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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-06-28, Page 15Itirallizpage 2 spavillen.°Thorhlldren'sevadingpool 'evaSeereeted in 1962 in commemoration of 7them. tniZnill Clancy andlisfellow members of Legion -Branch 109 Goderieh, are en- thusialiticnitizens. Soanthuslastnarethey, lhatthe5r-bonghtaneettholast-lhreeRCAF lancasInrstrana•Crownelssetsat Durnville Countynotmcil goes for the •Canadian red minignasnational ,flag. Council associated itselkevithlitellingtonin a recommendation to PrimeiViinister Pearson that the-enSign, evithlhe,shieldafthe Canadian coat.of ernes halm fly,4beadopted as the national Rag of theelominion CN4 CUL? • fronivage 1 establishment .of a new approach to 'seasonal -work force which will be .utilized to assist with 4basic track maintenance." commented 'CN's.Labor Relations. "The .highly competitive, business en- vironment in whicirtbe Company present- ly -operates inquires That the Company continually endeavor to provide the ser- vicerthat our customerstemand as cost ef- ficientlyas possible." alowever, it may -be just a matter of time until CN is not the body providing rail service. Bythe spring of 1990, trains carrying the Ontario Midwestern Railway (OMR) logo could be hauling salt, sand, grain and maybe even passengers from Goderich and(Owen Sound to points south. The company proposes to take over the line which -the big boys, CN and CP, have been -trying to abandon for years because they say they are unprofitable, and by ap- plying the latest "think -small" theory, e turn/hese orphans into winners, Peter Swire, and his partners, rail ac- tivist Peter Bowers, architect John Har- rison .and retired railroader Jim Ewing. are intent on turning the clock back to a time when nearly every small and medium-sized Ontario community had rail service. They believe regional railroads make good sense and are backing a bid to rehabilitate the 500 kilometres of un- wanted branch lines. Two recent feasibility studies have in- dicated the OMR would earn an immediate operating profit, and 83 per cent of 217 businesses and industries in towns like Owen Sound, Goderich, Stratford and Listowel, said they would use an improved rail service. Liberal MPP Ron Lipsett (Grey) has .agreed -to sponsor and shepherd a private member's . bill through the provincial legislature seeking incorporation of the new rail company. An Austrianbank has agreed to loan the company .up to $100 million provided the provincial government will guarantee the loans. • Several successful models of short -line sullen:ids have already been launched in tin 'United States and .Central Western Railway has been profitably proving the premise since 1985 in Alberta. The tracks the the OMR proposes to take over include two, 160 -kilometre (100 mile ) 'Meter:rem Mississauga and .Stratford .to OweriBound, and two -smaller lines from Stratford and Centralia to Goderich. Most of them, according to Mr. Swire, were built in the late 19th Century and began life as part of railroads that no longer exist, such as the Credit Valley Railroad or the Grand Trunk Railroad. He -reckoned the lines can be bought for about -$l0 million and another -$20 million would cover rolling stock (locomotives and cars). He said the OMR will make money where CN. and CP can't, because it will run trains with two-man crews. CN and CP are bound by union contracts that require minimum crews of four tofive for each train. Mr. Swire said efforts to get OMR on track are a "calculated risk" rather than a • gamble and added it's all backed up by ex- tensive research, "Everything has been done in such detail that the data can support close public scrutiny," he said. The arguments are so compelling, he said he feels the provincial .govertunent will ultimately be convinced to guarantee OMR loans. Exeter • -from. page I blems of the government diverting funds from the •existing .day-care system to the • education -system to accommodate junior kindergarten. Vice -chair Joan Van den Breecleraised this last point, "I think stroll 'children .would be better served in quality day-care than in our schools," ,aid.Mrs. Van den Broeck. "This (junior kindergarten is a govt answer to day-care :problems, and it's not a gmlianswer. tOne.-trustee noted that from the ,Speech ...from the Throne it :would appear that -the Beata:mill have :no (choice but to :provide jilitiorthindeegarten, Mr. Pie.kellreplied that once the,proposal nein Abu:form-lel a bill ih the :provincial legislatureschool boards •willbe running out of:options. '..tilutverttops.sve ean.stop it from,getting ;into, a biJI form if enough :people ,declare 'their(opposition," he suggested. -Jinthe(tiiscusaion it ,wastkotedthatronly126 board in ;the province don't /offer. Junior -.kindergarten, ,but 13ruee-Grey is ;the ,only cural,,,,,arealhat does. Jt was ,alstenoted that about20,additional elassroonsaityabAneed- 41Zaeross,the,systent, if junior:kindergarten jaenddedehiltilliat-eatitnate„w.as,csaideto,be ,giittere0AserVittIve, tittanAgarmzsaidheloohasTesematiens about„,senangovery youngobildreta0t10091, amtritonyannuaunity,411eregistdellyncilfor it. 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