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8â€"Storey Apartment Block: Approved â€" WESTON WATER CONTAMINAT _ Aifter contradicting statements ;KSch have been plaguing Wesâ€" it.equncil for well over threg months, councillors finally came to a decision on Monday night 6n the building of a superâ€"apartâ€" went block at 225â€"232 Main St. North» £4 Full approval was given to a building permit. which | will mean the â€"green light to a ‘97 suite development, eight stories high and overâ€"looking the Humâ€" ber River. . Man Charged After Threeâ€" Car Smashâ€"up trunk sewer down the Humber Valley, we i cn o Wy. :‘Initial difficulties in accomâ€" migdating : this ‘devéelopment ‘in the present overâ€"loaded Weston sewer system have been resolvâ€" ed by a special tap line which is to. lead into the main Metroâ€" The $5000 cost for the instalâ€" lation of this six inch tap line has been paid by the apartment dévelopers Omega . Construction Company. _ * . Work on the ‘sewer is ‘to .be: done by the Weston Works Deâ€" partment and will be undertakâ€" en within the next month. Work on apartment construction is to begin in midâ€"summgr. YÂ¥o. 67, No. 25 A charge of failing to stop at a stop light was brought against Albertâ€" Nyman, 21. Downsview Av., North York, when his car collided â€" into â€"another=>and bounced off onto a parked auto at the intersection. of Main and Rectory Rd. _ 44. Over $400 damage resulted from this three car smashâ€"up causing about $100 damage to the Nyman auto and~$200 to the crossing car ‘owned by James Tumber of Scarlett Rd., Etobiâ€" coke. The parked auto owned by George Graham of Woodâ€" bridge also was badly damaged. No one was injured. Pedestrian To Be Given Right Of Way Police of 24 Division are inâ€" vestigating. Several ‘intersections throughâ€" out the Township will be markâ€" ed to give pedestrians the right of. way. They will be called Pedestrian Crossâ€"Overs. As soon as a pedestrian steps off the curb, traffic coming in both, diâ€" rections must stop. Meters Spark Main St. Dispute Businessmen Fear Trade Threat In a struggle for survival against better plaza. site parking * T;Ls, Weston‘s Main St. businessmen are in general agreetnent that |F Weston council‘s proposals for parking meters on Main St. will spell doom to an already dwindling trade. h v "Main St. shopping is an up hill fight,", says a recently .arâ€" rived merchant, Lloyd Ballock, "parking meters will mean worse business for this shopping cenâ€" tfe, a crippling blow which could thean the end." With the highest concentration of plaza sites in Metro sitting in a formidable circle about Main $t., Weston, businessmen feel that growing trade losses can be stopped by more imaginative planning on the part ?l gouncil. "This is a ridiculous idea," said Gordon Bannerman, a hardâ€" ware store manager, when asked what he thought about parking meters, "the council has never approached us with these . proâ€" posals and it is certainly not g _thx‘ the time to consider parking meters. Why can‘t they do some planning? We have beefed and council have talked about park;, ing problems for well over five years. But our mean share of offâ€"street parking has stagnated." The ptrkini meter trouble of the Main St. shopping front blew up into . Weston‘s most recent controversy when councilior Gorâ€" «on Moore received a 4 to 2 vote eports Shocked Councillors Will Brighten Landscape Service Building Heralds Humber New Deal] Faceâ€"Lift For Weston Bank With New Unit Salvaged from sanitary waste which has been piling up in this long neglected corner for well over four decades, the P.U.C. bought the land at a giveâ€"away price and set their architects to task of shaping up a new deal for Wilby Cres. Along the Westonâ€"bank of the much misâ€"used Humberâ€" there is a new building which adds neat= ness and style to one of «the ugliest sights which has been pleguing this mun.cipality for years. The new. deal for: this dump ridgen‘mess is the bright redâ€"bricked two storey service building which was opened reâ€" cently by P.U.C. chairman C. M. Richardson. ; The resulting building which covers: over 15,000 sq. feet uf floor space was erected on deep set piles which were sunk.to the bed rock foundation through a coupie of hundred feet of saniâ€" tary fill. With these foundations laid the . builders. were given the goâ€"ahead sign and within a year the $200,000 building was in business. / Standing above the dumpn smoke and nearby sewer. smells the buildings site offers an atâ€" tractive view of the. Humber. P.U.C. manager Stan:Greenwood has voiced . the ‘hope. that ‘th? P.V.C. development: will encourâ€" age other buildings to the area. The new service building wil} become the centre of most of the municipal services in » Weston. The P.U.C. has rented its‘ faciliâ€" ties to the Works dept., and parks The average life of" a $20 street lamp is about two years. From this new service building regular patrols will be despatchâ€" ed continually checking the street lighting in Weston. commodate vehicles on the lower floor, the second stotrey is alloâ€" cated to offices and, m’fu rooms. In the P.U.C. section alone over $25,000 worth of equipment is stored. From 500. watt street lamps to a $50 .cylinder which controlls < street lighting ‘by <a photo electric cell, all the parts for keeping a towm in working order. A gauge for watching the water pressure in Weston‘s pipe lines has been installed in the one of the storeâ€"rooms. A sharp inâ€"swing by the needle indicates a drop in pressure which adâ€" vises the watching engineer that there has ‘been break in the system. The average pressure shown on the gauge is between 70â€"80 lbs per sq inch. From street signs to new brushes for the street sweeper. all are to be found in the handâ€" some repository which employes up to. 50 workmen. Employee facilities include two cafeterias, "The whole thing is stupid," said Murray Rumple, manager of Canadian Tire, "what we need is proper policing of . the lots. This can be done with legislation. If they are looking for revenue then they can put up the sign ‘$5.00 fine for overtime parking‘." excused the counciliors in their unpopular decision. . «> * Harry Kates, manager of Millâ€" Jay clothing store, is not pessiâ€" mistic about the plaza challenge but he willingly admits that the proposed Weston legislation could make it a much more difficult fight. with the plazas," said Harty, "but parking meters won‘t help us. There are a number of good stores in Weston and if the comâ€" munity is going to prosper then the business section has to make As Bannerman puts it, &A mm.rmion also stead of making our Main St. a rat race for the rush hour tratâ€" fic 1 think councilior Gordon Moore should think of rehabiliâ€" tating this town into a munciâ€" pality : better ~planned ~and pros= limes am Guile â€"©===: i THURSDAY, : JUNE 26, 1958 ns > wanlp â€" 0. Aoa ++ + it . tth, dn lens w6 .2 1M .. hi MIPS | Move To: ‘ Rexdale Denied By Swift Coy. | ‘What Happened To the Units? ‘$1,500 Coolers Lie Discarded Lack of air conditioning facilities in the new municipal buhd- ing are likely to cause more inconvenience than was* originally intended. & These four units however that have a total value of apâ€" proximately $1500 are lying disâ€" carded in a municipal storeroom. There is little likelihood of them ever being used, and the muniâ€" cipal building is even less likeâ€" ly of acquiring air cooling facilâ€" As the proper installation was vetoed by council as being too extravagant, it was suggested that cooler units which were orâ€" iginally employed in the old P.U.C. building and Works Dept. should be installed. Claimed to be one of the most modern municipal buildings in Metro the Weston offices have found themselyes a problefn. BUt official comment is scant. Town engineer Ron ‘Weir refused to talk on the matter and denied that there were any units lying in disuse. According a wellâ€"informed official In‘; the _ municipal building .the reason why . the Aknits*will not be used is because The suggestionâ€" of a Swift move has been concerning Rexâ€" dale residents for a number of weeks, The large abattoirs which are classed as obnoxious indusâ€" try _ would greatly _ devalue neighboring Rexdale property. "It‘s news to me," says presâ€" ident Milliard, "I can assure Rexdale people that the comâ€" pany is not considering any such move." Reports that Swift Coy of Canada are contemplating a move into the Rexdale area were officially denied today by Swift‘s Cnnadiy; president . A. E. ~Millard. ( Many Rexdale residents have heard that such a move is conâ€" templated. These residents hope that the information of presiâ€" dent Milliard is well founded. they ‘don‘t fit. _ _ . __ , . Whenp: towhâ€"workinen Fied "to install one of the coolers, they found that the. .unit was too large for the window frame. Not only that, there is not sufficient New president of. the Weston Lions Club I:r‘:honlnbmw n.u'&: hoke s in mammenes \Doflwno' nd Aircratt his new «ssisting officers h EDITOR, G. A. MURRAY Contamination of the ‘Weston water system which is likely to pollute all domestic supplies in the municipality was € in Weston: council on Monday eveping. f ~CXy Councilior Bert Wood disclosâ€" 'â€"â€"_â€"â€"'â€"â€""'â€"“-‘&, wewsese ed to shocked colleagues mzlg{'ji_h'd _been reported in. the No Formal Complaints â€" PUC But Water Looks Unhealthy power to operate the needed room coolers and workmen were quietly called off the job. â€" Once again the units have been where they will gather dust unâ€" til someone will admif"the probâ€" lem and sort it out. * No Parkihg / On South Side Of Coulter Ave. As to the prospects of acâ€" quiring air conditioning in the new building, official comment is that it is very unlikely. A conâ€" stable stationed in the basement of building says he is not loo§- ing forward to the summer htâ€" midity, "it is hot enough as it it,." In compliance with a petition| tabled in Weston council recentâ€" z' by wm:-wn residents of Coulter o 4 n‘ councill xthis mk\l’ppfimved a gduy.to erect noâ€"parking signsâ€" on .the south: side of the Avenue. â€" ‘ Although the petitioning resiâ€" dents requested a complete 24 hour ban on both sides of the street, Traffic committee chairâ€" man Gordon Meore pointed out that within six months the resiâ€" dents :'ould be back requesting the ban to be lifted. The resident‘s request was prompted by the heavy flow of traffic which passes along their street and lack of any parking space owin, to alleged misâ€"use by construction workers who are employtd at a nearby apartâ€" ment development. Driving With _ tusronded Permit Rudolph Stampfl= 27 of St. Phillip‘s Dr., Etobicoke was arâ€" rested by Weston poli‘= last week bnd was charged with driving a car while ‘his licenss was under suspension. Stampf{l â€"was arrested_by P.C. John Smith. who recognised. a driver on Lawrence Av,, as having ‘his license under. sus= pensions~ s .3 . } i. "abe t Lonnie Dawe, Mac Ward, War Roedgers, lion Tomer is Jim Twister Mel LeGard. ; ing out of the tapsâ€" were firmed by Councilior Jack ley who ‘complained ‘that f morning for the past four is aay . y00% ""e d T firmed by Councilior Jack $ ley who ‘complained ‘that >§ morning for the past four k « his domestic supply when # turned on, emitted a brown lig= _ uid which looked very un«‘ . uid which . looked very un/ healthy, resupâ€" O P.U.C. secretary Stan ‘Greenâ€" wood is unable to answer these charges of pollutiz. When : ask« ed had he recei any ~come plaints about sand in the Wes ton . water system. Greenwood replied, "The P.U.C. has had n# formal complaints." m When asked had the commis» sion received any informal comâ€" plaints Greenwood once again varried the question and an* swered, "I‘m not too sure "‘how Finally Mr. Greenwood admits ted that there had been i t complaints but when asked, it true that. the> /Weston wa system ~was conta.mimfi ‘uPTemwodd . replied, ~"I k'n%\" " + troubling‘ council still remaing unanswered. A Main St. when told of the P.U.C.‘s ‘ to the polluu_o- charge said, th€y don‘t khow what they are doing then nobody does". a+ Mayor Harry Clark supported Woed that the P.U. swer to the problem. . Mayor Clark pointed out that it : the commission‘s responsil d to. clear. up the public‘s doug and release information on w the commission is doing about sand, waste. in. the system. 4 *P.U.C. cfficials, however, keeping quiet. Stan G: says he has to be careful al his choice of words, the W vublic would like to hear some» thing more définite. x Reach Wage Aoreements The municipal employees were given a raise of $3.00 weekly unâ€" til the end ofâ€"the year and an increase of,. $2.00 weeklyâ€"retibâ€" active to January 1, 1958. The workers‘ request had. been. % $4.00, weeklys ; 5: |..c outit® s Reeve â€"Vernon Singer: this week announced that an agre@ ment has been reached between Council and the ‘union "of municipal . ¢léerical and sory workers. _ The settlen provides. for ~pay _ increases 232 members of the North York Staff Association, local 373. \.â€" A q ever, k: : ml ful e W § car someâ€" .. 33 & i At