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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1969-01-08, Page 15WEDNESDAY, JANUARY eth, 1969 THREE FIRMS • SIT CONTINUED FROM ;PAGE' 1, tlotl ti. the -existing butt. ing, strengthening the construction. and tearing out existing, dressing, : roortl$, .and making new dressing rooms, other facilities and a Viewing; room, Estimated; cost, was 0°,11t.. $57.900,,. The•second pro osal was strength- ening the exist' g building and %building an addition to the west, end which would house new . drossing• ms , etc: and a` view tams frig room. :Estimated cost of "the strengthening and addition was. $75;000: The third proposal was a -complete new arena with similar facilities at an estimated cost of $90,000. In his submission ;. which was received by..council in mid June, Mr. Spriet said that in•his opinion as a structural' engineer , the pre- , sent building was not safe, He said that even,with strengthening the, present structure, he was doubtful if it would meet the Nati=onal Building code standards and as: �' • 'such- would not receive his profess- . ional'seal.as'being safe. . " In, September the Luckno w council called a meeting with - the' rural councils involved and after discussion• of the three prop,. osals by Mr. Spriet decided.to call •in another engineer to inspect the building for,safety,'. Thiswas done at the suggestion of the rural 'coup' nils.; Mi Spriet's opinion was, not doubted but in view of the 'step, which was.to be taken, it•was-felt ;`that another engineer's-oinion should 'be received J.D. Runcim. n , ,an engineer with the Ontario DDepartrrrent. of Labour, was sent to Lucknow by the Depart.- ment after the local council had ' made a request. Mr. Runcinian, ' inspected the building and Ont 1 a° telegram to council desd 5ing'�the�" building as - structurally upnsafe' and tgg-esting that4x-be removed -in -:its- entirety. .The telegram, a subject Of some controversy , was sent so that some official word Might be available for a meeting Which was planned a short time after Mr.; Runciman's' visit: A later letter. '. stated that if restoration of they' arena was considered, the advice • of the. 'village's .structural engineer should ;be followed.Both these re- ports were printed . in The Sentinel. Fol low=ing-the-rec•ei vtng-o-f-th-ese— two, reports -from the two engineers Lucknow. village 'council closed" the: arena to the 'public and It has re- mained closed` since that 'time.. About `this 'time, the Lucknow .,Cit` e ' i Mittee wa r� ns . A -vena comm s. • organized by a group 'of men who ;,did not'agreewith council's` action in'closing the arena and.were not satisfied with the reportsof the two. eng ineers : A petition .was ."citculated • through ,the village ,calling for an 'unbiased" inspection by a third party, -chosen by the Lucknow Citizens' Arena' • � orn r tee. 'The-pe-t-ition,r-e-ad tha •the inspection would be made to determine the "safety,or. unsafety" -of-rhe-arae knuw�are'firar -T1re . petits was signed by at least two-thirds of the ratepayers in •the village It was: presented to' council and council.did, .not accept the petition as it was worded. However, -they did agree to part of the petition and agreed ,that the inspection• would be carried. out, by *the .fir.rnof the Citizens; Committee's choosing The Citizens' committee • originally contacted a firm of _ structural engineers in Tote picked 'at random, from the phone directory, ,These••same ;engineers • suggested, that a nim.' of •inspectors and Testers be engaged' as they' •would have to do. this themselves. and the company felt that the local comMittee might' just'as well go THE •LUCKNOW SENTINEL,'L.UCKNOW, ONTARIO .aa PAGE :FIFTEEN directly to thp.m.; • The firm'o'f J. T. Donald .and Co, pf TM.rhnto. a 8a4:tpxc-lied at -ran: • - dom , was engaged• to make the inspect- onn-and. they did this, •F., Coombs of this.company came to. Lucknow.., Made the inspection and a preliminary report from the corn - pang was read by the Lucknow Citizens' Arena committee at nom- ination om-ination: meeting , The detailed rep- ort received later and printed in a later edition, indicated..that the Donald firm, in no Way were able to comment'on.:the Structural safety.Qf' the building and Ghat ,a: structural' engineer. 'would have to be .engaged for this work. Theirreport • • indicated.that: they made, an inspec- tion of the arena' and their' findings were to do°with the material only .'. in the .structure; as well.as other discrepancies.. Their suggestions, would restore the building to its original condition but the safety' factor' was not their .line of work. So this brings Sentinel- readers up to last Friday.'s meeting.,, hopefully a little more well informed,on the preliminaries. A.M. 'Spie't of, London was the. first•called on at'Friday's,,meeting' and reiterated his.'proposals present- ed to. •council , remodel and repair addition and repair: and a complete. new.arena.. The cost of'the arena' in total was, $90 ;000 with a NET COST/ TO, LUCKNOW .OF $33,000 •.. after participation by the three townships and grants; We'.pr.int•this in underlined capital letters in the. hope that it will be remembered by through •T•V, radio and street talk: Mr Spriet again stated his 'opinio'n that:the arena was' structurally un safe.• Irop::;in nowwhile t is oofferlasts JAtice cued g61t. 52g��013 HOME FURNISHINGS MOFFAT APDL /ANCES CO. said that "I .would Challenge any engineer to.'refutemy state-: mens regarding the condition of,. those-who-hav-e=be-en-rnsitrform-ed-- Abe -arena -and -that: the --arena could be -opened at once with no fear of 'the. safety of the .structure" Brock Cleland presented .these remarks'to the Donaldfirm,and the spokesman Mr. Alexander;, said that he had no knowledge of any Thing being said of :that nature by J. D: 'Runciman o'f the Ontario Department -a f .:Labour-was..p resent...:.: and indicated'his .findings .were in .agreement with Mr Spriet, that the: present structure was unsafe.. . Both. Mr. ,Spriet and.Mr. Runci- man said that'a detailed structural inspection ;. board by board ,''• joint by- p`oi`nt-with' stress analysis wo.ul be necessary•to deterrnine'if the building could -be restored to .nat ional building,code. standards'•and.. . •:. that this would', be quite costly ` Two representatves:•w.ere'present from. the 'firm of J,.•T."Dona'ld and. Co. Spokesman was G.'E.-"Alex'an der and F.' Coombs who made the. inspection•; read his report: Mr: : Brock Cleland • further 'stated that the Citizens' Committee petition Was based on a request` to determinethe safety or 'non, safety o t• e .ui. •ing •ut t at t -T.-firm engaged at their/suggestion has in no way ,'offered,'any findings regard-: ing safety of the building A letter ,from•J. T. Donald and' Co.' , ,written.by the firmafter . ceiving a lettef from George New - bold =of Lucknow was read to the meeting by Reeve, Brooks and, is' printed elsewhere in this issue .` %A.lex'a.ndersaid, that they in no way analyzed the structural:.d'esign o i Harold Greer 4. councillor elect said -the buildi-Rg=a-nd that '9i-e--r-r-e-port •that the,arena building ha -r1 -be- n indicated the deterioration only .in . there' for thirty-one years -and had. thematerials materiin the. building as • i . g ;stood. highest'wnds; and snow, loads. well as otherrdiscrep ancies in the: ;: . P ,, iand considered it perfectly` safe, to building. He said .that if their in .g « _, • . _ . ,,� use'.. Mr',.: 'Runcman-,'the engineer structions were followed . it,would from the Department ,of Labour, .restore the building,to •its original said that he had taken stress` condition ,but that their report' in no analysis on'one panel of the build - wa.. ea t wit . t e sa ;et actor. Y • LOOKING BACKWARDS THROUGH THE SENTINEL EILES • WITH MARGARET THOMPSON ••••••p.i•1•••*40ii••••••••• ...ter 4•••.•40•• •••4 o.: YEAR .4' A._a o JANUARY.1949 Four new members '-were, elected: to the Council'Board andfour to the. Board, of Education: Reeve . W. A... Solomon; was elected by acclamation. Councillors 'w ere J. C McNab ,.Ernie Crawford ", 'Russ Button and Larry :Downs; •for. the . Board' of.Education Dr: James Little , K,,C, Murdie:, Dr : W, V, Johnston`and•A. E. McKim. It was,; reported as the biggest, vote for some.tirrre-and was estimated at a "75 to 6.0% vote" A' new lighting.system was being', instilled` at the Lucknow High School. and Public School Wilfred Black,. son•.of Mr, -and Mrs. Roy Black'', assumed his duties as• organist in:. the Lucknow•".IJnited Church, ucceedingMiss Elizabeth.. Welsh. [ert Mullin 1 Royalty visited L ie:l<now-.-,:Kin-..-of -. "The 'Hobo World recognized as 'such by:;the Federal coven -in -tent of the',United States; 's dent New Y'ear's` Day . `"January. 1st ,' 1929 in Lucknow on'his way to ;Alaska •,•. King'. La • arowitz was 23 years': o.f. age, and. a world taveller , setting out, at age 14': S.S. 3 West. Wawanosh had the. following pupils: John `Foran \Flor ence Cranston.;:. Willie Purdon , Har- old Fowler Jean Purdon';'Joe Foran Ila Fowler, RobertMcAllister, El- wood 'Fowler •,' Ernest Durnin, Helen . Fowler', °Helen D'urnin ; Elmer Foran Leo• Foran , Norman Foran: Gladys A . Hodgins',: teacher. West • a. anosh Townshipwas adverti i for :applications for .the position f treasurer' for .the Tow n y d 1 ' h h f y f ing which showed that it was badly • 'He- said ,that ;this*: was .the work of overstressed at that, point . He told structura engineers sue, as r. .the gentlemen that the building, might stand another: thirty years but there. is also the.strong• possib- `lity that 'it might collapse ten Seconds from now., Mr.Ru:nciman said that it Was: realized fifteen` . Sprret and.Mr. .:Runciman who had made .their findings.• . "Quite• precarious" is how Mr. S. clet described the•present arena'. p buildin He.said that to' analyze;. t eui ing in •etar wou d requir an :analysis of each tr'uss,'arid' each. joint, 'an ;expensive, procedure.; and it is because of this that his rec- ommendation was for a 'new•.arena. , .• Loosely referred to as "arena w_ builders"" , the fiini of A M..Sprlet and• Associates made it clear.that. engineering and ''architectural'worf was the function of their•fir.•m This was clarified after a question from... the floor. The firm. of J. T Donald and. Co, was .questioned from the floor about rehiarks made at. the Lucknow nornin• tion Mee li;g; at� �"but�tig statement to the firm, which said' that "all that was required. tq Mak the arena safe and operative was 200 lineal feet of lumber; two cables and a number of 4" spikes Another statement at nomination meeting attributed to the Donald years age=t-liar• the -building -was - possible danger when the cables were inserted over ;the ice level .Cloth engineers-°e'pressed to theadequacy of ttie"structure• when it was built.... • Has the arena been condernned" -0YfAR�.G-O JANUARY 1929 D.M. fohnstone of the greeveship of Lucknow for the third term b' Y acclamation•. Successful.' candidates e-ca:unr i1' w,e re .$ E.:gob, R b R A W Hamilton Rob- joint, b, O ert ae , • . o 7 AGO • JANUARY 1909 F The new Councifor Lucknow for •_ 1909,w as ;John Jaynt ; Reeve '(by a cclamation.); councillors. Mur_ ' doch ,'enderson ,; Mitchell and Lawrence . A. call :was'presented from St, elens'-and Eas't--Aski-field. Ch.ur-cher=•'` in favour:of ,Mr. `S ,'H ',Moyer. •a::,. recent; graduate. of Knox 'college' and was accepted,... The Toronto'Daily.Star•wasaadvver tised at °$1 50 a year -Russell.Johnston entered the `,i emp oy o tie Ban < o Hai it ton .as junior clerk': doubt s---1---ti / :tion which Luc,lcno:w-•has ana'�" In view tis., 4 considered the :.$90;000 estimated'.. Town and Counfrv'_ was a question put, to Mi. Runci Man. Mr. Runciman said that it had not been brutthat their 'findings had been resented council 'to ,•, who acted in the closing. The word "condernned"" has been kicked around ,for iridis hs but; has very little bearing on the situation • • of $9G , 0'00 for the new Lucknow { carena , Mr. Spriet said that'the - Lambeth arena has been completed at ,cost of $150,4000 which i$ of the .same constretiori', He said that the Lambeth arena 'is• stightly larger , includes a found new `ice plant. I of `h' h . •as being fairly close and stated considered variance is that��a' IO�jv a a good estimate. , , . • In 'closing •Reeve Omar Brooks said, "I will'be keeping a, close ". eye:on,the proceedings concerning the Lucknow arena to see if the , new council tan repair the structe ure and remodel it in any way close to the facilities which we planned -to give ive bybuilding a ildin new g arena and at a costo the village ..in relation to what Lucknow•would have paid for a new. structure , a net of33 00(. Nobody $ Lias p" ov'. en as yet that•we had taken the wrong course in 1905 ' . Christmas Meeting • The Town and Countr •Club held their Christmas; and Bitthday ;party on Tuesday; Deceniber.17th I with 53 members in. attendance.. Ganfes were enjoyed until 9 . Y o'clodk. Elmer Uhibach, :laved for !•carol singing which was led by 1\1r 'Ernest Lewis and. Walter Dexter. Birthdaycak'e,and.ice ctc�ani'way's: Y served tables gaily dec,or-ated for the festive season: Thole w,cre•19 birthday guests w1id tried ansae ess ' fulls'y•to blow. out the trick candles: .