169.,* ,tT"'e , Ber
vf=••c ,wed v,'She stated that she -wade.
ss�n :CmitelY opposed to the anneaa
r ww tfon because Ingersoll did not
F tl need the land. She said that the
V,. p 'E �' surplus residential areas could
v, s„n• Ff ' x� ,w n" c•. s'x s„ �, � I be re -zoned back to industrial
p; - as ry or�s�{,3 �i g4 °' ki °° tlareas quite easily. She read. an
It"x" -,„w�. a4kt:Pi ?�'% r,,;,`d a�atlt - t- 'itemized list of land acreage
`.� within the town -which she con.
e - -- - I sidered suitable for industry,
__��-• 's'Y u}sRS� a •,m '"'-•'-.�-� and thesewere packets of tiff
r,• ae i d' a Liy�g9'A�+ '9�1aY acres, SOD acres, 50 acres, two
ALL,
Nra..0 �� &� �,9$dea ��8i6 1� /�. 40 acre blocks, one 65 a c r e
tf s „k,.�wa, 6xx'`* ;j ; x. « x M d` blocks and several smaller
dsUntil 1978 ones:
She also ,indicated that there
;�, gr ^a (: ,'+(G 1 r' were some large empty areas
i+;,*yg ,-SII �y, 1NGL'Ii.,SOLI -Tire propos�jf��'+ along Highway 2 which could
1 gh Sys jus what'access f e bezonedfor. industrial, sites..
Annexation application' of thr township could ex
Town of Ingersoll is sldghtl;I Highway 401. peel to. the She went on to say that finger.
itious,' aecording to th'II y soli .can't afford to buy the an -
over -am] y 4 c ,cgs 5 n �+" tir•- testimony -given :by planninI The second letter accompany-, nexed land, because thee re
vwi' j✓ -. consultant Derek Kittle of Tel rag the first was from the De. streets within the town.i.which
ronto.. - . partmentof Higghways. It stated .are just mud.trails, and`.some j
' INGERSOLL —Donald err' The distance Willis high school 0>llY 141 more acres of,lanithat there ",oil be two inter. streets which need sewer lines
'division court clerk of Inge from the closest point in the will be required by the town o changes built in the area, nam. and water service. She added to
,yesterday charged that the only area ls,about three miles. ' Ingersoll by the year 1978, Mrl ly' one connecting Highway a9, this that the Water Resources
one to benefit from the annexa- A. D.'Robfn n, assessor of Little, told the Ontario Municipal and one connecting Culloden Commission of Ontario was now
tion of the 1,000 acres proposed West Oxfo . testified that 8 id Yeserday. The town ha Road, which is a paved .county compelling municipalities to
:by the town of Ingersoll was there were areas within - the applied to annex 1,000 acres, road.. Further the department have complete sanitary servi-
Michael Do�vaammpp the Industrial town limits now that were Suit- Mr. i Idle is acting as plan stated that it was the policy to I ccs: '
`.conmmissione�f Ingersoll. able- ;for: industrial sites, but athg consultant for the a' Plat build' interchanges.at all Kira, s .�
The accusation was part of were not in use. - of West Oxford. 1 highways and county meads, I POOR REPAIR K.
the testimony given by Mr. . He also stated that there were °+ Retained by the townshipIs, In cross examination Mr. �'� To back up the • need - for -
,Kerr at the re -opened public many areas in Ingersoll with no t June, 3' r. 1,1UP made an iter Preu.se asked Mr. Ltd' w h o ' sewers she reported that there
hearings of the town and Towu• sewer facilities,' and while the give study of the populatiox shun develop file land be- were .wastes flowing into the
ship of West Oxford before re- streets were fairly -good, I h e 'characteristics of the past and tween the Highway 401 and the creek running into Smith's
presentatives' of the Ontario road maintenance equipment Present in ingersoll, and: pro, town v Ingersoll, the town or Pond, and into the Thames
Iected these figures the township, River.
Municipal Board. was not adequate to keep theta 1978 Ile estimated to t e year Mr Ititle replied that the rim. -The sidewalks of�Ingersoll she
my. Kerr was one of 14 wit in good repair. lion then to be 8,52A, of which nre]Pahty. which could provide complained, were not fit to walk
nesses vRto• testified on behalf He said that the town had fre- ; Von percent is bile labor force, the services required by the in on; and one could easily break
of fire township. Most of the wit- quently, rented the township; dustries would be the loaf
nesses were land owners and grader, and the town had no 9 MR ACRE choice EN PER ,cal his neck if he were.aot careful
.' choice -
residents the township whose snow plow. New expendituresin the esti-
assessmentt would be affected Of this total labor force, Bi. Further he added, "Just be• mation of Miss Williaa would i
SATISFIED per cent. is industrial labor. The: cause the highway 401 is there, add new drains�dr'4he now by the annexation. As a resident of the township, accepted figure of workers per is no reason for annexing the add ne taxed budget of the „
acre in Indust] whole. area for tilt sake of a town, There would be the West
READY FOR MAIL. - Mr. Robinson affirmed Um¢ fact -y, is nine, so that, sari
C. 11 Egley Ingersoll post. that he was well 'satisfied that 'w'iien this is divided into the I ' p Of lots 400 feet wide. for in- Oxford School t ' F,
By EEN DOLL S-t,
Sentinel lievtew Staff Writer --
' INUE RWLLI�O Vl he ii ePnibe's
Williof file un Shub and Antario ci�at Mcd�a toe J(
j of TO, 01I 7 deferred decision •_.„a°
yesterday at ,the conclusion of
`Ithe
hearing Over the proposed;
i land annexation by Ingersoll.
The heating started Sept. 32 t
III the council chamber of the!'
Ingersoll Town Hall, over Owl'
1 amount of land which the tour
wanted.
At that tune the chairman Of I
'tile hrarin^ asked the Maym• of
Ingersoll Thomas f Mo U,
IlWhy thev had rhan rd an e?*h
er request of rieo acres to 995l
acres. I
'Air, M 'son. stated thathet
himself could not conceive whvl
so' much extra land hall hecnl
added, unless it was ;lust tot
square off the section. i
DOR�511TORY - - -
Gordon Culhant. Ingersollsl
planning .cons,, .ant had. ,, '
marked in that first day.of the,
hearing that the danger was -
that Ingersoll would, become a
dormitory for .'theprogressive
city of London 20 miles to. the -
west and Woodstock nine miles
to the .east. - -
In the second day of the hear - I"
in, on Sept 23, Ingersoll'- in
dustrial commissioner; lMirhad
Dewan told the board that at �I
least 15 to 30 acres were requir-
ed by the twentyinquiries they
have had for industrial land.
tact thar-Mi—"e'industrial firms
were interest in prestige. sites
to show their huildines off: surh
master, aplzcar:ng at there• they were receiving' Lhe best AGo workers in the industrial jai dustrial purposes. It would just extra "'Iles of roads, p snopot w re j bfr. Dewan told W: E. C. t
quest of W. E. G. Young, coun of fire and police protection, her force, expected by 19t8, the' leave the area between the tonim mount equipment to buy, road - Youn .counsel for West Ox-
sel for the t vB1�ip�8Swed the and winter snow plowing. Mown will need 218 acres of in-- and these lots bordering the 401 maintenacequipment to buy, I i or fwp., that: he had been;
board a map. of Ingersoll withSince he has big own water.,dustrial land to support the IaI vacant foryears•" - need £or. more 9 acting. for the industrial' Coln -
the and a mission, .and not for himself,
the new letter carrier p routes supply and septic tank, n is It a her force. l ! el such time as the urban need fin•' more Public Utilities `�
marked. Mr. E f emphsized Posed to annexation on the In addition to this; 20 per cea' development of these lands is help.y when he 'showed the interested i
the fact that the routes project- grounds that it would be no im• is allowed for vacant land b necessary, tile,, the township or 1, parties land in the proposed
ed out into the townshipbecause prevenient to the resent aftua- 'tile Cultism Report, prepare the town is free to service them., The town would. slso be ' areas to be annexed, Of which
ILhe houses there col with tion ,P by G. Culham for the n ersol But it is not now necessary, that saddled with Y6 percent of the he owns 33 acres near the Cullo-1 .
the regulations of the Post Of. Included among the witnesses) Plamm�g-•�oard. When this 20 the area 'be developed and may towarrWest °xtlied Pitto kaDamment den Rd. and Hwy 401.
fice Department. heard yesterday were Emestl:Per cent is added on, the hots or may not be in the future. .she The Ontario Municipal Board I
1 Y )J' said, and the €a�eafwould, go up adjourned the hearinga
To receive mail, houses need Harris Mrs. Mr GI1Rags, F.''acreage required is zG2. "I£ it was all zoned for urban as a. result, t the
t� only to be within 40 yards of ' �ia a�ll, Mrs. liorx—@uiru l At the present time there is purposes• the land use patters - end - of the second day; until
88 acres of land being used in set by existing developments The members of the board Nov. iG'.
( each other, and be equipped to Mrs�is inn a proposed
Ingersoll for industrial 'purpo• and patterns, alight not',neces• rounded out their day on Tue& With the Opening of the
d handle the incoming with a box_ ly farmingwin the g .sarilp da n I
hear -
Jo C. Winh w, Oxford Coun• annexation area; and Mrs. -Eve ses, And according to' the Cu]• ) be rile best use patterns Y, vfth as inspection tour of ing again Monday,, Counsel for ,:
lei .ham report for this land." the. parcels of ]snit in dispute, West Oxford Twp.; W. E. G. ;
ty Accoi,'presented t h e Jo� Mrs. Doroth Conn P rt there is only 33 accompanied by the eounsillors. Young of Woodstock, called la
hearing with figures showing h rs.: Andrei' Nub}, c o a 1 d awes Left in bile town suitable A SUBIIltR
that Ingersoll stands to g a in Kerr and A.'D. Robinson, all for industrial sites, so that The hearing resumed again wifhes.ses• .These people were
a" tax assessment of 5.5 per- lrv"i$g in houses withft-thetown- leaves a'need for an addition of Mr: P,ronse stated that unless today.at 11 a.m. for the. final all ral.e payers in the township.'.
cent. The. township on the other Ship- the town geels much .more indus- AGAINST i
jurisdiction. 141 nacres. arguments of the lawyers on be.
17ie town has trial co e a res, it is destined half of their clients. . All of the residents in the j
hand tax arse sme percent . n All witnesses called for the Proposed w an- to become a residential suburb rn-^ y+°'
their tax assessment, based on township sfied of West Oxford are vex asses acres of land now un. — •' a.fi. a as ,,, ,v;t.. loath ip, who testified .under;
present assessment of tile township; o� ��OII andWoodstock 14[r ,;*s,� � �' fys iy �� ,v, oath, stated That they were sat-;.
the 1964 assessment of taxes. satisfied with the of West Oxford. 1 LRtle agreed to this, and to the - ,"eq �' r �' ,',t ished to continue as they were
vices provided o the township, fST'that statistics can Chan e .'ems ' "' s' under the township council, ra-i
NO BUS and are all opposed to the an. R, E. Prouse of Brampton, g aft.. 't
Mr:.. 'law also informed the vexation. counsel foi-fll�own of Inger•I� over a period of years, because v�-''-y%"' they than be annexed by anger-�
hearing that with annexation. The hearing will continue to, still, 'was asked - on Monday by? the factors ih[iuencing them wIll f x v '„ sell, and lose sumo of their ser-
atiouL 40 young students would rday and Wednesday in the Count the hearing chairman William change. vices..:' -
be SIIil�.OMB member, to find an The available- industrial sites Yesterday; at I.he conclusion'•
� t tion.tUnder the present setupI Town Hall.
of time Ingersoll rulings which the; ' U p p e r1.of .Ingersoll are not selling be of the hearing, the counsellors t
the school busses pick up,, t h e Thames River Conservation Ani• cause they are too, small," not summed up the cases for their
rural -students. If the town ` i thm'ity might have pertaining to suitable, and credit companies respective ,clients,. and present"
takes over the proposed area, ., e i the use of flood]auds along the will .not give loans for buildings ' 'f >.ed their final arguments to the ' -
the busses can't take the stud- ""^" •: -w� river or near It. unless the lands are serviced by +! board.
eats to school because they C NO FILL `Water and sewers, ,J The township has opposed thr
would then be urban students,. The trend of industries is Co' t] Proposed annexation of E07
land exempt froin this service.' ilia Prows reported that tlr fill acres of land loin to the south
_ build their factories and large g
?s, w• �v 1 atilhorit� Snell a Provision plants on ;well travelled hi;h- I o£ Ingersoll and 118 acres lying
winch Prohibited the placing o plant such as 4Dtravelle many) - � to the north, which the town.
dwnpin of fill or anything else a people w1B see. their signs. says it Wends.
�, „ R ,.�'k ,yy s t -•t R, In the areas below the high wat, ghis'is visible, g
ser nark.. and pro'hibitOd th progressive ad '. i SUMMARIES
¢ b
a 3- n,,4 tF , ' fh4•% s 'erection" f'an vertising, as, exemplified by the! In summing u the case far
0 Y uildings unths. g p'
out the express permission ot-concentration o£ industry along; the tOwnslm]p of West Oxford, W.
the authority. L1 the. "main street of Ontario"[ E G. Young of Woodstock, eni
To clear u I near Toronto..
�P ine matters i.. wetc. satisfied
all the rSerdmusI
,f -=:tee_. Highway, 401interchapges; ,.��� With the cases -for the town'. '.wecnsatisfi¢d with tile servtres:
counsel for
d L. E. Cu
had wondered why e sucha s ne
town would receive the benel
of two interchanges, 11,11 e
much larger centres had on,
one.
USUAL POLICY
Mr. Curry prc,sented th
board with a letter dated Fet
24, 1953, written by himsel
tvhich asked the lleD,O-1 »..r
and towtship completed, the I
chairman invited: anyone In
comae to the witness stand, and
give any new evidence which'c
might be of help to the board in :'
reaching decision:
FORMER MAYOR
' Miss Wfnnifred'L, Williams of
284 Wellington St. Ingafi&011,75Nt;o
was on the Ingersoll Town:
Counsil from 1954 to 1959 Oct
Mayor of the town in 19 6
1957,• presented a reporl-
cailable. in the township, the
c and_,pohce-prplection was
good, and the wat In the uellst
was good and abundant.
With this security,: was it t•C'a-
t'sonable to expect them to join
.`I the townof Ingersollq he asked.
'I The town, he said; had hiade-
iquate sewers, an incmnPlete wa-
ter supply, poor In and nn
roadmaintenance equipment,
no snow plows, and inadequate
sidewalks.
,j With a record like lbi�, lip 1
.:masked; who was hrfl'�i ale to
after the nr<a.; of Ibr w-n.