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Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), October 7, 1970, p. 1

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Commuter train must continue update service The GuoIphtoToronto com- At hearings In Guelph In March muter train must continue with and April briefs and individual dated service the Canadian witnesses all favored the con ansport Commission ruled last tinuance of the service with the Wednesday exception of the Gray Coach The application of the lines which Indicated It could Canadian National Railways for provide alternative service authority to discontinue the The application was also heard train service between and Toronto provided by trains and was refused The committee will reconsider the application In a year and the C is directed to report on the in Owen Sound The commuter operates Mondays to Fridays and George Paul opens up the station here In the mornings for the halfdozen or so passengers to wait outside Tbe train stays In and promotion of the service aimed out frith little pickup at reducing losses and Improving It inches Brampton the report states About half the total No 15 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7 Fourteen Pages Fifteen Cent The CN has been Instructed to operate with modern equipment and the coaches in use are to be removed The feasibility of passengers enter at Weston About to passengers are carried each day 80 per cent subsidy The committee determined the operation of trains coordinated service incurred actual losses with bus service la to be In- and it is likely to continue to be vestlgated Future tran- uneconomic The service will spoliation needs of the area are operate with an per cent to be studied by and every subsidy on losses Incurred This effort to reduce costs is to be replaces the old system of direct made annual subsidies xxKwcwwXxrysMrWwKww Subsidy would amount to a year based on the loss Finding in report The report states The ac commodations for passengers on these trains arc not of the stan dard that customers of the CNR have a right to expect Specifically the 100- scat coaches built In 1010 are crowded and uncomfortable and have no airconditioning The surprising thing Is that so many people are prepared to put up with conditions as they are and ride regularly on these trains Canadian National is clearly capable of a better effort It Is inconceivable there are not modern coaches In tho railways Inventory that could be sub stituted for these relics of a by gone age Reduce losses We are not fully persuaded that has Investigated as fully as it can possible alterations and Improvements In the service that might render It profitable or at the very least substantially reduce the losses it now incurs Canadian National must make the effort to coordinate and harmonize the operation of this train with those of public transportation by highway The probable future tran sportation needs the area Justify tho continuance of this service The commission decision Is the first under the 1067 National Transportation Act which says tho government must pay up to 80 per cent of losses on lines which the commission decides ore uneconomic but must bo con The commission ordered dla- opposing continuance of six other lines In station Mai southwestern Ontario Including trains between Toronto ana Palmers ton and Owen Sound and Southampton Stratford and Kincardine and Stratford and All were operating at Actons bearing In Acton a hearing was held when presentations were made opposing the closing of the of the same points were made here as were later made at the hearing in on the application to discontinue the commuter trains Council the Chamber of Commerce and high school students were among those supporting continued railroad service here at the previous hearing in Acton A group of citizens made a presentation at the hearing In In April Ask quarry trucks to use 22 Sideroad representative of ratepayers living In the area of 17 will attend a special meeting of Council this afternoon Wednesday Purpose of the meeting is make legal what Is morally wrong he continued Mr accusation provoked a heated discussion Involving himself deputyreeve Tom Hill and councillor Ken Marshall Thats one thing we need In request trucks hauling from the this township someone to guide Third quarry travel south on the Third lino then west on to Highway Instead of using the present truck route south on the Fourth Line and across 17 until council has had time to arrange a meeting with officials of Department of our morals councillor Marshall replied facetiously Councillor Marshall asked what assurance Mr had there would be no trucks on the road when he first built his house why do you have to issue Highways and Department of permits to who Transport Present petition John and Dick headed a deputation of 22 ratepayers who presented a petition to council Monday night asking that the townships designated truck route be changed from the Fourth Line and Sideroad to the Third line south to Sideroad and west to Highway The petition carried signatures Mr Mlchie told council ratepayers are not concerned about licenses issued to township residents but are concerned about those issued to non residents He asked that the Issue of licenses to nonresidents be restricted Accuses council make a profit out of It Mr snapped back It was Mr contention motion making the and 17 a designated truck route It could also pass a sympathized motion changing the route to the admitted It Third line and 22 while It Is only one mile across Wouldnt It be cheaper to build up one mile of road than the four to six miles she asked Councillor Marshall reminded the deputation Minister of Mines Allan Lawrence Is bringing out a new act to govern the operation of quarries It was councillor Marshalls Impression that under the new act the Department of Highways would build roads adequate for truck use Councillor Marshall was also curious why members of the deputation had not attended a advertised meeting Mr wrence held In Brampton in June Continue study on human skeleton No positive identification has at the scene and began digging yet been made on a human operations After considerable skeleton found In a shallow two digging the body along with a foot deep grave near last Friday OPP told the the Toronto laboratory It Is Free Press this morning believed the body measured approximately three Inches In length Wednesday The skeleton Is presently un dergoing examination at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Toronto and police say It will likely be a week before a decision Is made Protruding The skeleton was discovered Friday morning by 10 year old Ray Mischuk on his parents The grave in near an entrance to the Mischuk fishing lodge a few feet from the road and in a clump of bush Mining persons The site Is in an area where at least four persons have been milling for some time Marianne Schuett of Kilbride disappeared In April 1W7 when a man picked her up In a car Lynda White 20 a coed at the University of Western Ontario Miller sympathizes Councillor Russell Miller Safety factor Mrs A J concern for the safety of children on Sideroad This is number one This is why Im here she told council I cant see making It a truck route Is making It sate she went on rather foolish to have a truck route six miles In length when there is a shorter route Councillor Wilfrid Leslie thought council should ask the Department of Highways to construct a truck route Council agreed to have roads superintendent E Bud Snow look after two final requests from the deputation TRUCKERS have been busy this week dumping fill on land at the corner of Queen Street and Churchill Road site of a proposed four store plaza Contractors are presently awaiting approval of the Ontario Municipal Board and Issue of a building permit before beginning construction Staff Photo the Sliver Birch club on the Corwhln Road near Aber A shoe protnidlng from the ground led Mischuk to discovery of the body He went to the house to look for Information In the encyclopedia when he also found a bone sticking out of the earth Call police OPP were called and together with criminal in- Keith Henry of Waterloo since vestigators from OPP July and Frank Jensen headquarters in Toronto arrived since February 1968 Mlchle pointed out township were In much the same position They have truck routes where A J asked that Mr claimed more than dont permits for pup trailers be trucks per hour now travel on about It now cancelled Immediately They Sideroad and accused council Mld come barrelling down there of creating a nuisance in Shorter route miles on hour he complained obsignating the truck route Dorothy Stone another Marcollnl requested Why didnt you ask the people member the deputation ex- signs be erected on Sideroad first he queried You tried to plained the present truck route Is for the protection of children Chamber suggests Claims bylaw violated liquor plebiscite referred to solicitor MAYOR LES DUBY snipped the ribbon to officially open the brand new Acton branch of the Toronto- Dominion Bank afternoon Looking on are George Smlthsoh left general manager of the banks Ontario division and Acton branch manager Don Mc Donald Staff Photo Acton Chamber of Commerce Is in favor of a liquor plebiscite at municipal election time In December and intend to inform Acton Council of their position by letter President John Shadbolt told the Free Press this week the Chamber feels a plebiscite should be held whether facilities are available In town or not Delay in holding a plebiscite would act as a deterrent to motels or restaurants locating in town he intimated A plebiscite must be held if the question receives a majority vote of count I according to Mr Shadbolt He expects to receive further information on the matter from the Liquor Control Board soon Scout cub leaders urgently needed Members of the scout group J committee are seriously con- Aileen Grant the about the lack of leaders is leaving twni and II a replacement found will fold the end of October A Scoutmaster Gordon McCann VlUOS Is often out of town and another assistant scout leader Is badly SO Kevin has temporarily taken over cubs as well as Seizure of a substance Venturers but cant keep up tbe presumed to be marl nana was extra work involved made by two Acton police officers Anyone at all who is Interested Saturday morning They were in helping or leading la asked to call Dave Muckle of the group 1ZM when they located the committee substance Rotarians sponsor the groups It anticipated a charge will and hold their meetings In the be laid by the scout hall each Tuesday Esquesing deputyreeve Tom Im no lawyer Peter Hill told Golden Horseshoe deputyreeve Hill replied Our Dragway critic Peter Bowman solicitor drew these up If you Monday night he had better want to argue them with him contact the township solicitor if argue them with him Im not he wished to dispute the wording going tbe new bylaw licensing ana reeve added the radng of motor in answer to Mr Bowmans regu vehicles Mr Bowman told council the bylaw passed at last weeks meeting restricted racing in September and October to Fridays and Saturdays from 3 until 1130 pm and made no mention of Sundays He claimed question about why the dragway was In operation at ajn deputyreeve Hill answered If he wants to break the Lords Day Act hell sequences Heated discussion an effort to draw Ken Marshall said he thought council should thank Mr Bowman for bringing the matter to their attention and promise him they would look Into IL Does that mean Mr Mar shall you think Its okay for motors to start at 11 Mr Bowman asked it means Mr Bowman I think youve had enough to say and its the the dragway operated Sunday to dose councillor completely contrary to the by law Gates opened and motors started the Bowman represented a violation of the townships Sunday sports bylaw which was drawn up In ac cordance with the Lords Day grass seed on Lakeview parkland Girl hurt Saturday Parks employees were busy last week harrowing and planting grass seed on parkland situated on the side of Fairy Karen Coles was knocked off her bicycle Saturday af ternoon and hurt her lip and teeth Switch date A mm Committee vice- Be Or Laughlen said he bad received price of 5 cents per foot for rte Lake adjacent to Elisabeth Drive A fence la also to be erected eventually to prevent cars from using tbe land as a place to turn around At September meeting of Acton Parks and Recreation Committee vicechairman Bob ber bike on Main St and a car driven by Malcolm Hill Main N was backing into a driveway when the accident occurred Police investigated A special report A chilly day with CN commuters to provided ma thai then one to Caaadlaa CaaaatkslaaB sharp f the each day Wait matt to aw fr karat mi neat fast what Ufa at 1 to Zenith fa with to at MB all given to a tone bat Beamed to suggest that I was putting tbt agent to an amount of trouble them bed into tba car so By Wendy Thomson Mm at In the waning an inner that boom tack make ma vigorously in tba train wan the only to my In Acton cold and Rising at w of time far bat Ui platform was cold and anal dark woman to stand I teamed War that the tattoo open come oat of my die long to waft arotnd to do woman do with their families tf bay drift husbands to station stretch track tba train roared In from west four fairly snUtaatlaltooktog coaches that aged considerably as tbayacl doner The people from Acton talk seats werent bat not comfortable Thar ware fast mare No one tried fa nap was Too A meeting to explain details of highway type fencing with all whenshefell The girl was riding the International Fellowship hardwire included incorporated student exchange Harold SSiL tain a price tor look at their budget decision at an ad- ministration meeting Approiimately country of their choice ex- ta required change for boating a student or n three or nine months Any parents in the community Interested in accepting an ex change student are invited to attend the meeting Teachers BUI Coats and Brian Skerrett outline tbe program lor period or nine Room w board coat ire to be He disemted the of assumed by tbe boat AS other crossing galea In town and the eapenaeasrelherfspmslhmryof grants available Tom Is Attendance at the matter and is no way obligee per- formation on gates following sons to set as hosts complaints about train whistles R R gates discussed

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