Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - August 26, 1952, Winnipeg, Manitoba Margene an Ideal spread by Carrier in Winnipeg 30c per week leg Winnipeg tuesday August 26, 1952 Hurst Speaks out against waste Basket. Tenders True Economy milk glob read week end edition with comics Loc w. D. Hurst City Engineer Mon not seem fair or proper to put Pri Day afternoon recommended to the vate Enterprise to the expense of Public works committee that no preparing test tenders for City change be made in the present sys work just for the purpose of hav tem of allotting work on local iming a comparison Calls it unfair in this Aid. G. C. Mac cod agreed declaring it s unfair to ask for test tenders when we know we Are prove ments. He also told the committee that change its Over All policy it going to throw them in the wast or. Hurst s lengthy report was Laid Over so All members of coun cil could study it. The City Engineer had been asked for his advice some weeks ago after Aid. Gordon Chown had suggested that test tenders be called for some Side it was too much even for the Golden boy who can take a lot of mean temperatures both hot and cold. Granted he was better Clad for the heat than most of the citizenry but he just did t like the Sun beating Down on him and to was t too Happy about an Early autumn Sun Burn. His answer a huge umbrella to Shade him from the scorching rays. Father lost 3 years reported seen in City three years ago Thomas his daughter at the time was at Mcpherson told his 15-year-old daughter Bernice if i should be missing for a few Days Don t worry. I la get hold of about three weeks later he Dis tending school at Fisher Branch Man. On fridays Bernice would come into the City to see her father. In August 1s49, Bernice re appeared. He has not this message at the hotel i where her father lived now a married if my daughter comes in Tell from since. His daughter woman renewed efforts to i la see her at 5 when i get him this week after three from that he had been seen in. Greater left clothing Winnipeg. Address unknown v mrs. Overwater believes her father left most of his clothes in the daughter now mrs. F. Over water 194 Kennedy Street said she feared her father would not know her name or address if he is in the City. When he vanished the storage and Transfer worker had been separated from his wife now of 955 Selkirk Avenue for about two years. The hotel room. His employers re ported he had never contacted them since that Day. Bernice did not report the Case to police until last thursday. Her father now 44, has Blue eyes. His hair once dark May now be Gray. He is six feet tall. A Tattoo above his right Elbow wreaths the 2 ii ensures that work Oneco word he has a thin Scarino Mycal for cite to carry out above his left Eye. A walk construction. Or. Hurst added that if the coun cil did desire test tenders on local improvement work they should be called for in the Spring and not at this time of year. Or. Hurst further urged that the City refrain from bidding compete ively with private construction firms on test tenders. This would allay suspicion that the City would under bid the work secure it at a Oss and Bury the losses somewhere else. Once live Issue this Contention he said was a Pery live one some years ago when the City entered into competitive bidding. And there was always the danger that contractors might place bids lower than Cost to establish a foothold in City work. Under the present system local improvement work is carried out by both the City and private contractors or. Hurst explained. The private contractors receive through competitive bidding such work As is not suitable for economical construction by the City s forces and Plant. This is the system which he be should be continued. The City at present carries of nearly All Watermain sewer Stree Lane and sidewalk construction requirements. To do this the City has found necessary Over the years to provid itself with an extensive Plant con sisting of works at Stony Moun Tain and Bird s Hill a storage distribution crushing and classifying Plant att Ross Avenue Central con Crete mixing Plant at the same site and such auxiliary facilities a equipment repair shops machine Blacksmith and Carpenter shops All mechanized equipment moreover the City in recent year has found it necessary to conver i to completely mechanized equip ment and has acquired Powe graders bulldozers loaders shovels drag lines trenching machines Concrete placing and finishing machines Asphalt papers and finish ers and Large trucks the report said. The depreciated value of land buildings and machinery in the various plants amounts to it was. Shown. The replacement cos would be around to 52, the investment in mechanical construction machinery was around while in addition there was an engineering stores organization with a capital investment of said or. Hurst it will be seen that in order to carry out its Loca has invested at least in Plant equipment and constructor facilities with the probable replace ment Cost running double tha amount. The committee will appreciate that a major change in policy. Would create problems of some considerable magnitude in the use and economical operation of such a considerable cites advantages or. Hurst listed advantages 01 the present system 1. It provides for the most economical use of the department Plant and equipment. St. Vital water service put at two officers from the . Station at Gimli were injured late their automobile above failed to negotiate a turn on the Highway at Sandy Hook Man., and rolled Over. Before turning Over their car struck two culverts according to reports from Sandy Hook. It is believed the Driver of the car was not seriously Hurt. His passenger was knocked unconscious and is reported to have received a neck fracture. Names of the officers were not available. Takes cars without consent gets 2 months James Fraser Mclntosh 32, of the ., was Given two months in jail tuesday. He pleaded guilty in City police court to two charges of taking cars without the owners consent. Mclntosh who has already spent two months in custody was Given two months on each charge to run concurrently. The twin offences took place june 30 when Mclntosh was arrested in North Winnipeg after a hectic Chase by police. He was charged at that time with theft of an Auto owned by the Hertz u drive company and one owned by John f. Connor 285 Clare Avenue. Mark Shinbane defence counsel asked magistrate m. H. Garton for As Light a sentence As possible because his client had been under severe Strain at the time and had suffered a keen disappointment in connection with his . Duties. He termed the offence As Little More than a Boyish prank. Two boys injured in High dive collision two 12-year-old boys were injured monday afternoon while diving from the High Tower at Sherbrook swimming Pool. Lawrence Shields 353 Rose Berry Street dived into the Pool from the 10-foot Tower and bumped into Francis m in ton 497 Roseberry Street who had dived earlier. Both boys were taken to general Hospital where they received six stitches apiece for head lacerations and were released. City . To take up Post with Kentucky College miss Olga Pecheniuk of 367 Lipton Street will leave Early in september for Morehead state College Morehead ky., where she will take up her new Post As assistant professor of Home economics. A 1950 graduate of the University of Manitoba s Home economics faculty miss Pecheniuk received her master of science degree from Iowa state col lege this year. She is the daughter of or. And mrs. J. Pecheniuk. Headquarters chaplain visits local army Camps col. Charles e. Beaudry of army Headquarters Ottawa director of roman Catholic chaplain services for the Canadian army is visit ing army installations in Winnipeg Shilo and Rivers. Monday and tuesday he is visiting Headquarters Prairie com Mand and the archbishops of Winnipeg and St. Boniface. Wednesday he will go to Shilo and Rivers. He will also try to visit superiors of various orders in Winnipeg and All Reserve Force chaplains in the City. Friday he to attend the consecration of Bishop Leo Blais of St. Boniface. Youth gets head Cut in 2-car crash John we Narchuk 18, of 364 Kilbride Avenue West Kildonan was taken to St. Boniface Hospital about 1.30 . Tuesday with two head cuts received when the car in which he was a passenger was in collision with a taxi on Masson Avenue St. Boniface. Driver of the car police said was Donald Wood 825 Broadway. The taxi Driver was identified by police As Morris Oiffer 66 Edward Street. Police said the taxi was stopped on the Street when the Accident occurred. Jwill be carried out by those Pri vate contractors Best Able to do it under competitive conditions. It allocates to the department work that it can economically carry out. Keeping in mind that nearly All of the equipment and plants is Almo fully paid for rightly or wrongly that the City does the work at Cost and is not subject to corporation income taxation. Ine general be believes the City produces a higher Quality of work Ottawa gifts irk aldermen probe sought Henri Boisselle a St. Boniface Alderman is a Man who believes in taking the Bull by the horns. If nobody in Ottawa will investigate Federal government gifts to other countries he told fellow Al Dermen monday night then St. Boniface ought to investigate it. The Stocky usually beaming municipal representative told Council hat the government is spending of much Money on foreign gifts. It ought to be spending it in cities across cities like St. Boniface for instance. But less fearless aldermen opposed his suggestion. They said they did t t hink a St. Boniface in Quiry into Federal spending would be a Good idea. It would they said be meddling with the affairs of a senior what gd7ts? Aid. G. P. Shearer said every one should be Well informed of the nature of the gifts Belore St. Boni face plunged into the picture at Ottawa. To inspect Post office Here Hon. Alphonse Fournier Federal postal of the old Post office had not minister of Public works was in Winnipeg tuesday to inspect pro Gress of the new City Post office. He spent the Day at the building site and conferred with the chief architect and Engineer at the fed eral Branch office. Or. Fournier said the building had been by Lack of materials but the situation is easing estimates of its Cost were impossible until tenders Are asked next year. Meanwhile he said Dis yet been discussed by the depart ment. Leaves Winnipeg wednesday for visits to other Western Capi tals. Harold Holtman 543 Green Wood place had his garage entered Over the week end through an open window and a Quantity of assorted coins Tot Alling about 512, was taken City police reported tuesday. Story helps Ujj to recover lost Box a free press Story Mon Day helped two britons to find a very valuable piece equipment which they had been missing for almost two weeks. A Story in monday s free press on Barbara and her Bert and writer who Are working their Way across Canada described How they lost a Box con Taining spark plugs and other necessities for their car near Bee Lake ont. They thought some Winni Eggers might have found it since there was a car with m a n i t o b a plates camped in the area. Late monday afternoon de Kobold 1210 Dominion Street called the free press to find out where the gees were located. He had the Box they had lost. Monday evening he drove j out to their campsite but the gees had already left. He told the free press he would mail the Box to the address they had eral delivery Regina. Pit dragged for body of youth East St. Paul police assisted by r.c.m.p., were dragging the Bird s j Hill gravel pit tuesday morning for the body of Mike Hayduk 17, of 31% Powers Street Winnipeg. He disappeared about 7 . Monday while swimming in the pit with his brother Andrew 22, and a 14-year-old Friend Stanley Tes tick. Cha opposes bid to boost widows mites Manitoba Branch Canadian manufacturers association tuesday opposed any increases in widows pensions and disability allowances under the Workman s Bompensa Ion act. The . Brief was submitted to a special legislative committee inquiring into the act. Other organizations presenting briefs monday afternoon and tues Day included the Canadian a ional railways Imperial Oil Lim Ted and the Manitoba joint legis Active committee of the Standard Railroad transportation Organiza on. . Opposition to labor groups for increases in pensions ind in the amount paid dependent children was based on the grounds present benefits were fully in Ine with those of other provinces Vith whose industries our Indus rial and commercial firms com labor demands labor organizations monday had sked pensions be increased from 50 to 560 or and dependent Hildren s allowance be upped from 12 to or a month. . Also opposed increasing the payments for injured work men from 66 to 75 per cent. F the Workman s average earn nos and boosting of the maximum earnings on which compensation an be paid from the Canadian National railways Rief noted that the amount a Workman receives is paid in part y the Large majority of Manitoba citizens who have no similar pro Section in the event of being in ured therefore the committee should of agree the amounts payable under the act Are inadequate without first considering whether is equitable for the legislature to further Widen the Gap be school site workmen to return building trades workmen who walked off the Job wednesday noon at the new Ebby Avenue and har Row Street school Are returning to work on the project. They walked out on the com plaint that non Union men had done some electrical wiring on the Job. An official of the Winnipeg building trades Council . Said tuesday an understanding was reached monday Between Council officers and a group of contractor members of the Winnipeg builders Exchange that no Saab electricians arc to be employed on the school Job or any other Job where the electrical workers Are on strike. Only one employer of a contract ing firm is eligible to do any electrical wiring on the school Job. The Union official said that it is Gener ally accepted that one employer Only has the right to work on his own Job members of the family or other senior officers of the firm Are not. Only said the coun cil official. In the meantime a special meet ing of the striking electrical been called for tues Day night in the labor Temple. Officers of the International brotherhood of electrical workers Al would Only say that the meeting is called to review the nine Day old strike of the Union men and to decide on future action. A striking electrician in the Cor Ridor of the labor Temple said the strikers had no idea what was to be discussed but he thought there was something in the 8 children 2 bedrooms tight fit a. Thorough investigation into alleged unsanitary and Over crowded conditions on Flora place Winnipeg s emergency shelter Centre was ordered by the health committee monday afternoon. Or. A. S. Lougheed medical health officer was asked to bring in a full report on the matter As quickly As possible. In a letter to the committee or. And mrs. Mike Boroska who live at 69 Flora place Aisi Iii pleaded for a larger and More thence along York City share Hurst tells aldermen providing facilities for servicing St. Vital with water from the distribution system of the City of Winnipeg would Cost in the neigh boyhood w. D. Hurst City Engineer stated report to the utilities committee monday afternoon. This would also require an amendment to the greater Winnipeg water District act. Of this Cost about would be allocated to Winnipeg and about to St. Vital. The amount allocated to Winnipeg would be in the nature of an accelerated expenditure. Or. Hurst pointed out that St. Vital could require the greater Winnipeg water District to construct a main from the Aqueduct to the Boundary of the municipal Ity and then build the necessary pumping station and assume half the annual charges for the connection. Money bylaw first however As this would Cost More than it would require the passage of a bylaw by the water District. But such a bylaw would not be valid until a Money bylaw was approved by the ratepayers of Winnipeg. Your committee can assess bet ter than i the Chance of such a Money bylaw remarked or. Hurst in his report. Three possible routes for serving St. Vital from the Winnipeg distribution system were outlined by or. Hurst As follows route a following the can Adian National railways property from the James Avenue pumping station to Osborne Street thence along Osborne to Brandon Avenue and thence following the new Dike to Eccles Street thence along Oak Wood Avenue crossing the red River to St. Mary s Road to Guay Street. Route b follows the . Property from the James Avenue pumping station to York Avenue to Donald Street sanitary Home in which to raise their family of eight. At the present time the Mother and father and the boys and girls ranging in age from 2% to 10 years were crowded into three rooms two bedrooms and a Kitchen the letter said. This was not Good or. Lougheed informed the com Mittee. The oldest son is Larry 10. Next comes a set twins Michael and Kenneth seven. Then there s a set of triplets John George and Marie five followed by Linda four and Edward two and a half. The Mother has been ill the letter adds and this was the reason she wrote to or. Long heed instead of coming Down to the City Hall to plead her Case. Along Donald crossing the Assini Boine River at Bell Avenue thence along Bell to Clarke Street along Clarke to the . Right of Way and from this Point following the same route As route a. Route c is similar to route b except that the main turns off the . Right of Way at notre Avenue following Victoria Street to water Avenue thence along water to main Street thence along Graham Avenue to Donald Street following Donald across the Assiniboine River at the same place As route b. Route a would Cost and routes b and c these Esti mates providing for the installation of two additional pumps at James Avenue. Said the report All three routes Are approximately of equal length and have advantages and disadvantages and Are dependent upon securing of right of Way from the . And new Revenue the common advantage of All three routes is increased Peak pres sure in fort Rouge better fire Protection for the municipal hospitals an increase of about seven pounds pressure at the Boundary of the municipality of fort Garry in creased pressure conditions in the River Heights and West end areas of the City and last but not least an adequate Supply to St. Vital with resulting new Revenue to the City. It is estimated that when Gallons a Day is flowing that the pressure at the St. Vital Boundary will be 45 pounds per Square Inch when Gal Lons is flowing it will be 37% rounds per Square Inch and when million Gallons is flowing t will be 25 pounds per Square Nch. Flows of Gallons were experienced on one Day this year. Peak flow of Gallons should be expected in 1962, and Gallons a Day in 1970 if Normal growth of the City and suburbs is experienced. Will Cut out others if this main is constructed it will mean abandonment of other proposed Mains there is also a possibility that we will be Able to reduce the size of the feeder main rom the new Reservoir to feed the Corydon District which was origin ally estimated at St. Vital has 34.2 Miles of water main water services and serves a population of people. The per capita consumption is 34. Gallons per capita per Day. Scholarship books donated to University a new scholarship in drama and 17 gifts of books to the casing a3 Rivers polio May delay school Start Manitoba reported four polio suspects tuesday to bring the pro Vince s total this year to 245. A revised list of casualties now shows 142 confirmed cases 93 suspects and 10 dead. Winnipeg has accounted for 41 of these the suburbs 36, and the epidemic area Southern Manitoba 110 i mated 1970 population of St. Vital the remaining cases Are scatter served by water is de throughout 41 different areas in the province. Portage a Prairie Winnipeg Steinbach and Morris municipality each reported one suspect tuesday. Meanwhile at Rivers Man., where two of its 13 cases have been fatal town officials have reportedly decided there will be no More school until the polio picture in that area improves. Across Western Canada the casualty toll neared the Mark with two More fatalities bringing the death total to 60. Lethbridge crisis Aid Louis Leger said the gifts would provide other nations with the Cash to buy Manitoba wheat. Aid. Paul Marion Felt that the publicity which the discussion would be bound to receive would convince the government that. St. Boniface was interested in How the eople s Money was spent anyway. Free press meetings three meetings Are slated for wednesday in the free press building. They Are Board room 1, executive committee of Mearns Camp sons of Scotland at 8 . Board room 2, Vic Toria mixed Bowling league at 8 . And in the club Winnipeg philatelic society also at 8 . Ween those who come within the it and those who do adequate1 the present act in some cases provides Mode than adequate com the . Brief held. Increases in the pension payable to widows from to and in the benefits for each dependent child from to was asked by the Manitoba joint legislative com Mittee of the Standard Railroad transportation organizations. Their Brief also asked that burial expenses be increased from to a Model of labor legislation was the description of the work mens compensation act Given in the Imperial Oil limited Brief. The Imperial Oil submission asked the act be amended to provide for Industry to be informed in published form of the adequacy or Inadequacy of the funds held in Reserve to Settle claims. Concrete plea wears Down Board what caused the traffic Board o change its mind that is a question Aid. Jacob Penner wants answered. On two occasions Imperial Oil limited had been turned Down by this body on its request for a 24 foot Concrete App Pacli to a ser vice station on the Southeast Cor Ner of Flora Avenue and Salter Street. On its third appearance the Oil company was successful the traffic Board did a Complete turn about and monday recommended to the Public works committee that the approach be granted. Asked Aid. Penner. What happened to the traffic nobody knew the answer but As both Aid. Penner and Aid. Peter Taraska was opposed to the approach As a possible traffic Block the recommendation of the traffic Board was Laid Over. In the meantime the Board will be officially asked what caused it to change its mind. A second gift of books consisting of about 60 volumes in the general Field of Home economics was presented by or. Grace Gordon Hood for 17 years director of the univer sity Home economics school who last Spring. If Smith s out How s Jones what s in a asked William Shakespeare 400 years ago. St. Boniface Council Mon Day night apparently decided Council granted a dance licence to smitty s yacht club but Only if the name was changed. There have been Strong protests against granting the licence. The club at first operated without a licence. Later it was granted a temporary one but this was revoked. To of noun cd tuesday by or. A. H. S. Gillson University president. The 5100 scholarship will commemorate the name of Nathan b. Zimmerman University class of 1920, Winnipeg Newspaperman who exhibited a keen interest in local theatrical projects. To be known As the Nathan b. Zimmerman scholarship in drama it is being offered annually by the Zimmer Man family of Winnipeg. The scholarship will be awarded to the fourth year arts student who obtains the highest standing in the Elrama course and a general ave rage of at least 67 per Cunt. It is tenable in either the fifth year of arts honors course or the first year of any graduate course. A gift of books More Tuan 100 i volumes dealing mainly with dra also presented to the University by the wish of or. Zim mermen. M c Alta isolation situation the superintendent said. There were 13 polio cases in the Hospital equip Ped to handle five. Another 16 cases were convalescing at their Homes in the District. Citizens fear Council has Coo Coo club irate citizens reappeared before St. Boniface Council monday night to protest nuisance at 540 Cher Rier Street. One Delegate said Winnipeg newspapers had so publicized the complaint that Council can now boast its own Coo Coo Council also Green Light for work to proceed on the new sidewalk on the both sides of Bristol Avenue Between St. Luc Street and Carriere Avenue. Allows Drill master a. Humphries to put on a demonstration at Gilbert Plains Man., on october providing that municipality pays his expenses and wages. Progress retarded Aid. Marion charged that the school District was retarding the Progress of the City y disputing the action of the coun cil on matters of local improve ments. He was speaking in reply to a letter from the school Board disapproving with the Way the City had handled local improvements in the ares of the school. Fines follow fist fight a father of five children took Issue with the driving ability of Harold Stokes 670 Logan Avenue this week and the net result was the appearance of both men before magistrate m. H. Garton in City police court tuesday on charges of disorderly conduct. Kenneth Mckay told court Stokes had veered into his path at the Corner of Isabel Street and notre Dame Avenue and almost caused him to run Down a child. Mckay said he became so in Censed he stopped his car and went Over to Stokes car to give him a piece of his mind. Hot words led to flying fills and he pair were arrested. Mckay pleaded guilty to the charge and Vas fined so. Stokes pleaded not guilty but convicted following testimony Given by Mckay and two other witnesses. He was fined s5 and witness costs. In imposing the Fine magistrate Carton told Stokes he was the instigator of All the trouble. _ cited to include this s600.000 Capi Tal expenditure in next year s Esti mates it is suggested that other waterworks capital expenditures be kept to a suggests 20-year pact or. Hurst further urges that if St. Vital secures the necessary legislation and if the City Council approves the proposal the Munici Pality should be required to enter into at least a 20-year agreement to Purchase All its water from the City at the Price presently established for Supply to the municipalities now serviced by Winnipeg with an escalator clause for an in creased rate tied to the Cost of Liv ing Index. He also said it was proposed that the City construct the Watermain from its James Avenue pumping station to a meter pit located on the East Bank of the red River near St. Mary s Avenue and Guay Street. St. Vital would be required to construct the meter pit and to construct a Watermain from the pit to connect with its distribution system. Horticultural show to open wednesday entries for the Winnipeg Horti cultural society show to be held wednesday and thursday in the civic caledonian Curling rink must be brought to the rink by tonight. The show will be officially opened at 8xp.rn. Wednesday by Hon. F1. C. Bell minister of agriculture. W. J. Tan refer is in charge of arrangements and t. Yaeger is presi Dent. Winnipeg rotary Bert Warwick vice president of the Blue bombers football club will be guest speaker at a lunch Eon Winnipeg to Lary club at 12.15. . Wednesday in the Royal Alexandra hotel. His topic will be football in Winnipeg change in Rule for billiard Parlours seen if City Council agrees the bylaw governing billiard Parlours will be amended to remove All prohibition sections leaving applications for licences to be dealt with on their own merits. A recommendation to this effect was made by the health com Mittee following a Survey made on Kelvin Street by e. P. Mccorquodale licence inspector. An application has been made for a licence to open a billiard parlor in that area. Reject hotel plea a suggestion that the Public health act be amended to permit hotel rooms without natural Light and ventilation to be used for sleeping purposes after the instal lation of artificial lighting and ventilation fell on deaf pars. Aid. David Orlikov moved that no action be taken while Aid. H. V. Mckelvey urged that the com Mittee stand firm by the present regulations. The Issue arose following re quest from the manager of the Cornwall hotel main Street and Rupert Avenue to be allowed to make use of eight which have been barred As sleeping quarters for 30 years. The committee also Laid Over an application for a. Hotel licence from the Sun hotel company limited. This company it was said contemplates erecting a four Storey Brick and re enforced con Crete hotel at the Southwest Corner of Portage Avenue and landside Street. There would be 70 rooms. The application was Laid Over when it was Learned that a re quest to erect a hotel on that site had been turned Down by the zoning Board because of insufficient information As to building ;