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The millions which have been poured into the unused tract of dht “finch spans this dmtrmt coukixveH have been enufloyed \vhere they “nnfld have done sorne good â€"â€" on the “ddening and improvement of No’s 11 and 27 highways. The man hours which have been poured into the nen'lnxflect could have had the job done by nonn [hider connnon-sense thinking that “vuld have happened. The need for a roadway network which will adequately handle the ever-increasing amount of motor traffic in this prov- ince will not be denied by any far-thinking citizen. The provision of easy and speedy passage for our annual crOp â€"- and a paying crop it is â€" of American tourists bound for our northern playgrounds is of outstanding importance. But, admitting all this. it seems to us that the Ontario De- partment of Highways displays at times what is pretty close to genius in putting the cart before the horse. An outstanding example of it lies right in the heart of this area. The new Toronto-Barrie highway, running through the country a few miles west of Richmond Hill is, in our Opinion, one of the most unappropriate projects ever undertaken in this prov ince. Unappropriate, that is, as to timing. We do not deny thai the road “'1” be needed in the years to come. But why the worl should have been undertaken in recent years, when there wek so many more obviously necessary things to do first escapes u: completely. Was it intended that the super-highway should be a monument tolsome provincial leader? It wouldn’t be the first highway of that character in Ontario. Could not the “experts’ of the Department of Highways see what was obvious to every Ordinary traveller? Or were they so obsessed with the idea of more roads on which they could put up “Do Not Enter” signs and «of keeping farmers from entering theirown property â€" as hap- pened recently â€" that they failed to give consideration to the mundane levels on which ordinary mortals travel? Whatever the reason, the department has erred grievously and acted ill-advised- ly in another of its cart-before-horse undertakings. Millions on millions of dollars and many man hours of labour have gone into the highway-to-be, which even yet is nowhere near ready for travel. Yet even while the “experts” of the Ontario Highways De- partment were master-minding and blueprinting the new 3 eedâ€" Way two highways from Toronto to Barrie already existed, L o. 11 and No. 27. Why. in their desperate anxiety to push through the new super-highway, they failed to realize the needs of these roads is Something which the man on the street cannot see. The facts are so very simple, so very apparent to the aver- age man that perhaps they are invisible to htose who dwell in the rarified atmosphere at Queen‘s Park where taxpayers‘ dollars are b‘l‘ithel‘y scattered. - No. 27 highway already provides a good outlet to the north. As for -No. 11, that historic road up which the pioneers of early 'Canad-a passed on their way to open up a continent, it will always, no matter how many other new roads are opened, be one of the hemisphere’s busy arteries until the garages of today house the family plane instead of the family car. Eliminate the far north traffic entirely and the trafi‘ic to and from towns between Barrie and Toronto will keep it crowded â€"â€" to say nothing of the traffic to and from the Lake Simcoe, Lake Wilcox, etc., resorts to which it provides the shortest route. . . . n The week-end’s tragic happening on No. 27 highway at Schomberg in which five persons lost their lives may not have been attributable to any highway fault. But at least it gives some point to the contention, which many residents of his area have advanced frequently, that it is about time the Department of Highways quit fooling around with Buck Rogers dreams and got down to the practical job of Using taxpayers’ money to fix up the highways we already have. But what can one expect of a Department whose public re- lations officials turn out reams of “Speed Kills” propaganda and whose engineers turn out blueprints for a new highway where speed can be king? OOOO“OOOOO”OQOOQOOOOOOOOOO¢O§OOOOOONWWOO » Events demonstrate more and more forcibly as the days go by the need for efficient. lookingâ€"ahead planning. We believe that our municipal councils are. in a broad sense, seized of the situa- tion. We believe too that it is becoming mandatory that business in general should associate itself with local government more am more in preparing for the future. ‘ It took months of study and preparatiOn to move the allied armies to the continent of Europe on D Day and the days thal followed. It took the best combined brains of the nations whc were comradesâ€"in-arms. It is going to take our time. too, and our best brains to prepare for the army which is gathering on the borders of our area. soon to spill over into it. . Elsewhere in this issue we publish, through the courtesy of the Markham “Economist and Sun.” a reprint of an address given by a senior official of the Bank of Nova Scotia, Mr. Harvey M. Dagg, in that community recently. We do so because we believe that the remarks of Mr. Dagg are worthy of study by every business man in this community and particularly by the leaders of our various municipal govern- ments. Mr. Dagg lists five “musts” which he considers essential to the industrial progress of a community. We are quite prepared to admit, as has been done in editor- ials and articles in this paper onvarious occasion, that there is some room for doubt as to whether a community becomes more or less livable as its industrial barometer climbs. Certainly the old. pleasant. easy-going way of life disappears. Whether what takes its place is an improvement is an open subject for debate. Nevertheless the inescapable fact remains that in this part of the world urbanization is creeping up on us willy-nilly. Figures published elsewhere in this issue show the terrific building pro- gramme which is being carried out in North York township to the south of us. It has been stated â€"â€" we do not know with how much accuracy â€" that building in that area last year was one- twe‘ntieth of the Dominion’s total. Iiievitably, as North York fills up, these towns and townships of ours will be the next to feel the effect of Toronto's growth. That cannot be gainsaid for we are feeling it today. The process will accelerate with the Musings of the months. Confidence In Your Cormnunity Highway Department “Genius” 'ith 5 Centre St. “2. Richmond Hill Phone 490 Nights and Holidays 451'6 roomoououuoooowomoooonooomoumouoom. BRIGHTEN THE HOME An Independent Weekly â€"â€" Established 1873 Subscription Rate, $2.00 per year; To the United States $2.5 Member Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association J. 1'}. SMITH, M.P., Publisher THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Thursd ‘6’ I‘HE LIBERAL Cut Flowers Funeral Designs Corsages Wedding Bouquets Flower Shop July 14, 1949 1e gets caught. The kettle is slow in coming to a boil so Bill pulls out a fag, finds it’s the last one, and reminds himself that he must get some on his way to work. Of course he’ll have to buy them downtown â€"â€" Stan Ransom isn’t up yet â€" and he’ll have to get them from a tob- acconist with a'license to do busin- ess as such. Poor old Bill! Off goes his alarm clock (bought in Toronto before he came to the Hill or of course he’d have patronized a local merchant). .t was purchased from a jeweller who lad to have a permit to do business m that line. Anyway, up from his mattress gets Bill. He’s too sleepy to recall that on his mattress should be a little tag certifying as to its contents and giving the license num- ‘3'er of the manufacturer. Gazing enviously at the wife of ‘iis bos‘am‘ who has 59 kindly agreed to let him get up and get his own breakfast - after Bill had aCQuired the right to love, honour and cherish her by buying a marriage license â€" he stumbles downstairs and turns on :he electric stove â€"- a stove into whose manufacture have gone um- pteen licenses and permits â€"- and then proceeds to kick the dog out of doors, glumly thinking about the couple of bucks he had to disgorge the day before to “Curly” Lynett for a dog license. ‘ Oh, Oh! Bill’s watch‘has stopped. So he turns on the radio to get the time, ruefull‘y thinking about the li- cense‘ he had better buy for it before You don’t have to have a license or a permit to breathe! Not yet â€"â€" that is. But it‘s one of the few activities for which, so far, it isn’t necessary to have a‘ little piece of governmen- tally issued paper of authorization tacked up somewhere or other. He gets breakfast, burning the‘ bacon bought from Ted ,Mansbridge,l who is in a business where slaugh- tering licenses, etc., etc., run ram: pant, finally gets dressed and walks out of the house to his car. Grimly reminding himself that tomorrow is the last day he has to get a new car license, he also recalls that he has to drive over to Maple to get a building permit from the township offices for his brother on the farm. Wishing that he hadn’t stayed so late at that dance hall last night â€"â€" operated under a license issued by Vaughan Township Council â€" he re- calls that he’s got to get home early in order to take his wife to see that special picture shown by a theatre Let’s just take a day in the life of Bill Smith to see how far “license- itis” has stuck its claws into the life if the average man. Bill lives in Richmond Hill, where, on the surface, the disease doesn’t appear to have become as virulent as it is in some places. But never mind, he’s going to get caught up .vith plenty of times before he calls is a day. I‘hat Radio License At last he gets going'and, pulling out of the garage, nearly gets run down by a truck which has, as well as its ordinary plates, at PCV license. “Gosh,” he thinks, that was a close one,” and recalls that he has left his operator‘s permit at home â€" just another of the little pieces of paper which goes into the making of a day’s living in Canada. Getting into town, he stops and gets a paper from .a licensed street salesman, parks his car at the place )f a licensed operator. Fed up with things before the day starts, he drops .nto a restaurant (also licensed) for 1 cuppa cofiee. Then into his office â€" which, as an anticlimax, happens :0 be in one of the licensing branch- es of the government. Being a kind of a slack day, with the boss away, Bill takes advantage )1“ the situation to slip out and get A few odd jobs done. Most of the establishments he patronizes, even hough he doesn’t realize it, have a license of one sort and another, inâ€" cluding the drug store into which he pops to get a much-needed aspirin. But the car isn’t working ivellfso he calls at a garage â€" a business whose operator usually finds him- self with half a dozen official pieces of paper of one kind and another tacked on his wall. Finally he decides to get a hair- cut, so off he goes into a barber shop (again he should have patron- ized home industry) and, while the su'rplus is removed, gazes sleepin at the paper which says that his oper- ator is licensed to do bUSines.. He reminds himself that tomorrow he has to go and see an architect, another licensed man, and a sudden twinge makes him decide that he had better go and see a dentist â€" an- other licensee â€" soon. By this time it’s t00 late to go back to the office and, anyway, his feet hurt. So off he goes to a licen- sed chil‘opodist. Coming out he feels so much better that he decides to maké a donation to a charity -â€" operator who license. More Licenses From The Hilltop A COLUMN 0F VIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS too, has to have a Pfifiwflm (By F. J. Picking) also licensed. There’s a little time to kill before going home so he drops into a licensed bowling alley with a pal for a game. He loses and has to pay so off they go to an estab- lishment which is licensed by the Province of Ontario to sell you know what. By the time he gets home the car is acting up again so he and \Nifey â€" who all day long has been dealing, directly and indirectly, with licenses of one‘ sort and another â€" decide to take a public vehicle which, again, has to have a license to carry pas- senger's, for their evening 'out. So you think this is exaggerated? Well, let me tell you that I haven’t taken in half â€" no, nor a third, of the licenses and permits with which, directly or indirectly, the average family has to deal during the day. Some years ago I listed them and, if memory serves me correctly, I got up as far as 174. Space has prohib- ited me mentioning more than a comparative few in this article. If you want an evening’s amusement just start listing the ones I’ve miss- ed. You’ll find plenty. Hundredth Birthday_ Passed By 23 Fairs In Ontario Province Finally the day is over, Bill has a goodnight cigar â€"â€" fabricated by a licensed manufacturer â€" kicks out the cat, which in some strange man- ner has escaped acquiring a license, and goes to bed. i I started off by saying that you didn‘t have to have a’ license or per- mit to breathe â€" yet. But it has to be admitted that the chances of your continuing to breathe are ,improved by the care given you by a licensed medical practitioner. And, in the final analysis, there’s the licensed undertaker. You just can’t win! One of Ontario’s oldest institut- ions, the Fall Fair, will again hold the limelight in a month or so and from the largest to the smallest, each is an event of extreme importance in its own locality. More of ‘Em Exaggerated ? ? “Then the Fall Fair also gives real impetus to improving agricul- tural practices.” Mr. Carroll pointed out that livestock competitions en- courage better breeding and care of animals; competitions in all the var- ious classes of the Fair, bring about better production of grain, vegetab- les, methods of production and in a host of other ways give the farmer a higher goal to aim at. Old Palmer House Undergoing Change ' Is To Be Garage One of Richmond Hill’s oldest ho'uses â€" the Palmer residence at the south end of Yonge Street â€" is changing character. The property has been bought by Jack Brillinger, wellâ€"known local garage man, who is in process of re- modelling operations which will make the property into a smart, modern garage and service station. When completed, it Will be the farthest south buSiness establishment in the town, with the exception of Crane’s restaurant. Ontario Agricultural Societies’ Branch of the Ontario Department of Agriculture, of which J. A. Car- roll is superintendent, has just had printed the 1949 list of fair dates. I: is isuued by the Department and during September and October as many as 25 Fall Fairs are scheduled for some days of the week. In the meantime he will carry on with his garage business, specializ- ing in general repairs, oxyacetyline welding and colliSion work, and will operate his taxi business as usual. An interesting feature of this year’s list is the fact that of the more than 260 fairs and exhibitions listed, 23 of them are this year start- ing their second century. They ob~ served their anniversary last year and directors ,are preparing for much bigger things as they enter on their second century. “The Fall Fair provides a sort of show-window for the smaller com- munibies, dust as the bigger fairs offer industry an opportunity "to ad- vertise its ware‘s in the district ser- ved by the Fair,” Mr. Carroll said. The stables which at one time housed ti-otters will soon be filled with equipment to service the ‘cars which have displaced the horses of yesterday. Old trees have had to fall to the march of progress but it is Mr. Bril- linger’s purpose to make his premâ€" ises into an attractive addition to Richmond Hill's business establishâ€" ments. He expects to install gas service in a short time. The “Bradford Witness" reports that growers of celery and lettuce who have marketable produce at present have cause to smile. The marsh gardens are like a fertile oasis while high land is burned and parched and, as a result, though marsh crops are far from-abundant, they are in great demand. Celery and lettuce are selling at fancy pri- ces. June building permits for FNorth York Township amounted to $3,986,- 928., bringing the 1949 total to 313,- 919,928., says the “Lansing Enter- prise.” The pdper said that it was believed that North York leads all Municipalities in building. Except for one school permit, amounting to $208,000., permits were for dWellings. It is hoped to raise $50,000 in one big‘ drive, says the Orillia ‘News- Letter," to construct an artificial ice arena. Total ecst is estimated at $105,000. Finances raised in prev- ious campaigns, pledges and grants, are expected to take care of the bal- ance. Machinery will be available to start excavating for a swimming pond on Bogarttown creek a. soon as tests on water have proved satis- factory, says the “Newmarket Era.” Construction of the Stouffville Ar- tificial ice arena is proceeding rap‘- idly and the first block of shares in connection with financing the project has been disposed of. More shares are being sold to cover the cost of the ice plant, work on which will be started shortly. Recently adopted building regula- tions in Pickering Township require that on the issue of a building per- mit the sum of $1300. must be depos- ited with the Township Treasurer. The deposit is returnable when the roof is completed and the doors and windOWS in. During June 28 per- mits to the value of $139,000. were issued. together with 7 for summer dwellings totalling $9,300. "Mayor W. M. Seymour of Orillia has announced that he does not in- tend to seek re-election at the end of his present term. 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