JULY 15, T1953

Provincial Government Briefl

0n Grade Crossings Presented:

T-T'liiVll-detarlsToVfVtin-seicrossiiigsmrc attached as Schedule "A" furnish-

The following bi'ief on Railway-

:-ilghway crossings was rd ,

yesterday before the lgineasisdl in einmm mes of "10 Railway Corri- rransport Commissioners by D Tyf . g .

l-ion. Walter E. Darby, Provincial M) "Hum mobmns pl'e5'"”

.J.eum.cl. and Anomey General on tliemseiycs in relation to the cross-

inizs iii the City of Charlottctowri

aehalf of tli G ' t . "Di-mce Edwin: Islaiigllnnlen 0! anlclli lglraflodltgtgiiirsumflllellsgklft V . e Illa on On behalf of the Province cf street CmS5mg' mug "5 it does

across the main lilghwiiy artery leading e..stw'ardly to llillsborougli Bridile and the whole eastern end of the Province. is a constant source of irritatioii as weill as danger. As the station and freight. sheds lie south of the crossing, the wigwags are in almost perpetual operation, due to the shunting of cars as well as the train move- ments to all parts of the Province. Tins, naturally. creates a careless attitude towards the warning sign

Prince Edward Island. we express our appreciation for this oppor- tunity to present this submission on tiie important problems of Rail- way-l-Iigliwiiy Grade Crossings.

The investigation by the Board into this problem was instituted by he Government of Canada under 'he terms of Order-in-Council P 2 1953-52. dated January 14. 1953. ind the terms of r'efei'cnce iri- -.lude:

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TI-IE HGUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOVVN

Where Pioneers Will Be Honored

i aim ' " 4.. . -1- 'r

-for M m... or A

Brirtieriell island, vvhero the (lf'S('('lltliIlllK Ul 1Irr- ftirrel.r:rii-fiviitltiii rtrorirwis '.i.ll wwiriilile forum'-

afternoon at

the original landing ing held and I granite plaque marking the 130th

ril:ir'e of the lli;.-hlririvi enlllvi-'.

iliiiti'ct's:rr'j.

1. Conduct a survey and i'cport in the methods considered by the Board to be practicable under all

and develops an additional hazard.

the City Limits of Charlottetown,

iertinent circiinistanccs and hcrz- Yard "alignment :::l,3,(:Vno:.,.,;l;::,Cgip:,';,e 3:,Vi.;l4g rxlli

lggiexgice lnlgllizvlage theljntgglggc Discussions as to yard realigii- Tmllsscalltlda Highway in lhil

;nd safety or me ubnp t E merit to alleviate the situation PFOVWN "Om BONED 10 WOW I!- Tossmgs, D C E suc have taken place between the 131155-

3 4 , , Government and the Railway of- Here 983311. H0 C0nU'lbU!i0n

2i Revmv and mpmt 0" me ads" ficiais, but no solution has been (mm H” Gmde Crossing Fund

ruacy of the Railway Grade Cross- ng Fund to provide for the con- itruction of works for the protect- on. safety anti convenience of the Jublic in respect of Railway-Higlh may Crossings. and

3. Make such reromrnend-itions

found. The possibility oi station and yard relocation has been un- der review. but the cost would be substantial and the proportionate liurdcrr to the Proviiice under the existing rules of the Grade Cross- is the Board may deem advisable 3?i1:1b);(Efn(i;n;::l(i,:;1n;pn,l:,mln)g:;:E:

n the pm'm5oS' liiiiv ssui cs (11 wl i r I In view of the short time allo-,1" t '1 n i 9 mr ms”

As a tcrnporrtrv solution ii is tied t ti 1- ' A ' ' EEl'lw'ar'doIsl:i(ird i9i:lli(linLllie0l1RCfP1lll(E;I(f:lsuggcstml mm Um M” and mg"

l wag at this crossiire would he au-

.ve realize the Board's mission is

Jriniarily a fact finding one, it was hm tmmc Md

for shunting

tom.-itic for rrrairi

SCIVCS at Vr'il'lRllCE building procedure has been in the matter of their treatment of grade ;C105SlllRS where the track is high above the existing road. We ,miiny reach 10 per cent or greater for ii

was available. although 50 per cent of the cost was paid by the Dom- linion I agreement. lrouting this read. a major source of danger was eliminated.

Government the

re-

under

Nevertheless. by

One point at which we find our- with railroad

have instances where grades will

t d , 1 L g , p manually operated 4 :1? l,f:Z::,5cl,yel::pp:::JI::.(i':nC lpurposcs. This worilcl eliminate the short distance approaching the T . V . ., . . constant li'i'ilillit')li of stoppirnzlr-allroad crossing. Individually. mam lc Dialects Mmh mwm "3" when no rail traffic wctutillv is iii-ilhese are "not very large works

iuire attention iii the near or .m- nediate futiiie. Problem Outlined

It is proposed, however, to indi-

ltcnded to pass over the intersect- ion. and restore confidence ill the system when actually in operation. -ate to some degree the rii'oblcmiw1Ivh: Ti Su”,1Ilnm;slde 1". is it affects us from the fiiiaircial llcss 9;, ,”i In, mpmfs : (iitdmz mo, aspect. as well as from the pointl A ls '..” Sim 5' m mg. ier 3! View or public snip”. :SliPcf portion of the Main High- .613; s2;ii..r::?;:..:;:ii:..:P;:..r:C:::::.::::f

curtailed lside to Clvirlottctowri fllld Borden dmmcany due lo "'8 We 01 Draw The traffic density here is (lClllC.r

l:,C;.l,iy,:.:”1fig”C2:31,.uT3:::)g0rl"a3:;lThe latest count of traffic over Island's three nirports. and inatcr- lt,h:S. lllmd iii dSufn.nm'1s9lj7e 'Z',5,00 al shortages The result was tliatlleuc 95 W1 M 1” l on 19 iconsidcrnblc backlog of work

Md been puma up and even mamp ;the Province was slightly less than

. ill ,total motor vehicle rcgistrritioii forychmme m the regulations mvermg

lthe use of the

iliut over the Province there are a ggreat many of such iihat some assistance yforthcoming to bring these grades to a safer standard.

and we feel should be

Many of these fills. in addition to

being sleep are extremely narrow, land the work of grading the high- way would involve moving railway ' culverts.

-We are not prepared. at this

ttiine. to make specific claims for

ny such crossings. but we would kc consideration given to a

Grade Crossing

.4-nance had been accordingly re- PM Com M what ” 15 m.yFund to permit assistance in such

luced to a bare minrinuni. . cases.

. . Ob .l '. ' t ll . t , i

The total mad mllwlw 0! Sumrllilfigide (lillll0lllIJ10lil"li50;M5foR 1" Prince Edward ma"d' me srince Edward island is 3.225: of population 'Wm,1d up m he p0'5,tg;Depai'trrient of Public Works and ion to cope with a problem of tlrislulghways ls ”5p”n5m1e my all

vhlch approximately 275 is pavcd.i At. the end of the war, we were . , faced with the problem of rebuild-lkmd mid” ing and modernizing pruicticzillylw our whole system. While consider- able progrcss has been made. it- . , . . will be many years before our pro- 3'09"”? M l"”, lmlioad f.mn,1 ,. gran! can be Completed. even Mmlpiescnt Slflinholi westwarcily b, the moderate standards of imusewiy mung me we are presently constructing. I

During the last number of years: the following figures will give some .ndicatioii of the tremendous bur- den highways construction and maintenantce entail on our Pro- vincial revenues.

For the fiscal year ending March Ill, 1951. Highway costs to- .allet'l 53,472,133 out of (1 total Pro- vincial Expenditure of sl0.557.- ioo. or almost 33 per cent of the vhole.

For the year ending March 31. 1952. Highway Expenditures were I3.432.l55, out of a total of 59.352.- ml. or 37 per cent of the whole.

With a population of 98.429. this means a per capita expenditure of F3500 for each man. woman and :hild in the Province.

I understand that the average for Canada is about 320.00 per JCRKI and it can readily be scent that. when one takes into consid- eration the fact that the average lnconie in this Province is sub- itantiaily lower than the Canad- ian average. we are putting out about all the effort on roads that :an be expected.

Summary of Crossingil

With the long road mileage con- ':entratcd in it small area, and the

existing reguirations.

ell be corisidcrcl for a public. in-

the l

of the Town and rejoining the St. Elcanor's station. l

While it is true that, in gencral.r our traffic densities are low, it is; equally tree that we do have some!

sington and Summerside. one which was approved.

We have also made some gress in the elimination of cross- we must take lssiie with the Act asl it exists.

In 1949. in rebuilding our paved highway out of Kensrngton to-

to eliminate However. ns the oire-half residents of the existing

two grade crossings.

road

were unable to cfoim though about 98 per cent of the traffic was diverted by the new road and the traffic hazards clini- yinated.

Srriiilarly, on our Trans-Cariiiilri

alway crossing. we are . watcrfrorit.,livith 216. leaving the incorporated madslcmergiiig on the shore to the ivestja1'935 8 10ml 01 41- which 8”" 3 mg.Provincial total of 257, as ymain line west of the crossing at'fIb0V9-

crossings where protection is nec-lC1FSS9d 35 Kmde Separations. essary. Last year". for example welwith OW applied for flashing light lll'Oi('Cl-llhnuglll ll 15 . ion on um crossings bi-mom Ken- rtliietrlc is little to indicate a need for oil iir ier

time pf()- greater protection is needed along

lother lines and this Province is lugs and that. is one point on which li!I'8P31'Cd 10 possible in this direction. However. ,as a small Province. we naturally have many uses for our tax inrs and find it difficult to find words Siimmerside. by nienns of aithe fund! IIGCESSMY f0 i1F0Vld6 Rd" mile long diversion, we were abieiditional protection on the present thrisis: especially with such st large d0zgn:pTOf)Ol'flOl'l of our Provincial venues being already wished to retain the old road for;f0Y hliIhWRY Dlt0.l6Ct5- local purposes. both crossings liadlsllgltest Somc Chlmkei in fl"! to remain open, and. therefore ivelmlnlstration of Grade a55rst;mcelFurids so that the Fund could be C0I'dlI1Rll'-

lrhigirways. some 3,225 miles in all. An overall solution which iiiighttmnslde M eight. l"mrp”'""id are” lwliose street mileage make a total

lvestincnt project, would be the re- tar 100 mu”

railvvay-high- coiiceined

In the matter of

noted

Need More Protection

Of this total. only four can be and present traffic. even increasing rapidly,

this that

grade separations at We do. however feel

cooperate as far

as

doi-

re-

would ad-

We

from the Grade Crossing Fund, al- ilmfd '0 mdkc C0"f1'lb"ll0"5 lo 5

idcr range of projects.

l

earniarked,rived on June 10 to spend the sum-

Crossing . its and

t l r

Type 1. At present. no contribu-l

lion is available from the fund to llrelp pay for R new crossing. unless existing crossings are closed. even

winding course of the riiiiwayt . , g H . - 45,”. 10,. '11? Mmlp ,,t C-mm,;H ll-ind. r'igm.oj.vmy, mg pmbp-m he- gHlKlWl'RY 110W 1301:5911. 51831" lily :l'0l:I3h”me netlv iliossiggtrnyy On or per caprtn ll.lSrS, our ilrnre T T comes acute. even though ovorrmcnns of A dtvcrsioir or aiillwxl-,1 ,5”! P"”f,'” Vdim "ldrn ,, lwoulti he 58.00000 up the cqriiial- R” R -1 -lli3”''”"lil- 535' Pilllii M,-mm 0; om. C,-ossjms the ,mmc,mateiy one mile. he were able to1;l1Cl 0111161 YIUt59” f 0 t dglvr-lcm of mm SN M nasmm MIN v as a ;ztic.s' of Kim .'lli(l Airs D. A. dens"), ,5 no, Vimy high Ilnsure that the Ti'niis-Cairadaio.:?vt1 0859 U1 lgglrlu-H ltjnieifalg Rh Unless the nmmnl C0,m.,bU.m,l .Vlocl)nr: ll (ii .lur:e :11. The 1-onowmg ,5 a mmnmry or :1-lighway would l.)P..iilil10lll. a rail-, -31:11 bile” p d ” mo level is grmm, augnmlmh , - I I the Rail-l-figiiwoy Crossings in the NV” "'”55""7 nm” Emdcn m.”l" 3'. cm 11,0,” ' re ,' td b' lrs nl)VlOllS that this Pi'o- J' R ,x”d"i-V” .a”” province; ,Ch:irlottetow'n. tciossings were cimnae ' .V vim” would not by amp In Mm IIZUIP. Mr 2" 1iar'ooiii'. Pmlefud 1'lIPF0lCN9d' ”".”v'” lot." dpagcd T;gteer,:l,.,()r';'tedn,1,e, up with the iricrerisecl tiniicri .. Li "” Jmln :1 of Mr" and Number of J Tmnmlcumda mxhway l:'lIii'K”ll):lni.1o:Vl)el'ensll. is no lorigg-1-lpolirts er-eirtcti liv the riirlrrmiinl ' U”"'S ROE” IL Pl'0Vlm'lt'll . tlil0l0T transport, let alone slirire. iii .' ..' , . crossings 216 . 10., mm M. furrow;-,1 ms om mgdspaved illld. as A result. the niti:l:,nny mwm wmkl , ' .lIi2lr:r 1. t,r,irr;, learner in Numb". M out or gm-(rm, we would have hmrzorigina crossings are no I V p . . o.ii 1-. . r p i.s.tr-rt Char- Urbnn rat. least two crossings on the-rm0l”9 fhkn farm Cmlllngl. Reeoninicndalmm .t'tttC'm'x1l on -luttc Jt. . - . . ' l ' t 1 . . crossing, 41 9 32 lTi'Bl'13-Cklllidh Higlrway. At, this, It ill siiggested that charigesvbc, 1, A mm”. amnm gm", hum V V . Y" g N R W, .- N... lpoint, I might go further and Sldlljlllndti so thatgcases of this lciridltmi F.,,d,,ml C-,m,.,mm.m ,0 NW -it-ll? - 00:411- 1-Dmrs 25-, 13 339 (that, apart from crossings witliinycoiild be considered on their nier- 1.-"nu, 1 ml - - L ..:.;...:””:;":...:t.:::::.":..:::.:;: ::::l R I ' " ' ihr t. ll.tl1'. spent the 111079 Uulllii To Be A Law By Fngaly And fgsplglfv-mwnm M1”? In mp (mm time tlifl of Juiie :0 .r'. '.lici:'liomc5. -- U... .i- Q . ”l W" , "I - - IWANT Tl-lEBESTDaJ.VOU ANDTHNASJUST :::lpr';)l"Ell1l1(;nI(3”'::1d't';1:;:l35l""l'(l?l iUf”FIS. ('rc.I urrri EIlrv.e:' Meir.- I : ' g ' " 3" 7" iris. Priikos Ptl'ltl, rnnt irerl in HAVE.MY LITTLE GlW.l55yEA& I Tlllslsoulz TMATSHE at existing crossings ll-"15 1799” Moiretriii nitcl rcli "l on :.ltillP D0.

ormootv. SHE'S ALWAYS PLAVED , Besr DOLL,S Wm-l AN oi.o RAG DOLL our coes Tq,sLEER"CRl,E5. NONlfSTiME SHEHADA ANDSAY5 MAML IM REAL NlCE O0t.Lt. SURE YOUR DAUGHTER , . WILL GET AKICK ' OUT OF if!

Id

mam MIAM I,

uu'l' LA.I...M ”:J.l.u.l raw

oro GET-ONEHKICKI

ANN CHRISTY, I39?! ME. I013? AVE,

FLA.

liforrumcnt

i-..li llt

erected in llltlll to the Scottish

. A cmiiriiorntiizilri'r- serizcc is ho-

tllll.t'llltl.

pioiicers at Brutlenell

lSl:lll('l.

Peakes Ami Vicinity l . ..'Frierirls of Mrs. Joseph Mr--gl Aree. St. Teresa. wish her ;-.rr ear-iv return in health. liavinr: LlllClFl':.'7llfH an operation recently in the Morit- ague Hospital. l Mr. Anthony Dunn. Bjsr'riesRo.1rl ; was a visitor to Clriirlrittctriwrr on June 18. , Mrs. Jnnies Gillan l1(f('()lllL).'il1lPtlI by her son James were rccciitf guests of Mr. rind Mrs. Mrirk Gil-: lan, Borden.

t Ml".

Mr. and Mrs. Hei")ert G:-rrrilcyl and chilclreri of Boston. Ma: . nr-'

contributions inatlc ac-

Type 2. Sleep gr 5 till roads approaching Qlill'if' (1f)SSlli,QS Type 3. lrnprovcnierrts lu ing grade separations. Under the Act, the annual arrrnt in the Fiirid is Sl.li()l),tlll().llft per

Cx'lSl-

ncliievcrl: linprnvcinciits to apprntielirs to existirii: danger-oirs cr'ossirr;zs,r Improvements to existing grruley SEpv.1l'i'lflfillS where substantial, repairs of siibstiiiitions arel necessary to inner. the needs of modern transport;

3. That the maximum contribu- tioir of the Board from the Fund' to assist any one project. be ill-i creriscd tn. sny 75 per cent. and the mnxrrnrrni grant. of sl50.0titI he; revised to at least 5300.000

4 That the Fund he made a cum- ulatlve one so that the unexpirerli portions of the vote for any one year be left. available in ilic Board to assist in major pr-oreris in a time of slacl; labor coiidiiroiir.

5 That the inainlerrance of pro-.

tectlve devices be left wholly with, the Railway Company coiiceinrd, with some rorrespondin: tirluist-, mcnl in their capital corrtrihiittnn All of wlilcli ls irspcctiiilly :-uli- mittcd. On behalf of the Province of Prince Edward Isiaiid. i Alex W. Mntlieson. Premier of Prince Edward Island.

(hi

to)

Walter E. Darby. of ('oImsel. r

mer with Mrs. Gorrrrle::'s iiiotlier. Mrs. Josephine Smitli.

Airs I-lciirv 'l'r.riirr-r. yi.'lS a visitor to Clirirloiteioivii on June is.

Mrs Rrilph Jcfirics. Ch:rrinric- rnwir. arzrl r-irrldren recently visitctl licr sister, Mrs. Ralph Grant.

Mr arrrl Mrs. Carl McK9riii;i and t'llll(ll'Pli Robbie and Andy. of

iCli.'ltlnliPt()lKii, were guests of Mrs.

1.. Dcviric, on June 21.

Mr. and Mrs lrisepii MacDniirild. St. Airrlrrivs. wt c recent priests of rind Mrs. Tlit:riias Brazrl.

.Viiss Rfllllilfifi Roacrsiori. Mr. and Mrs Eflii' 'rl Crilleri. Charlotte- town. v cro '.ieel;ei:rl ;J,ti(S.!S of Mr. and Mrs. XV. B. Rfl2('l'S(lll Jttnc 20.

Mrs

Mr. niiti Alfred Plrelriri Mn: ll wt:-e visitors of Mr. and Airs. Jolrrr 'l'iriri:nr- till Julie 21.

Air. John Ciiilcn. crnpltiyee on .E'r Al):'r:ric.t, speiit the week of .Iiirin 20 a' his home a' B:ildt.irri's

Mr. (lcrnltl l"11H'l'. teacher in l)iornti'c S. moi, spent the week of

on June 21!.

i

. l "lluriiig 1932 t'iinn

'rsilrnuro

Credit Union .

Fiilloviing are excerpts from the report of Mr. J. G. Dennis, niarr-

aging director of the P. E. 1. Credit Union League, l.ttl., sub- millcd at the lmagirr-is annual meeting here yeslerduj:

During its sixteen years of SF'l'Ylf'l". the P. E. 1. Credit l'nion

League Limilcrl has seen it num- her of rliaiiges. it has hail different captains and different pilots yel it has li'r'ulliPrQfl the storms and rihsorbetl the fine things that have been given to it. it. has gone through periods of optimism and periods of "l'lll('lSlIl and is still giving r-xcelleirt serv- l('P, in these next few year's with the need for iiiereasod serv- live.-. and the implied (loriiaritl for sueli services, the old Dlfafillallltn nf l1t!('PSSll) need to he re- Yel. this reniorlelirig in any way affect the solid fouiirlalion on ivliicli the fniin(lcr's, Dr. J. T. (iroicarr and others planned and built. Tire.-to pioneers uhri (Ireiv their plans.. not in hotel POIIIOTCIICO rooms or' even hired hails, but usually in donated space, should be justly proud of their share in laying the rlflllllflliiltili of this great SPXTICC llflsllltlliflll.

Tire suggestcrl lie"

1 Tlint f7epr-wtriierit in associate rliari (io-operative Liinricrl.

2. That a tihriqtiiii: indivirlual mt-mliers of ions be rriauguraterl.

ii. That we rlepaI'tinontriliLe our Frctlit l'nion League anti L70-on' l'nion Office. This is an irilr-rrrnl. job for iii:-inagcinenl, rind miglrll result in one man doing lhol aiitlitirig, trouble shooting. tivel have iii and field work for credit unions irntier the direction of tliel

lwlll modelerl. should not

clinrrges iintrlcl file Share anti linnri. he rlianrzotl in nrrlwr; itself with the C-illil-E Credit Society for tin-

SPIW lf'P credit

,rri.-inzigirig director. 'l'his ivoiilrll . . . . . give the credit trnion auditor. vwlio would also be field rnan.l

lfour months of auditing and st ten and one-half months of fielrlt work. '

4. We require chapters or ('0tlll- liy meetings quarterly or half il'0ai'l)' in order to promote the: lmovemcirl, while at the srirnoi vlirne garner ideas Wl'il('li could hot put to use in the future. This, .ivnuld be the work of the credit lunioh auditor and field man. i

.- l

.1 That it progressive and errnr-;

,gr-tic campaign of advertising be

r carried on throughout the year. i "There were no new credit 1 unions nrgani7,ed this year. l

How-I lever the policy has changed dur-. .ing the year and your Board ofl ll7irot'lors has opened im new. lfiolds for organization ivhiclit should proclirce several new cred-l, it unions during this coming yearn!

('re(Iit linlon Offices

”.-is rti'Hl ynprn (irerlit

l i

last year sot.-I Croilrl triiinn offices are noivl firll time. Si. llunstnnis l'Irion is open every after- noon and on Monday nights, thel (tiirirlottetouii Credit Union rsl open all day as well as Mnnrlay nrirl l"rida,v evenings. Morell has .liiirlI .1 new credit union offirr -Wlll('ll is open ftill lime. Tignish has been on ii full time basis for ',several years and is very sus- lc. ssful.

l ”Cl'NA

siirzgeslerl

l l I

Insurance ri-inks forty-l lfourih in North Aineriea for in- -irrnrice in force. in the field nil tgroup insiiraiice eleventh. The in-l lsrirance Society has in force oviey iarid one-quarter hillion and is in- er-easiirg at the rate of over fiftyl imi-llinri R month. The insurnnecl

it-ornpanies of America wrote liiiPI1i.l'llYP per cent more insur- nrice in March. 195.1 than they

did in Man-h, 1932. (Tuna Miitirall tfor that same period wrote thirti- Iun per cent. Comparing the first

ithroe months of 195.1 iiilli the first three niontlis in I952 nll t'OnlDIIlllf'S had an increase n.'(' llvtorily-forrr per cent. Ctina .Vlii-

lunl cent. ”lnclivitlu.'Il life policies have: ,lirmr1 iiit'ronsing trcnicnrioiislv ritual in: the past eighteen iirontli: and is non int'i'casin)z at the rate of lfiltnlll ll million a month. I "Prince ltirirvarrl island has been. ysorneiiliat slow in the taking out: of iiiclryirliial liir policies; how- ever at Mnivli Ill. 1953. no ai-or t'.1l'l')lllK the following ll1HlliRliPP,I ;fnrl)' izroiip loan prototirioii pnli-i i-ins nmoriritiiig tn 3030.356. thirty- four group life savings totallrntzl STRG,.'i09, or group r-oiitmrix lnial-l ',l:u,: S1.-1.7T..'lG.'i Total insirrarrrel iall types over Sl.TiOll,0t'lt'l iiivlirrlirig. flit)-nritc intliiidual lifo pnllflrtsl llnlrrllriig 5'rfI.ti0t'l.

an increase of forty-four perl

Mutual pnrtl, prmince lliirty-four ill- rlaiins totalling SR,ri0-512 y Slii('t'P we tnrik on group I71- lsiirtincc they ltavo paid in ii: 1'19 wlaiiiix nmrviinting Io 3l2ti8ll.9.l "Tho ma,loriIv of our group loan lpnlirics in Prince l”.div:irrl l-lilllll ris iimlcr the AAWIW Plan wltiilr: iprntccls tho iiierubovs loan aiviirisl, ldr-ath only. .ilembers nrc ntlvised