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2 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, April 25, 1962 GOOD EVENING By JACK GEARIN PUC BUS DEFICIT WAS $28,553 IN '61 ' It costs big money these days to stay in the bus business. There was a reminder of this recently when the PUC released its annual Revenue and Expenditure Statement for buses. ( It showed a deficit in 1961 of $28,553.89 as compared with $19,646.05 in 1960. ' There were three prime reasons: A decrease in revenue of $11,685.68. Increased expense items (wages, salaries and fringe benefits) of $8,565.52. Debentures on new bus purchases, plus accruals, etc. of $17,422.90. Remember the bitter 1959 City bus plebiscite cam- paign when some people made elaborate claims that the City would be able to operate its own bus system at a yearly profit, and with- out too much difficulty? Such claims, of course, were away out of step with the facts available from the rapidly changing bus picture in Ontario, but they made good campaign materia: -- there is every indication that the PUC is doing an effi- cient job in its handling of the bus operation, but its chances of ev ay and fewer people (in Oshawa and elsewhere) are using buses; this, together with a sharp rise in operation costs, is putting a heavy burden on the taxpayer -- and it doesn't appease the taxpayer any when he realizes that the service offered leaves much to be desired, especially in Oshawa where it is practically non-existant on Sundays and holidays and on an hourly basis after 9 p.m. week-days, which is about the same as having no service at all. What hurts js this -- the taxpayer must pay for this service whether he uses {t or not. It is a necessity like Police and Fire services. A good chunk of the 1961 PUC bus deficit went to deben- tures payments interests, etc. -- $17,422. TICKET SALES DROP LAST YEAR As another example--ticket sales for 1961 were $342,151.36 as compared with $356, 054.84 for 1960 for a decrease of $13,- 903.48. There was a big drop in the sale of adult tickets -- 1,883,448 in 1961 as compared with 2,018,520 in 1960, but chil- dren's ticket sales went up 520,811 to 568,016). Cash fares dropped to $497,029 in 1961 as compared with $509,920 in 1960. Let's face it -- Oshawa had to enter the bus business from scratch in 1959 when it took over from the CNR (original purchase price $20,000). Right off the bat, the PUC had to buy 13 new buses at $13,500 each, making a down payment out of current revenue of $34,653.70. The balance was covered by a debenture of $140,846.30; incidentally the City will pur- chase five more buses this year at a total cost of $71.000. There is no fund or allowance in the PUC's deficit state- ment to cover depreciation of City buses, which means that im another 10 years or so, the taxpayer will again be faced with a large financial outlay to replace buses. Mr. J. B. Annand, general manager of the PUC, says that the PUC has no legal authority to set up such a. fund when it is deben- turing for buses. In comparing bus operating costs between cities, the rate of wages paid has a vital bearing on the results. Wages represent from 50 to 65 per cent of total operating costs. Oshawa is in a high average pay area, has a top rate) for drivers, or operators, this year of $2.16, while Peterborough in a camparatively low rate area, has a top rate of $1.94. OPERATORS'. WAGES $203,534 IN '61. Operators' wages in 1961 were $203,534.77 as compared with $197,161.34 for 1960 -- on the credit, bus maintenance and repairs totals were cut to $29,585.61 in 1961 as compared with $46,865.09 in 1960 (because of the new buses, etc.) Bus deficits in municipally-operated systems (tthere are few private companies) are the rule rather than the excep- tion in Canada today and some of them reach huge propor- tions. Kingston may cancel the contract under which they have, for several years, subsidized the Kingston City Coach Co. (owned by Colonial Coach Lines). The City of Kingston's annual subsidy to Kingston City Coach was about $82,000 per year -- the company wanted this amount materially increased. Kingston's Commissioner of Industries recently made a de- tailed survey of nine City bus operations in Ontario. The nine operations were never identified but the survey details on seven of them were published as follows: No. 1 -- Operates 32 buses, has 60 employed and serves a population of 54,000. Operated by PUC, it had a 1961 City subsidy of $68,000. No. 2. -- Operates 11 buses, but number of employes not revealed. Serves 29,500. This is a private company with an annual City subsidy of about $50,000 annually. No. 3 -- Operates 27 buses, has 41 employes and serves 40,000. Publicly-owned and operated by a special commission. Operation profitable, or self-sustaining up to date. No. 4 -- Operates 52 buses and 21 trolley coaches, has 108 employes and serves 96,000. Publicly owned and operated by PUC. Operation self-sustaining to date. No. 5 -- Operates 95 buses, has 290 employes and serves 166,000. Publicly-owned and operated by special commission. Operation profitable to date. No. 6 -- Operates 12 buses, has 22 employes and serves 50,000. Publicly owned and operated by a special commission for past 18 months. Deficit in first calendar year about $24,000. No, 7 -- Operates 13 buses, has 13 employes and serves about 40,000. Privately-owned, but subsidized by City up to $1,600 monthly. . The Sarnia Transit Co. Ltd., a private group serving the City of Sarnia, is subsidized by the municipality under a five- year agreement for $7,000 monthly, or $84,000 a year. J. B. ANNAND er showing a profit are MONTREAL (CP)--Police re- |ported all quiet Tuesday night laround the main Terminals of three strike - bound trucking companies where: violence had threatened earlier in the day. "It's up to the municipal po- lice now," said a provincial po- lice spokesman. The OPP had been called in by municipal de- tachments on Montreal's west- ern outskirts when it was feared that members of the striking In- ternational Brotherhood of Teamsters (Ind.) might try to interfere with truck movements. Meanwhile, two officers of the federal labor department--C. E. Poirier of Montreal and E. J. Ainsborough of Toronto -- pre- pared for talks with both sides here Thursday and Friday. The Teamsters walked out 10 days ago after rejecting a con- Huge Research Program For Ottawa Museum OTTAWA (CP)--More than 50) |parties from the National Mu- jseum will fan out over Canada | this summer in one of its big-| |gest research programs, North-| ern Affairs Minister Dinsdale jannounced today, Studies range from a search \for pre-historic sites in |northern British Columbia. Ten parties will work in the Atlantic provinces. The work jincludes a study on Eastern folk music by Dr. M Andral, of the Musee des Arts et Tra-|stors did not wait for the com-| |pulsory seven-day ditions Populaires, Paris. STUDY ACADIANS In Quebec, there will be study of mammals in the East-| ITruck Terminals Quiet Police Say | treasurer the|© * cutive |Maritimes to an investigation) jof marine life in the Canadian} | Arctic and a study of birds "May 1 8 \ciliation -board and the Ojibwa family organi- zation in the Winnipeg area. British Columbia will come under study for its northern birds, fossil fishes of the Wapiti Lake area and pre - historic sites. ciliation board report recom- mending that they be given a 16-cent hourly pay increase. The union asked for a 30-cent boost in the present rate of $1.55 an hour. . Eight of the nine companies affected by the strike secured court injunctions last week, or- dering the strikers not to inter- fere with truck movements or to post more than three pickets at one gate. The Teamsters complied, but reinforcements patrolled com- pany depots in dozens of cars or milled about on nearby streets. Some companies reported suc- cessful movement of goods in and our of their depots by non- union truck drivers, although a union spokesman said pickets were ordered to "stand their ground"' in front of trucks try- ing to enter or leave. Three of the companies also filed formal complaints in crim-} jinal court and summonses were issued against give union offi-| President Rod Hayes of team) sters' Local 106, secretary-| Jean Bertrand and| member John Landry, _ Alexander Reeves and Gerard Bonneville were or-| dered to appear in court by! to answer charges of | conducting an illegan strike. | The complaints were filed by} H. Smith Transport, Drummond} Transit and Inter - City Truck} Lines, who claimed the Team-| "cooling-off} period" after rejecting the con-| report before} calling the strike. ern Townships and Gaspe, ad-| No company-union talks have ditional research on folklore} ; ' land' study on the Tamily sye-/See" held since, the 1400 driv tem of Canadians of Acadian walked out April 14 descent. Pet P CREE SINT Studies in Ontario include} birds, mosses, folk music of/ STUDY AT BRANTFORD | new Canadians, and pre - his-- OTTAWA (CP) -- Two re- toric sites in the central areas|fresher courses for flying school of the province. |instructors are to be held again On the Prairies, scientists|this year, the transport depart- will study reptiles, amphibians|ment announced Tuesday. COOLER WEATHER FORESE WEATHER FORECAST Showers, Cool For Thursday Forecasts issued by the Tor-|North Bay, Sudbury: Sunny) onto weather office at 5 a.m.:|With cloudy periods today and) Synopsis: Today will be Thursday, little change in tem-| j ars wee perature, Winds northeasterly) mainly sunny and warm overli5 today easterly 20 Thursday. | Southern Ontario and cloudy| Algoma, White River regions | jand cool over the remainder of] gait ste, Marie: Mainly sunny,| \the province. Showers are Pre-| becoming cloudy~with showers dicted tonight and Thursday for| ini evesing, Thursdads a most of Southern Ontario. cloudy with scattered showers, Lake St. Clair, Lake Erie,|jittie chan ; ge in temperature Lake Huron, southern Georgian) winds easterly 15 to 20. Bay, Niagara, Lake Ontario re-| Cochrane region: Part gions, Windsor, London, Hamil-| ojoudy today ies lesson. ton, Toronto: Mainly sunny and) pool Winds northerly 15 : warm, becoming cloudy with . chance of a shower this even- Observed Temperatures | jing. Thursday: Mainly cloudy Low overnight, High Tuesday |with showers anid cooler. Winds RWI 5655. 644550 southwesterly 15 to 20, becom-| Victoria ... ing easterly 15 by this evening) Edmonton and increasing to 20 to 30 Thurs-| Regina day. | Winnipeg Northern Georgian Bay, Hali-| Fort William. burton and Timagami regions, White River....... 85 | | Kapuskasing DAZED BY ESCAPE Woman at right watches her burning home with neigh- bor who gave her shelter. A three - alarm fire at Yonge and St. Clair streets in north- | defective wiring: Two 15-year- | old hitchhikers on their way to play golf turned in the | alarm, {central Toronto -- swept through two stores and eight | apartments Tuesday. Three | firemen were injured fighting the blaze, believed caused by | (CP Wirephoto) | | cope - zoe | INTERPRETING THE NEWS Chinese Wife | Troubles May Not Be Ended By CARMEN CUMMING Canadian Press Staff Writer The annulment of Peronista- Communist election victories at the bidding of the military may mark only a new phase rather than the end of Argentina's political troubles. The many backers of former dictator Juan Peron, after al- most seven years in the wilder- ness, are not likely to accept a new banishment quietly. he % a 4jappeared that the upper hand "ihad been taken by Guido and a E North Bay... | Sudbury Sault Ste. Marie... Muskoka ..: Windsor . London .. Toronto . Ottawa Montreal .. Quebec .... Halifax Forecast Temperatures Low tonight, High Thursday Windsor csssesvese 50 75 St. Thomas ' London .... Kitchener ... a Mount Forest..... Wingham ....... Hamilton ......++ St. Catharines..... Toronto Peterborough ..... Trenton Killaloe ... Muskoka North Bay... Sudbury ... 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It also wiped out G \owed i|tion of the 47 chamber of depu-| 5 t ® \ties seats won by Peronistas in|@"swers to their questions. | Permitted | Into Canada | VICTORIA (CP)--A_ Chinese- : Canadian who said he was And even if the military d0eS | torced to leave his bride in succeed in closing ranks and), K b : imposing order on the country,|Hong Kong because she was de- the resumption of normal dem-|nied admission to Canada was |examination suggested U.S. Aids Canada Space Research > OTTAWA (CP)--The United States defence department will soon put up about $2,000,000 to help Canada resume its role in space research. The sum will be spent for the reconstruction of the rocket Coroner's Jury Raps Staff Of Hospital EDMONTON (CP) -- A cor- oner's jury investigating the death of eight-year-old Kather- ine Wood of Carvel, Alta., Tues- day criticized the medical staff of Royal Alexandra Hospital in- volved in the case, The child died in the city- owned hospital March 4, five days after a chest examination given under anaesthetic. The hospital pathologist said a rub- ber tube in the girl's throat was the original factor in the death. The six-man jury said 'not sufficient attention was given by the doctors, nurses or staff involved to the fact that the de- ceased was not eating, had lost weight and continually com- plained of a sore throat." A four-inch rubber tube called an airway was inserted in the girl's throat during the chest to prevent her from swallowing her tongue. Dr. S. M. LeBer, assistant pathologist at the hospital, told the inquest that the tube went undiscovered until only a few minutes before the girl's death. The jury recom ded that range at Fort Churchill, Man., destroyed by fire last year. Canadian defence officials said today the contract will be let by the U.S. government within three weeks. The es- tablishment is scheduled to be completed by November. Operation of the rocket fa- |cilities has been transferred ifrom the U.S, Army to the U.S. Air Force, under terms of a new |Canada-U.S. usage agreement. | The rocket establishment was 'set up in 1957 as a joint project lof the International Geophysical Year. Informants said the U.S. Army has no further need of the site and it is being turned over to the USAF for aerospace re- search. WILL CO-OPERATE Scientists of the Defence Re- search Board, the National Re- search Council and Canadian universities will continue to co- operate with the Americans un- der the new agreement. 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