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"199 a "99 iia "=r errenmaey nommenscnicer ame oer receerssbentrseescamemamn canadian OT * 3,000,000 square feet -- a dozen By ALEC GREEN Of The Times Staff With the sullen autumn sky) lowering above and snow turn- ing to slush lying in heavy, gooey, puddles underneath, | looked like the seasonal death| of the year at Farewell Indus-| trial Park. | But to Oshawa business and| industrial commissioner, James} Williams, the place is stirring) with new life -- and the promise|line and the Macdonald-Cartier|oy the park, embodies the clas-|Dlies. of more to come. | An industrial commissioner needs to be a man-of unquench- | able optimism and energy --| and Mr. Williams has these} qualities in abundance. Not long ago he was reminded publicly that former industrial commissioners had gone out of Oshawa with their heads bowed, but he is not discouraged and his persistence and confidence is beginning to bear fruit. In the past three years 61 manufacturing and service in- dustries increased their produc- tion in Oshawa by more than of them in the industrial park, while 25 other industries added new products to their existing lines. Eighteen manufacturing and service type industries Started operations in the city during this same period, so that the total manufacturing space oc- cupied by the plants, including expansions, now amounts to 3,260,000 square feet compared 'with 880,000 square feet in 1963. 400 ACRES Farewell industrial park oc- cupies approximately 400 acres at the 'southeast end of the city, fronting the lake and immedi- ately north of the harbor instal- lation. It is divided by Farewell Ave- i Se a HARBOR, ROAD, a FIERY BLAST FROM WELDER AT UNION CITY BODY COMPANY PLANT eeeFirm In Park Six Years Expands Outside Storage Area Industrial Park In City Stirring With New Life jnue, leaving some 40 acres ofjexpanding to take in the six | industrial land on the west side,jacres at the rear of its new where 10 plants operate. | Opened some time in 1943, it) had lain fallow until Mr. Wil- liams got things moving again | it}about four years ago. Vacantitenants -- old and new -- re-|Workload, they opened a 30,000 land has been cleared of debris, old trees and other clutter, so that what is available now looks like prime industrial land. At its northern extremity the] estate is bounded by the CNR Freeway from entrance 72. It is hoped to run the mile- long spur line, (at present being negotiated) from this point, when it will connect with the harbor and provide obvious advantages to the manu- facturers on the estate. Altogether there are now 17 tenants there, six installed only this year; Fabricated Metals and Stampings Ltd., Snowdon Industrial Rubber and Plastics Ltd., Ziebarts Rustproofing of Oshawa, A.P. Instruments Ltd., an electronics firm, and Coulter Manufacturing Ltd. Added to these will be the Simpsons - Sears warehouse of about 40,000 square feet, now in the planning stage, and the 22,- 500 square feet harbor transit shed, due to open in April. Four more new plants are in the pipeline, plus a 'warehouse now under construction for Front Industrial Storage Co. Ltd. EXPANSIONS | Two expansions have already taken place -- Major Pools Equipment Corp. (Canada) Ltd., which opened an additional 10,- 000 square feet of operating space in August and Union City Body Co. of Canada Ltd., which recently moved into another two acres of outdoor storage space, while Coulters have plans for RAIL FACILITIES BOOST/INDUSTRIAL POTENTIAL 222 Se BES" Sa os Se St See ee EO a mai ee F . Mee: # is INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONER JAMES WILLIAMS, CHATS WITH MANAGER PAUL DILLON --- Union City Body Company Assembles Car Bodies On GM Chassis soppeoge have been part of the Oshawa scene in their venerable red factory, when the site of its out-|brick plant in Richmond and dated Richmond Street plant is|William Streets for 30 years. sold. But in July 1966, under pressure A quick look-in on some of the|for space owing {6 increased vealed a common growth pat-|Square foot plant on the estate tern. jand shifted part of their opera- Harry Snowdon,. president of|0m there, employing 65 people. Snowdon Industrial Rubber and| They make automotive parts, Plastics Ltd., now operating in|die castings, door _ handles, a new 22,000 square feet factory|metal stampings and assemt- Sic success story. | Graham Coulter, president of Givihg up his job in a rubber|/the company, says current factory seven years ago, he|thinking is to sell the site of the kicked off his business at smalljold building, some of which premises on Bruce Street, but/dates back to pre-Confederation later, he had to take over aldays, and open up another 40,- 12,000 -square foot plant in|000 square feet at the rear of French Street to keep up with|the new plant on the park. 'We the work. His September movejare expecting to double the aa to Farewell Park doubled thatinumber of our machines," he ies space, but already he has had|told The Times. Hi to put in a new press. Ziebarts Rustproofing of Osh- The company manufactures\awa, not long in existence in the ~~ moulded rubber and rubber|city, moved to its new plant in covering for steel rollers, carry-j|August, and already have made ing 700 items altogether, andja dent in the heavy vehicle has made a small inroad into/market, treating fire depart- the U.S. market. ment vehicles and some from "We are not particularly con-|the public utilities commission. cerned about it," he says. "we| The Union City Body Co., 4, have an awful lot of work to|whose headquarters is in In- © clear up in 'Canada first." jdiana, opened about six years Estate old timer, Bert Pyke of|ago. They produce light delivery Toronto, head of Bert Pyke Ltd.,]vans, but as production costs here since 1960, is on the up and|were so high in the States it up too. He designs and makes|ceased to be a competitive busi- railway maintenance equipment|ness. for U.S. railroads, and some of} Now they operate in reverse it is made down there under his|and assemble car bodies shipped licence. from the U.S. on to General Demand for his tie spacers Motors' chassis. and track clearing equipment) "We recently expanded our has engendered a plan to open outside storage area," said Paul another workshop outside the/Dillon, who looks after this end estate, but if the proposed spur|of the business. "Demand is line goes in he will build there| going up and we needed another too. "We must be near a rail|two acres." line," he said. In the Fabricated Metals shop COULTER it was hard to find somebody to ,; Coulter. Manufacturing Litd.,|/talk to -- they were all busy : neroanemeaesnonnecneocomoromnereeee §€--onroducing their new car trans- porter. Designed by them to compete with the railroad it accommodates more new ve- hicles than the old style carrier. ROAD SYSTEM An essential part in the growth of an industrial com- munity is the development of a good road system, and here, too, the Farewell estate has taken on a new look. Wentworth Street extension, Seer CON. ROBERT NICOL, MR. WILLIAMS INSPECT NEW AUTO CARRIER .»+ Fabricated Metals Designs Carrier To Compete With Railroad ray DRAFTSMAN WORKS ON RAILWAY EQUIPMENT DETAILS plunging west from Farewell Avenue, 'will join directly with the estate when it opens in the spring, some 10 years ahead of its scheduled time, mainly at the insistence of the industrial commission, The public works department is also busy on widening plans for other roads in the area. Before long trucks are ex- pected to bowl along these roads at the rate of one every 10 min- utes, serving the new cement plant in Bowmanville with sup- plies unloaded at the port of Fea Oshawa. § At a later date Wentworth § Street is looked to provide a # direct link with the other indus- trial area of about 350 acres west of General Motors south plant, and the $24% million CNR classification complex due for opening early 1968. GRAND PLAN Thus the grand plan for indus- trial development in Oshawa begins to shape up -- the harbor ie development with the transit § , wih «++ Owner Bert Pyke Checking On Design Progress shed, the spur 'line, the' road system linking east with west, the CNR complex -- and the provision of serviced industrial land. A little of this is available on vacant sites, but not much. It is the great stumbling block to really big industrial develop- ment in Oshawa, and one which Mr. Williams is constantly bat- tling over. It cuts down the average sale of industrial land to five or 10 acres. Without it, he says, develop- ment will always be = slow and the big time industrialists will pass up Oshawa in favor of OPERATOR DROPS FINISHED METAL STAMPING IN CONTAINER AT COULTER MANUFACTURING -++Further Expansion In Industrial Park Anticipated By Company (Oshawa Times Photos) other cities where the services!explicably, the project is drop-| sprout. ped. One thing does stand out how-|or city council or commission Oshawa amounts to 700 or 800 ever, in any successful trans-|Mmeetings on this unyielding di-|acres, including some for which Incoming industrialists are} An unknown factor has enter-jactions of this nature: man- outa re he a i rea Pa program is required, so @ ; get cae : | industrial commiss receiv-| f wary creatures and coaxingjed the discussions in the ex-' ufacturers want somewhere they ing "good support" from board|it is quite a problem. them into any city is a complex|@cutive suite. |can move into right away when/of control and council and says) With his forward looking at- and frustrating business. |'UNDER WRAPS ithe contracts are signed. They|he received 'good direction" |titude and dogged determina- It can easily take two years| It all has to be kept under|just won't wait for services to/from' the commission itself/tion maybe he will sway the from the date of an initial en-|wraps, sometimes even from|be installed, yet city council| (Maurice Hart, chairman, Keith|powers that be and help real- quiry before a plant gets going.|higher echelon officials 6f the|say they cannot afford to do it/Ross, Con. Robert Nocol and|ize the dream of another big - On the other hand: negotia-\company concerned, and com-on a large scale aldermen William Paynter and|really big - production unit for tions could drag on for ages|petitors must not get a hint) Mr. Williams is always chip- Gilbert Murdoch.) Oshawa; an industrial twin for -- then suddenly, perhaps in-!of what is going on. ping away at board of controll Industrial land potential injGeneral Motors. A 7 'A