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f ht danaoian dhampion ypl ioeno 13 milton ontario wednesday august 2 1967 sixteen pagesterx cents frock ross predicts homes too expensive if 1400 square feet demanded council lowers limit to 1350 ft average it took off nmtday to the apom cowlmtm hy dro earhoe to the dial i lit ih the people who need these houses wont be able to afford them councillor g krantz argued as milton council re drafted its twoweek old reso lution on requirements for fut ure housing the previous resolution cal led for an average of 1400 square feet over any group of houses on which permits were sought at any one time a min imum of 1250 in any one home acton councillor ted tyler told council last week he intended to make a motion at the next mtiig of council asking a bylaw be drafted up to close mill st from main st o john so a shopping mall could be made on the two mill street blocks c c johnson oppos ed the two figures in the al lowance suggesting the figure should be 1350 square feet minimum he suggested the two figures were discrimina tory since a person wishing to build a single home was re stricted to 1400 square feet while a developer could in clude some 1250 square foot homes in a block he would build to average 1400 square feet when councillor b best es timated such homes would cost about 134000 councillor krantz voiced his opposition councillor c fay suggested some in older homes might choose to move to newer ones releasing older homes for those who could not afford the higher priced homes council adopted the 1350 square foot minimum in a re drafted resolution councillor johnson also em phasized the importance of making the si 000 capital levy against the lot rather than ag ainst the home as the earlier resolution suggested councillor b best recalled his committee had recommend ed to the finance commitee at the first of the year that a capi tal levy bylaw be drafted right now a builder could sower committee to rule who gets sump pumps who decides who gets a tump pump mayor s g child wondered during mon days council meeting after council two weeks ago author- teed installation of back water valves and sump pumps in the existing homes in town that have been affected in the past or are affected in the fu ture by backing up of sewage in the basement its well known to the fore man who has problems dep uty reeve menefy one of the proponents of the program de clared mayer cfcflda noted an appll- ortaa had al b receiv ed from a woodward ave resi dent living near ontario st for a pump councillor fay one of the sponsors of the resolution sug gested the decision should be left to the works superintend ent the intent was for the homes suffering repeated flooding deputy reeve men efy declared councillor fay suggested it be referred to the sewer com mittee for a report and study on the procedure councillor c johnson urged the local creeks be cleared out one branch had not been cleared out in i dont know when he suggested and if this was done and the course deepened it would let the storm water get away faster at least deputy reeve menefy agreed the creeks should be cleaned but i fail to see how it would have any effect on the impro per engineering of the sewers in the first place with three or more eight inch lines feed ing into a 12 inch he warn ed too that if you allow a certain amount of further building on bronte it will be a worse situation unless a direct line is run through the problem of who gets a pump was finally tossed to the sewer committee come in and apply for a per mit on an apartment building and get it without making a capital levy he emphasized a resolution was drafted authorizing the preparation of a capital levy bylaw and in the meantime requiring a levy of 200 per suite against ap- partments on which permits are sought p k mcwilliams present to present engineering plans on a nine lot area suggested the capital levy should be paid at the time building permits are sought council had called for the capital levy to be paid when the plan of subdivision is registered mr mcwilliams noted a subdivider had to pay for installation of the services the land and now the capital levy school appeal is dismissed the appeal launched by the town of milton against an oakviile committee of adjust ment decision to approve a land sale to the milton district high school board was dis missed by the ontario munici pal board youre making the business of subdividing more costly in putting together the capital this affects the public too he argued 1 its a lot less confusing call the question deputy- reeve menefy urged the councils position remained unchanged safety checkers nab unsafe cars the ontario department of transport safety checking sta tion processed a total of 292 cars during its five day stay in milton last week and found at least two of them deemed un safe for driving last year 280 cars were checked with only 84 of them passing tests and receiving windshield stickers cars are checked on 38 points including ball joints tie- rod ends and brakes wheel alignment general visibility horn glass condition and torn fenders the station moved into mil- ion plaza parking lot tuesday morning and left saturday evening milton subsequent to laun- chmg the appeal was persuad ed tf withdraw its objection when members of the high school board appeared at a meeting the board has agreed to pur chase 4968 acres from cecil mccann to enlarge its present site the land was in the town of oakviile and permis sion to separate it from the larger tract had to be sought from the oakviile committee of adjustment basis of miltons initial ob jection was the failure to pro vide for the extension of the streets into the area by the owner it called for a dedica tion of land to the municipal- ity for a future road lb mmfej rtpave 25 within a month work will begin on the repay ing of highway 23 from the macdonald cartler freeway to acton the project will take approximately three mon ths and includes a twofoot widening of the stretch between the 401 25 cloverleaf and camp- bellvule slderoad a surface similar to the present one will be apphed a spokesman said souvenirs of milton were presented to visiting antique car enthusiasts when they paraded briefly in milton during the london- brighton tour here reeve a ledwith and councillor g krantz extended a suitable wel come to una and wilbur miller beside their 1925 chevrolet it was the couples eighth trip in the londonbrighton rally staff photo three rebuffs from premier town will meet mr spooner for the third time premier john robarts has told milton council he is too busy to meet with them regarding their an nexation problem when council persisted after the second rebuff the premier wrotethntthe honrjrw spooner minister of municip al affairs would meet them august 8 at 230 pm the hon mr spooner points out in connection with vour request for a meeting that- the council has already- been advised that the decision new works building town hall renovations cost 14804 extra new works building at the sew age treatment plant site to house town vehicles and facil ities cost 2362274 of the 9480411 project 7187808 will be debentured winter works benefits totalled 1 334950 and a forgiveness clause in federal provincial borrowing amounted to 9- 37653 the town hall renovation and works building construc tion went 1480411 over its 80000 allocation milton coun cil was told monday as thev were asked to approve a by law authorizing the additional sum the town hall renovation came in at 7118137 and the to postpone a further hearing of the application in question was made by the ontario mun icipal board on its own res ponsibility i regrelthatjbecause of the pressure of other business i will not be able to be present at this meeting the premier wrote i dont think there is any use meeting mr spooner mayor s g childs concluded nothing ventured nothing gained id be prepared to go as one of the delegates coun cillor b best offered council lor c johnson agreed he would attend and mayor childs hoped he would be able to get awayy deputy reeve c menefy en dorsed the three man commit tee and suggested if they had to take mr spooner out to lunch take him and if you have to buy a bottle buy one automation hits cherry harvesting cherries shaken off trees 11 bttov left a closeup of the machine which operates on the chain saw principle to shake the branches and fell the cherries the rig weigh 25 pounds but after a couple of days the men get used to the sore shoulders and arms photos show cherry farms new processes harvesting time is a busy time around the bell school line braeside farm where a staff of about 30 is handling close to 200 tons of cherries in this years excellent crop top ieft three local women working on the pitting mach ine inspect the cherries before they reach the automatic pit- ter culling out any imperfect cherries the machine can pit the cherries as fast as the con veyor belt can feed them in top right harvesters work with a new rig called a shak er to denude the cherry trees of the tasty fruit two machines can strip a tree in five minutes by shaking the branches the cherries fall on the lightcolored plastic tramp olines and roll into the col lector bins below centre braeside owner les hughes top right keeps an eye on the pitting machine as employees scan the conveyor belts for any un desirable cherries in the foreground are some cherries already canned and awaiting sugar and lids beiow right out in the or chard a workman gently transfers a panful of fresh- picked cherries about half a trees yield is shown in the pan to a bin of ice cold wa ter which quickly hardens ths cherries and keeps them fresh until they reach the pitting operation staff photos by roy downs pit cherries at braeside by machine automation has finally hit the cherry industry gone are the days when a horde of 200 pickers invaded the local orchards to pluck the juicy delicacy from the trees armed with baskets lad ders and stands now a pair of motorized shakers can strip a tree of its fruit in five minutes even the oldfaamoned cher rypitting operation has disap peared now a dozen employ ees can operate a massive pit ting machine that knocks out 100 pits at one blow a fresh picked cherry could with to days modem machinery be harvested pitted washed pac kaged sugared sealed and rushed off to the freezer within half an hour never touched by a human hand theyre doing it daily for the three week cherry season at the milton area farm called braeside farms owner les hughes is justifiably proud of his automated process which introduced the pitter a couple of years ago and this season took a new turn with the ad vent of the shakers the two shaken take a sevenman crew to operate but thev replace a crew of 200 men women and teenagers who used to labor for three wrcks to strip the farms 55 acres of cherries between 4000 and 5000 trees heavily laden with the fruit the men plate baskets be- ude the base of the tree to catch the cherries and two trampolinetype tubular frames arc propped up below the tree covered with a plastic material en whjch the falling cherries bounce and roll into the col lector pans two men advance en the tree carrying portable engines resembling chain saw motors outfitted with 10 foot aluminum poles on the end of which is a rubberlimbed jaw the jaw clampa on a cherry- laden branch the motor goes vroom a couple of times and the branch literally gets the daylights and cherries shak- f continued on faff 7