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The Canadian Champion, Fndcay, JuIy 27, 2001-7 Eleven Men leave town OUR READERS WRITE inine LI1aU~ys onr (FW hhnràaA f^ÀrAwa*uAv lirciELJcI lut I 'lime Capsules 'are gemns of information exractedlfrom pasi issues of The Canadian Champion and other publications to pro- vide a window on Miltons past. Explanatory comment is sometines pro- vided to place thse situation in context. March 28, 1889 Tbree Nelson rnen left Milton on Tuesday on tbe C.P.R. coloniat train. Altogetber eleven passengers bave left Milton via the C.P.R. for the Nortbwest during the past tbree days, one for Minnedosa, Man; one for Griswold; tbree for Brandon; one for Killamney, tbree for Douglas and two for St. Thornas, Dakota. î There was also one for Au Saubis, Micb. Tbere were two car loads of settlers' effects. May 9, 1889 At tbe recent Wbiskey Trials of Robert Bennett of Georgetown th e botel-keeper testified he "violated the law as littie as possible" and cornplained the witness againat irn was a bad cbaracter. May 16, 1889 Milton Council autborized tbe purcbase of a pair of "nippers" for the chief consta- ble. (Nippera were bandcuffs.) August 22, 1889 Tbe County of Halton sold their crop of oats growing on the Court House Square on Saturday to Deputy Sberiff Clernents for spot cash. March 20, 1890 Mr. V. Cisbolm bas reorganized tbe Milton Arnateur Drarnatic Club and is superintending rebearsals of tbe melodra- rna"Robert Macaire" and the farce "Betsy Baker" for performnance in April. March 27, 1890 Tbe Milton Musical Association met on 1esday and adopted miles and regulations. Mr. Roblin bas been engaged to teacb the band and prospects are that it will soon be in a flourisbing condition. April 3, 1890 The Hyers' Coloured Minstrel Comedy vW IIVVtr*L There are many reasons to oppose Miltone CN's intermodal terminal: couple Capsules Co. gave three performances here. The company was a irst class one, drew very large houses and is sure to do a gond husi- ness if it ever cornes to Milton again. April 17, 1890 Mr. R. Gollins, a first-class cornet play- er, late of Shropshire, England and former- Iy of H.M.S. 53rd regimental band, bas joined the Milton band. He is a gond muai- cian and a great acquisition. He is a house painter by trade and is open for contracts. May 1, 1890 Several rnen are at work on the Court House Square planting trees and laying out walks. May 15, 1890 Miss Bastedo bas resurned her painting studies in the city. Her clasa here wilrneet for the present on Thursday and Saturdays at her studio on Victoria St. May 22, 1890 Andrew Tock bas placed in his store a new soda fountain and frorn which be can draw ail kinda of cool and fiavoured iced drinks. june 12, 1890 A substantial stand bas been erected this week on the north ide of Main St. east of Mr. Lindsays ivery stables (Lido Restaurant site) for the evening concerts of the band. July 10, 1890 There bave been no cases of dipbtberia bere except tbe one reported a couple of weeks ago. That one, bappily was cured. T'here are still a gond rnany cases of rneasles. This material is assembled on behaf of Milton Historical Socity by Jim Dilîs, chair of research, who con be reached by email atjdills@idirect.com. (The following letter was sent to fedéral Transport Minister David Collenette and Environment Minister David Anderson and a copy was filed with The Champion.) Dear Editor: We're writing in regard to a planned CN intermodal terminal being built in our area. We really do believe tbat our lifestyle values as well as our property values are being cornpromised by CN. The decision to build the termi- nal in an area of prime agricultural farmland, aurrounded by rural dwellings, is, we feel, purely an econornic one by CN. We in Milton know tbîs terminal is to be built and bas to go sornewbere, but wby doea it bave to be built in tbis agricultural area? We bave an area designated by tbe Town's officiai plan for industrial developrnent. Tbis is wbere tbese types of indus- tries abould be built. la it because CN is paying tbe landowners a lot lesa per acre tban serviced land in tbe industrial area would coat? This area of land (1,000 acres) is protected. we tbougbt, botb by our Town of Milton and Halton Region's officiai plans, wbicb des- ignated this area between Milton and OakvillefBurlington as open space to provide a buffer zone to prevent urban sprawl and protect tbe agricultural land. It was for this reason that moat of us chose to purchase property bere. This, it seerna, isn't really the case as CN bas been telling us that it'a covered by the Canadian Transport Act, and it can in fact corne in and do as it pleases, regardlesa of any municipal or provincial acts, as long as tbey sat- isfy the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA). If it's a federal law tbat allows a cornpany to act this way, tben it's a bad one. We're also concemed witb the fact tbat, as CN bas already told us, at the opening of this terminal it will use only 100 acres, whicb will service 500 truicks in and out of the 1976 *Trucks & 4x4's *Clutches & Diffs Ostie * Front Wheel Drive * Front Axie Repairs WARAUANTY AVAULABLE NKÎNO MANVS PRICE - Free Inspection 8:00 am-5:30 pm - Written Guarante 8Q.-O0Pm -< Free Towing wet 8:00 am-5:30 pma FE EAST, Units 3, 4& 5, MILTON 90)5-8'. Have your say. -Drap'off a letter at aur office or e-mail us at miltonec@hatonsearch.com. 1 L CA N'A 1) 1A N CI IAN 1 1'l () N facility. The roada these trucks will use were neyer envisioned to carry even a smaîl pereentage of that arnount of traffic per day. Who will pay for the widening and strengtb- ening of these roada? Who will pay for the upkeep over the years? We know it will be the taxpayers of Milton and Halton, not CN, whicb, bowever, will collect its profits on tbe movernent of tbe freigbt. CN dlaims it will use 450 acres, four-and-a-balf tirnes tbe original size, wben tbe terminal is corn- plete. Does tbis mean tbere will also be four-and-a-balf tirnes tbe amount of truck traffic? Even with 500 trucks per day, tbat's one truck every 2.8 minutes into the terminal and tbe sarne for those trucks exit- ing. I know these trucks won't be 2.8 minutes apart, 50 I believe we will see buge traffic lineupa with tbe existing use of Regional Road 25. By using the designated industri- ai area nortb of Milton, easy accesa is available frorn Hwy. 401. Building the terminal on the site CN bas chosen will bring traffic tbrougb Milton from the north and along regional and municipal roada. There are many other routes available for trucks to use, again al municipal and regional roada, wbicb weren't built to take tbe weigbt and size of these vebicles. This area is overlooked by tbe Niagara Escarprnent, a beautiful sigbt at aIl seasons of tbe year, both for tbe local residents and the rnany visitors tbat corne to 'Escarpment Country' as our local therne for the area is called. How will this termi- nal impact that part of our lives? Ail of tbis will increase tbe air and noise pollution in tbe area, wbicb is also of great concern to us. Even now on some bot burnid days we bave a layer of smog forming below the escarprnent. Altbough CN announced tbat it intended to build this terminal in February, we stili bave not received answers to our rnany questions. CN bas visited some of the local reai- dents and also beld a public ques- tion and answer meeting, wbere there were many questions and very few answers. Its wbole atti- tude to this is that it's going to build this terminal exactly where they bave decided it sbould be built, regardiesa of any opposition from the public, Municipality or Region. In fact, wben asked wbere they would build if their application were to be tumed down by tbe CTA, a CN spokesperson replied that the railway would do wbatever it took to build on this site. We bave beard some of CN rea-. soning about saving the environ- ment. It says the fact that four of these intermodal trains per day would take 300,000 trucks per year off the roada. Unfortunately, those saine 300,000 trucks would be still on the roada per year, ail in and around Milton, to deliver those same containers to this new termi- nal. There are many reasons for our opposition to this site including: " Air, noise and ligbt pollution " Traffic gridlock around the area " More accidents due to traffic increase - Road deterioration (due to increased traffic) . Road closures, leading to increased response times for erner- gency vehicles. - Harm to the physical and men- tai health of the local residents . Our quality of life being cbanged frorn living in a quiet rural, agricultural area to baving this terminal placed in our ridst - Rernoving 1,000 acres of prime agricultural land to build this termni- nal - Cbanging the natural habitats and midgratoty pallia of the animal and birds in this area. In closing, we would like to impreas upon you our strong disap- proval of the choice by CN of this site for a terminal. Margaret and Bernard Fryera Tremaine Road