Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Servicing land Winnipeg free press million think trains travel irk thursday january 8, 1976 2nd class mall registration number 0236 immediate servicing of 150 acres St. Boniface Indus trial Park at an estimated Cost of Milton was up proved wednesday by Winnipeg City Council. Councillor Alf s k o w r o n new democratic party East arguing that the City is Over its head in expensive development was one of a few councillors objecting. Servicing the land bounded by Marion Mission and Archibald streets and Lagimodiere Boulevard was re commended by consultants w. L. Wardrop and associates Ltd. Last june. The firm s report Waluch has not been made Public also said the City s land operating re serve fund should pay the Tost. Park development and some additional private development could proceed temporarily by using existing land drainage and transportation facilities a City task Force reported. However it also emphasized expanding regional facilities particularly widening Dugald Road to the East and draining regional land. No one answered Conn. S k o w r o n s question of whether available Cost Shar ing arrangements with the Federal government and Ca Nadian National and Canad an Pacific railways had been used to lighten the City s financial Load. Each company has a rail line on the site. The City would have to pay an acre just to ser vice the Industrial Park land coun. Skowron said and i take it this does not include the Cost of the coun. Norm slap on in dependent citizens election Kildonan later said the City paid an average Price of an acre for the Park. Coun. Skowron said the City should get out of Indus trial land servicing business. This is starting to be a big Ball game sve should t be in he suggested creating a corporation in which the City would be a land buying partner but in which the Pri vate Industrial partner would have an incentive to go look ing for clients to fill the Park. If the City keeps on devel Oping Industrial land by the present method said coun. Skowron Well lose biscuit firm expansion gets Council s by Alan sent a letter to been considering had never rather than until the free press Urban committee last consulted. He said Council meeting. Approval in principle of it might have Magnus want to Call councillors called the biscuit company in another City if Centennial support a liar in amendment Falla by Winnipeg City expand its coun. Wade saying Skowron and facetious and he wednesday night Only need be East Kildonan said it. 3 charges that Power recommendation to committees Morris Kaufman in Guys on Council Are was passed 40 shoved aside by fort Rouce ing the Community but not before cries coun. Ken Wong moguls on to say that it in t the councillors that citizens heated the committees who Paulin Chambers Community c i mayor Juba set it matters but those Pany of 311 Koss whose area he was urea of the when he Rose again keep things locked up in wants to buy or lease Plant had not been Tot to criticize coun. Little room with those land to enlarge its Plant ors i be s who know Best. The Alan under tie Capua v a crying shame in they wave the red Flag almost All democratic party am s Ai y t l Core to have emergency. Those Days agreed that expansion asked that Ai a slow gone on this be Good for the City not be evidence 01 Wade s motion to could bring another 400 until the next refer defer and across the defer the matter until the and save the existing 400 to allow his never come Back Wade interjected Council meeting was de but Many were upset committee to end up doing 27 to 15. The Way the expansion Wong indicated lives in the Kaufman suggested has t it been to Community a color picture approval pending a executive policy committee had been expansion plans Back from the Centen t e c had recommended it been to Paul n s request to said if members Community committee Council that the City it s just the factory. He said Council came Down next wednesday. The with the company to out of the Blue out had talked to a look at this area proposal lost 27 to 1c. Paulin Street Leonard inner about be disgusted to councillors Skowron and parts of Public Steve Juba said coun. Wade said you would Brian Corrin nip now used exclusively by action had to be was incorrect that then proposed voted against Al Paulin Community recommendation for the Plant expansion. City to get 86 extra acres for e Al Park and dump Winnipeg City Council May have bought More land than it needs to build a joint Park and Earth covered garbage dump in Earl Kil Doiran. Members agreed to buy 401.65 acres of land from Pri vate owners to build a Park and sanitary Landfill site in the area bounded by Knowles Avenue Cocks Bou Levard Springfield Road Lavimodiere Boulevard and the Winnipeg Hydro transmission line. But councillor Bob Boek stack Independent citizens election committee St. Boniface told Council that the original site swelled by acres. All along we were talking about 315 acres now by one stroke of a pen by draw ing a line a Little farther it s going to Cost the City More Money than originally coun. Bockstael said there has t been any estimate of the Cost that it could be million or million and that the extra 86 acres could conceivably Cost coun. Bockstael said the extra s6 acres will mean expropriating More houses in the area although he did t know How Many. Coun. Norm Stapon ice Kildonan told Council the Landfill site would be too close to existing Homes and that More land was needed. I m not fired up about this happening in this coun. Stapon said. I m not sure we need All this but Council approved in a voice vote the property acquisition. Dwelling Burns 6 Hurt in jump Leash the dog Winnipeg City Council passed a bylaw wednesday requiring that All dogs be kept on a Leash when out for a walk. Previously dogs in the City could go with out a Leash As Long As they were in the com Pany of a competent person. Council also approved a bylaw authorizing Pound employees to seize biting dogs without first getting the owner s permission. Six people were slightly injured Early thursday when they were forced to jump from the second floor of their burning House in North Winnipeg. A fire department spokes Man said the six people who were not identified were taken to the health sciences Centre and children s Centre and were released after t r c a t m e n t for cuts and bruises. The six were among 11 people three adults and eight children asleep in the two Storey House at 198 Cecil Street when the fire broke out at about . The spokesman said it is believed the fire began on the main floor of the build ing but ils cause is under in by the provincial fire commissioner s office. To said by the time fire men had arrived the older building was engulfed in flames. However he said the 11 people inside had managed to flee most of them by jumping from second Storey windows. Several ambulances were immediately brought to the scene to transport the injured to Hospital. Tempera Ture at the time was 28 degrees celsius. The spokesman said it took Little time to bring the fire under control even though it had spread quickly to these cond floor. He said firemen remained on the scene for More than two hours. The spokesman said dam age was estimated at about but that figure was just an Amateur s the fire was the sixth since Early tuesday involving dwelling places in Winnipeg. Damage caused in the six fires has been estimated at More than of drowning victims two Lac Clu Bonnet Man., men missing since saturday afternoon were found drowned wednesday in the Lee Biver about six Miles Northeast of the town. Dead Are Paul smolders 23, and Ralph Porter 21. Constable Cornel Stuart of Lac Dubonnet ramp detachment said in a Telephone interview bodies of the men were found by divers about 11 . Wednesday. The two men were Riding in a snowmobile Over thin ice w h i c ii gave Way const. Stuart said. The snowmobile was also found in the water Between 16 and 20 feet deep near Lee Bridge. Const. Stuart said the search involving 13 ramp officers and the local fire chief started sunday. Two mitts and a hat had been found tuesday. Boards role set out Manitoba school trustees Are dismayed at the Lack of Public knowledge of the role of school hoards. In a bid to rectify the situation the Manitoba association of school trustees has produced a 20-Page Booklet explaining the function and functioning of school boards. The Booklet has been distributed to school Board and m ii n i c i p a 1 offices and is available to the Public free of charge. The first attempt of its kind in Canada the Booklet Cost for copies. Maureen Hemphill pres ident of the association said w e d n e s d a y the Lack of awareness on the part of the Public was unfortunate. School boards in Manitoba spend about 30 per cent of the provincial budget she said and Are one of the big Gest employers and Busin esses in the province. Turnout at the polls for school Board elections Are abysmally Low she said. In the last election 70 per cent of the trustees were returned by acclamation and there were no nominations for nine seats. Here s a familiar sight in Winnipeg these Days for the past four Days to be exact. That s How Long Winnipeg has been in a deep freeze with temperatures no higher than minus 17 Civ ing City Tow truck operators a land office business. Today the weather office said a High of minus 25 c was expected for Tomor Row minus 22 c. However slightly warmer temperatures just May be Here by the weekend making condition More bearable. Grant budget up a civic Grants policy for 1976 with a budget was approved wednesday by Winnipeg City Council. The budget represents a increase Over the 1975 budget of an executive policy com Mittee recommendation to in crease the per capita Grant to Community committees to 25 cents from 20, costing an estimated was passed by a 32 to 8 vote. Also passed was a motion by councillor Pearl my g o n i g a 1 Independent citizens election St. James Assiniboia to in crease the recommended budget for civic Grants to festivals by Council also agreed by a 34-8 vote to reject a proposal to eliminate All civic Grants to cultural organizations at the rate of 20 per cent a year beginning in 1977. Airport checks out All parking meters every parking meter at Winnipeg International air port was checked wednesday by the Airport s maintenance department. The action followed disclosure that 20 per cent of the parking meters were malfunctioning giving motorists As Little As eight minutes parking for 50 cents. When they Are functioning properly the meters pro vide 30 minutes parking for the first Quarter and an other 30 minutes for the second Quarter. An Airport spokesman said any Motorist victimized by a malfunctioning meter has Only to apply for a Spe Cial pass that will give him the amount of parking time to which he is entitled. He also said workmen found that four of the meters reported to be malfunctioning were working perfect Mobile dwellers resent Rise some Mobile Home owners in Winnipeg Are angered by the latest increases in the monthly licence fee the City charges them instead of properly taxes but civic finance commit tee chairman councillor c. John gee Independent citizens election committee St. Boniface claims they re just out of touch. It s becoming apparent that the association that is supposed to represent these people is out of touch with the people it s supposed to coun. Gee said wednesday. The Mobile Home owners say they Learned of the in creases by Way of the news Media and received no official notice from the City. On dec. 17, City Council in creased the fees to for the first 400 Square feet extra for up to 400 Square feet beyond that and for each additional 100 Square feet. The former fees were for the first 500 Square feet for up to 500 additional Square feet and for each additional 100 Square feet. The new fees took effect Jan. I have not received any thing from the City said Harold Wheatley who with his wife Doris manages the South Glen Mobile Home Park near St. Anne s Road in South St. Vital. Because residents of the Park must pay their rents within the first three working Days of the month about 90 per cent have already paid he said. Payments were made at the old rate but the Dif Ference Between that and the new january rate will be col 1 e c t c d next month or. Wheatley said. He said this information came from com p a r k developments Ltd., which owns South Glen. Corn Park received City notification of the new rates tues Day. Coun. Gee said the formula on which the licence fees Are based provides for increases corresponding to increases in the City s residential property taxes. Mobile Home owners representatives were told this when they appeared before finance committee s Mobile homa subcommittee before the licence fee bylaw was passed last summer coun. Gee said. Or. Wheatley said owners of new houses near Liis to bile Home Park pay property taxes that Are lower than the licence fees Mobile Home owners pay. He said the new licence fees Are about 17 per cent More than the old rates. Court ruling appealed Board opposes award the Manitoba vegetable producers marketing Board has appealed the decision of a court of Queen s Bench judge who awarded to Lewis Fershman who the judge said had been harassed out of business by the Board. In its notice of Appeal filed wednesday the Board asks either that the decision of i. Justice j. 11. Solomon be set aside and or. Gersh. Man s claim dismissed or that the damage award be reduced. No Date has yet been set for the hearing which will be Beard in the Manitoba court of Appeal. In his decision which was delivered or jus Tjce Solomon found that the Board hounded or. Gersh Man out of Winnipeg s whole Sale fruit and vegetable Busi Ness maliciously and with the judge called the Board s actions a glaring abuse of and said that he was satisfied the damages should be substantial not Only to compensate or. Gershman but also to punish the Board. He referred in his judg ment to three court actions and two petitions in bankruptcy filed by the Board against the Gershman com Pany As Well As other action taken. By the Board which or. Justice Solomon called transmission a emissions free Olaa Nostoc Check and Road ithe automat pc answer 957 Portage 786-2437 930 Nairn 667-1595 1311 Mcphall tips 586-8049 460 Pembina 453-4124 weather report for the Prairie provinces the Core cold Arctic air which has been settled Over the Prairie provinces since Early in the week is expect1 de to move into the Central United states today. Some moderation in temperatures begin in Alberta and Saskatchewan. Brisk southerly winds with Cloudy skies and some Light Snow Are forecast to develop Over Southern Alberta. This weather will slowly spread eastward into Southern Saskatchewan on Friday and into Manitoba later. Figures on the map indicate expected High temperatures temperatures following Are High temperatures recorded yesterday Low temperatures for the 12 hour period which ended at 6 . Today and precipitation for the 24-hour period which ended at i . Today. Precipitation of snowfall is in centimetres and the amount of rainfall in Millimetres. Min. Pre. Vancouver 3 9.9 Calgary -26 .5 Edmonton .--32 -37 Regina .-30 -36 to Brandon -27 -29 to Thompson .-24 -27 .5 the Pas .-25 -27 Winnipeg .-24 -28 to Thunder Bay -24 -27 Kenora .-24 -29 to Ottawa 0 -22 1.8 Toronto 2 -76 .5 Montreal 0 is 4.6 Halifax 6 4 8.1 Chicago -6 -23 .5 Miami 27 22 los Angeles in 10 Minneapolis .-22 -26 Newyork 32. Boston 6 2 .96 Phoenix 16 3 Honolulu 27 23 Amsterdam 73. Athens .16 8 Bangkok 32 21 Beirut 12 1 Berlin 0 a Brussels 12 4 Buenos Aires 25 13 Copenhagen 61. Forecast for Winnipeg Bissett Interlake and red River re Gions mostly Cloudy today with a few Sno flurries West wind at 15 to 20 . With a few Snow Harries mainly sunny Friday. Low tonight near -33 a High Fri Day near -22 c. Winnipeg temperature comparisons Max. Min. Pre. Jan. 6 -27.0 -35.8 -31.4 Max. Min. Mean Jan. 7 -23.7 -32.8 -28.3 last ear -4.1 -7.4 -5.8 Normal. -12.8 -23.3 -18.3 highest on record 3.3 in 1963 lowest on record in 1899 precipitation total Tor nov. 1 to Jan. 8 40.2 Millimetres. Normal 56.2 Millimetres. Max. Min. Pre. Frankfurt to 6 Geneva 7 0 Helsinki -4 -8 Hong Kong 17 13 Johannesburg 41 14 Kiev .-10 -18 Lisbon 18 9 London 12 8 Madrid 16 -2 Moscow .-16 -23 Paris 10 8 Rio .37 21 Rome 13 6 Sao Paulo 27 20 Seoul 7 -2 Singapore 30 22 ;