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Winter Service;

"Min-to" breaking her propeller while going to her assistance. Both vessels were tthen out of commis- slon until spring conditions releas- 1 ed them. \

The limited success attained with ‘the "Stanley" and “.\linto" icstilt» ‘ed in another of ort to i-rnpruve the ‘winter service, t e steel ice-break-

ing steamer "Earl Grey"

Steady Improvement In , lcebreaking Efficiency A Since “Northern

jfound lmprBCliCRbiP to trim the tvessel by the stern sufficiently; One of the chief considrirziltons Illvmllflllis and rcmtiiistrances byimld "l Pa“ m" “i”? "' ‘“‘l‘r""“_f1, .,~,. promised by the Dctzninioii Gott-rii- tlit» lit it rial Government, tliejpprformance or m" 1 Gm‘ ment to Prince lidwtird Iﬁrllllfi at siiil 13X ikiniz stcanici- "Stan- was ailnblltcd m “h,” “A ma‘ Sh" _, Confederation was "to tsitiilrtaii l _\‘. spc. _\ dtiiigiied and built new‘ “came ‘t'“'“‘°d “N i"? HM“ ' and maintain cfficit-nt sir-ant ~cr- tti ilit- itiirptisc, was put nit ihmshe 05555311, "umi h‘ “or mu" vice for time convt-ytitice of rclltt". 'l'ltr- "S'atilr_v" was 91-1 tons, mlwrmg abmty m 1"“ ﬂu", m h” 1nd passengers bt-ttvet-ii the ziiid the principle iii her design £79111?!‘ bfiﬂm Bllfl U?!‘ l‘l‘fll‘~llll' 9S1!- tind the mainland ot the llom niittiiiitiititrd that slit» would ruin Shnpw “d” “men l‘ “(W Ccmmgn winter and y ihtis p n:- ire and break it down by i9 "Ylder" ic9'b""" is‘ the Liinzl lll lt‘ rt hr “tltill. Th? serlﬂg" PM‘ niuziicatizin with ti: \\'ith this t-‘ojeti ii view her "Fall Gwyn w?“ ‘ Railway and the ra. ' it fcruizrd \\'fl.<. only two tctit, ml lhe m“ l""-“‘ '59 the DLLIliIlltJII " ile hi» (lr- \\ lT tctt 6 inches aft. _, Pi-“OYIG-"tl aN-"lllmi _ > Tim's conduit,“ of pie ditl not. however, ale allﬁmlll l0 will“ removed the iii l1) the lfe conditions cctrn- merit wvcrlna TTYY)‘

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ferry st=r\“ct- ptojilc cf inc-nit’ ll‘. t \\ tli lil l»‘ll\ servi: , “ptustWlf ‘~ Itlld i“ ' ‘

this l‘r - i it '.\.ittl.,v >11‘ ' ‘ l 4 _., . ,, ,.

on tlic Fvtitﬁflli iiuthoi s l‘ T“ mlllllllwlls- T“ ("4 ‘ l‘ '"‘""m 5 Th‘. I l‘ cutting out

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fut anpmpt M.) nhdc to i m) ill) p 1‘ (i.l lti ivltitr" condlt- insofar as ‘the lSilltlltiif tic"

' 1 ~ I ' l ‘t. W, . , nvﬂ u» .",, ‘ . ‘t the st pulatr-d go:i1mtinicttti:n by """ 5"‘ hwuu“ Wang"; tor ‘he mg"fl;“)i‘ n 1.] (, w“ means of an Old “qmdgn $LCAn1e,._ tlit l.. t it.t. mttmpt on t e fa COllcOllli‘ . t'i t was l

called the “.»\!'oert", trhicli was rieithc: built for llie purpose i101‘ suited fior such work. Sine rrui b»- tweon (fhatrlottetoivn and PlCIttU. NS. Thr- Northern Light

During the winter season of the l years l88T-SB another wcodtn “ steamer called the “Northern Light" was placed on the service, which also liad been designed tor Bl10t|iL'il",Jlll‘pOS£‘. 'l‘ihis boat was an, ice breakt-r, but so constructed that she would push her way be- tween ice-lines until she became jammed. whcrn with the aid of bar- rels o! water placed on her desk, the crcw would roll her iintil ltrr-e. The scheme did not work vcry well, it being found that the ice; was resistant to rolling.

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For the next four sticceeding} ‘years after being put 0n tlie sar-l vlcc, the "Northern Light" was‘

laid up on an average of sixty-four‘ days each winter. and at times she‘ was lcebou-tid for pt-rinds ratigiitgi _ ' ,

from tcn to twenty-four days. Onl

one occasion some of the passeng- ‘

ers (amongst them women and,

children) were forced. after re-f inainilljl? iiinioarrriiiigrticiiimti???59in? limmiinimn h‘ "al-"y m“ the dull-HE lllv Winter months for 1hr 0 wn ' r y ‘ i- Q. s o tit-tr contract with this mason that Qlmgvrt n11 Him‘- .- t receivint: injuries from coltl arid ex- Prov.- ‘ " ‘ _ P 1 “M” positre which resulted in the dcatlll h t ‘um 5W“ l" viiliiwcs. iiitiiiiis- r

_ hcese etc. was of '1 tcrishrib‘ of one of the part.» .\ii t l a r. l - c ' ' ‘ l " ‘ ‘° For the period during which the‘ n o m M G", “an? suih Nsifwmd m” “M” “Norman mgm" “.33 mam)“, [he In ‘aim mp SW01 icﬁbuﬂvaklngistan tianshh pmcnt iii z r.>

Qmvnnr “Imwu 1M0 ‘weather, ttthilc otlicr frorctt lit d- ‘flraversv to (‘ope Tormintinl- had '* qf ‘*- W115. Waststuffs, such as carats, stilftintl by t0 be adopted; and mails rind pm. ttitt in orutniiitl rmd placed in being placed in the licrtictl holds til‘ scngcrs were convryt-d from Capri tictiiiitissitiii. Hills 11191111115’ a daily f-htps. Consequently ‘rill its 1n:- to Cape in tipﬂﬂ bcttts in the servici- cash tiny to be maintained iSPOllPd Shllllnrlils Writ‘ l"i'tlllf‘tll, antiquated manner rcscrtcd to at twith Mm.‘ mgr“ or regularity. lpld-ue to some comnniditirs htirtimint! he br-{Jinnnz n1 thr ccniiry. tlintnrlt interruptions were still falir- I "We" lllld ‘llllfls bvllli; lll-"WPFI ly frequent and slzizntitlmos long. In Gul- Thr- Slanlvy O/fll‘ yttnr ttltc Island was wtithc-ut The

nld method of crossin’: from Cape

sittiaticn was ftirtlir-r

freight service for seven weeks. prejudiced by handling chaiwzt-s in‘

The matter stood thus until the duo to the ‘St-ﬂnlvyf bQCDmlYlK Bnd out 0f the ships and tlit~ short,

[ear 188a when, aftctr repeatcdlsttrandcd on a pun of ice and the hauls involved viihirh Created cx-i . - ' y’: _ y. t. '4‘ ~10 ~, _ Jive-g I. . ~ w, . v .>

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cesslve freight rates. It was then- lfore still advisable to anticipate as ‘much a5 possible the crippling ad- vent or winter and to provide sult- able storage for goods of a. perish- able nature which could not be shipped prior to "close of navigat- ion.“

The ferry service therefore fell far short of tthe ideal embodied in the consent of tine Island to Con- federation. and the agitation which t-nsiit-d, together with the degree of success attained by ice-breaking railroad ferries on the Great Lak- e< nnd in the Straits of Canso, de- tt-riiiint-d the building of an ice- brrtt Eng trnin fetiry. i.n accordance with lilt‘ best DlﬂﬂiC.‘ linen known. Iii l‘ll2, Prtif. A K. Kirkpatrick of Queen's University’ investigated and rt-ptirtcd on "the establish- ment of the most suitable route for a car-ferry betiivcen Prince Edward lslniirl and New Brunswick."

(‘ar I‘1'rr_v R Tennims This cciiiprtliensive r;p::rt cover- tid tin less t in fifteen alternative routes. tnvrstlgated with particular rMai-d in ice conditions. depths of w; lt-trhtir protrctlon, tlrafflc itczits. niileazcs between

i'i:i tttrnrnnl for the servire {is sclrritid at Pnri Borden and t .\'?w Brtinsvttlck iermidal at 'l'i‘t‘n‘i‘"tiil‘i_ their distant-e

apart hing about eight miles.

w! trwiis, etcmntl eventually;

‘Abegmvyeifs ’ Predecessors In P.E.I.

citrloacl. diremd lambs and hoﬂ! could b; hung up in refrigerator cars at Summersl e or CihBPIOl-IB- town and dellvexe in Toronto, Monmgi o, New York without be- ing handled.

Business methods and Vllllel changed almost overnight. Under the old system of transportation the merchants had to lay in their winter's supply of coal a other commodities the preceding lull- with iibe result that the consumer had to pay interest, insurance and storage charges, but wihih the lfﬂlll ferry system, merchants were able to buy as their needs arose. _

The "Prince Edward Island’ W65 delivered in December, 1915, and was operated on the Charlottetown- Pictou route durll18 ml’ Willie“ U! 1915-16 and 1916-17 pending Cem- pletlon of the new terminals. Dur- ing the same period the steamer “Northumberlandﬂ purchased from the Charlottetown Steam Nnvitzat» m“ Company, maintained a sum- me;- gervlce between Summerslde and Pointe du (‘lime-

The first regular trip of the “Prince Edward Island“ Wm" revenue freight between Torment-

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TIIE NORINERN LIGHT

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I‘rt.frsscr~ Kirkpatrick enumct. vd tltc principal partlculars t itcarly forty ice-breakers and ca. ferries Ltl operation in many parts of the ivrirld. The report recom- iiit-nIlt-(l that a vessel should be intilt htiviiit: an iCO-Crllsiling brow, tritit bow propcllci‘ of nickel steel llfld forward engine of 2,000 indi- rnltitl horsepower; with twin S(‘l'l'\\'.\ aft nlid engines Q! 2,500 m. tlirtitcd horsPDOV-‘er 95Gb; seacocks jdcsigtit-d for encountering lolly ice; hPFllLY ire-belt plating; t/wo railway tracks to accommodate twelve fixiiglit cars. and to load and un- load over the tterri; with “com-i m-oclation for passengers as well as,

‘crew. Suggested dimensions-length

I130 feet. beam 50 feet, light draught 16 feet loaded draught 1B feet.

'l‘liese recotm-mentatlons formed the basis of the conception of the 5.5. "Prince Edward Island," which was designed and bullt in 1915 by the English firm o! Armstrong Whitwnrth and Company, Ltd, which firm had earned an enviable Fvlliitatlrvn for the building o! large icobmaking vessels for the Russian gnvorriment,

G real Improvement

The iidvent of the ca: ferry “Prince Edward Island“ in con- ittnctlnn with the building of tin tit-w shore terminals, and lihe thanglntr of thr Prince Edward ‘slztnd Railway from nairrow to tzintlnrd gauge. marked a new era n the transportation history of the "rrivince. The perishable products ~f the Island could now much the ‘IBFKNS of Nortih America ritthotit breaking bulk at any time s.’ the year. This not only decreas- r-d the freight rates, but at the SR'I'Y‘I€ time increased values: ‘poul-

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May we take this opportunity of welcoming the "Abegweit" to its course

n Borden, P. E. l. and Tormentine, N. 3., and ut the some time express the

wisli that its coming may lieruld the down of u new era of transportation between this Province and the Mainland-u mutter that is of vital importance to thit

Province and its people.

Designed and built along the latest lines of ice-breakers this new ferﬁ meet all these requirements and give this Garden Province the transporte-

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Clear weather and good soiling to the "Abegweit".

TOWN 0F SIIMMERSIDE

IIEIRY W. WEDGE Acting Mayor

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We Can Be Proud O? The "Abegvveit"

Arrival of the new ice breaker ferry to begin service between Port Borden, P.E.I. and Cape Tormentine, N.B. will mark a new era in water transportation for our Province.

_ The “Abegweit”, specially built and equipped to meet the demands of continued communication, will be welcomed by all our people not only as filling a present great need but as a symbol of conﬁdence in our furture.‘

S. A. McDonald

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