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BG THE OSHAWA TIMES, Fridey, Februcry 28, 1964 OshawasWhitby "All One" Ere 1979, Millman Says street plan, school site plan, zon-|the creek because there was no way to get across except by foot . an old wooden railway tres- le, --Oshawa and Whitby will be "one", geographically, if not politically, in 'far less" than the next 17 years, And each will have expanded in other direc- tions as well, Soon, there will be a mega- lopolis (very large city) with Hamitton at one end and our) own community at the other, What we call the Oshawa-| Whitby district doesn't matter a bit as long as we recognize that it is a. unit, We now have a chance to put good planning into effect on a far, far greater scale than anything we have done, Initiative, energy, and co-operation on the part of those now running the show will pay enormous dividends and be- queath to your sons a valuable heritage. --But time is runnning out. Please act before it is too late. SERVED 17 YEARS The above predictions and plea were made before council recently by Norman C, Millman, Oshawa's father of town plan- ning who res'gned from his post 4 the city planning board Feb. 5, in leadership He has served 17 years on the board, nine of them as chair- man. When he announced his resignation recently, Mayor Ly- man Gifford invited him to re- turn to the chambers to give his impressions of a long, plan- ning career, Ald, Walter Branch presented Mr, Millman with a clock desk-}, set after the planner had re. viewed Oshawa's development and growth since 1947 and pre- dicted "repetition" or more of the same over the next 17 years to 1980, SOURCE OF PLANNING Ald. Branch reminded that m el Jand use and official plan, major ing bylaw and creek valley plan -- were developed by Mr, Mill- man, your shoulders during these years," said Ald, Branch, "Osh- awa is indebted to you." 1947, h's first-year involvement look at the development: boundary was Park road, and north on Rossland, and our east- ern boundary was Wilson. Below the CNR the west limit was ap- proximately the Oshawa Creek. The total area was less than yjone quarter of what it is today. son road and traffic then pro- ceeded up Riston to Highway 2. There was terrible congestion on King street but at least that got us the first pavement of any length other than on King and Simcoe, because the ment of Highways paved Rit- son between Bloor and King. Bloor street was a dirt road and the bridge across the creek was a rickety old steel truss. LITTLE DEVELOPMENT 'ors South Plant, just ficurishing farm Jand, no Chariton's yard, In fact there was no develop- known ag the Base Line), no in- dustrial or res'dential, for the small Village of Cedar- dale and a few coal piles near the Harbor. We didn't even have there, Ask our, Mayor how his cattle enjoyed the situation. and the other features of our fire hall, court room were all trated in a rickety old building many of the things we take for|where a parking lot now exists granted in planning today --jon Simcoe and Richmond, "Guidance rested largely on Mr, Millman went back to Oshawa planning, and took a "At that time our western "Highway 401 stopped at Rit- ni Depart- in "There was no General Mo- ent south of Bloor street (then exist on paper, None of the modern one-storey elementary schools had been built. We had no Halliday Manor, Hillsdale Manor, Christine Cres- cent or Boys' Club or Children's Arena. Our hospital was less than one-half its present size, was not any too dependable. course, was the railway tracks on King street. Not only that, but we had trolley tracks run- road, We didn't have any bus service with its nice big deficits. NO PROVINCIAL ACT Planning Act, as we have it to- day that provided the means and encouragement to look after 'he municipality as a whole and to make plans which would take growth and provide for their properly co-ordinated develop- ment. There was a Planning Board for the city but its ac- tivities were largely restricted to the approval very small subdivisions. As a result our City, up to that time, had grown iike Topsy in a rather hodge-podge manner, n- dustry, commerce and resi- dences were all mixed up. Streets were not related one tc another. A man might put his savings into building a home and find, a year later, that a service station was being erect- ed next door. Industry became hemmed in so that it could not}; expand and other similar cond'- 'Imagine what Oshawa would be like if it had expanded during the last 17 years like the mixed up jumble of our original core. "Actually it is quite possible verfect but they have proven to ve sufficiently good for the fun- jamentais io iiave stood up 'ight until the present time and they are sufficiently .elastic to have stood up to the effects of in; zens its expansion might bring: and what facilities there were for traffic and transporta- tion, Oshawa was not the only place that was considered." The Oshawa company, known as. "Division B", is affiliated with, Rockwell- Standard Corpora- tion of Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, Approximately 100 factéty em- ployees turn out coil springs for Ontario Steel Makes Springs that it would not have grown to its present stature; because the company that built what is prob. ably our biggest industry took a good look to see what might be in store for it as an expanding industry and what provision there might be for the new citi-'shark. such major underakings as the General Motors south plant, and other major changes. "Now what would have hap- pened if we had not a major'i plan which was 'backed up by civic and provincial regulations? SPORTS FISHING New Zealand's deep-sea sport fish range from 200 to 1,000 pounds in weight and include black marlin, mako, tuna and railroads, auto companies and "Industrial users of all kinds," according to C. J .Roesch, Divi- Where do automobile compan-|,, aon railroads get their coi! eiviny to make your ride sion Manager. From Ontario Steel Products} The 85,000 square foot plant Company Limited, 133. Ritson/opened in 1920 and still occu- road north. pies the same site. tions existed. The first thing that was done, when the Planning Boarc was set up under the new Pro- vincial Act, was to establish the principle of considering the City as a whole and strive to antic'. pate the effect any one changc would have, on the surroundins districts. We then studied the city as it was and recorded the basic situation and, importantly, the evident rends. NEED BROADER STUDY "Shortly it became apparent that a large broader study must be made. There were about 9,00( people living just outside 'the city boundaries who were, for all but political regulations, citi- zens of Oshawa. In many. in- istances, living conditions o! some of them were unsatisfac- tory and some verged on being unsanitary. There was no effec- tive control in the hands of the township, further, the city war running out of land, largely for industrial expansion. Annexatior was an obvious answer. The statesmen of the two municipal- ities brought it about. "Plans were then made for the' manner in which the new city should grow. They were not "Adelaide avenue didn't even "We had only one collegiate. Playgrounds were few. "Our electric power supply "One thing we did have, of ng from the lake to Rossland "There was no Provincial to consideration all phases of of individual except sewage disposal plant down "We didn't have a city hall vie centre. The city offices, police station and concen- CUSTOM BUILT HOMES eee CALL JAMES O'MALLEY CONSTRUCTION LTD. 254 CEDAR VALLEY DR, PHONE 723-7122 canal pped at "Bond street west IN VAL @ FARMS W. FRANK REAL ESTATE LTD. 177 Church Street, Bowmanville, Ontario IN THIS REAL ESTATE WILL -- LUE! 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