Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 24, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 4 Winnipeg free september Jim flee bureaucrat criticizes via rail cuts Balmor Alarea Farmer Bill Mcknight says he would Welcome an Alcan Plant in his As some Young people May now smelter plan gets mixed reaction 7 think its fantastic so Long As it Doest end up in our backyard by Brian Cole Elmer Strong says he Doest any immediate plans for the Deposit he received from Alcan yester Day for an option on land earmarked for its proposed aluminium but who farms near said theres no doubt this retirement life will be a lot easier if Alcan exercises its option and buys his land for the id like to see it come Strong said about an hour after Alcan representative Lou Levine handed him the option in confident id get a Good but too he explaining that another land Deal ear Lier this year has left him with a Nice nest Alcan has acquired an option to Pur Chase 68 hectares of marginal pasture land from Strong about 11 Kilometres West of Balmoral near the Boundary separating the Rural municipalities of Rockwood and Strong is one of about 30 people who own land in Al cans preferred a 50square Kilometre area Between Stonewall and Alcan real estate agents were scram bling yesterday to acquire options from the land owners in the site Al though they have a list of people they want to Deal the company Hast named Strong said the Money is just a Deposit and that he and Alcan will have to discuss the actual Price for the land in the near another area land Jim have said he was approached by Alcan yesterday for an option on 16 hectares of but Hes not sure that hell id rather not comment on its a big Havelock adding that he was hesitant to discuss details of the Alcan Havelock said he Farmed his property and worked for another Farmer As Selling the land might give him enough Money to buy a larger farm for him its hard to say what were going to he asked whether he liked the idea of a smelter in the Havelock replied i have my opinions on but id rather not reaction of people in the site area in interviews yesterday was most agreed the smelter would provide financial but some worried about pollution and other problems if it is located near their i think its fantastic so Long As it Doest end up in our san dra who lives just North of bal said in an interview it will mean More jobs and it will up the wages paid by other businesses in she i think its a Good there Are so Many Young people who dont have a Balmor Alarea Farmer Bill Mcknight if they Tell them i want an acre about a laughed Mike Mandziuk of who owns land just North of the proposed said he favors the adding that he would probably sell land to Alcan for a bit but Stonewall area Farmer George Willis was More cautious about the smelter although the Plant int Likely to be located very close to his Willis still had some fears about potential pollution id like to have a Little More re search done on the environmental in he said during a break from Field he said that although everyone is saying there wont be any environmental he has heard that similar promises were broken in Rockwood site would help to attract skilled workers continued from Page 1 nomic and environmental the Geo technical and geophysical work is still to be Alcan Public affairs manager de Martens said several other Manitoba including a Law a printing company and a real estate have already benefited from Alcan five Winnipeg Resi dents have also taken jobs with the aluminium the Rockwood site was selected Dur ing the course of a million study into the feasibility of establishing a smelter in Bougie said the positive reaction from All 33 municipalities contacted was i Only wish we had 33 smelters to he the company settled on the Rock Wood property Over 16 other potential gel by Winnipeg Fulke press Sites because it Best met All the conditions set Down by the Don manager of site selection studies for said the Plant would be within easy commuting distance of Winnipeg and should attract skilled about potential workers live within 18 Kilometres of the within 36 Kilometres and within 54 he the company spokesman said Road Access to the proposed site is Good a four Lane Highway to Stonewall with plans for a northward the actual site is pasture land and marginal farm Morris said the site has the rail Access Alcan needs to import about tonnes of raw materials and Export tonnes of aluminium ingots each he said the company Alcan spokesman Don Morris cites benefits of Rockwood would have to build Only 10 Kilometres of Spur at a Cost of about to link the smelter with both car and up rail Morris said Wells on the property can provide about litres of water a Day for the ingot Cooling Bougie said the Plant would be buffered so Stonewall residents even be Able to see the smelters but he downplayed pollution saying the Buffer would Only be approved move the councils of the Rural municipality of Rockwood and the towns of Teulon and Stonewall approved Al cans move unanimously in meetings late tues Alcan chose Rockwood and we chose Denooy the Reeve said there was no apparent concern that new residents and work ers in the area might overburden exist ing municipal services such As water and recreation he envisioned a steady growth Pat Tern in the area rather than a develop ment the smelter would offer about construction jobs and about 700 per maj nent jobs after pollution no concern new residents would also give the school division the children it needs to offset future declining the Reeve Denooy said he want concerned about possible pollution from the smelter because he believed these Alcan people speak the Rockwood councillor William Yule said the municipality didst really need a smelter to stimulate its we have a Good agricultural base As it he its not As if we Are but he said Council members sup ported the plan because they didst want to pass up a Good he added that the Council still knows very Little about the project at this Stonewall mayor Alex Krawec said he didst expect a mining town Boom that would overwhelm the town of he predicted most Stonewall Resi dents will approve the smelter even though Many of them moved from Winnipeg in search of a country life we think the Rural flavor will still be he adding that the Quality of life should improve even for those who commute daily to jobs in Winni Peg continued from Page 1 the passenger rail this was the Middle d make substantial cuts in the Hope of saving million Over the next three this was the severe Cut Back option and the one Cabinet it was Treasury Board president Don Johnston and economic develop ment minister Bud Olson who chose the severe said the they did it merely on the basis of How much Money they could there not qualified to look at these things on a technical severe cuts he said Pepin went along with the severe cuts even though he knew it would be unpopular because within this if you want to make you do it by being Tough and saving the bureaucrat and his colleagues agreed that the three commuter lines into Toronto should not be financed by the Federal they also sup ported Pepins decision to throw their Fate to the provincial government As of but they rejected most of the rest of Pepins highlights of plan Here Are some highlights of their alternative plan d the super Continental West of Winnipeg would be kept to provide through service to Jas per and Pepin had planned to Cut it and offer three Day liners Winnipeg to Saskatoon to Edmonton and Edmonton to there would be no passenger service Between Jasper and d the Prince Albertt Regina and Edmonton Drumheller which run near should be d the daily full service transcontinental connecting Ottawa and would be re Pepin planned to reroute it from Montreal to Toronto and then leaving a Tri weekly coach connecting Ottawa and the savings would not be Worth the Incon the official d the Toronto Kapuskasing night Northland and Bay weekend services would be in their via would arrange with the Ontario Northland transport Atloff commission to turn its sinday week the into a the conservatives be Hap pier about a new source of irritation for so the minister has remained unmoved by All the noise and but the fireworks Arent Over copyright Toronto Star Syndicate prostitutes pose hotel i headache continued from Page 1 rules on whether it will hear an Appeal against a recent Manitoba court of Appeal decision upholding Winnipeg Handbill and poster the vice squad head said 1981 Statis tics on charges Haven been but Hes certain prostitution is increasing in the dont want stigma Alex hotel association said while some people Lieve hotel owners receive a Kickback from were not in that Type of i dont want that and neither would any other hotel Morley a Neepawa hotel representative who chaired a discus Sion on Rural owners said prostitution int a problem for hotels in Small Manitoba the Rural session dealt mainly with liquor Malkoske said at least 75 per cent of the average Rural hotels Revenue 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