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for the other three to McKinnon, Holmes & Ce Sher

Five of these were erected during the

two others that were op hand from the

nno»n¢»e»~»-on

noni: if cireummi.

or by .feet of the Darnley Bndge was completely rebuilt, the

per annum My

year. These five were built at Peake’s. Lot 52, Lot 52, Muddy Creek, Lot I7,jBradshaw’s, Be- and Thompson’s, Lot, 25. _Extensive repairs

improvements were made to some twenty other

wbridges, some of them quite extern'/Sifve. Some Soo

former structure having been carried away by the storm and tide of last Septemlier. Retaining walls of concrete were dded to the a reaches to the ma xiii

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~ A i WEDNESDAY, Arlui. 26, 1916. ,

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FRUM STUMP T0 LEGISLATURE

It’s a far cry from the schoolhouse to the legisla-

ture, from the election stump where the aspiring legis- lator can say what he pleases \vithout adducing proof. to the legislature where proof is depiandcd. The length of this cry was made painfully evident in thc legislature yesterday when by a formal resolution of the llousc. i\lessrs J. Isl. Bell ami J. J. Johnston were informed they were going to be given an opportunity to' prove the charges they made during the Souris election campaign against the Honourable James'.\. i\1cNcill, _Commissioner of Public \\"orks.

Our readers remember the story. By way of a

scandal that»was going to wreck the government, in- jure the reputation of the Commissioner of Public \\`orks and win the Souris election for the Grits, .\lessrs liell- and Johnston after laying their plans at a caucus in Charlottetown essaycd to spring this mine silnultaneously at two dii`t`crcnt meetings in the Souris District. They had copies of an aiiidavit sworn to by two .~\rsenau|ts contractors in Sunnncrsi-de to the effect that the Commissioner of Public \\"orks had en- deavored to persuade them on election day to accept a large sum of money over and above the amount due them for a contract they had completed. Those who knew .\lr. .\lcNcill, while mystilied by the aflidavit, re- fused in believe that he could do a dishonourablc act. Those who did not know him probably believed the scandal-at the time. The "Organ of (iarblcd .\lis- rcprcscntations" told thc story the next day in glaring llczullines, rollcd it along as a sweet morsel over its pages for u eeks and months al`terwards-even after it had hccn proved to he nothing but a scandal got up for purely political piirposcs during the election campaign. liven :titer thc Souris election had given thc scandal inongt-rs the rebuke they so richly deserved thc allega- tion againsi the Commissioner of Public Works was revived at certain pcriods when other scandals ran short.

Yesterday thc “bomb” came back and fell at the

feet of those who tired it. llad it been a Jack _[ohn- son from a German trench it would scarcely have caused greater consternation. Messrs Ucll and John- ston wcrc going to be given an opportunity to prove their allegations or if they could not, act as honourable men and apologize. It was even worse than that. The whole matter was to be investigated and »there was a lot of matter. There was the fact that the Arsenaults had sworn io their statement three days after they had promised thc Secretary of Public \'Vorks to refund tho amount he had overpaid tllcm by mistake. `

To investigate this and the exutse of their with-

holding the promised settlement did not “look good” to Messrs lit-ll and Johnston and they began to squirm. Like the character in .\lark 'l`wain who had “made an ass of himself,” they “didn`t mean to do any harn1”! There wasjno need of an investigation! They had never said anything against M r. .\lcNcill! They had always said he was an honourable man! They did’nt mean to insinnatc anything!-

Thcy will now be given a splendid opportunity to

substantialt- at least half of \vl_iat they said on "thc stump" in Souris or to apologize to i\lr. i\lcNcill and the llouse and the pcoplc for concocting ami scattering broadcast one of thc most contemptible scandals cvcr nscd politically or otherwise against an honourable man. ‘ ‘ There arc some kinds of political falschoods and scandals that may be used over and over again with some effect and the grits and their Organ of G. M. have a fairly complete list of them, but this is not one of that kind. /\ man's honour is at stake and there lnust be either vindication or eondemn:1tion--or an apology.

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_PUBLIC WORKS REPORT

The report of the Provincial lingincer, Mr. ll. ll.

Shaw~ is a practical concise statement of things done during tlic year with a forecast and suggestions as to things yet to be done. Early in the year tenders were called for the manufacture of six 35-foot steel spans. Contracts. for three of these were awarded to the Ma-

, posal and the services of one caretaker for both build~

' the roadwork. These will be on hand for early road-

' right for some peoplc,Vbut it is scarcely becoming-the

' at Hunter River was raised tive feet and the approaches graded accordingly. The approaches to Clyde River Bridge were built level with the floor of the new steel biidge and a new rail the full length of the bridge was built, besides many other extensions and repairs a complete list of which is given in the report.

In addition to the new bridges and extensions and

improvements to former structures, a number of new roads were opened up and low roads built up. At the eastern approach to ,Sunnnerside a piece of road that since Summersidc became a town was almost impas- sable in Spring and Fall, was built up and macadamized into a splendid road 26 feet wide, which will prove a great boon to the farmers and others in going to or from their market. Similar work was done at the west side of Suinmerside where it wasvequally needed. Besides these many other lo\v roads in different parts of the province were built up with pole and brush foundation and gravel wearing surface and suitable ditches opened. A full list of these roads is given in the report.

The work done in connection with the mussel mud

business at ;\Iidgcll is referred to. Besides the 420 foot wharf built, for loading mussel mud on the cars, and a branch railway 2500 feet long to connect with the main line, a sco\v with a capacity of 40 tons was procured and twelve trips wcr’e made during the sun1~ mer to landing places provided by the farmersat va- rious points up the river.. The amount of wealth tak- en from St. Peter’s Bay by the means adopted there and carried to the farmers at distant points as well as to those in the vicinity, is incalculable and-the farmers for generations to come will receive generous divi- dends otrthis outlay by the government.

The old County jail in Georgetown, an old and in-

sanitary wooden building was torn do\vn and a new and modern structure of concrete and stone was built adjoining thc Court House, "making necessary only one heating plant, one water supply» and sewerage dig-

ings." “

Five new road machines were purchased early in

the summer but they arrived too late for use during the early_ spring road making. They were used later however and materially hastened the completion of

work this season. J

The engineer very properly directs attention to the

need of cleaning tip the roadsides and removing all debris and bushes and strongly recommends the use of wire fencing along the roads as a prevention to snow- drifts and the usual condition of our roads in win~ ter. ‘i _In the report is a list of the contracts awarded in connection with this department during the year, also an itemized statement of expenditures on all the public works of the province, including the public buildings, ferries etc, and a sunnnary of the Road Master’s re- turns. '

an honest statement of the expenditures in the biggest spending department of the government, and a careful perusal of il will be thc most effective reply to the car- ping criticism which is doing duty as argument in the legislature.

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MR. “DOOLEY " JOHNSTON

Yesterday the Patriot designates Mr. _l. J. Johnston

junior member for Cardigan as Mr. Dooley. It said “in the words of l\‘lr. Dooley Mr. J. A. l\laeDonald "tinds its co\vld outside the durc.-” As the Patriot is evidently better acquainted with the peculiarities of l\lr. _Ioln'iston than \vc profess to be, we arc not pre- pared to find fault with the appellationf Perhaps the Patriot would find among the membres of the Opposi- tion some one who 'would till the role of Finnegan or Casey equally well. _

i\Ir. J. /\. l\’lacl)ouald brought a most serious

p charge against Mr. Johnston, a charge which went di- rectly to his reptttation for truthfulness. In place of answering this charge, Mr. Johnston descends to the methods of Dooley and Finnegan. This may be _all

dignity of a representative of the people when brought - » < ' \

ritime Bridge Company, New Glasgow, N. S., and to book' for falsehood and misrepresentation. f - \\ ` “ B G ‘_

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