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Y7aavr My mamanur and in ffiRsecfctlisj Highlights Of 63 Civic Progress oration oi the stall we edllteanny notes as some Rally nodes and might shed Gilgmtmlldi mm mm trier show ufiiiius Erwin Ml In tints lbr loads llrd protection and other Municipal controlled by llnance some the residential ior Wain purposes was 749 we have ellcried raving oi emit it in Bar today it employs more than payroll of more than $350000 Ltdirin salsa dollar is man on sext stocked owinuiflincflwni ilg luridf Atllhe llisci the run people with an annual Horothanboperccntmlevery uiactured in the Blrris plan mtth ind an to as open It Procnrlng land ior gm in 19 residential rate ior mm In um my is practical gxrtlnlcipal purposes was arr planning research to iurtirer improve to vice is marked by the hour the Retarded Witer Wriglfomflgfi no the Commercial rate operations in all phases triailst the retailer and the doing splendid work inr union val to Industrial rate or Munng One at the outstanding ad hwseholder doubt but ironies mm at its your my wily purposes tom mills vantage of mun31 gag the contributed much to the new or each Barrie resident Ittend we dd cdnh in loss the Commercial and Comma mvm p01 oi the am ing is small but itll that Industrial rate ior munisdpai idea licct oi radio equipped As citizen and taxpayer stop in the right direction pxmm PM 4000 miles vehicles is ready at all times to at the area Conaumers in rend The ward problem is incrca Vandalism in our parks is When one considers the curbs iuily uporicoced ser oi the part it has played tire sing year by year We eel we problem There are avenues oi paved roads and go on angling no man to the customer any growthoiindustry business and have provided leadership and disagreement as to who is res rclstloashlp these llguru do Nineteen Slatythree has been new impetus 0i approximately tour in work closely with regula where in the Companys servlc the communities at Barrie and shown the way by asking the manic the llnance committee note an outstanding economical the most progressive ycar sinre 09 new commercial and indust tnry bodies and does continuous ed area The value at such sea the Georgian Bay area administration to provide list eve an ctiort should be achievement natural gas was brought to this rial buildings erected In the srea Consumers Gas announclt ed recently Residential commercial and industrial sales have increased considerably company spokesman said The Royal Victoria Hospital Barrie and the Golllngwood General and Marine Hospital have both switched to natural gas along with Pinstomer Can adian Wire Brush Koiruar at Canada unadylct Closures Midland Screw and Gear Blue Mountain Pottery Bayshore Mo tel and the new Bell Telephone building to name only law We are now supplying gas to 52 rcstauranLr churches lit motels and 17 automch laund rrcs Complete electrical and heat ing service irom natural gas is now being achieved at an in dustrlal plant in Toronto For several months the plant operated by George Croihcra Limited has obtalnEd all at rts electricity ior lighting motors and heavy arcwelding irom reciprocating engine powered by Natural Gas This pilot plant introduces to Canada new concept in pNVld ing power ior commercial and industrial installations total energy irom Natural Gas Sirrce Septembcr oi 1058 when Consumers Gas Company brought natural gas in Barrie lhcahnrlal random in theGcor gian tiny area has increased by almost 800 per cent totalling more than 1316 million cubic loci in the year ended Septem ber 30 IBM OVER 3000 in the lourandonelrsii year period the mnnber at gas cost more in the area has grown to well over 3000 and the growin acceptance at the diluent lost is evidenced by the growing number at commercial and in dustrial concerns now using nat ural gas for processinfl building heating and water heating As the hub of the Georgian Bay area natural gas was brought to Barrie first The com munities new serviced include Midland Penctang Elimvale Stayner Collingwmd Angus Al be listen Beeion and also Camp Borden which according to Consumers statistics to equival ant to having town ot popu lation oi 10000 on their natural gas line Since the arrival at natural gas to these communities indus tus Factory Location Service oi trial expansion has been given area since the arrival at nattnai gas 72 use gas as toe Ad ditions to existing buildings during the same period number approximately lid oi which as use natural gas ADVANTAGES llrcre are many advantages to locating industry within the Georgian Bay area not the least of which is the availability of ne tural gas There is malty di verslilcd usage at natural gas in the areas industrial lleid every thing irum potato chips at the Shirriii plant in Allister to the ships at the Colllngwood ship yards All municipalities are natur ally anxious to attract new in dustry to their area The Genre also Bay Development Associa tion in Midland under Mr Ne ville Keele General Manager has worked with Consumers In dustrial Development Depart meat to attract industry to the area This Industrial Develop ment Department also works closely with the individual cem munitics development pro grams Consomers industrial devel opment program based on con tinuing personal service leatun as an international advertising campaign to draw the attention of world markets to the advent age at industry locating in corn munitles such as thosein the Georgian Bay area it also ro cludes iinancial and technical assistance assistance in the pre paration oi brochures signs and his preparation oi industrial PLANT LOCATION Assistance to communities in the lranchisc areas irom anA New York and Chicago retained by Consumers Gas has met with considerable success in plant location The gas distribution syaitirrra installed by Consumers through out Ontario ars designed to the highest standards and codes to carry solely considerably more than the maximum ressure oi gas which It is as nice will required ior any iuttne time Conmnrers ioliows these rig id standards in chains safety and is proud of aslety record better than those of competing fuels The company is deeply concerned about safe operation and has always adopted practic es exceeding any government or industry requirements it is ans Bell Telephone Proceeding Vlilh Modernization Program The past year has been busy one in the telephone industry in Barrie according to it Nel son Bell Telephone manager here Throughout the year Bell and Northern Electric employ ees iravebeen progressing with the program which will give Harrie completeht new tele phone syatcm one of the most modern in the world This spring direct distance or log will be introduced hr Barrie and several other nearby exchanges including Strand Le imy Oro Aiilsion Coekstown and Angus Later In the year Stayner Cotiingwood Wasaga Beach CampBorden Greemore and Everett will joiniha new log number 01 where airlinerthere can dialvthcir two long distancecalla to any one oi more than 90000000 telephones in Canada ii United sum Fer the last ten months Not than Electric craftsmen have been nonnectingmlies of cable and hundreds at thousands at wires in ourncw buildingion Boylield St lhevncw3600000 Crossbar dial eachaugewill be placed into operation tribe aprtngand will completely re place the atefibystep office now use All contraarmband work oi wires cables and poles inpleparation or the spring cutovar With the changeover to the new Crossbar oiiice All Number Calling will become attractive in lefroy Oro and Stroud ANG was introduced in Barrie and Allister in December All Number Ceiling in being adopted gradually by mosttcle phone companies in North Amer icm One of the main reasons is that the useoi seventigure numbers snakes more numbers available than the ictter combination Anoihcrodvantage of the all figure plan is that it hebsre nca errors made through dial ing wrong change name when two round allkc also cuts down confusion between the letter and the sure one similarly between theictter andtlre iigure zero on the dial Last June tolliree calling was introduced for On customers andiiarrie and fiddle tater thrs yearldell pihnrto eliminate long distance charges on corn between Barrie telephone users and those lg Strand Migraine Lelrot Servi uni Ire World