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r Paige 8 PATENT TRADER, MT. KISCO, N.Y., THURSD. Industry Bids Alarm Rockland : Group Asks Editors About Westchester's Experience (The following correspondence between a Rockland County citi zens study group and the editors is thought to be of general in terest. —Ed.) AB you know, the State Thru- way that crosses the Hudson from Westchester also traverses the .\length and breadth of Rockland ^County, with exits at several places »-in the county. — As a consequence many hun dreds of people who have nice country homes in this area are greatly alarmed by the threat that industry will come in and ruin both their homes and property value; and, more importantly, may well ruin the pleasant living condi tions which are now comparatively tree from crime, juvenile delin quency, etc. So we are looking for informa tion that might offer some basis for deciding, first, if industry is at THE VILLAGER, RECORD, YORKTOWN HERALD, MT. KISCO LOCAL, •CHAPPAQUA SUN, BREWSTER RECORD, TOWNSMAN editions of the PATENT TRADER for Christmas The \BEDFORD GALLERY\ Paintings of Masters Young & Old • 192 E. Main • MO 6-8830 ^////,„.mV \\\\wS& all desirable; and second, is one type less objectionable than others. So we address you, hoping that from your experience, or the good ness of your heart, you might be able to tell us what effect industry has had on Westchester. Has it been good, or bad? Affect Famly Life? Has it had any adverse effect on family life? Has it contributed in any way to an increase in juvenile delinquen cy? We have heard from people who formerly lived in Westchester that despite the taxes collected from business, hgm'e taxes have not been reduced—the additional money has had to be used for various kinds of protection—police, fire, etc. How has the use of tvueks and trailers for industry affected the use of your family car and family driving? Does the type of business or factory seem to make any differ ence on the area? That is, do fac tories paying the minimum wage scale downgrade an area more than factories paying higher wages for more skilled labor? RICHARD, KOLYER Committee Chairman Summit Hill Estates New City Dear Mr. Kolyer, I don't know how much help we can be. Our newspaper is pub- ~ { lished in upper Westchester and | Putnam County, where the desira- •^j , bility of industry seems as much i a question as in Rockland County I We note with interest the con- i nection between the opening ->t ' the State Thruway and the Intro- I Will Deliver Your Gift Personally . Reclining Lounge Chairs from 59.95 Cedar Chests—name brand from 49.95 Lightolier Lamps . from 9.95 Other Wonderful Gifts sloll iumilure co. 7 E. Main St. MO 6-8050 Mt. 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King Street MAKE RESERVATIONS NOW DOMESTIC FOREIGN TRAVEL AIR & SEA Hotels — Cruises — Tours — Resorts HONEYMOON TRAVEL ARRANGED , Friendly Free Service CHappaqua 1-1660 Eves: MOunt Kisco 6-8043 duction of industry to your county. Westchester Planning Depart ment has presented a plan for a superhighway network in upper Westchester to speed traffic through the county and eliminate congestion on our present narrow, winding road system. While these superroads might not be the State Thruway, they would be open to trucks, have 400- foot rights of way and be limited •access routes. Would Bring Industry If the Thruway has brought you bids from industry such a road network would probably do the same for us. We're proud of our country homes and wide open spaces, just as you are. When industry has knocked at the door, upper West chester and Putnam residents have even been known to get panicky. But more and more, as school district and town tax rates go up. they are inclined to listen to the argument that industry provider the \broad tax base\ that is the only hope of the home owner for tax-relief. This is predicated on the idea that industry pays a big tax but produces no more children, in it self, for the schools and doesn't need as much in municipal ser vices as the equivalent assessment in small homes would. Prohibitive Tax Rates We've heard people gay before that it doesn't work this way. Wc can't say, because we haven't had enough experience with industry in upper Westchester and Putnam counties to know We do Know that there are sec tions with and without industry in the lower part of Westchester nea v cr New York City, which built up first Communities like Scarsdale have no industry, but the tax rate is prohibitive and many of the peo ple have moved to our territory from there to escape the tax load. v On the other hand, we don t envy New York City its property tax rate, with or without industry We do have the feeling that Westchester enjoys a comparative ly favorable county tax rate and good county services, due largely to the boost given the county tax role by industry and business in the lower part of the county, it I would be pretty tough for a county 1 with nothing but residential dD- | velopment to support the kind ot county government Westchester has. Jobs At Home And a lot of upper Westchester and .Putnam t residents like to get •jobs^-for themselves or for their children—in nearby parts of West-, .Chester, rather than travel ail.the way to New York. We suspect that the same fac tors have been influencing people to settle in Rockland as have in fluenced them to move to north ern Westchester—the rural flavor end the favorable tax rate. But the favorable tax rate is fast going up in smoke. New peo ple want services and good schools. Often they want to feast their eyes on rolling acreage on whici someone else is paying the taxes. Sometimes they don't like to see the countryside fill up with just the kind of homes they themselves have bought or built. Perhaps the biggesbfactor open ing the door to industry here is the feeling on the part of indi vidual towns that if they keep in dustry out it will find sites nearby. Then it would produce no school or town tax revenues. But it would bring in employes, who would buy and build homes and produce school children without regard -io town and school district lines. Would They Have Risen? When former Westchesterites tell you tax rates were not lowered here when industry came in (and they apparently speak- of the lower part of the county), there is thU to consider. Would they have gone up more if only residents and no industry maved in? Would the industry or business have settled nearby and produced residents but no revenues for their former communities? Was growth, residential or com mercial, inevitable? Here in upper Westchester and Putnam we are experiencing the tax rate effects ot quick residential growth. Each year town and school district budgets burgeon. Assess ment rolls go up too with the addition of new homes. But the new assessments don't come near off setting the budget increases, so up shoots the tax rate. You ask- about types of indus tries. We certainly think some types are better than others. In ternational Business Machines Is due to build in\ two of our town ships. It wiil have a 'research la boratory employing some 1,600 in Yorktown and yet has to announce plans for use of a 352-acre tract in Armonk in the Town of North Castle. Even residents who bitterly fought a business rezoning for the 352-acre Armonk property modi fied their attitude when they heard IEM was the customer. We're Industry In Mt. Kisco across the street from our plant (we come under -he heading of industry too, em ploy some 90 persons), the Grand Union Co. is building a $3 to SG million distribution center and warehouse to service all its stores in the New York Metropolitan area. This will be spread lovev a 38-acre tract and though not as \high\ a use as IBM research is certainly a clean and desirable one \ Wc have been having a running fight in the Town of Somers, where the Chamber of Commerce has been plugging for rewriting of the zoning ordinance to encourage light industry and the Town Board has been saying it will deal in dividually with each case for in dustry as it cqmes up. In all of our towns proposals for shopping centers are spring ing up with regularity. Proposi tions for smaller commercial uses are becoming numerous. For in stance, since the IBM rezoning in Armonk, there has been a par ade of business rezoning proposi tions before North Castle Town. Board Only a few weeks ago an unidentified research organization asked the board if it could locate a site for it. Don't Want Slums ~ As to juvenile dcliinqency and family life, we hope that any business established here will be of a higher type and well planned. We hope our zoning ordinances will keep commercial uses separate, enforcing stringent requirements and keep out slums. We have the feeling because the labor pool is small here that plants locating here will employ higher skills, pay better wages. . We don't delude ourselves about the trucking problem. We have it now with trucks passing through our territory. Projects like the Grand Union Center will cer tainly compound It. That's why we feel road planning is so im portant, right, now. We./need thoroughfares, that, will channel and' \Insulate\ -traffic and Uisso' doing protect our, couutrysldet'' j Inevitable - -'-* It seems to us that commercial growth is inevitable here, what with the decentralization of in- I LUSCIOUS BRITISH WOOL, HAND KNITTED IN HOLLAND IN THE DOUBLE CABLE STITCH. Colors are navy, grey, beige and white. 25.00 f arp ef Bedford, N. Y. 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Yours Truly, The Editors Tire Blows, Two Injured n Car Crash BEDFORD HILLS — Two per sons were injured early Saturday morning when a tire blew in then- car on Cherry Steet. according to .a report filed with Bedford Police. Katherine Johnston of 25 East Main Street, Mt. Kisco, and Thomas Lawrence, also of Mt. Kisco, were taken to - Northern Westchester Hospital by Bedford Police. Miss Johnson was treated for her injuries and released, ac cording to hospital authorities. Hospital authorities said they have no information on where or how Lawrence was treated'for his injuries. The driver of .the car, Charles L Michals of Winston Salem, N. C, told police the tire 'blew, causing the car to pull to the left and strike the curb, the report said. The car, which belonged to Carol G Heppner of 25 East Main Street, Mt. Kisco, was badly damaged and was towed away by Kisco Motors, the report said. 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