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Hydro hearings continue REFORD GARDHOUSE OF MILTON and John Schneider of Acton put their heads together during the opening session of expropriation hearings for Ontario Hydros proposed Bradley- Georgetown power corridor The hearings started Monday in Acton Legion Recreation will feed and works will pay The employees of the town recreation department will feed Fairy Lake wildfowl and the works committee will pay the bill General committee Monday accepted facility dent Pal willing ness to have his people feed the birds and the mcndation will go to council An arena worker in Acton will feed the birds Mr said the birds will be fed seven days a week However he reported that the recreation department is opposed maintaining open water and would not provide surveillance He foil the birds which have not migrated should be housed for the winter Councillor George Mallby said the fair board had not yel been asked about the use of their poultry birds borne of them were penned there last winter The housing question goes back to the works committee Feeding will begin as soon as council agrees to the recommendations The lake is freezing fast chairman added Help hotel business down Councilloi Joe Hurst has suggested something be etonc for the Station Hotel which has complained it is losing business since Mill Street is being reconstructed even though the work isn taking place in front of the hotel Mr Hurst said the hotel owner wants an access from his parking lot onto Bower Avenue and noted in the past there was access onto Bower from the hotel He said he I in favor of access from the hotel onto Bower especially light of increased traffic due to the detour His was sup ported by the rest of the com mitlce and engineer Robert Austin Mr Hurst suggested the big barriers at Mill and Bower could be moved back and the detour sign left where it is so people could quickly see they can still use the street to get to the hotel He said he bar could be moved back to Street He asked the engineer to do whatever he can to help the hotel in this situation Continued from Page the but did not see fit to He said Hydro must go to the municipality for re- zoning and the municipality does not want it jumped in saying it was the same as buying property with an option you dont close the deal without proper zoning The chairman retorted You cant compare a canoe with a battleship To which grinned I never considered Hydro a canoe The chairman deferred the que tlon of zoning until more information was available The remainder of Mondays proceedings were taken up with procedure and three lawyers statements on their clients positions Councillor representing the Duke family stated his clients werent opposed to the line but requested moving the easement some yards tc the northeast of its present position so the towers could run on the lot line He said evidence supported the move and his clients full time farmers would benefit by it He said hed never been satis fied Hydro had to come down threequarlers of the farm He felt it wouldnt lencc Hydro but would benefit his client to move the line Marshall explained the reasons for the lines align ment across a manmade In the escarpment was to lower towers some what from eyesight He felt farming operations were feasible under the hydro lines Initially he staled the Niagara Escarpment Com mission demanded the lines be in the notch but when challenged replied he NEC only approved of the site chosen by Hydro considering the low profile of the towers Two lawyers H C Funk and Mr Sternberg repre senting Ltd and Century Quarries respect ivcly staled their clients had no objection to the line but wanted the opportunity to choose between an easement or a fee simple Funk said properly owners on the east west corridor were given the option but landowners facing ex propria tion on the northsouth cor were offered only an Marshal lawyer for the defense explained Hydros policies had changed between handling the two segments of the line Sternberg insisted his client be given the option between taking a fee or an easement no matter which option was to be chosen First witness for Hydro was Arthur manager of land use and environmental planning He said he was pro ject manager for the study area to choose a suitable power route and gave a lengthy history of the cor quoting frequently from the Sola rid report challenged the accuracy of Solandfs findings and said he proposed to challenge decisions The case continues Tuesday with more Hydro witnesses Like a worrisome pack of terriers attacking a bear lawyers for the Interested Citizens Committee con tinued to bite the legs of Ontario Hydro Tuesday In front of an audience rarely numbering over Paroian and Howilt chal lenged every step of Hydros testimony During lengthy resume of the cor ridors planning history constantly lioned evidence particularly the report and the report He seemed incensed that Chairman May rick would allow as evidence reports Paroian claimed were inac curate At one point he ex claimed Why dont you just rubber stamp it Maynck replied I did not come up the river on a log and commented it was ob vious these reports had not been adhered to He said It does not follow that Im going to rubber stamp the Solandt and reports During crossexamination of Mosher Paroian brought out what could be the most important issue of the hear ing Leading along a path paved with kilowatts and voltages Paroian attempted to establish Bradley to Georgetown Line wasnt necessary He asked Mosher if it was true the Bruce Generating Station A was limited lo per cent of it power because of design faults Spokesmen for the ICC felt that even without Ihe Bradley Georgetown corridor Hydro has enough existing lines lo take the power now capable of being produced at Bruce The Ukrainian Youth Training Camp represented by Councillor requested the moving of the line 100 yards further norlh off their Line property Kruz out lined the nature of this camp which be described as Ihe largest of its kind in Canada He stated worth of construction had been com pleted on the property since which now consisted of barracks chapel athletic and track facilities as well as a nature study area Re fores had been em ployed he said to provide a screen for the property and allow a six acre hiking forest He felt the hydro line would eliminate most of the planted trees necessitate the reloca tion of the chapel and bar racks cause loss of revenue during the estimated year of construction require moving the present garbage dump when no other area was suit able for it and decrease attendance when parents considered the possible danger from tower imily He requested Ihe line be moved the neighboring farm owned by Albert Brooks where the right of way could traverse minimally refor ested grazing land brought out that Brooks had not requested a hearing Jaroslaw president of the National Ukrainian Youth Association made an impassioned plea for con sideratjon of the emotional ism involved Marshal countered with statements concerning Hydro position We are quite prepared to down with the association to attempt to accommodate Ihese problems he said He also felt most trees could be left intact the build mgs need not be moved and the garbage dump could pro bably slay where it was A fence could be built around the towers for safety addi tionally screened with trees he continued remarking that a change at the camp would result in a change all the way along the line Peter Fa I lis rep res for members of the Grey County Hydro Corn dor Committee from Dur ham requested the names of The Acton Free Press Wed November 1976 3 all peoplp from with the Dur one if they made ham hearings be added to the plication list of residents concerned Showing anger with the line continued to demand request was overruled on the grounds that Ihis particular hearing didnt affect them lawyer for many of residents explained McCassa Gold Mines would be affected if the line was moved to the north as re quested by neigh Casey Boss and the family Therefore he asked the chairman to send a notification or hearing to The chairman replied he had no power lo notify some- the grounds of applic able rules for Inquiry officers With Paroian in the act the hearing became lively as Meyrick rules in the negative Cries from the floor of rubber stamped and lets go home accompanied John Schneider ICG representat ive as he arose and said Hydro expects us to buy a pig from looking at the tail He went on to demand all the evidence be available Hearings continue as Hydro expects to call it second wit Wednesday CB REPAIRS INSTALLATIONS Check Point Communications 494 York Road Guolph Electronic Super Marl REPAIRS ALSO TO V H H TWO WAY EQUIPMENT New stop signs in six locations New stop signs are going up Monday all over town A new sign is going up on Hills works commit Gould Crescent at Wright lee approved erection of stop Avenue and not her on signs in six locations in Acton Wright where it meets Mill St Sticky wicket he still gets ticket Hills help people when it comes to tickets Joseph Bray Elizabeth Drive wrote to the town objecting to receiving a 5 parking ticket He told the town he received the ticket while his vehicle part tally parked on road in residential area of Acton Councillor Hyde said there was nothing the town could do since the ticket was enforcement of a violation of the Highway traffic Act Engineer Austins suggestion that Mr Brays letter be forwarded the ice was accepted by the com mittee Candidate for mayor Harry Levy covers town Mayoralty candidate Harry Levy is spending time campaigning in He has been calling door to door and reports to the Free Press that he finds people wanting espe cially to talk about their feel ings of frustration and lack of He has a headquarters in Acton at the home at the corner of Mill and Lake He is hoping to cover all areas of the town election day He has had a good response wherever he goes he says He attended the hockey game Friday evening Slop signs will be installed on Mason Boulevard al McDonald Boulevard and on Wallace Street at McDonald Boulevard The sign on Wallace will be for south bound traffic Westbound Wallace street drivers will find a new stop sign at Commerce Crescent A stop sign will be installed on Cedar at Churchill toad North Parade judges Judges are all set for the Santa Claus parade here Saturday Dec theyll be Jane of Frank Oakcs of and Julian The honorary position of parade marshal will be filled by long time Man area councillor Pat Reports on different areas of planning were given Candy canes and balloons ore being arranged for A final meeting will be held Monday Dee for last minute checks Fleetwood 20 PORTABLE TV 47900 1st Prize Black White TV 2nd Prize Digital Clock Radio 3rd Prize Coffee Maker ALTON ILLS 352 QUEEN ST E HWY NO 7 ACTON 8530211