FEBRUARY 6. 1951

THE GUARDIAN. CHARLOTTETOWN

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Empiiasises Growing Demand For improved Street Policy

rm", increasing need in Char- lottetown for hard-surfaced streets ..t permanent composition. was em- phasized in the report of Coun. J. I). Stewart, chairman of the Street Committee, submitted at -last night's annual meeting of the City Council. The report. stated that a programme in this connection was being prepared and would he submitted for the approval of the Council in time to have a start mode on the work this Spring. "Our City." the report states. ”has grown greatly in the past ten years, and our permanent slrcet work has not grown with it. uiih the result that we are faced with a terrific demand for paved Streets and sidewalks in those areas that were not taken care of when our last work was done and in the area since built up. . "We also know that our City has an oversize debt and is in the pro- cess of securing a new tax struc- turc to take care of it. World conditions are in a state ,of flux and a number of basic materials will be required for wofks, pos- sibly more important than our streets. However, even consider- ing all of these factors, I feel that 1013 should not play 'ostrlch.l We must plan for the future." Underground drainage of these arms is also important and this work must: he done before the laying of new asphalt streets. Last year much work was done which. to a large extent. had been

withheld during lhe war years. This constituted a start on the programme of resurfacing the

streets. paving new streets and developing new areas.

"It has been the policy of your Street Department to do its ut- most to keep our streets and side- walks in as good a state of repair as possible, our City clean. our shade trees trimmed. and give all the services enjoyed by any other city of comparable slze," the re- por slates. "Your street com- MHREV has attempted to be pro- crcss e. Let us continue to he. To do this entails a certain out- lay of money and if your depart- ment has spent money, we have rnrclved money's worth, in main- tenance and in capital account, and we have the assets against our nxpcnditures."

1050 Activities

The following resume of the year's work was given in the re- port, supplemented by further Se- Iails in the report which was tabled from the City Engineer and Building Inspector. Mr. H. A. Mes- scrvy.

"On Sunday. Jan. 8. 1950. Char- lottetown had its first real snow- storm. but with our tractor plow. grader plow and two truck plows. traffic was kept on the move. The use of our bulldozer and the Gov- erument'I pnyioader facilitated the removal of snow from the busincss Notions of the City. Sand. salt anti chloride were applied to streets and sidewalks where nec- essnry throughout the year. To allow for the winter thaws. the gratings on our catch basins were kept free from snow and ice.

''I draw your attention to this angle of street work. because the winter service of providing safety for pedestrians. safe driving of automotive equipment. -p a rk l n 5: areas, atc.. involves the expend- iture of consldc able money in labor, gas. oil. and maintenance of equipment. snow plowing. in particular. subjects the el1ulPm9ni5 to its utmost capacity.

"This winter service was pro- vided at a cost of some 515,000 which is npproximately 25 per cont of the total amount of money placed at the disposal of your com- nilttce for the complete year's maintenance of streets as provid- ed in the estimates passed by your Council.

Spring Work

"immediately following this. and with the arrival of spring. all clay and gravel streets were graded and where necessary ZMVEHGG. lhd paved streets were flushed by niir motor flushcr. and our street sweeper. set about a systematic-al clean-up of all streets and paved BITRS.

"With the coming of Iprinil. our asphalt plant was made ready for the repairing of streets, for re- laying sections of some street! which were irreparable, and for the paving of new parking areas. and thrpaving of two new blocks, one on King Street and one on Dor- chr.-ster.

"On Rochford Street between Fitzroy und Kent. it was neces- HTY to excavate the street to H depth of some 30 inches. Broken stone and sand and gravel were let in to a depth of 22 inches. This was then covered with 6" of Port- lnnd cemcnt with a 2-inch asphalt sheet. top. This was necessary in this area duo to the condition be- ing swampy. which did not allow for a solid sub-grade. A llmlllf condition existed on Pownill 5"?” hrtween Fitzroy and Kent, but at was not YleCQ!lii1'y to put in Inch a thickness of base. ,

"The pavement on Kent Street from the entrance to the Char- lottelown Hotel to the City Hall Was taken up and re-laid. the same thing being done on Grafton Street from the Legion Home to Queen Street."

The remaining streets were hatched where the pavement wal broken.

New Street Work: Dorrhilk-'1' Street between Pownal and Queen: King Street between Pownal and Queen: intersection at corner of 1-iilicrest and Upper Hiilsboro.

Parking Areas: Following the batching of the streets. parking areas were paved as follows: Queen Street, both sides. from Kent Street to Eulfnn Street: Grc George street. both sides, fr Grafton Street to Eusion Str at. With the exception of those areas

Wllllcll had been done previously: Great George Street, east side. Zltichrnond to Sydney Strut: unf- Jon Itrm. both sides. ammo .,-Winn Strut and Pownal ltreet:

Queen Street and Pownal Street; Grafton Street and Weymouth Street, in front of Mr. Albert Zakem's; Grafton Street. unfinish- ed area in front of Canada Pack- EH: Pflllce Street, in front of the . M. C. A.: Queen Street. in front of the Condon Woolen Mills; McGill Avenue. in front of the Provincial Sanatorium; corner of Hillsboro and Eusion Streets fronting on Michael's Store.

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Concrete Sidewalks

New concrete sldcwnlks

laid on the following strccis: City Mix: Park Terrace, cast Side. Brighton Road to Bungalow Street; Bungalow Street, north side, Park Terrace to North River Road; Crestwood Drive. east and north sides. from Admiral Street to west cxtremity of property of Mr. William Rogers: Greenfield Avenue. north from property of Judge McGuigan to north limits of property of E. Sterling Blanch-

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ard: Green Street. south side, Spring Park Road to Palmer Apartments; La.pthm-n Avonuq,

south side. Longworth Avenun to a distance of some 150 feet from

Blrchwood. This street could not be completed owing to lack of cement.

Rcpfncemenis: Prince Sircct in front of the Y. M. C. A.; Eustoh Street in front of Mr. Wcndall Barbour's. Ready Mix: East side

of ltmbrosc Street from Green Street to McGill Avenue; Ambrose Street. west side, Highland Avenue to McGill Avenue.

Replacement with Ready Mix: C1081 G'-'0Flle Street and Dorchest- or Street in front of tho Bishop's Residence: Writer Street in front :3! the Premises of Mr. W. R. Jenk- ns.

A5-Dhaltic Sidewalks: Belmont Street, north side. from Kcnslng- ton Road a distance of 480'f'eet with a width of 3 1-2 feet: Bol- mont Street. south side. from Kon- Slnzton Road, a distance of 483 1-2 feet. with a width of 3 1-2 feet: Birchwood Street. north 312 feet

with a width of 3 feet: Prince Street School from Prince Street to main entrance: West Kent

School from street to sidewalk: extensive raising of sidcwniks and replacing of broken , blocks with new cement.

Curbs Wore cut on Fiizrn,V Street between Wt.-ymoulh and Cumberland Streets to allow for Darking in this congested area and

to eliminate the bottle neck in traffic in front of the Central Creamerias.

Cily And Gravel Streets

Clay streets and gravel streets were sacrificed and graded as re- quired. Calcium chloride and salt were used as dust ellmlnotors. The use of these materials sup- plementcd the work of the (inshor- sprlnklcr to a very great extent.

Gravel and ashes were applied to manv of the streets and Bal- mant Street especially in the low area a fill was made with crushed stone taken from Kent and Gr-anon streets where a new asphaltlc base and top were laid.

The crushed stone from the new work on Pownal Street was hauled and spread on Spring Park Road from McGili Avenue to the city limits. Other clay and gravel streets were coated with run of the pit gravel from lnnn pits or from College Bridge. This should be the making of a good sub-grade for the laying of pave- ment at a future date.

Material from the excavation of parking areas and broken curbs was hauled to the brcastwork at Vic- toria Park. This has been used to fill in holes which had been caused by' wash during the stormy season.

This back fill has meant much in keeping the sen wall from de- lerioratlng. However, it will re- quire a little grading in the Spring to make it more passable for pedestrians.

With one or perhaps two except- ions our street sweep:-rs did what we consider an A-l job of keeping our streets clean, and while there were times during the busy sea- son when refuse pilcs remained longer than usual before being picked up. it was not the fault of the truck drivers. So many demands to service all the different jobs sometimes threw our schedule a little off timing.

Wooden sidewalks were rcpaircd whcr ' solutely necessary but your Committee has endeavoured to follow the policy of the Council in replacing wooden sidewalks with concrete ones and of laying: new sidewalks with either concrete cement or ayphaitlc cement.

Many of our shade trees were trimmed. Dangerous and dead ones were taken down and certain trees which were infested with in- sect pesta were sprayed to elim- inate injury to them.

storm Sewers

The storm sewer from Great George Street to Church Street had to be dug up and a new one laid. This work was necessary due to the fact that the roots of the trees in the area were growing in the pipes and had stopped the flow of water.

A storm sewer was laid on the east side of School Street between Hillcrest Avenue and Gerald Street. A new i-torm-sewer was also laid

on Green Street to allow for drainage into the Government Pond stream.

The new concrete cilivcrt replac- ing-throld wooden one over the Government Pond stream also made it necessary to replace some storm sewers on Brighton Avenue and Villa Street. In connection with these storm sewers some six new catch basins had to be con- structed. In connection, with our underground drainage system. some catch basins were i'ePIll'M-

The wooden bridge over Govern- ment Pond stream on spring Park Road. and the W.9.i!den bridge on Douglas street. were taken out and a reinforced concrete culvert 12" in diameter was laid across

'3'!" Street. north side, between N! . . .

the entire lnierscrllnn running

A taxi stand at Oriilia, 0ni:., had an unexpected visitor recently in the form of a car which missefi a

from 20 ft. south west of life original Spring Park Road bridge to a distance of 30 ft. north east of the Douglas Street bridge. This should eliminate the flooding of this area during the heavy rains and the spring freshets.

Your Street Committee would recommend that this entire stream be encased with this some concrete storm sewer as has been laid und- er the direction of Councillor Keefe's Committee. .As the chair- man of public property will be re- porting on this phase of civic work, I will refrain from further mention of it. '

New qulpment

During the year s new ha-lit-ton truck was purchased to replace the Farrgo half-ton which was worn out. On testing our 3-wheel steam roller, the steam engineer condemned her as unsafe for fur- ther use. This roller has been re- placed bry a new 3-wheel diesel one with automatic scarifier, which should prove satisfactory.

Without a scarifier, after the gravel dries out in May, it is practically impossible to break the sunface sufficiently to grade it and fill in the pot. holes. During the time we were awaiting deliv- ery of our roller and scan-iufier. the Provincial Government came to our assistance with one of their scarifiers. ,

The boiler on our tandem roller wth-loh has served over thirty years was also condemned as unsafe for use at a boiler pressure sufficient to work satisfactorily. We were fortunate in having Robvb's Foun- dry oif Amhetrst construct and fit a new boiler to this piece of equip- ment making it practically as good as new. As this was done early in the spring, it emabled us to carry on our patdhing without any delay.

A much needed alemiie high pressure grease Bun W35 Pu"-”h”5' ed for use at our smile. NP1-10' in; two smaller hand 099131915 one: which had become worn. and inadequate to thorouilhly E11559 the large equipment we have ac- quired during the last two years.

A total of some 68.000 SCil13l"5 feet of parking areas was laid. and an area of 22.000 lqlllfe feel- of 100 per cent replacement of asphalt street, base and surface was laid, making in all a total of 90,000 square feet of new work. This is the equivalent of 11 City street blocks. This. with Dor- cheste-r Street and King Street,

would make 13 blocks of new street. Approximately 5,000 lineal feet

of cement sidewalk were laid and 1,500 lineal feet of asrihaltic side- walk. making I. total of 8,500 lineal feet of permanent sidewalk.

The cost per square foot of asphalt street. parking areas, ei.c., was 54.7 cents.

'Ilhe cost of cement sidewalk averaged .65 cents per square foot. This f.igu.re includes eiiiher excava- tion or fill and grading to cut- ters and street after completion of job. Details of the total expenditure for labour and materials in con- nection with street maintenance during 1950. totalling 360,091.37 were given in Coun. Stewart's re- port.

Building Report

in the building Inspector's re- port it was noted that during the year. 08 building permits were is- sued. Of these forty nine were for residences and nineteen were for bulldings for other purposes. The total value of this construction was 3620.80.00.

Fice of these permits were for dwellings in the fire zone. of these, two were for attentions and ad- d-ltions to ivwo restaurants on Queen Street. one for alterations and ad- d:it'ions to I building on the north side d Kent Street to fit it for use as a plumbing shop, one for ifhe erection of a building to con. tain offices and shops on the east side of Great George street, mg one for aiteraiims and improve- "WM-I to I hotel on the south side of Kent Street.

spasm. res. s .. rap) C gm 5011111117 today fixed Sunday. Aug. 12. for s new giant youth march on Berlin. Ctamnunist youth lame: Robert Manzei alid then will be 1.000.000 marchers. The communists promised 600,000 at last Whitsun- day's damonstn” - May 28 ..

and produced just about that many.

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Sham c""e' skidded 50 feet and ed from accident none the worse for wooden ware

building. Except for a few-cuts and charge.

City School Board Awaiting EducationaLSt1rvey Report

then wound up inside

Improvement in educational faci- lities for Charlottetown is dis- cussed in the annual report of the Board of School trustees, sub- mitted at the annual meeting of the City Council last night.

"Our school buildings are all old and overcrowded and do not allo" for extension in the carrying on of specialized departments, as is the case in other cities," the report states. '"1'hought was given to the erection of a new school in, which pupils would receive instruction up to Grade 12. As the Board did not feel itself qualified to pass judg- ment on so highly technical and so costly a project, it was decided to have an educational survey made of the City to ascertain what would be the best course to fol'1ow both for the present and for some years to come.

"It is also anticipated that as a result of the knowledge gained by this survey the Board will be in.a position to better use the facilities it now possesses. For this survey Professor John C. Matthews. on lslander, and new of Fenn College. Cleveland, Ohio, was engaged. Prof. Matthews has not as yet presented his report, but it will be received early in 1951, when the whole mat- ter of school development will again be considered by the Board.” '

The number of pupils tnrolled in December was as follows:

Prince street. School: boys 269. girls 279. total 575.

West Kent School: boys 282. girls 200. total 482.

Queen Square School: boys 050.

Rochford square School: girls 565.

'rotals for the four schools: boys 1.2128, girls 1034; 2262 in all. This shows I. decrease of 36 pupils from the same date the previous year.

The number of Teachers employ- ed was as follows:

Prince street School .20 West. Kent School , . 2 Queen Square School .22 Rochford Square school . . 17

79 Domestic Science Teacher ........ 1

Total ................................ .. 8

The total expenditures of the Board for the year was 8130.0-11.09 and the amount paid as supplements to teachers salaries 378,735.00 less deduction for Teachers Pension Sys- tem 91177.00 and deductions for Biuo Cross 3104580. and amount due Receiver General of 3180.53. Not

- piements to teachers of 375.341.

07.

Mr. William Alien Maccmneil. I pupil of Prince street School was awarded a prize of 325.00 by this Board for having made the high- est marks ln the entrance examin- ations to Prince of Wales College in -June last.

At the closing exercises in June the following pupils were awarded the Governor Generals Bronze Medals for proficiency:

Prince Street school, Mr. William Allen Maccannellz West Kent School, Mr. Briar Maxfleld Chand- ler; Queen Square school. Mr. Clit- ford Gillis; Rochford Square School, Miss liirances Peters.

Boiler Installation

As usual quite extensive decor- ations were made in the interior of the four schools during the sum- mer. As intimated in the last report it was found that the boiler in Prince street school has served its day. A contract was therefore on- tered into with the Rico Engineer- ing Ltd. of Halifax. N. 8. for the complete installation of a crane viking Low Pressure Steam Boiler with I. net rating of 3060 square feet of steam radiation. This in- stallation has been made, and we believe after some further adjust- ments will be very sptisfactory. This boiler has all appliances for oper- ation by Bunker "0" fuel oil, or by coal. The city council provided this Beard with 89600.00 addition at revenue to cover cost of this in- stallation.

The present steam boiler in wen. Kent schocl was installed in 1921, and -we have been warned that this will also have to be replaced dur- ing thecoming summer. 'me- boil- ers in the schools are inspected an- nually by a representative of the insurance Oompany with which they are insured.

A large portion of line fence at. the southern end of Prince Street School grounds had fallen down

'3 the health of the pupils in the four

-s, Vib- brulses the owner of vehicle emerg-

to face a careless driving

and it was necessary to replace same. Owners of property adjoin- lng paid their share.

Manual training has been success- fully carried on at West Kent School by Mr. LeBaron E. Tait for the boys of Prince Street and West Kent schools. During the year 11'? Boys of Prince Street school and 112 boys of West Kent school re- ceived this instruction. At Queen Square School similar '1-nstructlon was given by Mr. John Danton to 270 Boys from January to June and 291 boys from September to De- cember. The boys receiving this training continue to show great. in- terest in this important branch of education.

From January until June Miss Jeanne Simmons, B. Sc. continued teaching domestic science at West Kent School for the girls of the three City schools, when she re- signed to accept a position at Mount; Allison University. The Board was fortunate in securing the services of Miss Alice J. Glllmor. who had been trained in the Home Econo- mics Department of Mount Allison University to succeed her, and who since appointment. has continued the high standard set by Miss Sim- mons. From September to the end of December a total of 207 girls from Grades 7 and 8 of the three schools have received instruction. This is a branch of educationiri which the girls attending are keen- ly interested. The girls from Prince Street and West Kent schools are also given instruction in sewing by

direction of Miss Gllimor, while the girls from Rochford Square School receive similar instruction from the teaching staff of that school.

Instruction in music has contin- ued regularly at Prince street School and Roolhford square school, and at West Kent School until June. Up to the end of the year it was impossible to secure instruc- tors for music at West Kent and Queen Square Schools. but it is hoped that in the very nasr future some person will be secured for this important work.