Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), October 26, 1955, p. 9

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j see the wonderful new television priced only 329 the biggest screen youve ever seen at yy wigo in television radio sales t service t v specialists georgetown marconi for 1956 check these features wooden cabinet aluminized picture tube 5w speaker cascode tuner 90 days free service aerial instauation at minimum cost i wigos price just available in walnut mahogany and oak m wigo televisor radio pence stkinss wigo for tv repairs for aerial installation for better service wigo tv free home trials remember tv a specialty jot a sideline georgetowns largest tv store tr 73376 i packo tw gkoataattowm rumald wednesday evening october 1w philips new channttock tv for 1956 32 main street mart to the municipal building what council oid contract awarded for sewer to serve hewson heights subdivision and area at monday nights council minting a letter wss read from the ii j hod- kim home service in which thiy withdrew their lender or supplying gravel ill in luelph street the con tract had been awarded to them by council became they had the loweat bid on the job in their letter with drawing rom the lendrr and contract they stated tllat they had mlsunder- itood the specifications for the job and had grossly underestimated the cost they auo itatcd that they wl shed to submit another tender or the job if and when they were called or council wii thus faced with the unprecedented situation of having had only two lender on the job the con- trad having lieen awarded anil tho lenders maile public in the press ask ing the lown nglnrer for advice or the proper procedure mr wilson said that in hit experience the usual eus lom in tuch cases u to award the cunlracl to ihe next lowest lender be cause the bid had been exposed a motion was therefore made remin ding the gravel fill contract rom ii j hodglns and awarding it to the flea ver heady mix company at their ten dered price o 15200 mr km hyde of the heaver heady mixed was present at the meeting and asked permission to address council to speak on the tender his company had submitted for constructing a 12- inch sanitary sewer between john st and kim si under the cnr embank ment he asked lhat council dot open tender until he had explained certain difficulties he had encounter- cl while inspecting the job which had a beating on parts of the pi ice ten dered by his firm the difficulties vere encountered in the section o sewer to be laid un derneath the cnr embankment where ihe creek run through the cul vert on john street to fully explain the ground conditions found at the le vel at which the sever must be laid mr hyde introduced an expert in this kind of work mr 1l oneil of streets- ville whose firm was to the boring through the embankment for beaver ltcady mixed mr neil explained to council that the price cor this work was necessarily extermely high be cause of the treacherous nature of the subsoil through which the boring ma chines would have to tunnel testa of the soil material showed it to be swamp muck neither clay nor sand which is very hard to work in and to drain because the tendered price for this particular section had to be so high mr hyde wished to tender fo rt he portion of sewer to be laid before and after the tunnel u bored through the railway embankment and recommen ded to council that the work for the remainder of the contract specifica tions be let on a costplus basis the itesver heady mixed tender was open- ed and the price of 8464 50 for laying the 12 sewer in the unbored section accepted town engineer wilson wi shed further time to investigate the costplus basis for the remainder of the work and this will be discussed at the next meeting a ratepayer from cloverdale ilia mr ncal addressed the council asking that they do something about the land which had caved in aver the sewer una on his property this will be attended to immediately for the testing of a meter which is not faulty thus when a request to have a meter tested is received if the meter is found to be running loo fast the town will have to pay for the cost of ihe testing if however the meter is found lo be accurate or run ning slow the person who laid the complaint must pay for the cost of testing hcevc allrn will investig ate the exact cost of such testing for the next regular meeting and the charge tor such service will be set council passed their sntiual 1300 grant to hraovh 120 canadian 1rgion toward rxpertsrs of the armistice day service ieputy reeve al norton said that he had received numerous complaints about the impasssble state ol roads in the swanek subdivision as well as cumplainla about ihe disposal o sew erage rom houses inhabited in thst subdivision which hsve not yet been hooked onto the town sewerage sys tem council said the sewerage situ ation would have to be remedied im mediately and pressure brought to bear so that the roads would allow people who have bought homes lo get moved in titus is creating j hardhip in many instances glen williams glen united church hold successful tea the clen williams united church sunday school held a very successful afternoon tea and bake sale on satur day afternoon mrs cecil narth and mrs john vagstac were in charge o the ev ent assisted by the older girls of the sundsy school in serving lea those asviixting were xiarilyn and carol itarth iynda and elisabeth bot toms and donna dixon mrs henry sanderson of toronto spent the weekend al the home of her daughter mrs norman fellrer mr and mrs harold bennett and mr and mrs norman felker spent sundsy evening in toronto visiting mrs felkers brother who is a patient in the toronto western floapltal a discussion took place about the testing ot water meters apparently some cltliens have claimed that their meters are registering high accord ing to the firm- which manufactures the meters this is impossible the only defect a meter can have is to run slow this has been proven bjr- 7 those taken out nd tested however in order to handle whafijv might two into numerous complaints snd necessitate 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