D a lly Journal-Record P ro g re ss Edition, Tutt., M arch 30, 1988 Milton Starved For Land To Attract New Industry MILTON -- Indu strial growth in Milton h as been stym ied for la ck of land. 'Hie 800-odd acres In th e town a r e all but built up leaving no room for new industry. M ilton's industrial com m ission in a r e cent rep o rt to council lam ented this lack of space. " O ur efforts to bring Indust ry to Milton a re seriously ham pered by the lack of available industrial land w ithin the town lim its," the rep o rt noted. T he com m ission paints o u t th a t the tow n's only hope f or m o re industry is to acquire m o re land as sites for industry. The outcom e of an O ntario M unicipal B oard hearing into Milton's bid to annex ab o u t 3,000 a c re s in total from neigh boring Escfuesing Township and Oakville will be eith er the m ak ing or the breaking of Milton. If the hearing doesn't go i n th e town's favor so th a t it will not be able to get the land, a num ber of civic lead ers forcast lean days ahead for Milton. They w arn that the county seat has the prospect of flour ishing o r w ithering depending on the outcom e of the hearing. T he cost of running a town can be divided so th a t residents pay 60 per cent erf the shot while commence and industry pay 40 p e r cent, they reason. However, M ilton's assessm ent is out of balance so th at resi dents have to pay m ore than their portion to m ak e up f o r the shortage in industry. Milton h a s e v e n inflicted m any woes on itself In trying to force the su rren d er of t h e w anted property. Town council decided recent ly not to provide services t o new com panies w hich m ay set tle outside Its borders In ad joining m unicipalities. This movfe h u rts the com m er cial section of town b i th a t work ers in the new com panies would settle in Milton and likely carry on business here. However, the step w as taken in order to m ake Oakville w here industry is m ost likely to settle com e around and dlnop its opp osition to annexation, since Oak ville would not be able to ser vice an Industry econom ically 18 m iles from its downtown a r ea. Another byproduct of the land struggle has been th at a p a rt ment and subdivision construc tion has been prohibited. T h e 'own doesn't w ant to okay these building projects unless h knows w hat kind of sew er network to install and k won't know this it claim s, until the annexation has been settled. E verything th at hinges on a n nexation, then, is expected t o be cleared up if the hearing is favorable to Milton. T here is reason, som e say, to think that it m ay result favorably f o r Milton. ENGIXEERS AT WORK -- A Low Fire Insurance Rci Attractive For Industry Oakville's attractiv ely I o w ftre insurance ra te s a re one of the factors influencing industr ies and com m ercial firm s to lo ca te here, but the ratin g s w ere not earned without hard work, money and development of an efficient fire prevention and fire fighting organization. Oakville holds a No. 1 G a ss *A" rating by fire insurance com panies because of the very low loss ratio for all classes of risks. Reasons for this include the fact th a t w ater pressure in Industrial a re a s is m aintained a t 85 pounds pressure, and hy d ra n t layout is designed to be w ithin 500 feet o r less f r o m a n y industrial building. The 1964 record of fire p r e vention in Oakville w as another step forw ard when losses were cut by $37,852 to $255,148, a ccording to the official report of F ire Chief J . D. Wilson. fire prevention between the de partm ent . end Oakville industrial plants, including test runs and exercises a t the plants. NEW BY-LAW p a rtia l view of the drafting of fices on K err St. w here Tech nical Design Service engineers and draftsm en w ork on scores of projects for Oakville indus try a n d com panies in all p a rts of the country. G. D. Cooper, P .E n g ., standing, left, and A. T im m s check to see th a t jobs a r e com ing along on schedule. What Makes A Great Product... i Q U ALITY M ATERIALS QU ALITY WORKMANSHIP and In each Oakville in 1964 also passed .a bylaw requiring contractors to incorporate into th eir build ings certain fire equipm ent that would prevent loss of life in a large structure. In his report for 1964, Chief Wilson says: Riviera Travel Trailer You Get B o t h . . . Plus · · · everything you would hope fo r In a travel tra ile r "This By-law w as passed ap proxim ately one y ea r to t h e day 9ince the first perm it was issued for a high-rise apartm ent building. Our By-law is practic ally identical to the City of Tor onto's by-law and in doing thris, we cannot be accused of asking f o r m ore in Oakville than they have elsewhere. In o u r large buildings we now h a ve fully electrical lire alarm s with two sources of power, sprink le rs in hazardous a re a s and ONE BIG ITEM standpipes to reach the top as Analysis of the 1964 Are loss naturally aerial equipm ent will shows the largest item of $94.- only reach to a certain hei^it. 600 w as a loss a t th e Shell Oil "We Inspect the architectural Com pany fire in N ovem ber when v ery delicate precision instru plans along with the Building m ent gauges and panels were D epartm ent a t the tim e they a re destroyed in a flash fire. Next subm itted for a perm it and we larg est w as in Jan u ary , 1964, approve o r change them with of $72,500. a t Dominion Freight respect to fire extinguishment, w ays Holdings on the Ni n t h and fire fighting equipm ent on Line. No Oakille fire loss has ly. During the course of c o n ev er equalled the d am ag e Ol struction we visit the buildings $625,377 in the iire at the T ra to m ake sure all such equip falg ar BiukUng on CoHbome St. ment is being installed properto 1959. B ly. During 1964, a total of 20 C o se co-operation exists I n * plans w ere approved. advertising consultant artist designer ft ft ft ft 6'6" H E A D R O O M O V E R S IZ E D W IN D O W S S P A C IO U S IN T E R IO R L U X U R IO U S L Y F U R N IS H E D f t YEARS AHEAD IN S T Y L E f t M ORE S TO R A G E SPACE f t E X O T IC W O O D P A N E L L IN G f t S L E E P S FO U R OR f t F U L L Y IN S U L A T E D f t E A S Y T O W IN G S IX Deluxe and Custom Made Models A NEW AN D GROWING INDUSTRY e Janet E. Pullen 284 Colborne Street E. H arry Howard 83 D u n d a s S t r e e t S o u t h the annex 845-7691 Riviera T railers LIM ITED -- SALES & SERVICE 73 Sixth Line South 8454)621 the annex 845-7691 Y O U R PU B LIC U TILITIES at your service... m so rrigny_ ways Nowhere is the growth of Oakville reflected so vividly as in the demand for electric power and water facilities. Each year the requirements for commercial, industrial and private homes leaps ahead (6 times greater than the years prior to amalgamation for example) and this is our challenge. Your commission is dedicated to being ready with adequate service this year and every year. The Oakville Public Utilities Commission S E V E N T H L IN E O A K V IL L E P H O N E V I 5-3461