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â€" ‘All Pay: Only Some Benefit _ _ . __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . _ ~" l ens a l Sss ' SIDEWALK SNOW REMOVAL SYSTEM NJ Diverse Views Aired By |Lounch North York â€"Weston H. & S. Panelists Tonight At 315 11, *# Etobicoke‘s "Western Metro®" Proposal Gets Iey Reception â€" DH m‘ éE‘ uen Te U . Mayor Russell continued: "We spend our money more cautionsly because we haven‘t the same numâ€" ber of extra dollars coming im as Etobicoke. But we would like to have its spare vacant land. Then we could really do something in deâ€" veloping industrially." * , __New Wards in Etobicoke . The plan for Etobicoke came about when ‘it was Pealized that Ward 4 of the township covers all of the area north of the Richview sideroad and is almost as large as any two other wards, Its populaâ€" tion has increased rapidly during the past three years and members of the Etobicoke Council predict a greater population increase for 1960, making a division into two wards desirable. Under the Deputyâ€"Reeve‘s plan, the four municipalities would form nine wards with three south of the Queen Elizabeth Way, three up to theâ€" Richview Sideroad and three in the north part of the township. It would necessitate the exuq’ sion of Mimico, Long Branch and New Toronto northerly to the Queen Elizabeth Way, and also the extension of Mimico easterly to the Humber River, Mayor Donald Russell of New Toronto is also opposed to the plan. "I can‘t see where it would do any good at all for New Toronto to joinâ€"with anyone. Etobicoke/is a "All unifieation would . do is spread the cost of that administraâ€" tion over a greater area. Then Etoâ€" bicoke needs a lot of hew firehalls and schools,; sewers and paveâ€" ments, while we are lucky to have all these," he added. Mimico, New Toronto and ‘Long{\in finane Branch at one time were: part ‘of cipalities. Chrysleér Plant At Dixon Rd. & 27 Hi that of a smaller one. Freda Constable, Grade 12 student from Woodbridge High School, who reigned as "Queen of the lkn!\" at the School dance last Friday night. She was crowned by last year‘s winner, Ann Blake. Following the dance, four other nominees;Nancy Coles, Pat Heffror;,‘ Pat Longâ€" worth and Helen McDowell became her princesses. The theme of the Prom this year was the ‘Orient in Springtime‘. After the crownâ€" ing ceremonies, the Queen was led to the dance floor by orchestra leadér Art Hallman where she met her escort. The dance‘ continued until 12:45 a.m. (Photo by McCaul). A brighter outlook reaite P Queen: Of The Prom yX on Metro Council. Each controller, under the proposed plan, would reâ€" present Hetween 50,000 and 58,000 persons on Metro Council. The Deputyâ€"Reeve pointed out that the Metropolitan Toronto Act â€"Bill ‘80â€"would have to be changed and that it might be deâ€" cided to have compmissioners inâ€" stead of controllers. The Deputyâ€"Reeve stated that such a merging of the Boards would be a natural outgrowth of the plan, as would the.creation of an areaâ€"wide Public Utilities Comâ€" To add to ye merging of Counâ€" cils, and the‘ formation of nine wards, there would be a merging of Boards of Education. mission. Jistribution of council. representaâ€" Administration Advantages With this administrative setup, Mr. Johnson said . it would be feasible to have a threeâ€"man Board of Control who would automaticalâ€" ly become the area‘s representaâ€" tives on Metro Council. At the present time, all four heads ‘of the municipalities serve "the Mimico Parish". bution of..land into nine wards as Etobicoke toyvh.lhip and in the early days the whole area was known as at Dixon Roud and Highway 27, | ~building because wflhfi.mma-& mdum:l.mw "Alavt Sanle Wathe mid Bis: | Fir reueiving, atoring aod. shins bigoke Township was : pleased |: ping uf Chrysier of and ) The Deputyâ€"Reeve sees a distriâ€" tyâ€"Reeve Johnson pointed it Etobicoke Hydro Electric OF‘ PLANT TO .BE BUILT FOR â€"CHRYSLER gite ; further extensions to its initial _ Snow removal from sidewalks in residential areas, presently handled by Weston works department employees and equipment, may become the responsibility of the individual property owner next year if a proposal made by Councillor Bert Wood is adopted. ~ Counellior Waod,. submitting Riggâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"i.â€"_â€"â€"â€"~ proposal to relieve Weston of reâ€"|day a road grader had pushed the sponsibility for sidewalk cleaning |snow from the street onto the sideâ€" after snowstorm to this week‘s|walk; theh on Saturday a small meeting of Weston Council, cited|plow had pushed the snow back two factors as main points in his |on the road in the north end of argument for abandonment of th; Weston. policy of having snow removed| Conceding that such "snow shiftâ€" from sidwalks by works dePartâ€" |ing didn‘t make sense," the Mayor ‘ment employees. The cost of the |insisted that, as far as he was conâ€" snow removal was eon&:ntly inâ€" |cerned, the fi.dcwllk plows had creasing, he said, and service |priority. was not being provided to all the | ,, ratepayers in Weston, even though|. "Let the plows push ‘ the snow the service was being paid for out|iNto the road," he said. "Let the of general funds. s cars w:rk it gut. I'tthlg w&_shfluld_ Councillor Critical Of Present _ Weston Policy On Snow Clearing . Guoting figures supplied by the town engineer, Councillor: Wood noted that in the first year sideâ€" walk snow removal had cost $2,500. Last year‘s figure was $3,200, an increase of 28 <per cent. With higher wages and overtime preâ€" mium rates for works department employees, this year‘s snow reâ€" moval costs would rise even more Q)ectacululy, he phophesied. Councillor Wood then reminded the Council that snow remoyal by the town was not possible in many areas. The downtown. business secâ€" tion, he noted, had to be exempted because use of a plow mighr({ damâ€" age store fronts. In certainr resiâ€" dential districts sidawalks were too narrow and poles of various kinds too numerous to permit use of mechanical equipment. snow remioval was/ one of my favorite projects. It‘s my baby. I‘d hate to think that we would go back. to the old system of having individual homeowners responsible for cleaning up their sidewalks after snowstorms." _ Councillor Lloyd terjected to report The first meeting of 1960 of the management committee of the Northern Etobicoke Young Men‘s and Young Women‘s Christian Association was held at the Town Hall, Thistletown, on Tuesday, January 18th. _ First steps in a _broad fundâ€" raising campaign were taken by the committee, with plans and proâ€" jects geared to a drive for sustainâ€" ing memberships which is to be carried out from March 28th to April 1ith. An areaâ€"wide convass of the northern section of Etobiâ€" coke is ‘planned, with canvassers stressing the fact that the "Y" is intended to serve all of the townâ€" ship north of Dixon road. The committee advises all area residents interested in the "Y" proâ€" ject to contact <Alex Owen, CH. 67561 or Mrs. Brooksbanks, CH. "We are‘not serving all the peoâ€" ple," Wood said. "We will never be able to provide snow removal servâ€" ice to .all the people. It doesn‘t seem fair that all ratepayers are contributing to . a . project that doesn‘t benefit many of them." Speaking to Councillor Wood‘s proposal, Mayor Holley agreed that snow removal on all sidefu{b was not possible. ./ < "This proposal perturbs me," the Mayor said. "Havinigâ€"the works deâ€" partment ~take | carey of lid_ewfli Northern Y Group In Etobicoke To Serve Wide Area Five subâ€"committees, to deal with policy, sustaining membership promotion, public relations, world services.and activities ‘programing were appointed. _ s 96 that last Friâ€" Sainsbury‘ inâ€" snow from the street onto the sideâ€" walk; theh on Saturday a small plow had pushed the snow back on the road in the north end of Weston. from sidewalks, The plows gould into the road," he said. "Let the cars work it out. I think we should favor the walkers in this situation. We have many elderly people here in Weston. We can‘t ask them to shovel snow." Councillor Charles Conroy noted that, as in past winters, the probâ€" lem was the removal of the bottom layer of ice or hardâ€"packed snow lnm rate by a fraction, and if Etoâ€" bicoke can cut this year, it would be the first Metro suburb to do it in that span of time. Most of the suburban municipalities feel that they can keep the mill rate level with 1959, provided Metro ‘and respective Boards of Education do not indicate a hike in costs. North York hopes to maintain its ABWVC MaRCEBy ERRTETCECE 200 (Ooe © aom Etobicoke Parks Board and of had a township‘s Recreation Committee, | instrue announced that a pilot course fof | deman skiers will be inaugurated at Pineâ€" | ing," j point Recreation Centre. "Og "We feel there is a definite need ¢ ferch ang i our expertmelt of the level, if our ex; proves | successful, we will plan an extendâ€" :t g ed and continuing program for next winter," he said. ~ iorene . u?‘_ not handle this ice layer, he said. It could only be removed by using Etobicoke Township has 4. : the first skiing school in r litan ‘Toronto, it was learned loca "Skiing is an up and coming|ski tow is being erected mt : sport if you take a look at ‘2 Hills M Park or any golf clubs during th northwest of o. . winter," he stated.. "You see more > parenets. of gsters and more children attempting to wmw > ski every year." prospect proper R Ian Thomson, recreation director, \tion being IVA [o o No Rosy GIowforSubmb%f In Taxes Crystal Ball _ Township has his £n¢en crossed, hoping for a ‘sli reduction‘ : in the Township‘s mill rate this year. This could be the brightest spot in the suburban Metro tax picture., . same mill rates they gave us last year, I think we might be able to offer our taxpayers a slight reducâ€" Pine Point Centre To Rexdale Ski School $ sler with Ontario ject Dave Reeve Ozzie Waffle of Etobicoke "If Metro and the Board of e Parks Board and of had a m:{i ‘s Recreation Committee, | instruction for © d that a pilot course for| demand for thit 11 be inaugurated at Pineâ€" | ing," he d. . the matter to the works fl be!orllt.lld’t.lfll?dfi- 4 Municipal _ responsibility _f "after a reagonable time fol a storm," according: toâ€"the enforcement office of that unique in Weston, a poll of boring municipalities reve Etobicoke, York ‘Towns North York all have byâ€"las place responsibility for i snow removal directly on ual property owners. In. FX must be removed from the si walk within four hours of the of the storm. * I York Township has a more el tic time limit for snow remor the homeownerghas 24 hours to. the job done after the sn ceases. North York has no line, but complaints to the ; department are usually acted ship. 49.96 residential rate of 19 York Township indicated it ‘mig hold that line‘ despite a number reasons for a tax jump . . . name to its Reeve, Dorothy m olley 'by';(ll Holley is 3 "It‘s still. pretty early to cipalities won‘t set their for. a couple of months," new swimming pools and not: much added assessment as in oth * Swanséa sees no major tures and no tax increase sky feels that "the whole 1 revolves around salaries." . _ "If â€"we can hold the civic "Of course, this Forest Hill Reeve Laurie e