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PAGE TWO THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1929 oC) * 'The Whitby Daily Times Advertising, subscriptions and news will be recei at the Whitby Office, Dundas Street, REPRESENTATIVE -- JAMES HOLDEN Abolition of Fees For Police Department Will Again be Deputy Reeve C. E. Bow- man Will Present By-law "to This Effect at the Next Town Council Meeting-- Is an Old Subject 'Whitby, April 3--A bylaw abolish- ing the fees of the local police de- partment will be presented for the 'consideration of the town council at its next regular meeting according {o a notice of motion made by Deputy Reeve C. E. Bowman last night De- puty Reeve Bowman's action occa- sioned no comment for it was known by members of council that he had this measure in view. : It will be recalled that in 1928 the deputy reeve, who was then a coun- cil man, attempted to have police fees abolished on the ground that the fee system was antiquated and was not in use-in the majority of municipali- ties; He also argued that the system wes a trouble maker. Although sup- |. ported by two other members the majority of the council lead by. cx- Reeve Jackson and Councillor Prin- gle opposed the measure on the ground that the police department was doing excellent work -and that interference was not justified. The matter came up for discussion sev- eral times last year and occasioned much debate. Put to Council WHAT COUNCIL DID! Received notice from Deputy Reeve Bowman that he would introduce a bylaw at a subsequent meeting to abolish the fees of the Police De- partment, . Passed a by-law confirming an agreement with the Ontario Ladies' College allowing fixed assessment of $6,000 on college property for term of five years, Decided to not install a fire alarm system this year. COUNCIL DECIDES 10 NOT INSTAL A FIRE ALARM SYSTEM Had Been Recommended by Underwriters' As- sociation (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 3.--Due to the demands upon the civic purse the town council will not instal a fire alarm system here this year as recommended in the report of the Canadian Fire Underwriters' As- sociation. Councillor Wm, David- son, chairman of the fire and light committee, reported at the regular council meeting last night that his committee had given the matter adequate consideration but deemed that the expenditure was not justified this year. The report was adopted upon motion of Coun- cillor Davidson seconded by Dep- uty Reeve Bowman. The town property committee, through its chairman Councillor J. H. Ormiston, reported that a separate telephone had been in- stalled in the Chief Gunson's of- fice and that the police number was "123" the same as that which is used in practically every other town in Ontario. The committee recommended that a request of the Bell Telephone Co. to prune trees interfering with their wires be granted and that the engineer be allowed to appoint someone to in spect this work. The committee also urged that the necessity of installing new cooking apparatus in the town hall kitchen be consid- ered in the estimates for the year. Councillor Wm. Pringle report- ed for the finance committee and accounts totalling $413,27 were passed. The were charged as fol- lows, finance $125.74; streets $148.79; fire and light, $72.75; town ' property, $20.11; relief $37.93; Chamber of Commerce, $7.95. WHITBY PERSONALS Mr. and Mrs. Alex Wilson, of Port Credit, spent the week end vis- iting at the home of the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A, Wilson, Brock street south, Mr, Ford Lindsay, of Knox Col- lege, Toronto, spent the week end visiting at the home of his parents, Rev. John Lindsay and Mrs. Lindsay, College street. HEAVY SENTENCE FOR THEFTS FROM SERVICE STATION Two Toronto Men Will Serve Three Years in Penitentiary THIRD GETS 6 MONTHS Trio Had Entered Foley's Service Station, Dundas Street (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April' 3.--Charles Brown and Edward Brosnen, of Toronto, were sentenced to three years in the Kingston penitentiary and Alfred Brosnen, also of Toronto, was sen- tenced to six months in the Ontario Reformatory when the trio was con- |' victed by Magistrate J. Willis on a charge of breaking and entering Fo- ley's refreshment booth, Dundas street east, in local police court yes- terday, The evidence in the case was heard last Thursday and the men were evidently surprised when His Worship passed sentence, Magistrate Willis pointed out that the evidence given the court was sufficient to in- dict the three on the charge of rob- bery. He also stated that Brown and Edward Brosnen had criminal rec- ords against them. With regard to Alfred Brosnen, His Worship took into account that he was not yet of age and that he had no previous record He therefore, desired to show len- iency. It will be recalled that Foley's ser- vice station was entered on the night of Saturday, March 16, and a quanti- ty of cigarettes, valued at $25 Was stolen, Chief H. Gunson and Provin- cial Constable Thos. Mitchell receiv- ed notification of the robbery from Frank Foley, the proprietor, on the following morning. 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FIX ASSESSMENT LADIES' COLLEGE GIVES ASSESSMENT OF $6,000 FOR FIVE YEAR PERIOD Chief of Police Gunson's Monthly Report is Presented (By Staff Reporter) Whitby, April 3.--A bylaw empowering the mayor and clerk to enter into wriiten agreement with the Ontario Ladies' College allowing the college a fixed assess- ment of $6,000 for five years on a portion of property was ratified by the town council last night. Under the terms of the measure the college will pay approximately the same amount of taxes as it has in the past. In supporting the bylaw Reeve J. M. Kenny and Councillor Wm. Pringle explained that as the property to be assessed at $6,000 was used for the upkeep of the school it might really be exempt {rom taxation. The Court of Revi- sion had considered the agreement reasonable and it had also met with the approval of the school authorities. The report of Chief H. Gunson for the month of March showed that 35 cases had been prosecuted as follows, Highway Traffic Act, 24; Government Control Act, 2; Town Bylaws, 2; Criminal Code, 6. Convictions were secured as fol- jJows, H. T .A., 14; G. C. A. 2: Town Bylaw, 2; Criminal Code, 65. There were four imprisonments made under the Criminal Code while fines received totalled $107. County Old Girls' Association ask- ing for the use of the town hall on the nights of April 10 and April 11 was granted. The council took into consideration the fact that the -Association has on many oc- casions made improvements to the auditorium out of its own funds. A similar request from the Whitby Citizens' Band was also granted. Reeve Kenny pointed out that the band was a public organization and worthy of support. The coun- cil granted a request from the dramatic society of St. Bernard's Separate School for the use of the hall for one night at a minimum Those present at last night's meeting included Mayor L. W. uty Reeve C. E. Bowman, Council- lors Wm. Pringle, Robert Deverell,, J. H, Ormiston, Chas. 'Broughton and Wm. Davidson. SUBMITS PLAN FOR ATLANTIC PHONE German Professor Tells Pos- sibility of Berlin; America Cable -- Berlin, April 3.--A plan of lay- ing a telephone cable between Ger- many and North and South Amer- ica said to have been impracticable hitherto, was submitted recently to the Prussian Academy of Sci by Professor K. W. Wagner and Manager Heinrich Hertz of the In- stitute for Vibration Research. A new invention by which the copper conductor is surrounded by a web of steel wire was said to be of giving as good hearing on an ocean cable as on an ordinary land telephone line. The new cable would also permit. television and could be used for telegraphing. Its cost would be 'double that of the ordinary cable. Professor Wagner believed that the best route for the cable to North American would be by way {{the horticultural societ; RIGHT OF WAY FOR LAKEVIEW GARDENS BRIDGE OFFERED (Continued from page 3) place a street light at Gordon and Simcoe streets. Will Care For Memorial Acting upon the offer of the Canadian Legion, made at the last meeting of the council, to care for the war memorial, the Garden of the Unforgotten, during this sum- | mer, the council decided to. accept the offer. It was understood that would not carry on the work this year. . A tender of the Pedlar Feople, Limited, for supplying steel lock~ ers for the fire department at $189 wag accepted, the only other tend- er, that of the Office Specialty Com- pany, having been $315. The ten- der of the Luke Furniture Com- pany for supplying eight beds for the fire department at a price of $14.95 each, total $119.60, was ac- cepted, no other tenders having been received. Footbridge over Creek In an informal report of pro- gress, made by Alderman R. D. Preston, chairman of the Board of Works, he stated that G. D. Con- ant had offered to give a right-of- '| way 33 feet away over some pro- rerty in Cedardale necessary to place a footbridge across Oshawa Creek to Lakeview Gardens, the right-of-way being -exempt from as- sessment or improvements, This considerably facilitates the placing of a footbridge at this point and the Board of Works is proceeding further in the matter, A number of clerks in dry goods stores in the city sent a "round robin" asking for a half holiday Wednesday gfternoon the year around, as enjoyed by grocers and some other merchants. The coun- cil could not take any action, how- ever, until the correct procedure had heen followed. This procedure, it was pointed out, was for the clerks to lay their request before thee mployers, and on application by the merchants themselves, the council would authorize the half holiday as requested. The letter was passed on to the Industrial Commissioner. Alderman Carnell asked how fit happened the city engineer was al- lowed to be out of the city. The Chairman of the Board of Works, Alderman Preston, said that he had asked for ten days' leave of absence and that it had been granted. Lake Bridge On motion of Aldermen Harman and . E. Jackson, the Board of Works was requested to look after repairs to the Lake Bridge which suffered damage during a recent flood. v A letter from the Ontario Muni- cipal Association regarding the Old Age Pension Bill was received and tiled, no discussion ensuing as it was pointed out that the bill had already passed. An application of Nick Powlenchuk for the transfer of Mr. Petrowski's pool room lice ense to himself, was referred to the general purpose committee and a letter from the Imperial Varnish and Color Company, endeavoring to sell the council all the paint an varnish necessary for repainting municipal buildings, was referred tothe property committee. The council accepted an invita- tion to attend the official launching of the new Williams motor boats at Whitby Harbor on Saturday after- noon, April 6, at two o'clock. The whole council will attend. A letter from A. W. Brown ask- ing for the extension of the pave- ment on Mill and Cubert streets, wag referred to the board of works, Communications from H. I. Bab- cock, asking for a sidewalk and pavement on Midland avenue, from H. J. Spanton for pavement and sidewalks on Punshon avenue, from Warren avenue to Park road, and a number of local improvement pe- titions were referred to the same committee. WILL NOT ALLOW SERVICE STATION ON KING STREET E. (Continued from page 3) definitely that he believed that a gas station lowered the residential value of property in the vicinity and assured the delegation that the council would . deal with the matter in a fair manner. ' As soon as the committee's re- port was presented, the council, went into committee of the whole on motion of Alderman R. D. Preston. Aldermen A. S. McLeese and F. J. Perry moved that the clause recommending the raising of the restrictions be struck out. Answering a question, Alderman G. Hart said that an examination of the petition of the 37 men had shown that they were all rate- payers, nearly all of them being residents of the immediate district in question. On the other hand, only one of the four signing the other petition was listed on the assessment roll of the city. Station on Corner Alderman D. Douglas moved an amendment that the clause be referred back to 'the committee. Alderman W. Boddy, vice-chairman of the city property committee, said that the chief reason that the committee had decided in favor of allowing a gas station on this corner, was that, on the opposite corner in East Whitby township, there was already a service sta- tion, and the corner in question was thus made more of a busi- ness corner than a residential site. Mayor Mitchell said that the people who had established homes there were what made this corner valdable as a business site,' and the dents should be considered. They had bought houses in the district, believing it to be a resi- dential section, and it was up to of Lisbon, the Azores, St. John's, Nfld., and the Strait of Canso, the City council to look after their .! interests and see that their homes were not made to depreciate in value, The situation as it now stood gave motorists coming in from the east a good impression of the city, with a fine group of residences on King street east, said Alderman Preston. There were no service station inside the city until one got well inside the city limits, and the situation should be allowed to remain this way, he thought. Be- cause East Whitby allowed a ser- vice station on the opposite cor- ner was no reason why Oshawa should fall into the same error. Keep Faith With People Alderman G. Hart said that the council must consider that in Sep- tember, 1927, at the request of the ratepayers of the district, King street east was made a resi- dential district. This was confirm- ed by the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board, and under the assurance of this by-law, many pBople had bought property and built homes there. The council must either keep faith with these people now, or break it, he said. On the division, Aldermen Douglas, Carnell, Harman and Mason voted to refer the question back to the ' committee, while Aldermen P. A, Macdonald, BE. , | Jackson, P. McDonald, Perry, Mec- Leese, Disney, Preston and Mayor Mitchell voted to strike out the clause of the .committee's report, and to not lift the residential re- strictions. The decision was re- ceived with prolonged applause by the delegation. ADVISE SETTING UP OF JUVENILE COURT VOTE ON FIRE HALL (Continued from page 1) home, and this was the only pro- per institution to make the deten- tion home, he gaid. Salary Question The question of salaries was raised by Alderman Preston. Al- derman Hart said that the salaries were not set yet. The council in itself could not make the appoint- ment but could simply make a re- commendation to the attorney-gen- eral, who made the official appoint- ment. Alderman McLeese said it hadn't been given enough consideration, while Alderman Carnell supported the committee's report. On the division, the motion carried and the clause was referred back. The other clause of the report officially designating the Children's Shelter on King street west, as "the Children's Shelter for the City of Oshawa," carried. Although it has been in use for some time, t Shelter has never been officially designated by the city. Fire Hall Question The matter of the new fire hall and police office came up in the re- port of the fire protection and city property committee, which recom- mended "that a by-law be submits ted to the ratepayers for the erec- tion of a fire and police building at an approximate cost of $130,000 d | the building to be erected on Met- calf street." On motion of Alderman R. D. Preston and A. S. McLeese, the clause was referred back to the committee for further considera- tion, at a special meeting of the whole council in committee. Ald- erman Boddy, vice-chairman of the reminded the council that it was further holding up the question which had been under discussion for many months, It was intended to build the station facing on Met- calf street instead of on Bagot St., and to also build the city hall on the city property there, in a diffeg- ent location from the original plan. The clause was referred back with- out further discussion, The special committee on the purchase of the hydro electric and gas systems recommended also that a vote be taken on the matter at the earliest possible date, stating that it, would seem advisable to purchase the plant. The commit- tee's report, in full, was: "Your committee has fully and carefully considered the matter of the purchase of the hydro and gas systems, and have reviewed all the available information relating = thereto including the report on the gas plant by A. E. Forstall, Tak everything into consideration, you committee believes that it fs in best interests of the City of - awa that these systems be purchas- ed from the Hydro Electric Power Commission of Ontario at the : price of $620,000.00, adjusted as November 1st, 1928, " "We further recommend that the purchase of these systems be su mitted to the ratepayers of Osh= awa, as required by law, at the earliest possible date, and that for that purpose all necessary agree- ments, bylaws, and other 4doeu- ments be prepared and all proper adjustments made. ; "We further recommend that your committee be given power to complete negotiations with the Hy- dro Electric Power Commission of Ontario and to have the necessary documents and bylaws prepared for submission to this council at a lat~ er date." Recommend Purchase In presenting the report, Alder- man Preston, chairman of the spe- cial committee, sald that, while there were still some details to be arranged in connection with the purchase, his committee considerec that the negotiations were now far enough advanced that a definite re- commendation could be made. He remarked that there did not seem to be any alternative to submitting - both the electric and gas systems to the people together, under one question, as there did not seem to be any way of segregating thea when taking the vote. Alderman Disney and Harman moved to have the matter discussed in a committee of the whole coun- cil, and the motion finally carried. Alderman Boddy said that the council could talk all night and be no further ahead on the matte.. The committee had battled with tho question for three months, and in any case the council would have ample time to discuss it when the bylaw was presented for first and second reading. Information Wanted Alderman McLeese: "It is neces- sary for the people to have infor- mation on the question in as con- densed form as possible, and I think the council too should have more information on it. If we are going to take a vote on it, we should buy space in the newspapers if necessary, to put it before the public." Alderman Boddy: "If the alder- man had read the newspapers, he would have seen that The Oshawa Daily Times has been carrying tui detailed reports on the questivwe giving information to the public. It is unnecessary for the council, to sit a whole night to obtain in- formation on fit." " There was no other opposition to the motion, and the council refers - ed back the report to be considered' by the council sitting in committee' of the whole at a special meeting.' Hold Special Meeting . On motion of Aldermen Carnell. committee, concurred, although he and R. McDonald, it was decided to hold a special meeting of the coun- cil in committee of the whole to, consider not only the questions con- tained in the committee reports, but also the whole matter of capi- ta lexpenditures for the city. . Al- derman Carnell said that the capi- tal expenditures of the city should" be budgeted over a longer period" than one year. ; Alderman Hart concurred with the motion, saying that the coun< cil was not considering its resposs sibilities seriously enough. There was a possibility that at any time the Provincial Government might demand that the sewage dis plant be proceeded with at once, and he thought thatt his should be seriously considered when the capi- tal expenditures were being dis- cussed. The chairman of the finance, committee, Alderman P. A. 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