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Newspaper
Millbrook Reporter
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1957
Page
3
Fragmentary text lists individuals and a commerce block in Ontario with partial contact details and file numbers. The legibility is too low to identify a coherent event, role, or outcome for a standalone news item.
The Canadian National System spans over 24 000 miles of main track and 9 000 miles of secondary lines. Between 1949 and 1954 an average of 659 miles of new rail were laid each year. In 1954 CN tested ribbon rail on ten miles near Belleville Ontario by butt welding standard lengths into 1170 foot strips to cut maintenance and material costs.
One of the continent's great orchestras, Canada's CBC Symphony, will give five live performances at Stratford this summer. The group, a radio ensemble without a permanent conductor, will be seen by audiences for the first time, with concert master Albert Pratt featured.
Rail remains serviceable for about 20 years depending on factors like curvature heat cold and salt air. Some rails laid in 1876 are still in use. Defective spots are found by Sperry Car tests and marked for immediate replacement. Ends of rails allow for expansion and contraction, worn sections are rebuilt by welding, and scrap rails are recycled into new rail. Canadian National engineers use advances to improve safety and efficiency of rail transportation.
A passenger urged speeding during rush hour, but the driver replied he cannot leave the cab. The exchange highlights a humorous mistruth about limits on taxi drivers.
Editor Frank Rasky urges readers to raid attics for Canadiana as over two million amateur collectors and professional dealers seek items. From 50c coins worth 505 to rare letters and circus memorabilia fetching hundreds, oddments can unlock surprising cash. Start collecting with Liberty as your first piece.
The Rutter Granite Co of Port Hope Ontario offers monuments markers corner posts and inscriptions.
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