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Page 8, Thursday, March 2, 1972, WHITBY FREE PRESS FuieTnuck Wars$75,OOO,' Tmgo ln a bylaw passed at a recent coun- Of the popul ar publlIc assumption that cil session, the borrowingý of $197, 000 Ail Saints Anglican Church Is the only upon debentures forthepurchaseof land local building, whlch would necessitate for road wldenlng, for a municipal par- the cal I ing ln of speclal Oshawa fire king lot, and for the purchase of an aer- f i g h tlng, equlpment, the Chief had th! s il ladder fire truck wvas authorlzed. osa: $ 90, 000of the -boroweëd sum w 111 De s pen t by the munic lpall1ty for the pur- ch a se o f.l1nd for road Wi1denlngJ', and $32, 000 fir the puréhase of [and to be utillzed as a'"municipal parking lot. $75, OOOwlll be spent by the munici- patity ln the purchase of an aerlal lad-, der fire truck. lnitially, $75, 000 might seem a stu- p en do us s um for one piece of equip- ment--. Fire Chief Ed Crouch, however justifies the expenditure in explaining the vital need for the truck. "tWhen fighting fire in any building in excess of 100 feet taiî1, we have had to - and still - rely on Oshawa,"I says the Fire Chief. We simply do not have the equipment to deal practically with fire outbreaks in buildings in that height category, he cont inued. At times it is with obvious reluctance that theçity of Oshawa will suppl1y assistance under mutual aid. If and when t h e Oshawa Fire Department is using th is e quipment at a time when Whitby makes an appeal for help, assistance c an not, naturall1y be guaranteed, Cr- ouch explained. Unmpoyment Insurc.e Cam à .MessageFr.m Ed.IRroadbentMK.P. "A Il bu >I1ldlngs ln the three storey category, of whlch we have as hlgh as 6 0 t o -7 5% ln the downhtown area, our hospitals, the Purina.Flour Milîs, the g l'ass do me on t op 'of the CentennIal Building, 'are all e>amples'of thebul-"' dings whi ch w ouild now be out of the r e a ch of our present fi1re equi pment" explalned the Chief. "And, 1 can go on and on." Chances of bringing f ire under con- t rol wi thout excessive or total damage to these structures with only the use of o ur p resent equipment i s now a ri1sky business, he added. The new aerial fire truck, which is abletoscale taîl buildings by hydraulic means is on order from Pi ervil11e, Que- bec, and will arrive later this year._ IN WHITBY COURTICE-ALLIN I.D.. PHARMACY, il17 k kst. N. ,668-2394 LLUIMhJUI f~?MMos1oeMeM&vuTj IN BROOKLIN SHORT'S 1I.D.A, PHARMACY 65 Baldwin St. 655-3301 number is 723-2381. I wvill do my best to see that your*problem îs looked after immediately. SINCERELY ED. BROADIENTý bri*dge ut frustration The bridge of frustration Isn't the one wvhlch spans the gap between coun- cil and taxpayer. 1lt'ts the Cochrane Street Bridge, d u bb ed wlth the Imaginative new1 name by, Councl lor Doctor Kenneth Hobbs at council Monday night. "For once - just once - let's cdean-, up a project.that we bagan years ago,"I Hobbs rapped fellow council lors, after theyhad shown their reluctance in bor- row lng the $ 100, 000 needed for the pro- ject's completion. Reminding council that the Cochra ne Street Bridge "lhad its real essence in F e br uary of 1968"1, Council1lor Hobbs warned, "'Someday someone is going to be killed on that bridge."I "L1et's cal i it the frustration bridge," chided Hobbs during an ensuing councit debate, "lbecause that's what it is, "frus- tration. Il Heard's Taxi 668-3732 Radio Equipped & Direct Une at Arnold's Market 115 Brock St. N. Fer YwIr Couh.oe 150 J'ERRY brT. WH ITI3Y