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MARCTI. 27. 1952
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entiy moving by railway. However. should our proposed highway OD- eratioiis result in bus operators on the same routes withdrawing their services. the Rallwly will under- take to protect the requirenu.-nta of service on these routes by pro- vlding the bus services deemed neeeaaa'.ry in the public interest by the Public Utilities Commission. "It. is understood. of course. that should the railway be granted the highway licensee sought. 1!- wiii then be necessary to Obtain approval or the Board or Trous- port Commissioners to the aub- stitutlon of highway for rail ser- vices. This action will be under- taken by the hallway it and when approval of our application to your Government is obtained."
The Railway letter. which is signed by Mr. w. 1:. Robinson. vice president and general manag- er. Atlantic Region. 0. N. R. and dated Feb. 1. 1952. recalls that in 1950 the Railway. completed its program of dicaelization and Prince Edward Island thus became the first Province in Canada to have its entire railway mileage operated by modern diesel loco- motives. nirtiier. in the fall at uni the Railway instituted a trucking service in the Pmvince in an ei- fort to speed up deliveries or ex- press. mail and less-than-carload freight.
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The letter also recalls that some two years ago the Railway pre- sented for approval a plan to com-
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OWCW5 Md V hem "W" pietely moderniu passenger trans- iolemlt 05 w l9"”- port. faculties by substituting bus services for the present. mixed
train services. The present letter on the same subject was prompt- ed by the recent decision of the Board of 'Pi'ansport cCommisslon- ers in connection with the Char- lottetown-Murray I-lnrbour train service.
The bus licenses sought are for the following areas: Elmira- Sourls-Cha.rlot.tetown; M u r ra y Harbour-Charlottetown (May I to Dec. ll: Georget.own-Ghariott.e- town; Cliarlottetown-Bordcn-Sum- merslde: Charlottctown-Summer- side-Tignlsh.
"It is our desire." states. "in replace all passenger services on the island with bus services. except trainii Nos. 39 and 40 between Charlottetown and Borden. By doing so we would be ambled to provide the people of Prince Edward Island with pas- senger services by highway emiii- ently superior to those now pos- sible by rail. Morning C0ilnEcl.l0l'I:. to the mainland would be provid- ed from all points available intlic evening.
"In this way passengers
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e. Hurray 1-iatbour and Tig- nieli. as well as those at intermed- iate pointa. would .be able to trav- el to and from the mainland with- out necessity oi spending the night at either Charlottetown or Summe side. All this should mean a sulltantial saving in time and money to residents of these areas. All or the bus schedules would be considerably shorter than existing rail schedules. as a glance at the memorandum attached will in- dicate." .
In conclusion the letter 'IlIl' phaaisea that "in submitting this propual the Railway is activated by a desire to iurther improve transportation facilities on Prince Edward Island. and to dier the best possible service eonalstent. with tiietraifio to be handled.”
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In his reply. dated Fob. t last, Premier Jones states: ,
"Dear Mr. Robinson:
"1 have delayed acknowledging your letter or February lat until I had an opportunity to discuss the important question raised in it with my colleagtles in the Gov- ernment.
"At first I thought I would, wlthgyour permission. publish the letter. and if you so wish it. it will be done. Then I thought I might live the question the con- sideration it demands by appoint- ing a Select Standing Committee on Transportation in our provin- clal assembly which would hold hearings and take evidence. Our opinion is that a majority of the people might accept the plan you propose. but the Boards of Trade. the Farmers' Federation. the truckers, the bus operators, and other organized bodies might fear a monopoly oi transport.
"rho Federation of Agriculture would likely wonder why the rail- way would seek to do something to help transport on Prince Ed- ward Island when it recently ap- pealed a decision to establish one zone of freight rates. after it had heen recommended by the Royal Commission on Freight Rates and ordered by fhe Board of Transport Commissioners. They. as well as many of our citizens. cannot, on the record. believe in your profes- sed worthy intentions. That is n
the ends of lahe Island. such gs E1. ,
handicap you labour under in making these proposals.
"Another handlrap is the gen- eral belief here that the railway
is an inefficient organization, con-
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trolled by organized labour and is practically a political organization. The men who get join on the C.N.R.-which is a Crown com- pany-are. in practice, political appointees, they work an eight- hour day and they have been known to strike and paralyze all the transport they could control. in fact. they stopped the oper- ation of the car ferry. a wholly illegal act. during the recent strike and apparently without a protest from the railway and the Government of Canada which drafted the agreement which was violated.
"It the railway obtained bus transportation in addition to the L.C.L. freight trucking new in op- eration. it would have nearly com- plete control of transport and only the Wood Islands ferry would be independent- It is likely the con- trol here by. our Board of Public Utilities would be weak in com- parison with the control of the Board of Transport Commission- era or whatever body will sue- ceed them in the transport field.
"I presume, too. your trucks and buses eventually would not use gasoline and hence give us little or no revenue for our road upkeep. How long would it be until the railway would want to truck all freight to Borden. and pull out all trackage except poa- albly the line from Charlottetown to Summeralde and to Borden?
"I would like to have your views on a steamship service for eight months of the year. Also, your views on how to reach Syd- nay by truck using a route short- er than going by way of Borden. It is evident the government will take no immediate action. They will require that the proposition be developed so that every cit- izen will understand what he is getting into. before they risk their political existence on such a drastic change in our methods of transport. You will understand
that whatever cveniuaies. the Government. and not the railway. will he held responsible. The
Railway is a Federal Crown corp- oration and not subject to pro- vincial controls to any great ex- tent. The people of Prince Ed- ward Island would hold their Gov- ernment responsible for sacrificing their transport autonomy. "Possibly a more practical meth- od would be for the Province to do its own transportation. if it suitable allowance were paid for roads as compensation for the freight collected at Borden. Ittl
least they would then have con-
monopoly of transportation on the island. with providing the best possible service commensurate traffic to he that the public appreciate the Im-
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trol and responsibility. I feel sure already and that they will some change in transportation must eventually be made. but I have outlined above some of the objectlons and the views many of our people will hold.
"I presume I shall soon hear from you expressing your opinions on It standing committee of the House as a medicine for lhe re- ception of all views relative to your proposals."
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Railway Reply
Mr. Robinson replied on March 17. as follows:
"Dear Mr. Premier:
"This will acknowledge your lot- ter of February 25th dealing with our proposal to improve passenger services on Prince Edward Island by substituting bus operations for the various mixed i'r'ain services.
"As we have stated previously. we have no desire to obtain a
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