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She Oshawa Times THIRD SECTION VOL. 88 -- NO. 49 OSHAWA-WHITBY, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1959 Laud PUC Record On Long Service City's Lighting System One Of Ontario's Finest Once known as the worst-light-|watt hours consumed per month|city until the Oshawa Public Util ed city in the province, Oshawa |per domestic customer in 1930|ities Commission was constituted. 3 Auxiliary is now on an electrical par with|was 84 -- in 1957 the figure was| Plagued annually by typhoid the best. 'Public water lies |539. Ci cial cust s' con-|fever, Oshawa, in 1903, decided ' i sh. | have also kept apace of the city's(sumption went up from 360 to|to instal a waterworks and a Rig > Notes 3 Asiiany ol Osh growth until they are mow virtu-|1608, Power increased from 8868|sewer system. There was divided the less-publicized - organizations ally unlimited. Jt is a story that|hours to 47,747 hours. opinion on the source of the connected with the hospital, yet|had its fumbling beginnings back| The cost to commercial and|water, some favoring Lake On- the group came into being four in 1887 and 1903 and proceeded [power customers also decreased |tario, others springs to the north years bef the first hospital with ever - growing confidence,|-- by 1.21 cents in one case and|of the city. A plebiscite in Jane b 39 ore with those responsible alive to|by 0.80 cents in the other. vary, 1904, resulted in an over. ae . the auxiliary was the the needs of their day but always erspyen IN 1887 whelming vote for Lake Ontario. keeping one eye on the future. |" : A board of water commission. founder of Oshawa General Hos- Oshawa's electric light system oy pital. GROWTH OF SERVICE was organized in ee E. s.|ers, comprising five mepibers; In 1906, the late Mrs. R. S. Mc-| The story is also something of Edmondson, J. L. Guy and L. K.(Wa$ SA iNed aud ov sion Laughlin called a meeting of (a paradox in view of ever-rising|Merton as an arc light system Yas : e or AN alerwor 3 oe women from every women's or-(prices, While service and effici-| with the plant located on Oshawa|'®™ at a Mi of $55 oi ganization in Oshawa, to seek alency have increased vastly, the(Creek. Part of the power was|%¢Werage system 000. worthy cause, which, she be-|price of hydro power has been|derived frm the creek, part from| Typhoid immediately ceased to lieved, could be attained by the reduced consistently through the steam. A flour mill was operated|be a threat to the community. United women of the town. A|years. Water costs, though, have in conjunction with the plant. The waterworks, along with vote was taken by the 60 women risen. | 'The are lights were used from|the electric system, was {aken who attended the meeting, and it| '15 1930 when the Public Utili- dark to midnight only -- except|0VeT by the PUC in 1930 when ifs Hospital funds to provide a hospital to was decided to attempt to raise|tjes Commission was set up the average cost per kilowatt hour to on moonlight nights. Fire destroyed the plant in value was $964,798. Today plant value is $6,020,056. Unlike hydro power, the cost of serve the community. domestic customers was 2.60(1892, but it was immediately re- . Early in 1907, the Women's cents. In 1957 it was only 0.83|built and shortly afterwards sold us vigen. Ju 1930 the sere. ? ' Auxiliary was formed, with little cents. to the Stark Electric Company of sents. It had nearly doubled fo . more than determination to work| The growth of Oshawa's hydro Toronto. 80 cents by 1958, 'The first 700 K . kl with, |distribution system can best be The S 1 1d i a WHERE HIGHWAY 401 INTERSECTS SIMCOE STREET SOUTH e Stark company later sold|cubic feet of water was charged (Photo by Ireland Studio) | ORIGINAL STAFF [reflected in the number of cus ui to the Seymour Power Com-|at 16% cents per 100 feet with hat en Through house - to - house can.|\OMerS and by other --statistics.| pany which "abandoned the old|the balance of 11 cents per 100 For Circulati | ; | t rr 3 A : Just over 6500 were on PUC lists| jane built a transmission 1i n e|feet in 1930. Rates today are 23% The contract vehicles average ap-| ton i to Jook to Sires lon contest winning car vaste by the Women, am Some in 1930. At the cose of last year|grom Trenton and erected the|cents per 100 feet for the first 1000 proximately 300 miles each a ¢ . there were 17,652. present substation on Prospect|feet and 17 cents per 100 feet for Oshawa and district and some| The carrier-boy program is set| street -- later Alma street --| : : The circulation department of culation of the paper revolves is os, ; ceive certificates' designating 5"! : | Street lights numbered 974 in|tric Power Commission was ap-|609,026,000 imperial gallons. Last The Oshawa Times is a vital cog/made up of three clerks and two honor boxes [Up is a manne: 48 ¥ Bich o- them as the outstanding carriers(With accommodation for 22 pa-\ye PUC"s first year. In 1958 pointed to operate them. year it was 2,213,621,000. There fn the overall operation of the|circulation representatives. The| During the past 10 years the Partme of the year, This event coincides|tients. here were 3528 of them with an| In 1929 the electric system waswere 5301 customers of all distributiébn necessary to the SUC-(,v's paper bills and other du-|corded. sess of the paper. [ties relative to the operation of . Manager of the circulation de-|the department. week. A major function of the depart-| Theatre parties are held two jlessinen, 310000 vas eealized fot Electric plant comparisons|street. The, company continued |the balance. Aside from ' newspaper-carrier ent is aiding in the development or three times a year for carriers|the hospital fund by the en Of|show that In 1930 the value was|operation until 1916 when, with| As with electricity, much more ) i of young boys in the community. and their helpers. Cash prizes and|1909. In 1910 the original two- $352.307 while at the end of last . the Ci distribution The Times is handled| i f by 63 # brick| ¥ i others including the City Gas|use is made of water today than through many retail outlets in TRAIN BOYS other awards are presented. Hutey 34 feet A oe He year it had reached the astrono-|Company, it was purchased by|it was 29 years ago. nce a year two carriers re. Pullding was erected on Helena pina) figure of $5,355,655. the province and the Hydro Elec-| Total pumpage for 1930 was : t paper. staff has grown from four to six circulation has grown from 9,717 boy to handle his own business. |i} ™™ ational" Newspaper Boy| On Saturday, August 13, 1910, increase of 1,093,950 watts. bought from the HEPC for $310.-|classes in 1830. In 1958 there . tely 350 persons, in-|\2 the past two years and is re-|to 16,300. The most-pronounced| The boys operate routes on the|Day each October. the new hospital was opened,| There were 84 miles of line in[000, but the commission con.|vere 14,006. Approximately perso boys |sponsible for keeping route re-growth has been in the last two|«jjttle merchant" plan through) The largest group of Times car-| With the building and all its1930: today there are 157 miles. |tinved to operate it for the ball PUC employes in 1930 number- Hiding again. Tor the gelling and|cOrds, answering complaints, years when increases of approxi-| which they buy papers whole-| iors is in Oshaws and numbers| equipment paid jor. teh The average number of kilo-'ance oft ne year in trust for theled 40. Today there are 158. * PD! |looking after payment of the mately 1200 a year were re- gale The igs. There are 33 in Whitby, 24| The original staff of the hospi-| and sell r x [system teaches carriers initia-|in. Bowmanville, 11 in Ajax, 10 in|tal consisted of six nurses under rtment is R. C. Wilson who In addition to local distribution, tive, salesmanship and the value Cobourg and nine in Port Hope,|Miss E. Newiame wpe, ° [the circulation department mails of saving since each carrier Is| other Times carriers deliver in|dent, a Mies ug -y, eed | un ou SS1S s been engaged in circulation| STAFF. GROWS {between 600 and 700 papers daily|required to pay his paper bill|port perry, Brooklin, M a ple| nurse. By 19 e first class ; | ; 4 i e en- : from the Oshawa Hospital | 0 to points throughout Canada and/by cheque. The carriers are en-|Grove Hampton, Prince Albert, |DUrses h | managerial work for 12 years. The delivery staff has grown to Int . ; d K bo: and run y .|school of nursing graduated, add- | Prior to coming to the Times in|include 316 boys and girls from (the United States with a few couraged to keep books Dunbarton, Myrtle, Tyrone, Cour-| g gi retail. | and|stock, Burketon, Manchester, Col, . H,, Pedlar, amounting to of ; The Times/partment will for a theatre p uffalo, [umbus, Raglan, Kinsale, Fairpol George A ton » or g while al hig deivercs in{much larger operation. The staff Montreal and other metropolitan Beach, Claremont, - Brougham, $10,000, provided the " i d | the Ped] | Wing. years. med will remain the same but equip- areas are events designed to be Greenwood, Newcastle, freskard, tof Mie Pedlas Surgical Wing at a even hope to attract new indus-|u those who draw upon the fund three i . "The staff around which the eir-|trucks and six contract vehicles.iment and methods of opera- both entertaining and educational Pontypool and Newtonville. [cost of $37,000. |try -- zoned industrial sites, serv-| Essentially, a "community fn-[like it. It showsewidespread sup- gf During the early "20s. marly ad. |iceS, good communications with|vestment fund provides industrial|port for the new venture, r raw material sources and mar- buildings -- and sometimes de-| Some people can't afford to buy | vances were made in the hospital. | , : : ; X-ray machines anaesthetic kets; an adequate labor pool are| velopment capital -- both to as- shares immediately. Lindsay : among them. [sist companies making a stdst in|overcame this by enlisting the [] : t ] He 9 Sqsbmen hinge A Yet sometimes even these may|@ new locality and as an expres-|support of the banks -- just as h | paratus was installed, much of not be enough. The lily may have|Sion of the community's good|interested in new business as |the machinery being donated. |t0 be gilded. Dozens of cities in|faith. Juyons ae oc With loaned | populati town Canada and the U.S. are accom-| Often, industries will locate in/money wi ch to buy shares. The atin of the had . It meant investors, paying bank | lishing this by practising a new|a community that has an invest-| doubled in the years between 1910|P 2 > | 4 interest on their loan, only broke " concept of industrial development ment fund without drawing on it. |and 1923. In the latter vear, G. W. Pt 0 Rus 4 | g even the first year but, thereafter, | Laughli -- the munit investment | i i land R. S. McLaughlin donated | community Ss | According to Lindsay Industrial made a profit. The shares Over 85 Years at 85 Simcoe St. N. Certain prer are neces-[slon. The 'example of" Tiiay he wider He "Spread. of stock sary before a community A can|which has had one 1956, willl among the community the better { ndonbtedly be i .| subscribers overseas. . [routes in a business-like '|tice, Frenchman's Bay, Liver-|ing three more nurses to the 1056 he was circulation manager|171 in 1956. The current num-| Su , » | staff, WwW : I of the Brantford Expositer for|ber includes 30 girl-carriers. | When The Times moves to its| As an incentive to carriers, pool, Taunton, Enniskillen, Black In, 1919, & gift from the Jate ' six and one-half years and assist- of the carriers pickinew location the, circulation de+| Times nsors Contests i | fund. Commissioner ' Ed May, 'The: Fai Hone Bag Ty Oshawa may establish such a|just like to know the a were used by the banks as secur- lity to 80 Patients od earning fund. Bs Srey er dis- (is sufficiently interested in them hy. In fessetce, it was a time | : + cussion by the Industrial commis- i ds for the hospital "General" status, . |and shows that interest by setting |up a fund." \ |$32,000 SUBSCRIBED YEAR AFTER YEAR {ave already planning yet another| Investment funds are set up as| Lindsay began calling for in- The completion of the two extension to the hospital: The size|Private corporations, generally|yestments in 1956 and finished | three-storey wings, one to the and location of.the next extension %ithout personal liability, with|early the next year. A town of |east and one to the west, gave have not yet been decided, but,|Share issues and dividends. 10,000 population, Lindsay sub- | the Iiding . Surin appear. with the continuous upward freuly PER CENT DIVIDEND scribed $32,000. |ance, wit € small originalin the costs of material and labor,| 1indsa , for instance, last year| 'This meant we had the ability rps, Tih yoft Is alow see fo be the mos announced Bbc dvi ES | . i ; | $ 4 "/dend on preferred stock costin uity moved 'in 1924, and a third storey | taken by the group of men follow- ($10 a ne and Sav per Ang where necessary," said Mr. May. |built over the origina: building, (lowing in the footstep: of the|dividend on common stock at $1] The fund, though, was not in- | with a flat roof. ; |courageous band of women who|each. One preferred share had to/tended to compete with normal Le oe lergtions, ade their dream oy a commun-\be bought with each common INVESTMENT FUND I s § -|ity hospital come true. share. (Continued on Page 22B) |creases enlarged the hospital. | The next major step in the pro- | gress of the Oshawa General Hos- | pital was a bequest of $138,675 by J. Albert Sykes, an Oshawa busi- |nessman. This bequest made pos {sible the commencement of the Sykes wing, completed in 1942 at la cost of $228,000 with the aid of public donations during a time of | war. The wing provided accom- modation for an additional 100 pa- tients, with pediatric and mater- nity facilities, a new kitchen, and' d Paint: p h a new admitting and emergency : mld $ H i i ior | rhang- ' lobby. We specialize in decorating . . . both interior and exterior Painting, Paperhang BY, ied VIL BH ing, Gyptex work and Color Scheming . . . Do-it-yourself or Let Our Expert Work- (tory of the hospital had its start in 1945, when the hospital re § : men do it for you! Free Estimates at No Obligation ! + ® DO-IT-YOURSELF RENTALS © $850,000. This preceded the mil-| : | lion-dollar appeal which was the 8 ® SPRAY GUNS ® PAPERHANGING KIT ® FLOOR SANDERS ® ELECTRIC PAINT | foundation of the huge, six-storey | + ® VIBRATOR SANDERS STRIPPER WALLPAPER STEAM ® LADDERS | addition which now constitutes| § [the greater part of the hospital. STRIPPER ® EXTENSION PLANKS BELT SANDERS ® DROP SHEETS The new wing provides an addi- + .. for 88 years servicing Oshawa and district with the latest ideals and mater- ials in home decorating and moderniza- tion, AE WALTER PATTE DEAN PATTE BOB PATTE There's A-- DELIVERY ON YOUR STREET EVERY DAY Call Us For Prompt Service [tional 112 beds for the hospital, |and generally expanded facilities. |The admitting and emergency de- partments have been moved and| fF enlarged, operating, maternity, and medical departments have been greatly enlarged and mod- ernized, The alterations attendant on the new addition are most evi dent on the ground floor, where spacious rooms have been de- voted to radiology, physiotherapy, kitchen, and other departments. The business offices of the hospi- tal have also been revamped, to provide more space and ef- ficiency. LATEST ADDITIONS The latest addition to Oshawa General Hospital is the bright] new cafeteria and lounge, on the & south lawn of the building, which| was opened last summer. This| cafeteria provides, for the| first time, pleasant, comfortable| conditions for the meals of the! hospital staff. A hospital, however, cannot # stand still. It must increase apace! i of the increase in the population | of the community, Oshawa Gen- eral Hospital Board of Directors or use our paved parking lot at rear of store off William St. Free to our patrons. PAINT & WALLPAPER LTD. 85 SIMCOE ST. NORTH RA 5-3529 OSHAWA GENERAL HOSPITAL (Photo by Irelaud Studio} R