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Criticizes GF Closing Asks Council Seek Facts Severe criticism of General Ft reproofing a decision to close down mnnuf net operations next month was voiced by a union spokesman to Georgetown council on Mon day William Fuller staff representative United Steel workers of America detailed the firm decision announced December 1st The reason given he said was Inability to crack the Canadian market Prior to this two union management meetings had been held in November said to discuss layoffs affecting employees The union was assured then fie said that no additional layoffs were an ticlpated as there was suf fie lent work to provide full employment until the middle of February Additional orders were anticipated which would carry work beyond this Mr Fuller said there are several unanswered questions TOLD NO the Domestic Intern at Salca Corporation program a major factor in the shutdown he asked He explained that DISC Is a S program which pays subsidies on products made there and shipped to countries with tariffs We told at one stage end not sure at another he said He said it is difficult to believe a company would spend MO In August on a new conveyer system In the plant then decide to close three months later And he Is critical that union and employees were not given an opportunity to resolve problems prior to the closing notice He mentioned a power struggle at the Ohio head office between company president J Saunders and a major stockholder Thomas and a disagreement about moving the head office to Delaware ttyman he said promoted pulling out of the Canadian operation He is also director of a competitor American Seating he charged He referred to a proxy vote which is now In the American courts The company has said It will continue to use the building here as a warehouse ana showroom shipping Industrial equipment to other locations he said We vc been told the building Is not for sale then that It possibly would be he said Why has no effort been made to sell It as a productive unit He said the union main concern is for Its membership of plus clerical and supervisory personnel which brings this to about Granted many of these will find other jobs he said but a percentage won t OBLIGATION He said the firm has lived up to Its agreement and has no legal responsibility for severance pay but when a company comes Into com It assumes an obligation to that community and Its people It Is questionable that they have done this He said that he has dealt with firms like CIL They re no pushover they build and close plants but they realize that severance pay Is the order of the day and they pay It he said He asked council to demand an Investigation Into whether DISC is a factor In the closing And he said a check be made whether received any grants from the town the provincial or federal govern when was established here and if so whether It has lived up to any commitments made General Fire proofing first Canadian branch of large S corporation has manufactured steel desks chairs files and other office equipment since it established here over five years ago Allied Technical Workers signed the first labour agreement merged with the United Steel Workers last summer and union membership reached a high of Mr Fuller said the plant had expected to employ Boo people by Mayor Smith told him that he has been in touch with both provincial and federal mem of parliament that the Industrial Commission has the matter on its agenda and that council can look into the DISC situation was one of the original dirty dozen hired to set up the operation said Cr Phil Sid dall It Is a sadness to sec Ihe plant closing He said that since some of the property had been sold to the firm by the town council has a stake In the situation and the Industrial Commission should look this I ITTLfc INTEREST Asking If any of the employees are to be retained here or are moving to Youngstown Roy Booth was told by Mr Fuller that has Indicated a skeleton crew might be used for a time but eventually there would only be three or four Close to in total will be losing their jobs he said Some lines produced here will be moved lo He said a notice has been posted but only a few em ployees had indicated an in lercst in relocating in Ohio He said has recently announced a million ex pansion of lis plant and is also looking at setting up a plant In Paris France can t crack the Canadian market with production here how they can produce In the States ship here and sell he said Especially when you compare a wage rate here with 6 17 there It just make sense he concluded I ve been told that December end January were the best months the firm Cr Harry Levy a member of the Industrial Commission assured Mr Fuller that It is on the commission agenda We are getting certain In formation and we are in terested In seeing that all fair and done right he said GEORGETOWN HERALD Second Han Mall Registered Number Return Pottage Guaranteed The Home Newspaper For Georgetown and District THURSDAY I- Fire Chief Recommends New Headquarters Plus Three Additional Trucks Ken J first full time paid Fire Chief this week submitted his first annual report The report Is pages in length and covers a complete break down of the department now in its centennial year Ihe 1972 fire statistics future ex and a glimpse of the department s history Wilh the Inclusion of Ihe population in Township protected by Ihe Georgetown Fire Department for a total of the per capita cost for Fire Pro tec I ion In was one of Ihe lowest in the province for comparable municipalities Total estimated direct fire loss for 1972 was Si The department responded to calls four distress calls or which three were drownings 12 transportation disasters cars trucks etc building calls and 41 open area emergencies grass and bush fires etc The department was called out COSTS Proposed Capital Ex penditures within the next five years which Chief considers necessary because of the growth In the area both papulation and buildings arc 1 That property be bought just south of the present town limits at a cost of proximately 30 Thai a new headquarters building be built on his property at an approximate cost of Thai an truck be bought at an approximate cost Of ISO That a tanker truck be bought at an approximate cost of 000 Thai a pumper of capacity be bought at an approximate cost of The total proposed ex would be Mill The largest fire in 1972 was he Master Feed Mill In I accounts for approximately per cent of the fire loss Another large fire was a gross Ire cost of Main Street South covering over one nun acres up nearly alt equipment and man power for a number of hours Even though the loss In this fire was minimal it effectively reduced the fire protection capacity of the department to a minimum The report says it Is a well established fact hat the in fire relates closely to the activity or inactivity of people Most fires occur between four and five clock in he on Saturdays and during the month of April Conversely he least number or fires occur at five clock in he morning on Thursdays during Ihe month of March Possible Million For Recreation- New Trees For Old in Highway Plan rears of Cr Roy Booth that trees might be needlessly removed during a highway widening were allayed Monday The town will be proceeding with widening from Maple Avenue lo Main Street North Spring and 13 trees are slated to go Cr Hyde said council had a report from a horticulturist last year and a majority of the trees are in poor condition They will be replaced with new trees with a minimum diameter four Inches HIGH TENSION Asking if hydro lines could be buried Cr Ernest Sykcs old that this would cost at least These are high tension lines explained Hyde and burying hem Involves complicated procedures like having oil flowing around the lines He said the quoted estimate was only for two blocks and the price for the vhole highway stretch could mount far above this Attempt to Restore Flats As Parkland Propose Rehabilitate Esq Quarry with Baled Metro Georgetown capital ex council Monday is an estimate forecast for 1973 is what council may decide to 1 350 and could be close to spend and Is subject to what is two million when it is finalized decldedduringlheyear in a week or two as having be endorsed by the The forecast presented to Municipal Board The forecast as presented includes each for water hydro and sanitary sewers for roads 50 storm sewers fire police and recreation I thought our forecast was a million dollars for recreation Harry Levy wondering why this had been reduced Morrow who is finance chairman said he is not too concerned about what forecast is sent to Queen Park They don t pay any at tent ion to It anyway he said They approve what they want to according lo our financial base and priorities If we reduce recreation to won t be adequate said Cr Siddall A swimming pool would take that alone We should make our figures as accurate as possible STUDY Harry Levy said the a under Station closed last week The building beside United CoOp was constructed in the forties It was built on part of Ihe flats which had been Aerial view shows the deeded to Ihe town by a mining and philanthropic citizen for a park processing operation of Originally land sloped steeply a few feet away from Alt the highway It was filled in rulw v over a period of years to provide a base for the service flURter station Cr Ernest said he will understands the oil company appearing the intends to establish a discount gas station and will not be He has entered in Ihe using the garage building Competition at The land is in the flood plain Old Tymc Fiddlers area he said flnd lrst priic lhc Oil and Credit Valley Mrs Etmpr Authority in an flnd to regain the property Georgetown Limited west of The company proposes to restore the forecast should be 1950 RAM RESCfltDULbD That mean we have The Snow Brrr Feat o spend that amount he said snowmobile rally has been set The forecast was delayed for back March due to the lack further study snow Georgetown to Union GO Station Sites inert will be hauled to quarry by gravel truck returning from Metro Developer Dead Elkton Would Replace Nell With approval for a new would assume all subdivision In the Princess parts or the agreement with Ihe Anne Drive area close a snag town Mr said has developed On Monday council was asked to transfer all business which had been done with Nell Investments to In vestments Ltd letter from solicitor Aaron explained that Mr Ben who was associated wilh the Nell firm president Drive Council will take no action until the town solicitor gives an opinion on the proposal Mrs Betty Hull Heads Heart Drive Mrs Betty Hull 127 Hex way include Mrs Sophie Marilyn Micklethwalle Map shows the six station sites on the new Georgetown Toronto GO transit service which will start in December of this year In Georgetown the CN station will be used GO Transit officials this week announced the six sites for the new Georgetown to Toronto rail corridor The service will go operation next winter Toronto Bureau Photo when the province receives studies the roule map In new passenger coaches detail with locomotives T operations manager and Ho centre director of project transportation operations for development section the provincial government mamger that Ihe Nell firm David Nelson died some months ago committee hope to top this In More assistance in and the shift is being made tossing is being sought because of delays caused by Captains who will be Mrs Hull says she settlement of estate assisting her in the canvass any volunteer uesing Waste A Toronto company Anglo Recycling Ltd and Quarries of com to present a proposal incorporating the recycling of solid waste and the atlon of worked out quarries to Metro Toronto Tuesday at Simultaneously the plan was disclosed to the press The proposal delivered to Metro Chairman Campbell Controller K Morrlsh and Metro Works Commissioner Ross Clark was made by Anglo Recycling Ltd who offered to handle tons of residential refuse at their plant on Commissioner Street Toronto TheirpricewasM30a ton lower price than the CPR proposal Under the plan Anglo Recycling Ltd would sort out corrugated boxes newspapers glass metal and auto tires The corrugated material would be recycled into board at an associated company Acme Paper Products in Toronto and the newspapers recycled at Anglo Canadian Pulp and Paper Mills In Quebec City The glass metal and shredded tires would be sold to industrial consumers TIGHT The remainder would be shredded and compacted into light bales termed inert and unattractive to rats vermin or birds in the report The bales would be taken by covered truck to Indusmin Quarries on the fourth Line just west of Limehouse where they would be used to fill worked out sections of the quarries Each day they would be covered with limestone screenings with the final layer of bales covered with Tour to five feet of soil before planting with trees shrubs and grass J J Mather president said the quarry could accept a million tons of sanitary shredded refuse a year including the municipalities in county He saw it as an ideal method of restoring the area to its original natural beauty PLANS We ore very much aware of Ihe genera public concern about mining companies leaving large holes in the ground and we feel cry strongly that it is our respon to restore such areas to a pleasant pastoral pea ranee Our plans for site rehabilitation submitted more than two years ago have been approved by the Provincial authorities the Indusmin executive said The would enable us to Improve the present plans for site rehabilitation Our company would not deliberately involve itself in this potentially sen situation if we were not completely convinced that the Continued on Page 12 Sell to O P If Factory Built Georgetown will sell an Industrial lot fronting on Mountainvlew Road to Construction providing the firm agrees to certain Three parties have been interested In the property and Monday Industrial Com mission interviewed the three potential buyers At a council meeting that night council accepted the commission recommendation for sale to OP IS PER ACRE Harry Levy explained that the commission is con vinced that there will be the most assessment benefit from the proposal One buyer had withdrawn his offer he said and is eyeing another location The towns sale offer is conditional on a building with minimum of square feet The land sale is at a price of per acre