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Page 20 By G. R. Sargent of the Alberta Wheat Pool Grain Transportation Costs Updated For 1974, Carl Snavely, Head of the Commission on the Costs of Transport- ing Grain by Rail, found that the costs of moving grain at statutory rates exceeded railway rev- enues. Since that time, railway operations have changed, notably with the introduction of 8,000 Canadian Wheat Board hopper cars into grain service. The federal government retained Mr. Snavely to update to 1977 the railway’s cost and revenue situation for statutory grain. Compared to 1974, Snavely found several im- provements in railway performance. Grain trans- portation during 1977 in- volved 12 per cent more carloads and 25 per cent more tonnage in 1977. This reflects a larger ex- port movement but also increased grain car capa- cities. Hopper cars pur- chased by the federal government solely for grain transportation ac- count for the major por- tion of the improvement. In 1974, hopper cars were just being introduced into the system and only re- presented 9 per cent of the grain car shipments. By 1977, the government- owned hoppers carried 38 per cent of the export grain and represented 30 per cent of the grain car movement. In addition to hopper cars, about 140 fewer stations were involved in grain shipments in 1977 resulting in the average station loading more cars with grain than in 1974. On a per train basis, the railways were able to in- crease the tons-of grain hauled due to the higher tonnage in each car. The turn-around time for grain cars from country loading to re-spotting at country elevators improved by about 4 days to an average trip of 19 days. Another railway efficiency factor noted by Snavely was the increased use of higher horsepower diesel loco- motives. All the improve- ments in railway operat- ing efficiency helped to counteract the inflationary cost increases incurred by the railways during the three year period. Yet despite improved railway efficiencies’ and govern- ment purchased grain cars, the railways lost more money. hauling grain in 1977 than in 1974. The variable costs of moving grain exceeded the re- venues received from stat- fall to $175 million. A study of the railways’ 1977 costs and revenues shows that grain produc- ers paid $115 million for export grain transport. This equates to 13.7 cents per bushel or 32 per cent of the variable costs. Through branch line sub- sidies the federal govern- ment paid $64 million or 7.6 cents per bushel to the railways, representing 18 per cent of variable costs. The balance of the rail- ways’ variable cost was absorbed by the railways themselves, producing a loss of $175 million or 21.0 cents per bushel. If railway revenue was expected to equal the variable costs of moving grain, producers would need to pay 2.5 times more for grain transporta- tion or 35 cents per bushel in total if the branch line subsidies were main- tained. A. discontinuation agri-insight of the branch line sub- sidies program would mean grain producers would need to pay 3.1 times as much for export grain movement or 42 cents per bushel in total. If the federal government were to pay the railways’ revenue shortfall, $239 million would be neces- sary for 1977. This amount coupled with the purchase of hopper cars and branch line rehabilitation pro- rams would mean the government would be pay- ing more than 70 per cent: of the total costs of the statutory grain move- ment. Adequate revenue to cover the costs of grain transportation are essen- tial to the railways. Grain Producers need assur- ances of adequate rail service at reasonable cost. Farm organizations are intensifying their search for an acceptable trans- portation policy. volume increased, shipping down The Alberta Wheat Pool in Olds has handled 325,000 bushels to the end of 1978 but they have had problems moving it, a familiar problem to major barley producing areas throughout Alberta. The handling volume is 58,000 bushels over last year’s total at this time. However, last year the elevators in Olds were almost empty, ‘‘scraping the bins’’ to fill grain cars, according to Mike Dyjur, Wheat Pool - manager. This year it’s a different story, with over two-thirds of the elevators full and no relief in sight. Dyjur points to transpor- tation problems as the major stumbling block preventing an improve- ment in the situation. Lack of barley sales also contri- butes largely to the per- plexity of the predica- ment. ‘*Too much attention ‘is given to wheat rather than barley,’’ he says. The slow movement of grain has led to a three bushel per acre quota for off-Board grain, a laugh- able return for a farmer’s seasonal input. Off-Board grain is moving well but the Pool, among other elevators, are already 20 per cent of capacity with off-Board grain, the limit placed on elevators by the Wheat .Board. Ten per cent for elevators. pro- vince-wide also consti- tutes the saturation point for off-Board grain. Elimination of paper transfers of grain between elevators has multiplied the problem. The vast majority of the grain grown in the Olds area is barley but this year a significant amount of rapeseed was harvested. This crop is in such high demand: that the Wheat Board is shipping it by truck to Vancouver at four times the cost. With the rape season being equal to that of barley and the promise of continued high prices for rape, another large ex- change of crops could take place next year. Cur- rently, Olds produces about 10 times more bar- ley than the local market demands. This is salable grain, not grain used for personal livestock. ‘*So many things could happen to improve things’’ such as increased sales and improved trans- portation thus creating a TOWN OF larger quota, pointed out Dyjur. OLDS Design Craft a Cabinets and CROSS-COUNTRY Home SKI LESSONS Finishing ; ne egister at Town Ha en habeas Registration Deadline: Jan. 16 (Tuesday) Registration Fee: $20 JACK BOOKLESS 20 Hours Instructional Time Phone 2-1tc Res. 226-8817 Bus. 226-6287 The Gazette agreement made on freight rate initiatives Agreement on a series of freight rate incentives de- signed to support the growth of secondary manufacturing in the pro- vince was reached today by the Alberta govern- ment and CP Rail. The agreement was reached after more than a year of. negotiations and announced jointly by Dr. Hugh M. Horner, Al- berta’s deputy premier and minister of transpor- tation and F. S. Bur- bidge, president of Can- adian Pacific. “This is the first time that a provincial govern- ment and the railways have agreed on specific ways of using freight rates in. support of economic growth,’’ said Dr. Horner. Main elements of the new plan are: 1. To promote location of industry in smaller cen- . tres, new rate groups have been established for pro- cessed goods originating in Alberta and destined for Eastern Canada or for export via west coast ports. The rate groups apply to rail carload freight rates within a 50-mile (80 km) radius of Edmonton and Calgary and within a 25- mile (40 km) radius of 19 other smaller centres, including Red Deer and Rocky Mountain House. Under this plan, CP Rail: and CN Rail will publish the same freight rate for a particular type of traffic from all rail stations with- ina group. 2. Both railways agreed to the increased use of developmental freight: rates where necessary to assist manufacturing plants. in reaching new markets in other parts of Canada, the United States and abroad. 3. Formation of a petro- chemical team made up of government and CP Rail representatives to explore new ways of using rail transport to assist Al- berta’s petrochemical industry to expand _its United States and off- shore markets. Dr. Horner said that although it is up to indus- try to take advantage of the new rate groupings and developmental rates, the Alberta. government will assist industries ‘in exploring the new oppor- tunities for establishing job creating manufactur- ing plants in smaller centres. Agreement was also reached on the future @ BUNKHOUSES @ OFFICES @ HOUSES @ TRAILERS @ MOTELS @ SCHOOLS @ APARTMENTS @ COMPLETE OILFIELD & CONSTRUCTION CAMPS OUR DESIGNS OR YOURS TRIPLE X INDUSTRIES LTD. Box 1599 : Brooks, Alberta TOJ OJO Phone: (403) 362-5055 RAY CAQUETTE Shelter Systems utory freight rates by $239 million for C.N:, C.P. Rail and N.A.R. Branch line subsidy payments to the railways by the federal government totalled $64 million and reduced the railways’ revenue short- _ §. & J. Concrete For all of your concrete needs. specializing in cribbing and floors. 335-3996, 335-3635 335-3962 : 50-4tp WASTE WATER TREATMENT A career oriented po applicants qualified to operate a waste water treatment plant. Applicants should possess a high sehool diploma and have mechanical abilities. Salary range: 12,480 per,annum to 15,392 per annum. Application forms are Hall, 4911 - 51 Avenue, Olds, Alberta TOM 4P0 or mailed to Box 1 Town of Olds OPERATOR sition is offered to to be filed at Town 89, Olds, Alberta. 2-2tc The Alberta Opportunity Company, a provincial crown corporation makes term loans to new or existing businesses in Alberta which are unable to ob- tain the required financing from other lenders on reasonable terms and Conditons. If you need financial assistance to help start, modernize, or ex- pand a worthwhile enterprise, perhaps AOC can help you MEET AN AOC REPRESENTATIVE Abdul Rahemtulla will be at the New Provincial Building Olds, Alberta on Thursdav, January 18, 1979 from 8:90 a.m. to 12:00 noon For an appointment, please call 783-4481 Ext. 237 (Collect) Alberta OPPORTUNITY COMPANY OFFICES IN PONOKA, EDMONTON EDSON, CALGARY, LETHBRIDGE, MEDICINE HAT, GRANDE PRAIRIE AND ST. PAUL need for CP Rail service into Fort Saskatchewan’s petrochemical projects. This will pave the way for CP Rail to provide direct service to Fort Saskat- chewan for the petro- chemical industry. At present, Fort Saskat- chewan is served exclu- sively by CN Rail. Finally, CP Rail and Alberta Transportation agreed that a new appeal procedure is necessary to resolve major freight rate disputes between ship- pers and the railways. This could take the form of an arbitration panel com- posed of a representative of the shipper, one re- presentative of the railway and a third neutral party. The panel would be re- quired to render its deci- sion within a specific time period to avoid the pre- sent long delays in resolv- ing rate differences. Wednesday, January 10, 19 WC lOae ae CLOSED JANUARY 11, 1979 yee S ate Tb fey etey Friday 9-9 Notice to All Subscribers of Olds Gazette Effective January 15, 1979 all overdue subscriptions will be removed from our mailing list. PEDESTRIANS’ RIGHTS AND DUTIES 5.01 No person shall cross or loiter on any highway, crosswalk or sidewalk in such a manner as to ob- struct vehicular or pedestrian traffic. 5.02 No pedestrian shall - cross any street or ave- nue except within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. 5.03 Where a crosswalk at any intersection is marked with lines no pedestrian shall cross either of the intersec- tion highways within the intersection except within the limits.of such marked crosswalk. 5.04 Where crosswalks are marked in the school zone, no person shall cross any street or avenue within a block of such school zone be- tween tl e hours of 8:30 a.m. ane 5:00 p.m. on a school cay, except with- in the limits of a marked crosswalk. 5.08 At intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic lights or peace of- ficers, pedestrians shall remain on the sidewalk until the proper signal for them to proceed is displayed or given. PARKING 6.05 No person shall park a vehicle: (a) on a sidewalk or boulevard, or (b) on a crosswalk or on any part of a crosswalk, or (c) within an intersec- tion other than immedi- ately next to the curb in a“T” intersection, or (d) at an intersection nearer than 6 m to the projection of the corner property line immediate- ly ahead or immediately to the rear, except when. his vehicle is parked ina space where a parking meter or the traffic con- trol. device indicates parking is permitted, or (e) within 6 m upon the approach to any stop sign or yield sign, or (f) within 4 m of any fire hydrant, or when the hydrant is not located at the curb, within 4 m of the point on the curb nearest the hydrant, or (g) within 2 m of an ac- cess to a garage, private road or driveway, or a vehicle crossway over a sidewalk, or (g) within 2 m of an ac- cess to a garage, private road or driveway, or a vehicle crossway over a sidewalk, or (h) within 6 m of the near side of a marked cross- walk, or (i) alongside or oppo- site any street excava- tion or obstruction when the stopping or parking would obstruct traffic, or (j) on any bridge or in any subway or on the approach thereto, or (k) at any other place where a traffic control device prohibits stop- ping or parking, during such times as stopping or parking is so pro- hibited, or (l) on the roadway side of a vehicle parked or stopped at the curb or edge of the roadway. 6.06 No person shall park or stand any vehicle: (a) on any street, avenue or lane for a period or more than 48 hours; (b) in such manner as to obstruct the access to or exit from any building being used for public gathering; (c) In such manner as to interfere with the proper operation of any vehicle used by the Fire Depart- ment or other depart- ment of the Town of Olds; (d) at any place where > signs or marks. prohibit parking; (e) in front of any school exit or entrance. 6.08 Unless this bylaw or traf- fic signs or markings otherwise permit, the driver of any vehicle shall stop or park such vehicle: (a) parallel with the curb on any roadway, and headed in the direction of vehicular traffic movement, with the right hand curb-side wheels of such vehicle within 45 cm on the curb; (b) upon any street which has been signed and marked for angle parking, parallel to and between the marks on such street, and as close to the curb as possible; (d) where parking stalls have been marked on any street, between the lines or markings indi- cating the limits of a single parking stall, pro- vided that where any ve- hicle exceeds the length of a single parking stall such vehicle may oc- ‘ cupy two, but not more than two parking stalls. No person shall park a vehicle in a lane, pro- vided that lanes may be used for such period of time as may be reason- ably necessary for the loading or unloading of passengers or goods from a vehicle, provid- ing that the vehicle concerned in such load- ing or unloading of passengers or goods does not so obstruct the lane as to prevent other vehicles or persons from passing along 6.09 such lanes while the : loading or unloading of passengers or goods is taking place. 6.11 No person shall park any commercial vehicle, truck, engine or trailer or truck of the design capacity of more than one tonne or length of more than 6 m, except upon any highway where such parking is expressly permitted or except for the purpose of loading or unloading such vehicle. 6.13 No person shall angle park any vehicle on any street or avenue in the Town of Olds: (a) of the type that is commonly known as a panel truck; (b) that exceeds 6 m in overall length; (c) of the type adapted to carry a load and hav- ing a box or structure including the contents that exceeds 1.5 m in height calculated from the road surface; except at such locations as have been desig- TOWN OF OLDS nated by the Town Man- ager and have been marked, provided how- ever, that the operator may ‘park in such other locations and for such periods of time as may be designated in writing by the Town Manager. 6.17 No person shall stand or park upon any street or -avenue any vehicle dis- played for sale. No person shall stand or park any vehicle with motor running, in sucha manner.and such a loca- ‘tion as to cause a dis- turbance. 6.18 No person shall park or leave any vehicle on private land or property that has been clearly marked as such by a sign or signs erected by the owner or his agent, unless such person has obtained the permission of the owner, tenant, occupant or person in charge or control of said land or property. TAXICABS 11.04 No person shall park any vehicle in a taxi- cab stand except the taxicab operator. for whom the taxicab stand is reserved, or a person authorized by the taxicab operator, and the vehicle must be a taxicab then on duty and available for, public hire. AUTHORITY OF POLICE 15.05 Every peace officer is, and is deemed to be, duly authorized and en- titled to place an erase- able chalk mark on the tread face of the tire of a parked or stopped ve- hicle without. that peace officer of the municipality incurring any liability for doing 80, in order to enforce the. parking provisions of this by-law. PENALTIES 16.02 Notice or tag shall be in such form as pro- vided for in tne Regu- lations pursuant to the Highway Traffic Act 1975 and service of any such notice or tag shall be sufficient if it is: (a) personally served; (b) served by certified mail; (c) attached to the ve- hicle in respect of which the offense is alleged to have been committed. 16.03 Upon production of any such notice or tag,| within seven (7) dayel from the date of ser- - vices of such notice, together with the pay- ment of sums speci- fied’ in the Schedule hereto, to the Secre- tary-Treasurer of the Town of Olds, an offi- cial receipt for said payment shall be is- sued, and subject to the provisions of this: section, payment shall be accepted in lieu of prosecution. 16.07 No person other than the owner or driver of a vehicle shall remove any notice placed on or fixed to such vehicle by a peace officer 11 tne course of his ie duties.
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