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PARKING METERS ARE an abomination. Even council is agreed unanimously on that. But Jim Bauer claims they will have to be installed on the main street as well as parking lots, because the main street meters will help pay for those in the parking lots and also be.â€" As we "said before; this might be a rather inconspicâ€" ious side of the undermining done by some branches of our government in this city, but its a mighty important one. How about it council* These three issues are peanuts comâ€" pared to what you have done in regards to the shopping cenâ€" tre. While you are still flushed with _ your _ accomplishments take time to step on a few governmental corns and get these jssues cleaned up at the same time. Prior to being taken over by Kitchener, this outlet was doâ€" ing a five to six million dollar customs business each year. Sales tax and excise duties were collected here. Now they go to Kitchener. If you were a manufacturer wanting to locate in the Twin City area & you checked each custom outlet and found that Waterloo wasn‘t credited with havine done any customs work and then found that all the revenue was going through the Kitchener branch, where would you locate. Kitchener naturâ€" ally, for the natural feeling would be that this city‘s busiâ€" nesses were not doing anything worth while. On the other hand if you found that about twenâ€" tyâ€"four million dollars was beâ€" ing taken in by the Waterloo branch, you would know withâ€" out groing any further that Waterloo manufacturers were right on their toes. This outlet was originated as an outport. Now it is part of the Port of Kitchener, if you ever heard of anything so ridiculous. As a matter of fact, all monies collected by Waterloo customs goes to Kitchener and is shown in their revenue. A customs Port in Waterloo eould collect something like $24,000,000 a year. Less obvious, but extremely important to this city in a financial sense, is the custom« outlet located in our present pest office building. Then, there is the matter of a telephone exchange. Th#° Bell Telephone takes enough money out of this city, let them spend a little of it here and give us our own exchange. We‘ll even accept one set up in their present building, but going under Waterloo. Passibly the most obvious is the car licensing bureau. ‘There is no earthly reason why the citizens of Waterloo should have to stand in line in Kitâ€" chener for the dubious priviâ€" ledge of obtaining a Hicense to operate their cars. tion of this city will become as modern as any other city of like size . . . maybe more so. However, now this has been accomplished, we still have zbout three sore spots that should be cleaned up and the same aggressiveness shown in regard to the shopping area will produce the rest. rific job in setting the wheels of progress in motion and W there is any free J.H.S Chairman of the board‘s scholarship committee, F. Clay B. Hall, amid the money would be used to set up a Mrs. Mason asked the board to invest the $5,000 in apâ€" proved securities and use the interest to assist a girl to comâ€" plete grade 12 home econoâ€" mics. She suggested it be used alternatively to assist a grade 13 student in home economics. The Kâ€"W Collegiate has reâ€" ceived a $5,000 bequest from a teacher who died last summer. The money was left to the school by Mrs Margaret Masâ€" on, who taught the home econâ€" omics class for six years. City Property Committee A report is made that cerâ€" tain old household belongings are stored behind a building on City Property. Ald. V. Bauman: Should we perhaps ask the gentleman for his permission to burn the stuff? Ald. Anna Hughes: Heavens No! You wouldn‘t dare do that. He‘d SUE you! ! Traffic and Transportation . Committee. School Board reports to Com-l‘ mittee that the present Patrol Boy system is going to be afâ€" ; fected with the new school system. Ald. V. Bauman: In Toronto, they have safety crosswalks. For a while, they were call}â€" ed Deathâ€"Traps but there isn‘t the hue and cry now that there was. We were down there once and I guess | A‘Arcy abmost hit a guy | but . . . Somebody _ suggested _ pushâ€" button lights. | Ald. V. Bauman: Those lights are very exasperating. The | kids change the light andI then they straggle across like little . . SOMEâ€"| _ CUfe WorTesAre ArcniecC High School Left $5,000 A special meeting of Counâ€" | cil was held before regular Committee Meetings. (mscuv’ sion was heavy over the new twoâ€"strge school system planâ€" | ned in Waterloo). j Ald V. Bauman: Will busses ; be needed to bring children to MacGregor School, who ! live in the outskirts? Ald. D. Snider: When I was a / kid, I remember I had to | walk a fair distance to | school. | Ald. V. Bauman: (Motioning . to Ald. Roy Bauman) My | SON here says he !nlked\ 3 or 4 miles to school. With Malice Toward Nene Teteâ€"Aâ€"Totes Of Waterloo Committees D C. Schaefer: (To yours truly before the Committee Meetings â€" got â€" underway) Den‘t quote me â€" toâ€"night pl&ase? You‘ve had your Bauer Explains ‘Me! To Troubled Citizens Vol. 108 THINGS. by George Gerhardt One of the survivors of the Springhall â€" disaster, _ Arthur | Rector, 26, arrived in Kitchâ€" ener last week looking for | work. , need | <tree ‘ Prob | _ He ft‘\e j A scholarship committee reâ€" commendation that a board of trustees be set up to receive and hold trustee monies and to advise the board on its inâ€" (Continued on Page 5) Members of the board agâ€" reed to the suggestion of trustee Mrs. R. B. Bryden that the tea set be suitably enâ€" graved in memory of Mrs. Mason. As well as the $5,000, Mrs. Mason bequested a silver tea set to be used by the home economies class, principal C. R. Philp said. fund to be known as the Mrs. Margaret _ Mason _ Memorial Scholarship. He is a married man with a 24 year old daughter. He said he would take any kind of work. Mr. Rector is stayinz with Lloyd Moore , 16 Richmond St. Mr. Moore came to Kitchâ€" Although he was freed six hours later and came to the surface uninjured he said even if the mine was opened again, e would not go back. Mr. Rector said "once is, bump. He said he wasn‘t hurt, enough. I will not go down the | but quit mining the next day. mines again." He was tmppedJ He had a brotherâ€"inâ€"law killâ€" at 13,800 feet level when the ced in the 156 Springhill disâ€" bump occurred at 8.10 p.m. aster. on Oct. 23. | Mr. Leonard Boss, another Although he was freed six miner, was expected to arrive hours later and came to the at the Moore home last week. surface uninjured he said even | He is 37 and has two children. ing lot. The Muniâ€"pal Act is quite clear on this point. That is, that revenues derived from parking on public streets should be used towards the payment for off street parking areas. clarified. 2 Survivors Of Springhill Disaster May Settle Here ied by a very lot. The main He said the two aspects of the problem are clear | (1) the City cannot suppl;y "parking _ lots" 'ithout} charging a fee to the user (2) the extent to which metâ€" ering is done on the, streets and the charge for| parking on the streets and | parking lots is the responâ€" stbility of Council. J Continuing, he said, "Conâ€"| sidering the economics of the | problem it was found that in‘ order to keep the rates on the parking lots as low as pos-: sible it was necessary to be: able to collect for parkinq' from more spaces than could be provided on the new park-! brought to Council‘s attewtion the fact that the removal of Free Parking in the City had been misinterpreted by many Waterloo residents and he felt new stores will be accompanâ€" «treets. Problem‘s Aspects He stated that the people will be glad to know that the At the apecial meeting of sterleo â€" Council _ NMenday y a very large parking ‘"he main concern is the for paid parking on the . Ontario, Thursday, November 27, 1958 t No. & Mr. Moore worked in the mines eight years until he exâ€" perienced the shock of a mine , bump. He said he wasn‘t hurt, | but quit mining the next day. | _ He had a brotherâ€"inâ€"law killâ€" _ed in the 156 Springhill disâ€" 50 ostriches were standing with their heads buried in the ground. Along came another ostrich and said: "Gee, I wonâ€" der where everybody is?" tf C€" Harry McKelvie, first viceâ€" president a spokesman for the association, said an additional 10,000 is needed to help cove: the operating exponses for the New Dawn School. The Kâ€"W and District Asâ€" sociation for Retarded Childâ€" ren will be sending out 1,000 letters this woek appealing for funds. ° Springhill because his mother|; It will be taken to the Munâ€" suffered a heart attack. It was |icipal Board this week for (Continued on Page 8) | their approval. Asks For Total Of $10,000 One week after the Oct 23 bump Mr. Moore was called to Springhill because his mother suffered a heart attack. It was (Continued on Page 8) CHRONICLE QUIPS ener 12 years ago from Springhill. The original intent of the City ~Council in â€" developing free parking lots in the City of Waterloo was to aid the shopping area and for the benefit of the shoppers. A check ast any particular time will reveal that this scheme is being aborted; most of the free parkinz@ spaces are being made use of all day by emâ€" ployees of Industrial, commerâ€" cial and retail business in the area. It is certainly unfair to provide free parking in some campetition with free parking where they have to pay s0 long as some areas are free. Therefore in order to have all public parking in the City oef Waterloo in the downtown area on the same basis it seems mast desirable to have meters onr the streets." Undoubtedly when the new parking scheme comes into efâ€" fect in 1960 it will be found desirable to have some short time areas such as in front of the Post Office and P.U.C. Office. Moreover when studyâ€" ing parking in public streets we found that parking in pub lie streets should be wherever possible on a short term basis. This then brinzs a problem of policing Experience indicates that parking meters are much more effectual than plain signs. Aid Shoppers it Meter‘ The total operating expenâ€" Considering the point of was found that drivers wil He said the association hop es to be able to purchase a small bus to transport the children from their homes # the school and back. | Another point which should perhaps be clarified at this ’time is the one of parking meters on these large off istreet parking lots. Perhaps the word meter has been menâ€" tioned too often. It would | have been more proper to use 'the word â€" charge â€" parking. There are a number of other ways in which fees can be colâ€" lected for parking such as, attendants, gates and merâ€" chant â€" participation. â€" Council | has some months in which to *decide on the best system to use and the extent of the area to be dealt with and undoubtâ€" edly their decision will be inâ€" fluenced by the final plans for !the reâ€"development of the enâ€" | tire downtown area and the | studies which will be made | before any firm decision is _ adopted. ses for the 1958â€"59 school year are expected to be about $23,000. The association reâ€" ceives a provincial â€"governâ€" ment grant of $8,000 and exâ€" pocts to get about $5,000 from the Kinsmen Club, which built the school. Mr. McKelvie said one parâ€" ent considers the school of such a benefit that she drives a child to and from Shakesâ€" neare Elmira children attenq the <school also. ~wh. The byâ€"law ‘to acquire lands at $406,000 for industrial site purposes‘ was given fir:t and second readings by Wiatcrloo Council Monday night. This is the byâ€"law which will enable the construction of the King St. Shopping Centre. At the meeting of Waterâ€" loo‘s Industry and City Deveâ€" lopment Committee Monday night, a letter was received from The Waterloo Manufacâ€" turing Co. Ltd that when the new Shopping Centre mater« islizes the Co. will definitely reâ€"locate in the city. In the letter, it was stated that the firm would probably build a new plant in 1959. Waterloo Mfg. To Stay In City This, Ald. Bauer hopes, wil clarify for the many Waterloo residents, the reasons for paid will have to be made for parkâ€" ing or our two existing free parking areas. areas for this class of parking in erder net to discriminste against some people at the exâ€" pense of others it becomes every day. said the association hopâ€" be able to purchase a it is