135G115. .1!!!‘

Address o. Budget By Public Works Minister

as for tourists and others.

as far

merit to hullrl paved . year. I wrote the Minister oi Mitlcsi and Hiellotirces and thr- Miiiisier in Ivsnsporl. atiei- ten days 1 11nd mi reply and I sent a telegram ask-l in; ii I could hart‘ nn l'11lf‘i\'l"\\'.l rat-y replied and Said 1 would. sul Mr. Wright, the eniZiii/ier. and ll wont. up. I met with these Iltlntlv-l men_ I [at p.11 the Liberal irieznliers and Senator: flown was wit.h them. They they wouldn't give 11s any money to build roads this year. They said,

Road policies and other work of his department “ere discussed hyl Hon. George H. Barbour, Minister. o! Public Works and Highways. ln§ speaking in the Budget. debate ‘in the Legislature o11 Tuesday night. It was just ‘as necessary. Mr. Bu: ~‘ bour maintained. to proviilc roads. for farmers in the nutty-ins districts. Some; work had been dour- on the Pariiert

Road in First Prince. on the road;

to Tlgnish aiid West Cape. and ‘hcyl were working mil to Egmoiit E11,. They had come out to East Point as Elmira. Wort: ivas re-i quire-d in the Murrav Harhor .1ls-i trrci. also ill First Queen's in the Bonshaw area. and in Second. Queens through Nr-tv Haven and‘ West River to Long Creek. 'l‘\vo tniles of road at. Bracklcr Point 11.111‘ been done last season. A start haril been made r111 iilf‘ Winslor- Road in

_ Third Queens. A qritad deal of work‘

had been donr r11 itlfiltis in F-itirth Prince

“The roads tilat \\Pl1l't* doth; these years are being sirhgrntledp

widened and emirates". w. Bar-l hour said. "During the war we \vei'l' short oi machinery inr a few year's and it, was necessary to put szuvcl on thr- l"7ki(lS tluit vqriri- 11ot suli-t graded and properly prepared. Lani year we attempted :1 diifercnt pol-u icy. We put the gravel m1 the roads that were rnaclllnerl and Qllllfirilfi‘ my

He had been criticised l1_'-' some members n-i the Ollllosilioil for us.- ing too much gravel in First and Second Prince. He hart cxphrncd on the Draft Address about the size of these districts. There are three bus routes running in tht-sc districts, one from Tigznish to Sum- merside. a distance of about 60‘ miles. Another route leaves Tit:- nish. going through Freeland, P011‘ Hill. Grand River and Lot l6 t» Bummersl-de. also a distance of G0 miles. A third route starts from‘ Ebbefleet. around West Cape and out. to Coleman. and covers ‘l3- mlles when i‘! reaches Summerl |ide_ Then routes are perhaps thej longest in the Province. l

Bridges

Concrete bridges, Mr. Barbour said. numbered Q 1n second Prince, H ln"I‘hird Pri-‘nce. 56 in First; Prince and about 55 in Fourth Prince. In Kings County there werel i9 and in Queens County 56. This indicated there must he a great deal; U! road work TCQUlTPd in Prince. ‘Moreover we are near gravel. and‘ more gravel is used_ Also. all the. nowoot and best machinery is us-= lolly worked 1n Queen‘; 00.. nearer. Charlottetown. In my District upi to last you we had nothing but‘ a 30 caterpillar tractor. We havel one of the oldest graders that 1s, h us! and before t-he hy-electionl Lllt Ilmmer lt was down here in. the page for three iveekr." i "rho Opposition leader's state-i innit about tl.s taking all the road: lnohlnery in tho County into Sec-l and Prince during the by-electioni campaign was not correct." ‘vial Barbour maintained. “The Prince; Bounty members from other dis-l Lricu know that their machlneryl lidn‘t go up there. We were told. that there was s house moveiif eight miles. We haven't had thei name of the party that battled that‘ "L"

Hon. Dr. MaoMillan and Murphy. I gave you that fore."

Mn Barbour: "'I‘l'lere are no Coughlin and Murphy working to- gether at ell. Last night the lead-l or of the Opposition said the namo o! the owner was McLcl- 1m. or somethlnz. What was his flrlt: nune?" '

"Couglllnil he~|

D1’. Mat-Millan: "I sald- Nine- Lean; R. Mac-Lean."

Mr. Barbour: “Where does 11c live?"

Dr. Maul/Lilian: "He lives where. the house was moved to." (LatiRh-‘ tar).

Mr. Barbour: “The tact was that there was no house moved and‘ there was no machiner_v' mwvccll trim the district‘ But we llhd a} machine at large in the Couiityzi l bulldozer. The year before last. I promised the 11001114‘ lit Caper Wolfe when we got a litilldozer we! would pilbli ihfl hank (imvlt for. them. for their boats. The hank‘ WI! about 20 feet high; they push-i ad it. rlzbt down and allowed 1hr}

fishermen to haul up ten or Iii-j teen boats there. We rlirlrvi iln‘ that on account tit the election:

we but promised them 1o do that‘ the year before.

Nothing From Ottawa

"A short time lgo, I wanted to‘ [ind out: li’ you could get. any. money from the Fcrleral Govern- roarls this

Mr. raid

in assist ntc.

there was not enough iiicu ‘r rlo all illt‘ work that was to lEL‘ (10;1I“ in Ontario and Quebec. Uni-l there was uiielnplolwlirllt ‘B. y wouldn't pivv us any 1110110; 1'1‘ build roads. Alter I came llLlillt‘ I

W85

looking tip the House iii 1911.3 and I canic

111 Q1

the JOUTIIBls

the eoncltision that all thr- moutv

we CV81" got lives of ill1l i111(i

"'1‘1ic people toila. Ne“ all l.llI")ll)_'l1 \‘i‘lll|11.I n11

nutter day ielici vollrillitlllfi.

Haven. llicre ri.rl roads inr the

(Jiw-itsclvi- \\ e

the uas llt"t'.‘\li 1'

Craiiatlti. Br-uslitltv litur- hccii

oi

11nd iii!‘

13 years tvliilc we time had a pav-

ed road gallon came year aim. road p111 cd. tvr- 1i.1\ ci1't

to Summerslde. A (icle- to “Billing

They got

me about, a to have H1111 suggested. if taxes 011011211. to

F68

put on 11love taxes. I took this up \\'lll1 the Premier and we decided

1111-11 “'9 \\‘(‘i'€ \\'i(lt‘I1 and

f; (‘i111 Cirrmvall

stihgrade

going to start to ihe- road von, a dis-

l0

lflllCl‘ oi alioul twenty miles I

QXPBUI for that rosd

we \vill

tor tenders soon thil

call just as

spring as we can.

The width

of

the rrgtii-of-nny

will he $0 icet. where we can get

it. I don't know how we will ma11-. in some ol‘ the villages ilk?

BOIIFlIEHY and Crapatici. but I think

that part ot the

road sullgraded this ycal‘. evcn i‘

ago that ii uc get we dolft

it

as this toad

and "I'm-oh is paved uo will l1ave' that ' Mr. Heath Strong: “When is mill friend going

the use oi

11011.

ivcl k on

the other end

will he a good start. As soon‘

tietxvccn Cornwall

paving." the

i0 start

road from Carleton Sidiniz to Au-

gustine Cove?" Barbour: _ think my ilull. iriciirl wanted any;

Hon. Mr.

“I diclr’t

more taxes on the roads."

Mr. Strong:

"You have lots oil

money from the liquir business."

Barbour to

Mr. were going ttiall

lo Tryoii. when the road

“I told you we start from Corn- Tile trouble is is under con-

struction the people coming irom

Borden will have to travel

the

other way. I think it is import- ant to get. that done first. There

l will be part oi

Mr. Mr.

Strong:

Barbour;

it in your district." "Not very much." "I wish you

wciillfl tcll me just llow you want

the

come in your

trons-Canada

higlltvay‘ to

district. We need

an 80-h. right-ofwvay» Could F011 tell mc just which tray that road

would romc?" NIT. Strong: for on that

know

the first. news Mr.

paved

will‘ _votl?“ Mi". Strong:

road qnnrl gravellcd highway. there was ada highway to be built.

Barbour: hlizllwai’

“All I am asking is to have a I didn't trans-Carl- This is I‘vc had of it." “You will want a Cllftfligh there.

any

“We haven't conic

to the paved hlizhway vct. I will

tell You

merit.” Ml‘.

when tha it~when we get.

Barbour: difference whether you

thev will settle

the Govern -

"It is not mucli have the

Govorillnent or we have; t-lie peo- le have Waited a long time for

l) that road. and

when you had lht‘

Government the people oi Rustico

the

got

road.”

Brighton Bridge? The Minister said he interior-et-

(fl

some oi Mr.

MarckcnziNs re-

marks as moaning that; he did not svaiit a plowed road in winter

past. his Iarm. his iced

not haul

sington. The

and Tryon were 0i a ‘ The hon. member's sup-i

opinion.

because he could

people oi’ Crapaud dlflcrcnl

porters want plowed‘ roads too. Hon. Mr. Stewart: "Hc_11asn‘t

got many."

Mr. MacKcnzie:

“The last time

ynll ran against mr- I trimmed you

right in your own poll.“

terl.

Ml‘. Mzithcsoni

intention 1.1111 road irom Charlottetown i to Cornwall." Hon. Mr. Prowse: “We hope to‘

Minister's in

tliaugh-

“What wit-h

is the regard

izct. the Briizhion Bridge there." Mr. liirittiieson: “I was lust wondering." Hon. Mr. Barbour: “We l1aven't

drvklPd r111 ilhhi."

M1‘. Malllesoii:

"You are bulld-

vi».

in from Kcn-.

lllllt-‘r Ill lllilirdfl-rdad l builti"l-li._t-arr o

nflmllillll. That road built rin 111.11 kind of e011. cost probably not lnorc than tour or five thousand ciollars a nlile." Dr. MacMiliali: tween six and Mr. Barbour:

"It u-as be- sevcii thousand " “At any rate i111!

lwhcrc there was any drainage stood up wonderfully well. policy lias been to get out as early ill the spring and patch this pavement and we ivlmi to maintain 1L as long as we can. "We have adopted a policy of ‘doing about onc-iiittl of tile road with a seal coating each year. That will give us a reason- ably good road.

it

on tile shoulders of the road lll1(ll

we expect to IFIIClOIS 8i

fiavc t.\\'o work there.

Road Gravclllng

In-sm

i

1 "This year we more money arid putting more gravel in some districts than rit11crs.'_' M1‘. Barbour Continued. “We didn't spend much in First or Second Queen's last year ior zriivel. Two vcarS ago we though: we W011‘ going lo get a good tieai oi gravel at Stirington. and ivc spent over $3.000 drilling out there. The mistake was mud» itllcii it started. 1 didn't iv...“- lriiytlililg about ii st the 131114‘. hut thc Ill-st road they

:1 re spending

a1 Emerald bet-tree n 'l‘hat stayed

we rtld some Kinkorn and and Victoria. should have Queen's Cotiiity.

"T11:- member {rum Queen's cirmillnins about trier. 'I‘l1c pr-ople West Point

_.'1n(l Wust Unpr- rirc ten InllPS from the railway station. In his ltistrict. out through New Glas- gow and Oyster Bed Bridge they

and Craps-lei gravel

down

Set-olitl 111s (liS-

‘i i.

are not very far from a paved rnltd. You can izct 4111 the road to Rllsticn. <11‘ in Milton."

Mr. Mrrtllcsoii- "What kind of a road tiavc we to‘t'.'.\voi to Mil- ton?"

Mr. Barbour: “We've got. a splendid road as tar as Lilli»: Creek. Wr- did two Il'11l"S at Rocky Point. That i.\ llis lrict; and irr- spent $201101) the 'l'-‘iiirvic\v.' l..asi Hll111l11l‘l' put. on calxum thloritl" and rarlonds iii oil on lllc Bull.- ‘ road 111 lllS district. I don"t iilink

we wicslcctcrl his roads. This -.‘r"‘fll‘ \\'l‘ may sci some gravel

landed bv bltrgcs to Rocky Point. r perhaps. 'l"l1erc was a man offer- ied it at “lest. River bridge. from the sliorr-s of Similar gravel was Years ago

n11

llcrc be

brought and proved to

sillr-ilclid crave]. I ilopr» that uiioii ‘ roadr connected 1 Long .

we can got 1114' uo ironl Rocky Point. to Creek il will be satisfactory. "l1l Tliilfl Queen's wr- thr- l‘ll.‘-li'l out to Wilislrio last year. It is a prrltv expensive ioncl ‘the Dllllll is this: ii’ ill!‘ ponlllv: in znust oi‘ these districts

have to travel t-tvri or tllrce 1111les_

on a b-xd road. her are soon on n pavrrl road. and they are llUill" Cllai-lnttetritvn. Up in King's Count‘; lilo people have to spciiil hall ll day mfiro in their travel- 11in; hilt-k 11nd forth.

111111.11: Brighton Bridge. are you?"

Hon. Dr. MacMillan: “You should izo ovor the Brighton Bridge" _ Hon Mr. Burbouru "We have

some plans

on Brighton Hridllc.

We have lakr-h some hnrings. The

IIIZlIIPPTS have all

that prepared.

I thought Mr. Brat-ken. when he vvzls here. said 11c would build that bridrre. I want to ir-ll you

-that will be in¢ funds mid

is a pretty bin bill. paved

than any Ii we hat-r- another

liiilcs oi r-apiia

ago.

llai paved roads nre prcttv cost- x They Will cost 11s 5T1 pit»; rent more in build todnv l-llllll ttivy did ‘ eight years ‘ cers figure it costs $1.200 a mile to service tlacso roads every

and titr- engin-

your. fur interest. sink- mnintcnancr. That

Wc lulvc 215 roiids-nlor-r- per other Province. 100 miles n!

riirvcd roads. W!‘ trant. to consider

tl1r~ri tve should W!‘ jlfli- with

iar awav IIFODFI‘

llriw 111111111 build. have izrrrvcl adjacent.

irrim maintenance we c.i:i

more than that I tilink whori- In r11‘ the hitzhwttg.

iirrvr- a nrotiv grind tzravelled road.

But

tllat. condition

dries not. ox-

1st lJrLWPPH Borden. Botislllnv and

Charlottetown.

We lire a lont:

\.v;i_v irrim gravel tllerr" and I illiuk

lilo paved road

cheapest.

trould ‘on the

"Something was said about. the

SAFE...

I80 Gt. George St.

DEPENDABLE . . .

The TOWN raxll

At Your Service 24 HOURS Per Doy

PHONE I600 i

Under Sole and Efficient Management of l LEE CHAPPELL

noun" l

Charlottetown

Dzrinmge Claims

"I don't think we can put much stress on just. doing all the work \vili~rr~ illt‘ cars are. because tile cars drive all ot.'r~1" tl1r= Island. Aiioltli-i- tiling: during the Will‘ most of the trucking was done in Priiicr- County \\'.llt‘1r" they building tvvo~ airports. and roads took a trcmendotis beating. As I said before. tilcrc are im- portant hus routes lllt‘1't'. O11 one route the roiid passes flvc parish- cs from Titziiisli to Suinmersidc. There is another" bus route that comm; from Gr-orgvtntvn through (Zardirzaii. PPllkPS anti Fort Aug- ustus. We llllYw got to do a lot i-l work on llliit roiul. Iinst sum- mer the hus fl]‘|(‘l'fll(ll‘ WFlS iii to me iriniiiiltrillslv" lttlkiiil; [or more work on that. riiiid.

"It we liad Z115 miles rii isirve- nicnt in this P1‘Il\'lI1('l‘~~ll1:|i.\\‘tt\ll(l he about 100 ll1ilt'S more than we lltlvc-al ii cost at‘ servicing ni 1.1.200 :1 mile would cost us 5378.000 :1 y-r~iii' in service our loads. So I think tvr» have to (‘i'!l1l~l.‘(ll’l' prcltv carefully when we call tor contracts attain just, lhiw

i lnllrli ilaviiig wr- can do.

"During tile year we purchased l2 Russian illrt cars. utiich we bought tor bridges. We will have to put them side by Side. They itret 47 Icel- long and will curry between 5t) and 60 tons. We in- tend to nut the tirsl om- in at Brrrdalbane bridge. “here it. is Dtltllv Well R0111‘. Wr- will try to put one iilerr- this Spring.

"We have iii this Province 958 bridzcs. oi different types. non" o1‘ thcm smaller than 4 it. steel culverts. Tilt‘ clluinrerS figure it will cost $348090 ii your tor lho nr-xt five YFBYS to replace these bridges. Most of them are not 91'0"! vnoutlll to carry the traflic wr huvr- today. Most ti.‘ the creo- sote bridges strong enough to curry the trafllc arr- in Queen's County. Tho steel bridges we have wr-re only B ton bridgrs tit-hen

they were built. When nay: they

ii

rl1i.-‘

day in 'I‘ol'o11to. was iluted by the Armin L-“WS ‘lullllll t11e 51115-112511 prclates visit

saiici from nearby “'11s ltscd. antil

01.11‘ i _\'r_-n1'

we are working‘

gravcl- . lctl ironl there was l-‘reetoxvii. and‘

Alli in ‘

- THE . CZIARLOTTETQWN ._5UAKD15.N

“Wisdom and gentle patience" of Most Rev. Dervryn T. Owen. centre. who died Wednes- shop lit Canterbury. right. seen with Hon. Albert Mat-

to Orin adu.

;bt1t today. when they are uld.t.l1c.v are unsafciol‘ very heavy trilific." Mr. Barbour referred to his ci- lftlrls l" 116i compensation from i the Federal Government tor tear- lllil up ti1_c road to the Mount Leasant airport. during the war. Tilcy rcrclvcd $30,000 for build. 1:111! the Ellcrslic Road. but next ‘ i516 Airiorce sent their ...tcavy trucks ovcr that road to lSll-IIIJIIOFSIGP. The Department hurl Ibfl-‘lllfi taken and submitted them ‘clung witcl i1 til-lei to Ortawli. T111- .pl'ov1iiciili ciigiiiccl‘ went up. Dr, ltllrus lllacMillan was their par. namentaigtr assistant to tilt» Min- vister oi Dcicnsc for Air. l

Was Not Sntistl ed l

They u-rote lilo tllnt llirgv would "all "flllltscl to sire us szoooo l...’ thooalntllzcs to th. rqqdml-ntidad I “will Sal’ I was satisfied.” Mr.

Barbour continued. "I didn't an- 4 it. Dr. MflCMlllflll‘ came doviii. He came to the office and

I talked it over with him. I slim Wottld ‘you ndvisi- inc to take ilmi anlourit! He said ‘Yes, 1 don't lhlllk You \\'1ll get any more.‘ I ‘Stud I wouldn't take it. Tlloii illlt‘ .I'rc111iei' wort up. They sent m. irulzllicer down and he maria m. >"\“-\l12r1t1oi1. Ho vrriit Iitick and rccolilliicirdrd $35.00;). 'l'11e\" wrote m? 51.31191. I Willie back ‘and rn. I 1 . . .uscd. ‘llle Pienlicl- was up 11113111 land some others. Tliny g0] that ilvorkeci up in 3.30pm 1' Si,“ ..,_

I 5\\'l‘l‘

ltlscd. I was 11 ' i p on till t t rival last fall. I phoned lsllfipnGgN-l i r1rin---11r- wris tilfl Dcputv — and risked to see ittr- MiirislLm H" asked mo to come right. iivr-r. H011. Mr. Stctvart and Mr. Bottl- lPF “I'll- witll mo on that. trip and I asked 111cm in como 9Y0)‘ ((1. ‘ >

.

I vvltntcd $100000. and he was "nlflllll-l $611000. 1 sirid 1 \\'(1lll(l tlilit the diiIt-rciicr» Llllflldlllit‘ $811.- OPO- B" ilillttlrctitll‘ \\‘cnt ritli tri 11r- luiinismr. and cirinc back and rrflitl 11c would give lls $80000. 111.. .\ll11lSl(‘l'5 lllivc changed sihre ihcii. lii1\vr.-\'cr. 'l‘11at 1111111 is out.

..~._iirl \\e_ l1zr\'cii't uni a settlement

New Brtinsiviclcf

started i

too .

were our

l‘ . Villvii I tviis iit Ottawa last ‘I tlirl a little morr- lvnrk mi 1* Nliiilstilr “'21s quitr- “gr-pp.

i I

mythic at that time. but uiicii tllc)‘ “filo-cl rotilisel lllf'_\' iollnti there “PIT qlllic 11 nuliiber iii utliel

rlziinls. tlll(' lii particular ntPrlnqi. Rllncrl “new il1"V put in a bilI ‘m’ $001909 <11‘ $4Uil.000 fur a lieu

i

5-“\\‘t‘l' >1‘ cm. This is diiiiiginr; I-‘et and tvc haven't got our sgpl i000. ‘out we cxpect it." ’ ‘ ulpiyitwliiiltlzgilllilllI‘ ‘flWhr-ii you go IHOOKNiI-V‘ .110, Slit. 11p for 1.110 Mr. Barbour: "No,

I W0 ' 11:1 bark riii "what I uldn‘ Dr. MllCMllléllli ‘brick 4111 \\'llr'li illvy our-red)’ M1‘. Biirllutlr: “I went to soc 1M1‘. (liilsoii 11nd Mr. Cltlxtou wilt-h .1 ivzrs up this tllitc. M.. Gibson r:.1tl wr- hart a 311st cliiini because 1hr- rnnti \Vi\S broken up when it. ‘.‘“" °"'l"'~‘f"l 1° "l" ilfllvy ironic. " ,5l>l"1fl1I lll"v illad coal and ilUlStllillé to hrrttl. and I 1orbad‘\ {from ghoul it. I had a telegram twfrlinlii Gibson telling m;- m“. .l_“‘llt‘ ate to liaul it. and mp1 ‘l 541115311 was niiotllei- lTliillPl‘.