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A Review _ i &,}' Pm e oae <g. m . *3 ' . 7A 4 E ) s mmep &:{ 4 A 2n B rioat a & man i 104 2 Ei â€" ies es [Â¥ 5 i 34 & 7 Mli ES 5 R ie s S e Arews i 55 on 722 s Ms e\ & 5 Pute Reeve ma ts RB R um a on S s ; te o o is 6A_ . â€"~ B B heay o 47 h Bs 13‘ P ; 3 i8 s h mS top. s y â€" hW s > e & °. y L ‘< j i T2 dfi ol BX 3 Nes @19 Ts 2 ho e C S e S d y# @=® . a A ES w h 3 5 iz o o & 5 t ~ MB > 3 S e hy 2 o Es &" EL R x x § ag J N ~Câ€"is â€" s Industrial Association Cites Years Of Progress Industrial Potential Great Declares Weston‘s Mayor North York Plans New To Attract More Large Etobicoke Township Designed For Industrial Growth Through its fortunate location and farâ€"sighted planning, Etobiâ€" coke has become a model of inâ€" dustrial development and the hub for a network of provincial superâ€"highways. Its growth from greenbelt to vital industrial area ... from a population of 21,402 Etobicoke Township is one of Canada‘s most favoured: communiâ€" ties. As Metropolitan Toronto‘s western entrance, it is also the eastâ€" ern anchor of Canada‘s "Golden Horseshoe"â€"the eightâ€"mile band of industry that stretches around the lakeâ€"and to Niagara. In Canada‘s postwar development, the province of Ontario has provided the greatest industrial impetus . . . absorbing almost oneâ€" half of the national growth . . . with Metropolitan Toronto, particuâ€" larly the northâ€"west sectionâ€"Etobicoke, Weston and North Yorkâ€" acting as the primary magnet. Weston hasn‘t stopped growâ€" ing yet. At) least Mayor=Jack Holley doesn‘t think so. "Weston has the brightest futâ€" ure of any municipality in or around Metro Toronto," Mayor Jack Holley said recently as he predicted the ‘town «will see a great industrial and apartment building boom drring the comâ€" ing decade. ' The mayor. cited Weston‘s loâ€" cation as ideal for new industry and pointed especially to. its proximity to major transportaâ€" tion arteries and theâ€"availability of residential building sites. EGLINTON AVENUE 1917. Fortyâ€"two years ago, farmers‘ fields surrounded the village of Weston. The plant of the Eastman Kodak Company was situated near a mud road which is now Eglinton Avenue. The present site of Keelesdale Park is off to the left of the above picture. In those days, the area was known as Pearson‘s Flats and was a popular picâ€" nic ground for Kodak personnel. The Rexdale Industrial Assoâ€" ciation was officially formed on November 1st, 1954 by 19 of the pioneer industrial settlers of this neighbourhood. _ Its~â€" purposes were to form a local organization which would give a united apâ€" proach to problems met in the development of the area and afâ€" ford an opportunity for everyâ€" BASIL HALL in 1945 to more than one hundred thousand persons . . . is one of the nation‘s symbols of progress. Unlike many communities faced with unprecedented growth, the Township controlled its natural assets of rivelr vallevs and wosdâ€" ed heights to evolve a harmoniâ€" In his farâ€"reaching look into the future, the mayor prophesied that large apartment blocks will one day look out over the new park ~being established in the Humber River . valley by the Metropolitan and Toronto Region Conservation authority. Drawing attention to Weston‘s great potential in the future development of the Metro region, Mayor Holley pointed out that Weston is the only municipality in suburban Metro which . can offer new industry fully installâ€" ed services. "We have ample water and good sewers," he said. Seeking its share of the inâ€" dustry which is being drawn inâ€" to the suburban Metro municiâ€" palities, the Township of North York is planning to take a bold step to make its industrial land more attractive to industrialists and developers. â€" The Council‘s industrial comâ€" mittee is now drafting a new polâ€" icy designed to make North York financially attractive to developâ€" ment firms and to speed up work on subâ€"divisions now planned or under construction. Two of the points in the new policy will be of particular imâ€" portance and interest to firms seeking building land at a reaâ€" sonable cost. In the past, subâ€"dividers have been required to contribute five percent of their lands to the Township for use as parkland. In the case of industrial subdiviâ€" Section 2 of the Byâ€"Laws of the Rexdale Industrial Associâ€" ation shall be to promote and improve social and business reâ€" lations between industries loâ€" cated in the Rexdale Industrial area and to deal with problems that may arise from time to time one to regularly meet and get to know their neighbours. mt _ (Aacoe? . /A/ffr ‘The growth of the Etobicoke industry owes its impetus in part to its natural continental locaâ€" tion which gave it a "nextâ€"door" positien to the international airâ€" port of Malton, which borders the Township. ous relationship with industry ._.‘. and create an ultraâ€"modern and attractive living area. Transportation in this jetâ€"age is such an accepted requisite for industry that its real value and complexity is frequently overâ€" looked. Every industrialized area must have a supply and marketâ€" ing system. But the quality of transportation available to speed perishable or durable goods to the buyer affects the type of manufacturing . . . and the econâ€" omic Atapility.of. the s)pomunioy. The Township is also the motâ€" orized hub of Ontario. It houses the majority of the transcontinâ€" eéntal trucking companies within Metropolitan Toronto. The suâ€" per expressways â€" the Queen Elizabeth Way, Highways 27 and 401â€"cut through the Township to provide immediate access to United States border points and Ontario cities. â€" The Metropoliâ€" tan Bypass commences in Stobiâ€" coke and routes shipments with thruway ~efficientcy to eastern Canada. Both {national rail systems service Etobicoke industrial sites. The advantageous rail rates of Metropiltan Toronto are in efâ€" fect. By piggyâ€"back or carload, sions, where parks were not needed, the subdividers were charged the equivalent in cash. Industrial Policy Scale Development If the new policy is adopted by Councilâ€"and it appears that it will beâ€"the five percent fee will be waived in the case of all inâ€" dustrial subdivisions. The only exceptions will be where valley lands, greenbelt lands and other lands required for drainage purâ€" poses are involved. In > these cases, the subâ€"divider will be reâ€" quired to deed these to the Townâ€" ship as a condition of approval of the development. Under the committee‘s proâ€" posed policy, the two percent fee for engineering supervision which is charged against all subâ€" divisions will be waived in the case of industrial developments. "The purpose of the proposed policy," Councillor ‘Basil Hall, chairman of the industrial comâ€" mittee has stated, "Is to make North York as attractive as posâ€" sible to industrial developers." "By the revision of ent policy," he added that are common to, or a bearing on <the concerned." The membership has increased to almost 150. Looking back we find that many things have been accomplished by the Association itself and also by its coâ€"ordinated efforts with other similar assoâ€" ciations, governmental and eduâ€" cational bodies, welfare organiâ€" zations, utilities, police and fire departments and a host of other interested and coâ€"operative orâ€" ganizations. TRANSPORTATION _4 AAAMLAL to, or may have the â€" industries the ‘pres "We be A central food terminal, cold storage plants, and a sufferance warehouse for bonded shipping complete the transportation faâ€" cilities of this Township. bulk cargo has fastâ€"moving carâ€" riers. Etobicoke may claim one of the most potent instruments for inâ€" dustrial development. With other municipalities of Metropiltan Toâ€" ronto, it obtains its power from the extensive grid system develâ€" oped _byv_. the. Ontario Hydroâ€" Hlesitri® Fowsi Commission .$ . a system providing surplus enâ€" ergy for peak usage by an inâ€" tegration of power from Niagara, Quebec and the Ottawa River. Etobicoke Township is divided into three distinct zones. Heavy industry is placed near rail transâ€" portation.. Light industry is used as a protective zone between heavy industry and housing. __An equitable balance is sought between Etobicoke‘s manufacturâ€" ing productiveness and its living standards. Both within its own area and the neighbouringâ€"comâ€" munities_ .‘ . ..from;, which | the Township draws valuable workâ€" ing personnel ... private dwellâ€" ings predominate. In this comâ€" munity,. which has enjoyed a five â€" fold population increase with ten years, a shortage of skilled labor is not to beexâ€" pected. Transportation, public services, labor . .. Etobicoke has it all: lieve we can ‘make development of industrial land as financially attractive as is development of residential land." "We also feel that this will enâ€" courage subâ€"dividers to use cerâ€" tain lands for industrial use which are presently designated for residential purposes." Also in the committee‘s recomâ€" mendations are ideas for speedâ€" ing up the paper work involved in planning and getting approval for a development. The committee has suggested that all industrial plans be givâ€" en a priority treatment by the planning board and the planning staff, the building department and the Council. All departâ€" ments will be instructed to recâ€" ognize this priority with the view of expediting industrial developâ€" ment applications. He added that this may necesâ€" sitate the rezoning of the land. The committee will recommend that _ twelveâ€"inch _ watermains, sanitary sewers, pavement and storm sewers be constructed by the developer rather than by the Township. The purpose of this is to eliminate the time factor involved in processing local imâ€" provement applications through the usual administrative chanâ€" nels. Another idea of the committee is designed to speed up the actual work involved in developâ€" ing land. Once the work is completed and the Township assumes the services, the municipality will arrange to refinancée the services by debenture. THE COMMUNITY POWER 60 Years Of Progress Canadian INDUSTRIAL FIRMS began moving into what is now northâ€"west Metropolitan Toronto a halfâ€"century ago. Among the many companies which pioneered the area was the Kodak Company. During the First World War, the Kodak Company made one of its building available as barracks for soldiers of the 127th Battalion of the Canadian Infantry. The story of Kodak‘s progress in Canada is almost syonymous with the growth of theâ€"countrysince the turn of the century. It was in 1899 that George Eastman laid the foundation for a Canadian comâ€" pany with the new firm opening for business the following year. Production in those days consisted of cutting and packing film and paper, fitting lenses andâ€" shutters to cameras and compounding chemicals. This expansion brought about the move, in 1914, to the present location at Toronto which has beâ€" come known as Kodak Heights. In those days the area was largeâ€" ly farmland. Now Kodak‘s 10 buildings are well within the boundaries of a fastâ€"growing metropolis. The latest building, on which construction began last year, is nearing completion and will house all paper finishing operations and enable additional expansion in other manufacturâ€" ing departments. Altogether, counting different kinds, sizes and types of packâ€" aging, the company supplies over 8,000 different photographic film and paperâ€"items. â€" These: are mainly for the domestic market, although some quantities are exâ€" ported to such places as Mexico, India, South America, Switzerâ€" land and New Zealand. In addiâ€" tion, a wide variety of cameras KODAK HEIGHTS is an example of the industrial growth which has taken place in and around the town of Weston. This aerial photograph of Kodak Heights shows clearly the extensivemess of the Canadian Kodak Company Limited plant situated on property having an area of more than fortyâ€"two acres. Three years later the.company . moved to a bigger 1ocat10q, st!ll in the City â€"of Toronto.. At this time the first camera production in Canada began.. By .1913 the staff had increased to 400 and more space was needed. PRESENT OPERATIONS I tA «s 7 qm L8> Eo Ti / en & P 4 <® * Th &b Pee > efus f «in Aidsierdd es «xi dn n , 4 Abectn foay memeune Ao ) h ~ P Wl M "tk P 60 &A = M 0 4hi td 1 m # t t io a > T 19 11â€" 6 9 a a a * i / \ im t27 o 5o aon §3 gio 2 o o i a / io h B ho 4 Pnd <urch m e 3 2A 88 boctnt To bak ce 18 es K a uo Kel Eie y T9 \ S 8 5@ t 29 tA o bewto) | C fls P o ca (s hn e o best ‘,’ Eo) Ns &5 miB "o8 i U Tok " oo NA 6 0 e Cas 8 ol Co /:»::,y.' r Sar C3 w T me Lo y 5 s Nh ie Cl 2P lA e C n ams ts 5 _Y";‘ % ho Peordom. hi h ' REiye 428 M S ntinth= Phlol) * and projectors is manufactured Besides these operations, Koâ€" dak in Canada has a complete silver nitrate plant, a department for the compounding and preâ€" paration of photographic chemiâ€" cals and a wellâ€"equipped printâ€" ing and paperâ€"box department. The engineering and maintenâ€" ance department has under its direction design engineers, maâ€" chine, â€"electrical, sheet metal, carpenter, and pipe fitting shops for all maintenance work. Behind all this production is the power house which provides the unique temperature â€" and moisture control necessary in photographic product manufacâ€" ture. In one day it produces the cooling equivalent of almost a million and a half pounds of ice. It also consumes nearly 50 tons of coal: a day in its boilers to develop power and meet producâ€" tion and heating needs. In addition, the company main RECREATION FACILITIES tains: a Safety Department, a Fire Department with a 30â€"man volunteer brigade, a cafeteria which serves more than 5,000 persons each week and a fully equipped hospital staffed by a doctor and two nurses. An entire building : at: Kodak heights has been set aside for the purposes of employees‘ recreation, There are tennis courts and a baseball field in the : plant grounds. The company‘s lawn bowling green, also on the propâ€" erty, is one of the finest in Canâ€" ada. Facilities for such popular sports as basketball, shuffleâ€" board, volleyball and badminton are available. The recreation building houses a library, camera club, card room, lounges, the cafeteria and an auditorium for movies, dances and an annual variety show produced by the employees‘ recreation club. It has been said that a company is known by the people it keeps and Canadian Kodak is especiall1 proud of its record in this re spect. Every January a dinne is held to honour the long serv ice men and women of the pre vious year. Since these banquets began 19 years ago, a total of 359 persons have been so honâ€" LONG SERVICE A Iimes And Guide â€"F X TR A Thursday, July â€"2, 1959 â€" Page 13 oured. Three of these have had 50 years‘ Kodak service; 65 have 40 years,:and 322 have celebrated 25 years with the company. In its 60 years as a partner in Canada‘s expansion, there reâ€" mains little doubt that Canadian Kodak has more than kept pace with the rest of the country. In the past few years, for example, Canadian Kodak‘s rate of growth has substantially exceeded the Canadian economy‘s growth in gross national productivity. It is equally certain that its past record will continue into the fuâ€" ture. At the moment economists predict that the Canadian econâ€" omy will show good gains in the years ahead; population producâ€" tion, living standards should all increase. "With income rising," Canaâ€" dian Kodak president Donald C. Kerr says, "more and more Caâ€" nadians should find it possible to upgrade their pictureâ€"taking activities. In addition, as Canada industrializes it becomes more urban, creating a more favourâ€" able market for our products. In this light we have every reason to believe that Canadian Koâ€" dak‘s present expansion and rate of growth will continue as new and bigger markets are develâ€" oped." BRIGHT FUTURE