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Nae: 35 "ay, AC ™0 Wa 00. SN G02 Pe DP Be BB Bee". THY Wer" =I Wes a fh Ce Utilities Commission Looks | 1 Ahead To Oshawa's Future Oshawa Public Utilities. Commis- 72 7 sion, administering the distribution of water and electricity to the city of Oshawa, came into being in the year 1930. Ever since then, it has been a forward-looking public body. from its inception, when the first commission was made up of F. L. Mason, chzirman; G. D. Conant, W H. Ross, John Stacey and May- oT. B. Mitchell, it has kept ahead of the city's needs for the vital services which it provides for a growing community. The operations of the Public Utilities Commission have, in re- cent years, been highly profitable for the citizens. This is borne out by the extent to which it has been able to expand its services and facilities out of the profits it has been able to accumulate by sound and business-like administration. By financing its expansion pro- grams, and they have been exten- sive, ot of profits, the commission a oids the necessity of issuing de- bentures each year and thus add- ng to the city's gross debt. The year. 1955 was a typical year of earning profits to be plowed back into the services, and carry- ing on a program of expansion. In a preliminary report issued in J2nuary, George Shreve, general manager of the commission, esti- § mated the net profit for 1955 at $550,163. This represented an in- 4 crease of $83,000 over the profits of § tL. previous year. But it should } be noted that the profits of 1954 § vere not sufficient to meet the en- tire costs of expansion of services ! in 1955. During 1955, there were increases in all phases of Public Utilities Commission business in its electrical department. Presenting the report at the in- augural meeting of the PUC for 1956 Mr. Shreve said that average KW demand over the year was up 2.37 per cent, KW hours purchased were up by 4.86 per cent, and total water pumped was up 7.87 per § cent, EXTENSIONS MADE Facilities were greatly expanded curing tle year, he said, with GEORGE SHREVE three buildings valued at more General Manager, Oshawa Public than $99,684 being constructed for Utilities Commission the commission. ; . ¥ "hese buildings include a new Queen Strest fo Simcoe sireet on meter shop, central heating plant BORE STREET LIGHTS and a garage extension. "The number of new street light My. Shreve reported that.land| units installed in 1955 with 389, for two new sub-station had been which was 83 more than were in- acquired, each with an initial ca- giajleq in 1954. Several large light- pacity of 3,000 KVA, and ultimate ng projects were carried out," he capaci'y of 6,000 KVA. said. One is on Taunton Road East| The number of consumers of el- te serve the northern section of the ,, tricity rose by 22.24 per cent in city, and the other is on Stevenson| 1955 bringing the total to 4,736. road south. It will serve the new| "p.ie mileage went up to 33.06 shepping centre. riles; underground duct mileage 'An extensive effort to eliminate to 3.13 miles; 914 water heaters or minimize radio and TV inter- were installed. ference was made this summer in| During 1955, Mr. Shreve reveal- co-operation with the radio and|cd, all capital expenditures were| TV inspector for this district. Tie|financed out of current revenue. vire were replaced with clamps {te value of plant at the end of the on 22 miles of 44 KV line, and the ycar was $3,625,397. desired results appear to have| The Publi: Utilities Commission heen achieved," reported Mr. is looking ahead in all its plan- Shreve. ning, and is visualizing the serv- TREES TRIMMED | ices that will be necessary in all ren 3 i lof its departments when Oshawa Our major tree trimming pro-iic a city of 90,000 people. This! am yas fumed over $0 the Ash-|o1anning is typical of all its opera- ale Tree Surgeons, who complet. 1c since 'its inception in 1930, cd the initial "once « over' of the sonti : whole system at a total cost of | the objective being that the com- $23,099 (mission will be fully prepared to Lodi oll (cope with the city's growth in ad- "Extensive work was completed vance of that taking place. in changing our dectis distribu-| phe present members of the tien system from overhead to un-|. iss 3 i daroraund an Athol Street East] pissin are Hae Baldwin, ard West, and on Centre Street, in| pod. F APRYEIre: addition to alterations to the exist.| voddy. wv 1 ga kmstrong 2nd ing underground system on Atholl' tare : Sireet to accommodate widening WATER DEPARTMENT of the street," he added. | The water department of the Commenting on the electrical de-| Oshawa Public Utilities Commis- partment developments during 1955 sion showed a profit of $93,749 in he said that two transformers and| 1955, PUC general manager switchgear had been ordered and| George Shreve reports. The in- material organized for the new crease in profit over 1954 was shopping centre underground sys- $31,000, he added. tem. Plant investment in the water Underground cables were in-| department had increased consid- stalled in Brookside Acres during erably over the year, he claimed, Lecemher. New vapor lights were' rising by $213,000 to an estimated installed on concrete poles from $4,250,756. H. F. BALDWIN Chairman, Oshawa Public Utilities Commission stocked with fish. He drew attention to the relative- ' ly small profit in comparison with! the expensive growth of plant in- vestment. "Again the bulk of the increase in plant capital was debentured and represents further expendi- tures on our expansion program at our filtration plant and in water 7 main programs. / CONSUMPTON UP "The net profits provide the funds to acquire undebentured plant such as hydrants, meters, of- fice equipment. trucks and tools,' : said Mr. Shreve's report, The debenture balance compari- son at December 31 was $1,791,124, an increase of 0.77 per cent, or $13,831. There were 65 separate walter main petitions for water main ex- tensions received and approved during the year by the Commis- sion." Of these, 64 were completed, to- gether with 16 deferred from 1954 and one deferred from 1953, mak-| * ing a total of 6.93 miles of main There weré 748 new services in- stalled during the year. According to the report, total consumers is now 11,618, an in- crease of 899 over 1954, or by 2.16 per cent. During the year 25 new hydrants were installed, bringing the total | to 607 Average dalrv consumption of water per cap™a rose by six gal- lons to 118 gallons. This is a rise! of 5.36 per cent, The imperial gallonage pumped for the year was 2,032,547,000- al rise of 7.87 per cent on 1954. PLAN ENLARGMENT Plans are being prepared for en-| larging water distribution facil- ities in Oshawa: The plans and estimated cost should be ready early in February, he added. The need for expansiin is at- tributed to the opening of new sub- division in remote parts of the city and heavy building pro- grams which are contemplated. FORECAST MADE Making a forecast about 1956, Mr. Shreve said: "The local econ- omic conditions are largely contin- gent on when the strike issue is resolved and we can, therefore, only base our predictions on the assumption that the situation could soon return to normal." Some of the major developments expected by the PUC this year are: Wecker Drive area, south of Southmead: Glen Stewart Land Development, Stevenson's Road South: Reid and Hann, genera area north of Stone street; Brook side Acres, north side of Rossland Road West; Rosslyn Estates, south side of Rossland Road West: Ban- field Development, Gibbs avenue north. "Commercial and industria} constructor is still proceeding at an accelerated pace, with the new shopping centre on Stevenson's Road South occupying the spot- light at the moment, However, there are a number of other sub- stantial business construction proi- ects under way which will add materially to our electricity sys- tem demand," Mr. Shreve report- ed. May Allow Fishing Commercially Now MEDICINE HAT. Alta. (CP)-- Commercial fishing of lake trout and speckled trout wiii De per- mitted for the first time in Alberta at Cavan lake, 15 miles east of here. Fishermen using gill nets will be allowed to take the surplus of 12- to-15-pound trout,, which have been spoiling summer sport fishing. Game guardian Henry Bertelson estimated there are 6,000 to 700 such trout in the lake. They are the survivors of 15,000 fingerlings with which the water was stocked four years ago to become the first irrigation lake in the province WE ARE EQUIPPED TO YOUR COMPLETE CONCRETE NEEDS CURRAN & B READY-MIX LTD. 991 SIMCOE S. Oshawa ATTENTION CONTRACTORS! SUPPLY ENQUIRIES INVITED ! RIGGS RA 5-3516 20 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE, Tuesday, February 28, 1956 up with some new segregation : laws. "will be included." cision," sald Gravolet in behalf of | other Catholic legislators support- ing his proposed bill to head offi hoard, refusing a proposition by parochial the appeal fails then we'll come jurches for school students, said|film they would lose money because|and Nigger--were left behind when] Japan exported 179,000 canaries Catholic schools definitely|¢tvdents wouldn't line up for meals), =~" company moved ou®Mm 1954, most of the song birds go- 2 SANDWICHES PREFERRED | PERMANENT CATS CALGARY (CP) -- The school { the BBC staff are a pair of cats, with the buildings." school integration. "Iflyw. businessmen to provide hot} formerly with the Ealing studio |iations," said a BC official, "we LONDON {(CP)--New members agreed to take over the two cats = company. The cats--Tomm;| when the, could have sandwiches provided faster in a paper bag. "After prolonged telephone negot-'ing to the United States. i | A MISS MAKES BROADWAY Myrna Aaron who went to New | closed but fell right back In York with the ill-fated Tambur- | 22ain when she was spotted by | laine Company, from Stratford talent scouts and signed for part : a in the new musical "Happy Fel- | Shakespeare Festival, fell out of | 13 hich will open soon on | work when the Stratford play | Broadway, | Catholic Legislator Group $ Bids To Continue Color-Bar | FEY ORLEANS (AP)--A group target date of 'sometime after state Jegislators who are Roman| geptembe:, 1956." Catholics still plan to prevent inte- i . | gration of Catholic schools in| State representatives E. W. Louisiana despite a pastoral letter| Gravolet Jr., of Plaquemines par- from Archbishop Joseph Rumnel ish said the pastoral letter would condemning segregation as "mor-| have no effect on his group's plans| ally wrong and sinful." to restore parochial schools to The six-page letter was read at!louvisiana's 1954 segregation laws all masses in the 120 Cath- hen the legislature meets in ay. lic churches throughout the arch-|* diocese of New Orleans and clearly] The state's segregation laws indicated fhe archbishop intends to| were declared unconstitutional last end segregation in church and|Wednesday by a three-judge fed- school facilities as soon as a spe-|eral appeals court which ordered cial committee completes its study| New Orleans public schools to be-| of the problem. | gin carrying out the 1954 U. S. Su-| The archbishop gave no hint|preme Court decision banning when that would be, but a church school segregation. | Universar Evectric Motor Service to. OSHAWA RA 5-7251 REPLACEMENT MOTORS FOR 50 BOND EAST REPAIRING & REWINDING To All Types of Motors WELDERS' TOOLS -- SUMP PUMPS, EM F RG E N CY EXHAUST FANS--WATER SYSTEMS, ec. SERVICE! SALES and SERVICE -- PARTS and REPAIRS For LELAND ELECTRIC - DELCO - HOOVER - MALL TOOLS, etc. NEW 924 HOUR MOTORS spokesman previously had used the! 'We're going to appeal that de- TO 117,000 SQ. FROM A SMALL FARM IMPLEMENT PLANT IN 1834 FEET OF PLANT SPACE IN 1956 AND STILL GROWING! the partnership thrived. SWITCH bumpers for Ford cars. Canadian Cavalry Division. JOIN bomb tails and parts for Snowmobiles. equipment IN 1834, IN THE TOWN OF BROCKVIILLE, ONTARIO, A PARTNERSHIP WAS FORMED between Sylvester Skinner and William McCullough. They produced farm implements such as scythes, swaths and grain cradles. The demand for the equipment was constant, prior to the invention of mechanical reapers, and BY 1910 the demand for Skinner-type farm equipment disappeared, but the revolutionary automobile industry was beginning to take shape. With foresight, the Skinner Company successfully turned to the manufacture of round bar With the outbreak of World War I, automotive production was curtailed. During this period the Skinner Company manufactured bits, stirrups and spurs for the DURING WORLD WAR II, the company gave valuable aid to the War effort by manufacturing bumpers for Army vehicles, rifle charger clips, machine-gun links, IN 1950, the Oshawa plant area was doubled to make room for additional plant ALL THROUGH THE YEARS THE COMPANY HAS MADE REMARKABLE PRO- AND STILL GROWING! HOUDAILLI IN 1857, SYLVESTER SKINNER was able to buy out his partner. He then moved to Gananoque where a much larger plant was constructed. About this time he brought his two sons into the business as partners. One of the sons, Sylvester Case Skinner, became the sole owner after his father and brother passed away, and in 1898 he incorporated the firm under an Ontario Charter. TO AUTOMOTIVE IN 1910 IN 1920, THE COMPANY RETURNED TO THE MANUFACTURE OF SPRING BAR BUMPERS, and in 1924 became patent licensee and commercial represen- tative of the C.G. Spring and Bumper Company of Detroit, Michigan. Through this association, the Skinner Company expanded rapidly, becoming the largest producers of Automobile bumpers in Canada. IN 1929, FRED. J. SKINNER, the son of Sylvester Skinner, sold his company to the Houdaille-Hershey Corporation and shortly thereafter the Oshawa plant was established and was in full production by January 1st, 1930. WAR Il EFFORT Since the war, the demand for bumpers and bumper guards has increased en- ormously -- designs have changed -- as a result there has been a growing need for more and larger equipment, WORLD OSHAWA PLANT AREA DOUBLED IN 1950 .GRESS. FROM A HUMBLE BEGINNING AS A LITTLE FARM EQUIPMENT SHOP IN BROCKVILLE, TO 117,000 SQUARE FEET OF PLANT SPACE IN OSHAWA . .. INDUSTRIES LTD. OSHAWA