patra SR RTT Be RSET FTO a | RT gE TERETE CAS ERE Mion! . HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY. £ ANA * 4 >i? “ee QP bse Ua be Monpay Apri a -y7 > - a NATI A8Y¥i.U) i iouse in Committee of the Vhol! Mr, prii 1}, ISéo. Rowe in the chair—agreed toa bill relating to the Lunatic Asvylum— with certain , ‘ rmendments. The bill provides that $80,+ ' : be OOO shall be expended on the erection of Asylum the money, if the Govern- : cae ” not, | ment deem expedient, to be r.ised by de- that circulated agro I 2s, bearing not more than 6 perc } erest, and vable at the end of twenty : a It niso provides that the Medical : . Pu lay even> | Si I ntendent ¢ f the institution shall be t] EXAMINER id : 1250 per annum, a d receive board ; eh digging free. rive lrusteos of the _ Asylum are to receive t ngzregate sum rt t ¢ that the 250 per year to be dividelin propor- t to the number of visits made by each ° we tex Supposing that the institution ilis mind 4, visited ence a week by one trustee, mnt 1 with the idea! each visit will cost about $3.75. When| oe the Sneaker had resumed the Chair, Mr. i rr Welsh moved that the bill be referred back | to committee for the purpose of striking | . lout the clause relating to the issuing of | INER 0 13th April, debentures. The H e divided on the ted out that— ' motion as follows ! . | yy. HH. Davies, B. Davies, Callbeck, ai peen P| Rowe, Beer Welsh, Conroy, McLean, Me- \ f wire has been | {SV ""™ st ; st has beea | Neill, Pope, Jenkins. ; ‘ ie line. 3 istasit was { ‘—Owen, Havilund, Breeken, 1 ed, weeks of the | Richards. Arsenault, A. J. MeDonald, Sul- } way raed llivan. J. A. MeDonald, Holland, J. E ? ted t road was MeDonald, MeEachen, Mclsaac, Kelly “ “a OUTHPORT FERRY. never wont farther Shas TH?! ion. A. J. MeDouald eubeaitted a ses0- | mt e 4th of May, lution setting forth that it is expedient to | I 1 the 1 words, |introduee a bill relating to Hillsborough | eee ie Ferry. The bill, it was explained, will oe eee | provide for the running of two boats, to be | di owned and controlled by the Government | | —the fares to vary as might be found most \ 1 Oined that the represen- expedient. (the Pr ; Suenced the Dom- Mr. Beer agreed that it would be well to ee ee ..+. |have the fares vary; but he should ike | ion Grovernment to appornt Mr. Swin- | to know if the fares pwould be lowered. | t Mr. Swinyord’s instructions— | The bill must provide for a reduction of | Sofnad im hin be thes of the 6th Aucust | fares before the people — be entiated. ee oo lhe travelling public should not be requir- | that the eredit of awakening | q to pay for more than the working ex McKenzie Administration from its | penses ofthe ferry. settee Males | fon. Mr Owen said the Government | PECs CP ORF Fete, Horne” | would endeavor to meet the wishes of the | he Ex Mr. Swinyard says : people. He feared, however, that they The Gove: nt ofthe Dominion, being | could not come quite down to the scale of Nae alee shoul “es rates submitted by the deputation which ee undue delay should Cake | had waited upon the Administration. in of the P. E. Island Mr. Beer said that if the running of two - =. 01 | boats would cause the fares to be kept up; | \ ‘ ime to revisit the | a -. ae ld a | he felt persuaded that the people woul sland fora 1gising the | rather have only one for some time. ‘ snements to receive} Mr. Welsh thought the people of Belfast, . Murray Harbor. ete., had a good right to : ” We asked the Do- | cheap ferry accommodation at low rates, nG nt to take measures for | whether the ferry is self-sustaining or not. rat ailway staff. and He wanted two boats and the fares reduced the ralway stall, 204) to two cents per head, Further discuss the line for public traffic! sion ensued. The resolution passed, and | 3 as contract was completed ; Hon. A. J. McDonald submitted a bill in} ete . ) . : accordance therewith. t—precisely this—the Do- | ee ee G veut, after some delay, | Tvespay, April 15, measures were, however, OUR FINANCES AND PUBLIC WORKS. fF was not organized ; House in Committee of Supply—J. E. | r McDonald in the chair. On motion to be PS] were not procured. | grant allowances of Auditors of Public The infl the EXAMINER on the | Accounts ($325), Si alsa sh laid untfietinisabe Mr. Stewart said he questioned whether Lae a “’ the auditors were worth the money. In “ rence of the local the Public Accounts he had discovered an Op , Swinvard. The en-|error of 807. The balance in favor of the. os ; | Province was S307 more than it should be. rent aud the con-| m4 guditors had been grossly careless. Professional and | The system under which the Finances of were roused ‘the country are managed, is disgraceful, . . «No one appears to be‘responsibie. A comrs. 4 | (Gregory maintaiged | Pinancial Secretary. who would be respons tions to the interfer—| sible to the Legislature and the people, | : , oe eee Tt, should be appointed, ™ ro rty were raised. The | Mr. L. H. Davies said that the way in| ea the section of railway be- which the public monies were accounted n Charlottetown 2nd Summerside bad | for, was simply monstrous. The auditors

That it might have

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d 26th May, !

| never

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| improvement until a Financial Secretary is | appointed. I

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| retary might, he thought, be combined.

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‘ience; for he was at one time Chairman

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| But with respect tothe union of the office

e > the section road in question | ’ 2 an for transfer in ample time ’ to make the necessary prepar- oing the d fort con the Ist Had fon J.C. Pope i r Island affairs, instead of the ble and well-meaning centleman who ennied the high position, «nd had Mr. Swinrard not been unduly influenced by the | - opponents of the railway policy, the efforts of the Examiner would not, re beli have been oaly partially suee cessful -an arrancemcnt would have been entered into under which the people | the Provinee would hove enjoyed the vantages of railway communication as ’ most ssog¢uine among them nticipat i in e Same a t ifon Mr. Havi meade a statement which, at the inder the circumstances, was | 1 to throw ciscredit upon the | tI He repudiated the assertion the EXAMINER wis, at any time, an f the present Government. We| have. indeed, more than ones given pub- of our independence. When, i Mr. Stewart had depicted to the Legislature, in apt and forcible language, the small, filthy, underground, prison like ‘ ef the Lunatic Asylum, and des- | ibed the horrible treatment which the . eompelled to endure, the tT, ble Senator Provincial-Secretary s place and declared that no re- rm would be instituted, beeause the con- | tro 1 ment of that jpstitution was in the hands of trustees—and the | Government, with startling inhumanity, greed to le by the declaration—we : sted ist that policy with all the | ability ws uid command. Had our| ay on the « ‘casion been adopted, the evelopm which made the Island no- tarious ti hout the world, which brought upon our Government the cen- eure of all good men, which called forth a it! rebuke from Lord Carnarvon, mania ver “have been made. Again, vel t rable Senator-Provincial 3, laring inconsistency, | ubmitted a Bill by which dual represen- tion trould have been made illegal, and } clared that he would ld ‘atin the Loeal Legis: lature wetil his term of service had ex- pir compelled to enter a protest neainst bi . Dual representation, the & incialeSeeretary declared, s enicul interfere with the inde- pen Parliament. Dual represcn- tation. the | r Provineial-Secretary . no man on the Island knows better jsistent with a eardinal principle oft onstituti ler which we live—_ is incowsistent with that perfeet indepen- | denee and that entire freedom (within their nhere) from the influence of the General

(;overninen, federated Provinces by the British North America Act, and which it is specially de-

wb'e should be maintained in its in tegrity in this the smallest and weakest Province of the Dominion. We may, we feel sure, be excused if we have not all times been strictly | val to a Goy-

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which is guaranteed the Con- |

at ernment, a leading member of which is 2 man who holds the extraordinary, the «anomalous, the invidious position of the | Hon. Seoator-Provincial Secretary ; who, moreover, holds that position in defiance write advisedly—of the wishes of a

laree majority of the people of this Is- land,

But if we have differed from the Gov-

ernment on its weak and foolish policy |

respecting the Lunatic Asyiuin and Dual eon one of the

Representation, we have | warmest supporters of its

neral poliey,,'

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and, above all, of its railway policy; and we did feel somewhat surprised when the | Hon. ‘ir. Haviland, spesking for the!

Governinent, not only publicly repudiat- ed us, but did so in such «a manner that

the p opie who thronzed the floors and Jleries conld not but receive the im- | pression that the Examiner had cir-|

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emlate false and ridiculous report Under the cireumstences we feel that we

are justified in pronouncing the act almost

as flagrant a breach of faith as their igno-

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mivious desertion of the Hon. J. C. Pope on Wednesday evening last.

mmer is proved | the session ended,

874, he wrote:— | been terribly bungled.

| him 2 great

been at the | fespectable men to go into the accou

| been asked.

| Sir Robert | plated that he should | As, Governor, he is really paid by the peos

| duty it would be to lay out and superintend | the Public Works, to see that they were

{ ed into by the

’ | convenience sare

Ilon. Mr. Owen laid a report, signed by by Professor Anderson upon tha table.

Hon A. J, MeDonald, from the Com: mittee on Private reported a bill to incorporate the minister trustees of ‘ion Chureh Charlottetown.

thle Bills,

and

TUE RAILWAY.

In the evening, Hon. J. C. Pope rose to move an address to His Excellency tho Governor General, representing that the people of Prinee Edward Island have

en grossly wronged by the Governs

ment of the Dominion neglecting to open the railroad for public traffic in vielation of the public faith of the Dominion, and praying that ilis Excellency, as Represen- tative of the Sovereign, may be pleased to rence, In order that the comp ict Linto between the Dominion and ind, upon which the Island entered

tative uso his infl itere this Is! the Dominion, may, without delay, be ful. and the railroad opened for public

lied, trafiic.

f+ oy He]

briefly reviewing the address, he said that when the Island negotiated terms of Confederation, the people of Prince Ed- ward Island felt satistied that every acco~ modation would be aflorded by the railway, which would have been afforded, had the Province remained out of the Union. On this condition they consented to surrender their independence and become a part of the Dominion of Canada, As the contract’ for constructing the railway had been enter- Government of the Province, it was considered expedient—merely for that the Local Govern, that it was finished ac- The railway, he is built at the

ment should see cording to speci

would remind the House, w

on 4} iCAvlon,

cost of the people of this Provinee. !t was built with their money; it was theirs, On the arrival of Mr. Swinyard in May last, he had no letter of introduction to the

Lientenant Governor ; authority whatever

Government. Hae,

he presented no from the Dominion however, addressed himself to the Leader of the Leeal Admins istration as follows

—

Cusrcorrerown, P. E, 1., }

May 26, 1874.

have the honor to inform you

Sr8,-

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that in pursuance Gf instructions from the

Minister of Public Works of the Dominion of Canada | have arrived here for the pur- pose of placing myself in communication with you in order to ascertain the inten tions of your Government with respect to the opening of the Prince Edward Island

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| dwellings, 34,500; R

Railway, a portion ef which it has been re. |

ported to the Dominion Government is

completed and ready to be taken possess |

sion of.

I have also received instructions to make myself generally acquainted, for the infors mation of the Dominion Government, with the present condition of the entire railway and its appurtenances.

on you, I have, &c., THo, SwWINyarp. The Honorable Lemuel C. Owen, President Executive Council. Now these are the instructions he says he received. The first question which arises is, who reported to the Dominion Govern- ment that the road was ready? should have been taken until the Local Government had forwarded an intimation to the Dominion Government that the work was done. It would then have’ been time enough to send down and take possession

ofthe road. However, after some corres-

pondence with the Leader of the Governs |

do their work. He hoped the Govs! ernment would introduce a reform before

Hon. ‘ir Owen said the mistake com- plained of had been made last year~not

deal of annoyance

ment, Mr. Swinyard felt justified in send- ing the following telegram to Ottawa :—-

No action |

; | anks of acti i ‘Treg ( I beg therefore humbly to request that | the. vanks Of 2 are Wenner ree fe

| you will be pleased to appoint an hour at | | which I may have the honor of waiting up-

accompanied by Mr, Ridout, and makes some objections to the yond, Now I may aay, toat in iny Opinion, Mr. Hoyd is an

) engineer Ot mueh betior standing than Mr.

Ridout. In Nova Seotia and New Bruns- wick Mr. Boyd achieved 9 reputation, not o be in comparison with (ie man sent down here to critieise his work, But this apart, a gross insult was offered Mr. | Tha Dominion Government, jt is true, had pow- er to dismiss him ; sut, so long as he held the position of Chief Enyineer of the Ro id, it was their duty tobe ejided by his adyi The act of bringing M yr, Ridout hera to over- see his work: was v.tually a declaration of war. Deficiencies in the work were of course found; and the loss figured up to a nicety. | Clearing is »ut down af soo. Then there is fencing, $3,000; grading at stations $2, 500; ties or sleepers ballast, $15,009 ; sidings, including iron, $65,000; station tolling stock, 81,007 altogether 100,000, and odd dollars, Ie had actually the presumption to find fault | with the length of the railway. Was he | sent down here for this purpose?) Was the | road built at the expense of the govern -| ment, of which he pretended to be agent? Will not all amounts, outside of the con-~ tract, would have te be paid by the people of this sland? Now, more than half of the $100,000 of alleged deficiency is absorbed by the item of *“sidings.’’ In the original con. tract it was specified that the “ sidings” should notexceed ten per cent.of the length of the road. Mr.’,Boyd certified that the per centage of sidings is greater than on any other railroad in the \:eritime Provinces, And yet we tind the Leader of the Oppo- sition in this Hlouse - the Liberal Leader— doing all he ean to take out of the pockets of the people or t Island $15,000 for alleged deficiency of * siding ;’ for he was Mr. Swinyard’s legal and political counsel. What next do 4 An arrangement was made to carry grain last fall for the accommodation of merchants; and we are told by the Leader of the Opposition that for this arrangement we are indebted to the exertions of the hon. member for Strath- albyn. Good heavens! have we come to this? Has Mr. Stewart then more influence than all the other merchants of the Island ? If so, I for one would like to live out of it. Now, let us come to matter bearing more immediately upon the question before the | Hlouse. The road was taken pessession of | by Mr. Swinyard on the oh or 29th December ; and an attempt was made to , open it. What did the attempt amount

neni I pIVGUs i 1

88,769 ,

hire al

ve tind

to? Was there a workshop? Was there a trackmaster” Was there an organized staff? Was there a telegraph? No,

nothing of the kind. And why was there no trackmaster? Mr. Swinyard could have obtained the services of a competent man; but because he had no power to say | who should or should not be section men— because the appointments were filled out of

the fitness of those who received them for the work — that man would have nothing to | do with the road. solutely no preparation made to open it. In Alberton, the hon. President of the Legislative Council seted the part of station | master; in Summerside the figure head-- Mr. Muirhead —did service ; and in Georges town Mr. Munroe did duty atthe station. But there weve no others. Great efforts were, however, put forth on the Voenday |

but they failed of course, for there was no | organization, Nothing was ready ; and the snowstorms were heavy, After Mr. Swinyard had put forth all his exertions, I | wentto him «ud offered if he would give |

; mea snow plow and two engines, I would |

Cu'rown, P. E. Isianp, j

June 8, 1874.

(Telegram )

After careful examination and enquiry,

ocal Government have concluded

Mr. Welsh thought there would be no| Proper train service; that complete teles

hie

an Mr. Pope thought it impossible to get |

Jut | there should, undoubiedly, bea Financial | Secretary. Such an Officer, if competent would save his salary three times over. | He thought the Government should go to | werk right away, atid provide for the ap- poiptment of a Financial Secretary before the session ends. He referred to the grant of £650 to the Lieutenant Governor. The amount, he thought, should never have When the Act was passed which provided tor a retiring allowance to Hodgson, it was not contems ever be Governor.

ple of the Island; for it was made up from the general revenues of the country —to- wards which the people of the Island paid their share, He thought it beneath the dignity of a Governor to come down on the | Legislature and ask for such a petty sum; | and he hoped the good sense of His Honor | would show him that it would be more | graceful not to accept the allowance. With | regard to the Board of Works he was of | opinion that it should be abolished, and | that a Commissioner or Minister of Public | Works should take its place. The charge |

}of the Public Works of the Province was , I | too great to be placed in the hands of any | Allan Correspondence to Huntington. On There might Be a good deal of the 6th August, Mr. Swinyard., having re- | log rolling between the members of the | turned, addressed the following letter to ; and, besides, the | the Leader of the Government : |

voard and their friends Opposition had no chance to obtain infor- | mation respecting the Department. A | Commissioner should be appointed whose |

dene well, and lay before the Legislature every year, a detailed statement of the works in progress; and a clear exhibit of the accounts in connection therewith. Le thought this a matter which both sides of } the House should consider well, A wrong | system prevails, and it should be reformed. The office of Financial and Provincial Sec-

lion. Mr. Haviland said there was a says ing that,*an old smuggler makes the best exciseman.”” le presumed that the hon. member from Summerside knew about the log rolling and the short- comings of the Board of Works from expers

of the Board. for himself, he thought it would be more economical, and contribute more to the efficiency of the service of the ‘ublic Works were placed under the con- trol of s minister. ut he was surprised Pope had not thought of the reform With regard to the aps pointment of a Financial Secretary, he (Mr. liaviland} was for years in favor of it,

bef re.

vith that of the Provincial Secretary, he vas notso well satisfied. The duties of the Provincial Secretary, are, he .said, much more onerous than before Confederation. There is three times as much correspond- ence with-Ottawa as there was with Downs

ing Street. Ife would suggest that the offices of Financial Secretary and Provins

cial Treasurer be combined. The work of the latter official is much less now than be- fore the union.

Mr. Pope said he had made no reflection against the present Board of Works. His remarks were directed against the system. ile was not aware that the duties of the Provincial Seeretary had increased since Confederation, He was glad to have some explanation for the raise of the Provincial : Secretary's salary. He contended that the office of Financial Secretary should be add- ed to that of Provincial Secretary, and that a clerk should be added to the office if necessary.

Mr. L. il. Davies said he was pleased to hear the members of both Independent and the ‘\inisterial branches coming round to the views of the Opposition. He trust- ed the Government would make no further delay. The present system is, evidently, not conducive to the interests of the Col- ony. Jet the Government prepare a Bill now. Now isa favorable time. There are not many important measures in hand, The need for a Financial Secretary and a Minister of Public Works is very pressing.

After some further discussion the resolu- tion was agreed to.

MISCELLANEOUS.

louse in Committee of the Whole—Mr, tractors, out of the country; but it was Rowe in the Chair—agreed t» the Bill re. | found expedient to send them back again. | The bounds of official etiquette were then Hon. Mr, Owen laid on the table reports | overstepped by Mr. concerning new roads and repairs of old

specting Wharves and Bridges.

ads. Mr. Conroy asked for # detailed account

of ~ state of Prince of Wales College ; ane

| pedient nor safe

; ty fi ee | traflic before September. (and audit them properly for the smail pit~ | :

| tance afforded by the Legislature.

| Hon. |

| graphic communication is necessary along | railway, and that having the general wel- in view, itis neither exs |

fare of the public to open the railway for

is not uptili month of September, !

turn to Uttawa on Thursday. Tao, Swixyarp,

Ottawa.

there all communication with Mr. Swin-} It was quite coms | 8!¥' : to | cision there is an appeal, | this subject may state that I enquired of | | Mr. Boyd whether the Government had |

yard should have ended. petent in the Dominion Government, send an agent here to inspect the line ; but the course which should have been pursus

ed by the Local Government was to have | ™4de any permament provision for bal- bad no official correspondence with him, | last pits at any other places, and was ms He should have reported to the Dominion | formed by him that no lands whatever for |

Government, and the Dominion Govern- ment should have communicated his objec-~ tions, if any, to the Lieutenant Govern. |

nor in Council. cid not see the contract, performed accords ing to the requirements of the agent, then the Dominion Govetnment could interfere, discharge Mr. Boyd, and finish the road | themselves. When Mr: Swinyard came here he was accompanied by a Mr. Waugh; but who do you think the Dominion Goy- ernment appointed as Secretary to Mr. Swinyard ? No other than the notorious | Norris—the man who had violated the trust of his employer, Mr. Abbott, and sold the

Charlottetown, P.E. Island, August 6th, 1874. Siz,—1 called at your office yesterday, but had not the pleasure of finding you in. The Government of the Dominion, being anxious that no undue delay should take place inthe opening of the P. E. Island Railway, have directed me to revisit the Iss land for the purpose of organizing the staff. and making arrangements to receive over the railway on their behalf, from the Local Government. I shall, therefore, be much obliged if you shall take the subject into consideration, and notily me, at the earliest possible moment, whea your Government will be prepared to tender the railway, or any portion of it, for the acceptance of the Dominion Government, when I will imme- diately proceed to make the final inspec- tion of the line on its behalf. In the meantime, perbaps you will kindly request your engineer to place himself in communication with me, in order, as far as possible to facilitate matters Ihave, &c., Tro, Swinyanp.

Hon. L. C. Owen, President Executive Council, P.E Mr. Owen replied - Executive Council, P. E. Island. August 7th, 1874. Sin,—I have the honor to acknowledge | the receipt of your communication of yes- |

terday’s dute, and in reply to state, that | and it is indispensable that the Operators,

the Government of this Province are very

anxious that the railroad shall be opened | W4YS be in ear of their instruments.”

for traffic at as early a day as possible ; but | In my opinion these station houses are not as the Contractors, for the building of the | necessary, road, do not intend handing over any part , are considered a nuisance. of it until their contract is completed, the | tion, and at one or two other places, it is, | Government cannot interfere with them in | of course, necessary the Station Master.

any way, other than seeing that the road | is built in all parts in accordance with the

specification and arrangements made for its | Mr. Swinyard, however, says :

construction, | I have, &c., L. C. Owgy, President Exeentive Council. Thos, Swinyard, Esq., «&e., &e.

Now, Mr. Swinyard says he comes down for the purpose of organizing a staff. His duty was to get the telegraph posts put down. To do this, he had from May to the kegin- ning of the winter ; and yet only a few men procured. Jlis duty was to provide work. shops; but none were provided. Why was he not employed in getting the railway ready, instead of dancing attendance in a smali political faction in Charlottetown. When he came down here, in August, the first thing he did, was to order Hotel accos modation in the cars. I wonder if this was calculated to forward the work of organiz- ation? Atthis time a number of engine drivers came down from Canada, to drive the capable men, brought here by the con-

Swinyard, in the publi. cation of the correspondence, going on be- tween himself and the Local Government ; and then he returns to Ottawa — before he had made the first step in the organiz- ation of the road. By and bye he returns

that | | Contractors are not yet in a position to ' hand over to them any portion of the rail. | Way; that much work remains to be ac- Last year the accounts had | COmplished; that Contractors require con- They had given tinued use of line at unfixed hours and : : | cannot give upsullicient rolling stoc’ for

Alex. Mackenzie, Minister Public Works, : ‘the most exaggerated claims are likely

raise the blockade to Georgetown ; and get | the grain stored at Mount Stewart to the | ships. I told him I did this because Mr. Rannie, the Contractors’ Superintendent, had, in view of the strait to which the |

'merchants were driven, volunteered to |

‘carry the offer into execution. | was net, however, accepted.

If the Local Govenment | ing that the most exaggerated claims | most assuredly be given by them?

| right had he to attack men just as good as | himself?

| Summerside

/yet the late Government unjustifiably put

get it put in that location.

| booking, waiting and freight rooms.

_to be placed there ought to be house ac-

| the manner provided by the contract,

merside,’’ Then, about the loeation of the road, Mr. Swinyard says :

is undoubtedly well laid out to serve the general course is generally central running midway between the waters, principal ports, which are Charlottetown, Summerside, Georgetown and Souris,”’

wards, to comment ‘‘on the unnecessary length of the line.”

The offer Instead of trying to get to Georgetown, to benefit the merchants, nearly all their efforts were directed towards reaching Summerside. No less than seven engines were in the | country between Wiltshire and !/unter | River. In his report Mr. Swinyard says : “About twenty miles east of Alberton there is a splendid bed of gravel It is the only real gravel bed that has yet been discovered alor g the course of the railway It will be used for the western section. I[t is unfortunate, and I think very much to be |

Contractors time | regretted, that no srrangement has yet res ; the owners of this land for its purchase. | It would have been wise to have done this

been made by the Local Government with |

before a line had been laid in and the pit worked. Judging from past experience

now to be mace, and will assuredly be given by the Appraisers, from whose de- |

While upon

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that purpose hal been purchased ”’ What right hed Mr. Swinyard to refiect | on the character of the Appraisers by says will What

Me was not sent here to insult, to superintend. Then there is the | station. Of he says ‘a worse location could scarcely be conceived.’ This is what I stated myself in 1872; and

but

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the country to ¢40,000 extra expense to

Mr. L. H. Davies asked if the price paid | for Lefurgy’s shipyard was justifiable What did Mr. Pope think of that?

Mr. Pope said he believed the amount paid for Lefuryy’s shipyard was larger

| than it skould hive been; but it was not

so jarge in proportion as the amount (40,000) awarded by Appraisers, of whom | the hon. Alexander Laird was chief, for a | little bit of land on the property of Mr. Cahoun. Yet nothing was said by the Leader of the Opposition about it. Next | in oder (in Mr, Swinyard’s report) is the | wharf at Summerside. Of it he says

“The depth of water along the wharf is | not sufficient to allow of the ordinary vesx '

sels trading with the place to run alongside, | at low water, to load and unload, and cons | siderable dredging will have to be done.” |

Now this isa complete misrepresentation. | There is plenty of water at Summerside, | At low water there is 15 feet, at high | water 23 feet. Next Mr. Swinyard finds fault with the stations -—

oN

None of the stations throughout the entire line have been provided with Dwell- ing-rooms, and are not therefore in accords ance with the requirements of the original contract, an alteration having subsequently been made, it was stated by Order in Coun. cil, by which they were reduced to simple This ismuch to be regretted. At Charlottetown, at Summerside, at the terminal stations of Tignish, Georgetown, and Souris, and at each station where an Operator will have

commodation at once provided. In several instances there are no houses near at hand,

who will act as station agents, should al<

In many parts of Canada, they At the junc.

should live in the station; but generally | resident Station Masters are not required. |

“There was every disposition manifested by Mr. Schreiber and ns Engineer, Mr. Gregory, to have the work completed in

except where the same has been changed by Order in Council, or by instructions from the Engineer which they regard as binding,

Mr. Swinyard remarks, ‘‘there are six bridges between Charlotietown and Sum- The fact is, there are eleven. |

‘Although the line is cery circuitous it

interests of the country. Its It embraces all the Cascumpec, ( Alberton ), If so, what right has Mr. Swinyard after-

He estimates the res

ceipts of the road at the same amountas | Mr. Boyd, and, after working expenses are | paid, calculates that there will be $600 over. |

that the road will pay. lieve the gross receipts of the road will be

Here is testimony to bear out my assertion, | For my part, | be

much greater than the estizaates of either Mr. Boyd or Swinyard, and if properly work-

ed, it will pay 50 per cent more, But it

} country

And there was ab- | f | everything.

| | | { and Puesday after the road was taken over; | } ; }

| General?

| jéfteen feet deep,

/machine shops.

vill not pay under the high tariff to be im- posed, nor if the offices sre filled with in- cipable men, At present it seems to be arefuge for the destitute-—-those who sre

too lazy to work and to proud to beg. a this is continued it will not pay work~

ingexpenses. ‘The Dominion ‘ overnment is pledged to run the road on the interests of the country. ‘ir. Swinyard suggests that second class cars be done away with.

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“He contended that for this state of things

tstone abutments and centre pier.

Every one knows, that many people in the |

country are not able to pay 3 cents per mile, even with the privilege of setting in a Jirst class car: and those people would virtuy all be shut out from the benefits of the rail- road, if second class cars are abolished. The Dominion Government is also bound to open the road, if possible. No exertions were made to open it throughout the en- tire winter. The same thing may occur again. Itis the duty of every may in the et to insist on our rights. The gross neglect of the Deminion Government, in respect to our railway, has been represent- ed in the newspapers ; and at public meet» ings, in Charlottetown and Summerside, it has been protested against. There is no reason why the road should remain closed —no excuse for the flagrant breach of {. th on the part of the Dominion Government ; the Hfouse should unanimously join in the very moderate request of the address that the road be put in running order without

| delay.

Jen rose the purpose of

Dr. ibs for seconding the resolution, speech of the hon. member for Summer-

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Mr. Boyd was greatly to blame. The eta-

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snow was no deeper here Scotia ind New Brunswick.

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tion grounds have not been graded, Of | ter what the cost, it was the bounden d

Medgell Bridge, Mr. Swinyerd says -—

“The Medgill bridge is across the stream | accommodation of the publi having done 50, faith was broken with the

of that name, also emptying into St, Peter's Bay. Itis of How truss of two epans, one of 50 feet and the other of 3) feet, with This bridge is placed on x curve of a radius of 600 feet, and is approached from the east by agradient of 58 feet per mile, or 1] in 91, and from the west by one of 66 feet per mile, or 1 50, thus forming a most dangerous feature in the railway. [t will be necessary, for safety, to bring the trains ton stand before passing on to this struc- ture in either direction.”

On the item of sleepers $8,500 had been lost, because Mr. Boyd would not inspect them. more engineer did net do his duty. sidings were not up to specification the people of the Island would iose $65,000. Instead of sidings being 10 per cent of the whole line, they were only 4 per cent. And the Contractors had pocketed the pro. fit, The length of the line was 28 miles in excess of the original survey— 26 miles of which were on the main trunk— twenty~ eight miles taken up in curvature, which might have been avoided. The profits liad

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' fallen into the hands of Schreiber and Bure

After the able |

side he felt that there was very little for |

The resolution is pretty strongly worded, It could not possibly be more strongly worded, but strong as it was, it was not half strong enough to sstisfy him. The people should have had the benefit of the road in March; but the neglect of the Dominion Government to open it was not the worst feature. Ie looked upon the high tariif as simply ruinous. Ile believed the people would not take advantage of the line. They would rather put themselves to venience than do so, There is no reason