Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 23, 1972, p. 16

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In the Mall Bag Residents Charge Town Breaking Own ByLaw Dear Sirs The residents of the Chipper Court area want to know how long they are going to have to put up wilh garbage dumps on town property along the sidewalks and the land nearby One such dump on almost opposite Sargent Road consists of a huge pile of old paint cans Broken glass broken concrete bits of wood paper etc etc much of which Is embedded a sea of mud close by Immediately beside the sidewalk is a small shed surrounded by garbage and against which are leaning rusty window panes with broken Now should any unfortunate child slip or be pushed on to this he could be cut to pieces and possibly blinded by the jagged broken glass All this on town property and has been for months The whole area is a filthy mess And yet when the town foreman who happened to be in a truck near this dump one day was approached he said there was nothing he could do It wasn theirs This was also reported to the Town Inspector who even when In the area neglected to look at it The Town Engineer absolved himself of all responsibility by declaring that the town was a dirty state because the citizens had no civic pride As long as the Town allows these dumps right In the middle residential areas It certainly deals a very effective death blow to civic pride In fact before this area was devastated one resident used to keep an empty lot beside his house clear of any dirt or garbage and even mow the grass to make the comer of Sargent and Rex way look neat and pleasant but what the use now The pertinent question is who is without civic pride the citizens or the Town We the residents want to know how much longer we have to tolerate this deplorable situation And when are the roads up nine months ago by the construction company going to be fixed And most important alter it cvenually cleared up what steps are council going to take to prevent this happening every time construction occurs In residential areas This Is the fourth time in this area in three years It would seem that the only effective way must be an arrangement with the construction company before it moves in that the lots must be cleaned of all debris and garbage on and around the lots each night before leaving There are still quite a few lots round here and many all over Georgetown and if the Town continues its lax control Heaven help us all One wonders what hap pened to that new bylaw passed on August Jill A Ades 6 Garnet Robert Garnet Dr J Barrett 10 Garnet Barrett Garnet 161 M Rexway Tony and Muriel Powell Chip per Keith Mustard 168 Rexway Joan Mustard 168 Rexway Jalin A Sid 160 Mary Rose 160 Eleanor Clark 162 E Clark 162 Mr and Mrs Emerson Ham 149 Rexway Mr and Mrs Woods Chipper Mrs Chipper Mrs Smith 145 Rcxway Pat and Guy Muschett 147 J W Embury 14 Aleck Embury t way Mr and Art Adams Chipper 14 Chippe Alex Berzlnsh 14 Chipper Eileen Pantllng Chipper Kenneth D fl Chipper Claire 109 Sargent Roger Pel Sargent Page 4 GEORGETOWN HERALD THURSDAY NOV If Choose It from Canada a lamest rental fleet of A Charge ANDREW MURRAY MOTORS

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