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ESE McGillivray, R. 299 Jan. 31 \ N HAILEYBURY, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, JULY 9th, 1931 Subscription Rate: $2.00 per yeai Vol. 27: No. 14 Train Service on T.N.O. May Be Curtailed Reports Say Trains 17 and 18 May Run Only Three Days Each Week According to reports that are} understood to be well founded, a cut in the passenger train service on the main line of the T & N. O. is imminent, and this, it is believ- ed, wil take the form of putting Nos. 17 and 18, the locals which operate from Cochrane to North Bay, on a tri-weekly basis in fut- ure. Nothing official has been announced here, but it is said the change will be effective during the present month. The proposed move has been under consideration for months past, it is stated. Reports here has it that the trains will run north one day and-return south the following day, instead of op- erating in both directions every weekday, as at present. Skould this reduction be made, one train crew and two engine crews would be cut off, and the Sunday lay over in Cochrane would be elim- inated. Under present conditions, it re- quires three sets of conductors, trainmen and baggagemen, and four engine crews to run the trains. A three times a week service could be worked with two crews at each end of the service. These locals have been operated since the early days of the road. Until the outbreak of the war in 1914, they ran every day, but at that time the Sunday trip was cut off, and it never has been re- stored. Falling off in traffic, due largely to automobile competition, is be- lieved to be the reason behind the suggested change. At differ- ent times, George W. Lee, chair- man of the T. & N. O. Commission has stated publicly that revenues have suffered in this respect, passenger receipts having drop- ped off by many thousands of dollars. The local trains serve all of the smaller communities along the line, carrying the mail to places at which other trains do not stop, and presumably this ser- vice will suffer if the rumored re- duction is carried out. The main line of the railway is served by three passenger trains each way every weekday, and by two on Sunday, although the Toronto trains do not run into Cochrane Another economy was put into effect by the T.&N.O. last week-end, when the running of the tri-weekly service to and from Silver Centre was handed over to the crew running out of New Liskeard, instead of by em- ployees stationed in Englehart, as in the past. The train carried only two passengers when it left Cobalt on Monday, it is stated, two others arriving after it had gone, they not being aware of the change o fschedule. The same crew also handles the market train north to Kirkland Lake on Friday morning, which also for- merly was in charge of Englehart | men. THE PROPOSED STRAIGHT NORTHERN TRANS-CANADA HIGHWAY ROUTE The above map shows the transcontinental line of the Canadian National Railway from Quebec City to Winnepeg alongside which it is proposed to lay the Trans-Canada' highway. Completed portions built as provincial highways run from Cochrane to Hearst in On- tario and Senneterre to La Reine in Quebec. The irregular line arising in Ungava depicts the height of land around Hudson Bay, along which many mining developments have been uneovered. It is claimed that the distance between Montreal or Ottawa and Winnipeg will be shorter by 200 miles, following this Northern straight route, when a Quebec feeder road from Maniwaki to Senneterre is completed. Its advocates urge that besides providing an all-year road for local and inter-provincial use, promoting agricultural settlement and de- velopment of unbelievable natural resources, it would make accessible to Canadian and United States' tourists an enormous hinterland of unparalleled hunting and angling opportunities. Readers will be able to locate on the above map approximately where the two roads advocated by the highway conference at While White River, the point of meeting, according to the conference resolution, is not shown, North Bay yesterday, will meet. it is near the Height of Land southwest of Hearst and northwest of the Soo. Geo. B. Nicholson, M.P., who advocated a compromise route taking in Chapleau and Oba, told the conference that a few miles from White River, where the C.P.R. crosses the Height of Land, is the highest point in the whole Province of Ontario. NEW CEMETERY ROAD FROM HIGHWAY NOW ALMOST COMPLETED The new road to Mount Pleas- ant Cemetery and the new Rom- an Catholic Cemetery, running from the Ferguson highway along the town line to Meridian Ave- nue, is now almost complete and it was possible to drive over it at.the week-end. A good job of grading has been done and the whole stretch has been gravelled and is being rolled down. This road has been projected for some two years, but-has been postponed from time to time. It was very difficult, especially in wet weather, to reach the ceme- teries by Meridian Avenue, as that thoroughfare has never been in very good shape. In winter a long stretch of plowing was nec- essary when a funeral was held. With the new road, it is only a short distance in from the main highway and the ground is level all the way. A short stretch of improved roadway in each direc- tion from where the new road joins Meridian will make good driving in either of the two cem- eteries. Ao re Fifty-seven Ayrshire grade cows were shipped out of Glen- garry and Stormont Counties during the third week of May to settlers in Northern Ontario. The selection of these cattle was sup- ervised by L. E, O'Neill of the Ontario Live Stock Branch. Sev- enteen head went to settlers in the vicinity of the Hearst Demon- stration Farm and the rest to other northern points. YO SR SR LY PY Te Te Ca a a ae Oe ee ee ee ee Enjoy the Summer ------ © 0 -- 0 0 SO OOS Proper Epuipment adds to t a BATHING SHOES A ea eens mn 2 ee season. See our display of BATHING CAPS in attractive styles colors 19c_ +$1.00 he pleasure of the summer -Knechtel's ee AVE. PHONE 58 t 1 ! ' ' ' ' 1 i 1 ! 1 1 ' e billed adieadiie lies ntiie alte aitie oilte aite itte a tee Drug Store | pe ee That Two is Trans-Canada Road; That the government be urge to make an_ early start on-th; construction of the two separa roads to connect up the missing links in what will eventualy form the Trans-Canada highway, one from Sault Ste Marie around the north shore of Lake Superior and the other a continuation of the present road from Hearst to White River, to join there with the lake shore route, was the gist of a resolution passed by the con- ference at North Bay yesterday after a long heated discussion over the merits of the three sug- gested routes. The resolution came from Sault Ste Marie itself and so far as this section of the north was concerned, they did not have a chance of carrying their point, that of placing it squarely up to the government to decide on the route after an aerial sur- vey of the country had been made The text of the resolution, adopt- ed as an amendment, follows? Moved by Hon. Mr. Lyons, Sault Ste Marie, and seconded by Mr. C. E. King, Port Arthur: "That this conference make a recommendation to the Govern- ment of Ontario that they build the road from Sault Ste Marie on to White River and through to Nipigon, and that the road be connected up from Hearst to Hornepayne and White River; and for every mile built between the Soo and White River that one mile be built between Hearst and White River. And that we leave it to the Government as to which line they want to call the Trans- Canada Highway. Also that we ask for a road from the Trans- Canada Highway into Chapleau." C.W Wright, for the Northern Ontario Associated Boards of Trade, presented the case for Temiskaming and Cochrane, urg- ing the northern route via Hearst and southwesterly to Nipigon, and embodied in his resolution the request for a survey. G. B. Nicholson, M.P., of Chapleau, put up a hard fight to have his proposed compromise route ad- opted by the conference, while Hon. James Lyons was the prin- cipal exponent of the lake shore route. The most heated discus- sion of the meeting was between the latter two gentlemen. Mr. Nicholson maintained that he knew all the country through which both roads were proposed, and that the only way to proper- ly serve the whole country was Highway Conference Asks Roads be Built Proposal of Sault Ste Marie Endorsed After Long Discussion at North Bay Yesterday; Let Government Designate Which Urge Early Start €au, thence to Hearst and from Shere to Nipigon. Mr. Lyons held 'out for the lake shore route and the connection at White River and there were several hot clashes between the two as to the quality of the country, the number of people affected, etc. Arthur Simpson, formerly of En- glehart and now of Chapleau, supported Mr. Nicholson, while speakers from Fort William, Port Arthur, Bruce Mines, Sudbury and other points, upheld Mr. Lyons' arguments. F. E. Wood, of Iroquois Falls, sponsored a resolution asking to have a road built from the Soo to Hearst, via Chapleau and Oba, leaving the rest to the government, but while this had the support of a number of delegates, it did not get far. There was only a small number in favor of Mr. Wright's motion and an amendment to Mr. Lyons' proposal made by Mr. Nicholson, was also defeated. One thing that the meeting ap- peared to be unanimgus on was the necessity of getting the high- Way started at the earliest pos- sible moment in order to relieve the unemployment. Every speak- er stressed this point and if the statement of several, that it only remained for the conference to come to a decision for the work to be undertaken by the govern- ment, are correct, then there should be little further delay in getting busy. - There were about 100 delegates in attendance, the great majority from the more western sections of the North, where it appeared that every little town, village and municipality was represented. Mayor Rowe, of North Bay, presided over the conference, a stenographer took down the pro- ceedings and in the evening a banquet was tendered to the vis- itors at the New Empire Hotel. ieee a ane th | The Week's Weather Weds $2 te ie 5 78 «61 Northern Ontario--Moderate to southwesterly winds mostly fair and moderately warm today by a line from the Sault to Chap- and Friday. NEW PLAN PROPOSED FOR GENERAL COUNCIL OF NORTHERN ONTARIO Something new in the way of organizations is proposed for Northern Ontario, according to published reports of a meeting held last week at Port Arthur. The gathering consisted of men from Sault Ste Marie, Fort Will- iam and Port Arthur and the pro- posal is that the whole of New Ontario be organized into a union of municipalities and that a "Gen eral Council of New Ontario" be elected or appointed to deal with the various problems peculiar to this part of the province. From the trend of the reports it would appear that, while the proposal emanates from J. W. Curran and J. H. McPhail, both of the Soo, all other parts of the north are to be invited to join. The meeting went so far as to fix a date for a convention, August 24th, at the Soo, when the whole question will be discussed. It is altogether likely that the municipalities in this section of the North will wait for further details of the proposals before making any move. The plan-has not been set out fully. Dismiss Charge of Recklessness Against Drivers Crash in Which Woman Injured Had Sequel in Court Proceedings The sequel to an automobile accident at the Hillview cross- roads 'recently was heard in po- lice court at New Liskeard this week, when charges of reckless driving preferred by the Crown against Herb. Foley, Hudson township farmer, and George Welsh, Elk Lake truck driver, whose vehicles had been involved in the collision which took place there, were dismissed by Magis- trate Atkinson. In the mishap, Mrs. James Ma- guire, young married woman of New Liskeard, who is the step- daughter of Mr. Foley, sustained serious injuries te her back when she was thrown from a touring car the defendant was driving at the time. Mrs. Maguire, after being carried into the nearby gen- eral store, subsequently was re- moved to the Lady Minto Hospit- al, New Liskeard, and an X-Ray examination made of her injuries. The plates have been sent to Tor- cnto for a report on her condition. Evidence given in the case in- dicated that Foley was approach- ing the crossroads from the south on his way toward Milberta and that Welsh was proceeding west to Elk Lake. The latter was in charge of a loaded truck, and this machine, on examination by the police, was found to have its brakes in fair condition, but its speedometer was not working. Foley was driving a touring car that had run 35,000 miles while in his possession, and he had the sidecurtains up, apparently to shield the infant child of Mrs. Maguire. Foley, the testimony given in- dicated, was following another car driven by Wes. Edwards, far- mer of Dymond township, and immediately behind the truck (Continued on Page 4) --s e TRY OUR DOUGHNUTS They are Delicious Fresh on Wednesdays and carne Nae 20c Haileybury Bakery Phone 36 N otice re Noxious Weeds Chap. 309, Sec. 3, R.S.O. JOS. 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