Page 10, Thursday, April 20, 1972, WHITBY FREE PRESS 't -Or Couldn't Could I t?. In a clean, middle- classarea there is a tree-linedroadwithwell kept grass verges . The houses are all about 15 years old, well maintained and contain a Ii t he soveniers, clothes, furniture and appliances that have become the ir- replaceableworld called "home" to the people wholive here. I picked one such house - a 3 bedroomed detached and at firstglance it was no different to mili- ionsofothersinevery city on this con-- tinent. A closer look makes the passer by realize that this peaceful scene changed suddenly and this house has been equipped to play its part in a U.S. city that suffers from a big crime pro- blem. How many houses in this price bracket in Canada can boast a bright blue siren attached to the eavestrough- ing? Let's go inside with our homeowner. Notice he doesn't just unlock the front door but first turns a special key in a switch attached to the door pil-lar that cancels the burgular alarm. Not entir- ely trusting this elaborate system our friend also has to release a chain lock a f t e r he has opened the conventiionai lock of the front door. The only feature inside thatstrikes you as strange for a residence are the steel grilles on the windows of the back doors. Look closer and you can see the swi tches and wiring - that connects these doors to the elec- tronic master mind. Our host invites me to look under that cosy rug in the living room. I cautiously lift up one corner and find a mass of wiring and strips of metal called a pressure pad. S p e c lai versions of these are avail- able for pet owners so that the family mutt does not send intruder signal s when he ison the prowl. I Looked at the mas- ter bedroom and our host showed me a cute little white box by the phone on the bedside table. This is the "Panic But- ton" which manually trips off the alarm if someclever individual manages to get as far as your bedroom while you aré sleeping. A Nerve Wracking Lite L i v ing wi th this protection can be, i f a n y thing, hard on the nerves. Two m o n t h s ago while al1 were asleep and quiet in this house, some birds who hadborrowed the attic for shelter were am us in g t hemselves pecking through s om e insula t ion on the wir ing, when they set off the alarm. Having listened t o this siren demonstrated in daylight w he n I was expecting it is one thing - to be awakened from a deep sleep is an- other.l as k ed o ur host if tbe sinister look ing 45 col thanldguln, which was al so r eady on the bedside table was really n e ces s ary wi th ail these other pre- c autions, but apparently birds are not the o ni y visitors who have tried to be the electricians. Three weeks ago, a couple of would- be thieves did actual ly get into the house but these were amateurs who tripped the a 1 a r m and made away with nothing but haste. Couici be "pros" Next Time The next visitors could be pros. If you wish to remain popular with your neighbours, it is important to switch o f f t h e al1 a r m before wandering half a s Mp'to'the ehroom. -Pres9ure' Here 1 N f - Guns are as commonplace to the bedside table as book and sleeping tablets in this American city. The siren nestled in eavestrough is linked to an inside alarm system which would be tripped off in event of trespass, an increasingly common sight in the larger American cities. Slms Happen ined in the Act as fol lows: "owner" includes a mortgagee, tenant, exec- u t i on creditor, a person entitled to a limited estate of amentally incompetent person or of a person incapable of managing his affairs, and a guardian, executor, administrator or trus- tee in whom land is vested; "r e g i s t ered owner" means an owner of land whose interest in the land is defined and whose name is specified in an instrument in the prop- e r r eg i s try, land titles or sheriff's office, and includes a person shown as a tenant of land on the last revised assessment rolls; 3. The expropriating authority, each owner who no t ifies the approving author i ty that he des- ires a hearing in respect of the lands intended to be ex propriated and any owner added as a party by the inquiry officer are parties to the inquiry. "T his notice first published on the 20th dav of April A. D. , 1972." -Special to the Free Press' p ads cannot tell your feet from anyone else's. For the pleasuges of living with the protection of this particular system, you pay $90 per month, and because it is instaliled, our host gets an extra ch e ap h omeo w n e r 1 s insurance rate that is still about double what we would expect to pay here in Canada. If you think this could not become our way of liife take another look at how c l o s e o ur borders are to major high crime rate U. S. ci ties. I can hear smug C an a d ian Anglo-Saxon voices saying " Yes, but its allpart of the racial pro- bI em s down there... " Think again. Punks are very wellI integrated and come inall skincolours. They care little for ethnic affiliations -white willrobwhite, black willrob black, and so on. Crime did not reach its present dizzy heights in the States overni te but graduailly over a periodof years untili now in many U. S. cities it takes an enormous police force to even make smallI inroads. Oni y by giving our police full co- operation and facilities for crime det- e c t i on now, and only if they in return startjudging thebeatcop by the absence of c rime on his patrol, rather than by the number of minor traffic tickets is- sued, can we hope to maintain a way of 1 ife that so many Americans envy... THE EXPROPRATION ACT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL TO EXPROPRIATE LAND IN THE MATTER OF an application by The Cor- poration of the Town of Whitby, for approval to ex- propriate land being Part of Lot number 53 according to Farewell, Wallace and Keller's Plan for the Town of Whitby, in the County of Ontario, for the purpose of diversion of Lynde Creek in conjunction with the wideningof Dundas Street West and the reconstruction of the Bridge on Dundas Street West over the said Lynde Creek. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that application has been made for approval to expropriate the land de- scrIbed as follows: A free and uninterrupted right by way of an ease- ment in favour of The Corporation of Town of Whitby, its s u cce s s or s and assigns to divert Lynde Creek fr om that portion of Lot 53 according to Farewell, Wallace and Keller's Plan for the Town of Whitby, in theCounty of Ontario, designated as Part 2 on a draft plan prepared by Horton and Wallace Limited as job number 716470 to that portion of the said Lot 53 des- ignated as Part i on the said draft plan; Together with the right of The Corporation of the Town of Whitby, its successors and assigns, through its and their servants, agents, employees and work- men, together with ail necessary tools and equipment, toenter upon the said lands at ail times and from time to time and to pass and repass thereon for the purpose of diverting the said Creek from the said Part 2 to the said Part 1, for the purpose of filling and grading the existing Creek within the limits of the said Part 2, for the purpose of inspecting, repairing and maintaining thesaidCreek, together with the banks and bed thereof as diverted or any part or parts thereof, and for all other purposes and things necessary for or incidental to the exercise and enjoyment of such easement; Provided however that ail right, title and Interest acquired with respect to the aforesaid Part 2 shall lapse and cease to be of any further force and effect as of midnight on the 31 st day of December, 1974. Any owner of lands of which notice is given who des i re s an inquiry into whether the taking of such land is fair, sound and reasonably necessary in the ach i evem ent of the objectives of the expropriating au thor i t y shall so notify the approving authority in writing. (a) i n t h e c a s e o f a registered owner, served personally or by registered mail within thirty days a f t e r he is served wi th the notice, or, whenhe is served by publication, within thir- ty day s after the first publication of the not- ice; (b) In the ca se of an owner who is not a regis- teredowner, within thirty days after the first publication of the notice. The approving authority is The Council The Corporation of the Town of Whitby, Municipal Building, ý405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario. THE CORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WHITBY William H. Wallace, A.M.C.T., Clerk, Municipal Building, 405 Dundas Street West, Whitby, Ontario NOTES: 1. The Expropristions Act provides that. (a> W he re a n i nquiry is reques ted, it shall be c on ducted by an inquiry off icer appointed by the Minister of Justice and Attorney General; (b) the inquiry off icer, (I) s hal I g ive every par ty ta the inquiry an o p por t uni ty ta pr esent evidence and ar- g ument and to examine and cross-examine w i tn ess e s, either personally or byhis counsel or agent, and (Il) m ay recommend ta the approving authority t h a t a party to the inquiry be paid a fixed amoaunt for his costs of the inquiry not to exceed $200. 00 and the approving author- itymay in its discretion order the exprop- r i a ting authori ty ta pay such costs for th- wi th. 2. " ow n e r a n d "registered owner " are def-