Digging in for a long winter. A huge pile of salt - 4,300 tons of it - is heaped up in the city yard at Yonge St. and pears Ave. in preparation for wi(...)

Original Toronto Star caption: Digging in for a long winter. A huge pile of salt - 4;300 tons of it - is heaped up in the city yard at Yonge St. and pears Ave. in preparation for winter with its icy sttreets. The salf now has been now has been covered with plastic sheeting to keep the rain off. Another 18;000 tons of salt is in four other piles around the city. Toronto used about 30;000 tons last winter. Streets director Leslie G. Osborne says the organization for winter road salting and cleaning is just about complete. Main arteries are under Metro.