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_ THE LIBERAL, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Thursday, Aug. 24, 1967 ‘- 2 i-m\tmlmum“u“\\\munmuumummuumull\mmlllummmnmuuuummttm1uu\lluu\umu11u1mmuunmmmmummnuuuuumum\1lu1u11uu\uunumuuu\mmumuummumumuumuum‘uu“mum‘uu\umumu“muummumuuu\uuumunmmmmuummnumnuMumummmmmuunm“mm!mmmmmmunumnuunIummmummumummuuuuumu!nmuuuumunumuunnmumuummmnmmunummuumuutmuuuuumnmuuuuuitqutuuultutluk‘t(uumutl(tuutt(mutumxmun\x(\m\\\\\\\\\\u\\u\\\u\\\xum\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\m\\\\\\\\mm\\nm11m“munmuummmmum ‘ Noting that the Toronto Star has chosen to locate its huge newspaper complex in Vaughan, he points out that over one thirdlof Canada's retail market is within less than 40 minutes of the area. Within 50 miles is over 41% of Canada’s retail markets. It is within 500 miles of 110 million Canadians and Amer- icans or 61% of the contin- ent’s retail market and 55% of the continent’s industries. A native of Toronto. he re- ceived his MA in mechanical engineering from New York University and his PhD. in economics from Louvek Uni- versity in Belgium. l-le start- ed his business as a consult- ant in 1952 but has been chiefly what he calls a “con- sultant’s consultant”. investi- gating the financial justifi- cation and feasibility of var- ious projects, usually in land development or re-develop- ment or industrial locations. He worked on the rebuilding of downtown Calcutta, the building of Haldia, a new free port in India, at La Plata, Argentina and Georgeâ€" town, Guyana and in other parts of the Caribbean and Latin America. uuun “Incl. 1w. Noting that the Toronto Star has chosen to locate its huge newspaper complex in Vaughan, he points out that over one thirdlof Canada’s retail market is within less than 40 minutes of the area. Within 50 miles is over 41% of Canada‘s retail markets. It is within 500 miles of 110 million Canadians and Amer- icans or 61% of the contin- ent's retail market and 55% of the continent’s industries. He notes too that the CN’s Uldllb auu llldfldsclllcllt. VVll-Il. reference to the Toronto Star plant he quotes someone, presumably a “Star” spokes- man, to the effect that "The Toronto Star purchased in Vaughan for their new plant but two years later, at its own expense, the Star is still making presentations through the jungle of petty politicians and bureaucrats in an effort to have the land properly zoned for their use.” He then states "Vaughan is one of those municipalities 4170 U1; we VULCI§ 111 L1“: lVlCL- ro Planning Area (which in- cludes the firinge municipali- ties) are capable of discern- ing use of the ballot. “This is arrived at by an evaluation of 100 elected officials in the Metro Planning Area,” he states. “Anyone who doubts this should see them in ac- tion and then decide just which ones they would em- ploy in any normal business capacity.” At other levels of govern- ment, he concludes that “The DR. CHARLES W. MAGEE Plots Vaughan’s Future VULEI‘. llllh cuuru UH, HE sug- gests, $5,000 per residential voter. Also “The senior 10- cal official of each industrial and commercial property would have one vote for each $5.000 worth of assessment which his interest paid taxes on.” Under such a system he states, “Our municipal misâ€" management would immedi- ately disappear.” Some of Dr. Magee‘s mOst scathing comments are re- served for "planners" and out of control the fact that one municipality had asked a developer to pay $1.000 per family unit for unspecified costs, “And another was de- manding lands for schools from the developers free of charge." Such varieties of “wide open vultural opera- tions" are adding over 100% to the cost of housing, he in- sists. In outlining how residen- tial development would benâ€" efit Vaughan Township, Dr. Magee states that the CNR ing 50 miles to work daily, but this was quickly raised to 75 and then 100 miles. In fact, he found one person who travelled 145 miles to work daily. He notes “These people were travelling by car from the home environment that they preferred to where they could work to the great- est personal advantage." He notes that it is impos- sible to legislate where people are to live and “A more sophisticated people will be more selective and “There will be two sys- tems of education,” he states firmly, "the public for the mediocre and private for the more aspiring . . . We can expect that the public educa- tion system will be of ‘per- missive’ education that quick- ly eliminates the less able. There will be varied forms 01' 'continuous’ or ‘lifetime’ edu- cation, with the public sys- tem continuing to follow hob- bies and the private teaching advanced skills and abilities." In order to bring about this insists that such a schedule would force the co-operation of all governmental and mun- icipal agencies. “If this for- mula were combined with a clean-up of iniquitous legisâ€" lation there would never again be a housing shortage." He also reaches the happy conclusion that “Vaughan, being practically all raw land with extensive green belts. golf courses. etc. could readily be developed as an ideal group of, satellite cit- ies." '\\lliilll““\i“1mmill““hill“Willi\lllllllllliilllllillllllllllllllillWilli“lllllllillillliiillillll“l\lllilllillllillililiillll“lllllllll“lllllllillillllllllliililliillillllllllllililllllllllllilililllllllillllilllllllllllilllilliiiiiliilllllllllllilllillllllllliiillllllllllll“tilllillllllllllllililllIllilllililllllllllllilliiilll\iiliillilllllliillllli\ll\\llll\ill\\\1llll\liillllllill“lulllillllllillliilliilillllllllill\lllilllilllllllllil“lllilillllllllllllllillli‘illilillllll“iiililllililllllllllililiiilllililiilillllllllmm“il|“illllllllllmlllllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllullulltlllllililll“illlllllllliiilillilliitill\lllllililllllllllllilllllilllllilllllilllillllllll\ll\llil\i\l\lillllll“lillllllllllllllllllilllllllllliiliiilil“lilllllilllllllll -P Economist Sees Three Satellite Cities In Vaughan, Criticizes Politicians And Management Mr. Magee was asked to do the study by the association in April of this year and sub- mitted his 35-page report at the beginning of July. “Most of the trade and commerce of Canada must go through Vaughan or pass its fringes" states Don Mills Consulting Economist Charl- es W. Magee, P11.D., reportâ€" ing to the Industrial and Commercial Association of Vaughan on “the investiga- tion and survey of housing and development in the North Metro Planning Area”. YONGE & LEVENDALE - RICHMOND HILL OPEN Mon. - Wed 7.00 - 8.00 By MARGARET McLEAN 8 hour service (Mon. - Sat.) ’ Guaranteed length drapery cleaning . Prov. Government certified 0 Free minor repairs 0 Ample parking Harold Keffer Realtor Thornhill Avenue, opposite the new Thornhill office is located a half home. The property on which the house stands was owned by the Wright family for 91 years. The Tutt family purchased it 27 years ago and lived there until this February. As it begins a new era in its life, the old home remains as a link with this area's pioneer OFFERS YOU THESE EXTRAS days. BARTH’S Century Old Home Gets New lease 0n life Mr. Keffer has Thurs. - Fri 7.00 - 9.00 m However. in other sections of the report he severely cas- tigates the township’s politiâ€" cians and management. With reference to the Toronto Star plant he quotes someone, presumably a "Star" spokes- man, to the effect that "The Toronto Star purchased in Vaughan for their new plant but two years later. at its own expense, the Star is still making presentations through the jungle of petty politicians and bureaucrats in an effort to have the land properly zoned for their use.” He then states “Vaughan is one of those municipalities mmul\\ummumuummmumuuIIuuuuuumumuuuumm I]IIllIlllIlllIllllIllIII\llIllIIIIlllllIHllllI\lIllIllIIlllllllmllllmllml See Page 4 for a report of this unique project. Dr. Magee is also consult- ant for principals who plan a three to four million duller hotel complex proposed for King Township. Vaughan is already the new plant site of over 25 national companies, he con- tinues, its grade school edu- cation is “to the high standâ€" ards of Ontario”, York Uniâ€" versity is on its border and seven universities are within 11~2 hours travel: “with six river valleys that are almost completely greenbelt reserv- es. it is a good place to live and raise a family." In other words, Vaughan is where the action is and it should join in the develop- ment boom of “the fastest growth area in North Ameri- ca 1! new national express termin- al is the world’s largest and most modern and is affiliated with a complete local, domesâ€" tic and international rail, highway, air and marine transport operation. Cmfm’Masa-r Drydrancr Sanitone head office at Yonge and Finch Avenue in Willowdale has opened a real estate office at the corner of Yonge Street and fast growmg residential area at the north end of Thornhil]. His in this beautifully restored more-than-a-century-old storey and Sat. 7.00 - 6.00 “Properly supervised extra-cur- ricular activities are planned for, but I am told by the cus- todians that some of these childâ€" ren go home and then return to the school to roam around," My. Pennyfather continued. The matter was referred to a meeting of the principals to draw up regulations which will eliminate this problem. “To the men working in our schools. this is a real problem.” the vice- chairman commented. Unsupervised children waud- Matthews ering around the interior of the ceived tm schools after classes have been ing heatin dismissed for the day and all Christians members of the teaching staff would re) have left the building. are inter-mith large fering with the carrying out of '5903. Tin regular duties of the custodial‘include ii staff. Vice-Chairman John Pen-\l,000 gallc nyfather reported to Richmond ing and be Hill Separate School Board Aug- large diar ust 15. $1.045. H “Our schools are used practi- cally every evening. from 7 or 7.30 on and the custodians have limited time in \xhich to do their work.“ he pointed out. "There should be no youngsters in the classrooms after the teaching staff has left. He also reported the main- tenance program proceedings. with “gallons and gallons" of paint han‘ng been applied at Our Lady Help of Christians School. Heavier repairs are now being dealt with. Unsupervised Children In Schools After Hours, Custodians' Problem However, Mr. Magee does not confine his criticism of politicians to only the local variety but claims that only 24% of the voters in the Met- ro Planning Area (which in- cludes the firinge municipali- ties) are capable of discern- ing use of the ballot. “This is arrived at by an evaluation of 100 elected officials in the Metro Planning Area,” he states. “Anyone who doubts this should see them in ac- tion and then decide just which ones they would em- ploy in any normal business capacity.” Business Administrator Jack Under the heading “Con- clusions” on Page CI, Mr. Magee further makes the statement of both Vaughan and Markham Townships, “Under their present organiz- ation and management abili- ty, no sound industrial or commercial enterprises should seriously consider en- tering the area if any other reasonable location can be obtained, unless the industry or commerce can be first as- sured that their assessments will not become the tax vic- tims of mismanagement.” He continues, "The roads in Vaughan’s and many other m u n i c i palities’ indUSm‘al areas are a disgrace in com- parison with their residential streets. There is usually little if any waste pick-up or other normal service ameni- ties for industrial such as are extended to the residential taxpayer.” who claim to want industry and is offended when not be- lieved. Actually Vaughan and many other municipali- ties are busy proving that they DO NOT want industry or commerce.” Christians. The one, which His father, Werner ROSneI‘. 1‘6- would replace the fuel lines ported the boy missing shortly with larger size ones, would cost bEfOI‘e the miShaP and Officials $903. The other. which would were about to organize a search include installation of a new when a tourist reported the ac- 1,000 gallon tank, with excavatâ€",cident. :ing and backfilling and two new; Deputies said four Pel'SOns in ,large diameter feed lines, waslthe gorge \Vitnessed the fall iSL045. He was asked to get a near Rainbow Falls about a mile quotation from the first tender from the main gate. on the installation of a new‘ tank. This would eliminate haw ’ing ’tO break up the asphalt out- KES“'ICK_. Linda Sederfi 17' door pavement and the 1nd00r “.m preside as Miss Trade Fa“. (fluent noon 9' the Firef nnnllal .inrcnv Rumiâ€" ilk!!! (Photo by Stuart's Studio) SHOPPING FOR A CAR? Big. small, sporty new. late model. Used â€" take your pick from the many cars advertised in “The Liberal" Used Cars Column. Matthews reported he had re ceived two quotations on solv~ ing heating problems at Help of However, he spreads his criticism around quite im- partially and blames- "non- voters” as the leading cause of the present critical hous- ing shortage and excessive housing costs. These nonâ€" voters he also describes as “non-people" and notes that the largest group of these is the apartment house dwelâ€" lers but that as low as 3.7% of them have turned out to ues, “is 1] the times politicians par." As and other suffer. Canadian Politician is 14â€"18 years behind the people: the provincial politician is 10-16 years behind progress and municipal affairs are 8-12 Years behind the intelligent voter.” Requires a woman to assist in Sterile Supply Room. No experience required. Hours are 7:30 - 4 p.m. and 1:2 Noon - 8 pm. with every third weekend 7:30 - 4 pm. The ruralite , “is 11-16 ‘ YORK CENTRAL HOSPITAL 'alite,” he contin- .-16 years behind so they and the are about on a a result, housing urban interests Apply Director of Nursing. York Central Hospital, Richmond Hill, Ontari AURORA: Over strong objec- tion from Reeve James Murray. Aurora council last week agreed to ask Ontario Municipal Board approval of a $224,800 railway museum for the northeast part of the town. Reeve Murray felt sewe'ring, paving and debenture debts would be too great a load on taxpayers. Fulton Leads Work North Poll KESWICK: Linda Sedore. 17. will preside as Miss Trade Fair at the first annual Jersey Busi- nesmen's Trade Fair to be held at Keswick Arena August 24. 25 and 26. Reeve J. O. Dales will speak at the opening at 8 pm August 24 and North Gwillim- bury Police Band will provide entertainment. AURORA: Wilfred Rosner, 9, of Aurora, plunged 110-feet to his death August 18 in a gorge at Watkins Glen State Park in New York State. Schyler County sheriff’s depuâ€" ties said the boy was camping in the area with his family. Deputies said four persons in the gorge witnessed the fall near Rainbow Falls about a mile from the main gate. Donald Fleming, whose cam- paign manager, Richard Rohm- er, will contest York North in the next federal election for the Conservatives, received only five votes. York North delegates to the September leadership conven- tion are: James H. Timmins, Thornhill, Jack R. Dunsford, Markham Village, Mrs. Mary Rudd, Willowdale, Roben C. Sherwood, Markham Township and John Graves, Richmond Hill. ing them to indicate their choice of the nine announced candidat- es, plus three added ones, Party Leader John Diefenbaker, On- tario Education Minister Wil- liam Davis and Former National]1 President Dalton Camp. Members received ballots ask-L Neither Mr. Davis, former Ag- riculture Minister Alvin Hamil- ton, nor Brockville business- man, John McLean, received any votes. other results: Robert Stanâ€" field. 12; Duff Roblin, 11; Dief- enbaker, 9; Senator Wallace Mc- cutcheon, 5; Camp, 3; Michael Starr, 1. A mail poll conducted by York North Federal Tory As- sociation last week, showed E. Davie Fulton an easy winner in the party leadership race with 58 votes, compared to 20 for his nearest rival, George Hees. A national leadership convention will be held in Toronto this September. Dr. Magee‘s suggested solu- tion to the problem is the establishment of a residential assessment per residential voter. This could be, he sug- gests, $5,000 per residential voter. Also "The senior lo- cal official of each industrial and commercial property would have one vote for each $5,000 worth of assessment which his interest paid taxes Under such a system he states, “Our municipal mis- management would immedi- ately disappear.” Some of Dr. Magee’s most scathing comments are re- served for "planners" and Evidently with more re- spect for the integrity of business firms than that of politicians and municipal em- ployees, he states, “If busi- ness people could have more control over their taxes municipal management could not help but improve and all taxpayers, housing, etc. would benefit. Our multiple problems could be readily corrected if just a little hon- esty, fairness and integrity could be interjected into po- litical affairs.” Dr. Magee sees industrial corporations as suffering too, however and notes that “in- dustrial and commercial proâ€" perties are the victims of a highly unsatisfactory elector- al system that urgently re- quires c orre cti on which would lead to badly needed improvements in our deplor- able municipal management." Municipalities hry to attract such assessment, he states, then proceed to victimize it. to be the chief victims of political and governmental mismanagement." vote. "By their lack of ac- tion. they themselves chose BINGO â€"â€" THURSDAY night 81 pm. sharp, jackpot; â€"- 4 spec-g lal and 25 regular games. Our‘ Lady Queen of The World Hall, East side of Bayview at Crosby Ave., Richmond Hill. tfc39 Under the heading “Sadis- tic Hidden Factors” which in- crease housing costs, he cites as an instance that these are out of control the fact that one municipality had asked a developer to pay $1.000 per family unit for unspecified costs, “And another was de- manding lands for schools from the developers free of charge.” Such varieties of “wide open vultural opera- tions" are adding over 100% to the cost of housing, he in- sists. Chief victims of the “god- like” planners are develop- ers, Dr. Magee insists and asks “Why should any busi- nessman be subjected to con- stant harrassment from all governmental angles: why should he need to beg an audience with arrogant plan- ners or planning board mem- bers and up to 50 uncivil civil servants in an effort to get some measure of logic into a development?” Planning boards he des- cribes as "political dumping grounds” and insists that “They are programmed to be negative.” planning boards. “Talking with planners," he says, "is a mest unreal experience. It is like a ‘happening‘ in a peculiar world." Further on he suggests a way out of this difficulty. “The housing problem could be readily reversed by some high class form of welfare for planners. We would save an extensive amount of mon- ey and have enough homes for all if we paid the plan- ners to stay at home or go and work elsewhere on our payroll", he states. MAPLE LEAF FRESH LEAN MEATY Ont. 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Dr. Magee's as- sumption that CNR employâ€" ees would immediately all move to Vaughan Township if housing were available “Experience indicates," he continues "that these em- ployees would purchase in their first 112 years $2,750.- 000 worth of furnishings and appliances. These employ- ees represent 7.5 million dol- lars a year in direct retail purchasing and experience has been that in a viable community this money is spent over 1.7 times in the local area meaning 12 mil- lion dollars minimum. Hous- ing for those people supply- ing and servicing the ONE employees would create a demand for 11 million dollars worth of building and the minimum cost of the com- mercial buildings would be 3.5 million dollars." has 2,500 employees at its new Maple yard and that these could mean a communâ€" ity of 25.000 people which would mean a direct demand for 25 million dollars womh of housing. $1.00 $1.00 Dr. Magee‘s other forays into the future are equally illuminating. Noting that “The only method of estab- lishing interim essentials to a sound growth (planning?) is an understanding of what will most likely be the mode of life and busineSS in 1988" and that it is only possible to plan courses of action when this is outlined within over 80% probability. he pre- dicts that high plant costs will force all types of learn- ing to be in shifts and to operate on a year round basis. LUCAS 8. ARTHURS Dr. Magee foresees a time when short work hours and a short period of maximum productivity in each person‘s life with constantly changing jobs and education will “leave the home that he owns as the only stabilizing influ- ence in the life of the ad- vanced man". He concludes that good housing and mass public transport are there- fore essential. He even goes so far as to state (Page 19) that “We can expect that by 1970 labor contracts will be on an indusâ€" try or trade wide basis plus a local cost of living index, plus a travel time bonus.” STOKELEY’S Bradford LARGE FIRM critical and the volume of traffic will increase.” CLOVER LEAF SOLID BETTY CROCKER'S â€"â€" White & Devil‘s Food braatora LAKUE l'll\lV| LETTUCE ‘nJ r BICK'S QUARTER Honey Pod PEAS 2 14 oz. Tins 39¢ Ea. DII.I. PICKLES z 24 oz. Jars WHITE 'I'IINA z 7 oz. Tins CAKE MIXES 19 oz. Pkgs. Dr. Magee then presents a suggested schedule of subsi- dies ranging from $100 to $1,750 per family unit and insists that such a schedule would force the co-operation of all governmental and mun- icipal agencies. “If this for- mula were combined with a clean-up of iniquitous legis- lation there would never again be a housing shortage." He also reaches the happy conclusion that “Vaughan, being practically all raw land with extensive green belts. golf courses, etc. could readily be developed as an ideal group of, satellite cit- ies." He continues, “The subsidy would be according to the vacancy ratio in the demand category and would be pay- able to any municipality for housing completions within 14 miles of the borders of the municipality that the claiming municipality is us- ing as the criteria." utopia. Dr. Mugee brings'for- ward what he modestly calls the “Magee Formula“. suc- cinctly described as aid, when and where needed. conâ€" stantly and automatically by “a fixed schedule of govern< mental subsidies to munici- palities" to be "permanently associated with the laws of supply and demand for dif- ferent categories of housing. “The program of prede- termined subsidies would be based on an annual inven- tory taken December 1 by each municipality, The cen- sus would be published be- fore January 10 of the fol- lowing year. It would define the finished occupied and un- occupied family units fwithin each square footage category of demand and in this man- ner establish the vacancy ratios for the varied cate- gories.” $1.00