_ PAGE TWELVE EASTERN ONTARIO 60OD ROADS CONVENTION DETAILED REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE No. § Afternoon Session---Feb. The afternoon session of the roads convention commenced Wednesday at two o'clock Th first business performed wa the election of officers. The report of the' nomination cominittee was ad opted and the following were elect- ed 5th. good on Past president--William Findlay. President--Nelson D. Porter, Ot- tawa. Vice-presidents (re-elected) ~~ John Brennan, reeve of Arnprior; Dr. W. T. Smith, Hawkesbury; ang W. F.. Barker, warden of Leeds, Secretary-treasurer---Ald. W. Y. Denison, Ottawa, re-elected. Directors--D.. E. Johnson, Ot- tawa; D. A. McNaughton, Finch; T, H. Moffat, Pembroke; W. F. Bell, Britannia Bay; Ga. F. MeKim, Smith's Falls; Adam Fetterley, mayor of Cornwall; and Charles Truscott, warden of Frontenac. A resolution was passed express. ing the gratitude and appreciation of the Bastern Ontario Good Roads Association for the great interest by the press, both daily and week- ly, in giving up mueh Space in the A SA AAA NLS NE mmr are Ready for Duty Ne wewspapers for the purpose cating people to the 1 provinee in the matter of Substantial ven_ to the $ ssociation, and any further the good roads be greatly apprecia association. the Address "by A. W. Campbell, Do- minion Highways Commissioner. A. W. Campbell, Dominion High- ways Commissioner, was then call ed upon fo address the conventior He said 1 to have an op portunity something about good Fwenty-eight years "go considerable opposi tion movement He remem bered meeting which he ad dressed then, when the sudience re fused fo him, partly be cause of his youthful appearance and partly because of apathy to the stibject He had listened with great interest on Tuesday evening, to the remarks of tHe minister of railways and canals regarding the large sump of money to he provided for the building of good roads, and the methods to be adopted in spend ther fo t one listen to . on the Play Line, Mother" Ea | cial { Immense It showed that alive to its re- his matter maintenance of have changed in recent work wa and increase ry to broaden wing it under weils Further cl the question of status of a ial one The Ontario his taken over from Windsor to Montreal, it lies in this province, f some five hundred miles in igth, and the road from Prescott Ottawa, over sixty miles long. It plain come to the the conclusion that road' making. problem is a one, and that it is a real work of great fmportance. To earry out capably and efficiently it is necessary to plan for the future re- quiren ts of the province. ; Te build one mile of first class road is an. expensive project, and, in proportion, to build one hundred wiles is a big undertaking: while to construct six hundred miles re- quires an immense amount of mon- ey, material and labor. Probably the work in each province will be done along the same lines Each has a department of pab- highways to do the planning of the construction work, to prepare specifications, and to arrange for the expenditure of the money at its + disposal Possibly in tue future there will be greater co-operation between the federal and the provin- governments than at present sums of money will have spent, and a' large utilized in Ontario the province to be labor { are sixty thousand miles of roads to { } | ! | resources build in the province, and it will be readily understood how big a task that is ving to be Careful plans will h * to be made for the im- provement of every road It is'not difficult io build expensive roads, nor, in faet, to build any roads, provided the necessary money is #wuilable The difficult problem has been to build good roads with limited finances and limited labor road sy ssary to plan, nt roads, hut for roads, and those of a low I'he main roads will eon- planning the rio, it leading dary er class stem is nece | nect the large cities and will spread a network through the centres of | | has taken | and that is not surprising. TO MOTHERS! Keep your little pets physically fit, smiling, fecling | their best always, by giving Cascarets, the candy cathartic, occasionally. They are sweet candy-like tablets, but just wonderful to correct the little white tongue, feverish breath, sour | Children love to take Cascarets. stomach and colds." Cascarets gently "work" the bile, sour fermentations | | railways and poisons from a child's tender stomach, liver and bowels without griping | or injury. Mothers wha depend upon Cascarets as the children's jaxative | save trouble, worry and cost. ; directions and dose for kiddies aged one year old and upwards. Each 10 cent box of Cascarets contains | L i Better and wider ads will be needed for this than fer any other purpose In planning the nsf ucti [ leading roads the st must it industries, on of not hundreds of railways and millions to waterways, The im- portance of leading roads demands greater consideration at present than either. railways or waterways. Rail- build our ye modern means of transpor- | , but roads have centuries. of Great nations, with first- cads have prospered without The Raman Empire was built up because of its magnificent 'm of roads. A study of high- shows that all trade and com- merce have to pass over the common roads first before reaching the mil- NIN NI Nita Ep. a CR 7 nee "AFTER THE STORM" "After the Storm" uy War-Savings Stamps at $4.01 each as often as you can. Build up a strong investment in Government securities bearing high interest--and help to finance the Reconstruction. N Our soldiers are being"disbanded and return. ed to ciyilian life, as poster picture indicates. There is urgent need for the production of more food and other supplies, as well as the means to carry our products. All these things are for Canada's good, and are essential to * Prosperity. But they necessitate the Government spend- ~ing large sums of money, and this money must be borrowed at high rates of interest. In order to keep this interest in Canada and to / NE a chance to 'profit by it, loan 1s floated in a denomination of only $4.01, maturing on the first day of 1924, at $5.00. "In order that even the smallest savings shall share ; ivi of the War-Savings Stamp plan, which affixed to a Thrift Card WarSavings Stamp. will be exchanged for Ee wh the $5.90 tor $4.01 and every dollar worth moze. $5.00 will purchase much more in 1924 than $4.01 will at - Patriotic Sto pers sell Theft Stamps i serious | public Ron, amount of | There | THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, FEB -------- : i re | ways and wat wroadbis one © transportat i tu i | 30 C { Toa | arteries of | well the | dominion | the | ¢: to be seen that they have | t Thousands of Canadians have for the { building i | { | | | | | i % "tjon 'Is the only part jon { be more suitable { who will want to follow up this call be underestimated. It | 1n&. By hearty co-operation In 4 ly essential made, AED 4 These were 5 | well drained and they stone are have and receive gra olid > are r first class reat outlay, and wil straction of a at a sodall cost. T ally fall into the category pf provin al roads, and can be marked on the maps of the province and the Dom- In Ontario there miles of roads. cent, are of the cl fording outlets to scattered com- nxtinities.. Over these roads passes| eigifty pe cent. of all the road traf-; fic of Ontario. Only 10.000 miles of these roads are of first class calibre, and it is time that a start was made to have that amount increased to 100,000 miles, But the whole prov ince cannot be covered at one blow. The work must be done by degrees and the roads built to meet provin cial highways. While this must be done, millions of money cannot be spent without plans and specifica tiens. Money jand labour must be used where it \g to the advan- tage only after gareful planning with a view to maging pamanent roads ¢f the proper construction. The en neers must specify the exact (ype of roads to pe built, and work of thé Eastern Roads Associ k roads With the help of the appropriations of the Dominion Gevernment to a sist in bearing the great cost of lead ing roads, it will be possible to build more fully and more quickly than would otherwise have been possibl The proposition of good roads must be looked upon as a serious one Men of experiénce must organize to the best One apparent difficulty is where these men aper class, af- hest results. to get get past four years been engaged in road in France. They are thor- oughly equipped by experience, al their return they will be inter- ested in the development of roads in Canada, and will be required in a trained capacity. No occupation could for these experts, em- ploying them to build the roads of Canada valuable results will be ob- tained. ; To undertake the building - of thousands of miles of leading roads, large sums of money will be needed, and the building of these roads must be done in a business-like manner. Foundations must be preparéd and large Stretches of road surfaced at one time, by men with the necessary equipment. 3 department of railways and canals 1s assured, and that guarantees the gnccess of the movement. It is de- sirable that the department should as¥ist the provinces in their work so that high class roads may be secu - ed. Large cities want better roads] than they did a few years ago, and, as in the case of Ottawa, it is good busi-, ness to improve them. Mr. Campbell | then spoke of the progress (of road) and street "building in Ottawa. | Where good roads are built, the | farms on these roads are in de-| mand and increase in value. The, population. increases in their viein-| ity, and that makes 3 Fifty-five per cent. population is rural On that pgpu- | lation has fallen. the burden. of roag- building in the past, because it has| been argued that they need good roads to bring their produce to the | eity markets and to take back their | own purchases. But the city people | benefit 'to the same extent by good | roads and should jgin with the | farmers in securing market road 2 | to the cities. A plan of co-opera-| tion, by which all the people work unitedly along well-defined lines, will -give the best results. In road building an accurate sys- tem of.cost accounting Is absolate- and necessary. Only by keeping such a system can ac- curate estimates of road-building be made, and dt {is furthermore a splendid cheek upon the "expendi- tures. The work should: he started at large centres, and should work outwards by using the men and ma- terials available, Most important of all, roads should be built in con- formity with futare regquivements. Only materials of the very first class should be used. The founda- of the road permanent, and the surface codfihg merely serves to shed water and protect the foun- dation. Drainage is the most im- portant essential. By laying good foundations, and putting on a satis- factory surface coating, a system of roads will be rapidly established that will give complete satisfaction. Maintenance is as important as that is reall The co-operation of-the | RUARY 15, 1919. would be folly indeed if a belief detris " mental to the public welfare--and proven false -- was allowed to Jast any longer. That false belief is that candy is a luxury. Candy is food in one of its most useful and attractive forms. All elements used in the composition of Candy are recognized useful foods. 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