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| A PLANNED CNR expansion i in North Vancouver
: will almost certainly increase train noise in the area
over the next eight years, CNR representatives said

Part of a presentation.
made by CNR representatives .

to a packed public gallery at

“North Van City council.
“predicted that by 1992, 29

trains will regularly travel to
and from North Vancouver,
compared to 20 trains in
1982.

In 1982, 12 trains regularly
travelled to and from Van-
couver, compared to a
predicted 10 trains in 1992.

‘“Which means we’re going
to be getting the bulk of the
trains,’’ said Ald. Stella Jo
Dean. **Some trains have 98
cars, three diesels, and a

oose -~ which makes it
more horrendous.”’

Mayor Jack Loucks said
the CNR presentation in-
dicated a ‘‘concentration of
expansion, and (CNR) hasn't
concentrated to any great ex-
tend to minimize the distur-
bance to the local
residents...**

CNR representative Mike
Wasylyk agreed that noise
disturbance wasn’t the
primary concern of the
railway, although it was get-
ting some consideration in
the projected expansion
plans.

““Fhere are a lot. of cases
that come in, and: (residents)
ask us to muffle the noise,”’
said Wasylyk. **The CNR
research department is look-
ing into this aspect. Whether
it’s going to be possible to
lower the level of noise from
a 3,000-horsepower diesel
engine to a level where it’s
not going to bother anybody
— I have my doubts.”’

CNR representative Bob
Hopewell said the railway
would build a shed to help
stop noise from idling
engines in the North Van-
couver freight yard if money
was availabiec.

“If the noise was a simple

See Noise page A4

Apartment hit
by pellet fire

“THERE ARE a lot of irate
people waiting to get a hold
of somcone out there.’

The speaker ts a resident of
a Fifth Street apartment who,
understandably, doesn't
want to be identified.

The ‘*som¢one’’ he and his
trate neighbors would like to
get hold of is whoever is cut-
ting loose with a pelict gun

In two incidents in the past
two weeks, residents of the
100-block of West Fifth
Street have sech their apart.
ment balconies, cars and at

least one cat used as targets.

“This is the second tume
it’s happened, says the
man. ‘*Two weeks ago, three
shots hit our balcony The
guy below us was opcning his
window when pellets hit the
ledge just below him.’’

A cat was killed by pelicts
in the first incident. As well
as the shots aimed at the
apartments in the latest inci-
dent — Monday night —
several holes were shot tn a
van.

North Vancouver RCMP is
investigating the incidents.