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ports News and Comics Farm ami Garden Third Concession ction Slows Business But Outlook Bright In Future ROBERT SHAW Era Staff Reporter NEWMARKET Business is poor this year for 3rd Con cession businessmen perhaps at an all time low but the outlook is bright for future years This is the general attitude of merchants who are affect ed by summerlong construe tion on one of York Countys most heavily travelled high ways Sharon and bus inessmen and residents with few notable exceptions seem to be patiently accepting the temporary inconvenience of the construction and looking forward to the vast improve ment which is being made on the Third Concession Some merchants have sus tained heavy losses this sum mer because of the closing of Sharon Road S Fer guson owner of a Shell serv ice station and Topaz Coffee Bar north of Newmarket re ports a per cent drop in his coffee shop and gasoline sales He said I couldnt make it financially this year if didnt have the regular amount of car repairs to de pend on TREMENDOUS Mr Ferguson stoically ac cepts this years loss though hoping for a tremendous Im provement to make up for this years deficit calls the construction a much needed Improvement Another service station own- Hills are being levelled and hollows are being filled for the new Third Concession Huge dump trucks take the dirt from some areas to fill in others Here a sizable machine moulds a shape into a hill which was placed to the right of the old S curve south of Photo by Shaw Construction workers haul away tons of earth with giant earth moving machines on the Third Concession at the south end of Sharon Residents Art Russell of Russells station in Sharon has suf fered a per cent loss In gas sales this year He said I dont think III make up for it next year either Too much of the traffic is taking the Don Mills road now and I think ft will be hard to get it back on this road Mr Russell concedes that road was badly in need of repair but he feels that the project is too big considering the change which was needed Walter Wiedemann BI Service Station owner In Shar on said that he has been lucky In that his has remained fairly through the construction per iod attributes this to the fact that he hat picked up some business in servicing the construction veblctes Like Mr Ferguson Mr relies heavily on One of the major improvements on the Third Concession will be the elimination of the tricky curve south of The old road left is placed by the new highway right Photo by Shaw of that area say that the men work very quickly when the weather permits them to work on the road his repair business which has remained fairly constant throughout the summer Mr Wiedemann also tolerates the Inconvenience predicting that after the new road is put in business will increase by per cent COW TRAIL Jack Kavanagh owner of a service station at the corner of the and the Third Concession said The road used to be nothing but a cow trail This construc tion was needed about years ago He continued Ive also lost about 50 per cent of my gas business this year but what we lose this year we up In the next few years Tills road will be real good when Its finished I think traffic on it will just about triple when It Is completed Mr explained Its like painting a house You cant live a normal life when you have painters all over your living room But your house is a lot nicer to live In after it has been paint ed the way I look at this construction losses they have suffered dur ing the summer He says Nobody wants the whole thing but you sure want some- thing William Burkholder a store owner has also sustained a heavy drop in trade this summer because of the construction He re ports his business Is down nearly weekly from last Year at this time Photo by One merchant who has per haps been hit the hardest by summer construction John owner of Gardens north of Queensville Mr sells plants and vegetables from his roadside establishment and the summer Is his prime business period He reports that he has bad to almost shot down his busi ness because of the construc tion He said We had to cut our prices way down to- sell our plants when we learned they were closing down the road for const rue lion Mr complains that he was given no warning that they were coming In I just went up to the serv ice station one night to get gas and I saw the sign that road was closed Mr Rohacs feels that the merchants should be given some compensation for ITS FINE Mr Burkholder like many others in the area is willing to accept the drop In business citing the construction as a Tine and much needed im provement Many think the construction project seems to have taken a long time considering It was started late in May Con struction officials attribute the delay to bad weather Most residents accept this reason for the delay and take the altitude of Mrs Marilyn Russell a resi dent The construction people have been most considerate sayi and they are do ing a beautiful Job It is un fortunate that they have been delayed but I think most peo ple reallxe that It Is on ac count of the poor weather OCTOBER OIKNINO Jack chief engineer for the Toronto and York Roads Commission now seta the tentative completion date as late October or early No vember This of course is allowing for good weather between now and then Mr Rettie estimates that the two major construction firms working on the 10mile Third Concession project have tost one month in their sche dules due to the summer rain Although he attributes the delay primarily to the weath er Mr Retlie says that the construction has also been held up to some extent by a concrete strike Mr explains that the construction of the Third Concession is being handled by firms In order to com plete it faster He said Dagmar Construction Ltd is doing the work on it from Davis Dr In Newmarket to for Miller Paving Is handling the rest of the job tor Mr lists some of the improvements in the road as the elimination of the S curve south of Queensville the ad dition of sewers and gutters in Sharon and and the widening of shoulders on the entire route road also of course will be resur faced Before the construction was begun counters recorded an annual average of 3000 cars per day used the third conces sion PER DAY Mr estimates that on weekends the road was travelled by as many as cars a day Mr answers claims merchants and residents werent warned of the im pending closing of the road with the fact that the con struction was publicized for nearly two years before we moved in Concerning a possible com pensation for businessmen in the area who have suffered a loss Mr Rett remarked We dont ask them for a part of their profits brought by the road improvement so I dont think they should ask us for compensation for their inconvenience during the im provement period Mr Rettie said that gener ally he is very pleased with the reaction of the residents in the area under construc tion He said Most of the people in Shar on and have been very patient and understand ing and we want them to know that we appreciate their cooperation Employ 110 SE Woods Trailers Locate Plant Here The Third Concession through is nearly completed Seeing the finished product a wide smooth main artery of the town mast residents felt the Inconvenience of construction worth it Photo by Shaw m Full production of a new line of camp trailers will soon be accomplished at the new K Woods Trailer Division plant on Kent Drive Some of the products of firm are seen In the top picture including new model snowmobiles and carrying trailers and a full line of threebed camp trailers In the lower picture Mr office manager and J Hamilton sales inspect the latest In the Trail Blazer line a three bed com pact trailer Staff NEWMARKET S E Limited Trailer Division la a new metal fabricating plant be longing to the multicompany complex controlled by the Horsey family of Canadian financiers coming to New market to join the growing number of Industries settling hue The new company is presi ded over by Mr John E of Newmarket who as General Manager brings to Ihis firm ninny years of engineering and business ex perience in the fields of metal fabrication and manufactur ing Tne firm la essentially en gaged In the design and manu facture of mobile vehicles for outdoor living In particular camping trailers boat trail ers utility trailers and snow mobiles with their product line extending to encompass a broad range of smaller Items to service the canvas trade and outdoor recrea tional field in general Company premises occupy a Urge acreage at Kent Drive in South Newmarket off Mulock East of Yonge Street Approximately employees comprise the complement and this includes an office staff of eight toget her with sales force and skilled and unskilled em ployees While a segment of the work force are residents of Newmarket many em ployees are In process of re locating to this area with others awaiting suitable living accommodation to become available NEW CAMPER UNIT In keeping with an estab lished policy to remain pro gressive minded the com pany focus constant attention to the development of new in outdoor living To end they are currently displaying their latest models of all trailer lines designed for the season that fea tures a revolutionary triple bed camper unit which is a first of this type on Can adian market are also producing an all new snow mobile that is now coming oft the lengthy production line In readiness for the coming win ter season These vehicles all carry the Trail Blazer trade mark which has become syn onymous with nationally known and respected name of Woods for many years Having joined the New market business climate as a new entity this company pledge themselves to the bet terment of the community tangibly and through the rep utation earned from market ing quality namebrand products Modern trailers In all stages of production are being assembled on the line Woods Trailer Division plnnl on Kent Drive near the All steel fabrication assembly is accomplished nt the plant which employs over people