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The Canadian Champion, Fniday, December 5, 2003--7 Smallpox outbreak takes big financial toit on Nassagawey OUR REA, DERS, WRITE 'Time Capsules'are geins of injormation ý LI M11OIIII extracted from .past issues of The MIilton SIS- Champion and other publications in order hIIi.mu to provide a window into Mâton's past. Time -' it n rirllrk resuit of improper set u Explanatory comment is sometimes pro- vided to place the situation in contexi. Capsules of traffîc signais or Jack of traffic Iights March 1902 Nassagaweya got tbrough its smallpox outbreak at a cost of $39.35 for 530 vac- cine poits and $81 paid to Dr. C.E. Flatt for bis services as Medical Health Officer. A big leak was discovered in fic water main at flic corner of Main and Martin strecti on Tbursday. It had been fisere for some finie anti was responsible for flic low- neas of tIse water in flic reservoir, which was supposed to have been caused by last faIls drouglit. The iprinsig supply plenty of water at all finies to kecp the reservoir full if there are no leaka. The Halton Women's institute had a very clever lady (Mrt. Torrance of Chateouquay Basin, Quebec) giving some cooking les- sons last weck in flic Royal Templar's Hall in Mllton. Tbis lady thorougbiy under- stands bier work and isparta bier informa- tion wifls clevemeas and pleasure. Mis. Torrance gave six denionstraflons and one address, and the ladies who attended these meetings speak bigbiy of the information received. Geo. E. McCraney, hamrster of Milton, retunied a few days ago froin the northwest and aisnoussced that during bis stay there of about a month hie had arranged to move to Rosthem, Saskatchwan District and open a practice fisere. Mr. McCraney bas been pracficing in Milton for over six years. He's an able lawyer, a bard worker and bas a large practice. But hie féel that fisere are greater possibilities for hini in a new province than in Ontario. Milton Council authorized a committec "to commence negotiations with the Milton Electrie Light and Power Co. for the purchase of their plant, and if nccessary employ flic services of an expert valuator or arbitrator." The action followed flic approval of flic purchase in a January plebiscite. Jail statistics for thse year ending Sept. 30, 190 1, show 90 male and 8 female pris- oners wcre coninittcd to Milton jail, a total of 46 less than in the previous year. The average daily cost per pnisoner ini Milton during flic year 1900-01 was 12 cents, flic lowest except at Pembroke and St. Thomas. The cost of daily rations per pris- oner was 6 cents, within less than a cent of being dlic lowest. Boyne: A pig-killing bec took place at H. Griffith's on Wednesday last. A.G. Henderson did the knife work. George Storey, local agent for the Massey-Han-is Co., had bis annual dcliv- ery of agricultural implcments last Friday. The total number of thc iniplemcnts was cxcepfionally large but owing to thse post- ponement of the dellvery from flic previous week on account of unfavorable weather and bad roads there bemng no improvement i flic weather a good massy of Mr. Storcy's patrons did not corne i for their impIe- ments. Mr. Storey gave bis customners an excellent dinner at the Commercial Hotel and its sipacious dining-roomn was filled tliree tumes. Afler flhc third contingent lsad dined thsc tables were cleared andi speeches given. John Somerville and Robert Ranishaw have entered into partsiersbip to manufac- ture top dressings for buggies, blackissgs of varjous kinds, boiler compounid etc. and thsc new mndustry will be canried on in bis factory on Mil Street. Miss E. Paulinse Johnson, flic well known hIdian poctess and elocutionist, gave an entertainment at the town hall on Monday evening, assisted by Walter MeRave, whose specialty is Habitant dialect and who made bis fsrst appearance bere. Ber progran was full of higb-class humnor andi comedy. A two years' tour in England andi Scotland bas given added breadth andi cul- ture to ber work.The entertainment was an artistic succeis but it was not patronized as largely as it deserved to be. This material is assembled on behalf of the Milton Historical Society by Jim Dilîs, who can be reached by e-mail at jdills@idirect.coin. Dear Editor: The concept of efficient driving is a quite simple one: to get from point A to point B in as little an anount of time as possible. Yet, in navigating some of Mllton's streets, drivers may fnd that getting from point A to point B is firat a matter of stopping and waiting at point C, followed by another wait at D, E, F and through untll eventually they're at A again - befote any sensible realizaflon of a final destination can be seen or loosely reacbed for. To say that fisc roads in Milton are all fine and dandy is to say fiat flic Blue Jays will ever agai be able to aiford a chance to win the Worlti Series. Thinga just aren't so. And driving through Milton, understandably on my way out of town, 1 ani oflen bit wifls one thought, "Why amn 1 waiting here? There's no traffle consing." What it seema the gridlock of Milton suifera froni most is an sbundantly obvious lack of proper- ly operatig traffie lights or an alto- gether lack of traffie lights where needed moat. Ans example you ask for? How about fisc pathetie wait oifered at thsc intersection of Ontario Street and Childs Drive? Sure, Ontario is a very busy street, and secs much happening along its straight asphalt path, but is it really neccssary to have vebicles waiting in lime for upward of five to 10 minutes before they are given a chance to tuni left from Childa onto Ontario? The entrance to E.C. Drury grants a much more than occasion- al red light to O)ntario St. patrons (many tumes without any pedestri- ans near by) ta why can't Cbilds do 50 alto? Tbis problem becomes especially frustrating late at night. where chances are that more cars can be found idly sittissg and idly waiting on Cliilds fisen they are to be caught cruisig down Ontario. But believe it or not, more than one black eye is paved onto Ontario's face. The advance-green launch handed down to travellers of Ontario Street cast and west flirough Main Street shouldn't be their only chance to turn off the street. Traffie flow on Ontario can be dense, and very often can be liglit as well. It depends on the tume of day. Drivers should be allowed to tuni lefi onto Main all tbrough- out a green light. I fmnd nofluing to be more annoy- ing than having to walt for a lîght to tomn from green to yellow to red to green again before I can make my way off of Ontario jost because I missed my original opportunity to do so by only flic few seconds it was offered. If thec jump can be made, fisen jump, I say. Anti now perhapa flic most atro- cious roadside accident in Milton. What provides an even longer walt tha Childs, and wbat provides a very alanssing concem for ail citi- zens of town to consider? The ligis missing from Denry Road and Commercial Street, that is. Denry Road tr-affie is impossible to eut through, éspecially early in fisc moming durixsg peak rtsh hour, froni a basic "stop sign" starting position. But cbildren attending both Our Lady of Victory Sehool and Milton District High Sehool seeni to think that it's possible to eut through Commercial traffic without break- ing a sweat for desire of not want- ing to walk ail fisc way down to flic safe crosswalk bencvolcntly offered at Laurier Avenue and Commercial (for another roadway probleni, just look at parade-paced mess that has become Laurier north). "It's too far," thcy moat likely say. But we can't sec thcm saying sol for they're biddcn and often tecmn to just appear from nowhcre aniong the vehicles that line Commercial. bsstalling a set of traffle lights here would have two beneficial resolts - fisc first being that traffic backing down Commercial wooîd be consider- ahly lest with flic presene of a traffic light systcm (and that amount of traffic will only contin- ue to grow as the new arena becomet more anti more active). And secontily, cbildren and young adults attentiing hoth schools mentioncd will have a guarantecd sense of tecurity when crossmng the road, and the drivers who line flic street will be more relaxed knowmng students can now make their way confldently acrosi the road wiflout fie threat of being bit by a car. Don't forge to always look both ways. So what's fie deal? I've neyer bad much patience, an chets was neyer my game. But tiriving seems to, be. And driving reasonsbly and cfflcicnfly is fie way I'ti like it to be. These aren't cxactiy new prob- lems, or even moderate problenis, wbich can be cffectively ignored wiflout causig any great social disturbance. fim not advocatmng speeding bere folks, but I ami talking about pro- ductive driving. Walking was replaced with fie horse because humant found walkiusg to be tut> slow. The horse was replaced wifl horsepowcr because humnant foonti fie horse to be too slow. But ca> we replace fie roads of Milton because they secm to be too slow? 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