-at

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e in ao

iiiiidobneiv susrnliiro ai

incomplete Returns

“_ Premier Sifton Elected by Good Majority.

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EDMONTON, April 17-While -no sufficient country riainc,-s nnve ri-on heard from'to give a definite idea of' the stnndine of the Alberta elections today, the return of the govcrnir.cr.i; is certain, but the opposition made substantial gains.

Premier Sifton is elected in Vermil- HUII by ll good majority, _hut in MacLeod, where he also ran a con- servative opponent Mr. Paterson, de. fcated him. , -Hon. C. R. Mitchcll's defeat nt Medicine Hat is concccdcd by liibc-1 mls. | l`lX~PI‘9mi@\‘ Rutherford as an In-

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(Canadian Press) |

of Yesterdays Election

Indicate Substantial Gains for Opposition.

VERNMENT

dependent Liberal in Edmonton South was 850 behind his Conserva- tive opponent, with four polls to come ln. .Lethbridge gives an increased ms- j‘ority to Stewart, Conservative. The three Liberals running in Calgary will probably lose their deposit.

(Canadian Press)

ED.\1oN'roN, April is.-inooninlete

returns at 2.45 a. m. indicate thu

Loss of Scuiarl.

(Canadian Press)

they are agreed over the Montengr

Scutarl.

SH\PBllliiliii

29 Liberals, 18 Conservatives and 1 _

Independent Liberal are elected; 6 seats in doubt, and 2 elections ile- fcrred. This is a considerable Lion- servative gain.

. NECK BROKEN

BY HER MOTOR CAR.

OTTAWA. April 16-Mies Fern J.

Willoughby, aged twenty-one, eldest liaughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Wil- loughby, 101JameB street, was in- stantly killed .tbls. afternoon at tour o’clock on the lawn in front of her home, when her motor_cn.r, which she was cranking, suddenly started, pinned her against a tree, and broke iler neck. Her mother was standing ill the front window and saw her llnugllter killed. 'Dr. C. H. Brown, who happened to be passing,- and other neighbors ran to the assistance of the young woman, but before they reached her side she had succumbed.

Miss Willoughby was a well-known

and popular young lady in the social circles of the capital.

The automobile had stalled as Miss Willoughby was about to start-from her home. She jumped out to re- erank it without throwing oil the lover. As shefthrew the crank over tho machine 'gave a leap for ward and in the twinkling of an eye had pin- ned her between the tree and the car l\To inquest will he held.

NEW ()GN_V,ENT IN LONDON, ONT.

i ~ - __ W

[,0N}'»o,v,~;, Ont, April __16.-The ne

0nnv°t5<f§'¢»'§§¢i;f°ui°u°..B!°°¢’W“fb°.l Bainoelrolvr, ‘April 1s.- "cen- epenea' hir ihiennv/1 Fells# in 1-°°‘1°¢\‘vinnea inet tile body or cnninin

» ' '> S

on May llsti. Jlllsvenislsters from the Toronto, -commmlty will leave for

Therese has been a.ppolnted.'supel'ior.

_,__.____é-1-- _

ICE BREAKING UP

ON THE MIRAMICH

_ 1 __.L, t i 't left by his corr.r.u.des." .

thi};;T{:At`§,', A§,r£m,; bgg,-ees isa This was tue startling announce

b ll ment made to-day by Count Augus

Mlmmichl foundry and the Snow B do Castelane Seymore, a Danish uh- ,

lower mill ran for several hundroil feet. the ice bridge from shore to shore is broken, and travel is not possible. Home of the men 010115 the river front declared this morning that the ice \vould_go out to~day. It

TOOK CHISEL FROM

o SIDE OF I-IEIFIL'll.

aniinal._

_diagnose the case. Two weeks ago M

his sister, Mrs. Cheney, and he a once became ulnterested in the mys

beifer,

on her side, and after an operation

ter of an inchthick, from her stoin

at once, although she weighs some what less. » i - . ‘

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.DANISH COUNT TU

Scott, the English explorer, who

zen in a pericctl healthy condition

About n year ago the heifer began

succeeded in removing the chisel, 4 which was 9 inches long and a quar- gradually “'°"K “fl £0 11-- »

' _ ‘TRY FOR \SC~OTT

I am confident that I can reach bin and restore him to life.

' 1‘The expedition will leave Sa 'Francisco in August for New Zealan 1 'and from there we will start for th

place where Captain Scott’s body we

bleman. Men of prominence in the financial life of New York are inter- ested in the undertaking and Count Seymore is gn Bridgeport for a few .days attending to some of the de- tails.

is still holding _below the lniddlo i_H- lnnd and at Oak Point, and it is said to be quite strong. From Grand Downs seaward, however, the ice is all gone.

Minnrd’a Linimcnt Cures Dlpthcris.

i With thc recently invented Eisen- iberger respirator, the pulmotor and 'other scientific appliances, Count Sey- more believes he will be able.to re- suscitate Captain Scott, GGSPUB his condition of s year's standing.

run FARMING LECTURE.

BY PRO

The lecture given by Professor Wail-

tm- Jong in the Board of ‘Pre e

Rooms lalt night W” largely at tended. 'lille lecture was illustrated

1;ii;-0ughou€h\:lth’_ aigmout eiicghty views of foxebi' .0 1`~ Yau” "1 '

At thai conclusion of the lecture. 9-

vote of thanks was moved by Mr.

F. H. Beer, seconded' bil Ml* N~,

n _ upported by DF- 5~ R-

_rxiiggushd Bcarried unanimously.

The President. who occupied the

chair' was handed a number of reso- lutions, but he stated that owinghta the lsteneqp of thchour and the in 0| time [qs _consideraf-i011. U0 W°“°_ hold thsmiiovord until another mee ing of the Boar . k mr a few

Py-QL. __ mit 39° B _ m»laut.es;oii`me doslesi-ill»\¢l°“ °|e W*

mals.'-The-T590 “"5 tl" “ht W" sl-et domesticated and 01° *-"'° 1-omit, ecntelbuted from.tl\°. 'Amuqgan Omltluallt were the

ana mx. f . -1

He next took Fur Farming. its 1:1;

gin._.¢na.'praef.ice. yoxee have ll ol kong, ,gal soiiQcment‘ for hundrnill y"“..,~$¢'|-,__~.§q¢ only in fsolttbtl MIDI were any 0l'°d\1°°d-

ggptpygl to capture

lui! 015.5 NPV* _t\~‘°'." m elle lar became p_fln1°» 91 lex.°|»i»ev_» ’ Some of custom.

Hon.

luc

belonged to the

'Maura Dal-

the prim _h ‘.`-(fp, ` ,

for evvlvull the W6- `f»1\\n,°"¢f

_'accomplished about seventeen years

ii. JONES -

sent successful system of ranching `foxes in pens in the woods. This was

l ‘Aggie next point taken up bv the l°°- turer was the adaptabillw Of P\‘ll\°° Edward Island to Fur Farming- Hi’ lreferred to the three great industries 'cr this province an elle tlirne "E’e." Fishing, Farming and Eur Raisini- Hc i-aid the' fur farming induni'-FY was a self-contained farming proposi- tion, because it mattered. little whe- ther or not we had good transP0\"ffB'

‘ ported being tue wire. The 605'- 0! marketing finished product was also

small

Jones

en eartii to prosecute

in tb:%

0|' ...line

illli

pst cant. twmty years.

the

the ever

Islllid d 5 of wil lump oal quick burning an ree

farming

already centred in

amade this the most

» . .

(Special to The Guardian

Canada could not equip and ma

cessary for propel' construction

.to act strangely. Veterinary surgeons scvural y<*ul`S and when ¢=<i\1iPD0i1 un were employed but they could not maiiued there would not be sufllcien

_ work to keup them employed.

Gillis arrived from St. John to visit Tlic building of drenduoughts , re-

t quires the highest type of naval ccn-

- Continuing, he said, that he sa

en for many years.. -

would be established at all thr

th t n th, Bothi ta t Sister life was lost a year ago rlpturniing places. "

is ‘ o , e= ns n. 3 it i; -

C1 Y from the outh Pole, s s ere ro ARREST STRIKERS

‘i

____

’ BY THE Huunns

.pressed a passenger train into ser- vice.

When nearly one hundred Indus- trial Workers alighted from a freight train, upon reaching the intersecting boundaries of Englnwnotl, Petersburg and Denver, they were met by two detachlnents of 25 patroirnen. , A passenger train was flagged _and the prisoners loaded into a car from which the passengers were advised to move. '

Mlnal‘d's Liniment l".eilnvr| NeuralKU\

:incensed los

` - *T00 LII? F01!

’ » ciisslrlcnrloll

A 1 , , 1 r lcxrl'-zltilarvclsu MAID WANTED. Apply 114 i§enc_st._ 4-1aMtr. vouso Pics WANTED. STATE

__ Georgetowm 4-13§1lV_Y_3¥~ WANTED AT ONCE FOR COUNTRY

store, first class miliiner, also an vrveuen¢eL=e19sledva__...*'1“¥l‘i~ 1 niavs Fon sans 5 oP'r1oNs

on 1913 ~pups. Best Island stork. Phone or write D. A. Wed1ock,Cllar-

house, 25 hen capacity, both at

tion. the only clung having to no un- wlnfrilii AT dice so wH1'r

boar pigs and 100 white sow pig about five weeks old. R. E. Llutrh 5 U0 _»l-18h‘.fli

1-*on sans-soon INVERNEBB

from s ot, jus; airglied fi;-im dthe

G ' co yar

mm” at W S 4-1801101 Buorsrslimp smsn son sans-

Wliite Russian Wheat IJKEOWO white oats imported from Sweden in 1311., sown here one yur. “N” nary Barley Apply 'l‘ J Wllsin een mia eenwn P In I 4191431-

_*_... »___._

The Powers to _G»uereniee,Franl< Oliver Moves Amend,-

Loan of $6,000,000 for' .

-_..--

ment When' Minister of . Finance Moves forSupply. .

(Special to The Guardian)

dorlal conference was in prolonged ister of Finance moved that th session today. It ' ie understood House gp into committee of supply.

_ . . . Z _R Y Bl! flowers as solace for the loss o

great shipbuilding yards of Britail

Early this week a calf was born to the building of dreadnoughts is re- ti" Puffy- _ the animal. Mr.-,Gillis noticed ii bunch gardcd as an achievement to be work- At this l ““°U"`° Ml* Oliver *3‘“‘

’ ed up U-_,_ 1; cannot come ,111 at nounced that hc had just received li

once. You must start small and t@l°§1`&fl\ HB f01\0WS. "D0l\81dB0l1

As to the location of shipyards he

said St. John, Halifax and Sydue

offered ideal conditions for steel _def MT-..Bi0_gcrs. - _ shipbuilding and he quite expected the He Plillalncd that there had been 8. any would come when large yards great change in the west between

cnlisos ana lolz. 'rline iliere were nul-

llons of dollars worth of subdivision land which in 1908 was only valued

LONDON, April 17-The Amballa- 0T'1‘AWA, April 1,7.--When the Mill-,

' <1

A .Hon. Frank Oliver moved an amen -.

loan of 6 000 000 uar nteed h the ment to the motion declaring that 8.

f homeeteail entry was granted to Ar- ' thur Donaldson on April 16, 1912, in violation of the rules and practice of ` the department of the intericy and ' countrary to the public interest, that the Hon. Robert Rogers, a insmbe ., me

of the House, having been at the tl the said entry was granted, minlst

‘N STI fore, and that the granting of sac

' entry deserved the censure of the

House. _

I, question of privilege in the House. _ Mr. Oliver said that ii piece of land

ut of some 80 acres, located within the

corporate limits of the city of Prince Albert, was granted as a homestead

k on April 16, 1912, to one Arthur a Donaldson. That the land had been

under reservation and that noti

u had not been given that it was avail-

able for settlement. That the land,

of ha.vinl|,f1 been the property tt); Alitbu

. , 0 . ' ' Donsllson, had become wor a. args

diealn ui.hts ln anything less thag sum estimated at $100,000. The Ed_

,_ lnonton member asserted that tn-r

propcrty, belonging to the Dominion and worth $100,000, had been pre- sented to a worthy citizen of Prince

_ strnctlve intelligence and this is not Albm WHO IIHPPGW1 “O be *1 f>01i'°l-

terioug maiaqy which aiiooted tio picked up cvery day. Even in th? iiliiiirkisicillrltlloli frhifendmdlliihilr Cdngellula?

I) ,

W ard place subdivision at values ag

ncn He eewodnp the wound nna` no reason why. in time. Cnnndn. F-"”"€”~°i“€ ‘374»°°0~"' Mr- Om" the animal appeared to grow better should not build worships, but th

D Mr. Oliver read a letter written by

S. J. Donaldson to the De/partme t

H DENVER, Colo., April 15.--The asking whether he could secure the 80 d supply of patrol wagons on the Den- acres by locat ng half breed script. e ver Police department proved inadc- He was told that the required ten 5 qnate to convey to jail all of thc 1"- days' notice would have to be given

'dustrlal Workers of the world arrest-

_ ed on the outskirts of the city last that the land was available.

t night. so Chief of Police O’»Ncill im- Mr. Jas. Fowley of Prince Albert

as farm land. ,

of the interior was lespoiisljhle, there-

The mcmber for _Edmonton recalled

\ _ ) that Mr. Rogers had discussed a

ST_ JOHN' N_ Bu April 17t_Rob,,,,t newspaper article dealing with a

Perks the eminent British shipbuilde

BANGOR,» Maine, April 10-John who is in the city today talked i Gillis, of Bt. John, performed a uili- , tcrestiugly on the proposition tha quc- surgical operation on e. two year Canada should build dreadnoughts in- old heifer, owned by his brother-in- stead of contributing to naval de- lav/, William Cheney, at Hinckley,the fence. It is absurd, he said, to tal other-day when he removed a cold of building dreadnouglliin in Cnnnd

cliinel weighing n pound nna a neil, for runny yearn yet

silch as is ordinarily used in a ma-

chine shop iroin the stomach of the YIIVUS With 10,000 workmen ne- ‘_

homestead laced on market' as How-

e sought to declare that the ruling,

_ start should be made 0,, the smniiorllwhich had given in connection with

ships and no ,kwdnougbgs _“dei~f,ai;. the disposition of a quarter section

adjoining that secured by Mr. Donald- son, could furnish any pretence for

y action by the interior department un-

by thc Dominion Land Agent, and

age and price. A. McLean & Co., an authorized capitalization of $2ll9,1

had ,said that he had interviewed nflicials of' the Interior Department at Ottawa in January 1912 and had been told that there was no land open for homcsteaders within the lim- its ol Prince Albert and to the north of the river.

ANOTHER N. B. FOX COMPANY

' MONCTON, April 17.-Messrs. Wil- liam M. Burns, F. A. Good, T. H. Ooitcr, Willard Kitchen, Dr. A. F. Barbour, Fletcher i'ei.icock and George A. Inch, of Fredericton; John Agnew, of Alliei-ton, 1*. E. I.; Norman C. Christie, of Amherst, N. B.; F. A. l\<lcCully, of Moncton; Rev. Edwin Smith, of Lihipnlan, and George I-l_.. Sterile, of .-ilnilerst, N. S., are apply- ing for incorporation as Maritime Black Foxes, Limited. The new company propose to es?

tabiish n fox ranch at Murray Cor- ner, Westmorland county, and gave

000. A number of the Fredericton *men who are interested in the new company have been interested in the Murray Corner Black Fox Company, which nlsq has a ranch at Murray Corner.

Tho directors are Messrs. Agnew,

Kitchen, Christie, Burns, Peacock, MeCnllv and i~lmith.`

lottetownr 6-18 MU

lion satin, coop sruons Buscar. '

good repair, also Portable Poultry AUBUBN Sq-,31KE_

bargain, 11 rnrx_se.__4-ie}yI1;r<l-

3 __ _

AUBURN, N. Y., April 16-The

E ` largest strike in the history of Au- s burn was settled tonight when the

workers in the various departments of the Columbian Rope Compauy,sm- playing 1. 100 operatives, voted una- nimously to return to work on terms submitted by the company following ii oint this afternoon

Charles American

or aniser or he

8 of Labor, gave

out this

The chief

ment

not B

the of the

of the

llllilll

l\0¢Bl~

¢.-. -.»

Oo-

and all Iltltnl.-' prevent

-__,.___¢

aiu

iiodias Suspended from Tele'. 0 e graph Poles for 50 Miles Along Central Railway.

(Canadian Press)

ELPAS0. April 17-Bodies bang

from nearly every telegraph ole along the 50‘ miles ol Mexican gen- tral railway, below Ohlcaohua City, is the report of a refugee who arrived tonight.

Both the Federal Insurgent troops

said they participated in the execu- tion of the prisoners.

AFFAIRS

AT 0TTllWli

(Special to The Guardian)

OTTAWA. 1’-Dril 16-The Opposi-

tion tried again today and again the effort was weak and half-hearted. It resulted unhappily for the Liberals in that it proved the readiness of the Government to afford every opportu- nity for the ventilation of the scan- dale.

The case in point is the charge that

Arthur Donaldson, son of the Consor- vutive Whip in Saskatchewan, wassl- lowed to homestead valuable lands ad- joining thc city of Prince Albert. This charge has been more or less discussed already. The Government has a complete answer to lt. Hon. Frank Oliver sought today to bring this matter up on afmotion made during the closure debate that the House adjourn. This manouver was intended to serve the double purpose of placing the charge against the Hon. Robert Rogers and of blocking the closure resolution. »

Mr. Oliver and his iriends fell foul

of the existing rules governing mo- tions for the adjournment of the House. They were still in difficulty when Premier Borden upset the Lib- eral calculatiens by undertaking to move the House into committee of supply tomogow*i4ii_or_dsl;_that this

Continued on page 4

COAL MINE IN HEART OF TOWN.

___ i

HAl.1F‘AX, N. S. , April 16- The North Sydney Herald is authority for the statement that the Nova Scotia Steel Company is to spend over $1,- 000,000 in Sydney Mines' this suin- mcr.

According to thc Herald, a coal

mine is to he operated near Pond street, in the heart of the town, to he electrically operated. It will be one of the most extensive coal mines in Nova Scotia and the 'biggest pro- ducer in the company’s chain, rc- quiring 1,500 men to man it. A coal washing plant to cost $150,000 will be erected.

It is also intended to construct a

fifty-ton open benrt steel furnace, and a battery of gas producers will be built in connection with the open hearth, which when completed will give Sydney Mines one of the most!

on the N

S'l EAMER FIRE

NEW YORK, April 16.-While a

stubborn fire was burning in the coal bunkers of the steamer Cincinnati on her voyage from Genoa, which ended here to-night, the passengers slept, ate, walked about. and enjoyed them- selves as usual in shipboard recrea- tions. in entire ignorance that any- thing out of the ordinary was going on.

It took the crew three days from

April 12, when the outbreak was dis- covered, ilntil yesterday, to extin- gllish the fire. At no time was there any danger of the fire spreading, how- ever, tlie officers said to-aight when the stcanler reached quarantinel

!E£I_ll|9S_. Eli?

use-an ’ ,

One cent per word each insertion

in this column. Cash malt accom- pany order. Minimum charge twenty- five cents. » ‘ _

"Schooner Irene will be due here

next week with a cargo ol‘I_nvoi-nog; round coal for G. BI; Fu1l’i Gosi yard. This cargo isiguarantsod by the agent of the mill!! to bp of si-nf,

“In a few days we will have a shipment of Panama amd' Stetson we in b lent uve: to be cleaned

8 oi-,sen it to The _sto Cloth U18 C0. ` -` ' "ii,-laillltf.

INCIAL

HON. M. McKlNNON presented a

petition for the incorporation of the North American Silver Black Fox Co., Ltd. Bill read a first time.

QUES’I`I()NS.

MR. J. A. DIGWAR asked the Com-

the intention of his department in

regard to the following projecteil roads: (a) A road from Baldwin's

from St. Pcter’s Road to l’eake's

would be attended to and receive ills

Prince (Bounty, and whether the said

MR. McNEILl. said that was the

answer a question in regard to any

loss of time to have to devote atten-

the imprint of ignorance or prejudice against the Government. There was not a word ~of truth in the allega-

oflice. the unsatisfactory state of this

bridge was broug-ht to his notice and he, in the first place, asked the Pro-

faced and part crib-work. It will re-

ous, indeed, that two gentlemen near- ly lost thcir_livcs in crossing it. The

ing. from $20 to $275, even sl,eae'nn restriction' ‘ " was expended on this bridge in tne,tion ' until” they” got " ' 9 year 1905 and the work had been tton until they " ot' -.'.

completely' gone in less than 8 years.t.'or. f,r3m§1`¢hor5G'gh1¥$with;gp€9§g%i

, .

as the Pioneer had quoted. He wrote to him (Mr. McNeill) yesterday as follows: “In reference to your inquiry x~a"ltatement contained in the Bum- mersfde Pioneer of April 12, in con- nection with the rebuilding oi Haldi- malid Bridge: "It did not need re- newal for years to come so said the

Lralsinrum

lleeolution On Automobile Bill Disilltscd uid ' ’ ftarried by a Vote el’ i5 to 6.. Budget -

0 _ ' Debate Finished.

The House of Assembly met yester- `rnler who acted in the capacity 0!

day forenoon, 1-Ion. Bpeakur Wysttin law clerk in the session of P913. and the chair. also. who was acting at the prelent

session.

THE SPEAKER said this question had been asked three or four times already, and be understood the re- ply given was that lust your D0 law clerk had been appointed, neither had there been an appointment this year. He did not think the honorable mem-

missioner of Public Works what was her would return to the question in

this way.

THE PREMIER said the law

clark was lin officer appointed by -the

Road to Elliotvale by rear of Sum- House and he was surprised that a. merville farms, which was plirtly,member of the House, with the ex

' ‘ opened some years ago. (h) A road periclice of Mr. McWilliams or of the

from Lot 66 to the Chapel nt sit. Lender of thc Opposition should not Teresa. (c) A road from Perth Btn- , know this. If they were aware of that tion to Cardigan Heed. (d) A roadfact they must knowthst n0 SD'

pointment had been made, and if

Road. (e) A road from Mount Hope ‘ their memories failed them on the to Forrest Hill. ,point they could satisfy themselves

HON. MR. McNEILL said the roads by looking up the journals 0| tho

I-louse.

best attention and consideration. MR. McWILLIAMS asked who as-

MR. L. S. JENKINS asked the sistcd the Premier in drafting tho.

Commissioner of Public Works wheth- bills of thc House. er he had seen. an article in the l’i-i The Premier said there were seven 011081* HGWSPBPM making cerfainfmembers of the house qualified to charges as to the I-laldimand Bridge, ' assist him in that way ‘and if their

services were engaged they would cer-

charges were true. Mr. Jenkins read' taiuiy be pniil for them. the article in question which made' 1\'lr. llicharils said that he under- nllegations with regard to the work . stood the member from Cardigan to

of re-constructing this bridge. alleg-lsay that the work had been don; by ing there was no necessity for thc Mr. llcntlcy and charged for an in work, that excessive payments wereiaccoillit relldereil of $600 Odd. The being made to those employed in itsIPi~omici- and the Hon. J. A. McDou- reconstructioll, and that Grits hadliild suid this vrlls not so. The ac- not been permitted an opportunity of'count.u uubnlitteii was from the firm tendering for the supply of lnatcrinis. :of Messrs McLeod and Bentley.

first time be had been called upon tol THE AU'l`OMOBILE BILL.

letter or article that appeared in rii The Premier moved that the H0u|_l0 newspaper and he thought it n'colne to the following Resolution,

seconded by Hon. Mr. McLean.

tion to any such matters, especially, RESOLVED that it i_s expedient to when they bore on the face of them‘introducc an Act in relation to the

registration and identification of motor vehicles and the use of the public highways by such vehicles,and

tions made. When he first came into to repeal the Statute prohlbitin¢`tho

use oi the some providing that the said motor vehicles shall be operated under restric-

vincial Engineer to report upon it, I tions to ensure the safety' of all per- and the following was the report, sons using the same highways. dated May 11, 1912: “I-laldimaud's That the said motor vehicles shall Bridge, Egnlont Bay. This bridge is only be permitted to use said high 2.000 feet long, consisting oi 2 arches l ways on a limited number of days in of 32 feet each, and one of 34 feet, each weak. and the balance being part tinfber- That the Governor in Council shall

have power to prohibit absolutely the

quire to be rebuilt next year. The 'use of certain specified highways by probable cost of building it with nn-*such motor vehicles. 'Z

first introduced they were brought in and operated wit out any restric-

bridge was originally built a num- itions whatever. The result was that ber of years ago, but nbouts years they were sometimes recklessly and

f’?u‘;g°3;n:;f`ZLs1;;‘;";51a1;‘tQ:';‘;“§;;,“don‘; ago it was partly rebuilt, and it carelessly driven, so much so that

oréh America Comment would have been better had it been people very properly complained.

' left alone, for the contractor had ,Farmers and others using the public

lowered the height of it, and its con- roads held that their' rights were dition was such that at,liigh tide the being overridden and that was true, water swept the bridge. No dyna- for the motorists acted regardless of mite was used, as alleged by thelother peoples rights or privileges, Pioneer. in preparing for rebuilding with the result that there was a very the bridge. The wages paid men and iconsiderable outcry against the way horses were the regular wages paid the motor vehicles were being used. for that class of work, 4 acres of jNow when motor vehicles were intro- polcs were purchased from one party duced into other provinces aadto u- for which' $120 were paid and 2; i ti-iss the gains giijfismg, ‘ q‘°"°°¢ ricrcs of poles were purchased iromlwith, 'but what ¢'Pll(k'tlila" 'ov`b'§llime,g` another party for which $72 was`of these plaiiss A ti67‘Z‘ _pin paid. There was material Purcbassllilhws for tho" "`{!ur`bp_B 0_!"ji_`_ --`-":i“.-

from 16 Liberals for amounts vary-`,t-he abuse of the" Phiéhways'

‘ ` ' ter r`

The~ bridge' they are now building Take New 'Bfuuliillhk "for in would be s permanent structure. over!_vi»i-Late theroa s' YH 0l1'B"Il if H

1‘4‘0 nrensotedl piles would be used iu",n'e better trials thbseiii our-""<

, t e work an the span beams 'would,province. There they found motor

l““uu“QE“§UT§, _ bl! Of B¢°°1 TBUS- T110 P1`°Vi11Ci81 ED-icnrs could be run without any undue _

81110813 Mr- Ri¢\lB¥`d SUBW. “Bd flellilid I danger to others using the highways. - ‘ '- ever hnvinz made any assertion. such,-'rnese places would never think of

jprohibiting the running of motor 19- .hicles. It would simply be to

ftise that they were ‘ideas dating back a

a common thing where gross abuse of a public some people to say to

$2,500 Government Engineer," I may say this report was not made by me, either written or in any other form.” Knowing as he did that the bridge

class quality. ,Q15 “gp ,was 'in a tumble-down condition,

where itwoulrl have been impossible

tirely, while others serve the good, and cess."

In this

from motor other

03151 reblvgked. If you ga? mp gba” ,appeared to be best to u

exhi- already

Off

tion without having to pa gre

deal for extras, it, to his

work' under a good foreman on wages. He considered, ini 'giving workto »a

two

were s. him.

the best

sillu~\tli._

of that

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linardmliilihent

.to get an estimate .for its reconstruc-

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the

the Pre- (continual mmap

ooivsmsruriou moklggo

of sitting down the benpltu ot

for locomotion;

what we cou\A‘.lavI_h

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tive wood will he $4,000.” After that, That the said Act shall not 50 in- ' l report he had made four visits, in , to operation' until a day to ‘bo died order to ascertain for himself the by Proclamation of the Governor in

true. state of affairs, as it had been'Council. v

reported to him. that the bridge wnsl He desired to call attention to the ii danger to life and limb. So danger- _fact that when motor vehicles were