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-Manjaied fr hs diord rlyThe Canadian Champion, Friday, July 30, 2004-7 conduct durîng group 's vîsît w*OUFLR R1EADEIS WRITE 'Time Capsules'are genis of*in!frrnatiot esîr-acîed ftram pastissues o5 f' T/w E planator , c ommlfent iss sonctunîes pro- sided ta place the situation in contes t. August 1903 The Toronto young mcn who raised the row on thc 3rd inst. at and ncar Hartman's botel in which Chief Constable Bradley was assaulted, appcared before Mayor Dice and Magistrate Hartlcy on Tucsday. The taking of Uic evidence occupicd near- ly aIl day. Wm. Kcntlewell, H. Palmer, Alex. Buckler and Eugcnc Conroy wcrc charged wiUi assaulting Chief Constable Bradley. Bulder was committcd for trial on Uhit charge, but Uic cases against Uic oUier Uree were dismisscd. Buekler was committed for trial on Uic charge of steal- ing a boule of wbiskey from Uic hotel. Palnmer was alto committcd for trial on Uic charge of obstructing Uic constable in Uic disebarge of bis duty. Bail was acccpted in Paliners case. Buckler is in jail. AU Uic men were fmned $1 and costs each for bcing drunk and disorderly and alI but Buckler settled. Buckler and Palmer will be arranicd before Judge Gorbamn next Tuesday moming. Constable Griffith of Uic Toronto police, who was in town on Tuesday, having come home to attend Uic funeral of bis mother, informed the Champion that two of Uic men were weil known ta Uie police as members of Uic Stanley Park gang. PC. Charles McKinnon, of Toronto, wrotc to Chief Bradley to Uic same effcct. On Tbursday cvening Stanley Buck, aged 13, son of J.W. Buck of Milton was sent, mountcd on W.A. Lawrcncc's Uior- oughbred marc, Blandlcy, to deliver a tclegram to W.J. Clements 3rd line Esquesing. The mare was vcry fresb, and f on ber retum along Uic base line (Steeles Ave.), ran away wiUi Uic boy, who, as be saw a G.T.R. freight train approacbing Uic crossing, tried to tomn down Uic 2nd con. of Trafalgar (Ontario St.) to enter Uic town at its north end. TMe marc bad the bit in ber teeth, wouldn't be tumed and dasbed on. As the train was neared Uic boy took bis feet out of Uic stirrups and wben the marc dasbed against a fiat car he was burled across it and would bave clearcd it but for a stake, whicb stoppcd bim. He got up on bis feet and being dazed and unconscious of wbat be did, jumped off the far side of Uic car and stood Uiere until the train passed on. flic train was going norUi, was only 15 minutes in advance of Uic passen- Milon a1 development increases adjacent land value Capsules ger train, and there was no time to spare, and as the boy when asked if he had been hurt said he was ail right, no stop was made. The boys escape was miraculous. Though bruised in a number of places, he was flot badly injured in any of them. He wcnt to the mare when the train paased and found ber standing Up, but there was a large bote in her breast and she did flot live long. Mr. Lawrence valued ber at $200, and on Friday received an order to send ber away to a purchaser. I order to open an entrance to the rear of bis property on Main St. George Hume bas had the old shop formerly occupied by Wmn. Sioan, remuved by E. Core. This makes a break in the wooden block south of the Champion office. A number of the members of the Milton Rifle Club tum out every Saturday for practice at the ranges near the works of the Toronto Pressed Brick and Terra Cotsa Co. and the tyros are improving fast. Members who have flot yet tumcid out are requested to do so. They will fmnd their ammunition ready for them. Station Agent Ray of the C.P.R., Milton, reports that be sold about 30 tickets on Tuesday and yesterday for the barvesters' excursion ta the Northwcst. Among those who bought them were Calvin Fleming, William Smith and Alex B. Chisbolm, al of Milton, and W. Lawson, N. MeDougal andi John, George and Alex Wilson of Esquesing. The contract for laying the granolithie walk on Main St. was awarded by tic town council to The Forest City Paving Co., of London atil1.950 per square foot for walks and crossings. The manager was in town on Tuesday and in company with Mayor Dice visited the gravel pit in Nelson where the material for thc walk will be secured. Operations will begin next weck. This material is assembled on behaif of the Milton Histarical Socierv 1w Jim Dilis, who can be reached by e-mail ai jdills@idirect.com. Dear Editor: Establishing a pennancntly-pro- tcctcd Golden Horseshoc Greenbelt was a central promise in Uic new Liberal govemment's elcc- tion platfonn. Just last month, the interim Greenbelt Protection Act passcd third reading, allowing the govem- ment time to study more perma- nent options for the future. Opponents of Uic act have argued Uiat devclopment controls sucb as those proposcd by Uic blue ribbon Greenhelt Task Force unduly limnit Uic propcrty rights of landowncrs and therefore bring down propcrty values. But whcrc is dic evidence of Uhit? Since 1973, the Niagara Escarpmens bas been thc focus of provincial legislation ta protect and enhance its unique qualities. The centerpiece of this protection is Uic Niagara Escarpment Plan (NEP), adopted in 1985. The NEP takes precedence over ail oUier provincial and municipal laws and regulations, and is admin- istered by Uic provincially-appoint- ed Niagara Escarpment Corrmission. Since Uic beginning, dcvelop- ment control on escarpment lands bas reccived criticism from some landowncrs. Just like those oppos- ing the Greenbelt Protection Act, opponients of escarpmcnt protec- tion have argucd that sucb controls would reduce demand for cscarp- ment land and bring down propcrty values. These concems wcre raised dur- ing Uic NEPs reviews in 1991- 1994 and again in 1999-2001. But arc these arguments based on fact or fiction? In 1980, Uic Province commis- 1 1 Letters welcome The Canodian Champion welcomes letters to thie editor. We reserve the right ta edit, revise ond reject letters. Letters must be signed and the address and telephone number of the writer included. Letters can be e-mailed to miltoned@haltonsearch.com, faxed to (905) 878-4943 or dropped off at 191 Main St. E. ZOM ZOM ZOOMZOOM ZOOM ZOOM E hamy AiAUk«SMRILy A T ACHILS MZAMEmnment I The Redesigned 2005 Mazda Tribute GX inludes: ACHiLLES ty Powerful 2.3L 4 Cylinder Engine s/ Automatic Transmission <~ice F0 fl~ V Power Windows vl Power Locks t! V Power Heated Mirrors V Cruise Control gl 16" Alloy Wheels V Tnled Windows gl Air Conditioning V Root Racks 311 ul Smo. ,acto, V Keyless Enlry 5,9B853 0200 gVBody Accent Package v nie Immobilizer 0 / 519*853*G200 V Fog ngs T4:eoî ,Roddined 2005 Mazda Tribut. GXFo36 os Y' Plus Much More For'Y36quipp. au Duemi im a àth&WpstO ntis w k the Bes IL THE CANADIAN CHAMPION sioned tbree studies, undertaken by professional real estate appraisers in Dufferin, Grey and Simcoe counties to asscss property value effeets of the 1973 Niagara Escarpment legislation. These studies demonstrated Uiat the legis- lation bad no negative impact on real estate values for agricultural, estate residential or recreational properties. A study released last year, enti- tled 'A Comparative Analysis of Land Values WiUiin and Adjacent ta Uic NEP AMca', went anc better. Tbis study, commissioncd by Uic Niagara Escarpmcnt Foundation, and thc Coalition on Uic Niagara Escarpmcnt (CONE), evaluated Uic talcs of vacant lots from 1999 to, 2003 in anc part of Dufferin County, comparing sale prices of properties outside of Uic NEP arca and Uiase inside wiUi similar char- acteristics. Vacant lots wcre analyzcd in order ta, avoid Uic bias introduccil by building iniprovements. Alan Emest, Uic study's auUior, deman- strated Uiat lots inside Uic plan area sold for prices betwecn 8 and 32 per cent bigber - depending upon Uicir size - Uian sim-ilar lots out- side Uic area. Not only did contrais an devel- opment not reduce praperty values in the study arca in Dufferin County, Uiey increased theni. It wouldn't be appropriate ta, blindly extend Uic fusdings from this study area ta Uic entire Niagara Escarpment. The author, however, suggcsts tbat Uere's strang anec- dotal evidence that properties along Uic Niagara Escarpment sei at equivalent or bighcr prices wbcn comparcd ta similar nearby proper- tics located outside Uic Niagara Escarpmcnt Protection Act. Property owners on Uic Niagara Escarpmcnt reap the benefits of escarpmnent protection. Those indi- viduals who want ta enter into Uhit vibrantly beautiful arca of Ontario pay for that privilege, and scem ta do ta gladly. Over a tliird of ail real estate listings witlintUi NEP area commnented positivcly on Uic prax- iniity ta Uic Bruce Trait or public parkland within the Niagara Escarpment parka and open space systcm. In my opinion, mast people tee Uic dcvelopment contrais in a posi- tive ligbt - as an effective way ta maintain Uic attractive open land- scape around propcrty Uiey're con- tidering buying. The Niagara Escarpmcnt is inter- nationally recognizcd as a unique and higbiy significant natural envi- romnent, and an arca of exception- al beauty. In 1990, Uic csearpment was detignatcd a Worid Biosphere Reserve by Uic United Nations' Educational, Scientifie and Cultural Organization. The plan bas been studied and admired worldwide as a model for land use planning in World Biosphere Reserves. Along with ather reserves sucb as Uic lonids Evergiades, Galapagos Islands and Uic Serengeti Plains, Uic Niagara Escarpment sets Uic standard for environînent-firat land use plan- ning and navigating. Thcre's strang evidence Uic NEP increases property values in Uic arca it cavers. Couldn't the Grecnbelt Protection Act do Uic same? Bradley Shaw, executîve director Coalition on the Niagara Escarpment