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99.4 Per Cent Of Levy Collected From Taxes By CLARENCE L. COX Tax Collector in taxes will t ed by the City Tax Collector's December 31, This includes Current and Arrears Property and Business CURRENT (1962) COLLECTIONS The net 1962 levy of $8,783,- 941.69 (after Court of Revision Allowances : of $22,257.10 was de- | ducted resulted in a total of Seer ae eae a -- centage 85 of the curren' red to 97.60 for 1961. ded in the 1962 net levy are the annual local improvement charges of sled by oe Plementary taxes billed during 1962 amounting to $115,239.03. ARREARS (PRIOR YEARS( Out of a carry-over of 1961 and prior years' taxes as of January 1, 1962 amounting to $186,993.00 (less 1962 Spring Court of Revision allowance of $4,922.29) there was $135,642.71 collected, representing 74.50 per cent collected compared to 80.58 r cent collected for 1961. This oni a balance of 1961 and prior years' taxes outstanding of 428.00. Most of the outstanding taxes are the result of unfortunate cir- cumstances such as previous unemployment, old age pension- @ts, serious sickness and acci- dents, Those taxpayers out- standing without such unfortu- mate circumstances may find the bailiff calling early in the few year. 99.59 PER CENT BUSINESS TAX COLLECTED . In 1962 business tax of over one million dollars (namely, a levy of $1,343-011.41 after Court of Revision reductions of $12,- 567.33) was payable in full as early as possible after the mill rate was decided by council. This resulted in less bank bor- rowing by the city and earlier retirement of overdraft at a con- eiderable savings of interest ex- Pense to the taxpayers as a whole. * With the exception of a few 1962 business tax accounts, most of which are in the bailiff"s hands, several bankruptcy cases, and a few Court of Re- vision claims pending, it is ex- pected the balance of the total CLARENCE COX 1962 business tax levy will be paid by December 31, 1962. POLL TAX $11,008.95 of 1962 and prior years has been collected to date compared with $17,026.00 in 1961. This lower collection of poll tax was due to council-in-commit- tee's recommendation that for- mer policy of requesting pros- pective names from employers be suspended due to the detail time necessary for both employ- er and tax office to implement collection. However, it remains compulsory for employers to de- duct poll tax from wages upon being demanded by the tax col- lector. The tax department's routine for collecting poll tax under the present statutes covers every angle to collect from those names obtained by assessment department. However, due to changes of addresses, misspell- ing of names, insufficient in- formation and laxity of some landladies to give names to as- sessors, it is estimated that ap- proximately 50 per cent of those persons Hable, escape paying poll tax and this is unavoidable by the tax department. TAX PREPAYMENT PLAN The tax prepayment plan is available in 1963. The discount is calculated at a rate of five per cent per annum (in addition to the regular discount at date of receiving tax bill) from the last day of the period in which the purchase is made to the date of the first instalment May The maximum discount is ob- tainable if certificates are pur- during the earliest od of January 1 to January , 1963. Enquire at the treas- urer's or tax office for further particulars, 1962 AS A WHOLE On the whole it is felt that 1962 has been another good tax collection year and when the Ontario Municipal Statistics comparison report is published in 1963 for 1962, it is hoped that Oshawa Tax Department may once again (for the 16th con- secutive year) have the highest percentage of current tax col- lections in their group of com- parable cities in Ontario. In addition to collecting taxes, considerable time has been re- quired during 1962 in the fol- lowing: 1, Treasurer's request for watermain special charges sur- vey. 2. New tax billing machine sur. vey with other municipalities: including personal visits to Peterborough, Kitchener and Etobicoke municipal offices. 3. Recommendations on: pur- chase of new tax billing ma- chines. 4. Consultant's interviews and recommendations of improve- ments. 5. Designing and implementa- toin of use of continuous tax forms, and new equipment for tax billing with new type ledger cards. 6. New method of control of local improvement annual charges. At this year's end may I take this opportunity of sincerely thanking Her Worship Mayor Christine Thomas and all the aldermen. who have been so sympathetic and understanding of our problems. Also I wish to thank the tax office staff for their loyal, efficient and sincere co-operation throughout this year and many other depart- mental officials and their staffs with which' we are continually in contact for information; espe- cially the late Mr. Harold E. Tripp, treasurer, with whom the tax department worked so close and received his sympa- thetic and efficient guidance. Thanks to those taxpayers who have been so good as to pay their taxes in full or by five' instalments on or before due dates, showing their under- standing of a tax collector's problems and duty to collect. A happy, healthful and a pros. perous New Year to all. Food Catering Problems Receive Careful Attention By DR. J. E. WATT Supervisor of Environmental Sanitation The section of environmental sanitation endeavored to main- tain a comprehensive program in the community during. the year, and in some aspects ex- pansion of the program was realized. As in past years, a great deal: of time and effort was expended in the field of food control, in- cluding meat inspection, raw and pasteurized milk, public eating establishments, cafeter- fas, vehicles and various retail food stores. Inspections of kit- © chen facilities of churches and private halls were carried out for the first time and these will require licensing if food is made available to the public. This expansion of inspection and li- censing is deemed important due to the large number of peo- ple and amount of food involved. MANY LECTURES GIVEN Many lectures were given to church groups regarding the public health problems involv- ed in food catering, and a series of lectures were also presented to students enrolled in the food merchandising course at. the McLaughlin high school. It was thought that since many of these students may soon be em- ployed in food-handling prem- ises, they should be instructed as to the health problems in- volved, and I am most grateful for the co-operation received in this regard from the school au- thorities, The chest x-ray examination program of food handlers, bar- bers and hairdressers was coh- tinued thanks to the generous support of the Oshawa and On- tario County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Special thanks are due to the many eating establishments who Peterborough Wins Tourney KINGSTON -- Scoring . 56 to % victory over Kingston Col- legiate Institute in the final, the Peterborough Collegiate Insti- tute team won the annual Queen's University High School Basketball Tournament last Fri- day. Eight teams took part. The Kingston team came from behind in the fourth quar- ter of a first round game to defeat O'Neill Collegiate and Vo. cational Institute of Oshawa by @ score of 42 to 3%. Douglas Fraser led the winners with 20 points. Quinte's Gilroy was named the 's most valuable ag = ae was outstanding in a cause, playing strong defensively and scoring 44 points games. DR. J. E. WATT carried out necessary improve- ments to their premises. Those failing to complete such required improvements, how- ever, will be refused licensing and so be subject to legal ac- tion, Many inspections were car- ried out covering general sani- tation, including barbers and hairdressers, housing, pest con- trol, school inspections, septic tanks, etc. WEEKLY CHECKS Weekly checks were main- tained of the civic water supply for both bacterial and fluoride content. Sampling of the lake- shore areas proved the bac- terial counts were also satis- factory in regard to the three civic swimming pools, although better change-room and wash- room facilities are needed at two of these pools. Of the numerous complaints received during the year, the most common involved gar- bage storage at both commer- cial establishments and pri. vate homes. A survey of any area in the City on garbage col. lection day will reveal why this is the case, and much better co-operation is needed in this problem from all residents. NO RABIES CASES No confirmed cases of ani- mal rabies were reported within the city during the year,. but with this disease still widespread in the Province all reported animal bites were investigated and rabies vaccine had to be administered to several people as a precautionary measure. The complete co-operation of the personnel of the dog pound in the problem of animal bites is greatly appreciated. The problem could be greatly re- duced through a bylaw prevent- ing dogs from running at large|Mena. He declared newly inaug-|ther investigation. 276 students throughout most of the year as|urated tax reforms should in-|referred to physicians were fit- is now the case. Very little progress has been made in eliminating polluting of bacterial or chemical nature of the watersheds within the City. Many complaints are also re- ceived regarding air pollution, and the presence of junk and debris on various privately own- ed properties in the city. Lack of adequate bylaws make it impossible to solve el- ther problem to any degree of satisfaction. An increase in the number of cases of Salmonellosis reported to this Department during the yeat is worthy of concern. This is an intestinal infection caused by a large group of bacteria which is steadily spread through contaminated water' and food. Spécial surveys of institutional workers were carried out to try to unciver possible hidden Cases or carriers of this disease afid more of this investigational work is planned in future. The field of environmental Sanitation covers many aspects of community health and af- fects every citizen in his home, his work, and his recreation. Two limiting factors in provid- ing the best possible program are the number of staff avail- able, and the provision of re. quired legislation. Bridge Club High Scores Following are the winners and high scores of the games Played last week by the mem- bers of the Oshawa and Brook- lin Duplicate Bridge Clubs: BROOKLIN Mrs. R. Morris and Mrs. W. Heron, 66% points; Mrs. M. R. Clarke and J. Miller, 6644; Mrs. R. Heron and J. Patterson, 65%; J. Coles and C, Keith, 6414; Mrs. R. Hunter and Mr. W. Heron, 64; S. Sheridan and J. Wild, 6344; Mrs. S. Sheridan and Mrs. R. Drew, 63. OSHAWA Mrs. and Mrs. W. Soetens, 57% points; Mrs. R. Drew and J. Miller, 57; Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis, 57; Mrs. E., Wadsworth and Mrs. R. Morris, 54; Mrs, M. R. Clarke and W. Cox, 54; Mrs. E. Bovay and Miss G. Bo- vay, 51%. Mr. and Mrs. R. Davis have invited the Oshawa Duplicate to play at their home January 3, at 404 Queen street, Port Perry. FEW PAY TAX MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Only 10 per cent of Mexico's 35,000,- 000 people pay income tax, says treasury minister Antonio Ortiz Crease the percentage in 1964. She Oshawa Sines SECOND SECTION MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1962 PAGE THIRTEEN By MISS JEAN FETTERLY Chief Librarian McLaughlin Public Library Many of our borrowers have only a vague idea of how a book is purchased and of the pro- cesses it goes through before it reaches the shelves ready for circulation, Perhaps an explana- tion of these processes might be of interest to the people of Osh- awa, In the small library, book buy- ing is usually left to the chief librarian. As the library ex- pands, the heads of the various departments take over, or assist in this work. In our library each department is allotted a certain percentage of the total book budget. Since the McLaughlin Library has grown considerably during the last seven or eight years, the reference librarian, the youth librarian, and the children's librarian now do most of the purchasing for their sec- tions. The chief librarian con- tinues to do the book buying for the circulation department.' All members of the staff, however, are encouraged to read book re- views and make suggestions for purchase. SPECIFIC BOOKS Our borrowers also make recommendations and put in re- quests for specific books. Most of these requests are purchased unless the librarian feels that the book is too expensive for the budget or that the quality of the book is below par for our col- lection. The person who purchases the books should be a qualified li- brarian with a good background knowledge of books and authors. She must also keep up with the reviews of new books found in| such journals as the Ontario Li- brary Review, Canadian Author and Bookman, New York Times Book Review, Saturday Review, Books and Bookmen, and many others. A number of magazines and newspapers are also helpful. The Chief Librarian visits many of the publishers in Toronto in order to have a good first hand knowledge of the whole make- up of the books. It is also im- portant to know that the binding is strong, especially for chil- dren's books, which get very hard usage in a library. The print must be legible and the illustrations good, especially in the case of art books. After years of experience a_ sixth sense is developed so that at a glance it can be decided wheth- er or not a book is interesting or unreadable. Many of the au- thors, too, become old friends and can be depended on year after year. The publishers, an- other source of information, are often helpful in introducing the best new authors. They know many of them personally. We have found that it is often difficult to obtain material on 360,000 Library Books Circulated This Year , lishers send only a few blurbs in a.catalogue and reviews are} slow in coming. However, they are improving a little during the last few years. It is encouraging to note the increasing number of books pub- lished in Canada. Several pub- lishers are also bringing out re- prints of Canadian books which are much appreciated. A few years ago it was necessary for a Canadian author to have his book printed either in England or the United States. It is now possible to have a book publish- ed in Canada and still pay its way. We purchase most of our books through Toronto publish- ers. A central firm, the Co. operative Book Centre, collects the books and sends them on to us. This eliminates a great deal of bookkeeping and cuts down on express charges. BOOKS CLASSIFIED When a book arrives it is checked in by the order librar- jan and the bill is marked for the adult, bookmobile, or chil- dren's section. The book is sent to the chief librarian for ap- proval. The head of the cata- loguing department then classi- fies the book by subject accord- ing to the Dewey Decimal Sys- tem. In this department author and title cards are typed as well as cards for each subject con- sidered useful with which the book deals. These are filed in the large catalogue in the main library according to author, subject and title. The work room staff then pastes in the pocket and date slip and prints the number on the back of the book. After this is done the book is checked and sent to the specified department ready for use. If a borrower wishes to re- serve a book he signs a card to this effect. The notification is then mailed to him when the book arrives. The work room staff decide on the books that need to be re- bound or discarded. All cards must be withdrawn from the main catalogue. The chief li- brarian must then decide wheth- er more copies should be pur- chased. Needless to say, there are many details that cannot be explained in this short article. The McLaughlin Public Li- brary is administered by a Li- brary Board made up of nine members, of which three are appointed by the board of edu cation, three by the city coun- cil, two by the board of RC Separate School Trustees and a representative appointed by the mayor of Oshawa. Funds are provided chiefly by the City of Oshawa and a grant from the Ontario Government. Last year) expenditures amounted to $122,- 461.02. There are 20 full-time staff members. We have five profes- the new English books. The pub- sional librarians who have By GERTRUDE H. TUCKER Supervisor, Public Health Nursing An adequate staff of qualified and experienced public health nurses is considered to be es- sential to the success of a com- prehensive public health nursing program. The first public health nurse was appointed in 1919 to serve the citizens of this community. The present staff consists of 12 public health nurses who sa out a generalized public healt! nursing service under the direc- tion of the Medical Officer of Health. One nurse in a general- ized program is:able to serve about 5,000 persons. HOME VISITS During the year the nursing staff made 7,813 visits to 3,025 families. A public health nurse visits nearly all new mothers soon after hospital discharge. The jnurse provides the parents with informaton about the care of the baby and how he grows and learns. Eleven demonstration baths were given at the request of those mothers who needed some help. 412 visits were made to infants under two weeks of Nursing Staff Has Busy Year Audiometer testing of stu- dents was started in the Osh- awa schools in January, 1962. Our objective is to test children in Grades 1, 2, 5, and 8, as well as repeaters, children with speech defects, or any child whose behaviour has ch d Bachelor of Arts as well, as Bachelor of Library Science de- grees. Six staff members have Bachelor of Arts degrees; three are teachers, one is a journalist, and several have secretarial qualifications, About 20 students from Osh- awa collegiates help to put away books and assist with ony -- jobs that need to be done. We have also one full-time care- taker with two part-time assist- ants. The bookmobile has a staff of three, consisting of librarian, driver, and student helper. 75,000 BOOKS There are now approximately 75,000 books, including over 3,000 reference books, 1,600 mu- sical records, 300 film strips, and 160 films in our collection, Circulation figures for 1962 will be approximately 360,000 books. The December figures are not yet available. We hope to pur- chase a charging machine in 1963 to help us cope with the ever-increasing work of the Cir- culation Library. We are greatly encouraged! that the people of Oshawa are making such good use of the library. The Reference Depart- ment has expanded its work more than any other in 1962. The Board and Staff of the library are looking forward to a bord of even greater service in 1963 ELDON KERR $6,015,845 Added To Assessment By ELDON KERR Assessment Commissioner I appreciate the opportunity afforded me by The Oshawa Times to submit the following report on the 1962 assessment for the City of Oshawa. During the year 1962 approxi- mately 25,000 calls were made by the assessors in the perform- ance of their regular duties, and an additional 2,000 were re- quired to assess additional new dwellings and new commercial buildings plus additions to ex- isting residential, commercial and industrial buildings. During the period Jan. 1 and Oct. 31, 1962, $6,015,845 assess- ment was added 'to the Supple- mentary Roll, under Section 52, 53 and 54 of the Assessment following an acute infection. The audiometer electrically re- cords on an audiogram any hearing loss present in terms of intensity and pitch. 6,304 audiometer screening tests were done. 209 students were found to have some hear- ing loss. This group was re- ferred to their family physi- cians for treatment. Of these, 108 have been investigated and recommendations re: classroom seating, etc., have been receiv- ed by the school health service. COLOUR PERCEPTION Grade 8 students in the ele- mentary schools are routinely tested for color blindness. Of the 1,469 students tested, 134 were found to have a color deficiency. Since color is used increasingly in industry, transportation, and other aspects of daily life, screening and career guidance for those who are color blind age. 1,797 visits were made to all infants under one year of age. The pre natal education Classes had an enrolment of 162 persons. The total attend- ance was 1,470. In each series an evening class is held in order that both parents may attend. These classes had an attend- ance of 86 persons including 67 fathers-to-be. A nursing service is provided four secondary schools with a combined enrolment of approxi- mately 16,326 students. 2,230 visits were made by the nursing staff to the various schools. Approximately one half of all available nursing time is Spent on the school health ser- vice. 10,845 vision tests were done in the schools, 325 students were found to have defective vision. These students were referred for fur- ted with glasses, for thirty-two elementary an djed becomes increasingly impor- tant. TUBERCULIN TESTING Tuberculin testing using the "Heaf Test" was completed on pupils in kindergarten, Grade 1 and Grade 8, and pupils in the secondary schools who had not been tested previously. 3,478 pupils were tuberculin tested. 102 of these were posi- tive reactors. 350 contacts of the positive reactors were also test- As a result of this case find- ing technique two children were found to have active tubercu- losis and 12 persons were add- ed to the chest clinic register for, follow-up. Other inspections totalled 2,406 while health inspections numbered 486. One thousand and seventy-two conferences re- garding the school child were held with teachers. Eight hun- dred and sixty-seven conferences were held with secondary school students and seven hundred and four conferences were held with Grade 8 students, Act. This ted to an addi- tional $115,239.03 in tax revenue to the city for the year 1962. The past year saw our popula- tion increase by 1,701 to a new high of 63,243. For those who may be inter- ested the breakdown according to age groups, of the 1962 cen- sus is as follows: Three years and under, 5,931; four years, 1,537; five years, 1,613; six and seven years, 2,911; eight and nine years, 2,759; 10 to 13 years, 4,742; 14 years, 1,115; 15 years, 1,075; 16 to 19 years, 3,198; 20 to 59 years, 32,125; 60 to 64 years, 2,120; 65 to 69 years, 1,568; 70 years and over, 2,549; total, 63,243. The department was respon- sible for either delivering or mailing approximately 29,000 assessment notices during 1962 and approximately 519 appeals were entered against same. The Court of Revision neld 12 sit- tings commencing November 5, 1962 and Terminating November) 26, 1962. Listed below are the 1962 tax- able assessment figures as re- vised by the Court of Revision: , $40,021,885; buildings, $154,102,835;. business, $34,448,- 460; total, $228,573,180. TOTAL CLASSIFICATION OF BUILDINGS Single family homes, 14,893; duplex, 17; multi-family homes, 231; apartment houses, 164; cot- tages -- seasonal, 51; cottages -- year round, 55; stores, 499; manufacturers, 70; warehouse and storage, 111; banks and of- fice buildings, 82; service sta- tions and garages, 105; fuel yards and building supply, 22; churches and religious, 57. Schools, 39; municipal and government buildings, 30; city parks, 27; city parking lots, 8; theatres and recreation, 46; fu- neral parlors, 3; hotels and mo- tels, 8; restaurants, 47; cleaning, pressing and laundromats, 17; beauty parlors and barber t i t U shops, 96; printers and publish- ers, 12. connections, si dividers (for service costs in new subdivisions) $341,000; con- tributions from grade crossing fund and the railways, $93,000; payments for sewer connections, $93,000; winter works subsidy, $44,000; parking meter revenve, $40,000; subsidy for treatment plant, $23,000; other payments, $11,000; paid from current revenue from 1962 taxes $304,000; to be debentured (de- bentures to be repaid from suc- ceeding years' taxes), $843.000. Total $2,239,000, SANITARY SEWERS AND SEWER CONNECTIONS of sanitary structed in 1962, Except for BOARD OF WORKS Large Construction -- Program Carried Out By FRED CROME City Engineer This year one of the most. im- portant studies ever undertaken in the city was completed. This Traffic Planning Re- prepared by Damas and Sonith Limited, Never before were the facts about the traffic situation in Oshawa collected in such detail and analysed so in- ltensively to determine in what direction Oshawa should be moving to provide an adequate solution to today's traffic prob- lems and those of the future. Some concern has been ex- sing the cost of Led B ap posed ear program Ww estimated to be 29 million dol- lars. Part of this is for work outside the city and, ip addition, there will be contributions from vi cies. On the basis of present subsidies, it is estimated that the cost to the city would be 16 million dollars, This is an average of $800,000 per year over the 20 years. By the end of the 20 years, it is estimated arious other government agen- that there will be about twice as many people to share this cost. If the population does not grow to this extend, the com- plete program will not be neces- sary since there won't be the anticipated traffic. The city's present expenditure per year on sewers, sidewalks and arterial streets is $880,000. Our sanitary sewer program is substantially completed and at our present rate of expenditure we expect our storm sewer pro- gram to be completed within five years. Then, almost the total of our public works fuads can be spent on the road pro- gram. Regardless of whether the program is completed in 2 0) years, or is spread out to 25 years, the study indicates the projects which should receive first priority. It provides the guide for a systematic construc- tion program to provide an ade- quate arterial street system to solve our ever increasing traffic problem. 1962 CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM The Board of Works in 1962 completed an extensive program of construction in the continu- ing vrogram to provide improved services for the citi- zeas. Expenditures on construc- tion were as follows: Sanitary sewers and sewer $203,000; storm sewers and catch basins, $344,- 000; watermains and water. con-' nections, $63,000; road paving, granular base and curb and gut- ter, $1,148,000; grading and gravelling new roads, $102,000; bridges and culverts, $80,000; sewage treatment plant addi- tion, $140,000; 000; miscellaneous construction, $65,000. Total $2,239,000. sidewalks, $94,- The financing for this work is not raised in total by a direct levy on the taxpayers. A con- siderable portion is contributed' by various agencies and govern- meats and may be summarized as follows: Department of Highways sub- dy, $447,000; payments by sub- sewage Only two and one-tenth miles sewers were con- City Signs Labor Pacts By D. FLEMING Personnel Officer Following lengthy negotiations agreement was reached on re- vised labor contracts and wage rates, for NUPSE Unions Local 132, Hillsdale Manor; Local 50, Board of Works - Parks; Local 51, City Hall and Local 465; Fire Fighters' Association. Two-year ge were agreed upon or all unions except Local 51 which was for a two and a half year with Local 51 was arrived at with the assistance of a depart- ment of labor conciliation offi- cer. agreement, Agreement Considerable study has been given to the Provincial Govern- ment Portable Pension Plan applicable to municipalities and discussions held with the Civic Employees' Labor Committee of Council. Considerable work remains to be done before a decision can be made regarding adoption of Committee and he Portable Pension lan. Applicants for the position of Medical Officer of Health were interviewed Dec. 27, for the posi- tion of Property and Parks Com. missioner Dec. 29, pointments are expected to be made 'January, 1963. and ap- Applications are presently be- ng received for position of city reasurer and it is expected structed over it to eliminate the Harmony road, PLANT ADDITION An additional sludge digester at the sewage treatment plant. F. E, CROME on existing streets, all the sani- tary sewers were constructed for new subdivisions. The decreased activity in san- itary sewer constructed was also reflected in the smaller number of house constructed, Only 551 sewer nections were constructed in 1962, compared to 580 in 1961. STORM SEWERS AND CATCH BASINS A total of 6% miles of storm sewer was constructed ranging in size from 10 inches to 48 iach- es in diameter. The major part of the storm sewer program was undertaken in the Lake Vista area, including sewers on Cedar street from Stone street to Wentworth street. Storm sew- ers were also constructed in the Riverside drive north area, the Keewatin street area, the Bloor street - Veteran's road area and the Gibbons street - Fernhill Blvd. area between Adelaide avenue and Annapolis avenue. WATERMAINS AND CONNECTIONS All of the watermains and + ions in Board of Works contracts' divisions. ROAD PAVING, GRANULAR BASE AND CURB AND GUTTER The Stevenson road project was completed this year with from a, thieiing Coles from the ntre General Motors and the paving of the two service roads, Bloor street and Champlain avenue, In addition, Rossland road east was paved from Oshawa Railway to 400 feet east of Rit- son road. An extensive granular base program was undertaken in pre- paration for future paving on the following streets: Adelaide avenue east from Oshawa Blvd. to Roxborough avenue; Bloor street east from Edith street to Farewell street; Harmony road north from King street to 100 feet north of East- bourne avenue; Hillcroft street from Ritson road to 200 feet west of Trick avenue; Ritson road north from Pearson street to Rossland road; Wilson road north from Richmond street to Adelaide avenue. In addition, granular base and curb and gutter was construct- ed on the following residential Streets: Cadillac avenue from Rich- mond street to Colborne street; Central Park Blvd. from Rich- mond street to Colborne street; Colborne street from' Wilson road to Cadillac avenue; Fare- well street from Taylor avenue to Olive avenue; nue from Park road to West End; Kingsdale avenue and drive from Rosedale avenue to Leslie street; Leslie street from Rosedale avenue to Sutherland avenue; Sutherland avenue from Mary street to Jarvis street; Trent street from Hum- ber avenue to adel:'de avenue. GRADING AND GRAVELLING NEW ROADS Most of the grading and grav- elling undertaken this year was in new subdivisions. BRIDGES AND CULVERTS The construction of the cul- vert on Harmony road south at Harmony Creek was completed this year and the road con- Damage $2000 In 3 Accidents Damage was estimated at $200 Friday when cars driven by M. Kennedy, 29 Kawartha street, and Kaimierz Morysiak, the normal day to day. main- tenance and service programs were proceeded with. The 1962 budget for garbage collection and disposal amounted to $228,- 900, the budget for street clean- ing amounted to $28,900 and the budget for snow and ice control amounted to $133,000. amount of $67,100 was allowed for sewer maintenance and the operation of the sewage treat- construction $935,113 in 1962. Part of the cost is being fi- femned by a i. from Central tion under the National Housing about one-third of a mile built] Act. MIS US CONSTRUCTION The municipal parking lots at Athol and Mary streets, Ye and William streets and on King street east were paved this In addition, work was continued on the new Stores Yard. MAINTENAN' CE In addition to the capital , outlined above, An ment plant required $72,400, The traffic budget for 1962 amounted to $81,100 and tied cmnenn items as pavemeni = regulating signs and sig and street name signs. -- The 1962 budget for road maintenance amounted to $471,- connections which were included] 100. includes the were constructed in new sub-/curb grading and priming roads, the application of low cost surfacing miles were gravel roads wi any surface treatment than prime dust layer, r ave-|966 clined and it is the smallest total since 1954 when = a value of $9,146,000 were permits ssued. The decline, however, was en- tirely in residential construction which decreased from $10,030,- 901 in 1961 to $7,251,976 in 1962. Commercial and industrial increased from 1961 to $2,377,232 in Expansion at General Motors accounted for $1,543,000 of the 1962 total. Commer- cial and industrial construction amounted to 24 per cent of the value of 1962, as compared to 8 per cent in 1961; Permits in More dwelling units were con- structed in 1962 than in 1961. In 1962, 388 single family 'dwellings a tiple' housing were constructed for a total of 501 dwelling units. In 1961, 293. single family dweil- ings and 177 dwelling units in multiple housing were construct- ad hagl a total of 470 dwelling units, j nd 203 dwelling units in mul- 505. Albert 'street, collided on Ritson road south at Etna street. Constable Don Walton investi- gated. Earlier in the day, cars driven by Wayne Hodge, 375 Elgin street east, and Charles John Holder, 737 Margaret street, collided on Park road south near the General Motors south office. Hodge and a passenger, Herny Dejong, 567 Wilson road south, suffered minor injuries. Damage was estimated at $1,400. Constable C. K. Hiltz in- vestigated. Constable A. Lavender esti- mated damage at $400 to cars involved in a rear-end collision at King street east and Ritson road Friday. Drivers were A. J. Brennan, 16 Edward street, i hat an appointment will be made in January, 1963. Ajax, and G. T. Mitchell, 537 Crerar street. Juvenile All-Stars Defeat Guelph Oshawa Juvenile All - Stars downed Guelph Juveniles 4 to 2, n Guelph Sunday afternoon, in an exhibition hockey game. Andy Mathews, Stan Kolesnik, Ken Bradley and Terry Peters each fired goals for Oshawa. John Vanegten and Pat McNally were the Guelph goalscorers. There was no scoring in the first period, Guelph led 14 at the end of the second. Oshawa came from behind in the final period to win. Bill Braden played, an out- standing game in the Oshawa net. a