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x"Curlîng club roof collapses under weîght of heavy snow; no one in building af the time 'Time Capsules' are geins of information extracted from past issues of The Champion and other publications to pro- vide a window intoMultons past. Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided to place the situation in context. Mlarcis 1900 There will be no more curling in Mlon this season. On Tuesday moming tiserof of tise rink, whicis was overtoaded wid, snow, suddenly colapsed. (t was Iocated acrots tise Sixteen Mile Creek fromn Carniage Square.) Fortunately tisere was no one in tise building at tise time. Had tise roof given way on Monday evening wisen 32 curlers were playmng, not a mans would have escaped - for tise wisole of tise roof feil, covermng every foot of tise ice. The roof isad been in a sisaky condition for Yeats, tise building was a death-trap and curlers and skaters have reason t0 be tisankful tisat none of tisen were caugisî in it. Local curlera propose building a rink in another part of tise town before tise opening of next season. At a meeting held last nigiss, a comnasttee was appointed to prepare plans and esti- mates and report back next week. Appleby correspondence. The sleigiing isas been welcomed by tisose wiso have teaming to do. We notice a number of farmers in Ibis vicinity drawing elm logs to tise basket facîory at Freeman (Burlinglon). This is a good way to dispose of tise elm. It's very difficult to manufacture it into tirewood, wiile attise basket factory it's wortis about $7 per tisousand feet. On Saturday aftemnoon, tise Royal Templars treated tise Junior Templars to a sleigis ride and tea. Messrs. John Dickin and Jas. Henderson supplied tise rigs. Forty-disree Juniors were deigisted with tise outing. After they returned fron tise ride, tisey enjoyed a tea pmovided by tise ladies. Tisere was no apparent excitement over tise polling on Friday on tise bylaw to autisorize a boan of $10,000 10 tise Syer Carpet Manufacturing Co. of Port Hope, as an inducement for it to move to Milton. Only 55 out of a possible 203 votes were left unpolled, and tisere were 35 over tisei necessary two-thirds of tise possible. i ZMl11Y 7fiAaE 7 i - jp^oax The Canadian Champion, Fnday, Aprol 25, 2003-7 SOUR READERS WRJTFir Milton .%8 Reader says water and sewage upgrades Ti me îl nié much more important than work on roads Capsules *C~ There should lie no difliculty in getting tise necessary legisiation and it may be expected tisat within a short time tise build- Sing of tise factory wiil be commence Voting was For 229, Against 7. Unpoiled 55. Total 291. 0f tise 55 unpoiled votes, 30 were those of non-residents of tise county j and 16 of residents. Besides tisat there were orne voters who were kept from tise poils by sickness. Owing to tise charter of tise company who built tise old rink (across tise Sixteen Mile Creek from Carniage Square) having expired and other difficulties, tise local curlers have abandoned tise idea of acquir- ing a titie to tise property and rebuilding. t isas been decided 10 build a new ink on a new site before tise opening of next season, if sufficient stock il subscribed. Tise local curlers have loat a good deal of sport by tise coilapse of tise rink, but tisey hope for a pleasant evening on Tuesday, Marcis 27, wisen tisey will have a smoking concert at tise Commercial Hotel. The Legisiattire of Ontarjo lis passed tise bill to permit tise lan of $10,000 from tise Town of Milton to tise Port Hope Carpet Manufacturing Co., and it may he taken for graxted that tise industry isas been secured for tise town. Mr. Syer, manager of tise company, is expected here tomnorrow to select a site for tise proposed new brick factory and to make arrangements for ils speedy erection. Miltoniana hope that its advent wiil mean a substantial increase in population and trade, and tisas otiser industrses wil be added in due time, with more population and more trade. With Miltons advantagea in location and railway competition, alI that's needed to make it a manufacturing centre is a little enterprise on tise part of ita citizens.j This material is assembled on behaf of j thse Milton Historical Society by Jim Dills, who con be reached by e-mail at jdills@idirect.com c; Dear Editor: The proposed upgrades for Sarahs, Ganmet, Sydney, and Lydia streets raise many more questions beyond tire safety. 1 accept tisat Milton Fire DePartmnent Chief Harold Penson's concerna are weil founded. Wisat 1 don'î accept is tise need to widen these roadways, build curbs, idewalks and boulevards. After all, these roads were laid out nearly a eentury ago and have served tise town weil since tisen. Tisere's more of a need 10 rejuve- nate tise infrastructure for water and sewage. Tisere's no need 10 build curbs, added sidewalks and boulevards. We've seen tise Town staff 's desire 10 make everytising match. Two falled examples are downtown Main Street and Victoria Street. These changes isaven't been driven by residents but by staff engineers who provide predisposed argumentsataIcommnittee meetings tisat our elected representatives seem to accept. 1 was attise meeting for tise pro- POsed road upgrades and t was taken aback wisen Peter Lino, tise Town's manager of engineering services, sald dma only lwo trees were going 10 be lot due to con- struction. By tise lime ise was fsnisised detailing tise tree removals, my count was up to seven trees loît. isese are very large and ancient trees. He sald that five of tise trees were being lost since tisey were diseased. Many 60-year-old trees are dis- eased and it takes 40 more years or s0 for tisem bo die. Saying tise trees are sick ss a con- venient excuse. Mr. Lino took on a local resident, Whso had made a rational presenta- tion, suggesting tisat if tise Town's recommendations were followed a telepisone pole would bave 10 be relocated at great expense. Mvr. Lino overlooked tise fact tisat according 10 tise plans, anotiser telepisone pole some 50 feet away would have to be relocated, but if tise resident isad iser way tisat pole wouldn't need lo be moved. So tise spectre of extraordinary supplemeotai cosus, in meeting tise resideot's request, was a red ber- R m d r s » h m-utW W « m n , 10 0 » Ing oo The Town s a plan and it's seil- ing it in spite of facts and com- nity wisies. There were no alternatives pre- sented, like recomosendations fromt an arciitec, tiat could preserve roads and trees witis sofi curbs, for example. Tisere were just eogineers' draw- ings, tiatishe engineering depart- ment must defend (it's their plan) at tise expense of a cbassic, turo-of- tise-century neigisbourisood's uniqueness. What we have isere in tise street reaignomeot and construction pro- posal is notising short of a crate The local isomeowners don'î wanî it. The tire ciief would lie more comfortable living witisout a curb an parked cars could be pulled on 10 tise open sisoulders, leaving more space initise centre of tise roadway for emergeocies. Let's repair tise water system and repave tise existing roada. Leave us witis our iseritage, old trees and save us a pile of tax dollars. Paul TaM rls afm i I want0ath e aiWWat.e blas puubMM«tisa l. loâM ti cp Cud r fer Quoecs bedmtte o~and to p Ottawa for an iÎboe a n hm&* lin oe*r k> offmt lie uppmed iirbaMrec ,betw.em *bst tawa tak" ficua Quebec ad wls Quebec mSeives in reea At my bait aaing of thse atualiasa, Quec meaves $5 bionoa mmwlli=tawa aun equ*ion mplymaents - tisat la*s<u. U mxloe-tbai sa" do f Aibena, E.C. and (bae 1 be enundessi dditiona l bâions ave ad am iansfred an Quebec bailla ave aad suafr the table. moawal, Qud cporliéonoftinue o u blasi ieoi uodwoe$750 million i asugee fmproving hospftal more imPortant than another arena: girl E)ear Editor: Fuil-time emergency doctors and medicine for tise From a oiine-year-old's point of view, isow can sick are tisinga tisaIt 1tiink are more important. Milton afford 10 build a third hockey arena when it Brook. Bel vedere can't afford 10 better ita own isospital? Mifton w,.,gv m ZOOjiM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM Achiles - a