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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1929

SIB HENRY EXPLAINS DELAY

The Guardian is in receipt, of a pommunicaticn from Sir Henry ‘lhomwu, President of the Canadian National Railways, containing the gratifying assurance that i; is now expected the plans and specifications of the new car ferry will shortly be ready, and the steamer should be constructed and in commission about the latter pare of i930, which will co- incide very closely with the comple- tion oi the work on the terminals. 'l'his is in line with a despatch from The Guardian's Ottawa correspond- ent. published in this paper on Sept. 21, t; h} effect that Mr. Duguid. Naval Architect of the Marine De- partment, still remaining iii through heart affection and his assistant having contracted blood poisoning. flue quiadian National Railways sc- aured Im services of a Montreal firm of navabarchitecis to complete the gaz- {any plans, which would now be pushed to speedy completion. The assurance from Sir Henry Thornton of the correctness or this report will set at rest the grave anxi- ety which existed since the publica- tion of a Canadian Press despatch on Sept. ‘Y, that the new ferry would not be ready until the spring of 1931. The lnionnation to that effect was re- ceived. according to the despatch. from the Department oi Marine and Fisheries by Mr. F. M. Scianders. honorary secretary of the Maritime Board oi Trade. in answer to a query forwarded by Mr. Sclanders in foi- lowing up action 0n a strong resolu- tion of 12115 Prince Edward Island delegation at the annual meeting oi the Maritime Board of Trade held in Halifax during November last. The announcement o! the delay was un- accompanied by any explanationand The Guardian, on Sept. 0. comment- ing editorially upon the assurances previously given that lure steamer

would be completed at the earliest possible date in i030. urged upon our Provincial

and Federal representatives the need of securing full information as iothe cause of the hold-up. On Sept. 12 The Guardian published from its Ot- tawa correspondent the first infor- mation received her-e of the illness of Mr. Duguid, the architect who had charge of the plans, and the conse- quent delay in their completion. Sir Henry Thornton now explains to The Guardian that early in May the Deputy Minister of Railways and Canals requested the Department oi Marine and Fisheries to have Mr. Duguid prepare the necessary plans and specifications so that tenders could be called for the work of con- structing the ship. The Engineering Department immediately got in touch with Mr. Duguld, and were informed that ho had all the necessary data and information to proceed. To ex- pedite the work, on the 22nd oi May Mr. Duguid was authorized to en- gage two extra men. the cost of which the‘ Railway agreed to take care of. u the architect stated it was im- possible {or him. with his existing stall’, to carry out tbs work promptly. In August the Engineering Depart- merit communicated with Mr. Du- guid’: ciilce to find out when the plans and peciiications would be ready. and at that time it was- found that 1dr. Duguld was seriously ill and his assistant suffering from infected tonsils. As soon al the unfortunate illness of these gentlemen was oom- Illmlfltld. the Railway company. in acclimation with the Department o; hallways and Canals. willed an while marine amhitectur ' fir-m ic mpare the necessary specifications liid ‘m on with the work. The neces- sity of transferring the work from llitbuuid to an outside firm or na- yaranillitach naturally caused con- Illdilll dilly for which, dir- Henry

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proceeding with the plans; an explan- ation which the Department of Mar- ine and Fisheries should have been in a position to give to Mr. Sciand- ers when they communicated to him the report that the car ferry would not b. ready until the spring of i931.

MARITIME BOARD OF TRADE

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Notification of the coming annual meeting of the Maritime Board of Trade has been received. together with a. ‘request for the co-opcratlon of all concerned for the purpose of making the meeting oiltetandifil both in representation and Maritime use- fulness. The gathering will be held in the Admiral Beatty Hotel, Saint John. on Wednesday and Thursday. October l6 and 1'7.

It will be recalled that the last annual meeting. held in Halifax on November 2i. 1928. was an outstand- ing Maritime event. The resolutions passed there were reasonable and thoughtful, concerning matte s oi real moment to the Eastern Provinces. The communication states:

"it is particularly impressed that our organization, is no longer one which meets annually. passes a few resolutions. and thereafter subsides: the Maritime Board is riow a real. live body that works constantly, every day of the year. It is the one organization that can weld to- gether the people of our provinces and co-ordinate their eflorts inmat- ters which so vitally eilect their common weliarlu-and this is pre- cisely What it has been doing. It is also the medium through which we can speak with one clear voice upon all such matters. Obviously our strength lies in unity. In the past our lack of success has been almost wholly due to ‘a house divid- ed against itself.’ "

There is no limit to the number of delegates; but each Board, whether large or small, has the same voting power. All boards are automatically members of the Maritime Board. There is no membership subscription and no registration ‘fee for the meet- ing. Tliz notice states that it is ex- ceedingly encouraging to not; the general interest in thfs coming annual event. Already a number oi thought- ful resolutions are in hand and a large and representative attendance is expected. The agenda is now in course oi preparation.

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SPEEDING BIDDY UP

A Sweedlsh farmer has found that the true end oi guns is not murder but increased production. He dis- covered, in short, that gunfire stimu- ulates hens to lay, Observing that his hens laid twice as many eggs while dynamite rock-blasting was going on in the neighborhood, this enter- prising poultryman continued the little daily dose of shock by firing a gun in the neighborhood of the hen- house, and found ll. Just as effective as dynamite. though much cheaper. "m, truth seems to be. cusses“ the London Times, that hens need wak- ing up; that they live far below their capacities. The sportsmen of the future may reckon their bags in egll instead of in birds and seek speed in firing rather than aim; but the limits. u any. oi the hell‘! capacity io respond will not be known till some go-ahead farmer makes use of machine-gun fire.

EDITORIAL NOTHI-

‘A suggestion has been made to nominate Jack Miner as one oi the hundred moat useful men in the

world. The other ninety-nine an no doubt located the United States.

A Saint John exchange comments with pride on the fact that ten par cent of the pctatou on the lloniraai

wick potatoes. The Prince Idward Island shipment will ma bi under way, and the result should‘ pron

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Notes By The Way

"Up in the Far North-juat under the Northern LightsP-eays the New York Herald-Tribune. “Canada is 1'"""'"_' m g ‘w- tlic greats-at railroad building feat in history." We aubjoin some of the facts disclosed in this striking article.

Shining steel rails. 510 miles of them. are atadiiy pushing back Am- erica's last frontier at the rate of a mile a day, carrying it beyond the timber line. across the glacial ice of the Barren Lands to Hudson Bay. Why is Canada spending some 150,- 000,000 in building a railroad to a point which is free from ice for ship- ping only four months in the year? ‘fliers are four important answerato this question-wheat, cattle, freight. ore. Canada ships carry annually to Great Britain immense quantities of wheat, and hundreds oi thousands of cattle and horses. Now much tbs shortest way to ship commodities from West- ern and Central Canada to England is from a point in Hudson Bay. By sending cattle over such a route ra- ther than by the present route via Montreal. two or three weeks‘ feed- ing and maintpinirlg in transit would be saved. and‘ the animals would be in much better condition when they reached England.

Back in illl Canada began laying rails from the Pas, where the prairie ends, to the mouth of the Nelson River and Hudson Bay. It was an immensely dimcuit task but was con- tinued through the war. partly as a measu e of defence. If German sub- marines should close the more south- ern route Canadian men and materi- als could go via this northern and shorter way. 'I‘lle war over. Canada bad to retrench and work on the railroad was abandoned.

During the close of the war and following years what had been done on the 356 miles of railway went to wrack and ruin. The roadbcd sank into the rnuskeg, the ties decayed and it became impossible for any- thing heavier than a handcar- drawn by dogs w run over it. Many Cana- dians thought the project could never be completed. but its advocates in- duced ths Government to re-survey the entire situation. _

In 102'! a British expert was brought over. a Mr. Frederic Palmer. To get him and his party to Port Nelson, 500 miles. would have taken weeks. Airplanes covered the distance in rive hours. Another important survey hadiio be made hundreds of miles still further north. Again the air- planes did the work. transporting men, food. fuel, medical supplies. tools and instruments. The planes flew in all kinds of weather. the thermometer us to 50 and 60 below zero sometimes.

Mr. Palmer recommended that the railway be reconstructed. Port Nel- son abandoned, and the rails laid m Churchill. a better harbor 60 miles from Nelson. Then came the $8,- 000,000 job cf moving on sleds every- thing tbat could be pried loose in Nelson to Churchill. Meanwhile the task of digging out the old railway

and sleepers and building it anew went on. The Nelson River had to be bridged — a

stream as wide as the Hudsom. Fifty miles beyond the Nelson the timber line ends and the Ban-en Lands begin Where nothing grows but caribou moss. It is nearly 25 per cent. water and had to be drained and corduroy logs laid as a founda- tion for the gravel and rails. The engineers decided that it would save six months if they could lay the rails and spike down the tracks on top of the ice and snow. Old railway men said it could not b: done. but it was done on the remaining 80 miles to Churchill.

The big track-laying machine at the front laid the track down on the ice and snow. The locomotive behind the train. with tractors, snow-mobiles and dog trains by its aide. and the airplanes overhead, literally pushed back America's last frontier a mile a day across the Barr-en Lands right into ‘Churchill before the end of last March. Since then men have been busy jacking up the traclu and drain- ing the roadway. while gravel trains have been pouring in ballast.

The work is nearly finished. The first passenger train, equipped with Pullman cal-s will be running before freon-up. Work on the seaport is prcgreiaint- 0°99" Ind gold ‘have been found in such piantities that an ail-mile spur railway has had to ha built to the rim Hon mines. And airatdy thousands oi men. women m! children are following the trail to ma port just under the Northern Lights.

The OGBIIAIITIIIBIOIIG has bcouiosn-uciedbytrieisiaiaicr of

market 1m week were New Drum-

Iinanoa togo into the operation of the tariff on certain commodities, due!!! oi llmmhold consumption. a long lilt cl which ll given. This is chum-old as an lniimatiofithat the consonant limos: to rain u» tar- il on aucflariiciu at ind-asst ail-

BvlsmaW.Barlo_n.M-D._li_ LESS auavmA-rrsm wuss acn- mo warms wlllur ruuuovsn

In the early part of the war we were instnlvtea to reject any recruit who did not have at least two grind- ing teeth one above the other on at least one sld: or.‘ his mouth.

This certainly was not a severe de- mand and yet the number rejected was astonishing I .

a little later. tbs woaringoi dental pistes was permitted and many were thus enablcdito go.

Now why were so many rejected for not having sufficient grinders?

Because it is not so many years ago that when a tooth began to ache or give trouble it was removed and nothing more was thought about, it.

In later years however the value of teeth to the whole body became ap- parent.

‘rho grinding or molar teeth break up the foo-l, moisten it and glvs it a chance to mix with the saliva. This preparation of food in the mouth givu the food its best chance to be further prepared in the stomach, so that when it reaches the small in- iestine it is readily put into a condi- tlon to be absorbed through the in- testlnal walls into the blood.

Now all this is very importaiit of course. It usually means freedom from stomach ailments, from intes- tinal distress dos to gas formation, and that the individual gets the full benefit from food eaten,

But theta rs Just one thing that happens only too frequently, and that is that in keeping those grinding teeth when they are infected, there is the danger from rilcumatiam and heart disease that more than offsets the benefits above mentioned 1mm the use of the‘ grinders or molar teeth.

In England alone. among sixteen million insured persons, fivc and one half million weeks of working time were lost in one year duo to rheumg- tism.

Now I am always advising dents] care, and lire examination‘ or m; teeth everysix months by your den- tist.

Hvwmr when You think of the above ilgau-cs, and that most c; this distress is due to bad teeth, and m" w b" tillim-“l- 1i Perhaps makes Yvu wonder if tire old system of pup- 1H8 out every aching goat), d“ not have some melil to it,

The thought is of course that m x my of the teeth every two o, m,“ YBHIB, Blld (ha draining or removing of infected teeth, will prevent most cases of rheumatism.

Down by tile shore at even. when the

waves _

Lap lightly on the ready rims, and soft,

One trembling star, a blossom, flames aloft, .

Where the sunk sun the western heaven iavcs

With iowcst tides of day; the tired world craves

EV: the great night that comath brooding in,

with draught o! healing over earth's far din,

And blessed rest that recreates and saves.

Far in tbs breathing woods the whip-

poor-viii

Reiterates his plaintive note; and hdrkl .

A dusky nightbawk whim atllwart the dark. ' -

Haunting the shadows, till in ailvarh swoon.

Hunted by hcr own spirit. strange and aflii,

Over the waters, comes the wan. white moon.

-w. Wilfred Canlpbsil, in "acyclic

thellilis of Dream." n-ixi the growing demand for, adequate protection on various iinsa oi pro- ductive induat , in Canada hitherto entirely neglected by the Govern- merit.

lliil boards along tins roads in British Columbia have come wider condemnation of the Minister otrub- lic works who has declared unrelent- illg war against than.

London's drought continua- I cable despawh of leptembor II m‘ oi the wry-second rlirlilla "day ' nuccanliou. a more not m» laurel cunu-mjanat Icy an ddmborfl. ‘(Min Aillultlfl ca)»

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The Public Forum

nu column u open for Jha UIOIIIOII h! correspondents o! questions of inlorasi. The Charlottetown Guardian docs not nebqlarlly endorse till opinions cl cos-respondents.

THE OFFINNNG HORN

Sir. Your extract from the Wri- nig/iltly Review "says something" l-low long? 0h how long? must tho people suffer the annoyance and the cxasperating insolencc of those who go tearing along the streets and public roads letting out blasts cl their raucous horn: to let people lmow they are coming? By those blasts. they say in effect, "I have n car and I have the right of way and ailrpoor beggars like wheeimen and pedestrians must get out of my way." Now let me ask the question, Is this Brhish Law? A person has no more right to drive ailothcr ofl the road with a ca: than he has bodriva him ofl while walking. I challenge any- one to deny that! The 0118a a per- son occupies while walking. is his for dhe time being. What would hap- pen on our streets if one person could push another out of his way? As far as I can see. the man wilv» ‘blows a horn to scare, hurry, or hin- der another is liable to punishment. I cannot help fihinhing the day of this ‘Insolence and rough shod rid- ing will pass and the horsemen, the wilceiman and the footman will come into iiheir own. Yes, I antici- pate the time in the not far distant future when our and strocis will be free and safe for the poorest and lieeiblest person, when thq im- pudent ham-blower will be silenced and his raucous instrument will be sent lo the dump.

I am, Sir, etc, BRITISH LAW.

The Land ' Of

(The Gazette Montreal)

Oi late, however, it has been receiv-

beerl attracting travellers seeking an

of they territory but describes the

train. The story is by F. l-l. Kitto. F.R..G.S Natural Resources 1n‘r:lli- gence Service, of the Department. It is thus authoritative, and it is com- plats.

lThcre is today. one main direct

‘ routs to the heart of u.» Yukon. and

that is by the- way of the Pacific com, the White Pass and Yukon Rail-

is followed by ccmmodious ooem steamer picturesque mountain railway and powerful river steamboat. a mam- boat that shoots rapids and forges its way against strong currents as Woll-

dinarily grand and is undertaken 011

Canadian Pacific and Canadian NI- tional services. For about a thousand miles the "inside passage" route M058 the coast oi British Columbia is pill’-

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THE LAND WE LOVE a, nan also!

adafs Pow-r Duvelopment? , A. Since 392i the total turbine in- stallation in the Dominion baa in- creased from 2,754,000 ll. p to 5,350,000 more than 550.000 having been in- stalled in i028. Developments now nearing OMDDlQUOD or in active pros- pect will. on completion, add a fur- ther two million horse-power within the next raw years. frhc Bcaubarnois canal proioc‘. near Montreal, is da- ailgned eventually to supply 600.000 horae-pcvrr. A total installation of about 43,900,000 b. p. is possible from Canada's water-power resources at present recorded. _ ~ '

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KIDPHiIY

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T'he_{(londike

The Yukon is a land of contrasts in the far ivorthwcat of Canada and ‘to the average Canadian it is thought to be an almost inaccessible territory.

ing considerable attention and has unusual holiday. To enlighten the general public as to the true charac- ter~ of this country ofgromance, the Department of i-he Interior hasissued an illustratedbooklet. _"¥uicon: Land of the Klondike," which not only tolls

magnificent scenic routs by which it .may be reached, by steamer and by

way and the Yukon River. ‘this route

The introducio y journey is extraor-

the palatial steamship: o! will i"

CANADA'S POWER DEVELOPMENT

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._._._______, sued. Hers "a great system cf islands. the exposed summits cf the insular Mountain range paralleling the coast, gives shelter from the main ocean." Except for some comparatively ‘short exposed sections this “inside passage" is as land-looked as a canal. Snow- cappcd mountains rise from the water's edge on either hand, and there are windings and narrow and labyrin- tbs oi islands. This ocean lane is mark- ed out by iighth andbeacons and buoys, so thatit "might easily be mis- taken for a large river." Vancouver Island is its main bulwark and more northerly are the. Queen Charlotte ‘ Islands. Then off the Alaskan coast is a veritable interlocking of detached mountains, while reinforcing these for most of the way are hundreds of lesser islands of every descriplvorikrhe ‘ Departmnt of the Interior's book says that in all the world there are but two others‘ such remarkable passa-