Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free january glorious battle9 expected continued from Page 1 glorious Battle that will pit neighbor against in the More Remote fanning regions of the province and areas that produce relatively less Are most Likely to be left out of the future Grain gathering the study they will be pitted against farm ers in More Southern regions with Access to a High traffic rail who will see their rail costs drop if the Crow subsidy is paid to Trinder but the study says even if there is no change in How the Crow subsidy is Farmers will will still witness the loss of almost 140 Grain Eleva Only not As that would bring the total number of elevators in Manitoba Down to just Kelly said generalizations Are dangerous when trying to decide whether Ottawa should pay the million Grain transportation subsidy to Farmers instead of the he said Farmers should read the 132page study and decide for them selves How the change will Impact their Public meetings will Start next monday in Oak one of 11 to discuss the method of payment the report did followup studies on several communities that have lost rail service since it appears that because the rail ways gave Rise to most commune there was the perception that the loss of railways would spell their but the study found that communities suffered initial setbacks but most of the communities re grouped their resources to survive and rail abandonment the report outlines which regions Are most Likely to have abandon ment of their rail line if the Grain transportation subsidy is paid to the list includes the metre line joining Sefton to Swan owned by in much of this subdivision passes through an area of relatively Low agricultural the study it adds that Points on the line like Ethelbert will be isolated by a rail and Farmers there will have to significantly increase their livestock production to be prof it expects cattle operations will absorb the smaller farms in this the list of accelerated rail line abandonment also includes the 167kilometre in line from Nee Pawa to up rails 95kilo metre Selkirk Riverton the 20 Kilometre up line from Inglis to the 28kilometre up line from Deloraine to the 13 Kilometre Gretna Altona up the study maintains that based on past the effects of rail line abandonment on local Busin esses should be it says that the trend towards bigger farms and Rural depopulation has a much greater Impact on Community Busi Ness than the loss of a rail line or it adds that rail abandonment will open up opportunities for com Mercial trucking but the in creased truck traffic will result in higher Road maintenance it says that for regions like North of the Neepawa Russell line and North of Many Farmers May have to rely on commercial trucking because their distance to elevators will increase dramatic Al As Many of the farms have lower incomes on the study income support programs urged continued from Page 1 mentality in the developed he Consumers should be in my to pay More for their food and avoid the subsidy kick into Agri much better that we get rid of this cheap food recognize the global situation for food Supply and get on with the if the governments of the United Australia and Canada cannot curb their cravings for cheap food propped up by farm the world is heading to wards some son of food Geddes in the the Canadian government should adopt income support programs that would encourage productivity and Reward Good management while still pre venting Farmers from going Bank there have been far too Many farm foreclosures in the last Geddes told delegates at the associations annual which ends he urged the Farmer delegates to not Only practise sustainable Agri but to consider themselves an endangered agricultural re if you do not have people out there in the farm to use the soil and water that you Are going to you have absolutely said who farms near Pilot 130 Kilometres Southwest of lithuanians by the tens of thousands wave ant soviet banners yesterday in the heart of All eyes watch Gorbachev on Baltic Tightrope continued from Page 1 tool it led to strikes and Vio Lence in february More than 200 people have been it has proven to be the most stubborn of All the ethnic conflicts that have surfaced under Gorba and has grown worse despite attempts at mediation by Gorbachev and the National Legisla Gorbachev visit to Lithuania is aimed ostensibly at regaining control Over the soviet republics communist party which split from the Central party in Moscow last but More in political analysts will be his handling of the Issue of lithuanian political his performance Over the next three As telecast nationwide on the influential evening news program will be a source of keen interest for Independence activists in Many of the soviet unions 15 constituent Alexander the party foreign policy has said that secession of Lithuania could Lead to a Domino effect throughout the and the at least slowing Down of such a Chain reaction appears to be Gor Baches top in Advance of Gorbachev arrive Medvedev met publicly with lithuanian communist party chief Algirdas Brazauskas and said that the Kremlin leadership plans a fundamental change in the relationship Between Moscow and the soviet but he insisted that the continuation of Reform required the Unity of the communist elsewhere in Vil Yuri a member of the National party ruling Polit buro and head of the state planning told factory workers we Are trying to hold this Union Are not your ene conservatives in the National party policymaking Central committee have described the situation in Lithuania As and As party cannot ignore such but if his history As a canny and prag Matic politician can be used As a he will also be looking for a Way to make the situation in Lithuania work for to harness it As a Means of reforming the communist party apparatus and the Union of soviet with out threatening the existence of either the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia have been in the Avant Garde of Radical soviet Reform for the past two the Region is heavily influenced by its neighbors in Scandinavia and the rest of and became part of the soviet Union More recently than most of the other republics through a notorious agreement with nazi Germany in elevator repeats sticking problem continued from Page 1 need a Complete overhaul or replacement to protect Rodger labor minister Gerrie Hammond told the legislature yesterday that the Way Hospital staff operated the elevator May have played a role la its getting she said an elevator operating under supervision from labor department tested the lift for five hours 2and found nothing Wayne director of the departments mechanical and Engi Neering said a repairman who arrived after the Accident found a panel door inside the elevator had been opening the panel allows manual operation of the he said it is possible that improper manual operation could have caused the elevator to Rodger confirmed the elevator in which Smith died got stuck again he said that after several riders got out of it on the main floor while a television Crew was it failed to move and the door failed to close after a woman got the elevator sat there for about five then moved of its own Rodger those elevators have malfunctioned Many times Over the he Hammond found herself under fire in the legislature from Liberal Leader Sharon who said common sense should have told the minister that More frequent inspections were needed on a 25yearold elevator serving Hospital said the availability of maintenance person Nel is one Factor taken into account when licensing periods which Range from six months to two years Are the Hsc has maintenance staff of its own and in the elevators were state theart when equip ment when installed two decades she Orchard said he will demand that Carstairs apologize once it has been shown that the Man would have died anyway and that the frequency of inspections was not a Union chief pities workers Svith tears in their eyes continued from Page 1 to move to he i was hoping it want going to be but there you in engaged to be but its kind of hard to set a Date when you dont know whats happening with your who bought a Home last year in said the future looks he said it was ironic that As a targeted temporary employee Hes Only missed one pay Cheque since and they Call that he Porter Lolly said she still Hast been told officially that Shes but As a temporary worker she assumes her Job is she blamed poor manage ment at via rail for Ottawa Deci Sion to slash Canadas passenger rail Bennett said her husband and their Young family will when i started at via in i took a great Deal of Pride in my she i can say that since Ive been with via in Ive started to really dislike my Job and its directly because of top heavy they need not More local Union chairman Dave Haz Litt also got word yesterday that he will be without this is my 10th year with and i want Able to hold on to my Hazlitt but in one of the few people entitled to the so called economic or dec As we Call he said that Means Hes theoretically entitled to collect full pay for the rest of his but conflicting interpretations of that clause by the Union and management have made that Prospect he Hazlitt said that while its important to realize the human toll of the its equally important to Call attention to what the government is doing to passenger train service in Black armbands i feel for the people with tears in their eyes As there talking to me the lady with and a but the government is building up the passenger service infrastructure with taxpayers Money so they can sell it off to the private he if youre going to sell Why not Tell the truth Cerilli and other Union representatives met company officials this week to determine How Many jobs will be lost and what compensation will be Given work Cerilli also said workers would Wear Black armbands from today through and Public information meetings were to be held today at Union station on main we want to show our frustration and dissatisfaction with the Mulroney he and the via rail cuts have Only officials the Crown corporation will lose million in government Money Over the next three leaving about people without jobs across the it is still Uncertain what financial compensation will be offered to workers in were not sure who will get employment Security or Cerilli he said morale was Good among considering the but other Union leaders across Canada charged that morale is being locomotive engineers have voted overwhelmingly to go on they and the people who fix and clean the trains Are going through the those who work on the trains face a major relocation or a return to the irregular hours of freight train ser vice with in rail and up the workers Are a very dejected lot the government has Des troyed the morale around Stan Horodyski of the shop Craft Union said in an Ottawa interview with the Canadian if they can get out they will because Why should they stick around Here he private rail service called they i continued from Page 1 he said the group could rent rail a locomotive and the track to run their own weekend if a use pay system could be designed to break then they could have the he but David a spokesman for in rail which owns the rail called the suggestion the craziest thing Ive Ever Ive never heard of anything like that a private group starting up their own railway he it would be like starting up their own Little via dear could not say How much it would Cost to either rent track or private cars and an it would be a whole lot More than those cottages Are probably he its very expensive to maintain a rail dear acknowledged that it is pos sible to do what Ottawa has suggest he said a decision would have to be made by senior in rail offi the group would also require Spe Cial permission to Hook up a few passenger cars up to a in freight train heading into the there is Only one mixed train running in Canada into the Northern Manitoba Community of dear Ottawa decision came As a blow to Barry a spokesman for the Winnipeg to Farlane campers Asso which represents More than 150 cottage Lloyd said the group had been looking Forward to meeting next week with spokesmen from in rail and conservative my Dorothy Dobbie Winnipeg South has arranged a meeting to discuss a three year strategy for providing service to the Community until a Road could be there is now a rough Road into the Region that can be used Only by four wheel the official in said any Road into the Region would be a provincial even with the cuts in via some service will be maintained in the cottage a new schedule shows the Winnipeg Farlane service will leave the City late saturday nights and not return until later monday 02 automatic air cashback Mac so i Comoli 3171 Poh Tabe 8882343 ;