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A Resident of Richvaie for 25 yearsâ€" 8 bUSiness man raising a family and paying taxes the same as you. Is just as interested in Hydro, roads, schools, water, the reviewing of assessments, building by-laws and town planning as you people are. So mark your ballot on December 5 for Your vote and influence are respectfully solicited for TO THE ELECTORS 0F VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP AND TO MY MANY OTHER FRIENDS I should like to express my appreciation of the acclamation given me as Réeve of Vaughan Township for 1950. I shall try to do my best to justify that confidence. "-fnnécidition I should like to thank all members of the 1949 council for their fine co-operation and all members of the township’s staff for the way in which their duties have been carried out during the past year. JOHN HOSTRAWSER I Shall Appreciate Your Vote and Support BERT PHELPS ALBERT RUTHERFORD ELECTORS 0F VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP Electors of Vaughan Township VOTE C. G. (CY) AS COUNCILLOR FOR 1950 ELECTORS 0F VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP Election Day -â€" Monday, December 5 Polls open from 12 noon to 8 pm. BAKER For Councillor THANK YOU! (Advertisement) (Advertisement) the reâ€"election of (Advertisement) (Advertisement) As I believe that my three years’ experience on your township council qualifies me to serve you efficiently I am offering my ser- vices as council- lor for Vaughan Township for 1950 02m Therefore the village, in return for its investment of $36,842 has received back $70,702 plus. But that is only part of the story. As reported previously Richmond Hill is due to receive $8,206. as its share of the sale of the old track, wire, equipment, etc., which has to be added to the foregoing profit and, in addition, will probably receive several thousand dollars when the Willow- dale sub-station is sold. Also, be- cause of the arrangement to give the land over which the old radial line ran to the provincial govern- ment and to receive an exemption from seat tax until 1955, the vi11~ age will receive greater profits from the operation of the line â€"- a deal tantamount to selling the land at a price which has been At the time of purchase Rich- mond Hill issued debentures to- talling $24,486.29, according to Village Clerk and Treasurer Rus- sell Lynett. Interest on these de- bentures, before they were all paid ofi’, amounted to $12,356.24, making the total cost of the line to the village $36,842.53. In the nineteen years of opera- tion up to the end of 1948 the ra-‘ dial line went “in the red” in six different years. Under the terms of purchase the village had to put up its proportion of the deficit. This amounted, all told, to $2,- 723.10. But in the profitable years it rolled up for Richmond Hill the sum of $73,425.96 leaving, after deduction of the deficits, a net profit of $70,702.86. To 1948 End Only ..These figures, it must be em- phasized, represent profits to the end of 1948 only. During the present year an amount of ap- proximately $7,5-00 has been re- ceived by Richmond Hill, repre- senting profits from the success- ful operation of the bus system. That amount will undoubtedly be increased greatly before the end of 1949. The line was purchased by the townships of North York, Vaugh- an and Markham and the village of Richmond Hill in 1930. Total purchase price was $106,461. North York acquired 55% of the line, Richmond Hill village 23% and Vaughan and Markham town- ships 11% each. The start which has been made on the removal of the track and equipment of the North Yonge ra- dial line prompts an examination of what the line has meant finan- cially to the municipalities which owned it during its career. Once Considered "White Elephant” Old Radial Line Paid Good Profit Before Laid on Shelf By Old Age For Sound'Administration To Vaughan Township Council ELECTORS 0F VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP ROWN TREE VAUGHAN TOWNSHIP ELECTORS Election Day, Monday, December 5 Polls Open from 12 noon to 8 pm. Voting Hours â€" 12 noon to 8 pm AGAR Voting Date â€" December Councillor For 1950 WILLIAM Vote To Elect RUSSELL Vote To Elect (Advertisement) Advertisement For 1950 In 1950 Of this North York Township received $169,072. Vaughan and Markham townships each\had as their share the sum of $33814 with Richmond Hill, as stated, getting $70,702 through the years from actual operation, with the 1949 figures of bus operation still to be added, plus over $8,000 to be re- ceived from the ,sale of the track and equipment, plus, again, part Mileage, again, shows a similar trend. In the low-point year of 1938 254,472 passenger miles were travelled by the vehicles. In 1948 radial cars and buses travelled 495,552 passenger miles. Other Municipalifies Total profits of the system up to the end of 1948 were $319,243. Total deficits were $11,839. Net profit was therefore $307,403. The same trend is indicated by the number of passengers carried. In 1931, the first full year of op- eration, this amounted to 1,029,- 775. A steady decline took place from then until 1935, when only 813,880 people were transported. With the coming of the war fig- ures swung upwards again. Post- war growth continued the expan- sion until in 1947, the last full year of operation of the radial line as such, 2,310,521 passengers rode the cars. In 1948, with the buses taking- over on October 10 of that year, the combined systems car- ried 2,595,209 -â€" a total which it is expected 1949 figures will ex- ceed. ' The red hand of' war is clearly indicated in the year-to-year statements'for, from 1939 through 1946 -â€" years of heavy employ- ment and gasoline shortage â€" profits took a healthy upswing, resulting in a net profit for the line in 1946 of $59,866 -â€" the rec- 0rd earnings Study of the figures over the years reveals some interesting comparisons. The finger of the “Hungry Thirties” â€" the depres- sion years which ushered in that decade -â€" has written the figures for those early years of munici- pal ownership in red ink, for it was up to 1932 that deficits were incurred. roughly estimated at $70,000 and of which the village will receive 23%. So while the old line has had its day 51nd has had to go into the discard because of its obsolescence and to make way for more modern and efficient modes of transporta- tion, it. has been a paying propos- ition for the municipality. Steady Growth 0.4-0.0.0-0 The photo of Mr. Scott, like all others in this series, was taken by Edmund Soame, The Studio, 1720 Avenue Rd. As he celebrates his twenty-fifth year of training the Hill’s coming citizens all residents join in saying “Well Done,” and wishing him and Mrs. Scott many years of hap- piness in the community to which they have contributed so much. iii "w Ever since then he has taken a lively part not only in moulding the lives of the Hill’s younger citizens but in many other activities devoted to the welfare of his fellow men.‘ Worshipful Master of RichmOnd Lodge, AF. and A.M. this year, he is also an elder in the United Church, takes a leading part in the Missionary and Main enance activities of the same organization. At various times he has helped with Horticultural Society activities, the Library Board and many other civic activities. One thing of which he is especially proud is the fund-raising activities of the children under his charge, which have resulted in such worth-while accomplish- ments as the furnishing of a room at Sunnybrook Veterans Hospital, the aiding of war victims’overseas, and similar ac- tivities. He represents a family which is playing an important part in Canada’s educational system. Three sisters are tea- chers in collegiates at St. Catharines and Renfrew. One of his daughters is teaching in the Duke of Kent school. The other daughter is married. Truly not a bad picture of pub- lic ownership, especially when it is remembered that the municipal- ities concerned bid fair to profit even more handsomely in the years to come from the operation of their bus system. Then, in due course, he went to France and played a part in every major battle fought by the Canadians from the Somme to the end of the war. Passchendale, Vimy, Ar- ras, the famous “Last Hundred Days” when the Germans were retreating before the victorious Canadians and the Allies were all milestones in his military career. Long ser- vice Was rewarded by a leave in Paris and there, when the bugles sounded “Cease Fire” on November 11, 1918, he wit- nessed the hysterical rejoicing's which marked the end of the First Great War. “It was a scene which no pen could poss- ibly describe,” he says. Back to his unit, on to Brussels, back to England and then home in April, 1919, wound up the fighting career of the one-time Gunner Scott. of the proceeds of the sale of the Willowdale sub-station. seen quite a bit of the world. Born on a farm at Victoria Square, he went to School Section No. 6 on the Fourth Concession of Markham. From there he went on to Richmond Hill High School, to Jarvis Collegiate for a short time, and finally to the Normal School in Toronto. His first school was on the Third of Markham, where he spent four months, earning a rapid promotion for such a short experience to the principalship of a three-room school at Woodbridge, Where he stayed for three years. A session of a couple of years in Cornwall Model School was brought to an end by his enlistment in _the artillery in 1915. Four years on the farm at home was succeeded by a coupleof years running a school 0n the Fifth Concession of Markham and then, in December, 1924, he was given charge of Richmond Hill’s public school. ELECTRIC STOVES and RANGETTES HOME FREEZERS SPACE HEATER “BEATTY” IRONERS, VACUUM CLEANERS, WAX- APARTMENT-SIZE WASHERS These may be purchased on the Finance Plan â€"â€" 10% down payment and the balance in easy monthly instalments. NEW HOUSEHOLD EQUIPMENT KELVINATOR REFRIGERATOR â€" 7 cubic foot WASHERS â€" “Beatty” and Massey-Harris “Snowhite” Harold W. Mortson Know Your Neighbour ERS and POLISHERS (Continued from page Sixty-six building per- mits â€" a record number -â€" have been issued to date this year in Richmond Hill. Total valuation is $322,350. Fifty-five of the permits cover new residences val- ued at $304,000. Three are for stores and a factory, with valuations of $14,000. Six private garage permits have been issued and two permits for alterations. Building Continues Upward Trend 3 Speed or Single Changer Combinations by following the Master Calf Feeding Program. Not only will you grow better calves, but you will raise them for less money! Master Calf Starter-Grower is a combination of pellets and specially processed cereal grains designed to replace whole or skim milk. It is fed dry. If you prefer gruel feeding use Master Calf Meal. W. R. 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