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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-04-05, Page 3VUUERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1973—PAGE 3 03 ist T„ geof corps thes4, has4d The , a chart e. over of n going asked ,,. :finder e top of the G ion. Ith,, 'finder tcIusioi hat in 4 ed too,, Vaned tat the • motet , lad asked; Issued (, alks, but', 0 flange, frmitted. request 4 all club;pe d the club gricultur when it .d for ot,, odor of the Ontario about $55 million. • ( firmly believe it There were Kt) other major 'risibility to kee ►the criticisms of provincial !pen- ' ts pei- t.s of the t uro11 ding, one or which was use , ►f. ermed regarding ac- Government aircraft by (lween•, Park. It is, Cabinet Ministers, Senior ('ivil my rtitent1 0 and Servants and their families (01 consent and c'c►- -.non-business trips. Another of the lural was the $3,182 taxi bill from r persutirtel 'Phomas Symons when tae was t the aiding, to sub- chairman of a Royal Com - kb; report outlining mission on French language 'ceedings of the education. There .was also a Assembly huge under -estimate of the $29 Session of the 29th million cost of Ontario Place. t was opened in its al rnaono by Is' issW(ii ated boot )eauties estung Pi this po, ting sus,, This week hath Robert t Governor W RossNixon, leader of the Op total of about $t million d ,it which time hi' position, for the Liberal Party return (',nada Square is rewar • Speech from the and Stephen Lewis, leader of ded by a , rental' income - of the Govern-, the Opposition for the. I" )1 almost $(i.1 million every year yealittR for prreserving the debated the Throne speech. for :31) years. That is almost land etivir„linient Mr. Nixon criticized the $183 million in total. Premier re c•s. Davis took exception to Mr. Government's„ method of let j,�r eni1)111 1 seemed Nixon's figures and claimed ovt•rnnient"s concernting c•i►ntracts for the construe - that tion of buildings designated for 4. (',nada Square would make . a net profit of ap- proximately $5 million out of the Hydro steal. However, Mr. Nixon issued a rebuttal claiming that many of the ex- penses of running the new building would be assumed by Ontario Hydro and not Canada Square as Mr. Davis had said. Transamerica Building hulling the Ontario Education ('orn- municatic►ns Authority. Each of these contracts was obtained through the proposal method. In the case of the Hydro Of- fice building which . is under constructic,ttr, 4Mr. Nixon said that Ontario Hydro was leasing prime 'I'orontit land valued at $7 million to Canada Square for :31) years at $1 per year. During the construction period of three years, Canada Square will invest by way of in- terest on construction loans a hv. is;r1 environment use by Government Services. rgent neer{ to control, awl protect the green 1'o avoid the situation where some developers get extremely d endeavour to im r quality of life in ra hacarpnten-t Com - rich at the expense of the On- tario taxpayer, Mr. Nixon strongly iterated that builder ill he delegated the proposals shouId not take lits of protecting a precedence over competitive wire miles of .land bidding where the contract is let to the lowest bidder, from Niagara -on -the - Bend of Bruce Penin everything else being equal. 'rkwav belts :►round . Mr. Nixon singled out G.W. oront„ and good Moog, President of Canada- ra1 land will 1►e• Square Corporation Ltd. as one as well. developer known to be a close all 'also he a Royal personal friend of the Premier ion enquiry" into who is profiting by this friend - activities it' the con- ship. industry vvllich Was - ear marked for the As an example, Mr. Nixon rea but upon request cited three cases of Companies .position will include headed by Mr. Moog working Marin. for the Government - 1.). much appears that Canada Square, which is Board ieeting I. passed turfing t !rich harbo, action of harbour. rs 1948 of the oi,i, Crich hart e Algorail al Stearnsh d W'ednesd: It Ste. Ma, itty is skit and M igineer. t r;, se , 3oderich h. ension by Railway F k with t in 1906, as t -seven rear 1 at .McGar electoral districts are raged but whether:' this one in time fort the building a new $4t) million of- fice complex for Ontario Hydro 2) Swiss Granada Holdings tovincial e -lection which built facilities f(►r the to be .seen. Ontario Institute for Studies in rone speech included Education' -and 3) Tran- - matters such • a s santerica Realty which built the ion of forest Lands aration of idle lands ing and planting: controls on the sale of pesticides: crack - trafficking of hard proved efficiency in and elimination of iurles: increased to workers injured on miff- the Workmen's ation Act. e two by-election :rennet. Davis intends ahead with plans for government, east and Toronto, but he is considerable op - ,from members of the and New Democratic - nd 1 would hazard to :t it will he a long - ing to Huron County. editor's Report which ently heen released • a number Of veru in - matters orae of which decision on the part of ants••,vho run the (-)n- JHealt.h Insurance not to collect some s and to hill others am - costing the Province rs give et ants of ar lance girt• audiences embers of th rv-of_Musicd i r mention i :Marriage d report stn at the ends the prograa ban for aqr fronto witha her report arious actors :he cast, sa}t Hays was 1 ;e whose'\ memorabh daughter d C. Hay d of the tour to will giver church 11 f next Feet irship of the luu in aid ain fund. rs 1968 ikead, Public for Hurht ast 30 yetis is retirement ,f the Omnia ;elation t10 now beCne or for the One of the items leading to the large provincial deficit is that of Iyledicare. Mr. Nixon in his debate to the Throne Spee0h proposed some- changes for Medicare stating that doc- tors should he allowed to hill the Province on a fee-for- service basis but there would be st vearly limit to the amount the Province would spend. If the portion of the health fund -'ptoy idecf for p`hy'sic ians becomes depleted in _the last quarter of the year, only a per- centage of the hills would be paid in that quarter, Mr. Nixon said. He continued that instead of placing alldoctc►rs on salary the fee-for-service principle of payment would be continued but with constraints. 'Erosion in the Bingham. Park area is claiming .valuable lakefront land in council to give consideration to moving some of the gravel washed up from Goderich. It is believed the breakwalls are contributing to the problem, par- previous storms onto the beach to extend the natural breakwater which titularly now with water levels so high. Paul Carroll, former reeve of Goderich exisits in the area of Bingham Park. The matter was referred to the harbor and still vitally interested in the town, has written to council suggesting "a committee under the chairmanship of Bill Clifford. (staff photo) rather slow but methodical process” to control the problem:' He has asked Lakeshore erosion-Hold.problem A The matter ,of lakeshort erosion came before Goderich, Town Council The Maitland Valley Conser- vation Authority has advised that the • Town of Goderich Should contact the federal government concerning act ion it might t;rk4• since it was taint the break•waIIS seriousl% ontrakirlting to ptoble►ri. ).specially 111 Bingham Pork area. felt ;ire the the The Authority will make fur - 111(1 my est ig1f ion Inti, undertake work on this assistance ay soluble through problem wa. pas'ed' at • tha Aalthoritx's . l973 annual he ('unseryatiort Authority", Bram It meeting, subject to final ap- A mot 11 )11 giving approval -to p)roval of project details by the Flood ('r►nt rol Advisory Board and 1~:kec�ut lye Committee. :This was done in order to present any undue delay if an Authority project could be un- dert;,iken this year." wrote ;Marlene R. Shiell. secretary - treasurer of the MV'('A. 1•'orfner town reeve Paul Carroll aka wrote t.1 council concerning the subtest of 3akeshore 'e'rosion Mr: 'Carroll wrote: "1 have been following with omc interest the dev e'Iopments as ('riIrjcil explores Isle growing erosion problem alotig the shoreline. ,tir)nth of the filtration' plant on tit Christopher's Beach "It would appear that a long ter solution to this problem is *enerally considered to be ex- t rernelv�. expensive: In this. respect, p)rnhahly ton expensive to permit remedial measures to he undertaken. e . . --Consideration might o be given a. rather slow. but methodical process, the merit of which has been amply demonstrated in that area known -as -the' 'lagonrr'--below---- Essex Street Each year, an ex- tensive amount of hull -dozing 1• requ,i(ed to prepare the beach area, for the summer season 011. of the problems that I recall is that of disposing of the many, truckloads of gravel washed uj> from the storms of the •preyaa 1, fall .attc4i .w inter storms. Perhaps the Town would consider using this material to extend the lagoon in 0 snot herly direct nm to farm a natural hre0water to prevent further damage to the lifts' adracent to Bingham Park "The natural harrier in • existence now -has prevented damage from occurring where the lat;oi)n exists By extending it southward. protection can be given to those problem :areas withrlut contributing to the municipal tax burden '1'he gravel is available and has to he moved anyway. "As an additional recommen- dation. perhaps the Waterfront . Committee would undertake the review of findings in a Huron County i.ibrary tit let "How to Hold Up a Dank" by Giorgina Reid. This book reviews some successful solutions to hank erosion problems riot unlike those being experienced here. Once •again, the solution` are inexpensive and the private property owners in the area can play ail• effective role too "1 have left a copy of a study by tho' liniyersity of Rhode island, entitled "How to build and save beaches and dunes". There isn't much challenge on this climbing apparatus right now. Gravel washed onto the beach from storms last fall and through the winter months has filled up the cavity under this outdoor gym equipment and has left the bars just a few feet above ground level. (staff • photo) T 1 AY.h� . r. 't . t►714w"''Miro ..I. - '> This picture taken by the Signal -Star photographer just last week indicates the way the waters of Lake Huron are gradually eating away the lakefront bank. The Maitland Valley Conservation Authority has advised the Town of Goderich to consult the federal govern- ment concerning the problem, but will continue to investigate the erosion and do what it can to, alleviate the washout action.(staff photo) AIN LIE MARKET LIMITED HARVEST OF VALUES aHONF S]4-8551 volt transfer• tailed by the itilities Coro Goderich is he south edlf ton transf, he completed the entire is. I will reliet'e ,n the present Goderich Y" Chishols' by for bend the sem,, in interclub member of tlr Club «h� rk. Me night, theLilt:, on the tn4. ream Save with our Wholesale Prices - We buy direct Believe it or not, that's a picnic table under this shelter on the local beach. Gravel has washed up on the beach and will have to be removed by 'municipal crews this spring. Council t 'i.• r J -t ,.sem .'. r"w' • .. is now giving consideration to moving this gravel to t more southward position to help protect the lakefront bank in the Bingham Park area. (staff photo)