Ferry traffic mark set

-. 11 ndled on the Canad- agrzfzilionaiil ferry service be- ( .

, - 1953, and provided a 9:; tilrfllen for the crowds which E” be expected during the ‘Cen- zennial Yeal“ d some people had expresse the opinion that traffic would

service recorded _ year which surpassed all pre- mus records.

p 1063 the ferries oper- ated by UN carried 540,814 pas- sengers a VEEllCle3 ac,-055 the Northumberland strait. This was 40.000 passeng- rrs and 1.3.203 vehicles more than in 1952, which was the service's busiest year until 1063.

N01‘ T0 LAST

The records made last Yea!‘ m not likely to last. for in n 5: either (ahadian Nalioiial lli piamimi; to bring in the increas- ed treuiiency of spring and sum- E mer scliedules earlier this year; to help boost the flow of tourists] to P.E.l. for centennial celebra- tions.

The completion of the second dock at Borden will also play an important part in CN's plans for ipecding the movement of tour- lyls to and from the Island.‘

The movement of passengers

_THE LUXURIOUS ABEGWEIT

THE SPEEiD{w'(30NFi9Dl’t]:RA'll'lON

The announ c e m e n t loanadian National Railways of its intentiion to build a new ex- press freight terminal at Char- lottetown in 1964 is an indica- t the continuing growth and improvement in CN service to the province.

The erminiai has been design- ed after careful study of the -present and expected future 'needs of the surrounding area, and will be laid out to facilitate the most efficient handling methods devised for express freight.

At the same time the CN's pro- perty in Oha-riot-tctown will e improved new color schemes

efforts to modernize its opera- tions, i‘af.l0|l'i':lllL£‘ them and bring cm in line with present-day ltrallic patterns and trends. . Otlicr efforts to mod- iernize its services and bring l them in line with the traffic of-

l fcring were not so ivarnily wel- ‘=oomed. Applications by CN to have D0f~='l_\’~patronizeil scrvii-cs . curtailed were opposed in some !

l. s. ‘ FACEIT I'ROTll.I')MS

.Edward Island have faced ai ; number of problems cvcr sincel = the lines were first built in the‘ . 1870's. .

To begin with. 1112.1. is more‘ ,gcncrously endowed with rail- lway lincs than any other pro-

. 3 Railway operations in Prlncel

the

Brunswick, the next lowest, the- tire is 560 persons, in Ontariot

is 113.3 and in Newfoundland itl vided on the basis of the is 167.

ion MOVES ro MODEBNIZE OPERATIONS Railway plans to renovate Ch’town terminal

of tirot seven square mites of the pu'o- vince there are vince’s airea. the lowest ratio in ' of

main tnaclr for every main lilne traclnage. In the pro- persons per tr main line track. whole of Canada. In New‘Nova Scotia the equivalent fig-

miie of main line of it IS 608 persons, and in Quebecl ' in it is all of 1.006. In other words. Quebec it if railway trackage were pro-l num- 1 -and passengers much

402, in

lber of people .i.wai’.a«bie to usei Prince Edward Island also has . “V “d Quebec “'9” take“ 3‘ l a low ratio of population

‘would have only 100 miles of ack.

1" DEPENDS on PEOPLE

'I‘his method of providing rail- ’ iway lines cannot, of course. be 00min: applied in practice. ' ' the amount of business a rail- »way line gets both in freight

on the num _ _ ‘it serves, these figures indica- to the national yardstick. P. E. I-'te why there is a greater fl‘e~l

The Guardian - The Evening Patriot

l othei s

years of (‘.\IlSll’ilI‘(‘ lrtore l)C- parl of the CN system, \\ en railways had a \'i:'tual monopoly on all traffic and .labor and othcr costs were tow, ‘the Prince Firliiarrl Island rail- way never (‘Hl'l‘l(’(l ciiouzh to -cover its costs.

Since then 21 llt‘l\\'l)l'l( of good

But since

depends ibcr of peo

h-iglhways has been huill across-

vince in Canada. 'l‘herc is a mile ‘THE

. L" ~ ».~'.» ' 3 . . . , __b_ . . am. UPS WERE [NWREQUENT WHILE RECORD TRAFFIC WAS HANDLE"

; the island 0 mick has he- come a factor of increzi.-"int: im- portance in ll‘all\|)‘.ll‘l«'lll')n and labor and other costs mounted.

In the race of these changes ‘ON has strivcn to provide an .’ l improved service to better meet the needs of the province at a reasonable cost.

In modern nations tliroiizlioiil the world railroadcizs arc mai‘t1\'- inz the best fcatiircs of road and rail transport to provide a -faster and less costly transpor- tation system.

Followiiizz this concept. CN has pioneered the l‘£<llllll‘}lfl syslcni ' on the milllllllllfl. l'iiticr liiiis sys- , ticm. szoods are carried by rail f to a or-iili‘:il point. :in'l lllf‘ll dis- l.ril)utr(l by i'o:id in local point This means tlizii ll'Il'llS. rciieicd of the job of slo;)pinL' at every small $Ii"ll(lll, can l'llIl on fd.-‘- tcr scliciliilcs. 'l"ack.< can pro- vide a more tii“rct iinzl flexible ‘ pick-up and dolivciry scr\'ice to

inter mctliatc points.

SOME Bl-1!\'l-IFITS

havc |

‘ llistory records that in the 44

‘ show that

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fquency on some lines than on ready experienced name (1 tin

benefits of CN's new method! of handling traffic.

Since CN was granted 1 lie. ence this year to operata a single truck daily between the mainland and Oharlottetowu and S/ummerside. a portion of the traffic offering can be rushed to make earlier rail connections for points throughout the Matt- times and the rest at Canada. e new exipresa Ii-emit building in Charlottetown wilt be a solid symbol of CN determina- tion to continue to tmprovc the

,speed of handling eizipruent: to

and from P.E.l.

l"attzerns in passenger ltlliﬂlv people are adopting the “railhead" principle in thdr own movements. c has been a substantial increase in long distance travel and at Chamlottetown

terminating and ‘ummerside. The number of people crossing the strait by tiam jumped from 18.73! in 1%; to 24.274 in 1tli3.

ronaze on ocal services con- tinued to - ly

Passeiiaers seem to prefer to travel by road to Charlottetown and Summerside to join the train.

During the year I and Charlottetown were provid- v'th a dire teletyipe con-

the reservations system offered

Prince lCri\\':ii'd lsiziiirl ll.?l.< al- to local passengers.

mark the arrival on board of the 100.000th car to be carried since she joined the fleet.

HIT HEADLINES The Abegweit hit the headlin- es early in the year when she rcscu ummerside boy adrift in the Strait on a fast- dis- appearing ice floe. The boy had been ice-fishing. and a search by lobster boats had failed to lo- cate hi_m. The begweit we 3 able to use her radar to locate the boy's shack. and thanks to the skilled scamanship of th e ferry's captain and crew he was able to'step aboard the 3 hip without even getting his feet wet. The action of the captain won

and their automobiles is only one part of the vital service provid- pd by UN on the Northumber- land Strait. As the only ye e r- round surface link between the province and the rest of Canada. It continues to move in the sup- plies needed by the Island and to take out the exports w h l ch mean so much to '-

anom-

Altogether ON moved 46.238 loaded and empty cars across the Nortliunibcrland Strait in l‘.l.”i.'l This was a 6.8 per cent in- srease in the number of loaded cars and a 3.5 per cent increase in the number of empty cars over 1962. Reason for the small- er increase in the number of empties moved was CN's new tar control methods which are resulting in a more efficient use of cars. eliminating the unneces- earv "deadheadlng" of empty

who operate the ferries. ARMED MAN

The crew of the Confederation had their moment of excitement when an armed man appeared on the bridge while the ship was itakinu on passengers at C a p e I

ears. PASSENGERS JUMP

Another significant increase in ferry traffic was seen in the number of rail passcnzers car- ried on trains 3!? and h . "eeazniiic" trains of which cross, the strait by means r-f the .-lbcuucit on their daily runs be- ll\(‘£‘ll .\Ioncton and Charlotte- lown. Altogether the number of train passenzers jumped from 18,781 in ion: to 24.274 in ism. l

This is an indication of th e I

iher slipped away to inform the RL‘.\lP. and situation was soon under control. No one can foresee the demands which will be made on the ferry

hazards. the men of the CN's “H.955 of CNS new drive to M. ; Northumlicrland Strait ferry ser- mm more train passe“ , ,. _, ‘ vice have taken them all in their with bargain fares and better | Still”? l" the mist. and the

cations are that they are ready

I€l‘\’l('('S. Four xhips— the Abezwelt.l::’lr;“‘;T‘;:iv3'l;¥iI:‘:3ll°“395 ll“ '“'

Confederation, Prince Edward

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wide praise, and was regarded‘ as another example of senso of ‘ service to P.E.I. felt by the men -

Tormcnline. An alert crew mem- .

service in the coming year. Re- ‘ cord traffic movements. sudden‘ eniergeneles. weather and it: e.

Island and Scotia Ll'— were en- .

tzaued in the (‘N's ferry service i 3U"-DTNG BOOM lllll'lll‘;.' the 5'("ill‘. This was t h 9 Tho West (‘icrinan llollslﬂﬁ (‘onle<lcratinn's first full year in ,minislry reports 7.300.000. dwel- mnre. and duriniz the snmmcrllltiz units have been built be- : special ceremony was held to 4 tween 1949 and 1963.

Providing The Latest In Heating Electrical & Plumb- ing Instcillations For The Progress of

Prince Edward Island .

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We feel proud to have taken part

in the following major construct-

ion iobs . . .

P Hospital at Tyne 0 Re9l°|Wl "395 Van.’ SCIIOOI

, A 0 Vocational . Leo Building sch,“ ' Fish Plgnf 0 Health Centre

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Old Henry Really Started Something, Didn't He . .

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REMEMBER THESE . . .

Of course you do! We haven't met anyone yet who hasn't heard about the Model T even though 36 years have passed since the last T in Lizzie rolled off the assembly lines and down the rusty roads of the twenties-—And you know some of them are STILL going strong. They kinda get to be one of the family and no other car ever captured the pride and the hearts of its owners like the Ford.

Fairlane

Falcon

From McGowan Motors

This same spirit lives on In the Sparkling '64 models from Ford you see pictured on the left. It's quite a contrast isn't it? As a Ford dealership McGowan Motors are naturally proud of its background and we invite you to slip behind the wheel of a Ford soon. Could be you'll see the spirited ghost of the old Model T beckoning you down the highway.

MONTAGUE

A Word About FORD TRUCKS

"Qualify Built To Last Longer"! This was our motto then and is now. The 1964 Ford ' truck will give you more solid comfort. op erutinq reliability and durability than over

before. For these '64 trucks almost match the roominess. driving comfon and riding _ ease of the big passenger cars. Yet beneath all this easy comfcm is a rugged truck] —"Oualify built to last longer". to provide you with MORE RELIABLE and MORE - ECONOMTCAL hauling year after year.

Free Demonstration On The Farm With Our Ford Tractor

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