Zurich Citizens News, 1969-12-04, Page 7THURSDAY, DECEINBER 4, 1964
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
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The International Scene
(by Raymond Canon)
INTERNATION LANGUAGES
I am often asked my opinions
on the use of a universal language
if one could be created, and if
not, which language is best
suited for such a role.
The answer to the first part is
that there have already been a
considerable number of attempts
to create an international lang-
uage, the most widely used and
famous of which is Esperanto.
None of them have really caught
on in the way they should have
for reasons that I shall explain in
one minute.
As a matter of fact there al-
ready has been one language
that was about as universal as
any language could be. This
language was Latin, and it came
about because of the role of the
Roman Catholic Church down
through the ages. Since most
education, such as it was, was
in the hands of the Church, the
instruction was done in Latin,
and this meant that any educated
person, no matter what his nat-
ive tongue was, could travel all
over and converse with all ed-
ucated people in Latin. Since so
many people spoke it, there is
no doubt that it contributed a
great deal to the proper exchange
of ideas.
The decline of Latin came
about with the Protestant Refor-
mation and the secularization of
education. Since that time there
has been a great deal of emph-
asis placed on one's native tong-
ue, so that no one tongue was
Murray Gaunt At
November Session
Of County Council
Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -
Bruce, visited county council
Friday afternoon and fielded
some rather sticky questions from
councillors. Through it all,
Gaunt maintained re was ex-
pressing "strictly personal views"
and was not toeing any party line,
He told council the official
plan for the county is a "good
idea." He also eased council's
mind with the news that in his
opinion, regional government is
at least eigat to 10 years away
in this part of the province.
"County school boards have
given the government second
thoughts, " he said. -He did pre-
dict that when regional govern-
ment did come the swing would
be to regional school boards.
He expressed some concern at
the "continued pressure towards
centralization.' He said farms
and businesses were getting "big-
ger and fewer" and governments
are getting 'bigger and bigger."
"When the little man gets the
feeling that all he has to do is
foot the bill, then I think we
are in real trouble, " said Gaunt.
Wilmer Hardy, Colborne, ask-
ed Gaunt whether or not the
county should be interested in a
county welfare system. Gaunt
told council the system would
likely prove more expensive
and members of council would
have to decide whether the im-
proved quality of service would
justify the extra tax dollars.
"Look well before you leap, "
was Gaunt's advice.
In the matter of assessment,
Gaunt advised council all ass-
essment will eventually be done
on the basis of current market
value. , , what a willing pur-
chaser would give to a willing
seller.
He predicted a substantial shift
of taxload to provate homes and
farms because it will be easier
to put a real value on private
holdings than on business.
"Homes and farms are sold
every day," he noted. "I think
there are going to be some real
problems. The government has
said that in five years you can
have the assessing back, I sug-
gest to you that in five years
you won't want it back."
able to gain ascendency over the
other. I qualify this statement
to a certain extent by pointing
out that for quite some time
French was considered to be the
language of diplomacy, and
most people, if they learned a
second language, chose French
This tendency is not so predo-
minant today, but I have found,
in my travels, that I could reach
a great many people in French
when all else failed.
About the end of the 19th
century, people started looking
into the possibility of creating
an international language. T' -ie
first effort in this field was call-
ed Volapuk, but it enjoyed only
a brief period of public favour,
Then came what is considered
by most people to be the best
effort to date. This was a lang-
uage created by a Polish oculist
named Dr. Zamenhof, who call-
ed his creation Esperanto. The
language, which was only 12
rules and no irregularities, is so
easy that the grammar can be
learned in one hour. Its vocabu-
lary is made up basically of
.French and Germanic'words, so
that most Canadians could read
it without too much difficulty.
The language was at its height
early in the 1900's and although
it never gained general accept-
ance, it is still spoken by sev-
eral million people throughout
the world.
Why didn't it catch on? Well,
undoubtedly the main reason is
public apathy. Most people just
don't waste tint e being bothered
to learn another language, and
think that everybody should learn
theirs. Another reason is lack of
official support. If governments
all over the world had decreed
that it had to be learned, things
night have been different, but
if you do take the trouble to
learn it, where do you go to
practice it in order to gain the
fluency necessary to use it prop-
erly.
Anyway, with the world-wide
possessions of the British Empire
and later the rise of the United
States as the leading power in
the world, many people have
come to accept English as about
as international a language as
you can get. True, English is
not an easy language to learn,
especially with its archaic spel-
ling system, but it is a living
language, and that is important,
It may justifiably be called
the first international language
since Latin, and if we could
only clear up our spelling pro-
blems, a lot of foreign people
would leave a sigh of relief. Not
to mention all our own students
struggling with learning how to
spell.
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Notice of Application By
THE CORPORATION of THE
VILLAGE of ZURICH
For Approval of a By -Law
imposing a water Works Rate.
TAKE NOTICE THAT:
1. The Council of the Corporation of the Village of
Zurich intends to apply to the Ontario Municipal
Board for approval of the construction of a Water
Works System for the Village of Zurich, consist-
ing of a ground level reservoir, a pump house,
the installation of high lift pumps and the instal-
lation of certain water mains, as referred to in
Schedule "A" hereto, at an estimated cost of
$130,366.00, and intends to charge the whole of
the cost of the work as a water works rate for
a period of twenty (20) years in the manner de-
signated below.
SCHEDULE "A"
1. Installation of new Submersible pump at Well
No. 2.
WATERMAINS, with service connections, on:
2. Easement from the proposed pumphouse to
Frederick Street.
3. Frederick Street from Mill Street to Main Street.
Frederick Street from Mary Street to Edward
Street.
4. Main Street from Frederick Street to Goshen
Street.
5. Goshen Street from Edward Street to Rosalie
Street.
6. Rosalie Street from Frederick Street to Goshen
Street.
7. Mill Street from Frederick Street to Goshen
Street.
8. Edward Street from Frederick Street to Goshen
Street.
9. Frederick Street from Rosalie Street to Mil
Street.
10. Frederick Street from Main Street to Edward
Street.
11. Main Street easterly from Goshen Street a
length of approximately 450 feet.
PUMP HOUSE AND EQUIPMENT
12. Two variable speed high lift pumps, 80 to 180
I.G.P.M.
13. One 85 Kilowatt diesel -generator set.
14. Storage tank with pump house above.
15. Motor controls and wiring.
16. Piping, valves and fittings.
17. Meters and recorders for well pumps.
18. Truck bay and storage area.
Total .. $130,360.00
2. It is proposed to raise the whole of the annual
payments by the following:
(a) A frontage rate of 0.421/2c per foot.
(b) A Fire Protection charge of $150.00 per
fire hydrant, to be payable from the gen-
eral rate,
(c) Water Rates to users as follows;
i) Flat rate to domestic customers -
$48.00 per annum
ii) Flat rate to Commercial customers,
and to residents out of the Village of Zur-
ich - $75.00 per annum
iii) Metered rates to larger commercial
customers (those using more than 25,000
gallons per bi-monthly meter reading)
.50c per 1,000 gallons for the first 25,000
gallons, and .35c per 1,000 gallons for the
balance.
(d) Rental of the Truck bay and storage area
to the Hydro -Electric Commission of the
Village of Zurich at $1,300.00 per annum.
The following is an example of the annual charge
on an average dwelling property in the Village of
Zurich having a frontage of sixty six (66) feet and
assessed at $2,000.00;
(a) Frontage assessment - 66 feet at
.421/2c per foot $28.05
(b) Fire Protection (equivelant to ap- 6.00
prox. 3 mills)
(c) Flat Rate Water Charge 48.00
Approximate total annual charges $82.05
3. (a) The area upon which frontage rate is to be
levied is as follows:
STREET
Fredericl4 Street (both sides)
Goshen St. (both sides)
Mary St. (both sides)
Rosalie St. (both sides)
Mill St. (both sides)
Edward St. (both sides)
Main St. (both sides)
FROM
Edward St.
Edward St.
John St.
Frederick St.
Frederick St.
Frederick St.
Frederick St.
TO
Mary St.
Rosalie St.
Frederick St.
Goshen St.
Goshen St.
Goshen St.
Approx. 450 ft.
east of Goshen
St.
(1;) An exemption will be granted under Section
380 (14) (b) of the Municipal Act on corner
lots of up to 100 feet.
4. The area upon which the Fire Protection charge
is to be applied, shall include the whole of the
Village of Zurich.
5. The Water Rate shall apply to all the users of
the Water System.
6. Any ratepayer may, within twenty-one (21)
days after the first publication of this notice,
send by prepaid post to the clerk of the Village
of Zurich, at the address given below, a notice
in writing stating his objections to such ap-
proal or to the imposition of the special rate.
7. The Ontario Municipal Board may approve the
said special rate pursuant to the statute and
may approve of the said works, but before doing
so it may appoint a time and place for a public
hearing when any objections will be considered,
but notice of such hearing will be given only
to those persons who have given notice of ob-
jections as provided for above.
DATED at the Village of Zurich, this 22nd day
of September, 1969.
Mrs. Elda Wagner
Clerk -Treasurer
Village of Zurich
ZURICH, ONTARIO