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Alderman Alviano stated that h as long as he had been on counâ€" cil (over 10 years} Erb St. had always been intended to carry heavy traffic. Why else would we have built it so wide, he asked? This street was originally planâ€" ‘ ned as a main artery. If you Rpcople did not know this when you purchased, then you were Mr. Erdman protested that Erb St. should not be used as a main artcrial road because, though it «a had been originally specified as commercial, this was changed to residential when a proposed plaza (Towers) was constructed instead on Bridgeport Road. How, he€ asked. did they propose to route traffic from the Towers # Plaza for those wishins to travel the opposite way (Bridgeport is recommended oneâ€"way west and Erb oneâ€"way east\. He objected to traffic being reâ€"routed from a street primarily built to handle heavy traffic to one that is resiâ€" # dential. He complained that they were beit;fi penalized in order to move traffic, and stated that Erb was not suitable for truck trafâ€" fic because of a stcep hill just off Moore St. ~ Esth. 1854 ‘Waterloo Chronicle Waterloo Share Lower For Hospital Addition Mr. Erdman based the arguâ€" ment of those he represented on a survey conducted by Norman Pearson, former planning conâ€" sultant from Hamiiton, and preâ€" sently a professor in the geoâ€" graphy department. University of Watcrloo. Mr. Peaison had conâ€" duéted surveys in various parts of Canada and is considered an export in this ficld The proposal was recommended by City Engineer D‘Arcy Dutton and in an interim report by Reedâ€" Voorhees and Associates. who are presently @onducting a traffic survey of Waterloo. A delegation with Don Erdman of 163 Erb St. as spokesman, apâ€" peared before committee Monday nisht to oppose a proposal to make Erb St. and Bridgeport Road oneâ€"way streets. Oppose 1â€"Way Traffic For Erb St. Wagner â€"â€" Best News Ald. Rusy Ledger, Rudy Komineck and when they each appeared in Council Leaf Tartan jackets. The Maple Leaf for the Centennial. 113 Waterloo â€" St. Clements â€" Bridgeport â€" St. Agatha â€" Heidelberg â€" Conestogo led down the garden path â€" yes, answered a woman member of the delegation, by members in your city office. â€" Give me the name of the party that told you different and I will see that he is severely reprimand. retorted Alviano. He had no right to do that â€" no name was given. January 11 . . . Centennial lecture (No. 2) Speaker â€" The Honorable J. W. Pickersgill at Waterloo _ Lutheran _ University theatre‘auditorium. _ 8:00 _ p.m., ‘admissiogjfee. \l{\)fia‘ry 16â€"18 . . . Canadian Film~ Festival at Waterloo Theaâ€" tre. 8:00 p.m. each evening. To be officially opened by the Honâ€" orable Miss Judy LaMarsh. Ticâ€" kets _ available at _ Kitchener Chamber of Commerce, Waterloo Theatre, Lyric Theatre. any JC member. Adults $1.00 and stuâ€" dents 75 cents. Ald. Doerner stated that just because commercial development bad taken place along Bridgeport Road. it did not mean that all traffic had to be routed along that thoroughfare. Bridegport was not always commercial. it was formâ€" erly residential, he said. and furâ€" ther noted that it was not conâ€" sidered condusive to good planâ€" ning to place all commercial deâ€" Mr. Erdman asked Ald. Alviano if he had gone down to city haill to see what the road was desigâ€" nated when he was first married and purchasing his first home â€" no I didn‘t, admitted Alviano â€" Neither did I, stated Erdman, I had other things on my mind â€" Let‘s not get into that. quipped Alviano. Alderman â€" Alviano questioned what they thought the city should have done with the land if not to build homes on. THREE OF A KIND entennial Activities WATERLOO, ONTARIO, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 1967 Joseph Doerner were "three of a kind" Monday night, wearing identical Maple Tartan is the official Canadian Tartan January 20 . . . Centennial Queen preliminary dance at the Coronet Motor Hotel (sponsored by the Kâ€"W JC‘s). Three finalists will be selected to go to the Cen tohnial Ball where a "Queen" will be chosen and crowned by Lieut.â€"Governor Earl Rowe. Adâ€" mission is $5. per couple and tickets available (in advance onâ€" ly) at Coronct Motor Hotel, Tourâ€" ist and Convention Bureau (Kit.) and JC members. Contestant entry forms available from the Kitchener Chamber of Commerce and Waterloo Chamber of Comâ€" merce. D‘Arcy Dutton reported that they were not making a final deâ€" cision on the whole matter until a complete study was completed «on the whole area involved, howâ€" ever, in order to facilitate plan ning on the expressway interâ€" change, they had to establish a principal. The principal he was recommending was oneâ€"way trafâ€" fic. This he related was the most logical method to relieve the present and expected future inâ€" crease in traffic travelling to and from the expressway and King St. It is the fairest method. by splitting the amount of traffic onto two oneâ€"way streets. I feel this is the best and most econoâ€" mical method. He informed them that traffic forecasts predicted that some 30.000 vehicles per day would be using this route in about 30 years. Though this is a long way off, and in fact may never even come about, it is only senâ€" sible to plan for this contingency. Mr. Erdman stated that he somehow felt that all the traffic (Continued on Page 8) velopment along one route, but to scatter it in strategic areas to avoid heavy concentrations of traffic. ~ Mr. Schaefer expressed _ the concern of his department with the growing number of business es that are allowing their busiâ€" ness tax to remain unpaid. When Also contributing was the fact that the city was unable to collect taxes on vacant lots in two large subdivisions. Business Tax: The amount collected for last year â€"totaled . $4,167,013.90 which is 96.10% as against 96.50"% for the previous year. The lower perâ€" centage is due, he stated. to the inability of two major industries to make full payment of their 1966 taxes. OneCof the industries went into receivership during the year. D. C. (Don) Schaefer, city treaâ€" surer. in his general report to council for the year 1966, noted that the tax collected is four per cent lower than the percentage collected in 1965. Noting that six new beds are required for ecach 1000 of populaâ€" tion increase, Mr. Smith reported that, as they got closer to the actual building stage. the populaâ€" This leaves $5,200,000 to be apâ€" portioned among Kitchener, Watâ€" erloo and Waterloo County. The county will pay $1,144,000 (22% ): Kitchener $3,055,784 (just over In a prepared statement, Mr. Smith told council that the last addition to the hospital took place some 15 years ago. Since then the population of this area had increased _ considerably â€" making the expansion imperative. This expansion has been in the planâ€" ninz staze for well over two years. 75%) and Waterloo $1,000,216 (just over 24%) based on populaâ€" The share assessed each muniâ€" cipality wil be lowered further due to a $558,000 credit held in reserve by the hospital, and credâ€" ited to the munfcipalities. This reserve credit is figured only to the end of 1965 as the 1966 amount is not yet known, but is expected to be in the neighborhood of . a further $60.000. > The pleasantly large reduction â€" PY@Se°nt anq_following completion was due mostly to a new financial Of the addition are: aid for hospital construction by 2oL the Ontario government. Estimatâ€" Existing on ed total costs for the seven story . completion addition, as presented by Mr. 327 Active Treatment _ 562 Smith, is $15,000,000 plus an adâ€" 111 _ chronic _ 111 tTrian1! â€"$200,000 forâ€" increaced ~â€" psychiatric 60 parking facilities required un‘~~ T en s Kitchener byâ€"law. Of this amount 438 _ Total . 133 hospital authorities have been COHS""C.“O" comqletlon, wm.h assured by OHSC that the sum â€" 2Â¥ Start being made in March, is of $10,000,000 will be provided CXP¢cted to take two years. under the new grant system. No Immediate Charge: This credit, which will be paid to the municipalities, will lower the Waterloo share of overall costs by another $113,000. Last addition 1952: Waterloo council faced with their highest capital forecast, expressed pleas ant surprise when M. J. Smith, chairman of the Kâ€"W Hospital Board, informâ€" ed them that their portion of the costs would be much lower than their capital forecasts. The previous estimate of Waterâ€" loo share for the addition was estimated â€" to be approximately $1.758,000.‘ Monday â€" night Mr. Smith informed council that it would be in the neighborhood of $887,000. Reserve Credits: Taxes Collected 4% Lower In ‘66 The amount of interest and penalties on late payments of taxes totaled $15.134.34 compared with $10.517.37 in ‘65. At the preâ€" sent time, penalty on late payâ€" ments. is charged on the basis of 1% on the first day of default and an additional 1°% on the first day of each month following. Inâ€" terest is charged on arrcars of {Continued on Page 3) The council decision, he noted, to reduce the number of installâ€" ments to one will be of great asâ€" sistance to the department, and plans are underway to separate the business tax installment from that of realty tax and have the full year‘s taxes come due in the latter part of May. property taxes remain unpaid it is usually possible to recover by means of tax registration. howâ€" ever, when a business ceases to function it is difficult to recover outstanding amounts. The estimates also include costs for a new laundry suitable for continuing the regional hospital laundry service operated for the past 15 years. These estimates assume a twoâ€"thirds payment of capital costs through the provinâ€" cial government. The board is presently working on an alterna tive proposal which, though it might increase the amount of debenture _ required, â€" would â€"reâ€" cover over that period the full capital costs of the laundry. This would effect another considerable savinz to the municipalities beâ€" cause the alternative would qualiâ€" fy for Federal participation in the costs The municipalities share of the costs will not be apportioned imâ€" mediately, but will be shared over the debenture period. and determined yearly according to population. (County costs are asâ€" sessed by the number of patient days). Alderman Ledger questioned, in the face of rising construction costs experienced on the Expressâ€" way, whether similar increases could be expected with thg hos. pital. Mr. Smith, while acknowâ€" ledging that he could not say at this time. did point out that they were calling for tenders at perâ€" haps the best time of the year, Many firms are looking for job"’ just now which may keep the costs in line with our projections. tion of the area increased more than had been predicted, sesultâ€" ing in an enlargement of scope to be planned for. Also, to meet a growing need, new se viceg such as psychiatric treasment facilities were urged upon tem. The provision for _ addional rooms for patients also eftailed the expansion and relocaton of otherâ€" services â€" laboratory. ra~ diological, operating, outâ€"patient, laundry and others, result ag in a complex but functional p. iject The number of hospital beds at present and following completion of the addition are: sUBSCRIPTION $3.00 YEAR Circ. 10,497 completion Active Treatment 562 chronic 111L psychiatric 60