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I N J | l Fi l 1 thls R . Westmountâ€"Erb are not at capacities Erh Street entrance doesn‘t get approval It isn‘t hard to understand why Miss â€" of this sort, but usually only one or two When they were ready, the city wasn‘t workers take up most of the room with Muriel Whiteley is upset over the Union _ problems do actually come up. and the city has to wait to be fit into the their cars. Street widening project. With the Union Street project though, contractor‘s schedules. "I think the workers get a little sick of Due to a combination of unforeseen Mr. Willis figured the workers had run Mr. Willis said the residents in the area me running out and asking them to move problems, the project has fallen at least â€" into about eight different problems. All affected have been very good and he was _ their vehicles so often," Miss Whiteley weeks behind schedule meaning Miss were minor he said and each have been pleased with how patient they have been _ said, "but they have been very coâ€"operaâ€" ley will miss the bulk of Christmas _ encountered on individual jobs, but they with the city. Besides the inconvenience _ tive." _ shoppers. all seemed to happen at once with this to the residents as drivers, they have Miss Whiteley finds she is missing out on l project. had to go without water on several occaâ€" the Christmas clients but has been fortunâ€" Miss Whitelev is the owner of the â€"â€" For example the watermain wouldn‘t sions. _ ate in that the regular customers she has Miss Whiteley is the owner of the Treasure Trove, a gift shop on the corner of Union and Mary Streets. The only merâ€" chant on the otherwise residential street, Miss Whiteley is surprisingly very underâ€" standing about the situation although naâ€" turally wishful that it would have been less damaging to her business. She knows there is nothing she can do about it. The installation of the new watermain caused the most difficulty according to Mr. Willis. He said there were several things which could go wrong with any installation Jim Willis, chief city engineer, expressed the same feelings as Miss Whiteley. There wasn‘t anything the city could do at the time except meet the several problems encountered. Major Holdings was once again turned down in its request to build a laneway enâ€" trance from Erb Street into the Westmount Plaza. Waterloo council committee of the whole Monday night approved a planning departâ€" ment report recommending the laneway not be allowed. Ald. Herb Epp thought if the residents were willing, they might as well agree to sell their properties but Ald. Harold Wagner pointed out they are willing but there was a descrepancy in Major Holdings offer and the residents asking price. The most critical area is Erb Street, acâ€" cording to the report, particularly near Canbar Street where the design volume is at about 70 percent of the capacity. The capacity of Westmount, the report said is adequate to beyond the year 1987. It said, "If the present trend continues, it is anticipated that it will be necessary to widen Erb Street to four lanes within five years." Residents from the three properties not owned by Major Holdings in the area of the laneway were at council Monday night and voiced their objections to the laneâ€" way. . Ald. Bob Henry said it was obvious the plaza development had isolated certain properties. He said a zone exemption is useless unless Major Holdings has the other properties. He suggested expropriation proceedings be started. Major Holdings has been asking for an amendment to the zoning byâ€"law from genâ€" eral residence to commercial at 204 Erb Street West regularly for the past two years. Residents in the area of the laneway have continued to object. Mrs. John Gross, of 218 Erb Street West and owner of the small apartment building 216 Erb,said Major Holdings had made ’offer of $45,000 for their triplex and ght room house. Jim Neeb, representing Major Holdings, told council his company had no knowledge of such an offer ever being made while Mrs. Gross protested she had witnesses to prove it. The present traffic© volumes on Westâ€" mount Road and Erb Street were seen as being below capacity by a Waterloo engiâ€" neering department traffic study of the area. 118TH YEAR No. 48 Mr. Neeb drew attention to figures inâ€" cluded in a report presented by the city‘s engineering department studying the trafâ€" fic problem in the Westmount Road area. The report said the proposed fifth entrance could possibly attract as many as 215 cars during its peak hour with some of these coming from the other entrances. Even if it was only to draw the minimum number of 71, Mr. Neeb said the laneway usefulness would be proven. He also said the company would beâ€"willing to underâ€" write the cost of appraising the properties needed if residents felt they couldn‘t afâ€" ford it. Council committee voted 5â€"3 in favor of Panabaker about the company‘s booklet desigriéd to 7h?elfp7 yc‘)uâ€"n'gC::uvladlgn not approving the Erb Street laneway. athletes. C hel t athletics were minor he said and each have been encountered on individual jobs, but they all seemed to happen at once with this project. . For example, the watermain wouldn‘t sterilize by the usual flushing out proceâ€" dures after some dirt had slipped in during the installation. There had also been a couple of main breaks, faulty materials and leaky vailves to further delay the project and keep the street closed to traffic. Work was first started on the street in August to widen the pavement from 24 to 36 feet and to replace the 60 year old watermain system from King to Moore Streets. Now that the problems have been solved, it is difficult to get the contractors for the cement and pavinp*Amolvesuacking. It is conceivable according to Mr. Willis that the street will be reâ€"opened by Dec. 7 and hopefully no later than Dec. 14. _ _ In an attempt to make their application more acceptable to council. Major Holdâ€" ings said they would dedicate 13 feet of the land it owns and of the land it will acâ€" quire in that area to the city. The booklet contains 14 articles written by experts in sports with an overall generâ€" al perspective rather than concentration of the skills required for anyone particuâ€" Don Hayes, chairman of the provincial task force on sport research and Olympic runner Abby Hoffman were at the Mutual Life offices in Waterloo Monday to launch the booklet locally. The report did not contain any encouragâ€" ing information for residents who recently petitioned council for a traffic light at the corner of Westmount and Westcourt Place. Pedestrian crossing counts were made Nov. 15 and Nov. 16 and were evaluated. Mutual Life of Canada showed its conâ€" cern for the fitness level of Canadian citizens with the introduction of an athâ€" lete‘s handbook. In the summary of the report, it was stated a study should be repeated in late 1974 to determine whether there has been enough increase in pedestrian and vehicle ‘"‘This information," the report said, ‘"has been entered in the minimum warâ€" rant for the installation of traffic signals form. The warrants for the installation of traffic signals are not satisfied."" WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1973 tin * * With the watermain work done, the occasional car is now making its way through the construction, but basically the only entrance yet to Miss Whiteley‘s store is from Mary Street. This is also the only area for her customers to park and she said at times, construction drivers Abby Hoffman (left) talked Monday with Mutual Life President John H The initial printing of the book was run off at 100,000 copies in English and 25,000 in French, but Mutual Life President John Panabaker said they are anticipating several reprint runs of the booklet if the demand warrants it. Abby Hoffman praised the uniqueness of the booklet called ‘"Strive" and said she felt too often booklets tried to centre lar sport. It is being circulated free of charge with the distribution made through coaches, recreation directors and school boards to athletes under their supervision. The traffic volumes for the two arteries were set down in the report for the present and included figures from 1966 and projectâ€" ed 1987 for comparison. volumes to meet the warrants On Erb Street West from Westmount to Caroline Street, 6,500 vehicles used the street in 1966, 8,500 in 1973 per day and 12,000 to 20,000 could be using it in 1987. The figures for Westmount Road from Erb Street to University avenue were 5,000 per day in 1966, 11,000 in 1973 and 21,000 to 25,000 by 1987. WATERLOO, ONTARIOâ€" Miss Whiteley finds she is missing out on the Christmas clients but has been fortunâ€" ate in that the regular customers she has accumulated through her 10 years of busiâ€" ness have overlooked the inconvenience in coming to her shop. Any tourist trade she might have captured during this year‘s Oktoberfest was also lost and she said her business profit was down considerably for October and November. â€" on one sport or just one aspect of sport. Organizations she said, put out inforâ€" mation to cover their own sport but this is the first time she had seen one which hits athletics as a whole. The 62 page booklet also deals with such topics as nutrition and the athlete, girls and sport, how to select sports equipment and even argues whether fact and fallacy of superstition. In other chapters of the booklet, Peter Ratiford advises intensity, duration and variety of training are important considerâ€" ations for athletes and adds tips on how to develop training games to suit needs. A major mailing has just been comâ€" pleted sending 4,000 of the booklets to members of the Coaching Association of Canada and Mr. Panabaker said locally contact was being made through the Waâ€" terloo school boards. Copies of the booklet may be obtained free of charge by contacting the Publicaâ€" tions Department of Mutual Life in Waâ€" terloo. Writers of the booklet were chosen on the basis of their individual knowledge. Abby Hoffman writes on how an athlete can evaluate his or her own performance and why it is so important to use both brains and muscles to become a more complete athlete. . 1 3, 700 copies ‘delivered by carrier every Wednesday in WATERLOO PRICE 10 CENTS