tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-66604494543230089592024-02-22T00:12:15.972-06:00SynoecismThis blog details my dealings with the game of SimCity 4. I create regions using Synoecism, the process of villages joining to become a town. Other planning and development styles will also be shown.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-90717093689105483832010-12-18T18:17:00.001-06:002010-12-18T18:29:42.449-06:00Entry 29: Pitchforks and Pyromania<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmmss8Nsjutu7V936KH55cxmhHj6jJm0N_hTnIDsYNGrviSdeKwCipN0_udzi3qQZHL9rchCbI81uId9qbQguTg7uCS22vusMPeycnyCoibLqYs4x7WY-i5xKHbSuSw-1xzdfj7uAdQ/s1600/entry29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmmss8Nsjutu7V936KH55cxmhHj6jJm0N_hTnIDsYNGrviSdeKwCipN0_udzi3qQZHL9rchCbI81uId9qbQguTg7uCS22vusMPeycnyCoibLqYs4x7WY-i5xKHbSuSw-1xzdfj7uAdQ/s400/entry29.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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When Bill Featherstone discovered the <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/2010/11/entry-27-walk-in-woods.html">secret port</a> he rushed back as quickly as he could to his home in Anorien. When he got home, he rested for four days (whilst helping out on the farm) before setting off for the village of St. Raphael.<br />
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When he got there he found a crowd of people that was hanging around the gates of the church with nothing better to do.<br />
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`Oi, listen up every body!' <br />
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` `ere it's that ole Bill Featherstone. Wonder what `e up to?'<br />
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` Prolly `arpin on about his latest guide book o' `is. Loik anyone wants to go trampin' about in them forests getting sat upon by drop bears.'<br />
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General laughter from the rough crowd ensued.<br />
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`Now, don' you go laffin' at me. Oi've got sum terrible noos.'<br />
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` O, my my, terrible noos, that does sound bad.'<br />
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More laughter.<br />
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`You don' understand. There's a port up north. An' factries an' e'rythin'. Way up pas' Enbourne.'<br />
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`Up pas' Enbourne? I tell ya there's nowt up there but a load a trees.'<br />
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`Seriously. `m tellin' ya.'<br />
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`Roight Bob. `E sounds like he's serious. It's toime to get your `ome made explosives out. It looks loik we've got some work to do.'<br />
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And so they did. <br />
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What would happen to the industries, now that the pitchfork crowd had gained control?Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-69802991890993309172010-11-30T21:24:00.002-06:002010-11-30T22:17:22.158-06:00Entry 28: School's In<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAaY11Op8-T-N3osaQ0KXISRPevEdsa2OqI2ZhkklDXCDzv2aueupdJLBpjcSGOmuhCuY069dI2MGZV03KJWJH42uBTalFe5qwbXGdlZDhfwQvq0qccF_B0LAaL8-VcFbpxWPb7QcZQ/s1600/entry28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAaY11Op8-T-N3osaQ0KXISRPevEdsa2OqI2ZhkklDXCDzv2aueupdJLBpjcSGOmuhCuY069dI2MGZV03KJWJH42uBTalFe5qwbXGdlZDhfwQvq0qccF_B0LAaL8-VcFbpxWPb7QcZQ/s400/entry28.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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This is Broadoak. Broadoak was founded in the year 1914. It has grown a lot in that time. Today, it is a small riverside farming community.<br />
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This is Broadoak's school. It was built a year after the founding of the village to keep the young 'uns occupied during the day. Unfortunately, it has only one classroom and can no longer support the educational needs of the village. Not only are there more students to teach, they are starting to need more than primary education.<br />
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</div>It was decided that a new, larger school be built to accommodate the needs of the village. This school had to be much larger than the original one. Given the build time, it was decided that the new school should be on a different site to the old one, so that the students could continue being taught while the building was taking place. A site was chosen on a radial road near the centre of the village.<br />
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This is Bill Featherstone. He's the Oak River region's premier hiker and cartographer.<br />
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He's been travelling the region for years, charted hills and dales, mountains and valleys. He's sailed to islands to view lonely beaches and converse with stranded whales.<br />
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Let's join him on his latest journey, heading north from the village of Cakebread, the edge of known civilisation.<br />
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He starts out from the farm tended by his son, Geoff.<br />
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He travels through distant forests.<br />
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</div>He boldly goes where no man has gone before. Except they have... What's this road doing here?<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There was only one thing left for Bill to do. He had to get back to Oak River and inform everyone else.</div>Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-85042555468113194262010-11-03T15:28:00.000-05:002010-11-03T15:28:22.257-05:00A ploppable problemI'm attempting to introduce some streams to my region. The problem with this is that it is difficult. There are three main types to choose from. The large surface water set of Jeronij and the stream and pond sets of Pegasus and Diggis. Manipulating the terrain to make the streams look nice is hard work and I'm trying to fit this around filling out applications which is taking most of my spare time.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-91203001211531456962010-10-21T09:45:00.000-05:002010-10-21T09:45:47.547-05:00Oak River page updatedI've updated the <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/p/oak-river.html">Oak Rive page</a>. It was quite out of date. I've now included all entries in the list and have updated the satellite and transport maps of the main area.<br />
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I've also updated the pop and wealth stats to 1925. Dart River has slipped down the list in population terms behind Anduin and Sarah's Cove. However, it still remains the industrial powerhouse with more industrial jobs than any other city. It's this industry that causes it to be the richest city. The high tax income and low expenditure mean that they are making money quickly, though as services come in the differential will decrease.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-27027813441763327102010-10-20T20:15:00.002-05:002010-10-20T21:35:34.438-05:00Entry 26: What have you done for me lately?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogZY-5FCcaYiFEWxOheKM1-boVMaMpeolItagIvua_bOXDde5CLb72CGM4tfdPuPRXfnFMNT1UsEMC6zG5tZzpPTMF1yN8niLIVhYfjEnfdimjTwNhxY9cXuynEcTEkqyh1YRKf5NUw/s1600/entry26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiogZY-5FCcaYiFEWxOheKM1-boVMaMpeolItagIvua_bOXDde5CLb72CGM4tfdPuPRXfnFMNT1UsEMC6zG5tZzpPTMF1yN8niLIVhYfjEnfdimjTwNhxY9cXuynEcTEkqyh1YRKf5NUw/s400/entry26.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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It's been 25 Game Years since the region started. In that time, since the first settler, the population grew to 39,790. Farming and industry have taken off. Mines have been found and trees have been chopped.<br />
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Let's have a look at how it's grown.<br />
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The first image is of the whole region in 1905. You can't see much, but it gives the whole context.<br />
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Now we zoom in to a close up of 1907. In the first 7 years the region only grew to 627 people, and the villages are small and relatively isolated and surrounded by the forbidding forest. The first small industry appears on the banks of the Dart River.<br />
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By 1915 the farms had started to spread and shipping had become an industry, leading to the founding of new port villages.<br />
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By 1920 the first railway line had been built.<br />
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Finally, by 1926 farming has expanded so rapidly, that cornfields were more common than trees in some areas.<br />
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It was not just the settlers of the Oak River region that were interested in the land. Various big foreign businesses, and business minded individuals (who were also inclined to be big) had heard of the promise of the land. There were jewels to be had, great big pearls and lumps of gold just sitting by the road. This may or may not be true, but what was certainly true was the fact that there are a lot of trees. And trees mean lumber. And lumber means big profits.<br />
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So it was that Woody Woodson set up his logging company. The original inhabitants of Oak River were not even aware of the operation.<br />
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He built a small docks, and houses for his workers. The docks were temporary and to be used for immediate dispatch. The plan was to set up a road to the main coast and build a substantial docks there, but this would take time.<br />
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They utilised the <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/2010/03/entry-11-ive-got-brand-new-steam.html">steam donkey technology</a>, though they had planned on trying to get or invent better technologies.<br />
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The massive swathes of oak that covered the region were not of great interest to Woody. He was after the pines and other rare trees because that wood was selling for great profit.<br />
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The question is would Woody Woodson's wood company grow to great heights or would it be felled in its prime?Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-5871254210061536972010-09-20T18:43:00.000-05:002010-09-20T18:43:44.148-05:00Entry 24: Bringing home the Bacon<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FjB5uQlzjX3gtBLjFIuRvu2EhaKLNRQzHktZIbFHOrR00s3FM67KNjycmg0UMe5UVCTKbFsVjHtBaMSTvkyJFLBHWoSwt4yFa94en85cV74mAKCekxU3pPo69zA4UyKISoUZGkrI9A/s1600/entry24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9FjB5uQlzjX3gtBLjFIuRvu2EhaKLNRQzHktZIbFHOrR00s3FM67KNjycmg0UMe5UVCTKbFsVjHtBaMSTvkyJFLBHWoSwt4yFa94en85cV74mAKCekxU3pPo69zA4UyKISoUZGkrI9A/s400/entry24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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The villagers of Revis Island and Revisham, with their organised grid system, were by far the most successful farmers in the whole region. Their produce was shipped to the mainland as well as being consumed nearer to home.<br />
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The villagers were pleased with their productivity but wanted a better way to showcase and sell their wares. Jim Snouter, one of the local pig farmers, in particular wanted to display joints of ham alongside his neighbour's turnips, hoping to attract new customers who could have the convenience of purchasing different types of food in one place - albeit from different vendors.<br />
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A site was chosen between the villages, allowing relatively easy access for each farmer. Next to the market, opportunistic businesses sprung up. A garage to repair the tractors and a Battery Hut to provide, ostensibly, batteries. Actually the Battery Hut just a cover for a gambling syndicate. Why they need a cover is up for debate. It's not like there are laws prohibiting gambling or police to enforce them.<br />
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`JEEVES! Jeeves. Where are you?'<br />
`I'm here Lord Martlebury.'<br />
`Jolly good. Get me a Revis Island Iced Tea please.'<br />
`Certainly, my lord.'<br />
`You know Jeeves, it really isn't boffo that I'm the only rich person in the region.'<br />
`If you say so, my lord.'<br />
`I jolly well do. It's so hard being surrounded by the common people.'<br />
`I think I'll just give your drink an extra something, my lord.'<br />
`If you must. That's the problem of owning this business. It makes me a lot of money but there's no one to share it with. I do miss society.'<br />
`You could share it with your neighbours, my lord.'<br />
`What an absurd suggestion Jeeves. We already make sure the grass around our properity is wonderfully fertilised. Even by the dusty streets. What more do they want? Paved streets for those awful bright blue cars that they drive?'<br />
'Here you are my lord.'<br />
'GAK! What did you put in it Jeeves?'<br />
'Just a little extra somehing. Drink up, my Lord.'<br />
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Want to know the solution to the problem of the mystery resources? Of course you do! Unbeknownst to most people but known to <a class="postlink" href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/2010/08/secret-machinations.html">Mr Magnusson</a>, a mining operation had been set up far to the north west of Dartacre. In fact, the mine was nestled in the mountains near a large lake. In 1920, a mining company, without any permissions from the fledgling and almost powerless authorities, set up its operations.<br />
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Renee and Edith Despard, who were keen bridge players, found coal and other precious resources in the hills. <br />
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They were able to set up a mining operation to extract the minerals. However, in order to work successfully they needed workers. They were a long way away from any settlements and so had to provide the housing for the workers.<br />
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Faraway was initially a small town but it grew as rapidly as the extractions from the mine. In 5 years, this small settlement far beyond Lake Despard (as it was now called) had grown in to a populous, but rather dusty, smelly and boring town.<br />
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As the years and months wore on, industry was booming. Gradually, the industry was changing from small operations to increasingly large. <br />
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These large factories of J.B. Magnusson and Son (where they make other factories - the question is if they're the factory that makes factories then which was the factory that made this factory?)<br />
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This was unremarkable until it was remarked by one thinking resident "but where do they get their resources from?"<br />
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Where indeed?Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-28843402761248915802010-07-17T23:32:00.001-05:002010-07-17T23:32:39.425-05:00Simcity Community MagazineOne of the many SC fansites is <a href="http://sccommunity.co.cc/index.php">Simcity Community</a>. They publish a magazine of various articles, about City Journals, custom content and websites. My Network Widening Mod review from CSGdescussions was published there.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-6084905610476110202010-07-17T23:29:00.000-05:002010-07-17T23:29:14.568-05:00Custom Content ReviewsI've got a couple of custom content reviews out.<br />
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The first is on the <a href="http://www.csgdesign.com.au/blog/review-network-widening-mod/">Network Widening Mod</a> and the second is on CSGdesign's <a href="http://www.csgdesign.com.au/blog/review-csgdesigns-basic-ferry-pontoon/">Basic Ferry Pontoon</a>.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-16739270391854823542010-07-07T23:08:00.000-05:002010-07-07T23:08:23.793-05:00Entry 19: Fighting Fire with, er, Water<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmDaA4iFoPG3y5GGpYHctsuMv3VOunnKKQGRXi5g1TdyxLc-KJ1vZV8g9WdB-V6jZU2uZuWBjev9gEZbT2RtFbOG50IoEpH4ygPlvnZfzC7btj_l7m_IkopbMtP3XI2pf8o7VzW1d8g/s1600/entry19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxmDaA4iFoPG3y5GGpYHctsuMv3VOunnKKQGRXi5g1TdyxLc-KJ1vZV8g9WdB-V6jZU2uZuWBjev9gEZbT2RtFbOG50IoEpH4ygPlvnZfzC7btj_l7m_IkopbMtP3XI2pf8o7VzW1d8g/s400/entry19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
After having installed the water pipes for the thirsty residents, the village of Dartacre could get on with pitting in place what had been planned all along - a fire station.<br />
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When Dartacre was a small village, people used to put out fires by stamping on them, filling buckets from the river, or catching themselves alight and rolling around in a carpet.<br />
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Many years have passed since then and the village has a number of very flamamble industries not to mention homes and fields. A major disaster was just one careless cigarette away.<br />
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A fire station was erected on the edge of Dartacre so to cover both villages of Dartacre and Dart River.<br />
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Residents were able to relax in peace, knowing full well that any careless mistake would be dealt with by the volunteer firemen and women and that they would no longer have to roll in their Axminsters, except for fun, of course.<br />
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The inhabitants of Revis Island are a pragmatic bunch.<br />
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The northern end of Revis Island is a farming region and in order to make the most use of the narrow stretch of land they had to find some way of organising their plots of land. <br />
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It was Morten Andersen, one of the original farmers, who came up with the idea of a grid system. A system completely unknown in any other part of the Oak River region. <br />
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Morten, a pumpkin farmer, who was 48-years old at the time, was looking at his stone-worked kitchen floor one day and noticed how pleasing the rectangular shapes were to look at and how well they fitted together.<br />
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The following day when the new settlers on the island were dividing up the land, he suggested the radical approach. His grid was greeted as innovative by some, but was not welcomed with universal acclaim. As settlers in a new land, the people had shaken off the rigidity of the rules and regulations of their former homes. This new grid reminded them of such rigidity and yet they could not deny how useful this system would be.<br />
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Eventually they settled on a compromise. They would keep the grid system but it would not be completely rigid. Each farmer could take a parcel of land as long as it was rectangular, but they could be of varying sizes.<br />
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Every Sunday morning, faithful citizens in the Oak River region meet at the Church of St. Raphael. Every Sunday morning they read the hymns and readings from printed sheets of paper and every Sunday morning they throw the pieces of paper in the bin. Apparently, the doctrine of stewardship hasn't quite made it to this church.<br />
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Unfortunately, there was no-one to empty the bins and so the local area became strewn with litter and what was once a desirable place to live became infested with rats, ants, cockroaches and other unwelcome neighbours.<br />
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Since this was not the only place in the area to have rubbish problems the council decided to do something about it. The council members were not very imaginative however and decided that the best solution would be to move it away from civilization. The only suitable place was in an area of `The Hand ', a region shaped a bit like a pointing hand. A landfill was constructed and soon started to fill up.<br />
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This was clearly only a temporary measure, so the council better start thinking of new ways to deal with the unwanted side-affects of daily life.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-50582373519166076802010-05-15T18:41:00.000-05:002010-05-15T18:41:39.122-05:00Entry 16: Will you start the taps, please.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5XnDd9CSAXTjYR294UxbynuEk9RaWZbfZTaduJESuSDCGofopGGzqhWmSohcSfqULh3yLGWKMMsnRtyKqXTSBw3wk4gN9efY7An9oExlL67OxVOcZyOlnhnA54xDxADrVD3ddEkmGQ/s1600/entry16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC5XnDd9CSAXTjYR294UxbynuEk9RaWZbfZTaduJESuSDCGofopGGzqhWmSohcSfqULh3yLGWKMMsnRtyKqXTSBw3wk4gN9efY7An9oExlL67OxVOcZyOlnhnA54xDxADrVD3ddEkmGQ/s400/entry16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Despite being separated politically into Townships, the individual villages still had some degree of autonomy.<br />
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Early in 1921, local councillors in Dartacre were pondering fire protection. Up until now, residents put out fires using bucket chains from the river. As the village grew, the fire risk became greater and so the local council decided to think about investing in a fire service. Unfortunately they discovered that fighting fires would be impossible without water.<br />
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They discussed all this with the other villages within the townships, but the cost was too much for the others. As a larger settlement however, Dartacre was able to raise the extra revenue to build a water distribution service that would only encompass itself.<br />
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Dartacre's groundwater was heavily polluted however from agricultural chemicals and so they had to build the pumping station out of town. <br />
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And so it was, in the Summer of 1920 that Jim Steinbach finally completed <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/2010/04/entry-13-making-tracks.html">his railway</a> at almost ruinous cost. The route stretched from Dart River to Sarah's Cove and primarily conveyed freight. Unfortunately, due to the enormous cost of the project his services weren't that cheap, but they were cheap enough for large businesses to transport bulky goods.<br />
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For smaller businesses the railway was not yet cheap enough to use, so they had to stick with Bob Ribblesand's <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/2010/03/entry-9-its-good-shipping-goods.html">barge company</a>. Luckily for them though, Mr Ribblesand had lost all of the large business and was forced to reduce his prices to encourage the smaller businesses to use his services more.<br />
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Jim Steinbach's railway operated this type of steam train for both freight and passengers. It was a Norman B20.<br />
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The picture of the train was taken during testing before they decided on a right hand drive for the tracks. Below is the train in action.<br />
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Let's take a look over the new track. It starts out at Dart River where there are separate passenger and freight terminals before a short trip to Dartacre.<br />
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I decided to start new industries with unscrupulous corporations tearing up the landscape. The forestry industry was easy, but I also wanted mining and something else.<br />
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The mines are hard to find. I'm going to stick with the Newman mine v3 I reviewed just because it's in my plugins already. A was not satisfied with the other mines I found. One was a 1x1 ploppable with 9 overhang tiles. One was growable! (I don't want mines randomly growing in my city). One needed a coal power plant to be able to plop (For me, the mine would have to come first) and Pegasus' Mine played a song for about a minute if you clicked on it.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-69448106842096983472010-04-25T15:49:00.000-05:002010-04-25T15:49:24.857-05:00Oak River page updatedI've been lax updating <a href="http://synoecism.blogspot.com/p/oak-river.html">this page</a>.<br />
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I've included the latest three entries, and updated the top 10 lists. I've also updated the current game year and pop stats as well as the satellite and transport shots.Dr Philip Youngerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11085880116762880858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6660449454323008959.post-12786949070423535792010-04-24T23:04:00.000-05:002010-04-24T23:04:11.671-05:00State of play - 1920<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfxaPaLAiLMckVaySW0Xjmp0l-v_OKw8EJ4lZAaB3qFiKXTMFno72ByqJcU1QSI0Kw-y0YCm64bMom_kIl2L9Ru_rKFtOljlCbCT031uc8W1SebXV8L8M-hkBht5pCEA0HBAh4kQGwg/s1600/stats-1920-pop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikfxaPaLAiLMckVaySW0Xjmp0l-v_OKw8EJ4lZAaB3qFiKXTMFno72ByqJcU1QSI0Kw-y0YCm64bMom_kIl2L9Ru_rKFtOljlCbCT031uc8W1SebXV8L8M-hkBht5pCEA0HBAh4kQGwg/s400/stats-1920-pop.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>It's now 1920. Above is the population change. Below is the wealth change. Full stats are available. I'm just waiting to find a good way of pasting them in.<br />
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And so it was, that due to the will of the people, that the spare tax money was spent on setting up schools. Unfortunately, schools could not be set up everywhere. Whilst cash was plentiful, teachers were not. Luckily for everyone there were some members of society who had received some schooling before coming across the ocean. They were now in their early 50s. They were selected to be the teachers for the time being.<br />
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The council found a map of the Township. They only have enough teachers for two small schools. They decided to place them in Westfield (in the NW) and North Oak River (NE) since they had the highest concentration of houses.<br />
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They selected sites and the built the schools. The first bewildered pupils started learning the alphabet soon after. At night the schools were open as adult education centres, further enhancing the overall education of the community as well as being used to train more teachers. The picture below is of Westfield Primary School.<br />
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Sheila Burnham, like many other business owners in the Dart River Industrial area, had a problem. Sheila had a problem shifting goods. Sheila owned a company that made small bolts. She had some business in the Oak River area but most of the goods went over seas.<br />
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Originally, the bolts were transported by road to Sarah's Cove, but that took a long time, and the road was unreliable. Sometimes the cargo and drivers would go missing without a trace. When Bob Ribblesand first starting shipping goods by barge to Dartmouth all was well. The service was cheap and efficient and no goods ever went missing.<br />
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Unfortunately for his customers he had no competition and so was able to ratchet up the price for his services. A box of bolts that sells abroad for $5 costs $4 to ship on the barge. That's not a lot of room for profit once other costs are taken into account.<br />
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Jim Steinbach knew of the problem and had an idea. He knew some people in the steam business and had an idea. He would transport goods quicker and cheaper than the barges and he would do so by train.<br />
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However, this was a big undertaking and required a lot of financial backing. Jim decided that speed was of the essence and planned on a line that ran from Dart River in the west through Dartacre and up to Sarah's Cove.<br />
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The local councils were reactionary. Since there was no other railway line, he knew that there were no railway laws and decided to use this to his advantage by planning an almost straight route without diverting via Oak River.<br />
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Part of the plan was to build a little community by the source of the River Folsense. They would collect rent from the people who lived there, thus supplementing the railway income.<br />
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Work started in earnest in Dart River where the ground was quite flat. Trees were torn down and the ground smoothed and a rough track was laid out.<br />
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Passenger stations at Dart River and Dartacre were constructed as well as a freight station in Dart River.<br />
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