite comics. All for Only 10 cents. Get the Standard now on Sale at All Newsstands. Shesto Mtoto non opera tone employees went out. The strike lasted nine Days and was halted by parliamentary a Ion and establishment of Arttra Ion proceedings. After monday s or. Dingle and or. Speaking Tor the railways said we think we offered n fair Means of settlement. To. Also suggested bringing in a referee whose decision would be binding. The committee apparently did t think our proposals fair. Our i suggestion final stages in the Transfer to the provincial government of electrical properties of Manitoba s first corporation the Winnipeg electric company Are depicted Here with the presentation at documents and a Cheque to cover Cost of the com Pany s common shares acquired by the province. The Cheque largest Ever written by the province is shown being handed to an official of the National Trust company which collected the Stock from the shareholders. The other documents include certificates of interest in the new Tran sit and Gas companies which the province promised to give the stockholders along with in Cash for each outstand ing Wec common share. Left to right Are d. A. Thompson counsel for the Manitoba Hydro electric Board r. D. Guy sr., counsel for the old Winnipeg electric company and w. Henry Crookes general manager of National Trust. The ceremony took place in the Law offices of Aikins Macaulay Thompson Tritschler and hindi. I Illin Tromp 30 Pastl in full color by Canada s largest malt order seed and Nursery House. You will enjoy this Fie holy and informative Book cover to describes nearly 2000 subjects for Jour Garden including Many new and Spe Cial items like hybrid tomatoes hybrid cucumbers hybrid onions Blue Leaf Arctic hedge Rosa Multi Flora seed and plants Multi lowered Sweet peas As plat Pink series delphiniums Dwarf fruits 6-in-l multiple apples new soil conditioners widget vegetables for Small gardens and All the Best in other vegetables Flower and houseplant seeds plants bulbs and supplies to make your 1953 Garden the finest you More about Carter continued from Page 1 a description physical hardships experienced by the construction workers can emphasize their Cou rage but it can not say anything about the driving spirit which conceived and carried through this first Hydro Power but it was built and Winnipeg that year received its first Low Cost Power. Company grew and so the company backed by private Money grew. By 191s, Gas buses were operating on Westminster Avenue and three years later work began on the Power great Falls Plant which is Safeway wednesday specials open tvs special roast pork a shoulder Hock on la. While stocks last spare ribs lean tender meaty it. 29 stewing St. .45 shoulder. Lean potatoes hk47 Canada no. 1 a m pork a Beans taste tells. 15 of. Skylark Raisin bread freshly baked a delicious Combina Tion when toasted with a Good spread of Empress Jam or marmalade you May prefer Beverley Peanut butter prices effective wednesday january 28th safety still serving Winni Eggers and through the Manitoba Power com Mission s distribution system Rural Manitoba. By 192s, the Plant was completed and work was begun immediately at seven Sisters Falls where the largest Plant Between the Lake head and the Rockies is now in operation. Then came the depression and the partially finished Plant Lay Idle while the company itself under went a drastic financial reorganization to save it from receivership. It was Able to survive however and Power from seven Sisters was available for War production when 1939 rolled around. Despite a Sev Ere financial Strain development in the transit system had continued and the year before the War saw the first trolley bus service on Sargent Avenue. It was immediately after the 1939-45 War that the company Dis regarding warnings from economists of. A Post War depression forged ahead. Since that time it has doubled the capacity of seven Sisters built new transmission Cir Cuits from the Plant to Winnipeg spent reorganizing its transit system by acquiring 124 trolley buses and 25 motor buses and spent huge sums modernizing and expanding the whole com Pany. I profits slowed Back although dividends during the depression and part of Tjie War had i been very sparse if there were any at All the company continued after the War to plow Back its profits into the business. In All some has been spent in capital expansion since the War. Such was the position of the company when it was acquired by the province and when its transit and Gas utilities were formed into separate corporations for easy Sale. We think we Are taking a big step in purchasing the said Hon. R. D. Turner provincial treasurer during change Over ceremony. But we Are getting the electrical system when there is a great demand for Power. Those who pioneered Hydro electric development in this province had a tremendous Faith in our the proud record of achievement by the company and its inspired leadership brings a sense of humility to those who Are now Tak ing Over its management d. M. Stephens the new president of the company told the gathering. We have nothing but respect for the gentlemen who have car ried out the affairs of the com Pany through the the railways wanting to use the majority report As a basis of Dis Cussion. Average Basic wage now is an hour. Members of the brotherhood who would strike if a settlement is not reached include conductors Brake men flagman yardman Yard fore men and Yard masters. Conductors on the Western Section of the car have their own brotherhood. Those who would not be on strike but would be affected indirectly by the walkout would include Tele Grapher station porters maintenance men mechanics Tower men and engineers and firemen the latter having their own brother hoods. Commercial c o m m u n cations would not be affected but Tele Grapher dealing solely with the movements of trains would have no work to do unless other arrange ments Are made by executives now studying procedure during a pos sible shutdown. Smaller Canadian roads and american roads coming into can Ada would have to cease operations if their lines at any poin crossed those of the car or car As would not work for them. The last time Canada faced a rail strike was in 1950 when the More about Wec Deal continued from Page 1 lion would be carried out smoothly with no disruption of service and with very Little change inso far As employees Are monday morning they sent a joint message to All staff members outlining the general nature of the reorganization and requesting their co operation in assuring continuity of service to the Public. Extended to feb. 28 at the same time or. Stephens reported that the Jan. 28 deadline by which holders of Wec common shares could turn in their Stock was extended to feb. 28. Of the outstanding com Mon shares some about 82 per cent have bean received and paid for by the province. When this figure reaches 90 per cent the new Wec will not have to pay corporation taxes. For each share turned government paid 536.50 in gave a certificate of interest in both the new Gas and transit companies together with a five per cent debenture of the greater Winnipeg transit company. More about strike threat continued from Page 1 tons for a possible traffic stand still on their Miles of line manned by a total of employees. The Brt seeks a increase for its members and a 40-hour week for yardman. A conciliation Board majority report re commended 12 per cent and a minority report 20 per cent difficulty at recent meetings was the brotherhood s wanting to begin discussions on the minority report and for a referee was speaking for the brotherhood vice president l. Secre tary of the negotiating committee said j we declined to Kiriake a joint request of that kind regarding a referee. We have been waiting Here for these conferences. If the government desires to Send a conciliator that s strictly the govern ment s neither party would say just where their differences Lay. 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