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Lindsay Weekly Post (1898), 27 Apr 1900, p. 3

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lStanhope, Dying tee- 3103 int!» id, 3 child I oldcxm the play Fm holding rolled over ‘abouthal! be injuries Mull, 1 t0 kg” P. I". it]: or; lens:- NAN” .Jou if: is none wâ€"- '1'â€"* Muâ€"Bonoflu ofOonntr' Control mp Post has always manifested a. M) interest in the goods roads ques- tion. and. may justly claim that it has had something to do with tho' .utian of the interest being at W. sent manifested in all' parts of ED couty in the i nt subject. But to m. A. W. Camubell, Provincial hand Instructor, belongs the crisdit dhvingaroumod the mindso! the people of Ontario on the subject‘byl proving how Ear was arg behind son at the American States in this respect, how we squander Vast sums yearly in useless patchwork; hon Mm lino methods have been followed for years in some town: when, to-dsy, do tar an expenditure running into han- ‘h'eds of thousand in ten years. meets am still veritable quagmire at the season when permnent roads youldbe clean and solid ;and how soâ€" tually 1h: expmditnm at present would. mom than aunties; if intelli- gently administemd. to tmnstonn‘ all the leading highways and W Annual Reports of Provin- cial Instructor Campbell. mm he has now my, 3w upon the fact. Fm thé t report publuud a couple of weeks ago. we take the following extracts, confident flflflll Bllflllfi. Veryrproperly, MLCampbollbhm the present statute labor system for. mchdthewastqandin these?- lines in thfl pnovinpe into first-cw roadways. , oml annual reports issued. since his appointment to ofiim by‘ tbs gamm- that the statements made; will appeal tothegood senaeotev'ery reader: The agitation in favor. of goods roads, carried on by the govrernrnent during the past few. years, has not only advanced public opinion infest or of good rouls, but has reveded to the genernJ public that the system by which our roads are gt prepent, be- ing made and maintained has been by. no means conducive to the best re- sults. The effect 01 the movement has be”. and no doubt will be, to in- crease the expenditure upon roads. The popular idea which at first pre- veiled that this was the chief object has, however, been largely dispellbd. and it has become gennmny recogniz- ed that the aim of the reform already Wplishd in Ontario has been to Ware :1 Proper adhiniptntion of the W3 now. being spent upon thiehigh- “33$ That there is urgent needot this there is everywhere abundant evi- dOllce, and is universally Wed. This applies not namely: to country roads, but to the town and city streets, in all of which a great. nnnml “Ste is going on without producing the desired results, thereby entailing both a direct and reactive lose ' The Large Amount Involved. The actual money spent upon roads. Streets and. bridges is of very much his“ dimensions than in month “PM. During the ten yearn. 1387 to 1396, it amounted: in cities to $14,- 431.35”. in towns to $6,759,326; in town- fhlpe and wander! to swam. a H W mile. ___,_â€"â€"-- “-193 and counties to 893%,“. a total of 830.122.2958. If to this we add about 11,000,030 days or statute 1am: ”Ended in the townships, we have :nWy and labor value (Egg-11,623,958. ,flgraga of over $4,000, per year. This Is more than one-third of 3h; taxes levied on the, people in mumm- 1’31 and school rates. It form ghe‘ greatest outlay of the municipalitxes Turpenfine. which promptâ€"1y and positively ' urethra-cum. coughs. cause-cup asthma. in“ ZsaubouhuanMnrm Mateo..rm This dreadful aways: of young men “young woman has its beginningin a I"eglected cold, andamahaysbo prevented Erasingnr. (1:330:5dean GOOD ADVICE FOR coun- 1v. TOWN AND TOWNSHIP COUNCILS. 'uuon II“ V" -u I: d"). N" W M 0“, W “to ,dd unto. . I“. local ooh-IO. min. “3‘ 5 9"“. “h sub: -1 ,-_-_-- Consumption. new ' *’ an In nun“. '5' hehnsndb " hasty-ens nm {not PM thn t reoort / IAN POSTI- [MW 1.. “mm m ”ETISING urns. mm. 10 can pot lb: (11‘ mm. 10 a." momma: 5 G FM on . $1 no minding! IN 1v" “ 0: “Wu“ lino (II III:- to out nab-mu.“ loco-qwjho . 27th. 1900. :haa meet modern commxons. in- Erom_ these two source d man! 1: results, 1 a 8' 109413, Mastic; to the men pre- honest work, misappropriatio and aimim >ject _ :lled 9"!” Pay the tax with bone ' Whflo others, 2mm various m :niz- not 'an any and publh m ind ls on. ne'er: will conglunutg tllumhérhlh I. I . ’m n 9953953? Mir-«w tmch- Wlthb‘nt Plan or Specificgtion, . without system, organization or prop- uf sgpogviqiog. agony gar-tiling in view. -A._4 ALL-â€" out the» meb mama-‘3» only than umll anal. and tn conu- qm do not null. tho summon: total. Tl» Mm la made too. vlth llttlo or m cttwt at cuvtul wont-loo. with tit wit that a 80 Wm: In wind. 93d much at the W mum poor u- touut. M at tho' «panama in undoubtodly dent-d to a wry ecu purpooo, but a 05mm! ”gauntlet“! ma mtlnodn gunned in town-hips. villages, towns! and u a» mu thing in citiea. will «uncle-o that ow- ing to halt: adminlaa-‘tion, carol“: and basal-Soloed tum-ion. and the W inhuman M are brought tobenxonthmoinchnrua. «nu-system of mm in incompetent. utter- ly unjust and extravagant. and in al- most solely Mamie for. their {on condition. 7 _ _ -_' 6n}â€" 311E (it déiign m inei‘plaip- able. first. an 3 general thing,er rvifi}. iii: val: “puritans should be made upon such an» important public work in so alijmd. a. mayor. \yigh- w -â€"_'_, dfthe r“tam. that wwwemr ufiy other public mark is done quantipdly in is matched. with um closest. interest M’hen the’ people of a municipality. axe shown! what the! roads are costing them it is a mention. gnd for the first time they am now, commencing to realise tha W at the work and the magnitude of the“ expendi- ture. Em see that better and mamas roads. do not Mrfly an increased. outlay. but abet- gy‘ (ills 111W, and tho expendip tux-e criticized to the nostytrin‘mg item. ' z . . ~.,-;,.u_ :fié Vdmstion. Underlying 7 W118. for well populated districtsnvhare d mind has of govern- ment should be apphed, the present in fundameqtally l tributed among Hum-w __ , . ' ' ' distributes It hundred path- ftom one to a pathmaster. cube latter have nothing to lose and so can namely shrug, then- ahoulders when any improper or care- less expenditure, comes to light. Divid- M: ,“mnsibilitv is never successful 110». Under 919,99”; sponsibility ls. u tribntgd 813038.} {Ihnt the money expel-Kubulo m w Largely scattered in patch work. in temporary and perishable work, is due largely to the {not that all road wot: tions, while large in aggregate, are mode in small amounts with. the ob- ject of supplementing statute labor. If this were reversed, and a system of money expenditure made a. heels, and the money concentrated in dur- able and permanent work from year to year, statute labor being the sup- plementary force, it would greatly tend to correct present weakness. It is found, however, to be almost im- possible to combine the two dyetems in this latter way. Immediately the greater economy of a. concentrated. money expenditure is realized. with its greater flexibility. and adaptation for securing better work. the awkr wardneas and wastefulness of statute; Laibor beconns apparent, and it is: found in many we to?» a hindrance 1 In pursuing a" study“ of the details; ye find that mtuta‘labo'r is slighted : m many well known fways by. the. tax- 1 payers individually and collectively. 1 Some do their duty and some try to‘ do it. Some will not do;:‘hein$duty,‘ and try to keep others from doing it. ‘ Some would do them duty, but seeing‘ the ouelesam dflhemdooletha in- .1th o; the system. Mao are oqre- ‘ lea- mgr-the raw: Dam: Wthe ‘ index present oohditions, all re- vnsibility is. in me. first place, is- old): thatnomm insults. much u for t!» m at £51 all who do tho work. mm. uglin- to “It kind. of work d win: 1‘ radln‘. (inching or cmvdlnr to ‘ than it. in down. and. 1mm iocallly who lt in dons. . v ‘â€"---â€"_' .. vhf - cod condition. they are neglected allowed to become almost impun- able betcha repnigs are mdo. ha dun no. and ' Th» Other Wat ll Neclcntod. It In the. an. unbn athu' conditions. and (radius nnd ditching um wry ot- ton done: to tho neglect of (null- lus, it tha tanned". involvo 1m bother Andaoitmon. mmnwhoil doing tbs work. not' tho work itlelt. being tho first gen-ignition” In thocuvotmdl. than inn. mow than for doing the work. and- no other time will do so well. No other timn will be no satisfactory. No other tims will ban the mud; in good. mfidition at a minimum expense. But this under ‘the mtuto‘hbozj 99¢an is .an impopdbility.- {mtg labor in available only at one time of the year, »mt a rm “savor-3.1110 time {or madmnking. and it is not than devot- ed to a propenschamta of repairs. Re- pairs are mad: only whim the roads are entirelyyqrn qt. Once placed. in year will look after his own intend... even to tbs extent of digging aditch. which will benefit only in own farm, without benefit to the road. Possibly. to its Wmnt. - 4» much benefit to the townsman as to the m. ‘ Without .the means of access. a Qohntry is .valueleas fonproduction purposes. A Item of highest fertility within fifty mile- ot Toronto. it then m not roads by, which it might he would be as valuoleaa‘ as it situated in the heart of Africa. mum is not mound by miles. but by rapidity and ease _of travel and ' . It naturally . fol- laws that, with the dpeuing of the first wagon _track leading to it. the ' â€"Lâ€"-â€"â€"._--- and .- No manor hm mud: rudln. m be N“. no mu Sm much dltohiu ll mutant. 1“ t in mean- yongmt not the tam-r to draw. gavel. 78"!” (I a 1.1m w.â€"â€"v_.-‘, the road. improves the value of the m and ' _, other conditions re- maining cons nt. A5 popul’atibh' in- creases, tho wealth of our citizens will W and it‘th‘enflore points forci- bl: to the occlusion that one of the moat potpnl: mm d improving and butbpmg town and. city streets is uni-v â€"‘â€"v-v 7 V o '13}: work. under statute labor, is not done at all points when it ' is most waded, but. it. ilan unwritten law that thp plump-star for the ' LAA_ALA valub The construction and maintenance or main roads is much more expensiva anq exaqting than the roads of lease: importanne. {may almads absorb marge,“ 051‘ up tomahtg mom appmpnatlons ls spent, and thy great- as part of thmsutuha Labor, totha neglect of th’e little travelled. Imds. Heavily tmfelled.‘ they quickly get. __A_- stances, {mm townqmp u and through the gmtat sible. ' ’ Couuty Systems now. upernm The only counties in Ontario which maintain county roads are Wentworth Lincoln, Wellington, Ermtenac and. Hastings._ ’Wenthdtth county‘ has for some time been considering the advimbility of extending its sys- tem, and during the. past year a. com- Remember Remember that if your nervous system needs toning you will be miser- able yourself and make those you come in contact withmis- erable. . Remember .I- per box. five bore. for 8!. All drawn. or sun: WmNuCa. Tasman. that you cannot possibly be happy or sucossful unlss you sleep soundly, at heartily, and digest what you eat. that in Dr. Ward’s Blood and Nerve Pills you have a remedy that has never yet tailed to cure loss 2f amnesia. Dyspepsia and Stomach‘Disgrdqs, Had- any disease mused by im- poverished blood, such as Pale Greenish or SallowCompldon. Nervous Prostration, WW. Pain in the Back. Kidney and liver Disorders, and Cami}. back tothomrmmatm aboutxvm .rchant running his mer- chase qt t.‘ a the W and the pm- country. utarmbacktotown. .m until at] ads are mrly, it not quite. mintainet unfit to‘ the tmsman as roads m m. ~ province o‘ .010 mean! of access. a amfindou valuolcas toryroduction council ap Systems now. owned: ABSOLUTE . SEflllfllTY. Garter’s Little Liver Pills. miuion was at work in' the count. 0! Oxford. .Victoria, Grey and ork. counties have also august} up q‘u'es- tion to 10m about. For the. boot in- ‘ formation on ths subject in coaxial however, the county of Hastings will most repay consideration. The noun-I ty of Potuborough appointed a com-‘ mittee to look into Huntingtmteln twoyears ago.and this committal; ful- ‘ liendomod the systemugthexjoundt The Hunting: system .. cod about twnnty years ago with jur- chase of the toll reads throughout the country. .Theno have been added to until at present about 370 mile. um maintained as countrymrudt. Iheoe' AL- "118m â€"u v'__-_ roads are among the finest in" the province of Ontario. and in may parts amnndoubtedly the best. The county council appropriates snnua‘dy shout 818,090 {or county system. includ- ngA,_,,_ -_ --â€"â€"L- Inn:annl .lc'vw IVA u-v v'__-d , mg the expenditure on county bridges, which are expensivnly built of iron. concrete and stone. The management ofthesemndaiadeputedtoa.‘ Committee of the Council; by whom a Superintendent of Roads is employed. {the mule are divided into four sections. and. a. gang 0! men under a. competent foreman is placed over each. Whenever :1 Section of place. Under county road control a prop- erly organized corps of men can be to build and repair roads. As at other employmenta they bacon»: experienced and do better work, and in tho matter 0! repairs are ready to make them as soon as signs of wear 89988!- By a county plan, uniformity of work and system .lWill be secured throughout th} Vanougmunicipxlitiog. In a county pun an expoucuwu _.... properly qualified man could be em- ployed to have constant supervision of the Mk. where}: under township control each municipality cannot at- ford to pay. than anJAry of such: 3mm Under every good system: it is neces- sary to have respondbility centraliz- ed and gained, not divided and easily slanted. from one to an-o other as it now. as under the statute labor system. s . Under county control modern ma- chinery, too expensive for individual townships, can be purchased. and handled to agnntnqe. an experienCed A _._._ .â€"-A 'A“ nib“ if“; ontnery. lW V-‘rvu-nv- _-_ ._,, townships, can be purchmad and banned to adnnt . an experienced operator can be emp and for each 'un-' A. township can mange its plexnent. and a. better and more uni- (arm class at work. will be secured. ptmperiy only by adopting asimilar» plement. uuu - v"... ___ , farm class at work. will be secured. properly only by adopting as‘umlar plan to tlnt outlined under acouna ty system. but by extending it over a. county it becomes more, cheaply opers ated. A pvt-Operly connected system 01! leading roads throughout the county will be obtained: undo: a county sys- tem; whemaa vnth each townsh‘p, end even each statute labor best, work- ing independently of those around it. this will .be lost sight of. "oval: it. _ During the winter mbnth’s.‘ when ASL. LL'. _ I ." f mum ~lv--â€"~r maintained. The qdjoining manic;- pality may for various measom not consider it of so: much importance as to! wamnt than m making an ex- to benefit largely their pendium . Mignon who are obhgod to trqvel am: it. _ _ During th's ynnter mbnth's. wbexi gum is plentiful, tha necessity for ' of the! roads isms great. as at any“ otb'ar moon. {But nutcrtun‘atel‘y of- ten in on; night they beoo’mp by_drifta CURE SICK HEAOAOHCo has: lo‘d’imgnmun u 5.- Pno-Snlll Wm 3M- v‘â€"â€"â€"- 7 who contributh in Loonnty plan, unitargnity of Ind system will be secured bout thy Various municipxlitiea. I: under township control adi- otplanaisalmtobeadopt- countyglap an experiefloed and “n; 1-- Am- m mum. m 3mm.“ m mom, son mm um. m ceamnml. m mm mm, m m: conun- meaiure to the first | .While there may be some feeling I averoe to township! wrung with any .oontml of their math. it is neverth'e-i l lees impa-‘ble. under a towuuhip aya- tem. to levy taxation equ'tsbly. or.‘ 1' employ the most mind. and at I the one time mm 1e (item. 115: businesslike M. und consequently greater etficioncy is secured. It Irovideu for u more equitable system at levyinctho coat. 201':de use of ’moda'u machinery. and for a h‘gher grade of oversight and. wortmsnahip. At the present tum, township coun- oils are umble to maintain the mods by statute Inbound. m in con- aequeme compelled to make annul appropriation: of money from the gen- all tax. the money is. in the min. spent on tho roads which won“! oom- prile a county auteur. but mag to the contracted ch'uncter of the lys- tun. township council: are unable to apply this expenditure to the great- est advantage. V Despite the advanhgu ot a county system at road‘ twp counml'on are Imuutly‘ unwilling to gave up any of their patent pownrg. and the influrnc: and mtrouag) whack {oom- mnv mm Tho seaâ€"ans no unduly ' "~*' ,__ A county and In“!!! annulus the out of gamma!“ roads. In 9m county mum: a. min radian d a. who: ton. tunic con-tum: in- can- u the town bnwrouhod. Tho cost at tantrum and lamina-max WI in wt!“ to the mum. W is unfair to M Aghooo llvi9¢_ w" â€" Ewtoi}: Twit" this can t6: building roads to Mt. traffic from: distance. lounhirutooaun Wat and often withdraw .W'. . u , , n, d LA.) -_ ii; "if 7 w t . know In- odonthn' a}: nod 91h. (manly will In vhlbd otthouby 0. may I nun. Undu- thn county mm m wul ho mulch“): mutated to Ind-rub durum. wt. and mud: that road. will 1» ml: mtmctod undat- mud- mlmdmd n a la- cost than at mat: ' _ -â€"-§10perly in very largely valued. ac- cording to distance tram (hp mrhot and. the oonvonioncg yilhjvhich‘tha market an be mend. Property 1. long distance mom that what is .1- flecmd .to a ‘W extent by} tho bad omdltim (I an roudn thnn in pmporly nu near the market. Good. roads (More of ester ulna to tannin a. long ‘ dfittnoo ammomrhtthnnthouin thcim- medhto vicinity. Under a county system. durable mad construction would be undead-- en. up com value of this work would. be men and minted by the psoplo of tho ditflarent townnh‘ps. The well built road- would land an ob- ject Mandwoum tuchthe bet- ter expendltm of fund: spent by the townships on the roads maintained by at. will ho M3047 my“. amp puny them. The new no man; occupied with; the distribution money over the roads, the building of culverts and bridges and the uttleâ€" meat of mad accounts. This duti- bution. as u genorul thing. is nub at the request of ammunity of cam-seeking deem. and not in u:- wrdnnce with the uni requirements of'um roads. u-wpnld be the can it suchuthooontmlotaoountym ' c b9 several not: before Mr. Broon will be able to up“ gbont freely. _ The rival without Mt. Bmen gave ~um firmilyn gmt (right. ‘- .., mar. who resides neer Hogan's Is- land. mat with a painful accidental: Wednesday night. He started from Lidnsay in a covered buggy just as the stom‘was coming" up. and when the first' terrific flash of lightning oaem tbs honeâ€"3 quiet uniml. usu- allyâ€"kicked in the dashâ€"board and struck Mr. Breen on the right knee. throwing hin} euthLHe was picked up In Aralâ€"llama.- ms decision in a.-caae believe the Guelph Police Magistpto against a. hotolhaeper charged. with having peo- ple in his be: during pmhited hours is of M intern“ to hotelmen. The Magistrate ungained the view ad- vanced by t)» oounpal to: the Chin! of Police, that W pineal where liq- uor. ms trafficked. w a bar-room within the! meaning 0! sec. 56 at the Liquor License Act. .Whilo there will only one "bar” allowpd by law, and the min which: it was phoedi wu apparently contemphtod 6th” roomi in which liquor wouldubo sold. by. the n... «r mu m: “the bar-room." or sad in mi; any HEARW BISEASE Intending to Hotel Keepen. lurhz‘e License! At Porter’s Bookntom- Kicked by Hi: Home. yet made a pom-marten: ex- aminationinacascol death from Heart Disease with. out findin the kidneys wereatfau ." Tthidney medicinewhichwufirston the mrket. most success- ful for'Heart Disease and all ' ey. Troubles. nod not: widely W is Budd’s Md future. thlt a'ndin “no? hotnl «m “0. tin Io 215 public «an: w,â€"_â€"' in dobniint‘a “bu-rem? and “mums-tuna.- hum mum mun”: lu- tln Quinn. vb limoulrluhhhnd. gt thwfiofltbhxdm.” oocldonully killed on m enn- lll. abhdmutuhothm IWKM.‘MWMNWW When autumnal“. ho -v- _..fi _ Pat Bonn. I. neigwor of Quinn'e. when. driving to Kepne early yester- day morning. was emptied to find Quinn's have, which had come to e. “and-tilt by new at the line bev- ing caught on a. lace stone. I'm- that investigation (1th the deed body of Quinn and pupal at bane. and week scattered dong the shield the mud. . 3n» Genet-ed lenva nwifead hm- fly at e5 t childnen. besides enum- berof ' tins inOtonebee Ingm- The deep cuts. received while being dres- sed along by the infutlisted borne. B I .l. m, William Davidson. St. Andrm. Qua. “a“: “Dr, M's 93‘“!!! 0‘ rinsed and Turpentine In: curedmo {5‘ mfiim that the third tle mndo‘ mo__a quail mm." 2500!!“ an _-_L_ 353?: i] ii is E 3 3%“ 1:1: WECUREIMPon-zncv for my 3 coutimfion. Boil your clothes md than man then, sud with help of Victorian, they come out n whit. .- now, Ind note thnt “Vicronmn” annotinjm clothe- nut hub. mumbling mm View-inc do. 1n! Kim- if“ :Zakueuthacdwh4bfl- unaided)“. no. SMITH. 9-11.}me I. cumin) BABE] on. KtLl-ID 0" TH. ROAD. manner); mm a: 05.9“!“ (who hm" cents. 77”. nod-n00 36.736653...“ ”Tunic-£00.”: DR. F. A. 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