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ihe tribune thwwky september s 566 pjjc 3 gravel trucks not loaded with gold says fleet owner gas tax totals 16 per day per truck ravel trucks rumbling through stouffville are a common sight their numbers have been recorded a heavilyloaded gravel transport grinds to a halt at a main street courtesy walk to permit pedes- al one every three minutes owners must keep their units rolling to meet ihe ever increasing cost of main- irians to cross in safely in spite of reports town police records show that very few truck drivers violate thn tenance wages and government taxation staff photo speed laws in stouffville staff ihoto gravel pits mfamt j ibenetits brougham county assessment commissioner gordon hepditch explained thr system of assessing gravel pits to the pickering township planning board last week but said that he did not think assessment should be a weapon for planning the assessors function is 1o measure the worth of the community said the commissioner the assessment act re quires that you assess ac cording to present use it doesnt matter what the zoning may be this was in reply to a question by c v laycox who asked if operators own a lot of land under agricul tural zoning would there be an increase in assessment because of the a zoning wm011- parckij member floss deakin was o the opinion that if an op erator owned 100 acres even if a small portion was in operation that the whole parcel shouii be zoned quarry mr hepditch believes that a decision set by the late judge john pritchard to assess gravel pit opera tors according to value is not equitable i believe the law should be changed so we can as sess on the amount of mate rial taken out he said i think this would give a bet ter taxing structure mr laycox said that he believed the board had in vited mr hepditch to come on a wild goose chase chairman john irwin said it is very important that your planning board be intelligent when dealing with properties we have an application before us which according to reports is an operational pit and will cause considerable annoy ance to householders tanks hepditch said thai assess ment lucidly outlines cer tain aspects that from con solidated sand and gravel the township receives quite a bit in taxes and yet there are places affected by the nuisance factor 1 feel that assessment should not be used in place of planning he said i feel that pickering town ship is suffering from lack of planning in some areas mrs jean mcpherson re ported that the township had just lost a desireable homeowner because of a gravel pit and asked if gravel pit operators would ever give sufficient return to justify the destruction of roads kxough we have enough of them now she said the economy of the south part of ontario would continued on page 13 truck business big 9 stouffville the next time a loaded gravel truck roars by at 65 miles per hour and sprays your car with sand dont complain too bitter ly thats not gold hes carrying he wishes it was in this area the gravel transport business has become big business but the season is short and the days are getting shorter they have to make trips while the sun shines is talented violinist laura graham of inionville and formerly of placed second in violin competition at the canadian national exhibition markham last week are the owners of wji mighty gravelhaulers mak ing any money are ihe flcef operators squeezing ihe little guy 6ft the road are gaspowered units soon to lie replaced by big iliesel rigs jnn anderson io- retta crescent stnuftviih has asked himself these same questions during the past live years ami experi mented quite successfully in finding he answers taxkil to dkatk in iflfh lie started with i truck an internationa to day ho- has twelve both gas and diescl powered in a single month ins driver payroll exceeds 6000 j n one month his vehicles use 24000 gallons of fuel gas tax alone for a single day totals sir per truck so far this year ho has pur chased 0 tires costing about 0000 add to this the price of general mainte nance major repairs licence insurance and many other miscellaneous expenses and the overhead goes skyhigh lkss tbm pkram exta i diesel units are becoming more popular because they are cheaper to operate they use less than half the fuel and their engine durability is almost twice as long theyre not so temperamen tal lie explained on the other side of the ledger they cost about 5000 more and are about one ton heavier reducing the tolal legal load weight by 2000 pounds to offset this don has purchas ed nine aluminum trailers much lighter than the con- vontional steel kind tri- nxle trailers have been out lawed so to counteract this don has a pup that he hooks onto a tandem unit and together they can haul up to 10 tons koom for utt1k guy although don has expand ed his licet from one to twelve he still feels theres plenty of room on the road for the little guy the driver who owns his own he said that lie had been fortunate in obtaining a competent staff of men but noted that days a one ownerdriver tends to you have to spend mon- treat ins investment with ey to make money don more care he said that joked as lie washed up two there was a current trend hours late for lunch it towards truck leasing and lakes three years to pay for this practice could become a truck and by then its even more popular worn out the anderson fleet hits the so the next time one road at am they usually midges by at 65 give him quit early on fridays to room the ovinet may be avoid weekend traffic kx- owing the bank and that cept in an emergency his dust thats fogging your drivers dont work on satur- view isnt gold more farms wanted large clientele anxious to purchase for commuting to toronto 1 years of reliable service mihorcan dahl jensen ltd real estate ffl highway uniniivillc ax 71777 buy your office supplies at the tribune buttonville a young man who fell asleep at the wheel while driving through union ville was gi ven until sept 30 to pay a 75 fine imposed sept 2 in richmond hill traffic court robert louis peacock oc belle kwart was north bound through union ville on july 2 when his car went off the road at a curve vc john mccague said peacocks car entered the backyard of a house hit a hit another tree tree smashed an old cast ir- peacocks car was totally on bathtub took nut about wrecked and he suffered a too feet of picket fence and broken arm girls rode on trunk markham a charge of earless driving laid by markham village police a- gainst a toronto man was dismissed by magistrate russell pcarse on friday when the motorist said he was unaware that two girls were riding on the trunk of his convertible the auto was slopped by c morris shaw at the in tcrsection of no 7 and no 4ft highway ok repairs to am makes british cars call 2172151 markham motors i8 main north jmarkltnin markham twp police promotion buttonville two promotions have been ap proved and one new employ ee has been hired on the markham township police department at buttonville police chief harvey cox has verified the promotion of john mccague to the rank of sergeant and the swearing in of william sheridan to the position of probationary constable hired as civilian clerk in the buttonville police office is william murphy 18 of chcrrywood sgt mccague a resident of victoria square joined the markham force on sept 1 iff 56 this date is un ique in the fact that it was september 1 iftfifi that his promotion became effective hp is m constable sheridan held the position of civilian clerk since joining the markham department in april 1964 he was sworn into office by justice of the pea co a rch ie ca m pb ell pc sheridan lives at mon golia where you always get a little more supplid by the oshawa wholesale limited supply depot lor progressive independents save 15c sweet treat fancy sliced nr tid bits 20nz tins pineapple 2 59 z size tin save up igas own chicken noodle save paramount sock eye sal mon 57 c prices citcclivc sept 7 8 10 soup mix 5 1 49 save igas kovai first grade butter lb 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