sco mecttetpe ote tte WEATHER: near 25°C. Mainly sunny, Sunday through Tuesday. Highs Merchants Lifestyles: 41 There's big money to be found in recycling. F Entertainment....... Fashion........ wee AZ Lifestyles... Mailbox ........ money needed for trolleys IF LONSDALE merchants want trolley cars run- ning up and down their thoroughfare in time for Expo, they’ll have to make the first move to fi- nance the project. That was the message president Jim Houston of the Central Lonsdale Mer- chants’ Association gave to a meeting of fellow merchants Tuesday night. ‘We have to take some of our advertising money — and we al! have it — and spend it on the long term. If we don’t initiate it and get it off the ground, no one else is going to do it for us,” Houston said. The $405,000 trolley-car proposal, which would have two rubber-wheeled cars designed to carry 36 to 48 passengers from . Esplanade to Queens and back, would be an effort to attract Expo tourists to Lonsdale to enjoy the ride, and shop and eat while they’re there. Houston, who owns Fa- ther and Son Apparel on Lonsdale, said, ‘*The value for our money is excellent. The $350,000 to $400,000 is nothing compared to‘ the costs of paving streets ‘and replacing lights.’* The trolleys, designed like early 1900 streetcars, similar to San Fransisco cable cars, would be funded in three phases. The first phase would cost $135,000. for the initial design, the two chassis’ and the construction of the first vehicle. EAGLE HARBOUR Beach reopened to swimmers Fri- day after the latest Health Department tests showed fecal coliform counts in the beach waters to be below 200 units per 100 millilitres. By TIMOTHY RENSHAW Bill Kimmett, senior public health inspector for the North Shore, says the original level of 300, re- corded at Eagle Harbour after five test samples taken over a 30-day period ending July 5, had dropped below By BARRETT FISHER The second phase budget is $120,008, which would pay for the building of the second vehicle, signs and other capital requirements. The third phase would cost $150,000 to support the first eight months of opera- tion. The money would be raised through selling the merchants trolley tokens to give to customers, advertis- ing on the streetcars and any other special promotions. The project would be self-supporting after the ini- tial investment by mer- chants, project coordinator Ted Griffith said, and the trolley cars would continue operation after Expo. “It’s only the visionaries who wilt be putting up the money,’’ Houston said of the approximately 600 Lonsdale businesses. ‘‘Peo- ple who can think in the longterm, who are going to be here for awhile.”’ The trolley cars are plann- ed to be manufactured in North Vancouver by Western Bus Lines. After the merchants show fundraising initiative,. Houston and Griffiths say they can hope to qualify for government and public sup- port — but ‘not until the merchants make first move. Houston ssid he would be contributing $1,000, and merchants in the audience promised their support. photo subm TROLLEY CARS on Lonsdale, like the one above, would be a dream merchants on the strip would like to make a reality in time for Expo, to attract tourists to visit the retail, dining and service businesses. But the merchants have to make the first move in money making efforts. the allowable level in test samples received Friday. The beach was closed July 8. Panorama Beach in Deep Cove, however, remains closed. Abnormally high col- iform levels of 1,240 units per 100 millilitres, which closed the beach July 5, have yet to dissipate. Coliform counts at other North Shore beaches showed Ambleside with 60, Cates Park with 88 and Dundarave with 63. . Kimmett says the Health Department, in conjunction with North Vancouver District’s engineering department, is conducting an exhaustive investigation of the Beep Cove area in an at- tempt to pinpoint the source of the coliform. Sea Cove Marina, the Deep Cove Yacht Club and Eagle Harbour Yacht Club have already been instructed to advise all boaters to refrain from flushing toilets while moored in the respec- tive marinas, says Kimmert, ‘and we are checking to see Beach reopens for use whether there is any col- iform leaching into area streams.’” Recent release of coliform count numbers was done against the better judgment of the Health Department, says Kimmett, ‘‘because they don’t really mean much to the general public and only end up confusing peopie.’’ The latest test results for Panorama beach should be ready early next week. The beach will remain closed un- ul results from these tests can be analyzed. Vancouver's: “Aquinas school: “Bell said: ‘North Van- RCMP would.. couver, release pertinent informa~ : tion into the thefts when’ - investigation... was - : completed” ‘and © ‘not.’ be- the: *, fore. ‘Ina. 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