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The Ottawa Journal from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Page 62

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HUST EDITION UimUSlUriUi onlf May 7, 1974 The Ottawa Journal Zoiiin launched war By PETER GIBBS --T-- Journal Reporter STANLEY (Staff) Goulbourn Town-ehlp council Monday launched the first attack on what promises to be an all-out war. against business failing to comply with zoning -standards. Bylaw enforcement officer, Ernest Saumur. was given the go-atwad to take legal action against those persisting in zoning standards abuse. Councillor R.

P. i a revealed short'y after the new council took office last January, of the large number of business operating with no licences, or hi improperly-zoned areas. Boxcars upset PERTH (Special) The CPR two mainlines between Toronto and Montreal were blocked Monday when eight cars of a- westbound freight train were derailed near the Norm Street crossing in Perth about 6.30 p.m." Railway officials said a said a burned out journal in one of the wheels was cause of the accident. There were no injuries, in the mishap. The derailed cars, loaded with newsprint, were near the rear of the ISO-car' freight.

The last two cars and the caboose stayed on the track. Ray DiFrisci, roadmaster for CPR, said it was expected the westbound track would be opened to traffic today but the eastbound track will not be open for two or three days. When the derailed cars crossed into the eastbound track more than 100 yards of track were ripped up and two cars toppled into a 10-foot ditch, and a large hole, four-feet deep, was gouged between the tracks. The box car that caused the accident came to rest partially off the track, 300 yards fron) the derailment. Work crews from Smiths Falls, Perth and Belleville are pn the scene repairing the .1: abuse Mr.

Saumur has now gathered sufficient to threaten court action on seven enterprises which collect wrecked cars on their property. Their property Isn't properly zoned for such a Use. There Is only one wrecking yard in the township properly zoned, be told council. The others will be given a deadline to clean up their res-': ideoces, or they wig be taken to However, Mr. Saumur em- barrassed.

councillors with. "one revelation. The council of the former township, prior to its amak gamation, had asked one perf son if it could use his yard to pile up old township Council made no move to also rezone his property to allow for this -township apparently had.no other place to put Saumur If we created the mess "then, we should clean ft councillor Dewar Burnett The man In question told Mr. Saumur his weak financial status wou'd prohibit him "from 'Cleaning up5 Us pre mises. "I think we may be morally obligated to move them our- selves," mayor Betty Hfll concluded.

Council also authorized Mr, Saumur to take court action, if against a business operating in an impro- periy zoned area, and for con- timidly breaking the ant i- noise bylaw. Another place of business in Stittsville was zoned in a commercial designation, but appeared to carry out business more suited to a light industrial zoning designation, he argued. The appearance and usage of mis plant forced a trust -company to reject his mortgage application, revealed an angered neighbor, Joseph Carver. Car repairs, body shop work, painting and arc welding are often undertaken at night or during the weekends, he complained. "It's not a very pleasant thing trying to barbecue on a Sunday around here," he ex-.

plained. Council advised Mr. Saumur to further investigate the case. NOTIGB or proud to announce Thoy Have moved to now and modem premises Complete Personal Fur Service Storage Restyling Repairs New Furs Now all under one modern Roof at 437 COOPER St. between BANK mi KENT STREETS 237-1700 eue.

John is; we By BILL COLLINS v. Journal Reporter BARRY'S BAY: (Staff) As lumber, two 80-year-old oak chairs in" the Balmoral Hotel at Barry's Bay would be worth a total of mately $25. -'-Jr- i As "onfraod only kind of antique" they iare' valued 'by John Dunnigan at more. than $500 -i- interested in eeH- big he eaid, "but I could get mat much for them without even looking around." The original owner was the tote Patrick. Dowdall who was -parish -priest at Eganville from 1891 to 1912.

Father Dowdall, who was il tall "end built in proportion to his height," bad the massive chairs, a rocker and a "Stationary model," built by WE'VE OWE: Unemployment Insurance Canada has moved its service centre from the McArthur Shopping Plaza, 320 McArthur Road, Vanier City to The Geno Building, 1 125 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ottawa. OFFICE HOURS: 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays OUR PHONE NUMBER: 993-2114 we can explain your rights and obligations or help with your claim, come and see us or give us a call.

Industrial milk a 8 1 Ontario dairy farmers are meeting In Ne-pean Sportsplex Thursday to protest what they term an inadequate federal subsidy on Industrial milk. The government' announced in March a subsidy of $1.33 per hundredweight to go into effect April 1. Dairy farmers had sought a $2 subsidy. An Ontario Federation of Agriculture spokesman said much of the $1.33 was comprised of previous increases which, when stripped away, left a subsidy closer to 85 cents per hundredweight. Stolen Vermeer is recovered LONDON (UPI) Scotland Yard reported today the recovery of a $4.8 million Vermeer painting stolen last February and held for a political ransom.

The art work, "The Guitar Player," was found in St. Bartholomew's churchyard in 1 the city of London Monday night after an anonymous tip to police, Scotland Yard said. The painting was stolen from London's Kenwood House museum Feb. 24. Dunnigan rocks in solid I -in antiques 80ycaT'old oak chairs more than 100 2 'f2 hand to bis own specifications at Three Rivers, Que.

a reward for her work at the' Golden Lake mission; he gave the late whose Golden Lake Hotel. -r; -'''My wife always wanted the rocker," Mr. Dunnigan it to US: one from Joe Fleury. It was covered with dust in a shed -at the back of Ms hardware r.i-'Mr estimated. that the chairs, which have legs rivalling those of a grand piano, weigh more than 100 "pounds' just the same as 1 when they were made, except; for me backs and seats," he -V' said.

"I had to replace the wickerwork." The spokesman, Ra'ph Bar rie, of Baldersbn, himself a dairy farmer said top many Eastern Ontario dairy farm-, ers are operating on bdr-" rowed money and at a loss. The meeting will also discuss possibilities of a formula pricing policy for industrial milk such as mat used to determine periodic price increases of fluid milk to Formula pricing Is a system whereby milk marketing boards periodically review production costs of fluid milk end men raise me price of milk to consumers accordingly. Industrial milk is that which goes into cheese, butter, chocolate bar mixes; concentrated milk and a variety of other products as distinct from the fluid milk sold to consumers. Although industrial milk is sold by farmers in quotas by the hundredweight, dairymen Exorcist ban sought PEMBROKE (Staff) Alderman Dorothy Devine took' issue Monday with a 23-year-old Protestant sa'es clerk who told city council he was circulating' a petition to have the movie, The Exorcist banned in Pembroke. Clarence Pettit said he ap-peared before council to make his Intentions known.

In two weeks, he said, he would return with a progress report for the enlightenment of council. Mrs. Devine. "We should be able to make up our own minds as to what we should see. I know people who saw the picture and said there was nothing wrong with It." It was "the devil's work," Pettit had concluded from "reports from a number of people who saw It? i "I'm against saict Mayor George AbdaUah' ap-1 proved of Mr.

Pettit's plan to "bring the petition to the next meeting." In a 24-hour, one-man campaign, Me. Pettit had acquired 42 signatures and been "turned down" 11 times. COLOR and BW-TV RADIO STEREO REFRIGERATORS -WASHERS 10SE0 WEDNESDAYS All DAT cur.iniNG LICTRICAL Mill LTD. comfort (Photo by Collins) tfie rocking cbair to Mrs. Sam Sunstrum husband the said She kept: pestering Mra Sunstrum until she sold are receiving the equivalent of about 21 cents quart.

They are seeking a gross re- turn of 25 cents a quart Some 800 dairy farmers are expected to attend the meet- ing Which starts at 8 p.m. You'll enjoy 1 Age Improves is a Pembroke threatened vitli two legal actions PEMBROKE (Staff) Threats of iegaj action were reived by city, council Mon- day from two sources. a mird; came an unconfirmed report that a Moffat Street woman bad "re- tained counsel" to advise ber. regarding the that fcer garden is being washed away by me Muskrat River, which flows within 10 feet of city hall, i Dr. Brian Good, who has an upstream riverside lot, told councillors be had come, to; 'their meeting to apologize for: the- murky of.

the i "It's probably my backyard down the said. A resident of the city-for nnlv nine months. Dr. Good was- worried about might happen if the river continued to gnaw away at bis Welland Street, property, i "I would hate to Oe charged having failed, to pay taxes if my house ever came down tf river and tfrt stuck agaiast the Pembroke Street frM" he sad. "I under-i stand that it would cost from $15,000 to $20,000 to have piles driven and I wondered if I could expect any help from "the 5 He said a neighbor, Mar-; garet Rawlins, installed a retaining wall to pw tect her Moffat'; Street lot from erosion- The wall, unable to retain its position, slid into the MuskraTalaag with some of Miss Ralwlins' land.

-Mayor George Abdallabr said he was aware of that situation. He had heard that Miss Rawlins had "retained counsel." He told Dr. Good that taxpayers could borrow from the 1 1 1 for.) erosion-prevention programs but responsibility of retaining" walls is yours." a- Edward Schroeder charged that his Second Avenue home, supposed to be serviced by a six-inch water line, got "oaly a dribble of. from a 1-inch diameter main. He was prepared to dig up the land to prove his point.

"We can't stop a man from digging on his own property, but from the shutoff valve to the main line the city must 7 jSTI a '-it mmmmmmmm 1 NOBLESSE. OBLIGE Xi "1 jLSi MAYOR ABD ALL All aware of situation I do the "digging," said Aid." Frank Nighbor. "This is me-first time. I've heard of "mis problem V'V If I'm not allowed to do that I-will see: my lawyer," ma Mr, Schroeder. have beea bringing maf tip for 15' He told reporters that coun- ctt had rejected his proposals fearing that if he did enough BBu'B no wumu iuuc uiai his had not been on to" a six-inch or to dbpose of it in an Installed 'iyears ago" as doned gravel pit.

replacement for an ancient 'We asked In the fall and 1-inch mainu -now we get this letter "he Deput Mayor WUfredv Charbonrieau said Mr. Schrieder's allegations toould be examined to day ait a lie works department meet-1 Ottawa's i "If this is going to cost' money, they can go to Mr. Schroeder said after the meeting. J'I will put in my own pressure system. It will give better pressure and cost less In taxes." i Council's most severe critic was B.

Rivoche, district 1. officer, ministry of the envt-" ronmeat 5 Unless Pembroke took mediate action to improve in-, tolerable conditions at the city dump, he wrote, he to place the matter in the' hands the legal branch for further action." Mr. Rivoche claimed to' have tsued four milder warn- ings within the last two years -without receiving a satisfac- -tory TiS' "Any further deterioration' a be tolerated," he wrote, endwg the letter with a request for a reply. Deputy Mayor Oiarbonneau i said council had been "put in this position" by the ministry last year when it refused to Brant the citv oermusion tn burn brush and waste lumber-- said. "It shows how ridiculous He said the city had been ordered to close the dump this year and was looking for an alternative site.

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