The Citizen-Auburn, 2004-07-29, Page 38-UM FATES
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Successful enterprise
Thirty-five years after collecting the first bag of garbage,
waste disposal, recycling and scrap material continue to be
the focus of one of the community's most prominent
businesses, Chamney Sanitation.
Congratulations
Auburn
on your 150th
Anniversary
AUBURN
H.R. g5 GODERICH - 524.9878
Look to the past
This picture from yesteryear shows how the village of
Auburn looked from a west view onto what was then a
lightly-travelled dirt road leading over the old bridge. Other
landmarks in the photograph are Caldwell's Store and the
slaughterhouse. (courtesy photo)
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AUBURN - 150 YEARS OF HISTORY. PAGE 17.
Chamney Sanitation in business 35
By Elyse DeBruyn
Citizen staff
Thirty-five years after the first bag
of garbage was collected, waste
disposal, recycling and scrap metal
continues to be the focus of one most
prominent business in Auburn
servicing communities throughout
Huron County.
Located at 127 Goderich Street in
Auburn and offering a wide array of
customer services with over 1,000
dumpsters of all sizes, Chamney
Sanitation Ltd., has become Huron
County's only full-service waste
disposal company.
The life of Chamney Sanitation
began 54 years ago, when Gordon
"Bud" Chamney started a trucking
business in 1950.
This developed into Chamney
Sand and Gravel and in 1970, Bud
with his wife Laura May, diversified
their business when they were
awarded the contract to pick up the
residential garbage for the village of
Auburn. •
This was a humble beginning to
the waste disposal business as they
started with just a simple pick up
truck and their sons who manually
loaded and unloaded-the truck.
Eventually, a single axle stake
truck was utilized to collect garbage
in various Huron County locations
including Auburn, Londesborough,
Vanastra, Hensall, Clinton and
Bayfield.
By the late 70s, the company had
purchased two Haul-All packer
trucks for this service and continues
today to provide the residential
collecting service.
In 1978. the business expanded
with the, purchase of a local
container lugger business that
consisted of a lugger truck and 18
bins.
This new acquisition catered to the
construction, renovation and roofing
trades, where a dumpster was
temporarily needed for waste
removal.
It was at this time that scrap metal
recycling became an important part
of business operations. Around the
same time sons Eldon and Doug
became involved full-time in the
family business.
Twenty-five years later, Chamney
Sanitation now has three lugger
trucks and 250 lugger dumpsters to
service this part of the business.
Chamney's bought the former
Huron County Highways property in
1979, which remains as the head
office of Chamney Sanitation today.
This property and garage has
allowed the business to do most of
their truck repairs and maintenance
as well as serve as the location for
their municipally licenced salvage
yard.
_ Another expansion took place in
1992 when Chamney traded an
industrial loader fro a White
Expeditor front end truck and 30
bins. These two, four and six cubic
yard containers with lids, serviced
the residential, commercial and
manufacturing and retail markets.
From meagre beginnings, this has
developed into a major faucet of the
company's business and 12 years
years
later the company has two Mack
front-end trucks and 750 bins in
circulation, including many for
cardboard recycling.
Doug and Eldon bought the
business from their parents in 2000
and continue today to provide the
same prompt, efficient service and
customer satisfaction that their
father started so many years ago.
Further expansion and
diversification occurred in the fall of
2001 when the company purchased a
roll-off truck and bins. /
These 20, 30, and 40 cubic yard
containers are utilized for large
construction and demolition projects
as well as for the scrap metal
industry. Three years later this fast
expanding division consists of two
trucks and over 25 roll-off
dumpsters.
Doug Ruston Terry Ruston
Sell and Service
All Makes & Models
24 Hour Towing Service
T'el) (519) 524-9878
After hours
(519) 529-3339
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