HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-02-28, Page 34New chief,
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Royal Canadian Legion Branch 109 rebuiit.the Legion Hall at the corner of Stanley and „ s
Kingston Street
PUC lit up the Square .
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• from page 15 During the past 10
design, every other years, the hydro crew
lighting pole over a hooked up 600 new ser -
considerable section of vices and 119 commercial
highway 8 going through and industrial service.
the town, has been taken Four hundred twenty
out and the same poles services were upgraded
used again ' on the and 123 general services
reconstruction of high-
way 21. Under the overall
redevelopment plan the
24 old poles in The Square
were installed on high-
way 21, with •substantial
saving to the community.
Further to the im-
provements oh the
Square and the widening
of highway "21, the PUC.
completed a loop around
the town to provide
continuity of service and
designed for added
security of service.
Neighbourhood
,Improvements Program.
in the northeast part of
town meant poles had to
be moved to allow streets
to be widened.
A _ new substation;
number 4, on 'Eldon -
were changed over.
The PUC went out of
the .• appliance sales
business and made
rennovations to the PUC
building. A draft room
was added and the
building was re -wired to
provide auxiliary power
to a command centre for
heat, ;;light, radios and
telephone. The command
centre is essential in
controllinga situation
when power is off and
permits communication
with men on the. work Site
without running all over.
town in the trucks.
The PUC is in the
process of changing in-
door meters to outdoor
meters to facilitate meter
reading.
Street is being prepared Computer .billing went
to go in service possibly on stream in December,
in -February of'tfiis year. •' 973••-mrd—has bei rr—ef-
ficient, cost saving and
requires less staff.
Hydro equipment
changes have included
the replacement of five
trucks and a trencher and
in .1980 a new' bucket
truck. The crew built a
mobile transformer on a
trailer' which is used to
hook up services while a
transformer„ is being
replaced.
Throughout the decade,
lines in the town have
bebn rebuilt as
necessary.
The water works crew
has, serviced ten new
subdivisions, nine plants
at the industrial park and
four additions at
Champion Road
Machinery's main plant'
'In 1974-75 they serviced
the Suncoast Shopping
Mall and in 1980 the mini
mall on Bayfield Road.
Approximately 6:28 •_
miles of water main have
been . installed in the
town's subdivisions in-
cluding 500 new services.
Some 250 old services
were updated through e
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fire.hyrants were put in
place.
Two trucks have been
replaced and a backhoe
and manpowe,,r„ has been
increased • by one
linemap.
The PUC is preparing
to change the metered
water system over to
metric during 1980
At the end or 1979 the
engineer's report for the
final design of the water
Police chief Pat King
•
believesthe small town,
poii"ceman is Still the best'
all' roitnd'•policernan. He
must, handle all types .qf
calls and he follows
through on' an in-
vestigation until it' is
solved.
It is a disadvantage not
to be allowed to follow
through., • on an In-
vestigation, says King.
On a city force, the of-
ficer would call in a
special squad to complete
tilde investigation after-the--
initial
fterthe--
initial call was answered.
Break and enter, hold up
and morality squads are
all specialized in their
crime area.
The city policeman
would probably be
assigned to one of these
special teams which does
not permit ,him ex-
perience in all types of
crime investigation
Goderich officers may
get assistance from,other
people such as the
Ontario Provincial Police
for special in-vestiations,
but for the most part the
system expansion was
approved. It will include
a new water tower and
distribution system and
an addition to the
filtration ' plant. The
project will.costabout $2
million.
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local force handles their
own investigations.
The concept .of the
small town policeman
has changbd says King.
He once had no 'formal
training except for . ex-
perience on another force
and was paid a meagre
salary. It was not until
1962 that policeman were
formally traiwi:ed-arpolfce
colleges.
The • sinal] town
policeman-. tended to be
looked down upon as
-•sefn•ebne--who-- was •• un_-�
skilled observes King.
This attitude has
changed. All policemen
go through the same
recruit training and
salaries and benefits are
now comparable with
other professions.
"The—job is no longer
only common sense."he'
adds.
The—Goderich Police
Force has increased its
staff to two sargents and
seven constables during
the past ten years. There
is some specialization on
the force with officers
responsible for iden-
tification, safety, court,
vehicles, firearms.
training and drug co-
ordination. •
The. most "exciting
development in the area'
of crime detection has
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