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PAGE 12, WH1TBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17,1991 Train whistles, atGarden St crossing may cease By MIk. owalsd Sleep-disturbing train wbistles' could eventuaily be juat an un- pleasant memory for maany Whitby ridents. Due to a policy change by Canadien Pacific -Rail,' trains passing tlirough the.Gardon St. railwaty crossing may soon ceas. whistle-blowmng. Provided -the, crossing meets the re9utired safety regulations,, an, anti-whistling order could be imlxmd y CPRail. ý Town puncil Monday appro- yod a blaw problbiting locomo- tive whistling at the crossig located north ;;f Dundas St. E. As, part of the bylaw, Why will share equally with Cl>, the $1,OOO a nnual cost of. liability insurance against, tbird-party dlaimsi the ovent Of an acci- dent at the crossing. $ miloThe insurance coverage wilI b. $5 illon or each occurrence and b. sèeubjec t a $10,O0 self-insud retention for each lose. As councillor Jo. Bugelli explained, the recommendation stommed from commente made by a CP official te, the operations committee earlier this year. In January the committe. was informed tha6 Cl was reviewing its train whistle policy in light of new fedleral regulations. 1With the passing of the Rail- way Safety Act in 1989, rail compniesand municipalities were now free te, arrange anti- whisitling aPreements i But until Cl> changed its policy, train ongineers would contfinue soundingthe whistles when approaching a level cross- ig, the comnittee was teld. H owever since the January meeting, &I has alteredl its long- held practice, according te, a staff report prepared for council. 'What were adopting is what we heard was comig in Janu- ary/' said Bugelli, the commit- tee s chairman. No councillor spoke against the bylaw. Councillor Dennis Fox, who has raised the issue many times in the jpast' three years was elated with SPs change of leart «rm very happy this hasncorn through," said Fox, asking how soon it takes effect. Town administrator Bill Wal- lace replied that the crossing muet first be inspected by Cl> te deteirine. if it qualifies for an antiwhithigorder. - Bt neither Wallace nor -Mayor Bob Attersley could indicate when an order might be issued. Councillor Marcel Brunelle said the decison will please cen- trai, and east Wbitby residents who have petitioned council over thj aren around a long, long time," said Brunelle. While coundillor Joe Drumm commended Foi for bie persis- tence. - 1 FTive years ago I brought this .up and was told it couldn't be don,, said Drumm. 'Tm glad you (Foi> stuck te it. Following. the meeting, Fox td reporters council thought Cl> might chançe its policy but could flot b. certam. «W. knew it was a possibility, it was a mattor of twistinq the right arms at the right time," said Fox. "The fact they came our way. now surprised us, too.» Fox dos not expect Cl> to find problems with the eisting crss- "'wWhat' there now has been approved by inspectors i the pat. W. don't want to be told if~s not safe nowY - Nor cold ho forsee an accident ccrigat the crossing. 71ey'e still goingto keth flashing sndh(rossing) ar gssid Fox.n t 'aetween the sound of the tramtheýlights-and-the barsiAt sholdboenough» As part of council's reslution, Dùirham Reqgion, will b. asked to pas a silar bylaw for the Hopkins St. crossing. Hoqpkins St. is a regional road. Fundraýising- goal established Tho Ontario'March of Dimes of York-Durh am'<hopes te rTais. $97,300 ovor. the noît nine mionths. S1pecal events and a .wif e hldtomeet the19 fundraising goal.. Fundraising efforts began with the Nutri-System March of Success in Whit4y tha!Jt raised more than $3,000 for the March of Dimes in Durham Region. Funda, raised support the organization's assistive devices prograi($20,00), camping and recreation prograis* 1200) and community services pro- ans ( $66,100) in Durham and Phone 668-6111 Two more candidates'for north war A BEEF barbecue held Saturday at for the churchis furnace fund. Myrtie United Churc.h raieed $1,600 01u4m Bovephoto Mrnt L) Ib.(LrLicrrjj S .By Mike Kowahèld The race for north ward rere- sentative on Town .council is heatingup. Both. David l3rennan of Ash- burn and Donald Mitchell of Brooklin have declared their can- didacies for the Nov. 12 mimici-" paly ecin Brooklin resfident Brian Wick who filed papers earlier this year. The seat will become vacant due te, incumbentý Ross Batten's decision te seek election te, Dur- ham Region council after il years as north ward councillor. A first-time candidate, Bren- flan, 48, is running on a platform of bringing spenchng under con- trol. "I felt. we had too many tax increases, ail my neighbours are Up inl arms and so am I," said the building. management consul- tant.. «W. have te live within our budesad 'se should the politi-, cin, ad Bennan. «Taes hav gone up 30 per cent in the last few years, that's whZ' there's a tai revoit going on. According te Brennan, there are a few "big-ticket" projectan before council needing dloser scrutiny. These include a new ope- rations centre for WVhitby's public works departmnent and the Cen- tennial Builig redevelopment proposaI. «Some are things we'd 11k. te have and others are not necess- ary,» said Brennan, utting the works centre in th=atr date- gory and the Centennial project 'thformer. However, he is not as opposed te, the Centennial Building plan because costs will be sharedby DON MJFITHE-LL private and public funds. .Married but with no children, Brennan lias lived in Whitb since 1950. Mitchell,. 39, is also making bis :fIrstriun for public office. A lawyer by profession, he currently manages the family's. building supplies store in Brook- lin. Mitchell said future growth Of Brooklin will b. an election issue. "A fair nurnber of peoplIe are concerned about it, they don't want te se. another separate development," said Mitchell. Rather, residents would prefer growth b.ý integrated with the eisting village and not harm'the downtewn commercial cor., Mit- chell said. .«I don'lt think we'd want to see maIl commercial- development around Br-ooklin," hé added. Mitchell is married with two children. lIn the 1988 election, Batten received 1,177 votes to Wick's 555. 2,500 attend craft,-show Susan Bisto( f agles fie Je.gi , XvcC«iitQckù flènatt 1urs: n.'Wed.t urs -F<k9toG"Ao ~a. 00 e7Ba(ifwinstret, oerook[Çin, Ontario 655I-34 74 M$f a[& 5rmna More than 25600 people atten- ded the Broii Summer Craft and Gift Show July 6--7. With those impre'ssive num- bers, or"aiY r will hold the event in July rne terad may even stage ashowMti;sial. '«W. ýhad'r otý>postivo cern- inents,"s4ys Dfiane HSneyr, on. c eorganize a h&,ihVSflf cr~*. ndowner of Wlncht.r, Cottage. There were 56 vendors at the event, many from out-of-town. One, from Ottawa, displayed miniatures. Rooney sas sah. emphasized publicity and'geater variety in vendors te give the show a little o'e#& for fvisiters.. Moreover1 she ~*shw6f'w-s1- bitorsfi-h.b ýW