DECEMBER s1. 1941

lhmﬂcVWwﬁsAnd+ ldighway Activities

is following review has been tiaroith the courtesy of m‘, Q. 1!. Barbour. Minister of and Highways:

1M7 has been the first ‘gripe ore the war that the inpatient of Public Works and runways has had machinery my‘; to put on a heavy road

3g; supply which seriously cur- talad our bridge and building construction progress overall was extensive.

Paved Highways

Plans for new pavesnent did not uﬂrlalise because the Paving plant, ordered for July delivery, tailed to arrive.

However. a light type of pave- ment consisting of surface treat- ment with liquid asphalt and gulps was laid on approximately three miles of the Commercial mad near Montague. This is in the nature of an experiment. and the effect of Spring weather will be watched with interest.

~ Suhgrading and Machining

The Government policy of sys- tematically widening roads and rebuilding to modern standards was carried forward vigorously. The work began actually before the float was completely out of the ground and continued until the freeze up this Fall. As a. re- suit the greatest volume of road work ever to be doiie in one sea. son was completed.

Work done by contract:

Poole's Corner to Georgetown— d miles added to last year's con- tract.

Mt. Stewart to Peakes-d miles.

Cardigan to Woodvllle Mills-d miles parttalU completed.

Springfield to Pleasant Valley- l miles of obsolete pavement re- built. I Brsdalbane to the Main Road- U miles. ~

Cornwall to ‘Iryon-ZO miles built to ‘irons-Canada Highway requirements.

‘Jerk Point ltoadhll miles.

Western Road a Elmsdale-‘ﬂg- nish-d. miles.

Palmer Road-S miles.

Port Hill Station to ‘ryne Val- ley-l mile.

Arlington and layside Roads- l miles.

In all 0 miles contract. r

Work done by Government ma- ahlnes- '

In King's County AI miles were siblraded.

In Queen's County e6 miles were nssgraded.

In Prince County 8i miles were ll-ltlraded .

Inalllllliles ofroad were| silgradsd by Government mach.- ilsl. Ihioh added to the d9 miles" done by contract gives a i-eeord' total of 171 miles done in one sea- son.

h addition all main roads and practically all sewnllsry roads were maintained in good condi- tion throughout the long dry seaaon. -

were done by

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have our wish for Peace,

In '48.

lately 875.000 worth of culverts

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Craveliing »

The Government policy of grav- ellinl only properly prepared roads was again carried out this season. Efforts were made to add a gravel surface to all newly ed roads and 100 miles of the 171 miles suhgraded were completed before snow stopped tile work.

New lquipsnent

This year was the second since before the war that the Depart- ment was able to purchase any important quantity o! road ina- chinery. New units added: d Dl Tractors. 4 N0. 12 Motor

Graders. d Bulldoaers, I Show Piowa, 3 Scoops, ll cu. yd. Bridges

Bridge materials in 1M7 were scarcer than ever. Oreoaoted tim- ber was available only in small sizes; cement supply was too un- certain to depend on for any large works and steal for bridges was, and still is. subject to about one year's delay in delivery.

As a result we were again-lim. ited to building small bridges and making unavoidable repairs.

Two new types of bridge were introduced this year with satisfact- ory results. The first was a bridge developed by the Department o! Public Works and Highways con- sisting of Russian flat car kaines to carry spans up to 40 feet. De- tails of supports, deck and rails are changed to suit different re- quirements. So far two much bridges are completed: Bradalbane and Cash's. while a third is under construction at Campbell's Pond. These bridges will carry at lea-st 50 tons. Costs on these bridges have shown them to be a good in- vestment and negotiations are under way to seouremora flat cars.

The second new type has been used elsewhere for many years and is simply a. half round corru- gated steel pipe called a. Multi Plate steel Arch. They take oare of spans from 6 to ill feet al- though the largest yet used here ls-10 feet. These arches have been used at the following places: Baldwin's Road. Poplar Point Road. Gowan Brae. Bmdalbane West, Avondale, Gunnips, Gillie. and DeSable. Present indications are‘ that more will be used if recent Tariff rul- ings do not prevent it.

Other bridges repaired ‘and painted: Montague, Cardigan, Sturgeon. (head's. Greek River, Mink River, Poorer Plant Bridge at Montague, Montague River. Valisyfield, Murnaghads, How- lett‘s. Canoe Cove, Clyde Station, board's Mill, Mlllvale, Clyde River. Ulgg Mill. U188 Station, Birch Hill. Winsloe, Covdiead, Church Bridge (knee Cove, Long Creek. Mill River. Card's, Johnson's. Tyne Valley (Btesl). ‘Hue Valley (Oun- orete). Whale Back. Canadian Bridge and many other small jobs. In addition to bridges approxim-

were placed. ' Surface Treatment a new type of surface inoat- iment of old pavement was tried this year on the ‘highway from

REVELRY morn:

year. Amid your gay sur- us, and remember that you Health and Good Cheer

' highest quality. has been

i ods eat-maintaining and jsrotbet,

Meanwhile we can look beet with

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lrIsell H0 RICHMOND ST. for Pelleyheldan

Charlottetown to ﬁederlston. The rougher sections were first treat- ad with Asphalt and coarse stone chip] to act as a. levelling course and on this two layers of Asvhllt and fine chips were applied. ‘Hie result has been a pavement which while not as smooth as new. is safe for traffic at normal apeedl. Also on this road ditch cleaninl. was extensively carried out and the surplus clay used for a divers- ion at Brookfield which when oompletedwill take out much of the objectionable curve and grade at that point. - Seal coating was carried out at the following places:

Montague towards Charlottetown 4 miles. Giarlottetown to 5outhport—3 miles. , Soul-is Beach-d miles Rustico Road-i. mile.

Dust Laying Nina carloads of Calcium Claim‘. ide and one carload of Salt wm brought to the Province and used to lessen the dust menace on our unpaved roads. One unusual effect of this treat- ment this year was that the chemical stayed in the road sur- face until Fall because there was not enough rain this Summer to wash, it away. ‘The result was very deep mud where Chloride had been added; a_ mud which, because- of the chemical, was very slow to dry out’ and which may very well be noticeable again next Spring.

Buildings The airport building moved last Winter to Fsilconwood has been broken up into six separate wings as follows: Nurses’ Home. Male Attendants’ Home, Occupational Therapy Building, linrmefs House, Poultry House and Brooder House. Work ls underway on tihese and it is hoped to have them all in use by spring. Beach Grove inn is being reno-

Infirmary patients. Central heat- ing forlthe whole group c! bulld-

complete plant from the Char- lottetown Airport. A new wing is b01118 added to the old Hotel Buildiﬂ! to form kitchen and staff accommodations.

Miscellaneous

The dismantling of the Oil 1s- land in Hillsborough Bay was only partially successful. Ice flows so damaged the steel sheet piling that it was abandoned. However, enough British Columbia fir and other large bridge timbers were salvaged to more than pay salvage costs and at the same time pro- vide otherwise unobtainable ma- terials. The buildiiu which until rec- ently housed the Bank of Canada in Giarlottetown was taken over by the qreasury Department and was redecorated forthem, Intensive redeoorating work wag done on both Charlottetown and summerslds court House in sc- cordance with the policy of bring- lns all Pilbliq buildings up to a proper state oif repair. . '

In general it is safeto say tint ibﬂhas bsensbigyearinI-‘inslic Wbrka and Hlghwaysiylquipmmn

‘is now in.

More road work done this year than aver attire srnitlaas been dog-la» a

Z O! ’ &1d§g gggg has been slowed by lack of ms- bznals but we installed more cul- verts than ever bolus. No new pavement was laid but new meth-

Ing what we ‘have, have been, de- sloped, and an extensive ground work his been laid for paving when materials make such a pro- snow fighting a major-problem and twill likely continue to b. we); 9P1"!!! 39in to come. While snow plows can be built to han- dle great quantities of snow. in the long run the cheapest method is to build roads that make snow ﬂshtlna easy- This the-Coven:- mant policy of high gig; w!“ roads will gradually accomplish.

vated to provide extra. quarters for

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satisfaction on a big you’; 14g: and look forward to the new year confident that sound policies will lead to an even better one next

YOU‘.

‘iiil; GUARDIAN. unmcuurrmbwm a ..

p . . . TO ALL OE OUR CUSTOMERS AND FRIENDS ZAND THE UTMOST HAPPINESS AND EROSEERITY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR I948. WE ARE RESOLVED TO DO EVERYTHING IN OUR “POWER TO MAKE IT \A MORE SUCCESSFUL YEAR FOR YOU. WE HOPE TO CONTINUE

YOUR CONFIDENCE . . . TO ENJOY OUR PLEASANT RELATIONS THROUGH THIS NEW

YEAR AND FOR MANY MORE TO COME.

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TELEPIIIIIES

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board o: the latest type installed in it. Approximately half of our sub- scribers in that cliy have been pro- vided with dial service. Many switchboard extensions, both _ex- change and toll, have been installed hundreds oi new poles set and a large mileage of new circuits, ex- change and toll, completed. Cables. underground. serial and ‘ rind. have been laid. Carriers o: different types have been supplied to im- prove our long distance service. New buildings have been started. and In a number of exchanges land acquired for new or extended buildings. _,

Our long distance service has been uniformly good. we think, - con- gested at times, it is true. but. our hard working and ‘ conscientious operators havelgivcn of their best and we believe that as a general rule they have done a good job during the year. This would seem to be indicated ‘by the unpreced- ented volume otioll traffic - 38.-

IXIMU cell - that‘ passed over our .

lines dtrlng the year. Ashn already been suggested.

many plans have been made for I.

1M8. There plans are very exten- sive. They include a_new toll build- ing in llslifsnln order that spice

may be available in our North ,

siren building to m» urgently needed equipment to provide-me

lon'g suffering people of Halifax North with g more satisfactory ser- vice. and also to serve hundreds of applicants who are now- unable to secure service o! any type; the extension and completion of our dial installation in Sydney; the erection of a new building’ in the Town of New Waterford to house a new dial ‘system; the completion of our VQVFPIIIIIIIII building and the provision or -dial- service iwhen available) yer that town; plans for the --=‘ ' Wand" ' '- -=-- a! dial service-in a number of ad- ditional. places. and. as always and ever before us, the installation of additional equipment and greatly

Management and Staff

R. A T. HOLMAN LTD.

Summerside and Charlottetown “Where 0Id Friends Meet”

TO MERIT

village in Nova Scolia. .

The problems before us are great. m...» efbrt will be made to grapple with them maniully. In the meantime. may we suggest with what concern we appreciate the fact that thousands of applicants for service have still to be supplied. and may we express our appreciat- ion of the patience with which such applicants who. we hope, un- derstand the situation. await the completion of their orders. To ‘those subscribers who. due to the congestion of facilities. are not receiving service of ss high a standard as we should like. we say every effort will be made to meet m: situation as soon as

lnoraiied outside plant. facilities

humanly possible.

in practically every city. town and

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portunity of aiipmaing our gratitude to "m many Customers, and re extend

We wish to EURO this epv" '

to ene and all "our test wishes for a ' ‘very HAPPY mo nosmous NEW rm

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NOTICE

We will lie closed HEW YEAR'S IIAY, JANUARY 1 sf" and also ALI. llAY FRIDAY, JANUARY 2nd , fer stack-taking