HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1973-04-04, Page 13Province acts to
Adopt county road suggestion
A total of $135,000 has been
allocated for the Saltford Wall
project. The county has begun
legal action against the designer-
contractor for breach of the
guarantee in the contract agree-
ment. The wall holding up a
steep bank is shifting - up to two
inches a day at one point - and
iithe only long term solution to
stabilizing the embankment and
saving the two-thirds of the wall
that has not failed is to flatten
the slope to a two and one-
half foot horizontal to one foot
vertical slope".
mr. Britnell advised council
that although the county solici-
tors have advised there is "an
excellent chance of recovering
100 percent" of the total repair
bill, the county must finance
the repairs until the action is
decided "in or out of Supreme
Court".
"It is most unlikely that the .
action will be settled in 1973,"
he said "but when it is, the
monies will be credited to the
road account."
"It should be pointed
out that the remedial work now
being carried out by county forces
and rented equipment IS in accor-
dance with the recommendations
of a soils investigation report
prepared by one of the foremost
soils consultants in Canada and
paid for by the designer-con-
tractor after the failure," he
added.
Regarding snow removal this
past winter, Mr. Britnell said he
would estimate a 25 percent de-
crease in the winter control
budget up to the end of 1973.
He said the last snowstorm in
mid-March cost the county over
$6,000 for snow removal.
"Nature has a way of evening
things up," he said and added
this was "an unusual winter".
The new system of allocating
provincial funds to the County of
Huron for road work has been
begun this' year and Engineer Jim
Brand.l is happy with the concept.
"This new financing method
is identical to the request made to
the Ministry in a brief submitted
by Huron County to the Minister
in March of 1972, " he said,
"and should simplify county bud-
geting for years to come, but un-
fortunately not this year."
Mr. Britnell said that in this
initial year, the money will arrive
Correspondent
Mrs. Joe Walker
BLUEVALE III
The Bluevale III 4-H Club
met March 27th at the Blue-
vale United Church. The pro-
ject for the club is sportswear
from knits. The leaders are
Mary Edith Garniss and Rose-
mary Schmidt.
Officers elected are Presi-
dent - Gail Barbour; Vice Presi-
dent - Laurie Johnston; Press
Reporters - Rosemary Schmidt
and Mary Edith Garniss.
The leaders discussed types
of knits, knit fibres, choosing
sportswear, selecting fabrics and
notions and sewing box contents.
The Threads and Needles met
Tuesday evening. The leaders
discussed different neck finishes
and their advantages. Each took
in two allocations and only the
first one has been made. It
covers maintenance and fixed
costs and some minor construct-
ion projects in the total amount
of $1.143,000 (provincial money
$579,000).
The second allocation plus
Ministry of Transportation and
Communication funds covering
special projects such as county
bridges on local, roads, develop-
ment road entitlement earned in
previous years but not spent and
special projects like the
restoration of the Saltford Hill
near Goderich will n of be official
for a month or so longer.
"For the first time ever, the
M.T.0 Will be allocating funds
to counties on a uniform grant
basis rather than the former sub-
sidies at 50 percent and 80 per
cent and supplementary assis-
tance (Development Roads) at
100 percent," said Mr. Britnell.
The budget of $1,987,000 in,-
cludes $692,000 for maintenance
of roads and bridges; $20,000
for construction of bridges and
culverts; $120,000 for construc-
tion of bridges on boundary
roads; $664,000 for road con-
struction.
half of the girls and demonstrated
the ways in which each are made.
The girls took apiece of material
and cut out a small garmentfront
and made their samples for their
record.book,
We are sorry to hear Sandra
Thompson is a patient in Wing-
ha m and District Hospital but
hope she will be home, much
improved.
Mr. Denis Freeman, student
minister of Knox College,Tor-
onto, was in charge of the ser-
vice sunday at Bluevale presby-
terian church. The Mission
Band and Explorers met for the
April meeting. Two baskets of
flowers were at the front of
the church presented by the
family of the late John Snell
and a bouquet of daffodils placed
by George Hetherington and
family in memory of Mrs. George
Hetherington.
The choir sang, "The Old
Rugged Cross" for the anthem.
Mrs. Steve Billor and son
Jim and' Mrs. Alinata Master
visited on Wednesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Gordon Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Noble,
Wayne, Brian and Paul of Britton
spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.
Fraser Haugh and Eileen.
Mrs. Alex MacTavish visited
with Mrs. Earl Weltz of Walker-,
ton on Friday.
Sunday Visitors with Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Hall were Mr. and.
Mrs. Jadk Scott and family of
Newton and Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Hall of Brussels.
Rev and Mrs. Wm. BlackinOre
Of Kitchener spent Saturday with
her mother,. Mrs. Raymond
Elliott.
Appreciation frOtri the people
in Bluevale 1.8 extended to the
men who ent the dead elm trees
around the cemetery: Thank you
for
Mr
jb Well done.
.o and Mrs: WeS.ljaulinhaVe
purchased a house in Bluevale..
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon huff
and Gordie visited recently with
Mr. and Mrs. itatry judge of
'Lakelet:
Mr, and Mrs. Leonard Eccles
Spent the week end with Mr, And
Mrs. Keith Moffatt, and faintly,
visitors with Mrs it it tvid ,
kihtiOn at the weak -end were
Mr. and Mrs: John I :MacTavish;:.
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with a check-up
and a cheque
News of Bluevale
Groups advance
knit wear projects
THE BRUSSELS-.'tiott ApR1L. 4, 1973-13