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page 18 THE trackvi/Ie fl Weslpor! Railway THE BROCKVILLE & WESTPORT RAILWAY The right of way was purchased from ‘the farmers through whose land the railâ€" way ran.But many never got their money. A Mr. Nelson Knowlton of Crosby did not receive pay for his land,so he built fences across the right of way on both ends and refused to allow workmen on his land. Of course,court action followed.It's hard to say who won.The railway work continued but Mr. Knowlton was paid in script,equivalent to free rides on the train when the line was completed.For many years the figure of Nels Knowlton was a familiar one on the "B.& W.".lf the younger generation wondered at his frequent trips,the older ones could tell he was still using his script. The line finally reached Phillipsâ€" ville Station and again funds were run- ning low.Although the railway only briefâ€" ly touches South Crosby Township,Mr. Harvey Approached South Crosby Council for money.Thinking this a promising pro- ject,they gave him five thousand dollars and the station was named Elgin.Not unâ€" til the C.N.R. built another Elgin Stat- ion,was the name Phillipsville given back to this station. At Lyn a trestle was built across a section of the right of way.Since it was not well constructed and shook un- der the weight of the train,it came to be known as the Praying Section.It was not until about 1910 when the Can- adian government took over the B.& W. that this section was filled in. At first there were agents in near- ly every station along the lineâ€" at Westport,Newboro,Crosby,Elgin,Delta, , Lyndhurst,Athens,Forthton,Lyn and Brockville;with flagstations at Soperâ€" ton,E1be and Seeleys. In 1900 there were two trains per day,one down from Westport leaving at 7:30 a.m. and arriving back from Brock- ville at 6:30 p.m..These were mixed trains.The morning and evening trains were always on schedule;the others scarcely ever on time.Mail was carried on all the trains,with a special mail on morning and night trains and closed mail carried on the other two. In 1901 stock yards were built at certain stations along the line.At first these were owned by the rail- way,but later were purchased by the different drovers.Saturday was stock day,when drovers bought the livestock from the farmers as delivered to the stations.They loaded their purchases in stock cars which would be taken away by the afternoon mixed train. Tuesday of each week was excursion day into Brockville,with cheap rates and an extra car.This car was an open flat car,covered with a canopy.While these might have been pleasant on hot days,the passengers seldom arrived at their destination as clean and wellâ€" groomed as they had departed. Friday was always "cheese"day when the afternoon train carried special freight cars for the cheese brought to stations all along the line. With the coming of cars,trucks and new railways,there was no place for the B.and w. Railway.The last train i ran August 31,1952,the first having ' run Mar.4,1888. Today,a long row of rotten railway ties is all that remains of the B.& W. Ontario Hydro bought the right of way and there is now a line of poles along most of the route.Thus ended a chapter in the development of transportation in this area. Appropriate Technology ALTERNATE ENERGY SOURCES Part 2 Bt Leah Adams COGENERATION Cogeneration is a simple idea. It re- fers to the generation of steam and electricity at the same time. Many industries require steam as part of their plant processes. If a cogeneration pro- gram is implemented, this steam is first diverted to turn a turbine, generating electricity; then the steam goes on to perform its other functions. Once the turbine has been installed, the elect- ricity costs nothing to produce. Even more free electricity is available at the other end of the industrial process. Here, "waste" can be converted to steam, which then generates electricity, in an unusually efficient manner. The potential of industrial cogeneraâ€" tion is enormous. West Germany meets 113 of its electrical needs through co- generation. In North America, industry could produce 5 times the amount of electricity it requires to meet its own needs. Here in Ontario, it is estimat- ed that 90% of our electricity could be provided by cogeneration. Presently, 39 industrial plants in Ontario have an installed cogeneration program. James Auld, our provincial Energy Minister sees obstacles to cogeneration expansion. Incredibly, the biggest obstacles have to do with Ontario Hydro's present sur- plus of electrical generating capacity! Auld also sees the high cost of equip- ment as an obstacle. Yet his Ministry supports the continued expansion of Nuclear Power, which costs twice as much to produce as cogenerated electâ€" ricity. During the Depression, many paper companies in the United States turned in desperation to cogenerated elect- ricity. Surprisingly, their cogeneration programs became profitable, and they were gladly continued after the Depression. But, they were stopped by a government which, under pressure from the utility companies, forced them to choose be- tween paper and power production. Our government today is not discouraging industrial cogeneration as blatantly as this. 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