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Foh‘;lna:'eg calls but strike still hurts People in the Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo area have been making more long distance phone calls since the postal strike began, but Bell Canada‘s local business manager says the strike could still end up costing the company money. Jannet Stephenson said in an interview that local operatorâ€" handled calls are up 11 percent over what the company expected for this time of the year, with an average of 11,300 calls each day. Overseas calls are up even more substantially with a 55 percent increase during the week (500 calls a day), and an 85 percent jump on Sundays to 1,600 calls. No statistics are available yet on the number of calls made to other parts of Canada from the area. Stephenson called the increase, starting immediately after the strike began "a reaction of people and businesses unable to write." But the local branch of Bell could be losing money, according to Steâ€" phenson, because of additional exâ€" penses and shortage of money. The company is paying for a special courier service to deliver bills and pick up receipts from businesses Jones keeps post (Continued from page 1) factors in his decision to stay on as chairman included a desire to see through development of an updated set. of rules and reé;ulations governing the force and an improved shift system. He also said his workload as chairman isn‘t as strenuous as it has been, particularly since the completion of contract negotiations with the police associaâ€" tion. ‘‘*At the start of the year, it was quite onâ€" erous," he said. "But that seems to have imâ€" proved now. It‘s been getting a little easier." ~Whatever the case, it appears the Cambridge commissioner attaches high importance to deâ€" liberations on the Brown affair. In December of last year, he went on record against the former chief and said "I will pursue all legal means to prevent Mr. Brown returning as chief of police." _ _ _ Meanwhite, Brown himself was baffied when told in an interâ€" view that his case would be going back to court in September and By MARK WESSEL The last court deciâ€" sion, inviting an appeal of the original Diviâ€" sional Court decision of Sept., 1979, was handed ‘down Jan. 19 of this year. that Jones ‘had said Brown‘s lawyers had asked for a threeâ€" month deferment to the hearing. Brown wasn‘t aware of the September date and said his lawyers had never told him they would ask for a deferment. Brown said if his lawyers asked for a deferment ‘‘it comes as a surprise to me. They did it without my knowledge and without my approval."" He said he had last spoken to his Toronto lawyers, Alan Lenczner and Doug Laidlaw, in May and "they said they were going to do their level best to get it (the hearing) on in June." Brown was fired folâ€" lowing release of the OPC report that was critical of his adminisâ€" tration of the force and recommended bis disâ€" The lawyers were unavailable for comâ€" ment with both reportâ€" ed on vacation. and major customers. And the bulk of the receipts from regular customâ€" ers aren‘t coming in. â€" ‘"What I‘m looking at," said Steâ€" phenson is having to pay money to have my accounts delivered while I‘m not collecting any bills." Stephenson said it will take two to three months after the strike before bills begin to come in on a regular basis again. "It hurts us for a long period of time," she said. Bell won‘t know if it has taken a loss in this area until "everything is assessed following the strike," Steâ€" phenson said. _ Even if Bell loses money because of the, strike, Stephenson said it is unlikely phone rates will change. "I can‘t see increased rates hapâ€" pening at all. We‘d have to go to the CRTC (Canadian Radio and Televiâ€" sion Commission) and there‘s no way they would give it to us." So far the increase in calls hasn‘t tied up lines and no additional staff are needed. "It‘s still nothing like Christmas and Mother‘s Day," Steâ€" phenson said. But it‘s clear large numbers of people are turning to Ma Bell for the sort of communications the post office currently isn‘t providing. Brown was techniâ€" cally reinstated in Sept. of 1979 after apâ€" pealing his dismissal to Divisional Court. He was put back on the payroll but ordered not to perform any police duties pending the outâ€" come of a proposed further hearing into his conduct with the force. missal. The commisâ€" sion had conducted an ingquiry that was prompted by allegaâ€" tions of police brutaiiâ€" ty, sparked by a police raid on the clubhouse of a local motorcycle gang. The hearing still hasn‘t taken place, Brown is once again off the payroll â€" although legallyâ€"speaking, he‘s still chief of police â€" and the battle continues in court as to whether the local commission has to give him his job back. Chairman Jones is determined to keep the former chief out. As he said in a previous inâ€" terview "I would not be a party to reinstating Brown. Period." Jones «has said he would resign if Brown returned as chief. Leaking watermains drain city coffers â€" This year the city of Waterloo will lose enough water from underground watermain leaks to fill the Lion‘s Swimming Pool in Waterloo Park 333 times over. Works commissioner Jim Willis estimates 7 percent or more than 133 million gallons of water the city purchases from the region will disappear this year through breaks and corrosions, at a loss of about $46,550 to the city. , Corrosion has become a major concern of the works department, which last week received the goâ€"ahead from city council to hire a‘consulting firm to study the problem. Some watermains, in the ground less that 10 years "are beginning to look like pieces of Swiss cheese," Willis said. Repair costs for a watermain leak range between $200 and $5,000 depending on the extent of damage. The city has budgeted $40,000 this year for repairs and has spent $17,462 so far to stop 17 major leaks. to the Chronicle It used to be that a 60 per cent average in grade 13 subjects was enough to qualify you to enrol in first year arts at the University of Waterloo. Not this year‘ UW is so swamped with arts applicants they have been forced to move the average for admission to first year to 65 per cent. . Unless action is taken by the city, Willis feels the number of breaks caused by corrosion wii increase drastically over the next few years. "It‘s getting more serious and we don‘t know the source of the problem," said Willis, adding According to Dr. Gary Griffin, associate dean for undergraduâ€" ate affairs, UW‘s faculâ€" ty of arts can handle bnly about 830 freshâ€" men students each Sepâ€" tember. This year, however, the number Operators have been kept busy with long distance phone calls since the nation‘s postal strike began. But local Bell business manager Jannet Stephenson says the extra business won‘t be enough to offset the other costs of the strike. UW tightens entry qualifications _ By MARK WESSEL of applications inâ€" and 65 per cent were creased so much (10 considered individually per cent increase from _ and a few were admitâ€" crade 13 high school ted. per cent increase from grade 13 high school students and 32 per cent from nonâ€"grade 13 students) the 830 figure would have been greatâ€" ly exceeded had the faculty chosen to stay with 60 per cent as the standard. _ ~ Applicants must have either a 65 per cent acrossâ€"theâ€"board average or at least 65 per cent in subjects related to those taught within the faculty of arts (for example, Enâ€" glish, history, geograâ€" phy, languages). Stuâ€" dents with admissien averages between 60 WATERLOO ICLE, WEDNESDAY , JULY 15, 1981 â€" PAGE 3 "we‘re really over our heads until we get some expertise on it." This expertise will be brought in neg- month when the watermain corrosion study begins. The works department estimates the survey will cost $6,000 and Waterloo is asking the city to pay half the bill. ~ ‘"We‘re hoping this survey will show us how to stop future leaks when we install new waterâ€" mains,,and how to deal with the one‘s (leaks) we already have," Willis said. He said the waterâ€" mains are being eaten away by electrolytic corrosion â€" which can be traced to a number of causes. One example is when copper and cast iron pipe fittings are joined, an electrical current is created which corrodes the metal. Electrolytic corrosion can also be caused by certain types of soil, and electrical fittings around the pipes. Some opponents of fluoridated water claim hydrofluosilicic acid can corrode pipes and watermains, and @hile Willis said "theoretically it‘s a notential problem*", it isn‘t a problem here. "If 1\ watermains were being corroded by fluoric« it would come from the inside where the water is ,"‘ he said. But all of the corrosion we‘re faced with comes from the outside." ‘"We think the inâ€" creased interest in Waâ€" terloo‘s arts programs is an indication they are increasingly well thought of in Ontario," says Dr. Griffin. ‘"We are delighted because it means we are getting better students ... an increasing percentage of top notchers."" _ Dr. Griffin says the admission standard is much higher still for students enrolling in the coâ€"operative, apâ€" plied studies program offered by the faculty of grams are those in which students alterâ€" nate between campus and selected, relevant work term jobs, every four months.) The adâ€" mission standard for coâ€"op arts students is 80 per cent, both acrossâ€" theâ€"board and also in arts subjects. ‘‘Incoming coâ€"op arts students have to have 80 per cent both ways," says Dr. Griffin. ‘"Thus we have students with 80 per cent averages acrossâ€"theâ€"board who have actually been reâ€" fused admission. Enrolment in the coâ€"op stream is limited and the demand to get in is very high."