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§ THE OSHAWA TIMES, Friday, February 28, 1964 ' City On End Of Horseshoe Here are some interesting "'A months after the signing of the to Z" features about Oshawa, the city which holds down one end of Ontario's Golden Horse- shoe of industry, as compiled by dames P.Williams, 'eidustrial building located on 6 contract. TAXES AND ASSESSMENT Taxes on a 100,000 sq. ft. in- larly within @ 80 mile raqius of Oshawa. GAS Natural Gas available at dif- ferent contract rates, and pre- vides an unlimited supply for any Industrial, Commercial or Residential application. WATER connectea tO sanitary sewers ané 2" of which flow by grav- ity to an efficient treatment piant. using the irickling filter process, The present plant is designed to allow for economi- cal expansion to cope with a population of 80,000, or until) avout 1970. BUS SERVICE Unlimited supply from Lake Ontario, and capable of serv- ing the needs of an 80,000 popu- lation, SEWAGE A local municipal bus serv- ice providing transportation to downtown Oshawa every 15 pan Schedules are also ar-' ranged to serve the needs of FULILE AND FIRE The Oshawa City Police Force is an efficiently organ- ized body made up of 76 men, all ranks including detectives. The Oshawa City Fire Depart- ment is manned by 96 profes. sional Firemen. The force is positioned in three separate sta- tions. FACILITIES The Oshawa and District Community Recreation Associ- ation runs a program of com- munity recreation from its (Continued on Page 23) B. BENNETT PAVING LTD. ASPHALT SURFACES AND PAVEMENTS @ MUNICIPAL @ INDUSTRIAL @ RESIDENTIAL acres of land in the Farewell) Over 95 percent of the city is'industry. =| PICKWICK CLEANERS HAS GROWN WITH OSHAWA FOR OVER 22 YEARS land available in parcels up to|mating. Taxes are based on the 300 acres, just a minute awayjassessed value of the land and from Highway 401, the mainjthe buildings, plus a business tailway lines, and a Seawayjtax, Mill Rates: Residential -- depth harbor. Land is ideally|37.00; Comm. and Industrial -- suited for both heavy and light}40,00; Farm -- 34.00. manufacturing plants. AIRPORT OSHAWA HARBOR The Oshawa Municipal Air.) The Harbor, of Seaway depth,/port has chartered passenger) is believed to be the best be-jand freight service, and is a! tween Toronto and Montreal.|/Port of Entry for Canadian) Considerable harbor develop-|Customs. Flying lessons ar e| ment has been carried out in re-|ayailable at the Oshawa Flying cent years. With the comple-|Service located at the Airport. tion of the new 500 ft. berth on|cy mare the east side of the basin, and , with acquisition of land imme-| Oshawa enjoys a temperate climate without extremes of diately adjacent to it, the har- | bor lh capable of handling heat and cold. The annual aver-; age temperature is 45.9 de-! Our latest and most modern machinery make for a faster and better DRY CLEANING, Another step 'most Seaway traffic. Further dredging planned for this year|STees- The average rainfall is forward by PICKWICK CLEANERS to provide you i ..|25.87 imches, the snowfall 61.8 a : sven peli -candecat Mae with the very finest DRY CLEANING. a a Dry Cleaning at PICKWICK CLEANERS Means SERVICE, QUALITY and EFFICIENCY Oshawa, a central location in}r mer, 58 to 72 degrees; Fall, 42) i Canada's richest market area,|to 59 degrees; and Winter, 18 to' , is just 17 driving. minutes from/31 degrees. Metropolitan Toronto, and is)--EDUCATION ideally situated to provide effi- The educational -facilities have cient service to the major mar- idly kets in the immediate area, the a pr, he Ss Ac Remainder of the Province, Cal-lien."Public Schools 24, Sepa- ; , |rate 8, High Schools 4, includ- LABOR jing 1 Vocational and 1 Sepa- A good supply of productivejrate High School. The Oshawa) labor is available in the area|Business College and the school and rates are competitive./for retarded children -- "'Glen- There are over 27,000 people/holme." Oshawa is also the gainfully employed in Oshawa./home of Kingsway College, POPULATION operated by the Seventh-Day An efficient Planning Depart-|Adventist Church of Canada, ment has enabled the city to|COMMERCIAL SERVICES carry out an effective program) Oshawa is the centre of the, = --, roomie r its\commercial life of Ontario] th nen Sotad apg ion . urins/County and you will find Indus- | fatigaids. 28 t 6 resent Popu-ltrial, Professional and Com-| ation-is almost 67,000. mercial services of all types} GROWTH RATE here. Shopping facilities are} The current growth rate -is|excellent. An immediate-vicinity about 60 per cent per decade.jmarket is in excess of 100,000 'There is no indication that this|staunch supporters of locally growth rate is on the decline,|manufactured goods. and population_by.1981 has been|CUSTOMS forecasted at 115,000. Customs: clearance for entries INDUSTRIAL. BUILDING iby Road, Rail; Sea and Air. Construction of industrial \There are a number of Cus- plants can be arranged on q|*oms Brokers offices in e-back basis. Build-|OSh@wa. ange Boe rl from $5.56 POWER ' : wee waT per sq. ft., up. In the building) Ample power at low rates be- ° Shirt Launderers °® Fur Storage | FOR FREE PICK-UP AND DELIVERY CALL 728-5133 CLEANERS & DYERS 4 LOCATIONS: © 249 KING EAST © 688 HORTOP Phone 728-8132 1290 SOMMERVILLE OSHAWA season, @ building can be made| lieved to be one of the lowest ready for occupancy threelon the Continent, and particu-' An Important Message To Every Citizen of Oshawa! ... THEIR FUTURE IS IN YOUR HANDS! Buy and Use--- EASTER SEALS The Need Is URGENT and Your Help Is Needed!! Please Return Your Pink Envelope TODAY!! This ee is Sponsored by the Following: H. M. BROOKS LIMITED ONTARIO STEEL PRODUCTS COMPANY LTD. 240 ROLSON ST. 133 RITSON RD. N. NATIONAL STUD FARM LTD. UNITED STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA R.R. NO. 1, OSHAWA 115 ALBERT STREET COULTER MANUFACTURING 28 RICHMOND ST. W. 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