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Mayor Jack Mould pointed out that it is a $10,000,000 job to sopn_rnt_er storm and sanitary sewâ€" ers in York and it is being done in stages, Mr. Mould reported that Works Commissioner, Colin Macdonald, defended his sewer policy, saying that work goes on each year to improve sewer faciliâ€" ties in the borough. This year new sewers have been constructâ€" ed in the Humber Blvd. and Egâ€" linton area. Allan _ Mackentie, Trethewey Dr., appeared before Council speaking for people living in the Clearview Heights area who have the same flooding problems. Another petition â€" from re'si~| dents of Rutherford Ave. told of sewage backâ€"up in their baseâ€" ments caused by the heavy rainâ€" fall. They said it was a repetition of last year. Rutherford residents are complaining of human sewâ€" age backing up, bad odours and nauseating smells, This is most unhealthy, they say, and request officials take measures to corâ€" rect these backâ€"ups as speedily as possible. Mr. White presented a petition signed by 75 homeowners living on or near Cobalt, Nickle, Maâ€" honey and Craydon Avenues that demanded _ council _ investigate complaints of flooded basements causing hardship, inconvenience and personal loss in this area. Controller Philip White preâ€" sented council with several petâ€" itions from upset householders and asked the commissioner of works, Colin Macdonald, to come to grips with the situation and construct the necessary storm sewers and catch basin connecâ€" tions on Weston Rd. and Jane St. area north of Eglinton Ave. York Council on Monday was inundated with protests from irate homeowners who have been busy cleaning out their basements after the recent rain storms. Hundreds of flooded basements made life generally miserable for them, since York‘s sewers could not handle the excessive amount of rainfall, The suggestion was made to Metro Council at the same time Metro was granting the Metro chairman a $7,000 salary increase, from $28,000 to $35,000 a year. The Metro chairman has a private office, four secretaries and a chauffeur driven limousine at his disposal. North York Mayor James Serâ€" vice suggested to Metro Council last week that Metro Chairman William Allen should be provided with a helicopter some time in the future. Mayor Jack Mould, a member of the Police Commission, favors a threeâ€"judge tribunal to ensure that there would be no misuse of wireâ€"tapping in the community. North York mayor says Metro chmn. should have a helicopter In a motion to Council, York Alderman Christopher Tonks said that although he was concerned when police used this device inâ€" discriminately, it was an importâ€" ant solution in the fight against crime, He proposed that the decision of when to allow wireâ€"tapping be under the jurisdiction of the proâ€" per authority, such as a judge. York Council has voted in faâ€", Clerk, H. G. Courtman has been | vour of allowing the police to|instructed by Council to advise | use wireâ€"tapping in their investiâ€"| the Police Commission that they} gations. support the resolution requesting In a motion to Council, York| the Attorney General‘s Departâ€"| Alderman Christopher Tonks said| ment to investigate the use of‘ that although he was concerned|wire tap. | York OKs wireâ€"tapping Storm ends, protest begins A fourâ€"year dispute between a private developer and North York has ended in victory for the borough. Goldfan Real Estate Limited will be required to conâ€" struct a 400â€"foot storm sewer on Blue Springs Rd., starting at Fallstaff Ave. This section had been ordered as early as February, 1965, but the developer of the subdivision located there had been granted permission to temporarily use a municipal storm sewer serving the area. He built a temporary hookâ€"up to the Fallstaff sewer, and pleaded for financial assistance from the borough. The cost of the sewer is estimated at $7,700, and Mr. M. Goldman and his company have $6,962 deâ€" posited with North York as security. Property owners refused to help the developer build the new sewer system, and North York, too, decided that it would not help shoulder the cost. North York‘s treasurer recently received a petition’ & signed by enough names to approve construction of| «4 #~ storm sewers and asphalt pavements with curbs on | 25 % Culford Rd. from Falstaff to Highway 401. The localf mik improvement program, with costs shared by residents | iRDIAN on the street, the municipality and Department of| 3N O’v Highways, will start next spring. | dATHL® N. York orders builder to construct new sewer 1978 Weston Rd. _ 241â€"8091 s.°l°o°o INV ENT OR Y AUGUST FUR SALE | _The idea of the helicopter, exâ€" | plained Mr. Service. was to proâ€" vide the Metro chairman with a quick and overall acrial view of [any Metro project within the 720â€" |square mile Metro planning reâ€" gion. It would also be handy for (e\'acuauon in the event of a naâ€" ltiunal emergency. The mayor stated that the Wesâ€" ton Rd. problem can be solved immediately, it being a Metro responsibility as well. Metro will Mr. Service was against the $35,000 salary at the Metro execuâ€" tive debate on the subject but adâ€" mittedly changed his mind in council. He was previously among those who supported a $32,000 salary for the Metro chairman. Council asked that wire tap be used only after an order has been obtained from a judge or, in an emergency, with permission of the chief constable of the Metropoliâ€" tan police department. Council asked that no other member of the police department, or private citizen, be given the right to invade the privacy of any citizen. This was to ensure the maintenance of the rights and privacy of all individuals. MILKY WHITE SEWAGE pours into a storm canal that channels human wastes directly into the Humâ€" ber River during rain storms. A tile manufacturâ€" ing company is situated nearby. During last week‘s flood, water, mixed liberally with human waste, rose more than seven feet in this creek bed and flooded basements of Keele and Lavender homes. For another picture and story, see Page 7. A warning that ghettoâ€" like blocks of group foster homes could create serious problems for lower income areas of North York went Foster homes approved __COUNCIES PLEA TO BOARD: DELAY HOME GRAB DECISION teston Times Ghetto warning doesn‘t fizz aldermen ME MUTTALS PLANL at Denison and Jane was shut down Tuesday beâ€" cause four stationary engineers went on strike for wage parity. They want the same pay as other Metro area third class operating engineers and CUOE Local 101 is supporting their demands. Standing picket duty are Kenneth Hunter, Malcolm MacDonald, Don Rome, Jim Stuart, Charlie McDermott and Les Boda. The plant depends on high pressure boilers operated by the enginâ€" eers. Several hundred returned from their vacations Tuesday morning and were laid off at noon. : 3 THE MOFFATS PLANT at Denison and Jane w P or $80 take home pay but Mr. Pierpoint‘s gross before the strike was $107, At one point in the story, Mrs. Pierpoint was quoted as stating: ‘‘This last year has been ridicuâ€" lous," she insisted. "Frank was bringing home sometimes only $70 or $75 a week. You can‘t make a living on this." While her statement is correct, she in no way meant to imply that average wage at Square D is $70 to $75 a week for a first class assembler said her husâ€" band. It occasionally drops to $75 He was commenting Monday on a story that appeared on this page last week which was about how wives of strikers managed the household budget when their husâ€" bands are on picket duty. Prior to striking the Square D Co. on Industry St. six weeks ago, gross pay averaged $107 a week for Grade 1 assemblers on an incentive job, said Frank Pierâ€" point, viceâ€"president of the plant‘s 380â€"member _ United â€" Electrical Workers local. Clusters of CAS purâ€" chased single family homes could depreciate neighborâ€" ing property values, Booth suggested. The â€" Ontario Housing Corporation is a major house holder in North York and has proven to be a dismal failure beâ€" cause it builds large subâ€" livisions rather than scatâ€" Booth expressed concern with a new bylaw which will permit the Metro Chilâ€" dren‘s Aid Society and Downsview Boy‘s Village to purchase housing practiâ€" cally anywhere they want. Assemblers earned $107 at Square D WESTON, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, AUVGUST 15 The long awaited Expressway to carry the increasing traffic load through the Borough of York came one step nearer to reality on Monday. PLAN OUTLINED Planning Director Peter Allen outlined it to council, and by map showed them, the proposed southâ€" erly extension of Highway 400 from its present terminus at Jane St. and the Mtcdonlld-Cnr- tier Freeway to meet up with the Eglintonâ€"Richview Extension and proposed Crosstown Expressway at Dupont. The Crosstown would cut across the city of Toronto to the Dt_m _Vllhy Expresway. | 1 SERCONE Pop se es Ine RESinotey WOWl York is now demanding thfilCmmwa expressway . to the 400 Highway be constructed| Clair by 1977â€"1980, and from immediately and extend south to Clair to Eglinton by 1980â€"1982. The North York bylaw won‘t permit private foster homes such as Brown Camps Ltd. to operate in the municipality, Controller Gordon Hurlâ€" burt said the idea is to inâ€" tegrate the group foster ‘homes into the community which couldn‘t be achieved by concentrating them in clusters, Board of control had been assured that CAS wouldn‘t be stampeded into making the same mistake Ontario Housing had even if the need for foster homes continues to increase, thel controller added. | Mayor _ James Servicej said he had shared Booth‘s concern until he was assurâ€"] ed that it would defeat the | aims of CAS to locate | homes with parents and six! to eight foster children all' in a row. | York demands speedâ€"up of 400 extension , The Board chairman, Dr. R. J.!pansmn | Christie, â€" was . unavailable . for | five chi | comment Tuesday evening or at| on, 12 | press time Wednesday. | Brenda. fie 000000 00â€"( __| There would be 119 interchan[g):s The Richview Expressway,| af Lawrence Ave., Tretheway Dt., which is the eastern extension of| E8!!Nton. Rlc!g:m Expressway, the new Mighway 403 from Hamâ€"| We‘stonmkold.n. h::da' g".l% ilton, would not be built until the | {OWh. HIO0T) Ri¢ is s oompfergh . t $95 CR Pamn | wily! be aldvated at PrRoJECTED Dates i cssves t ain hy qed \ pressway. It will be depressed Projected dates for construcâ€"| under Eglinton and Tretheway, tion of Highway 400 south of Egâ€"| These will be diamond type inter. linton are as follows: from the| changes. Crosstown expressway to St.| The expressway will cut a 300‘ Clair by 1977â€"1980, and from St.| swath through the 10 acre Keeles CROSSTOWN REQUIRED In 1972 Metro will review the need for the Crosstown Expressâ€" way which the borough of York feels is absolutely necessary to carry the added volume of traf. the Gardner Expressway | Property Committee chairman )Normm Harris said he has no comment on the decision, since ’ho had not had time to review the situation. "A lot of confusion ’ has been generated by the order," i he claimed, "and 1 guess it is now | time to sit down and review it." | A few days before the council meeting Mr. Harris remarked | that this action "was for the best. iWo did everything that was exâ€" : pected of us, as we have in the ’ past." The decision had come at a private meeting several months ago, and at the time he didn‘t know what sort of reactions had 1 i1 f . , asked to:adopt the same policy if comneil is suctessful 1| his would include the Roard of ‘delaymg the board‘s exproâ€"‘ priation plans, it Will mean | â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" |residegtsf get %g to an e:tra] & year elore e wreckers [move in. It woud sko a.! Residents show lcrease chances of homeâ€"| & owners getting a fairer | abOUt IOSIng I)l |deal. Next spring Anornc-yJ | General Arthur Wishart inâ€"| By DELORES SCHEM itgnds to introduce legislaâ€"| George Syme public school was Hon, that will reduce the | musm in 1903. Until recently, it 'haldShlP tfodr people being has been so neglected by the expropriated. ‘ York school board that a sign | Mayor Jack Mould said prohibiting ball playing on the | that the old George Syme | playground is signed by the school is a fire trap and | ‘Township‘ of York. But it is not ‘must be rebuilt. ‘"Don‘t | neglected anymore. give the impression to the| The board has ordered the ax: homeowners that they will | propriation of 42 homes on the be allowed to remain" he \block, on French, Mariposa, and |satd. "The sBock of exproâ€" | Pritchard Avenues. The aecivion ! _ Controller Philip White‘s | resolution appeals to York |Board of Education to withold any further action l on the Jane and Woolner Iarea expropriations until the Ontario Government 'comes forward with new | legislation on expropriaâ€" |tion. A York council stand opposing the expropriation of, 42 homes for George Syme School seems to have caught the school board trustees off guard. No comment‘ on go slow recommendation York Council has decidâ€" ed to go to bat for 42 rate. payers living on French, Pritchard _ and _ Mariposa Avenues, whose homes are up for expropriation to make way for a new George Syme Junior Public School. The 400 will be elévated at Lawrence annd thlo :..lehview Ex pressway. wil depressed under Eglinton and Tretheway, These will be diamond type inter changes. The expressway will cut a 300‘ swath through the 10 acre Keelesâ€" The building of the 400 from the Crosstown to Fred Gardner Expressway is dated from 1982 1987 and construction of the Richâ€" view expressway, from 1982â€"1985, 10 INTERCHANGES There are no recreational fa cilities available for the many children in the area, and she understands that the school exâ€" pansion is necessary. There are five children in her family, Vernâ€" An appraiser appointed by the school board came around to all the houses recently, and assessed their homes. He remarked to the resident of 27 years that she had bought her house very cheaply, "but he forgot that when we bought it my husband was makâ€" ing 40 cents an hour," she argued. Mr. White suggested that all public boards in the borough with | expropriation powers should be | asked to: adopt the same policy. | This would include the Board of She hasn‘t really looked for a new house, and will try to stay where she is for as long as posâ€" sible. "But it doesn‘t matter where you go nowadays, they chase you," she said. She‘s quite sure in her own mind that borâ€" ough officials knew about the expropriation for a long time beâ€" fore the residents received their letter. again." One resident of Mariposa Ave., wwho wished‘to" remain anonyâ€" mous, has lived there 27 years, and raised 14 children. "This is like my home town, like a vilâ€" lage. Everybody knows everyâ€" body else, and they look after the house when you are away. This is a district you like to live Pritchard Avenues. The decision came at a private meeting, with no dissenting voices. By DELORES SCHEM George Syme public school was built in 1903. Until recently, it has been so neglected by the York school board that a sign prohibiting ball playing on the playground is signed by the ‘Township‘ of York. But it is not Controller White also pleaded with council to stop all further home expropriations in the borâ€" ough until the Provincial Govâ€" ernment has reached a decision on the "home for a home" policy. Nevertheless, council requested the mayor to call a meeting of the Joint Use Committee, comâ€" prised of members of council and board of education, to discuss the situation. priation is over and you will only cause another upâ€" set by demanding removal of the expropriation", he warned. Residents show little concern about losing homes for school HOME FOR HOME POLICY and won‘t find one like it Howard, 11. Chris, 8. 7. and Rosie, 3, and she‘s commits bn:ou on m,fi part of the alignment, the department might consider building the Janeâ€"Lawrence mm-!flon&a the industrial area of Black Ci.es Valley to the east of the CNâ€"CP tracks with a diamond interchange at Weston Road. USE THE TRACKS The borough of York is asking Metro to look into the possibility of constructing the highway over the railway rightâ€"ofâ€"way. P Highways will fot extend the 400 "I don‘t know what price they are going to offer me, but it had better be enough," she sighed. But progress, Mrs. Murray feels, is progress, and she is not too greatly upset. But after living in the house for 12 years, it ‘is impossible for her to think of going to live in an apartment. When a family is not available for notification, the expropriaâ€" tion papers are sent to the lawâ€" yers, and she had therefore not been aware of the developments. "There had been rumours the week before we went away, esâ€" pecially at the ratepayers meetâ€" ing. But nothing definite." "The first I knew of the exproâ€" priation as being a fact," said Mrs. A. L. Murray of 69 Pritchâ€" ard, "was when I came home from my vacation and found a copy of the Weston Times in the door." The borough appraiser came to her home, too, but couldn‘t give a price yet. "He asked me to make a list of all the improveâ€" ments we‘ve made while living here. But how can you do that? We have lived here eight years and done so much," she exâ€" plained. 1 have to live." "We‘d been on vacation two weeks when the expropriation papers came, so we thought it would be best if we went back to take care of them," she says. Mrs. Vanderveur comes from the east coast, and wants to go back for a visit very much. But every summer something has happened to disrupt their plans. This year it was the expropriaâ€" tion of their home. She, too, praises the neighbors. "They have been awfully good about the children, and the noise", she remarked. Her husband is a truck driver, and she wants to take the whole family outside the city, where the chances of being expropriated again are somewhat slimmer. "For us an apartment is unâ€" thinkable. The kids are always building something in the yard, a fort or something, and they bring in pets. No wonder kids get into trouble around here, there is nothing to do." aware that they need a place to let loose. Council agreed to ;i;('-lor these reports before making its decision. cause he could see pitfalls in such legislation that could hog tie the council completely. He recommended that the resolution be considered by the Legislative and Property Commission with reports from Planning Board and other Departments to see how it would affect the municipality. Mayor Jack Mould was opposed to this motion as it stood beâ€" He believes the Expropriation Procedure Act has been most unâ€" just to homeowners. Any new act should include necessary moving expenses and cost of expropriâ€" ation, he said, so the expropriâ€" ated parties would be treated fairly, Education and the Public Library Board. r Keelesdale Dr. wou â€" disappear, SINGLE COPIES 10 CENTS EL O WE R s wWerla Widy Belfvary UNJUST LAWS 241â€"6951 2415261