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The following complaint was obviously registered long before the automotive era. but it is in- teresting to note even in that

se. It noted the City Council can centrating on streets and said: They have done a great deal to- wards making the crooked paths ‘_ straight and bringing the lofty hills low. but have left them to This is the only known photo M. Johnson. N.B.: 8—va. P.E.I.: 21—0pp. Leader Jona- make the desert places on taken at the 1864 Charlotte- Sec. S. Leonard Tilley. N.B.: than MoCully. N.S.; 22—Opp. Queen Square to ‘blossom as by G. P. 9—Hon. R. B. Dickey, N.S.; Leader G. H. Coles. P.E.l.; the rose',andwhereagoodtop- rts. and is now in the lo—Hon. J.H. Gray. N.B.: ll— 23—Pres. Exec. Conn. George dressing of manure I; the only 3 Public Archives of Canada. Att.-Gen. Edward Palmer. Brown. Canada; M—Maj. thing necessary for the pur- «v As identified by numbers in P.E.l.; lZ—Hon. E. B. Chand- Hewitt Bernard, Sec. of Con- pose, their labouu are fully an- ; the accompanying chart these ler. N.B.: 13-—Sol.-Gen. H. L. terence; zs—Charles Drink- ticipated by the quantity that is ? men who became Canada‘s Langevin. Canada East: 14—- water. Sec. to John A. Mac- every day spread around that 5 founders are: l—Premier J. Prov. Sec. Charles Tupper. donald. These men (1 to 23). ancient and disagreeable apol- ' B. Gray. P.E.I.: 2—Att.-Gen. N.S.; ls—Fin. Min. Alexander along with 13 more named to ogy for the name of ,Market John A. Macdonald. Canada T. Gait. Canada; Its—Hon. A. subseqth Quebec or Lon- House. t streets rem West; 3—Att.-Gen. Georges G. Archibald. N.S.; l7—Hon. don Conterence. or both. form for a while longer, and approp . _ _ . . Cartier, Canada East; 4— A. A. Macdonald, P.E.l.; 18— the whole group now known riate all the available funds of Grafton Street. Above is how it looked earlier this century; to Agric. Min. T. D’Arcy McGee. H o n. Alexander Campbell. to history as the Fathers of the City towards building a New the right as it was in the 1 ’s. i Canada; 5—At‘t.-Gen. W. A. Canada; ls—Prov. Sec. Wil- Confederation. Market House. - ~ 3 Henry. N. S.‘ 6—Hon. W. H. iiam McDougall. Canada; 20— ‘ Steeves. N.B.: 7—Att.-Gen. J. Colonial Sec. W. H. Pope.

RAILROADEB the steam locomotive. It was ,’ something that to engineers. com-moan FROM PAGE 2A ﬁremen and other railroaders seemed alive with an independ-i happened on the trains then. Go out life. and even human habits. one occasion the train to Souris To me the diesel engine seems was «impelled to take a siding to have no personall while another passed on the than a caboose. My e 'nce main line. A brakeman forgot 10 on locomotives was relatively turn the switch for the main short as l was moved to anoth- ﬁne after his train left the aid er post and spent. most of my 44 lns. but quickly remembered years railroading as loreman 'nd {Milled the 00rd to Stop the in the mechanical end and as train while he went back to rec- the boiler inspector.

O O 0 My his mistake. ' The conductor Ian important RETIREMENT man in those daysi reprimand. . Now after 20 pleasant years ad him for his neglect saying ; of retirement. with its joys and “you have been railroading lor .sorrows. my railroad career is -

THE PASSING YEARS are reﬂected in the changing face of

so years and still didn't know ii‘us- a fading memory.

there was a switch to turn", .1 I believe that over our entire "Maybe so“, repIied the brake. ‘system there are only two other man, “but you have been rail- .men living who were with the loading 40 years and last week road when I started. They are didn't lrnow there was a station [Ernest Doyle. former engineer called Douglas," lnow living in Georgetown. and

It seems that a week before ;Ernest McTague. onetime sta-

the conductor had forgotten lllOll agent Bl TlgnlSh. Both 0' » - ~ there was a passenger getting ‘them were real gentlemen " off at Douglas and Wen‘l right ; whom it was a pleasure to know , past the station. As a result he land work with. ' had to have the train backed up i There are many other belov- v for quite a distance. cd friends of the olden days but D .

r Sometimes when a silver thaw space does not permit mention- ! coats the rail with ice it is dlf- ing them all. They have since , ﬁcult for the engineer at a ‘changed worlds and I sincerely i heavy train to run on schedule 41099 have escaped from the One engineer had a conductor .hardships we knew while rail- ﬁlled with self- importance on 'roading together a trip where running conditions

were bad. Arrivmg at a station ‘ noME ORGAN . the engineer went to get his, . running orders and was met by Gilliggﬂagkérggilaﬂg “(if)”; the condlrdo’; “soda?” .0 Heath and Reach parish church censure im or. 05mg "179' here in Bedfordshire is building The engineer llslened untll the a manual“, operated organ in ght h

tirade ended and then quietly his home, He has bou 3,. “Id. When You were made a moniums from local churches conductor they gave you 8 75‘ . and is piecing them together to cent ticket punch to operate. make the organ. When I was made an engineer they gave me a' million dollar : BUS comm . piece of machinery. From now i LEEDS E n 313 nd (Cp)_ 1 on you take care of your punch . Twelve buses here in Yorkshire I and allow me to look after the ‘l are to be fitted with radio tele- locomotlve. v'phones so that the drivers can Undoubtedly there was a cer- .keep in touch with a central tam amount of glamor about control unit.

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