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4-ORONO WPEEî" TIMEFS. NOVEMBFP lSth, 1974 Lo c a1 re---al estate., sa les reach'record DRY WALL TAPING SPI R 1' D CFILINGS APPLYING DRYWALL PLAS FER REPAIRS W-iIly Lucyk ORONO Monuments, and Family Mamorials Our qualitv and service leaveà nothlng to be desired Ask the person who bought from us, a, neigh- bour, friend or relative. The Rutter Granite Company 73 Ontario Street -PORT HOPE Phone collect V. W. RUTTER Office 885-5216 Home -885-5223 Umm :iusurance *Service : aYour Friendly AgeucyS *Ail * Personal * ande *Commercial Insurance *Sadie Hamilton, *Sue Sawyer , *Jim Rare 0 For dependable servi-e,» *993-5115e The total value of real estate transactions in the major Cities and Towns east of metropolitan Toronto rea- ched a record in the first eight months of this year, accord- ing to, Walter Frank of W. Frank Real Estate Limited,,a leading local Realtor, Mr. Frank, who bas 12 offices between Toronto and Kingston, reported that "4,658 properties were sold for $229,046,783 in the correspond- ing January-August period of 1973. This is an increase of $54,921,945 or,24 percent." Mr. Frank, who is the leading real estate broker in the Counties of Ontario, Durham, Northumberland ind Victoria, noted, however, that there was a substantial decline in total property transactions in these regions in August this year, the latest month for Which figures are available. There were 294 sales for $14,981,727 in August this year compared to 912 deals for $39,465,836 for the similar month of 1973. Mr. Fra nk stated that "sales activity had picked up in September and October as vendors are becomning more realistic in their asking price- Mr. Frank predicted that "lwith lower mortgage inter-, est rates next Spring, there would again he upward pres. sure on house prices."1 H1e also revealed that there was a -sharp decline in the second haîf of this year in housing starts in the Regional Municipality of Durham, which would result in a shortage early in 1975. Zrick - Block - Concrete Stone Work rCarpentry -Cabinet Work Floors -Tile 983-5441 Orono PUMPING OUT SEPTIC TANKS Bert Tompkins Dave-s Plimbing Heati ng .E lectrica I Industrial - Commercial Residenti%èl Free FImates 786-2471 R. R. 1,roi Encroachment by-laOw divides local- council Mr. Ed. Van Nest represen- ting the VLA asked council to pass a by-law allowing the encroachment of some 3.6 feet onto the municipal road for the life of the building. Th& house is located in Crooked Creek in the former Township of Clarke and Mr. Van Nest stated to council that the lifetime agreement would make it much easier tohandie for the VLA. The Works Committee had. recommended the passing of theby-law but asked that the agreement be renewed on a yearly basis. Coun. Entwisle and Allun moved that they concur with the wishes of Mr. Van Nest but the motion lost with the Mayor passing the deciding vote, Councillor Wearn said that i t was felt that council would have greater control over the encroachment if the by-law was renewable on a year to year basis. When council voted to pass the motion on the year to year basis the Mayor W as again called on to break the tie. t again happened when the by-law came before council and during the second reading Couni. Entwisle and Coun. Lyall moved an amendment to the by-law that it be on the NO PERMIT BECAUSE HOUSING PIGEONS Mr. Frank Waterfall of Newcastle appeared before council stating that he kept pigeons and had recently moved into the Village of Newcastle. H1e said he had brought with him a coup for the birds but was unaware that he had needed a building permit to erect the coup on his property. H1e said he had applied for a permit but was refused one since the building inspector stated he could not issue a permit for such a purpose in a residential area. Mr. Waterfall said that no act disallowed the keeping of the pigeons although it did prohibit the keeping of chick-- ens in a residential area. H1e asked that council clear up this matter so he could get his building permit. The matter was referred te a future committee meeting when the building inpsector could be present. Coun. Hobbs informed Mr. Waterfall that he knew where could get all kinds of pigeons. lifetime of the building. Ma- yor Rickard again passed the deciding vote defeating the amendment. In then passing the by-law the Mayor again gave the deciding vote. Every time'you go shopping the cost of things gets higher. Prices rise and the buying power of a dollar bill continues to shrink. fl'e same thing is happening to us. Today we're both in the same boat - faced with a situation of rising costs outside our immediate control. And we don't -like it any more than you do. For example the wholesale power we purchase from Ontario Hydro now costs about il percent more than last year. This increase at the wholesale level has been forced by several factors ... rising labour charges, higher construction costs and increase~s in the cost ofpractically ail materials, supplies and services Ontario Hydro has to buy. New Net monthly rates for residential1 customers Effective on ail bis issued on or after Jan. 1. . 75 Kilowatthour <KWH) Cost per Consumption KWH First 50 KWH 5.1c Next 200 KWH- 2.65e Next 500 KWH (For customers with hydro approved eiectric water heater) 1.2e Al additional KWH 1.4c Minimum Bill 3.75 D. Simpson - Commissioner To discuss shopping centre The Town of Newcastle ké holding a public meeting on November lSth to discuss the proposal to extend the shop ping area in the King Street and Simpson Street area. The meeting is to be attended by the developers of the proposal along, with council members as well as members from t he Bowmanville Chamber of Commerep Councillor Hobbs said that chere is interest when this kind of thing happens (the extention of the shopping centre) but when wie met about shopping centres three months ago only three people showed'ii-' In the past, wehave- been successful i absorbing many of these Icost increases - instead of passing them directly Ont to you. However, we're now at a point where present rates will, not return sufficient revenue to, cover costs. As you know, we are a publicly owned utility. Our whole structu~re is based, on suppiying your with dependable service at the lowest possible cost... not to earn profits. But, the amount we collect must be enough to assure both dependable service and the financial integrity of the utility. Tiius, is spite of aIl the beit tightening we've been doing and will continue to do. we must now ask for a rate increase. An increase that will be sufficient to handle those rising costs outsigle our control. The rates below wili become effective on ail bills issued on or after January lst, 1975. TYPICAL'NET CHARGES BASE DON NEW RATES Monthly Consumption Monthly Charge 25 0 KWH $7.85 41-m KWH (average consumption $10.27 615 KWH (With electric water heater $12.23 7530 KWH $13.85 H. Partner - Chairman G.B. Rickard - Mayor R. Forrester - Commissioner C.S. 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