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ALBERTON BONSPIEL WINNERS

Frank Bryan, Alberton Curling Club, pre sents the Barbour’s Service Station-Trophy to Orville Mann, skip of the Summer-

president of bonspiel at

Alberton Friday and Saturday. Looking on are other team members, from left, Clint MacLean, Lloyd Lawless and Jim Rankin. Run-

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~~ Favorable Comparison Given On Costs Of Snow Removal

Cost of snow removal

in changed in recent years from

Charlottetown is $1,850 per mile just opening the centre portion of

less than in the

‘comparable the streets to entire snow clear-

of snow is a costly operation the street committee is inquiring about availability and cost of

eity of Fredericton, N.B., chairs aneéJfrom sidewalk to sidewalk | long - wheelbase trucks or floats in the business areas and on nar-|to move snow faster “and for a

man Elmer MacRae said la night in the annual report of the street committee.

The New Brunswick capital with 30 miles of streets ana a snowfall of 136 inches paid $170,000 for snow removal. This ity with 45 miles of streets and 132 inches of snow paid $75,000. By way of comparison, Mon- treal with 900 miles of streets of streets and 120 inches of snow paid $9,000,000

Mr. MacRae said city employ. ees were experimenting with two horse~- drawn sand spread- ers “which may be the solution te making our sidewalks safer for pedestrians.’’ He added se- veral sidewalk snow removal machines had been tried ‘most of which were not suitable". ~

“Until we are sure there are machines that will do a satis- factory job and that our people are willing to pay the necessary costs of them, we would request the co - operation of our citi- zens in making our sidewalks safer for our ie

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the snow removal problem has

WESTERN FUNERALS

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smaller portion of the tax dol- lar.”

Public Dissatisfaction Aired Over Civic Tax Appeal Board

Complaints of public dissatis- beard by the civic tax appeal

board were discussed at a meeting last evening of the ex-

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Vancouver ........ 31 42

Victoria... ........- 38 “4

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Saint John ........ 1 17

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; at the Charlottetown Credit Un- ion office.

It was stated that Coombs | Associates were “continuing to be a costly experiment to the city”, as conditions here differ from those of Central Canada.

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than excellent’ , chairman of the fire committee last night told Coun- annual report

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Western And Central Districts

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Boost Recommended In Equipment Standard

“when the lives and safety of | our citizens and our firemen are

on equipment it

dependent should be brought up to and maintained at a standard not

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be called on in the future a larger and more ade- station

“Tt is our opinion”. he stated, “that large property owners 4 who are exempt from civic tax-

Skirl Of Pipes For Burns Echoes In Memorial Centre

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morning, stated last night that | began the program it had not been an “accident”

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- adequate water supply for fire quested to increase their contri-

bution to the city revenue. Buildings valued at many mil- lions of dollars are not

to city taxes but their fire pro- tection is a responsibility of our fire department. Increased gov- ernment assistance is long over- due in this important phase of civic administrations’ .

Referring to the report of Fire Chief H. Jewell, the chair- man called attention to some highlights among which he men- tioned that at general alarm fir- es there was an average attend- ance of 94 per cent and firemen now had the assurance of an

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