No Control By City Over Poor Housing Oshawa is stuck with sub- standard housing because there are no city bylaws which call for even the minimum in up- keep -- a situation which the Board of Health, local resi- dents and at least one alderman will soon bring before council. A petition calling for a decent standard of housing was sign- ed last week by residents of Nassau st. -- a street where conditions are bad. CRUMBLING WALLS A six-unit row of houses be- side the Oshawa Creek flats has no central heating, crum- bling interior walls, no heavy wiring, no hot water, no show- ers and only one bath. Alderman Mrs. Christine Thomas is fighting for a hous- ing bylaw which would rid the city of such properties. "T know that row of houses well," she said, "When I sat on the Board of Health we con- stantly urged the landlord to BACKYARD VIEW OF NASSAU ST. PROPERTY good walls, good foundations," he said "The city can't con- demn them. People have got to live someplace. Where else can you find a six-room house for $60 a month?" 'asked Mr. Collis. : "The place isn't as bad as all that. The tenants don't com- plain abeut the houses, it's the neighbors who do," said Mr. Collis. One of the neighbors is Mrs, |Frances Gallagher who lives jacross the street from the row | houses. Five years ago she spearheaded a petition to coun- cil asking that the houses be demolished, The petition resulted in coun- cil forcing minor repairs to the property -- and nothing else. "Oh, that is an awful place," said Mrs, Gallagher. "I can remember when the Board of Health had to get rid of bed bugs, rats and other vermin improve conditions there. He that infested the place. "T've lived here for 20 years would do the minimum re-|and it has always been 'the quired and nothing more." The frame and _insul-brick |same -- an alcoholic dive. I don't' know why we have to iia ia ck x pa bt aii FLUE LEADS FROM BEDROOM TO NO STOVE MRS. BETTY LANDRY STARTS CLEAN-UP IN NEW HOME "The bylaw in Ottawa says that each. building must be structurally sound, be kept clean and vermin free; have a kitchen sink, toilet, a wash basin and a tub or shower. 'Also a heating system which) would maintain a minimum 68 degree temperature in all rooms; have adequate electrical wiring and be well lighted and lventilated, among other |things,"" said Mrs, Thomas. 'HANDS TIED' Dr. J. E. Watts, supervisor of environmental sanitation for the city, said today that his hands are tied when it comes to ridding Oshawa of sub- standard housing. 'We .can condemn a house under the Public Health Act when things are really bad -- but that is 'really hard to do. "Oshawa has no bylaw which regulates housing standards which is why the Board of Health has approved a bylaw which will come before Council next month." Dr. Watts said |that the proposed bylaw is} houses were bought for a total| nay $200 a year in taxes and|comparable with the Ottawa| of $7,000 ten years ago by local) yet have to live opposite -a| bylaw. furniture store owner Collis, and his son Maurice. Max building like that," she said. | Captain William Murray of|had been started, control of pol- Mrs. Thomas said today that|the Oshawa Fire Department) lution had been inaugurated, a "There is nothing wrong with) the Nassau st. property is only|also said that there are no|trunk sewer program had been the houses," said Max Collis) one of many she would like to|local hylaws which regulate! yesterday. 'The rent is only jsee the city do something fire hazards. '"'We can investi- Whitby Town $60 a month but if they were fixed up they would be worth $100 a month." trouble is that) gate any fire hazard reported) sub-standard|to use under authority granted) about. 'The most of these "WOULDN'T LIVE THERE' "T wouldn't live in one of them," he said. "It is a good solid building, we have fixed up the roof and eaves-troughs and a jot of things. The odd room _ needs) them but do standards housing wallpaper to the tenant wh0/for the city. wants to hang it." Mr. Collis said that one of the difficulties in making re- pairs was the rent collection problem. "Lots of people mov- Crumbling Walls A Fact houses are owned by people|by the Ontario Fire Marshal's with money who can well afford! Act. | to__rehabilitate not." A decent bylaw for Oshawa is sought by Mrs, Thomas who cites bylaws PGS'now in force in Toronto, Otta- wallpaper and I would givelwa and Windsor as examples! The newest resident at the| Nassau st. property is Mrs. Betty Landry and her two chil- dren who moved in yesterday. Her sister-in-law, - Mrs. -Fer-) nande Desroches, next door said: 'It will take us} days to scrub the place clean," /She prize" will go to her oldest boy who is trying examinations for a hunting licence this fall. who lives!pimes' Fix The Mix-up contest razor goes to Mrs. TWO LADS FACE CAR THEFT COUNT Two Peterborough youths have been charged with car theft following the discovery of a stolen Oshawa car. The car belongs to Wil- liam Anderson, of Chaucer st. It was stolen from out- side his home. The charged youths are William Brooks, 16, RR 3, Peterborough and James Young, 18, also of RR 3, Peterborough. The pair will appear in Oshawa Court, Engineer Quits WHITBY (Staff) -- The resig- nation of William O. McBride as town engineer was accepted Monday night at a special meet- ing of the Whitby Town Council. The resignation is effective Sept. 27. Mr. McBride tendered his re- signation to accept the position of maintenance engineer at Osh- awa. A graduate of the Faculty of Applied Science, University of Toronto, he held the Whitby position for 24% years. In his letter of resignation Mr. M¢Bride praised the co-op- eration and assistance he re- ceived from town council. He noted that during his term of office a sanitary sewer program started, an air-borne survey of| the town undertaken and the} Times' Prize Timely: Winner entries' in The} Twenty-three (series 2) have won Mrs. Ray Pleau, 200 Bond e., a .22 rifle. said today the "timely electric Neil Mal- The second prize ing in there can't afford . pay pa rent and move out later with a Of R d if { T . St couple of month's rent owing. | e I e 00: arr wwaar are pf nll with! "One of the lasting impres- } on le jsions I gained was that the jyoung people of the USSR are More Property For Creek Road So said Michael Starr, MP,|questioned by members of the |getting impatient. They want|walls are already some of the things now that \have been promised to them for Beacon Homes. Ltd., havejwho was a member of the Ca-|delegation, Russian officials said) been offered $30,000 for three/nadian parliamentary delegation|the demand was so great they) Ansley ct., lots which council|which spent three weeks tour-|had to rush construction, They believes will be required for the|ing the USSR, the Ukraine and|@dmitted they had much to Creek Valley Expressway. Czechoslovakia this summer, injlearn about construction from The cost will be charged tolan address Monday to the Ro-|the capitalist world. the Civic Property Development itary Club of Oshawa. "Peace and co-existence was a wig stati es Starr, - ray club|the main theme of the addresses Souncil agree o re ish!member, sai e ussians : ' j; REY the fund next year with $30,-|plant things and build factories of wescome 'bs a ces coulis. A city," Mr. Starr said. | of apartments buildings are be- 000 levied in taxes. The fundjbut never mainiained them) was started this year with a .5|Broken glass in windows is not/POOR CROPS mill tax levy ($128,000) plus pro-jreplaced and the grass on boule-| "It was evident ceeds from city land sales, Oth-|vards in the cities is not cut. er reserve funds, including the! Recently erected factories lack of co-operation by those| east end fire hall reserve, were/are not. maintained and look}who work on the collective! transferred to the Civic Prop-jyears older than they actually farms. The corn crop in partic-| erty Development Fund. are. \ 'ular is a complete failure." -- that the crops are poor this year due to) colm, RR 1, Burketon. Marjorie prize. All entries is published in today's Times, Bike-Car Crash 'Lad, 14, Injured A l4-year-old youth was taken to Oshawa General Hospital with broken collar- bone yesterday after his bi- cycle had been in collision with a car on Alexandra st. Bruce Harper, of 61 Brock st. e., apparently rode the bicycle into path of a car driven by Joseph Tomsic sie, of 255 Athol st. e. \Thilideau, 250 Taunton rd. w., In Moscow a large number|wins a tape recorder as third ing erected, Their prefabricated) Don't despair if you haven't crumbling.|won 'a prize. Materials are poor and the con-|saved for the final series whose struction teehniques not up to/winner will get a trip for two to years. those in North America. When|Nassau, Bahamas. Third series are Ohe Oshawa Cimes OSHAWA, ONTARIO, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1965 Governor-General To Visit Oshawa Sept. 22 wuld hd A The pool staff at Camp Samac Will present its an- nual water show at the camp pool commencing at 7.30 p.m, this Wednesday. As has been the case in the past a large audience of swim enthusiasts and par- utvnntciysvnnstneiaeneas geen School Cash rather than debentures, to meet the increased cost of building the Harmony Road Sec- ondary school, was approved last night by city council. | Instead of debenturing the en- tire $208,948 extra cost, coun- cil's finance committee recom- mended and council approved additional debentures of $33,744 with $175,204 to be raised by taxation in 1966, Board of Education, after awarding a $2,790,535 contract last week for construction of the school, asked council to increase the public debenture issue by $175,204. Council however agreed that the money should be raised through a capital levy out of next year's board of education current estimates. NEED AUTHORITY Frank Markson, city treasur-, er, said council would have to seek Ontario Municipal Board! authority to increase deben-| tures $33,744 through the muni- cipal works assistance program, He said this is 'cheaper money'; with interest rates lower than money borrowed on the public }market. He said _ interest | charges, if the remaining $175,- 204 was debentured on the pub- jlic market, would amount to | $130,000. | Mr, Markson said the board jin 1965 has a .65 mill capital }levy out of current funds | (taxes) and the $175,204 repre- sents about .65 mills, He said ido ATi cd NS SAMAC STAFF 'IN THE SWIM' ents are expected to attend. The program will include displays of diving, life sav- ing, canoeing and synchron- ized swimming. It will be about an hour and a half in duration. Tu Co Out Of Tax Revenue road widening program started. | the board has no other. capital| levy commitment. for next year, | Total cost of the school is $3,540,966. Architect's fees jamount to $167,432; equipment} and furniture, $600,000; _ site,| $77,000; and storm sewer, §$21,-/ 000. | "Our (finance committee) un-| derstanding is that the board) made every endeavor to cut the} cost," said Ald. Clifford Pil-| key, vice-chairman of the fi-| nance committee, He said since the board's etnies st To Come Taking part will be mem- bers of the pool staff assist- ed by a number of swim- mers who have earned Red Cross and Royal Life Sav- ing awards during the sum- mer, nt vintners ttt tn 22, vitation to the city. "Children and the His Excellency George Van- ier, Governor-General of Can- ada, will make his first visit to Oshawa on Wednesday, Sept. Mayor Lyman Gifford told city council last night the Gover- nor-General had accepted his in- Legion Train Arrives At 11 a.m. Tour Finishes At 5 p.m. nishingAnformation on points of interest, will be prepared, CIVIC LUNCHEON McLaughlin, A civic luncheon for about 300 will be held at the Hotel Gen- osha, Guest speaker will be Leonard Brockington, Chancel- lor of Queen's University, who will pay tribute to Col. R. §. Col, McLaughlin will hold a reception at his Parkwood home are the outstanding thoughts in the Governor-General's mind and he would like to see and talk to the children and Legion members," said the mayor. The Governor-General will ar- rive by train at Il a.m, and leave at 5 p.m. His wife will be in France visiting her mother. "You cannot criticize unless you have a posttive suggestion to make," Ald. Thomas told Ald, Shaw. "'l'm 'sure everyone here is as equally concerned about the mill rate as you are. if you have one concrete sug-; jje wiil be taken on a tour of gestion to make let's hear it.|the city and a brief descriptive The committee would be glad|folder covering the tour, fur- to consider it.': | for 400 couples in the afternoon, Council's finance committee, along with Col, W. C. Paynter, commanding officer of the On- tario Regiment, the Legion president or his representative, T. S. Wiison and Siewart Aiger, will make all necessary ar- rangements for the visit, Ald, Clifford Pilkey, acting mayor, was named chairman of the ar- rangement committee, 'WIDE HALL' Ald. Shaw referred to frills and the fact that extra land was bought by the board so homes will not be built on at} school's wide halls, Ase Expr opriation Bylaws original cost estimate was made led quickly so construction can} in 1964 the cost of materials, labor and everything else that goes into building a school has) gone, up. Ald. Thomas said if financing approval is delayed until next year the tender price will prob- ably be even higher. And, she said financing should be approv- begin and the board can take advantage of winter works subsidies, "There are a lot of frills still,"! said Ald. Margaret Shaw, who} voted alone against the financ-| ing scheme. 'I'm opposed to the over-elaborate buildings which we have in this city .. we should learn to say no once in a while." Asked by Mayor. Lyman Gif- ford where the cost should be cut and by how much, Ald. Shaw said she didn't know; that she didn't have the necessary information. least half the length of a strip| of land between the school and/ Adelaide ave. Ald. Thomas said the board) Bylaws expropriating portions has had half a dozen meetings of three properties at the corner looking into costs; and that it would be foolish not to have alt Gibb and Centre sts,, six proper setting for the $314 mil-|Properties on Centre st., and lion school. jtwo properties at the intersec- jtion of Quebec and Centre sts., jwere approved last night by icouncil, The properties are required Board-Council To Get Together {for street widening. Motions of- City council last night voted/fering owners varying sums for to schedule meetings with Osh-|their properties were also pass- awa's board of education. jed. The meetings will be held to} Council also accepted an offer discuss and review administra-|from Joseph Riordan for prop- tive procedures and to facili-/erty at 166 Simcoe st. n., on tate the gathering of informa-jon condition that the city ob- tion on future capital projectsitains vacant possession of the so they can be commenced as/property by Sept. 15. | quickly as possible. The offer, $41,250 was 10 per- Mayor Lyman Gifford said he|cent higher than the settlement would call the first meeting injoffer made by the city when October. the property was expropriated. For Street Work OK'd Ald, Richard Donald said Mr, Riordan received a noti¢e from the city to vacate his property on Aug. 24, about a week before the vacating date. He said the reason the city is "paying a bonus is because we've been dragging our feet." Ald, Cecil Bint said P, J, Ken- nedy, property commissioner, notified Mr, Riordan in July that his: property would be re- quired by the end of August. 'Ald. Hayward Murdoch said he got "in trouble" a few weeks ago by taking 'the bull by the horns" (negotiating with Lloyd Bolahood to appraise properties for the city) when he found Mr. Kennedy was swamped with work, "That's a lot of hooey," said Ald, Christine Thomas. $143 HIGHER BUT WINS BY 7-5 VOTE Furniture Tender To Eaton's--General Printers' Bid Lower Strike-bound General Printers Ltd.'s low tender for city hall ° furniture was rejected last night by city council. Instead, by a 7-5 vote, council accepted a tender $143 higher from the T. Eaton Co. Ltd., To- ronto. Voting in favor of a public works committee motion that the Eaton, tender for engineering department furniture be ac- cepted were: Ald. Clifford Pil- key, Ald. Christine Thomas, Ald. John Brady, Ald. Margaret Shaw, Ald. Cecil Bint, Ald. Alice Reardon and Ald; Cephas Gay. Opposing acceptance of the Eaton tender were: Mayor Ly- man Gifford, Ald. Hayward Murdoch, Ald. Norman Down, Ald. Richard Donald and Ald. Alex Shestowsky. Absent was Ald, Gordon Atterlsey. The Eaton tender, with de- livery in eight weeks, was $2,202.88. General Printers ten- der, with delivery in five weeks, was $2,060, Three other tenders, from Toronto, were all higher than the Eaton bid. STRIKE TALK Debate on the tenders quickly turned into a wide-ranging dis- cussion of the strike at General Printers. Members of Oshawa Local 969, International Typo- graphical Union, have been on strike for 14 months. : Ald. Hayward Murdoch, coun- cil's labor relations committee chairman, who met several times with union and manage- ment officials in an attempt to Settle the first contract dispute, in a report to council said: "The union members are " bound to the requirements of the international office (in the. Unit- ed States) and any lesser. con- tract,.which I believe the local men might accept, would not be given backing by the inferna- tional office and it places the local men in an unfortunate po- sition." Ald. Murdoch said manage- ment indicated it was willing to take the men back on a lesser contract, providing the ITU in- ternational gives its blessings to the somewhat watered down idea in writing. But he said the "lesser contract' was not ac- , ceptable by the ITU constitut- tion "ITU STIFFNESS" "In my opinion,"' said Ald. Murdoch, "'both parties could get together if it wasn't for the stiffness of the ITU. Ald. Pilkey said D. M. Allo- way, executive vice-president of General Printers, knew he would not get anything in writ- ing. Ald, Pilkey said Mr, Alloway should have said he was willing to accept the "less- er contract' 'and make an agreement with the local. Mayor Gifford said he has "no quarrel with the union," but "I cannot suppe-t the mo- lion (to award the tender to Eaton's) in any way, shape or form." He said the furniture is not made by General Printers but presumably by another union, And, he said four or five other unions cross the ITU picket line to work at General Print- ers, He said these people are taxpayers of the city. "I hope unions in the city will look at this on a_ broad basis and not take offence at anyone thinking as I do . we have to look at this on business-like basis." Ald, Thomas said discussion of the strike at last night's meeting was "disgusting." She said council should stick to the subject -- the awarding of a tender. And she said Mayor Gifford "is riding the fence with labor and Alloway." Ald. Bint, works committee chairman, said last year a motion to buy furniture from General Printers came before council and only he, along with Ald, Pilkey, voted against it. 'NO ANSWER' He gave no answer to Ald, Dohald's question asking if .the only reason council is not buy- ing from General Printers is because of the strike, but Ald, Reardon said it was the only reason, "Is it general policy that council doesn't support strike- bound firms?' Ald, Donald asked. "I'm not setting any policy with this motion," replied Ald, Bint. Ald. Brady said council has no policy and is not setting any policy and each member of council must make up his own mind on how he should vote,