AUGUST c. 1242.

Awfrivﬂl Qf “Abegweit” Boon

Winter Steamer i Service Debated In

llew Vessel ls Seen Answer To lital Problem

Lc-CoL W.W. Reid. D.S.0. sung-visor, P.li.1. Travel Bureau

The following message from the Minna Edward Island Travel Bur- tau has been prepared for this is- rue of The Guardian:

A; last. the citizens of Prince Ed- “rd island are able to see the

sglatilil new ice-breaker "Abeg- "n" nbout which they have heard |nd see-n so much written during

me last few Yfﬂfs- _

"Arrival of the ‘Abegweit’ to en- m the service between Borden and formentlfic is, to say the least.

portune as the S.S. ‘Prince Ed- ward Island’ which has been so uoblv performing that service has certainly earned and must rc- qnn-a a very thorouﬂrover-ha , including repairs of many kinds ma a, thorough paint job.

"During the past year particular- 1y the splondrd old ferry ‘Prince Edward Island’ has been running ﬂhn-ist continuously night and day, gnd both mombers of her crew and m; 5hip herself have earned the hunger, gratitude of every citizen of our Island Province.

"We are in t-he midst of another heavy season's traffic and latcly many automobiles have been lcft nnndng on one picr or the other may the ‘Prince Eldward Island‘ h“ gompieiﬁfi loadi-ng. With the extra accommodation on the ‘Abcgwcit’ this situation should an“. vet-y infrequently and so citi- Zens of the Province moving back and forth. and tourists as svell. should not have the long waits which have been occasioned by the mgrtage of accommodation on the ‘Prince Edvrard Island‘.

"Facilities on the ‘Abegweit’ arc the most modern available and out- standing among these is the splen- did dining saloon accommodation. Many more people can be BCCUZYI-

modatc-d in this splctidid dI-nlnB saloon and meals can be Sﬁrvfd much more efficiently than 9V"

before.

"The Prince Edward. Travel Bureau feels certain such a. splendid ship as the ‘AIRS-l wit‘ will draw thousands of extra \'l§ll0r5 to our Province. The grcah‘ er amount. of accommodation of-i men by the ‘,\b9g\h'r*'rl' will makei the trip to and from the Island more enjoyable and reputation which has preceded her as the iarizest ice-breaking ferry in the world will go n long way to attract interested people,

‘with the arrival of the ‘Abel- weii‘ all we will need at 30rd!“ and "irmenfine will be to have work 0r\ the piers and modern rest- moms completed. With this ac- complished we will than have l connecting link with New Bruns- wick of which we can all be Proud- and which we are sure will render (yutgfgnqing service to the traveet ling public.

"On tihe whole. it is fclt that. the ‘Abegweit’ will greatly 11111170" °\“' transportation system and’ in more ways than one, as outlined above, will be of tzrest Bsslsltm" to expanding our ever-SWWLYIK tourist industry." .

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Long Succession "Ill Ice-Breakers

Since the Island entered Con- federation in I813 there has been o long succession of tries at pro- vlriing irehrcakcrs. Among them:

i874: S. S. Albert, desert-bed by contemporary critics as "a wooden hulk, light-powered. and entirely unsuited for such work."

1875: 5. S. "Northern Light." 393 Ions. "Canada's first ice breaker." Once again Island hopes dis- ‘Pimlnted.

1886-87: S. S. "Neptune". I NEW- foundland sealer, chartered by th! Federal Government to assist the “Northern Light". Forced to with- dYﬂW owing: to ice conditions.

1W7: S, '5. "Lansdo\vne“, owned by Dominion Government; engait- erl for short. period but found un- Ilitable.

IBM-M: "Northern Light“ taken l": replaced by 8.8. "Stanley". built. in Scotland from plans for l ﬁwsdlsh boat running between Fﬂrwoy and Sweden.

15982 SS. "Petrol", sent to test

Legisla.

Thai the qllP-‘Sliﬂli "I Providing continuous steamer communica-

tion was a matter of long-stand

avléient from the following excerpt from the official report of zhe e ates and proceedings in the PEI. Legislative Assembly for the year 1874.—the year after the Island

this case it. will be noted that the

tries llater Sir Louis 1-1. Davies, Chief Justice of Canada) came to e defense of the Dominion Government, but only on the

derstanciinz that the Government

of Union at the very earliest date:

Mr. Speaker in the chair.

Dr. Jenkpis tCharlctfetowm beg- ged to move the following resolu- tion: "Whereas, by the terms upon which Prince Edward Island a- greed to enter the Union. or Do- mtnlon of Canada, it was provided. among other services,

“That thc Dominion Govern- ment shall wssume and defray all the charges for efficient steam ser-

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and maintained between this Is- land and the mainland of the Do- minion, iviincr and summer, and, whereas,

“The said winter sit-am

worded to 11m Rxcclltttitty the (i0?- crnor General. praying that His Excellency will be pleased to bring the above sitblcct to notice of the Domin n Govern- ment, in zhe hope that in the fut- ure, efficient wintcr steam com- rnunicatlon, as agreed upon by the terms of union, will be pro-

com- niunication would be of great ad-'

vantage to the people of this Is- Zand,_

"Resolved. therefore, that an Address from this lluiisc bc fOl'-‘

EHPB 1874

ing concern in this Province, is

entered Confederation. 1n leader of the Opposition. Mr. Da-

un- intended to implement the terms

“ti; service.

Opposition Leader Speaks

Mr. L. H. Davies. after reciting the preamble. said he thought the resolution a most. extraordinary one to bring forwardJPaking the preamble and resolution together, were they agreed to, it would

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the tGovernment. The resolution

Island i vrce for the conveyance of mails simply amount to a vote of want? we n1

Ihlﬂand passengers to be QSiHBII-Shedlflf confidence in Dominiont communication between

LL-Col. W. W. Reid, n.s.o., E20,, Travel Bureau Supervisor

Providing winter steam this Is-

bQ-l land and the mainland, itirtually

trayed a spirit of indecent hastei becomes a part of the North Am.

There was no occasion for it, as‘ m“ {a iiie matter to which it referred‘ see the House vote for such a i0: resolution. Tiiey all understood the

forms part of the Treaty, so speak entered into between this I Island and the Dominion Govern- inient. No Government could have, ‘under all liic circumstances. clone =niore for us than the present.

i ‘rlicrt- iirt- ‘Illllfly contingencies ‘Iu be taken into account. They >hsve had an unusual amount of work to aﬁend to. He believed l l

some of their leading mercantile‘ Virmlment m the Pipers

men. with Lloyd's agent. had been consulted, and asked to report rtpon the kind of boat best suited for this service. They had done

i t

ct. He would be sorry to

necessity for having such com- munications opened up, and he had no doubt. but that by next fall, the Government will have this matter attended to to the satisfaction of the House, ‘Further Discussion

Mr. Welsh (Belfastt saw an ad- last. autumn, asirpg for tenders for a steamer for this service. and had called upon Lloyd's surveyor and Hon. Mr. Laird, respecting the

weavers-screws» to

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are’

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vlded for."

In submitting this resolution to the notice of the House, he tDr. Jenkins) would merely observe. that. if we had a screw steamer this winter, it would have been perfectly practicable to have run her across the Straits, the greater portion of the time. He thought there was on advertisement put in the papers. last fall, calling for tenders to fulfill this service. But nothing has been done. It will be

Qllmmerside-Tormentlne route. She made only two trips found unfit.

15991 8.8. "Minto" built it Dun- n? to cut through l1 inches of

1900: 8.8. "Stanley". rari in con- Ilmction with "Minto", using var- °ll8 voutes - Georgetcwn-Pictou. chMluttemwn - Plctou. Summer- tlde-Tormentine-usualiy encount- mllk trouble.

1908: 8,8. "Earl Grey."

1915: 8.5. "Prince Edward Is- ind." 1M1: as. "Charlottetown."

i947: Q-B-MV. "Atbegweit". BUY‘! SECRET CACHE

mQI-ADYS. Alto. _ (OP) ._ Alex u mph"? of Gladys recently mme 13°’; I modest treasure while m“! “Own on old garage on his “£19m! His find wit: s pile of

"lea. dated iota, and ull of the “Ev "Mﬁeht vintage. They are be- am“ I0 be some boy's secret

s about 3o years ago.

gamma Enlland - tort - h ' who amt ‘up nee at the al- “Mzllit have to pay extra fees,

ev. WJ. R. I his - {a2 muﬁe. ozero n par

and was ‘

the duty of this House to call the attention of the Dominion Gov-

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eminent. to this matter, to see that

all any Government could. i late period of the year when they i came into power, the difficulty of

land the impossibility of

I one Old country, should be taken into account.

\ Were this House In view of the

facts, to pass such a resolution.

we should only stultlfy ourselves service could Mi 1t less than twt-ive

by the act, Mr. Davies said. would be monstrous to pass any- thing of the kind. The matter is

a part of a ‘Treaty which the Gov-

ISLAIID

The t boat advertised for. Efforts had

'lieen made by the Steamboat Na- ivigatlng Company to obtain a

Iobtaining a suitable boat to hire. boat. but althoushihey 5139M some having | built. either here or in the y

money. and made great efforts to obtain one. they had failed. Nor could they succeed in having one ‘built in any of the shipyards in England, in time. When in Great Britain, a boat suitable for the

be built in months. and put upon the route. it would be un- wise to pass this resolution.

Dr. Jenkins thought the learned

et-nment. of Canada cannot. back leader of the OPPOBIIIQH “'55 11b"

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Steady Improvement In lcehroaklng Efficiency

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ine and Borden was on Oct. 17, 1917, and the passenger service was established on Dec. 12. 1917. During the seasons of 1918-19 the "Nortiiuniberland" continued to be used as a spare, being trans- ferred out of tihe service in i920.

The Charlottetown

In 1931 the Government acquired a second ferry, the SS, Charlotte- town, which w-as operated an reg- ular schedule with the "Prince Ed- ward Island" serving as a spare. Built by me Davie Shipbuilding and Repairing Company. Ltd., of Lauzon. Que. the ship was launched on May 20, 1931 with considerable eclat, her sponsor be- ing Mrs. Charles Dalton, wife 0C the Lieute ant. Governor of Prince Edward Is and, and the ceremony

tiring under a mistake if he thought that he (Dr. J.) did not. know what be was about. His ar- gument is. that inasturch as keep- ing up steam communication with the mainland iri winter, for the purpose of carrying the mails formed what. may be regarded as one condition of the Treaty upon which we errered into Confedera- oion, that there was no occasion ‘o refer to It. But suppose this House choose to allow the mat- ter fo pass by unnoticed. we may find that this would not be the Only condition which may not be carried out. '

This is one side of the ques- tion, said Di. Jenkins, and it is our duty to attend to a matter in which the country at. large are

so interested. They, as the rep-'

resentatives of the people. had nothing to do with what. was in- tended to be done, but with what was done: and in carrying out fhe provisions of the Treaty, in tbs particular, nothing had been don-e, We are precisely, in this respect. ‘r: the position we were before we went into Confederation. Proba- bly. in St. John's. Newfoundland. there were as many as fiftv boats.

from among which one might. have been selected and rented to per- form this s-rvice this year, It was l]

the ditty of the Dominion Govern- ment. to have attended to matter.

After a pretty free discussion

‘ the hon, member was allowed to

withdraw his resolution.

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To Tourist Trade.

s being attended by leaders in public life and business in the Maritime Provinces, representatives of the Dominion cabinet and principal of- ficials of the Canadian National Railways. The launuhirig weigiht of nearly 4,500 tons was the heaviest ever launched from a Canadian shipbuilding berth at that time.

In the design of the “Charlotte- town" advantage was taken of cx- perience gained in operations across the Strait and this newer vessel was heavier and more pow- erful than the older one. 1t was therefore capable of performing more efficiently in the heavy ice conditions experienced in the Strait

It certain seasons of the year.

On June 17, 1941, however, the "Charlottetown". while proceeding to Saint John for docking and gen- eral overhaul, struck a reef off the Nova Scotla coast and sank and was subsequently abandoned to the underwriters.

Since that time the "Prince Ed- ward Island" has been performing regular service in her place, and for this purpose she had to be recon- ditioned. Among many changes ef-

fected was that of the conversion of the vessely from coal to oil- burning.

The "Charlottetmvn" had a

capacity for the handling cf some 46 auto-mobiles per trip as compar- ed_ to a. normal auto deck capacity

.._-_‘ of 86 automobile! on the "Printed Edward Island" with supplementary provision on a portion of the rail- way coir deck for 16 more. Th4 freight car capacity of the "Char- lotﬁetvwn" was 16 a; compared to 11 for the "Prince Edward Island," and to transport a. given volume of traffic it was necessary to operate a greater number of trips with the latter vessel.

To meet curre-nt traffic require- ments under winter conditions it had been necessary to operate the “Prince Edward Island" in almost continuous service since 1941. The manner in which the old car ferry has stood up to these demands has been a matter of surprise as well as satisfaction to all concerned.

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‘WE JOIN WITH ALL ISLANDERS AT HOME AND ABROAD IN WELCOMING THE "ABEGWEIT" AS OUR RAILWAY AND HIGHWAY CONNECTION WITH THE MAINLAND.

ASSOCIATED SIIIPPERS l?

FAR CRY FRDM .1873

used in early communication between our

Province and the mainland-and the arrival

of the new great Ice-Breaking Ferry “Abeg-

welt."

We are in our 74th year as a Province in this great" Dominion and we look with pride

on our achievements and growth during that

period.

We look for still greater progress in the future and to the large part the “AbegweitP.

will play in our future destiny.

Crockett & Storey

“DEALERS III RELIABLE FIIRIIITIIRE"

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