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Letitia lgleights An idea that caught on The people at Letitia Heights Development Ltd knew they had good thing in their Barrie subdivision but even they ad mit surprise with the way it has caught on Were far ahead from what we expected at this point in time We originally expected that it would be five or six year program for over 1100 units Now it looks like it will be closer to threeyear pro gram observed vice president Jeff Madden Letitia Heights recently celebrated its first anniver sary The six model homes that introduced the subdivision were offically opened Nov 20 1976 The first occupants moved in during March Now over 300 families have taken up residence in the com munity with others moving in daily The residents have succeeded in molding strong sense of community in just one year Madden notes would sa that even now there probably isnt such For industry place in Barrie with the com munity feeling of the people of Letitia Heights Letitia Heights Development Ltd purchased the 228acre tract of land in June 1972 Mad den said The subdivision plan was registered in December 1976 Eight builders have bought lots and erected homes in the subdivision Madden said Letitia Heights Development Ltd oversees the general layout and services of the corn munity and gives architectural approval to the homes proposed by the builders Letitia Heights will eventual 1y consist of 1154 units ac cording to the registered plan Madden says 75 per cent of the homes constructed to date have been sold Builders have already bought about 800 lots The base price is $39000 with most present homes in the $39000 to $60000 range The development company is in the process of opening up section of the property for the sale of custom lots on which custom homes valued at upwards of $100000 will likely be con structed Madden said Therell be complete spec trum $39000 to $120000 homes in the same communi ty The diversity of home designs is one of Letitias attractions according to Madden Included are linked street townhouses townhouses tied to carports townhouses with an under ground connection single fami ly homes on 40foot lots ne of the reasons we wanted different builders is to create variety of architec turalstylcs Its community with im agination There are so many firsts for the city of Barrie in that subdivision City council and planning board have been instrumental in making it so he added This year weve had splendid planning board and council Theyve been receptive to new ideas they have listened and tried new ideas alongwithus Tax incentives needed JEFF MADDEN TORONTO CP Richard Thomson president and chief executive officer of To ronto Dominion Bank called this week for $1 billion in tax incentives to industry to create jobs Thomson told the banks an nual meeting of shareholders at packed downtown theatre that tax incentives from both federal and provincial govern ments should apply specifically to manufacturing The objective should be to increase Canadian content in business notes Canadian car sales expected to increase HAMILTON CP Donald McPherson president of General Motors of Canada Ltd predicted Wednesday that deliveries of Canadian cars and trucks will increase by more than five per cent in 1978 McPherson told meeting sponsored by the Hamilton and District Chamber of Commerce that realdollar sales of Canadian motor vehicles should increase four or 45 per cent cessfu Opermons Pégngiriri vtith our expectations for real growth in the He said the aim Show he The last three years have seen record sales for automotive Swirl lwll nyew rim ll dealers in Canada as deliveries in the 1977 model year ex gfnmod ceeded one million for the first time he said 61W force incentives that would We believe our employment and the use of our facilities will be supported not only by good Canadian market but also by strong market in the United States McPherson said He said General Motors was in favor of the lifting of anti inflation controls by the Canadian government mean dramatic change in public policy Thomson said one method of supplying incentive may be to increase the use of investment tax credits governments might try valueradded tax to replace the current sales and corporate tax on manufac turers Plan copper cuts JAKARTA Reuter Zambia Zaire and Peru said Wed nesday they will go ahead with planned reductions in copper production despite refusal by Chile the worlds leading copper exporter to take similar action Demand for copper in the industrial world has stagnated while output is growing at an estimated five per cent year Insurance sales up MONTREAL CP The Standard Life Assurance Co re ports total life insurance sales of $3936 million for the year ended Nov 15 up from $3468 million for the corresponding period last year Payments to policy holders and beneficiaries were $123 million 249 per cent from $98 million in 1976 Assets rose to $174 illion as of Nov 15 from $146 billion last year Plans new stores TORONTO CP Peoples Department Stores Ltd of Montreal said Tuesday it plans to open 17 stores next year 10 under the name of Marks and Spencer Ltd British clothing and food retailer Peoples is controlled by Marks and Spencer which last week announced it was closing 14 stores in Ontario eliminating 172 jobs Seven of the new stores will be in the name of the DAllaird fashion chain subsidiary Salary higher MONTREAL CP Quebec engineers with an annual average salary of $25702 earn slightly more than ntano en giners with an average of $24837 says the fourth annual survey of the Order of Engineers of Quebec The survey based on replies from 5697 engineers and from 341 em ployers of engineers shows salaries rose by 115 per cent in 1977 from $23315 last year Highest paid specializations are mining engineers at an average of $28633 civil at $27229 and chemical at $25915 MONTREAL CF Farm cash receipts will likely be down from 1976 despite gener ally good harvests and im provement on the livestock and poultry side says the Bank of Montreals December Business Review Receipts were five per cent below 1976 for the first nine months of the year and 1976 receipts were lower than in 1975 the review said Russia and China are back in the world grain markets and grain prices are expected to firm up somewhat in 1978 or at least not drop as sharply as they did in the last two years The review concluded that despite some possible problems in the egg sector and con tinued deterioration in the dairy situation it would appear that farmers can look forward to return to more favorable 4M vesteer lit Curt Engelke RR Midhuriit correctly identified last weeks entry as 1970 Mercury Cougar Eliminator His choice won him $10 gift certificate at Brass and Glenn Ltd on Dunlop Street if you can identify this weeks entry send your name address and telephone number to Wheels of Yesteryear The Examiner Box 870 Barrie 14M 4T6 The socalled valueaddcd tax is method of encouraging manufacturers to increase nadian content in the products they produce by importing fewer components Earlier the bank reported afv tertax profits of $100 million for last year an increase of 85 per cent from the 1976 fiscal year It opened record 50 new bank branches last year and now has 981 As at the lill two annual meetings spokesmen for thc Anglican thurcii of tanada criticiml the bank for making loans to South Africa which they described as racist coun try Wllll its policy ol apartheid iiix lctci llamill an Alltlll can priest read letter from Sheila onntll of London lint asking the bank to Justify its policy Mrs toiiiicll 10 of hi prcsidcnt of the Iiiivcrsity of Western Ontario was unablt to attend because of snowstorm lhomson replied by saying we do not takc part in Millltltl actions in other countries llc said the bank believes it is on marketing situation if weather conditions are favorable Although fruit and vegctablc growers had larger crops this year than last production for most fruit crops were still be low 1975 levels except for strong increase in strawberry production to 20000 metric tons long tons up 95 per cent from last year and 20 per cent from 75 to create more jobs couraging economic expansion by investing in other countries lEAIlATItN HELPS Completing his first year as chief executive officer Thom son said the current low value of the Canadian dollar in terms of US funds should be sub stantial encouragement for the development of Canadian in dustry anada had made consider able progress in easing its eco nomic problems he said refer ring to lowcr inflation rate llltttltlulltill in wage increases and the dollar devaluation which has helped exports lhc biggest problem Canada factk is the rise in its foreign trade dclicit in ltnishcd iiianii tacturcd goods now running about $11 billion year he said lhat is cutiivalcnt to about 200000 inanutzicturtng jobs which ill turn is cquzd to about two ftill pcrccntagc points off the national unemployment rate luo iicucoincrs were elected to the board of directors Frid crick llnton cliaiririaii ol Eaton and William Elliott ltcgina li1tl Farm cash receipts expected to be lower Iattlc farmers ixpcrienccd an improved costprice pert formancc due to lower feed grain after two years of being caught iii iiicizc between rising lccd costs and tumbling meat prices ltisiiig prices and falling do mand Ullllllllt to chartictirilc thc dairy products sector whori rising prices have been trend since 1071i Company working an 20year plan HAMILTON IPi William Stewart president of Union Gas Ltd said his company is working on 20 car plan to en sure the Hami tonWentworth area has adequate facilities to supply natural gas to present and future customers This means we will he lay ing 1500 miles of new pipe he told conference on the econ omy sponsored by the Hamilton and District Chamber of Zom merce He said the additional pipe will enable Union Gas to serve 65000 new homes and busi nesses The company will spend more than $6 million on capital expansion and improvements Stewart also said energy users can expect to pay in creased prices In the case of oil and natural gas the next increase at the OTTAWA CP Coal pro duction in Canada rose to record 281 million tons in 1976 up from 253 million year ear lier the federal energy depart ment says in an assessment of the countrys coal reserves But despite the rise in production domestic coal was still three million tons short of meeting demand of 311 million tons The report said imports of wholesale level has already been set for Jan with fur tlicr increase probably in July licsaid These increases will have to be passed on to the customers although there will be delay of month or two in doing so Burton president of Simpsons 1111 said consumer attitudes are at their lowest levels of the 19705 and will require government and com munity encouragment to help stimulate the economy Douglas Marrs president of Westinghouse Canada Ltd said he felt the worst of depressing economic en vironment in Canada was over Marrs said Westinghouse would make strong bid to sup ply gas ttirbiiics for proposed Alaska pipeline project Coal production rose to 281 million tons coal from the United States most of its used by the steel mills in Ontario rose to 161 million tons from 158 million Exports mosly to Japan rose to 13 million tons from 114 mil lion The report said demand for coal is expected to triple in the next decade much of it to meet rising requirements for fuel to fire electrical generating sta tions Panel operator Frank Spruin pushes button on the brew house control panel at Molsoiis Brewery to let water into the hardest hit by By ltlt HARD lilNSl lixaiiiinir Staff Reporter Major tltl ustis among llarrit llltlllFllltb arc looking at an iiicrcasc of better tiitii 120 per cent in lltxl ycars water bills following Public Utilities Ioiaiiiiissioii decision to pro motewallrconservation Next years rules will givc fewer breaks to large water urcrs All tuttir tisol after the first 1500 cubic feet each month will be billed at single IliltI Turiciit llt cut the pll per too cubic feet after the first 1500 cubic feet again after the next 8500 and ycat again after the next 50000 The figures are based on the monthly billing period iised for major water consumers Household users are billed tvciy tvo months and the cutoff points for rate changes artdifferent As result ol thc change in dustrics using hundred of thousands of cubic feet pii tnonth will pzty for lltISl of it at 85 cents ptt 100 cubic folt next yctir instead of the current rate of 20 cents for all water used after months first 00000 cubic feet lt lililIIlANNlNG tarric Tanning for example uses 150000 to 200000 gallons of water day according to presi ltlll Bert Took That works out to monthly minimum of motion cubic feet in round figures there are 623 imperial gallons to the cubic foot At this years iatcs that much water costs $1252 00 At 1978 rates designed to give less 01 discount for large volumes ciist will be $108300 343101 cciit Jump Ilikc all industries and homes with city sewer service Barrie Tanning will actually have to pay double its water bill the other half goes to City Hall to pay for capital costs of sewers and sewage treatment However the percentage iii cicasc remains the same as for llll water bill alone ltsjttst another one of those increases that youve got to ac cept says Cook Wcre not going to stop producing But the firm is not likely to Water conservation not crisis The Harrie Public Utilities Commissions drive to promote water conservation doesnt mean the city is about to run out says Roger Tomlinson water suiwrintendcnt for the PUC Tomlinson says wattr pro duction within existing city boundaries could be roughly doubled entirely apart from additional water which may be available in areas scheduled for annexation What the PUC is after says Tomlinson is normal reasonable conservation measures Its hardly crisis situa tion he says At present he says the lUCs 10 wells produce an average of million gallons day with peak days around million Fuller use of existing wells and addition of perhaps two more could bring the overall average to 10 million gallons says Tomlinson enough for city of 60000 to 70000 com pared to the current population of 35000 However such population might bring some problems at peak periods Tomlinson says Ground water consultants have estimated the amount of water which can be supplied from sources beneath the existing ci ty theyre strictly guess ing says Tomlinson at 18 million gallons in one day if that estimate is correct peak pumping at double the 10 situatio ROGER IOMLINSON million gallon average would be impossible and some period restrictions coulme necwsary If the day ever comes when the PUC cannot fulfil Barries needs with ground water says Tomlinson it will mean using Kcmpentelt Bay as water source That step could mean building water treatment plant costing as much as $5 million However says Tomlinson such step is way dowrt the road brewing operation Molsons one of Barrics iargest litlT consumers uses an average of 12 gallons of water for suer gallon of beer produced Examiner Photo Major users of conserve much more watcr as result of the new rates either says Cook in recent years con servation has already brought water use down from 2503101 gallons day and there isnt room for much more improve ment Weve already done every thing we can to cut water use he says BIGGER WATER USER An even bigger water user is Molsons Brewery which plant engineer Walter Harley says buys 12 million to 19 million cubic feet of water month from the PUC Taking the lower monthly figure the new rates mean Molsons bill would jump from $312860 this year to $1202 next year hike of 34 per cent Because about 35 per Cent of Molsons water comes from the firms own private well says chief stationary engineer Byron Roberts the sewer rate is bas ed on complicated metering system rather than on straight doubling of the PUC water bill Using total water and sewage volumes projected for the cur rent fiscal year Roberts prefers not to make them public the new rates would mean an addition of more than $40000 to the brewerys animal water and sewage costs However Molsons will save some of that increase starting in about month then new 150000gallon reservoir will make it possible for the brewery to use well water more extensively The new reservoir says Harley will mean the brewery can store water from the well at night when water use is low and use it in the daytime The reservoir is actually iii tended primarily as fire safe ty measure he says but will also permit enough cutback in PUC water use to save the brewery an estimated $10000 year on water The cost increase says general manager John Piesley is not critical but its certain ly an added cost MANSFIELDDENMAN At MansfieldDenman Gen eral monthly water use totals run in the 38 million cubic foot neighborhood says lant manager Bruce Campbel But the tire firm has an ace up its sleeve private well in operation since last year which BRUCE CAMPBELL provides about twothirds of the water the plant needs for equip ment cooling and other uses Even so says Campbell the new rates will mean an extra cost at teal 615000 year in cluding sewer charges to the plant Well be looking further at moving other things off the city well Campbell says For example he says com pressor cooling in the plant is currently done with city water Early next year the firm hopes to switch that operation to well water meaning 140000 gallons or about 22000 cubic feetI of water the plant wont have to buy from the city cach tlay Thats daily saving of about $77 The rate increase does make everyone aware that we have to be more efficient says Cam bell Water is something we take for granted but it isnt something you really can when youre in manufactur ing Bob Hollywood liaiiies in dustrial commissioner says the new PUC rates are not like ly to cause problems to the ty either in keeping prcseiit in dustries or in attrarting new ones Compared to water rates in similar Ontario cities he says were not at the top and were not at the bottom cant see it causing an iii dustry to leave us he says of the new rate structure And there is only an outside chance that any prospective new in dustry would be kept away by the new rates Hollywood says New transportation HALIFAX tCPi By the year 2000 people and gmds may be moving between large heavily populated centres at up to 500 kilometres an hour on new ground transportation sys tem competitive with air and auto transit says Dalhousie University professor The means of conveyance would be traitrlikc Vehicle with no wheels and no friction to slow it says Paul Huber an economist The thiicle voiid instead travel above traclt supported by magnetic lrvitri lion and powered by tiltitritol linen motors