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THE ADVERTISER â€" Thursday, Sept. 12, 1963 â€"â€" Poge 18 Lakeshore Communities Agret Branch and New Toronto agre¢ the municipalities should be amalgamated into of@ political unit, to include part of Etobicoke as far north as the Qu«.mm ‘They pointed out the advanâ€" tages of such a unit: Mayor Hugh Griggs of Mimic® """__)‘ a, in the CASe of AR â€" "This unit would provide| 100 12"f® Ms :‘&““:: stronger support for a oneâ€"fare """“ml."‘ hands. transportation zone; under th¢ of ‘.tlu the “: "“m..- present system suburban resiâ€" mort, m 9 dents must pay two fares to traâ€" mn-: h. more .,, M..‘ vel via TTC into the city, wmle\‘“'“" population, Y Torontonians pay only one Iare»"““‘ a Mayor Don Russell of NeW| Mayor Griggs stated that total Toronte â€" "There would be land |amalgamation would bring about for expansion in the LakeshOr® a tax rise of 20 mills for Lakeâ€" thus keeping taxes down." \shore residents; 10 mills immeâ€" Reeve Len Ford of Ln(‘dia(ely and an additional 10 Branch â€" "This would even out|mills when uniform services are the voting system under 62 HALIBURTON _ 231â€"0751 HOME IMPROVEMENT SERVICE ADDITIONS â€" ALTERATIONS ESTABLISHED 1946 By JOHN McMILLAN Kitchens, Recreation Rooms, Garages All Trades Covered FREE ESTIMATES â€" WORK GUARANTEED PERSONALIZED SERVICE Planning & Designing Service Available TO BEAUTIFY YOUR FRED BROWN and GARDEN CENTRE PLANT CANADIAN GROWN EVERGREENS PINEHAVEN NURSERIES & GARDEN CENTRE It ADDS DOLLARS and MAKES SENSE HOME . .. PINEHAVEN NURSERIES MIMICO PLYWOOD & TILE SPECIAL 36 X 96" OFFER _ ARBORITE PANELS R. D. ALLISON COMPLETE GARDENING NEEDS ... INDOOR PLANTS AND PLANTERS _ FERTILIZERS COCOAâ€"BEAN SHELLS PEAT MOSS GARDENING TOOLS ROSE COLLARS CHRISTMAS PLANTS (in Dec.) 371 Royal York Rd. _ CL 1â€"9412 ARBORITE CUT TO SIZE There Is Nothing Gained In Total Amalgamation HOME IMPROVEMENTS Visit our nursery and see for yourself our freshly dug evergreens, all comâ€" petitively priced and clearly marked. Our FALL CROP is exceedingly lush and beautiful. Look them over and select your own or we will be glad to assist. SEED AND FEED YOUR LAWN NOW. A lawn looked after now is better able to withstand freezing temperatures and one that will be in prime shape for an early start next spring. PLANT MUMS NOW PLANT MUMS NOW â€" They make a riot of colour for Fall show (Only $5.00 for six big plants.) Alterations & Repairs WE CARRY VENEER Home & Industry the '.Av.n-‘,...um'l:.-u is ROY the . 2n8 of Mimice "When a §Overnment w‘ id mvm.g.nmhhfil.-dlm a oneâ€"fare “‘h"'“.‘.,. ...‘.' “Plhrth“.“ under Lhfl[‘ mm. bcnresl'}m' hrrhduolm ‘*| Eovernment the‘ more it spends 47§% UPPER MIDDLE RD. â€" COOKSVILLE which, SEED AND FEED YOUR LAWN to a tax rise of 20 mills for Lakeâ€" shore residents;: 10 mills immeâ€" diately and an additional 10 mills when uniform services are installed throughout Metro ~â€" at present, Long MNMTCC LPMP 10,000) and North York (pop #15,000) each have OR vote OM i L624 woas k2 ©Oc T. o & Metro Council Yét it would be wnall enough to #iÂ¥e due attenâ€" n to the people." All three agreed that an amaiâ€" uoc Prrome is Int 40: BE 1â€"1371 $q. Ft. increas three y "Mun |thc sp< | creased \“and m control run un He « | Toronte | proved | 000 un }!eucher "Und EVERGREENS HOLLAND BULBS ROSES TREES SHRUBS HEDGING MUMS and all without an improvement in services. Earlier this year, Premier John Robarts announced the appointâ€" t present briefs to Mr. Goldenâ€" berg must notify him before the end of September and have the briefs in his hands before Januâ€" ary 31, 1964, in order that the report may be completed during |\ e How much will it improve \the service the community supâ€" }‘ plies me? \~ a Will amairamation rive me the "Our municipal authorities must wake up and explain to the taxpayer why urulgupauon is not a satisfactory solution to the problems facing Metro," said Gus Edwards of Mimico who is preparing a separate brief. If they cannot come up wWith a satisfactory answer then suburâ€" ban taxpayers can expect a large increase in taxes over the next three years, he adds. "Municipal authorities are on the spot because they favor inâ€" creased expenditures," he said, "and no form of government can control taxation if expenditures run unbridled." He cited the case where the Toronto Board of Education apâ€" proved construction of a $95,â€" 000 underground parking lot for teachers at a Toronto school. "Under these circumstances," he said, "I‘m not in a ‘Keep quiet and pay your taxes‘ frame of mind." In November 1962, The Adverâ€" tiser carried a special series reâ€" garding the future of the Metro suburbs if amalgamation took place. In the series readers were requested to ask themselves three _ e How much will it cost or save me? In brief reports add up to a ‘u-anendmu hike in taxes. Serâ€" vices would be greater in an armaigamation because no area would expect anything less than \is enjoyed in the downtown reâ€" e Will amaigamation give me a better form of govenment? ‘The answers to these questions can be found in two reports selâ€" dom quoted by Toronto politiâ€" cians: The Gathercole report written by the Ontario departâ€" ment of economics under former ’deputy minister George Gatherâ€" cole; the second report was preâ€" pared by Metro department 1]1«6. for the special committee of Metro Council on metropoliâ€" \tan affairs. Membership in the amalgaâ€" mated council chamber would be large and members, because of the huge areas they will be reâ€" presenting, will need to make the position their full time job. In 1960 the average salary for an elected representative for both Metro and local council work was $4,000. A boost in yc C Ce oo Mond-y to Friday Evenings to 8:30 p.m. se 2220 Open Daily ‘ti1 5 _ _ Mhng:i,z T "-' .‘A"m intending salaries would be necessary. The Metro râ€"port stated it Was ‘at least questionable whether even fullâ€"time counciliors would become as familiar with local problems &s are the fresent local representatives. e Amaigamation will cost more money; Long Branch resiâ€" dents could expect a $70 hike in their taxes; $100 in Swansea; $95 in Mimico; $100 in New Toronto and about $95 in Etobicoke. e Service would improve slightly in transportation with the adoption of a oneâ€"fare ride THIS ISN‘T A JAPANESE temple but a United Church in Thistletown designed by the firm of Dunlop Wardell Matsui & Aitken of Etobicoke. Architects have considerable freedom when designing churches with the current trend to break away from the "sterâ€" PHILIPS BRINGS THE FINAL TOUCH TO BETTER LIVING takes the time to build the best BE 3 â€"5§ 311 THE BRIARWOOD _ Attractive contemporary ; cabinet design includes sliding All wood construction. Swedish Walnut, Light Walnut, Soft panels to cover grill cloth. 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Speech music switch. Monitronic circuit stabilizer & visimatic picture lock. on the TTC, but the cost would be staggering since all improve» ments will be in a lump sum in extra taxes across the board. whether it will give better gov« ernment, At the moment th¢ twoâ€"level system IS giving good government. Metro came into being becaust it answered a desperate ne0esâ€" The communities of Metropoliâ€" tan Toronto are not desperate now. © Only experience with af THE ARTISAN 3866 BLOOR STREET WEST (Just West of Kipling Ave.) ile" era after the late ‘40‘s and early 50‘s. The firm has designed churches in gromp- ton and Scarborough besides Etobicoke. This particular church was mot designed by Mr. Matsui. \Tho Average Asking Price For A New Home Is $20,811 ,000 ..".“l.':‘hl-:a: SAy % P&'d;\.wsmon Estate Board, "In fast the)|fron day is rapidly approaching when | 500. tha avara®s aviaa af new houses! T "*Â¥You can‘t haraly get them mo proved for construction in Meâ€" more‘ . . , mRew houses in Méâ€"|tro‘s three largest suburbs â€"= ‘toronte for less than\North York, Scarborough and :l“w-l.'.'hl-mm-â€"mufim tive of The Toront>\months of this were selling Estate Board, "In fast the|from between m,‘m and $22,â€" &hnmmmmo. m. " cv-raar'u‘.muu- The survey reveals that 15 per sold in Métro will be a l6t more cent of the houses, for which than $20,000," Telford adds. permits were issued, were in the ‘Telford was referring to a Torâ€"|$22,500 to $30,000 price range, onto Real Estite Board survey|while 4 per cent of the houses the average prite of new housts sold in Métro will be a 16t more than $20,000," Telford adds. ‘Telford was referring to a Torâ€" onto Real Estite Board survey which shows that only nine per gent ‘of the homes currently unâ€" der construction in ‘Toronto‘s suburbs, including semiâ€"detachâ€" ed dwellings, will be priced at less than $16,000. 72 per cent of the singleâ€"family dwellings apâ€" PHILIPS A striking combination of furniture crafted cabinetry & matching all wood Walnut table, cabinet of walnut finish, memomatic preâ€"set fine tuning. Monitronic circuit stabilizer. Illuminated channel indicator. Two year picture tube guarâ€" antée. | _ Telford said: "Land developers ‘and speculators purchased large \tracts of farmland on the fringes ‘of the exploding city in anticiâ€" ‘pation of a continuing or evep | greater demand situation. It is ‘because this land was held off ‘the market in speculation that 1the cost of the average house {building lot in Metro, with a frontage of 40 or 50 feet, has tripled from $2,000 to $6,000 in \the short period of ten years. By comparison lot prices across , Canada have doubled from an ‘average of $1,278 in 1953 to $2,535 last year. Average prices \paid for lots in other Canadian ‘cenuu were: Halifax, $2,036; IMontrcn, $2,035; Winnipeg, \$2,831; Regina, $1,928; Edmonâ€" |ton, $3,118 and Vancouver, 1$3,572." ooows on EV ORA em on c were listed at over $30,000. The lwn&;‘prk‘ of all new houses, includ "sgomis‘ was $20,811, according to the survey. _ Why has the average price Of a new house in Metro jumped from $15,000 in 1{}3 to more than $20,000 this year? "Apart from the decline in value of the dollar and inflation," Telford exâ€" plained, "the main reason has been soaring land costs brought about by demand for housing. This demand was activated in the peak years of immigration and family formation between 1951 and the end of 1957 when 1,238,000 persons fr o m abroad settled in Canada." Yâ€":"I't_vjust doesn‘t pay to build a lowâ€"priced house on a highâ€" priced lot. The rule of thumb oo 1964 THE BLYTHDALE in the first five| , ;. ., were selling of the h« Pitee PME s onl d " e provemer reveals that lfihm ample, Wi iouses, for which|in mater ssued, were in the|home on ,000 ‘price range,| "In Of ent of the houses| housing. THE MONZA calculation that Realtors apply allows for lot prices to account for omeâ€"third of the selling price of the home. In other words, it woeuld constitute an underimâ€" provement if a builder, for exâ€" ample, were to invest only $8,000 in material and labor to Put a home on a $10,000 lot." "In order to procide low cost housing for owners ip, are swingir; towards conâ€" struction of semiâ€"detached (two ;'mr d;xfijnn]l; d{cllhn apâ€" "The challenge of providing lower priced houses for ownerâ€" ship may be in the application of the condominium principle, ‘The Toronto Real Estate Board proved for construc‘‘~~ l first five months of this was semiâ€"detached." is in favor of condominia, Legisâ€" lation is needed which would enâ€" courage â€" the â€" construction â€" of multiâ€"unit structures â€" perhaps three, four, six or even 12 houses EHTNCRY on an en en on e en attached it a row â€" to reduce land costs per unit. The idea then is for each family to own its own home, even if it isn‘t deâ€" tached." Village Buys 60 Year Old Brampton Club The beautifully landscaped Brampton Country Club is planâ€" ned to be the nucleus for ultraâ€" modern recreational facilities for the convenience of Peel Villagers â€" this includes curling, golfing, bowling, swimming, tennis, etc. Parklands, dining room, club room will all be within easy walking distance, even for chilâ€" dren, of any home in Peel Vilâ€" lage BE 3 .:2141 This is evic ced in staâ€" â€"Shakerley Marmion. construct‘~~ in the