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War still rages despite telephone commission Committee for Better Service CBS has won the battle but not yet the war Telephone customers of Community Telephone a small pocket In the Erin area are in the midst of a bottle with the phone company for bet service The battle came to a head in December when a hearing was held In with members of the Onl Telephone Service Commission after Community Telephone tried to raise their rates Over irate lomers stormed the hearing Accusations of poor service in adequate lines coming into the area toll calls even to neighbors and poor directory listings among many other complaints were lodged against the privately owned telephone company Prom the HlUsburgh meeting the Ontario commission ruled the rate in crease would be deferred specified criteria were cleared up These criteria include automatic number ideation a schedule setting out firm dates for completion and submission of engineering studies including rate levels required for the provision of ex tended area service over specified routes a date for a study on trunk cir cuit loads on the ErinHillBburgh routes a proposed amendment for an expanded loll billing format to include m a minimum level of call detail etc telephone numbers for repair vice and emergency service in each ex change The commission admitted in their report they were aware of CoTimunity Telephone problems which impair its ability to provide telephone service adequately and However the report went on following the burgh hearing and a similar hearing in Orono near Oshawa with exactly the same problems with the same com the commission views the maj ority of complaints raised at these hearings as matters which could have been and should have been resolved by the local management of the com pany Because of the complaints the commission is of the opinion that the local management of the Applicant company is not exercising Its authority to deal effectively with specific problems The report continued This is directly responsible for the prevailing negative attitude of the sub scribers The Telephone Commission strongly suggested the company re view its organization structure in part icular the- responsibilities and authority of the managers located within its op erating territory CBS Cox ad tew problems are being re solved but the CBS wUl not have reached their objectives until their pocket of phone service some tele phones receives comparable service as customers for comparable prices Community Telephone owns ex changes in Ontario and is part of Con Telephone System an based company which is the third largest telecommunications company in America Mrs Cox told this news paper CBS foils to understand why telephone subscribers in Ontario who are served by such a major company should be forced to accept inferior CBS is concerned with Community Telephone denials they are run by Continental and are strictly Canadian run A mistake in computer mem ben claim had one return address for II going Virginia American re presentatives of Continental were at both the and Orono hear ings According to an advertisement in the October issue of Fortune mega zinc Continental Telephone had almost SI billion in revenues and sales an in crease of per cent from the previous One Hundred and Fourth YearNo 45 ACTON ONTARIO WEDNESDAY MAY 9 Twenty Pages Twenty Cents Bennett School grade one pupils were In a slew last week some Across the hall teacher Cynthia Blades also enjoyed the meal The dinner help pupils selected and prepared beef stew lea biscuits and fresh fruit cocktail all climaxed a three week environmental studies unit There are pupils In the of which with milk were on Friday lunchlimc menu Teacher Ann Mulder offers classes Parent volunteers helped prepare the meals Principal Doug Mag wood some biscuits to seven year olds tlltha left and Nelson Hammond also partook of the repast Morrow back Urges town demand uniform sewer charge Former Halton regional chairman Morrow who fought for uniform water rates and a commitment to common sewer surcharge across the whole region has not given up his fight although he is out of politics Monday night he told Hills council the deferral by regional council of the common sewer surcharge is fair to Acton and Georgetown He maintained since the region is res for water supply and sewer services the cost should be shared equally all over the region He said net costs of the region for everything rose approximately six per cent this year but the sewer surcharge in Acton went up per cent and In Georgetown 22 per cent while Burlington a went up one per cent He urged council to petition the region to incorporate the common which will be fair to the residents of the region He pointed out the region uses this system only in dealing with the sewage question while everything else Is shared on a ratio to assessment basis What exactly do you want us to do asked Councillor John McDonald Morrow suggested the treasurer be asked lo prepare a report describing the inequities and the region should be asked to confirm the adoption of form sewer rates no later than January 1980 If the region is not prepared to do that perhaps the town solicitor should be asked if there is legal recourse Councillor Miller said Morrow had worked hard to bring about uni form water rates and to achieve the commitment to uniform sewer rates Too bad It was not made mandatory he commented Morrow said he was extremely dls appointed when he discovered the form sewer rates had been deferred But after fighting for five years I not about to give up Councillor Mike Armstrong said Morrow Is aware it Is a numbers game at the region and nobody played It better than you He praised Morrow for coming and Jolting councU on the subject again Councillor Harry Levy said he under stood uniform sewer rates were sup posed to go into effect July 1 and asked why Ihe change Councillor Roy Boolh said the per sewer surcharge originally scheduled proved to be inadequate according to the regional treasurer and predicted It would go to 130 or 1G0 per cent At that point regional council decided on a full report That report has not been completed Mayor Pete said a report from the regional chairman showed extreme Inequities to Burlington and Milton so the numbers game was lost and the question was deferred until January 1980 He predicted the whole sewer surcharge idea could go down the drain He suggested when motion lo have the uniform rates was passed at the end of last year it would have been belter if the mechanics of it had been set out He said it Is to the advantage of Milton and Burlington not to implement the uniform rates and claimed Oak lie does not care so the vote would probably be lost 19 to five I don know how to Trial for man on rifle charge Georgetown Choral Society and Acton liens Band under the batons of A Dale Wood and Dr George Elliott respectively presented joint concerts last weekend at Acton Saturday and Georgetown See Page 4 Sunday to appreciative audiences A sparse crowd attended concert in Acton the McKentle- middle school gym while the sanctuary Holy Cross church wag tilled tor Sunday concert A preliminary hearing found there Is enough evidence lo commit on Acton man to trial next faU on a charge resulting from a shooting incident Mercuri 4 was committed to trial by Judge and Jury ac cording to Crown Attorney Anthony Vale The committal resulted from a preliminary hearing before Judge Aaron Brown of Toronto at Milton Monday There was a ban on the publication of evidence Mr Mercuri is charged with an attempt to cause bodily harm with intent to endanger life Hoi ton Regional Police laid the charge after a rifle shoot incident in front of the Mercuri home in the early hours of March 4 The crown and defence on April 2C tried to have Mr Mercuri on the lesser charge of careless use of a firearm Mr Mercuri pleaded guilty to the reduced charge However after hearing statements of witnesses Provincial Court Judge John Robinson waived Hie plea and ordered the prelim hearing on the more serious offence Davis next word his last to ICG by Eric Flstone The next words tho Citizens Group ICG hears from Premier William Davis is ex to add a big chunk of certainty to the hydro corridor issue The premier privately told ICG in his Queen Park office Thursday that whenever It hears from him next itwillbefinal according to Region lawyer Ken Anderson ICG lawyer Robert Jarvis made a point of asking the premier for some certainty in the question so people do not keep running from court to court said Anderson in on telephone Interview Friday The premier received a delegation of ICG members at the legislature for about a hour and a Premier Davis said Anderson underlined hot he does net want lo falsely encourage the group There was a commitment by the to get buck to said A communication from the premier may come this week after Wednesday The Ontario cabinet meets Wednesdays The ICG is concerned about the kV Ontario Hydro corridor which utility plans to link through Hills All but the mile section through Esquesing is built The 109 mile corridor slashes across the province from the Bruce gencritmg station to Milton where it is planned to hook up with an cist west corridor of equal power Some electricity from the Bruce is transmitted as far south along the planned route to Bel wood north of the Esquesing Erin Township border From the line is spliced into an existing 230 line Power then is diverted to Kitchener in the west and near Barrio in cist From Essa Ihe power be channelled Into ihe Toronto market We him iDivis lo think of stopping at and diverting power to Kitchener and permanently ICG executive Bill Mann said The group also asked for a concise non Ontino Hydro of Hills for an alternate path than the one chosen by tin utility All the premier said was he would consider whit we weresayint said Anderson According lo mother ICG member John Minns Davis did not give ng answers nine line The Hills section of the line had on Municipal Board OMBl hearing in January to determine if an old official plan and by law was strong enough to seal the lown from the corridor The decided in favor of Ontario Hydro The ICG traded lie decision to cabinet in for lit Davis meeting The meeting with the premier wis preceded by i meeting with Energy Minster James irly last month The premier listened to man speak Jarvis Mann Minns councillors Miller and or two others We were well received said He tavcusallnchancetotalk One comments according to the ICG s Minns runs lo the argument put to OriB in by Ontario Hydros lawyer John Parkinson He told the board the Bruce Milton line is a milter of government policy Divis said Minns to the ICG that Ontario Hydro could locjte line where ut lily chose Minns and came away from the ivis with the impression he premier oils ir bee ming the nuclear generated tower source for American slates Well I think hat was put forward alright General ere will be export liter Minns the premier saying Well the United Stales ire interested in Ontario with lis resources We be fool to export power to the United Stiles o re luce Hydros balance of payments We hate to be of mi lances house went o He also said It is hard lo get information from Hydro and when one does its ffitult to sort the when from the chaff Even if tie premier yves the ICG bad news it only means the end of at political mute There are others and there remains the courts which the ICG has used The m legil lever the ICG has in its nanus is a challenge the to hear matters concerning Hydro Minns reports lelling Davis The is on ground Meanwhile in the legishture Ihe same day Hal ton Burlington Heeds mem bill designed to mike Ontario Hydro countable failed to first reading in the House Elsewhere Ontario Hydro unveiled plans lo link to the western wing of the kV line from to Kitchener The new line would run south into the city through Ikington Township One member of community liaison In the Royal City suggested the new corridor may be the first part of ld plan to run power from Ihe Bruce to Toronto Things are starting to take shape on the north side bulldlnc is scheduled for completion In March of of Fairy Lake at the senior development contracted by J P Dumarche Construction The Apartments set for March making good progress Mr Com dale includes the building landscaping parking sidewalks etc The unit build will have two common rooms facing fairy Lake three storeys standard size with a balcony or walkout at ground level A mansard roof completes Ihe At present according to Mr there are applications on the waiting list Even if every application was icccptable by Housing standards whieh would be very unusual Mr McKcnzie explained there is room for more people lo apply He continued to say that as completion near applications will be reviewed selections by local and lions Housing Acton senior citizens will have to wail until March before Ihey find out if they will be moving Into the new senior citizen Elizabeth The apartment building currently under con has to be entirely completed by J P Homes before the Housing Authority can begin to consider applications re according to Authority member Pat Mc Kcniie The March 1880 date was announced recently by superintendent Ken Pollock He ex plained the extension from the lasl date released October 1979 wio taking into consideration any strikes which might occur by the various trades involved In spite of late dale however workers are