HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1958-02-13, Page 1Year—No.' 7
Tra.dipg Pest
For a momen the other
;day, "Clerk Sherman
Blake almost had to pinch
hist elf to make sure hee wasn't
operating a.. Hudson's Bay Co.
trading post A mar; carpe
into the clerk's office, produc-
ed a one -dollar parking ticket
,., issued by local police and said,
"I'd like to pay this." Then,
, instead of forking over the
customary dollar, he presented
the surprised clerks with a fox.
Recovering quickly, Mr. Blake
marked the parking, ticket
"paid" and thct > m wailed
out, leaving the fO7t behind,
The answer is thaternt ritelpal
clerks,. in Huron County are
authorized to pay a fox bounty
of one dollar per animal—
which was just the amount
needed to cancel out the park-
ing ticket in this case.
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The efficient modern equipment in the kitchen
of the new wing of Alexandra Marine and Gen-
eral Hospital was admired by hundreds of people
who attended "Open House" recently. Above
is shown one of the many groups of 'nterested
persons who toured the new wing o he hos-
e pital looking over the spie and span ins Y ations
in the new kitchen. - S.S. Photo by R.H..
M.P.T---Urges Delegation
On Area Unempl�ymen'
Spirited discussion Of the local
unemployment situation took place
in MacKay.. Hall Saturday night
when Elston Cardiff, MP for Huron,
spoke at a special meetiog spon-
sored by Blue Water Lodge No.
1863, International Association of
Machinists.
Many members of the union nor-'
mally work at 'Dominion Road Ma-
chinery Co. Ltd. here but - were
laid off several weeks ago. On ac-
count of the large number - of laid -
off members, the union; arranged
some time ago for Mr. Cardiff to
come here to discuss what could
be done:
The MP told 'ills audience that
his hand might be strengthened if
Goderich would send a Small dele-
gation to Ottawa to see Prime
Minister Jahn Diefenbaker. The
delegation • could' 'i'm'press' the P►VI
with that fact that it is trying to
promote Canadian -manufactured
goods for Canadians, he suggested.
Mr. Cardiff felt that the PM,
who is opposed to over-depend-
'ence on the United States,, would -
give a sympathetic ear to this line
of argument. -
Just what the federal govern-
ment might do to help the local
situation was not defined at the
meeting, though there was some
discussion about effo%ts to lower
duties on local products exported
to 'the U.S.
- . Buy Canadian
J. K. Sully, general manager of
Dominion Road Machinery 'CO. Ltd.
guest. He at the meeting. was at g
asked Mr. Cardiff if the federal
government could be influenced to
promote a "Buy Canadian" pro-
gram similar to the "Do It Now"
program that is being promoted
Across the nation -. currently.
Mr. Cardiff said that„ a govern-
ment plan to spend somewhere in
the neighborhood of $245,000 to
$265,000 on the local harbor has
been "on the go" for some time.
(In January, 1957, it was,. announc-
ed that the federal goveenment
had ear -marked' $100;009 ,for dred,.
ging and $80,000` for repairs to
the breakwall at Goderich harbor.)
Mr. Cardiff expressed the hope
that something can be dofie to
give more protection to small fish-
ing boats which are based --here.
With some direction from °Town
Council, a portion of the govern-
ment allocation might be diverted
to improvements to Snug Harbor,
he suggeseetl.
Mayor Ernie C. Fisher comment-
ed: "Mr. Cardiff, I'm glad you said
that. Just last night, we passed.
a resolution that more money be
spent on ,.the harbor and Snug
Harbor." •
• Housing Project
During the question ° period, J.
Pirie, of- Goddrich, who said that
he represents 3,000 carpenters in.
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Huron Political Pot .
i11 Boil: Next Week
• Fedeial..election ._activities in the
riding of Huron go into high 'gear
next week whelp both Liberal and
Progressive-Cori/sent-alive nominat-
ing conventions will be held.
On Monday, February 17, the
Progressive -Conservative nominat-
ing convention will be held at the
Legion Hall, - Clinton, commencing
at 8.30 p.m, The Liberal nomin-
ating convention will take place on
Thursday, February " 20; at . 2.30
p.m., also at the Legion Hall,
Clinton. ..
It is •expected'tfeet Elston Cardiff
will again be the standard-bearer
for the Progressive -Conservative
party. The Liberal candidate will
not .be' definitely known until their
nominating convention next Thurs-
day. Mr. A. Y. - McLean, of Sea -
forth, who contested the last Fed-
eral election in the riding of .Huron
for the. Liberals., will undoubtedly
be named again. Other names
being mentioned in case . Mr. Mc-
Lean should not accept are: Hugh
Hawkins, of Clinton; Earl Camp-
bell, }fay Township; Cecil Blake,
Ashfield Township- Dr. J. A. Addi-
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son, of Clinton. .
Enumerators have been hard at
work since Monday of this week
and will. wind up their work on
Saturday. "Advance copies of in-
struction manuals --""for deputy re-
turning officers will be going,. out
next week after the enumeration
reports indicate how many of the
polling stations will be split into
two polls,",,J. X. Hunter, returning,
officer, told The Signal -Star.
Polls are split when the total.
(Continued on page 5)
AGREEMENT •ENTERED
Hotel Sunset
To Kitchener
Negotiations are under way fores
the sale of the Sunset -Hotel, a
landmark in Goderich for more
than half a century and known to
summer visitors from many parts
. of the United, States and Canada,
An agreement has been entered
into for the sale of the propetty -
. to be closed...at a date in the near'
future. _-Negotiating for the pur-
chase of the hotel is Mr. William
Pavlick, of Kitchener. It is under-
stood that Mr: Pavlick plans- -to:
thee Yeerertiti rid :' -
It is believed that construction•
of the- hotel was cor,n menced in
1901 and finished in 19024y Mr.
W. H. Smith, who came here from,
Detroit, and whq was at one time
the manager of the summer hotel
at Menesetung -Park. ' -
First reference to the construc-
tion of the present Sunset Rotelin the files of The Signal appeared
57 - years ago—on September 5,
991. The"article read as follows:
"'We understand that Mr. Smith,
manager of Menesetung Park, will
'-make a proposition to the town
council regarding the building of
a large, hotel for the accommoda-
tion of summer visitors at Gode-
rich. At the time of writing, the
exact terms of the propeeition
have not beenforinulated, but we
--believe they -will include the grant.
ing by the town of a loan of $10,000
el consideration of which Mr.
/ ith and .•those associated With
'kim will guarantee the erection of
a hotel to cost $25,000 apd-to ac-
commodate 200 persons. A sum-
mer hotel is a crying necessity in
a-..,, .znd i, e
An item in
e 'Signa - °i ov-
ember, 190.1,1olti-of the application
for water land -sewerage connec-
t 'at "this-�h•ote .--- irsts known as
the Goderich Hotel. • „ - ---- ..
An advertisement .appearing—TI
June, 1903, telling of the hotel
opening for the season said it had
136 rnnyrs- whir°-accomtt1 odation for
250 guests. -
Financial difficulties wel`e„en-
countered in_ getting the were,.
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Negotiator
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Q- In May, 1909, Charles C. Lee,
to whom• the builders -of the hotel
owed a considerable amount of
money'for building matetia1s, leas-
ed the Goderich Hotel for two
years and changed the name, of it
to the Sunset Hotel. . Associated
with 'him was Andrew Porter.
in April, 1912, C. C. Lee offered
the Town of Goderich $4.,250 cash
for the hotel. Councillor Elliott
said at that time the hotel had
r,a.ri. e - es pen
town;"- acrd = mieved-th t "it .lyd sordr
It was sold to Mr. Lee and he
made considerable improvements
on it prior to opening for the
summer season of 1912. , Miss
Brayley, of Toronto, came to Gode-
rich as superintendent of the hotel
dining room girls. She had had
previous experience,, in summer
bads at Cobourg and in the Lake
of Bays area.
After the death of C. C. Lee, the
hotel was Still run by the, Lee
mily with a son, Ernest M. Lee;
Q.C.; of Tornto, directing pians
for it. In 1945, a daughter, Mrs.
Harold Willie s, of Goderich, and
Mr. Williams, ook over the active
management o the hotel and have
been operating it since that time.
For the past two summers they
have been assisted in the manage-
ment of the hotel by Mr. Chris.
Lee, - 4
The hotel has been well sand
favorably known for many year
now• and its client -ere has included
distinguished guests from various
eparts of the United States and
Canada. These ier�dluded ,•peomin-
ent Canadian and American in-
: dustrialists :llie. _-famod--Canad'
'author, Bertram Brooker, of Tor,
onto, who died recently, and many
s eople in the entertainment world
A° visited the' Stratford Shake-
spearian Festival, including Jose
,errer and Rosemary Ciune .
There are families who have holi-
dayed at the hotel each summer:
for -many years. • Among these was
the Wescott family of Ann Arbor,
Michigan, who came -each summer
since 1902.
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started as reflected in the follow-
ing item from The Signal of.'Octo
ber, 1902:. "A meeting of the credi
tors of W. II. Smith, proprietor of
Hotel Goderich was held and
claims weite filed for $6,560, in-
cluding one of James Smith, father
of W. -lI:-Slmith; for $3:982," The
town of iGoderieh „agreed to stay
foreclosure proceedings, however,
in the hope of getting a purchaser
or lessee.
In 1906, management of •th
hotel was taken ,gam ..JI_- W.
Fortune, son -in -lave of W. H.
WeMee la�,tel,
was nil .Operate
In January, 1009, Hotel Goderich
was put up for auction sale. High -
eat price offered was $5,600. The
property was withdrawn from sale
°ince the Town of-.Goderich had o
higher reserve bid than -this. Mayor
Macklin and Reeve -Gallow were
theft • delegated to go to Montreal
with the idea' _pi 4ilterestipg the
C.P.R. ,or the G1 and Trunk Railway
in the `property.
Spedal Service
Pianned In Honor
Of Octogenarians
A special Octogenarian Service
will be held at North Street United
Church at three o'clock on Sunday
afternoon.
John Flick, energetic president
of •Goderich - Octogenarian •Club,
states: "Everyone, young or old,
regardless of denomination is in-
vite eto come out and wo;rahrp
God, hear the- old Gospel songs
and honor the people• who are
80 years young and over."
Rev. A. E. Eustace will preach
and there will be special music,
including selections by the choir,
expects Mr. Flick.
Anyone who would like traiis-
portatioii to the service is advised
to call any of the following' per-
sons (preferably before -1 p.m.
Sunday): Len McGee1058, Bill Ross
220, D. J. Patterson 248, Earl.Raw-
son 908, and Bill Wilson 654R.
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FORMER CNR
AGENT RETIRES
William A. Mair, 65, who was
ONR freight agent at, Goderich
about ten years ago, • retired last
week from the CNR. He has been
freight agent at the CNR "'depot at
Kitchener. While in Goderich he
was an enthusiastic ' member , of
the Goderich Lawn Bowling Club,.
"He is a former president of th
Kitchener Lawn Bowling Club.
Born at Clinton on February 5,
1893, - he began his railroading
career at the age of 16.as a cross-
ing watchman Wingham. • In
1911 he was ,prom ed- to operator
at Hanover and i' 1914 became
agent at Ripley. ' e was "moved
to Brampton in 1937 as agent and
in 1946 came to Goderich. He left
Goderich in 1948 - to go to
Kitchener. -
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Second Merger
Julius .Kayser and Company
Limited have merged with
Chester H. (Roth Company In-
corporated of New York. Mr.
Leo Walzak, manager of the
Kayser plant at Goderich, re-
ceived official notification of
this change on Tuesday. The •
letter stated, "This merger
will not involve any plant
moves or consolidations or
administration -re-organization
in Canada." In other words,
the plant' here will continue
on as before except that it
will be under a new owner-
ship. Several years ago Julius
Kayser Company took over
•Holeproof Hosiery, including
the Goderich plant. -
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Q -A by-law permitting Union Gas
Co, ois Canada Ltd. to pipe natural
gas into Goderich was given two
readings by Town Council Friday..
A public hearing will be held by
the Ontario Fuel. Board before the
bylaw comes up -for, a third- read-
ing.
,Cottneil passed • -resolution ask(
ing the Fuel Board for Permission
to dispense with a vote of the
electors. If there are any persons
who oppose the bylaw, they will
have a chance to state their case
at- the pubiie--gearing.
Frank R. Gee, solicitor for Union
Gas, stated- • that the company has
gas at Stratford now and hopes to
start about neett. May to construct
a Iine througeMitche1l and Sea -
forth to Goderich.
There was , speculation among
members of Council as to whether
natural gas may provide some stiff
competition, price -wise, to hydro
in Goderich. But no definite hi-
formation on rates was forthcom-
'Stnday, February 16, will be
great day Irish a for the rash (March
.17thy notwithstanding) at St: Marys
Hospital, London. For on that
day,?•r;.rJohn Hussey, formerly of
Kingsbridge and Goderich, and
now: a patient at the London hos-
pital, will celebrate his 92nd birth-
day. And there will be a birthday
party, too. Among those present
will be former residents of this
area who are'now also patients at
St. Marys Hospital. They are:
Father Fallon, former parish priest
of Goderich; Father Ford, native of
eIKirrgsbridge; Joe Kelly, formerly
of Goderich; Joe Sullivan, former-
ly of Detroit and Kingsbridge;
Mrs. Tom O'Neill, formerly of
West Lorne. Also present will be
Mr. Hussey's son, Terence, of
Clinton, and two daughters, Mrs.
Carl Schneiker and Mrs. Earl Mac -
Laren, of Goderich, and their
husbands.
Mr. Hussey worked every day
until he was 79 years of age. First,
he farmed for 48 years at Kings-
bridge, then was a Cr1R baggage -
man for .18.. years and next was
with DRMCO foie 11 years.
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Find No Truth
in Sky Harbor
Industry Rumor
There .,is absolutely no basis to
alrumor that Canadian Kodak Co.
Ltd. is planning to move to Sky
arbor, a spokesman for Goderich
Industrial C,sfmmission said today
Optimism is fine, but false hopes
can be unhealthy sometimes, said
the spokesman. - Due to the fact
that the rumor is so widespread, it
was felt that some statement
should be made by the commission.
'As soon as it heard° the rumor,
the commission' went into action
and endeavored to trace it. Fin-
ally, a few days ago, the corrimis-
sion received a letter from K. M.
':Mitchell, administrative assistant
of Canadian Kodak. Mr. Mitchell
wrote: ,. ..
"The information you have re-
ceived, indicating that we are con-
} sidering an expansion program that
would require a move to another
location, is incorrect. We have
ample acreage at our present site.
(in Toronto) to- accommodate any
expansion which may be neces-
sary in the forseeable future."
In addition to contacting „_the
company, the Industrial Commis-
sion made an exhaustive check of
other sources county officials,
banks, railways, etc..—to see if
there was any basis to the rumor:
On Wednesday of this week.
William Anderson, chairman of the
commission,c and G. F. Clingan,
secretary, were in Toronto to pur-
sue other contacts there. -
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Ask- Arena Committee
ToMeet -With Council
The Goderich Recreation and '
Arena Committee has been invited
to att nd the next,, ze alar ..T • ,
- onn•ei• = ifee i ---to• -Ir eu thee
1958 budget of the comtnittee. In
the meantime,' in answer to a re-
quest, Council has advanced $6,000
-to. the committee on the 1958 levy.
The Recreation and Arena Com-
mittee has proposed a change in
the insurance set-up. - A letter
signed by John G. Berry, secretary-
treasurer,- states: "We feel that it
would be a much mare satisfactory
arrangement to have all insurance
under the guidance of one person
who is not only -dealing with arena
insurance but who is aware of the
entire situation as. �_-th_e .proper
needs of all'.` -coverages for .the
Town of Goderich."
In another letter to Council,
Goderich --Trades and Labor Coun-
cil, which supplies one member
I& the Recreation and Arena Cam.
mittee, proposed the appointment
of Mel CO to succeed Joseph
Moody. The proposal was refer,
-red.eeto committee of the *Bole
Council to be dealt with at a later
session.
Goderich Industrial t`.,,ommissinn
notified, Council that the commis-
sion will be satisfied to receive
he -9 i1 09q "tawn-l�arit- tchi
vear. The commission has more
than $400 lFet eresr from last years
• Mail 'Survey' .
A mail survey of Metronolitsn
Ternnto flims has been started by
fere-oiiimission with a view to
- reenine G(irlinri"h's {}gqi�+ 1- fnr'
hnv firms which may he thinking-
about moving out --of the Toronto
area,
'1'hn rnmmiccinn filen anted in
it"'s- letter to Coun it that Scot -
smith Furniture Limited has made
excellei`i•t progress in adapting the
firm.
amounted
of udi
105.'98 at the end of January. Of,
this total, $33,946.19 represented
1957 taxes. •
' Gerald Whaley wrote Council
to say *that the town' has been
promising for four years to lay -
tile on Bennett street, joining; the
drain on Huron Road. Because
the work has not been done yet.
surface watersis -causing Mr. Whal-
ey considerable trouble, such as
over1flowing,...the...septc tank. 1te-
cently it cost him $30 to have the
situation rectified, he wrote.
In reply to a .question from
Councillor May Mooney,, Mayor
Ernie C. Fisher said that the town
had . budgeted to lay the tile last.
year, but the tile was used for the
hospital drain. instead. The mat-
ter of the $30 was t`efYrbd to an
insurance comp -iv with whioh the
town deals, and the rest 'of the
prolilenl was turned over to the
public works corn mittee.
. ,The Rni�lway -- +ociatro r
ads netified Council that sprin'
andl'ummer railway schedules will
be effective frotn April 27 to Octo-
ber 26. The association requested
the 6 -operation of Council in sel-
ecting daylight saving time dates
to coincide 'with the association's
dates.
Council granted Miss , Worthy-
Baack, ,0. member of the Town le
office staff.,„ leave of a;bsefee for
one' mrnnth. '
the`-`'r'�
ing at the meeting;
Cot;nt i1 was addressed by Walk-
er Ifs'' leming, --district , manager
of Union gas which has its head,
quarters in Chatham, and by Mr.
Gee.
Public Hearing
Mr. Gee said that a vote of the
townspeople iS not usually requir-
ed etedeeee there are_ twQ.'.or, 410..°,;
companies eompetirtg for a - rap.
chise. Anyone who opposes the
by-law generally shows up - at the
public hearing, he said, In the
-case of the 'Goderich s by-law, the
Fuel Board° might decide to hold
the hearing in "Stratford or some
other city; it will probably not
,takePlace -in -town. •
Some motiths ago, Council' had
some coresP ondence with another
gas 'firm, Blue Water Oil & Gas
Ltd., of• London, but it is under-
stood that this firm is no longer
,interested in Goderich. Blue
Water Oil & Gas has an Interest
in the gas ,wells near Bayfield and
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is supe Clinton AF $t<
Union Gas does Miteeeek
elusive fra.nchiise, lVIr. Gee Said,-
-the
aid, -the Ontario Fuel ,Board `.iwQ41d pr'o-
bably not allow any other; gas Orin
GRADUATE NURSES TQLD ABOUT
HOSPITAL HANDICAPS IN CHINA
Twenty-four graduate nurses met
Pat the home of Mrs. Reuben Brew-
er for the regular monthly meet-
ing of the association on Monday
of last week.
Mrs. Bud Jerry, the president,
was in charge.
Mrs. James Bisset, convener of
the ways and means; discussed the
plans ., for the spring hat show,
bazaar and tea.
The nurses were informed that
"the cupboard" of the Cancer So-
ciety was low in supplies. Each
nurse was asked to bring some
or normal, etc., `but foreigners
could act as advisors.
At the University Hospital, there
were no mattresses for the beds.
Mrs, Easter, herself, did the plan-
ning for desks, drug cupboards,
etc. The RAF gave them khaki
cloth. Out of these were made
ticks for the beds and they were
stuffed with straw.
The offices and the clothing
which the patients_ wore had to
be locked up. There• was no heat-
ing system. It was so cold that
one wore a knitted dress under the
uniform and a coat was worn over
article or articles for "a shower" the top in the office. Quilts and
at the next meetingg, blankets were secured from Tibet.
Mrs. Jerry introddced the guest Bamboo was used ,for plumbing.
speaker, Mrs. Easter, who spoke Bedpans were made from the half
on "China." In 1939 she sailed • burned tin shingles front the roofs.
on the "Empress of Russia" for There were no safety pins. Tapes
the coast of Japan. She was. at were sewn on diapers and tied to -
,Hong Kong for three weeks. The gether on the babes.
women there took coal to their- In concluding she said that the
homes from the yards by °buckets. military, were all powerful. Noth-
Anyone holding a calling card was ing important could be done with -
of great prestige. out consulting them. ,
• On^ the sides of the mountains Mrs. Eter was thanked kindly
such flowers as violets, Eeste flies by Mrs. reslie Riley for her he
and hydrangeas grew. She said teresting address.-
that as you climbed the high moun- Miss Lena Robinson was the res
tainsou
Y world.. be among white cipient of the gift from the draw
fleecy ' clouds with sun shining made at each ;meeting.
through, making a pretty sight. Mrs. Hugh Glen thanked the
In• China she spent one year learn- hostess, Mrs. Brewer, for the use
ing the language. She was at the of her ---spacious home for the
Women's Hospital as superintend- meeting.
ent and she taught ethics to the Miss Lila Youngblut, lunch corn
Chinese girl students. - vener, and her assistants then
There were no foreign prin- served a delicious lunch, and a
cipals.._ote any school, either high social time was enjoyed.
District "-Chiu Novel Valentirie
-col-
I The four public school class -
Visits t Jaycees
legiate building plan to trans-
fer their Valentine day af-
fections this year, following a
District President Willard .For- suggestion by •vice-principal
syth, of Owen Sound, visited Gode- M. H. Stephens. Instead of
rich Junior Chamber of Commerce buying and sending valentine
at its -February 'meeting. cards 'to .one ,another they will -
Awards in the Christmas Light- donate the money they would
ing Contest, .co-sponsored by - the normally spend this way to
Jaycees and the•Town of Goderich, help finance furnishings in the
were presented to William Ritchie, new wing of the hospital. MT.
Floyd' Lodge , and Mel, Cyibert at Stephens estimated the pupils
the meeting. •in each room would - spend
William Anderson, reporting on from $10 to $15 on valentine
activities of the Goderich Indus- cards. From the pupils of
trial Commission, paid special; trib- the fodr classrooms, grades
ute to G. F. Clingan; commission seven and eight, he expects
secretary, for the tremendous to get about $50 for the hos-
amount of effort which he has been pita]. -
putting into his work. o -b n
Larry Aldharn. has been named
ASK ADJUSTMENT
chairman of the Jaycees' tourist A letter has gone to Town Coun-
committee which was to hold a
"brainstorming" session last nightcif from local taxi owners who
0 0 - 0 would 'like perriission to increase
BAND REPORTS harbor
from the north side of the
harbor to 65 cents. - All other fares
A 1957 financial statement, show- .would remain ate 50 cents, accord-
ing expenditures of, $3,252.69, was ing to the proposal. The request
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- tte _TO -Y- - u i1:.. -b : --to-C-oetncii vasesil;:ned4e#ee' '"
L +oderie :B•I•u-e--Wster---Bnifdr—Ite= -f Bail; L. "Overholt, R. Glazier, W,
ceipts included a grant of $2,900 It. Pierson, Elmer Sowc,rby and
Konneth Oke.
irerneeire li `the "Seoislt-Ui'"
ges collectedee'in January
to $7,099.10, Council was
informed. Uncollected taxes, -`in-
ng interest, stood at $53. -
from the town.
to enter Goderich dnless there
were serious complaiiats-about the
service provided- by Thiol s,
The Union Das. Lo :=`s- -the 014.
gas company in southwestern;
tario; -said` the solicitor', - .. -.:
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A natural gas pipeline ill have
two advantages of particular inter-
est
nterest to Council, said Mr. `Gee.., .
First, when prospective indus-.'
itriffs are -St -tidying oderkh, they.
will want to know if the town hat
natural gas and what the price is
Can Tax Pipes
-Second; all pipelines - are .tax --
able by the town.
The Assessment Act was check
ed after Reeve Donnelly asked how
the piping would be assessed. Mr.
Fleming indicated that . the gas
may- be brought into town in a -six
or eight -inch pipe and distributed
within Goderich via four -inch pip-
ing.
Four -inch piping would be as-
sessed at, 55c per foot; pipes from
6" to 6%" are assessed at 98c per
foot ,and 2" pipes are assessed at
17c per foot. There are 44 miles
of streets in Goderich _it was
staled.
The Union Gas representatives
said that their company would be
pleased to buy natural gas ha
Huron County if it becomes avail-
able in sufficient quantities.
Councillor C. M. Robertson ask:
ed if Goderich consumers would
be charged the same rate for na-
tural gas as users in Mitchell and
other district communities.
"1 would think that you would,
be charged exactly" the same rate,"
replied Mr. :Gee. This would be
uie to the Ontario . Fuel Board,
which sets the rates, he stated -
Following up Councillor Robert-
son's
obertso'n's question, Reeve James Don- •
nelly explained to the -Union Gas
representatives that Goderich has
bad an unhappy experience with
Ontario Hydro (Goderich • is charg-
ed more for electric power than
are other centres on the same line).
-Standard Rate -
Mr. Fleming stated that the gas
rate proposed for Goderich is the
same as that ,. for Stratford, St.
Marys, Kitchener -Waterloo and
Guelph.
1f natural gas can compete with
hydro , iii Mitchell and if the same
price - is
maintained in Goderich,
where hydro costs more than in
Mitchell, Reeve Donnelly - asked it
this meant that gas . would be
under -selling hydro in Goderich
The Union Gas representatives
were not able to give a definite
answer to this.
.As to how widely the gas would
be distributed ' within Goderich,
Mr. Fleming indicated that mains
would be laid wherever the com-
pany can find a reasonable number'
'of otential users.
Gas appliances would be ser-
viced free, Council was told. The
cost of service would be included
in the basic rate charged to users.
As much local labor as' possible
would be used in construction,.
said Mr.:Fleming.
Texas Is Source
The company is at present secur-
ing its gas from Texas, but ex-
pects
xpects to buy gas from the Trans
Canada Co. within a year or two.,
Mr. Fleming said that natural
gas is noxi -toxic; that is, it doesn't
get into the bloodstream ala man-
ufactured gas does. However, na-
tural gas is still lethal. -
"If gas is escaping, you can
smell it in a second." resassured
Mr. Gee. „
Mr.. Fleming said that an ex-
perienced plumber can install gas
appliances. In most communities,
where Union Gas distributes ria,
tural gas, the firm maintains arra
outlet where appliances are sold.
The cost of the public hearing
will• be paid by the company,
Council was told.
Mayor Fisher estimated that the
PWIr 1111
.4,000 per ar in taxes on the
piping provided service is ex-
ended to all, streets.
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Name Proposed Police Commission
•MAYptt,, B. C. PIS44ER
HURON' COUNTY k„>.
JUDGE FRANK PINGLAN. M,4 1STl�A'li
Goderich 'Town Council took initial steps last Friday night to set up a polio E `Conlin
Goderich .and the trio shown above were named to :the + mmission. Approval oftihe, Oil.
ment has to be obtained before the `selection is final. See complete story, on page tlitree.-