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Sy _ially 1a the neighborbood of tbe junction. GREAT DARGAIS AT THE Manchester Warehouse tl To effect & CLEARANCE! Fall & Winter Goods, The subscriber of- Po the anv of his stock of Dry Goods at» GREAT REDUCTION from former prices to Cash buyers or In exchange for Butter & Eggs. The very top price paid for Butter & Eggs--and goods given in exchange at Cash prices, A fine lot of harvest implements of best make on hand, and for sale cheap. A lotofexcellent Qetion Yarn of various colors. also on a lot of Choice Teas, all parties in want of (Good Bargains will please call early. Present price of butter, 9d per 1b. ADAM GORDON. . Manchester, July 81, 1868. Ele futaria Bhs, JAMES BAIRD,... EDITOR PRINCE ALBERT, AUG. 13, 1868. RAILWAY BY-LAW. This important By-Law will pass its final ordeal on Wednesday nest, 19th in stant, when every freehclder in the tows. ship, resident and non-resident, whose real 'estate is rated at $100 or more on the last revised assessment roll, will have an op. portunity of voting either in favor of the by-law or against it ; and it ip something to know that whichever decision is given will be the result of mature deliberation, as 'the matter has been most prominently be- fore the electors for nearly a month past. There is nothing that can be gained by getting illnatured about it, and calling those who differ from us--either in favor of the by-law or against--hard names, all that can be required of any ome---and it should be required of every one--is to view the matter calmly and fairly, asa public, not as a private enterprise ; not en- «quiring how much will it be worth to me, but how much will it be worth to the township at large ? And no man should 'east bis vote either for or against the scheme uatil he bas thoroughly and dis: passionately considered both sides of the question, and honestly weighed its pro- bable bearing on the community. When it.is considered that the best interests of the municipality are connected with the wesult of the vote about to be cast, it be- hoves every one of us to weigh well the consequences, so that we may poll our vote in favor of the by.law, if we con- Sider that the road will be worth to the -wanigipality all the money that is asked for at; or against said by-law if we conceive that more 1s asked than the road will be worth to the municipality ; t. e. whether 'the municipality would be better to give the bonus and get the road, or give no bonus and get no road. If after thorough 4nvestigation (and we should not vote till we hase thoroughly investigated) we con- sider it better for' the municipality asa whole to get the road and give the bonus, then let us cast aside all uarrow local jeal- ousies, all "stand and deliver" proclivitiés, even our own personal advantage to a cer. &aio extent, if our interest jars with our duty, and poll our votes in favor of the by- law. Of course those who have come to the couclusion that we are better without " dbe road thao take it at the price asked have an equal right and dufy to vote down the by-law. . The present by-law has several advan. tages over its short lived predecessor, In the first place it bas reduced the bonus 25 per cent, instead of asking $40,000 as asked for by the former by-law, it asks buf have determined to build the road on the broad gauge, and not the narrow as was at one time contemplated ; thus by a little additional outlay ia the construction, the people in the north will. be delivered from a perpetual tax on grain and every other commodity which they might wish to send by the Grand Trunk, and al- so on goods of every description coming by. the Grand Trunk, and thea to come north by the Whuby & Port Perry lige. It 1s not alone the extra expense of break- ing bulk, paying hands for taking goods from one car to another, but the an.ount of damage and more or less waste that is occasioned by throwing the goods from car to car. And that is not all freight com- ing from the north would bave to be stored away at Whitby till the Graod Trunk send al sod pick it up, while all the time it remaiss there, the owner 1s paying storage, losing the interest of the money vested, and perhaps too loosing a good market; while on the other hand with our broad gauge line, wher once our goods are put aboard of the ears, whether on the Graafl Trunk or the whitby and Port Per- ro line,they never leave those cars till they arrive at their destination ; and thus par- ties will be saved the expense and waste of transferring from ear to car, or from car to storehouse, and again from storehouse to ear, besides the expense of storage, the loss of interest on capital sunk, and the risk of loosing an advantageous market. The flimsy argument, maintained by some, that bulk must be broken at any rate when passing from one line to another, although both may have the samo guage, that one company won't accomodate another, so far as to allow their cars to pass over the other company's line. This is a powerful argument, and only made use of by those who happen to be interested in the locality where the junction' is, as this creates a great amount of labor, and of course, employs hands at that spot ;. but who pays those hands? Because two rival lines happen to take the pet at each other, and, like spoiled children, pout and refuse to accommo- date each other for a time, it must be made a rule for all time to come, that bulk must necessarily be broken, ere passing from one company's line to that of another. The illegitimacy of the conclusion is transparent ; such is very far from being the fact. Besides the Whitby and Port Perry, so far from being a rival will be a feeder. to the Grand Trunk, and will therefore meet with every encouragement from that company in way of freight cars and other accommodation. Hence the broad guage is a decided recommend- ation to the proposed road. As far as route and location of sta. tions are concerned, we have no hesi- tency in asserting that the repealed By-Law was in every way preferable to the present, in regard to the general benefit to the municipality at large, as it could not have failed to concentrate the trade in the centre of the township, while it would have saved the expense of erecting and maintaining one freight and passenger station, there being only one for the two villages instead of one | people 3. chance to have a stray car to foreach. With'regard to the location of the road, if there is blame to be at. tached to any party--and we are not sure that there is--certainly our coun. cil is not to blame, they did the best that could possibly be done under the circumstances ; the company on the one hand wished the road fo go as dirett as was'practicable, and very properly so, thus keeping eastward and branching to the west. The council took it as far west as they oould get it, their only alternative being to take this or rejeet the By.Law. Thislatter course--by many of those who now $30,000 for thé main line. This is a decided improvement in a financial pot of view, and cannot fail to gain many sop- porters to the scheme, as it shows that the company is asking the very least that it can possibly get along with, An- other improvement in the present by-law is that it provides for a branch toUxbridge, and asks from Reach $10,000 after three pretty well on towards completion. This branch cannot fail to be a favorite both in Reach and Usbridge, Maay in Reach who felt indifferent it not opposed tu the scheme, when the main line alone was con- templated, bave turned right iu since the branch bas been introduced, seeing in it » means of consolidating the county by bringing the: trade through its legitimate chanve's and fostering important commercial centres in the north riding of the county. Uxbridge cannot fail to per- eive the vast advantages she will derive from this counection as she is certain to become an important commercial centre, while the teafic created by this branch wil be of much importance to Reach, espe. Wihighiever locality gets this junction will | tly benefitted, for other branches complain--would have been regarded as highhanded, seeing, that before the elections, the councillors had pledged themselves to submit a By-Law to the people if properly requested to do 50 ; 80 that Aaving made the very best they could of the By-Law, they placed it befoge the peaple so that if satisfied jootits ~ aioe That a road through this county is much needed no one attempts to dispute ; the only point of dispute being whether the municipality ought to pay anything towardsit ; and if so, how much ? This isa straightforward business like ques~ tion, and in place of sneering knowingly at those who proposed such questions we ought to be pleased that we live ina community that demand a reason, that ask the why, and wherefore, and wont exactly go to their knees at the bidding of ing. / In schemes of this kind, perhaps more than any other, there is room for a div-- jsion of the community into classes--.don't be alarmed, gentle reader, the division proposed is not that ofcast, but that of calling, and the reason for the division must, we believe, be obvious to every one, as neither the benefits resulting from the enterprise, nor the payments towards it can be. equally divided. :| © First thed 'we have thie day labouref, one of the most important classes of the pany | community=<his tax for the road would 8 3 i fal En they may recei¥o it or otherwise re-|° wiles of this braoch bave been pushed |jeot it.' be almost nothing, in very many instan-- ces absolutely so, and to say that he will be vastly benefitted by the road would only be expressing a "Met that is patent 10 everyone'; as it would open up to him an inexhaustible field of highly re~ munerative labour (selfish people would say, O! that would be a damuge to the township, for when private parties re-- quire a labourer they will have to pay him more) hence all day laborers will wish success to the enterprise. his tax for the road will be comparative- ly small, while the advantages he will derive from it will be numerous and im-- portant. As inhabitants increase houses must multiply and increasing the de-- mand for carpenters masons and pain- ters will not only give them full employ-- ment, but increase their pay. And as houses without furniture are useless, the cabinet maker, the tinsmith, and the stovedealer will be large shares in the profits; but an increase in the popula. tion creates an increase in the demand for wearing apparel, thus the shoe mak- er and tailor will participate largely in the advantages--hence mechanics to a man will go for the road. Thirdly.--~We have merchants and manufacturers=this class will contribute largely towards the payment of the tax, but they will also benefit largely by the work. They, will supply the materials for building, painting and furnishing the houses, and for feeding and elothing the inhabitants--in fact nearly all the money coming into the hands Bf the laborer and the mechanic. will pass into the hands of the merchant, and through his into those of the manufacturer, leav-- ing a profit in the hands of each. It would be superfluous to say to this class that the road will be greatly to their ad-- vantage by increasing their trade and augmenting their profits; while at the same time it will create a liberal circul- ation of cash, which cannot fail to ren- der business transactions pleasant and profitable, and do more to stamp out that abominable ** credit system' than any other means that can be adopted. If merchants and manufacturers do not sanction the scheme it cannot be because it won't pay them. Now for the largest and most im- portant class--the farmer. This cluss must pay the larger portion of the tax. The profit'which they will derive from it cannot be so easily pointed out--at least by us--as that of the other class es. We believe however that they will gain more by it than it will cost them. Daring any portion of the year, except perhaps during the best of sleighing the ru. can send his grein to the fron for 2 or 3 cents less per bushel by the cars than he could by team, and 200 bis. so sent would gain as much on carriage as pay the railway lax on the average farms in the township ; besides his profifs on the increased home consumption of his coarse grains, roots, &c. He will also benefit largely in his dairy produce by the cars, being enabled at all times to take advantage of the Toronto market. Many other benefits, will doubtless present themselves of which we cannot nowspeak. A large majority of the farmers will there is little doubt sus. tain the By-Law. et nn SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT A RAISING. We regret exceedingly to learn that three men got badly injured while in the act of raising a frame bain for Mr, Ferral, in the neighborhood of Chalk Lake, on Wednesday 5th inst. It ap= pears that they were putting up one of the plates, but there not being hands enough to manage it, down it fell and breaking in two with the fall, seriously injuring three of the men, viz : Thos. Brand, Asron Day, ard Luther Wakum. Fortunately there are no bones broken, and the parties are progressing favorably. ro tl A NORTH ONTARIO KE. D, AGRICULTU- RAL SOCIETY. membership fee for the present year, will do well to remember that said fees must be paid on or before the first day of September next, If so paid parties, can make es many entries for the Show as they please without further charge, but those who do not pay by that time will require to pay a dollar for every entry they make. Everyone desirous for, the prosperity of the country--who would ses our stcek improved, and our manufactures prosper, ought to put his shoulder to tie wheel, by becoming a member, and doing whet he can to help the society alopg, Those who stand back on the plea that everything is not mansged just us they would like it, are doubly guilty compared to those who remain back from indifference lieving that everything is getting along well enough without them. = Mr. Marsh; at Port Perry--Mr. Christie, at Manchester --and Mr. Scott at Prince Albert, are always ready to receive members, Let us have a membership worthy of the noble objects of the society. Loti: diss" % » Sccondly.--We have the mechanic, | Parties who have not yet paid their] 2 + MEETING AT EPSOM. , fn A meeting took place at Epsom in con-- nection with the Railway by-law on the evening of Tuesday, 12th current, of which we had prepared a full report for insertion in this issue ; but finding that the chief arguments made use of, for and against, have either been published by Mr. Gordon, or are now being published over the signature of # Bushwhacker." We wiil therefore allow them to tell their own story. eet 4 ee GATHERING UP THE SPOILS. The contest in West York is ended, Mr. Wright got 654 votes, while Mr. Bell got 249 so that Mr. Wright is mem-- ber of the Commons for West York. rel A-- TO CORRESPONDENTS. © « T, H.""--Want of space compells us to defer yours till next week. "J. T."--Crowded out till next week. " Reply"-- Yours : declined--we do not like to seea whole host of masked warriors 'pitching into an unmasked knight. Communications, To the Editor of, the Ontario Observer, Reach, Aug. 8th, 1868. To Adam Gordon, Esq., MERCHANT, MANCHESTER, Townsuip CouyciLLor Yor Reacu. SIR,-- We learn from history that in all ages ¢' great occasions" have produced « great men." Reach is now in a crisis and is rapidly developing great men. Evidently in your estimation you are the « man for the imes"--in the present oriais of railway matters in the township--and being so over-powering in intellect, so su- premely correct in judgement, so transcen- dent in atilities, and so I; ing in public matters --your _ upright conscience was sorely troubled until yon conld # aid us in arriving at sound and intelligent views," and thus " help us to give an intelligent vote." Many and sincere thanks for your timely consideration and fatherly watch- fulness over our inderests. At the same time truth compells me to say, that [ do not exacly see the matter in the same light us yourself. Mont certainly you have a night tospeak and be heard. In the name of fair play, do not prevent me from thinking just a little on my own ac- count, Now, my dear frend, if you can spare the time, let us have a little quiet cenver- sation, (in perfect confidence, and not for the world to ba repeated by either of us.) Yon advise the rate-payers to vote against the Railway by-law, on several grounds. You eay-- 1st. " That the help to business men and farmers by the ciroulation of foreign capital will be but temporary in duration, and limited in extent." Answer.--The length of the road, in this Township, will be abont eight miles. I am not much up in railway figures, but I suppose that to grade, fence, bridge, and cut down hills, fill up valleys, supply sleep. ers, and erect station houses, will, at least, average $8,000 per mile. Therefore, for the eight miles, we will have an expendi- ture of SIXTY FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS, directly for labor done in this township. Not including the Uxbridge branch, we have at once, more than two dollars brought into the Township, for every one dollar we: promise to pay twenty years hence. At the same tate, for the Uxbridge branch, we would have an expenditure of fifty thousand dollars, for the proposed bonus of ten thousand dollars--or at the rate of five dollars for one. That is what I call a pretty good investment. To make five hundred perjcent, receive the cash in ban® Now, and have from one tn twenty years to pay the 100 per cent, on which the 500 is made, 1s a very fair operation. You must bear in mind that I only calu- late the expenditi re at $8,000 per mile, leaving 87,000 or $8,000 for iron, and rolling stock. Ccnsequently, for the $30,- 000 bonus for the main hne, we will have expended ia the Township the whole $30,- 000, and $34.000 more. For the $10, 000 for the Uxbridge branch, we will have the $10,000 and $40,000 more, making a total of our own $40,000 and $74,000 besides. Now these are nice sums to have distributed in our midst during the next twelve months. But you say * the circulation of foreign capital will be but temporary in duration," Of course, the whole $114,000 will be all spent in one year. Buty my doar sir, the work will be nent, and the money will remawn with us; or if portions of the woney do pass from the Township, some one mm the township will reap its equivalent, and be just so much the better of. Ina word, I hold that the actua) expenditure of $114, 000 in the township, in one year, makes the towosbip just so much richer, and that either the money or its representative, in whatever shape you please, will always with us, dhti To take no bigher ground than this one position assumed by yourself, the township must be large'y the gainer by the passage of the By-law. * Second,--You give your 'ccrdwood and lumber reasons. Answer.-- Surely, my friend, you cannot be in earnest in what you say under this head? Suppose an acre of wood land produces 40 cords, you say the advance in cordwood will be oae dollar, per cord. Does not that make an immediate increase in value of $40 per acre, for every acre of 'wood land in Reach? In 1866, the ae- suv retired for Beish; 4719 eres of unoccupied fand. "I'his we may safely conclude was all wood land. But let > call it 4,000 acres. You have 58,000 scresof occupied 'land, and we may safe- Iyassume that fifteen per cent of thisis wood land § thus making 8,700 acres in all; or if you please say 8,000 acres* This 8,000 acres of wood land, now occupied by re. sidents of Reach, would, according to your olen showing, be enbanced in value, $40 per acre, making for the 8,000 acres, three hundred and twenty thousand dol~ lars, the instant the railway is open ; be. mg exactly EIGHT times more than our whole railway bonus. But if to this we also add the 4,000 acres of wood land, not occupied, we have a total of increased value of $480,000, precisely TWELVE times the amount of the bonus ! Seriously, you do not mean to say that $490,000 in. creased value on one description 'of pro- perty alone, is a detriment to Reach? I will give you credit for better judgment, and charitably assume that you did not ex: actly know what you were writing about. Then, os to the lumber interest :--You assume that the increased profits on lum+ ber would be one dollar and fifty cents per M. Granted. According to your view this would be a loss to Reach! your own argument a little farther. Sup. ose the Port Hope Railway raised its famber tariff two dollars per M. and that the surplus lumber of Reach and Uxbridge could find no other outlet than that Raul way. T'hen, according to y@ur argument, Reach would be ** the gainer," and I sup- pose would keep oa gaining just in propo tion as the Railway raised its tariff. to $10 per M! Then, lumber, to carry out your logic, would be given away, and Reach would grow rich on the operation ! What a happy and contented state of things for the people of Reach! The Port Hope Road now carries about sixty million feet of lumber annually. When were the mills built that cut that lumber 7 = Since the Road has been opened! At Lindsay we now find saw mills, shingle machines, and stave factories. "The logs to supply those mills are not unfrequently "floated a distance of one bundred miles. Oa the Sturgeon Lake waters we also find erected saw mills of the largest size. During the last winter a large saw mill was erected on the Lake St, John, in Rama, that cuts more lumber than all the other™saw milly in the county put together, All that lumber finds a shipping portat Toronto. over the Northern Railway, Build the Whitby Road, and it is not only the Port Perry and Uxbridge limber of to.day, and a portion of the Lindsay lumber too we will carry 3 but you will see new mills and factories spring up along the shores of Scugog Lake, creating new wealth, adding to our population, aod thus securing to this township a degree of prosperity un- ttainable in any other way than by the Railway. We have unfortunately in our midst, among others, two classes of leaders of public opinion: the * stupidly ignorant," and those who wilfully misrepresent. would be®orry to class you with the latter. But the facts place you on the horns of a dilemma. Third.--You say that a towa will spring up at Port Perry, and in course of time become incorporated, " with boundaries widesspread as possible." Answer.--On the completion of the road, unquestionabl Inrge town must spring np at Port Perry. And, air, we will have an- other town at Prince Albert, and an- other at Manchester. With the Road built it will not only bs the business of Reach done within its boundaries, but we will largely control the trade of North Ontario, a portion of Victoria and a portion of Dur- ham. Port Perry will, doubtless, control the Lake trade, and that business alone will make it A large and important town, -- That traffic we do not now see. And but very few--youorself among the number-- realize its vastextent or its money im- prance. To make a town at Port Perry out of foreign business will certainly not injure Roach, Prince Albert will alno be- come a large town. [It will draw the trade of Scugog and Cartwright ; also from the south-east, as well as from the no:th, by Simcoe street, and will thus become one of the most important points of the road. -- Manchester, through the Centre Road, will control another section of trade, and, like the road, will become a central peint. The station, fortunately for Manchester, will be South of the village, thereby securing to the present village all the advantages ot the Railway and yet remain the largest grain market in the county. You must recollect that the building of the Railway will not close the Centre Road. On the contrary it will consolidate the interests of the whole county, in {improving and ex- tending the Centre Road until it intersects the Monk Colonization Road, in Rama, and through that road draw travel and business, and consequently wealth {rom North Vieto- ria to yonr own village. Manchester would no longer be the four corners, but speedily, with the wealth of Brock, Thorah and the North flowing into its lap, become a town, and take that position its situation unmis- 1akably entitles it to. On the other hand, without a road and a station, Mauchester must remain asitis; and the building of the Nipissing Road wonld wipe the wil- lage out of existence. Where now active business is parened. and the cheerful sound of the mechanic's hammer is heard, nothing would remain but a ruined village with the remaina of deserted and decaying houses, and unsightly falling fences by the road- side. The salvation of Manchester is the Whitby Road. Its ruin, the failure of the Whitby Road and the success of the Nipis- sing. At the junction of the Uxbridge branch with the main line, at or near Utica, we will have another important point, and again another at Epsom, each controlling its own especial trade in Reach, and by the Brock road, and lastly Uxbridge village as the Western terminus, drawing wealth and prosperity % its trade, from Scott, Georgina and the Kastern portions of North York. Yon cannot help but observe that each sation will have its own Paticoles rection of country sitherefore one village will have no legitimate cause for jealonsy of the trade of another, Nuw, my [riend, is it of no consequence to Reach whether those willages are in its midst or not? Ask the township of York whether the City ot To- ronto is of any benefit 1o' the township of York. Ask the same' question of the farm- ers surrounding every oily and town in Up- per Canada, and you will receive only one answer. That answer, sir, you well know; and it is nothing better than the mest ar- rant rant _and hypocrisy on your pait to as- sume thal'large towns are not of advantage --well knowing as you do-- that they are of the first importance tothe surrounding farm- ers. To build up five large business centres inReach would be worth 10 Reach ten fimes the amount of the bonus "asked for, and no man, but the man who desires to mislead, would deny the fact. On this point alone-- cnsting aside every other consideration-- Reach would make. a good and profitable investment by passing the By-law. But you say # Port Perty will become incorpor- ated with wide spread boundaries," Hero I must again deoply 4 lore your ignorance, the more unpardonable, being yourself a councillor, and presumed to know some- Tu ihat case Port: a iteator, Reach one, and those two a third : Follow up [ti you will also see that on the incorporation of a village or town the new corporation ¢ shall remain liable to all the. bilities" previously contracted or incurred ; smn, = Ep EE wealth, intelligence and prosperity, after you are gone. Even had we never known e.debia or lia] you, | e sun would rise, and set, as of old ; e and harvest would come and go ; ot if athitarjon buses feceamery the wintery. wind would blow, the flowers and arbitrators: inted onder sec. 2 b/ erry wil choose Tr: man. | Those arbitrators then seitle all maiterd between the 1wo corporations, and determine the liability of each for outstand- debt, taking into eonsideration the rein- advantage to each corporation in the original creation of the debt, and also the probable increased ability of each to pay till thejentire debt is extinguiehed. You cannot therefore help but see that even should] Port Perry become nocorporated, the day af- ter the 'passing of the by-law, it could nat shirk one iota of the responsibility. The arbitrators would settle that point fairly and justly between the two gorporations, I frequently heard that you were ¢ well up" in Municipal Law,and therefore can scarce- ly allow myself to attribute your unpardon- able blunder, on this head, to ignorance alone. Am [ wrong in hinting that in ths case you also try to wilfully misrepresent ? Fourth.--You say # No eflort was made at the proper time, fb obtain an éxtension of the Port Whitby and Port Pérry Railway Charlet, so as 10 include Uxbrid; "The people, therefore, are lo *** treat a mere gull and ban" te catch votes, &e. hot Angwer.--I am really very sorry that you should have made the foregoing siatement. It is @mply untrue. If you have a copy of the Charter by you, as introduced in the House #nd printed, please turn with me to section 19 on page 6. There you will see the following section :-- \ "It shall and may be lawful for the said company. to make and construct a branch line of railway from any point on the said railway, through such & portion of the town- ships of Reach or Uxbridge, in the said County of Ontario, or both of them as the directors of the company may determine upon ; and the same shall 'constitute part of the railway agd works of the said company, and all the provisions of this Act shall ex- tend thereto. This section was thrown out: by the Rail- way committee, on the grounds that we must firet prove our abiliy fo build the main line before asking power to build branches. There is no instance on record, of a company being refosed the power to build a'branch when the main line was un- der contraet. - In our care, with the Reach by-law passed, the road will be put ander contract, and thus the very condition made by the Railway committee will have been fulfilled. The application cannot and will not be refosed by the Legislature ofOntario. To say that the House and the Railway committees will refuse permission to busld the Uxbridge braneb, is hazarding a state- ment with your intelligence onght to hava prevented you making. Your flippantand not over refined expressions of " gull' and « bait" and #teold shoulder," are far more applicable to yout own wordy] and sen~e- less letter, than to the sincerity of the friends of the branch. 1t would be tedious, and is indeed mot necessary, to;nate your minor objeations to the by-law. I have merely touched on what you consider the important points raised by yourself, and taking each one singly, [ think you must now be convinced that either one of your reasons against the road, ought to be sufficient of itself, to in- duce the people of Reach to carry the by- law, without my going to the trouble of giving the stronger arguments io its favor, that might be produced. Taking your own grounds; any one of your four positions ought tobe sufficient justification for Reach heartily supporting the measure. To your letter, you conclude by saying that you have not changed your opinion, as expressed, both publicly and privately, and that as our representative you bave endeavoredfto guard our interests, to the utmost of your ability. Now, sir, in this letter, I understand you address the peo. ple of Reach, in your public eapacity. That as one of the councillors of Reach, you advise the people to vote down the by law, claiming for the reasons s:t forth that we want no railway ; that said rail- way would injure us as a Township, #nd in no one particular benefit the township. This is your public, municipal opinion, ex- pressed over your own signature. Let us now turn to your private opinion, as ex- pressed publicly by yourself. At the Railway meeting, beld in Man. chester, oo the 30th of April. last, in yourd a by-Inw for#50,000. speech, as follows: (vide, Whitby Chro- nicle, Ontario Observer, and Port Perry Standard.) 7 Mr. Gordon having been repeatedly called for, next took the stand. * * * * ¢ He (Mr. Gordon,) gave Mr, Bigelow and Mr. Paxton credit for their advocacy of the project, and sad that if he were a resident of Port Perry, he would also be in favorof 1. * * * 'The considera tion of; local and self interest was iseper- able from all projects." Here we have your views in a nut shell. To-day, as a councillor, you tell us to vote doen the by-law, Last April, equally as publicly, you told us that "if you were a resident of Port Perry, you wonld be in favor of it!" Consequently, your opin- ions of to-day, as our representative of the whole 'Township, are only based on your owp residence. Living in Manchester, you say, vote against the by-law. Were you at Port Perry, you hase publicly ad. mitted that you would as emphatically say vote for the same identical by law. In the name of all that is good, what differ- ence does it make to us where you live ? Ts the road not equally as Beneficial to Reach, as a Township, whether you live at Manchester or Port Perry 2 Or even for that matter, were you not in Reaeb at all 2 Come, now, Mr. Gordon, with all your self-assumed cleverness, tell me in what way it will affect a farmer, whesher Adam Gorden bajls from Port Perry, Man- chester or the Sandwich Islands? Sup- posing there was no" Adam Gordon"at all, are we thep not to bave a road ? With- out # Adam Gordon" the merchant, the councillor, and, in this nineteenth century, the anti- Railway man, Reach would be no- where, all business would cease, the Town- ship Council collapse, and the Township wiped off the County map, because " Adam Gordon? was not in existence. 'Js: this your pysition and ours? Now, friend wide-g] Big EWE Th Tura again 10 seotion 23 and | T thing of municipa) matters. Are youaware oh 3 i that before Er or AP village | Adam hisls carrying the Satter o Title in Reach or elsewhere can be incorporated | too, fafs. I am quite prepared to mak a very lorge in io of popul must y yee for ble" self-con- trke place? Turn with me to sub-sec, 1 of | conceit, self importance; and vanity ; but, sec.; 10 Mumeipal Act, 1866, ul you will | my déar sir; Reach was considerable of a see that for a iopulation of 1000 not more | Township before you ever set foot in it, than 400 acres can be embraced in the vor-| (of three years "ago, and some three pom shd Can 0 nl 8 err gr sere The boundaries. therefore cannot be very | Pe! das you may yourself select, the msbip will continue to improve in Aad - bloom in spring, and the world continue to increase i Kngwled and wisdom. Tu your estimation: {such things may apyrear impossible ; but let ine assure you kindly, nevertheless sincerely, that it matters little to the world, * From p- Gjeehlands icy moumains to India's burning who " Adam Gordon' is ; and much less to the people of Reach, whether he sells pins and needles at Manchester or Port 'Perry. To further illustrate your ab. surd position, let me if you please, take a farmer at Greenbank. To that far~ mer you now say, from Manchester, *' by all means. vote against the byJawy iv will burden you with taxes ; it will eon. fer no benefit, and in every way itis a" delusion and a snare." You have said: yourself, " were you a resident' of Port Perry you would be in favour of i," Under altered circumsianees, you wo say to the same farmer, " Vote for the by-law, you will not feel the taxes, they will be #0 Tight from the increased pis. perity of the township, and you will thereby - confer an: everlesting blessing: on yourself and your children, unto the third and fourth generations thereof." With that farmer the Manchester Gor~ don, and the Port Perry Gordon would be two distinet beings. Bu if it is right 10 support the by:law with you, in Port Perry, how can it be wrong to vote fer it with you in Manchester? You say that it matters a good deal to yourself where. you live, but in what way does that affect, for good or evil, the Green. bank tarmer's vote? And exactly in the same position is every voter in Reach. Tthink yon and I, friend Adam had beter lot each ratepayer vole ae cording to his own views and convictions, and on the sole ground, whether he and the township are to be benefitted, and: not whether we live here or there, You wind up your letter by shyi that you would vote against the by-law. That, of course, I fully expected as you have not yet polled wp stakes and' mow. ed out. Should you happen to doso be. fore voting day, then, certainly, you' will write a reply to your own letterand support the by-law. Befora-elosing you will not tale it un kindly on my part telling you thar I ins. tend to vote for thie by.law, and had Iino other reasons for doing so your own il- lustrations would eonvince me that it is. my interest so to aet. First.--Because the construction of the Road wil! calse an expenditure in this township alone of~ $114,000. This wealth or its equivalent must always. re-- main with us. This $114,000 is nearly three times ourwhole bonus of 840,000. The $114,000 cash we receive now. The $40,000 we pay hereafter. Secondly.--Because you tell us €ord-- wood will be raised 81 per 'cord, equal to $40 per acre, for wood land, giving at once to Reagh increased wealth of st least $480,000-- twelve times more than our whole bonus. Thirdly. --~ Because towns will spring up, and "where now we have only vilinges, then we will bave-st leass good sized towns, with an importantSermiuus 4) Us. bridge. " Fourthly --Because by voting for $30,000 bonus for the main line, [ also secure $10,000 for the Uxbridge branch, and I know the Whitby peaple, and the friend's of the Road will not rest content 1ill the branch is built. Fifthly.--Because you have stated that if you were at Kort Perry you would support the by-law "yourself, As it makes but little difference to me where you live, (not affecting the marke for grain the slightest fraction of neent.) vote just exactly the same as if yow were in Port Perry. And on Wednesday, the 19th, while giving my vote, I will imagine, friend Adam, thas you reside in Port Perry: that yon are sipporting the by-law ;that you are using everv possible argument that the road is an absolute necessity, and as 1 will be lieve you then, 1 will vouch for your words, and vote like an independent man for pragress, improvement, and prosperity to the township, and" go home with a cone tented n ind, feeling that have performed a public duty to myself, my children, the lownship, and the county. 'That will be right, will it not, Adam ? : After that I will push out all the votes I can for the by-law. I will recall it to my neighbor's minds how, twelve years ago, Reach gave a Landsome majority tor the County by-law of $400,000. J will tell how the share of Reach, at that time, was §70.000, while now we are secnring the road for $40,000 ; how much Reach, has improved in that twelve years; and that the. taxes for $10,000, to-day, will only be atont one fourth whap it would have been for $70.000, twelve years ago [ will tell how the little township of Thorah has ratified: . while Thorah is not'half as Jarge as. Reach, in acres, and not n filth in ussesced value, 1 will, deseribe how the township of Brock is willing to take $65,000, nnd Uxbridge $58,000 in the Nipissing 'roud ; and show how ifthe road is boil it will ruin every wil-. lage in Reach, and make Reach a eoniributor 10 the wealth of Brock ; shew how that road' would take nll) the northern trade out of the County, and eventually lead to a division of the county. And finally show how the Whitby rond would consolidate the county infer esta, How it would make a new front in Reach, and bring the Grand Tronk Railway to our very doors how every thing would prosper by the expenditure of large sums of money ; how the value of (arms and real estate would be increased, and even if 1 did not want to sell my farm how that my neizhbor might; how the taxes under the hy-law, for the first year, would only he $4.80 for $1000: how this tax, the Inst' yenr, would only he nhout $3.00 on $1000; how if property will increase in value, as it must do, that even 1histax wonkl Inrgely reduced; how, that taking the uverage fon twenty years, considering the increase in value and paiiiafion during that time.the tax would not exceed one tar on the thousand dollars ; how an increased value: of only ore dellur per acre on our. lands would nearly. caval the whale fosiog and interest; and, in short: how ut we are all living in an age of progress ; that alld around us we hear the whistle the Focomotive, thay Rench must either advance with the tide, or go tack wards; that 10 stand still is to retregede ; and certain destruction to onr township, and that 'we must now elect, either to move forward, and kegp pace with the Railway enterprises of the age. or quietly and peace= fully slip away into utter insignificance. 'Think of these things, friend Adam, and do not fer elections next January warp your judgment now. I know jis a difficult sehoice for Reach 10 make~the Railway on the one hand; or you, as 1809, without the road. Let ua have both. i, the Rail. way, this year, and seondly, you for our ply 3 waich aver the interests of Reach, and Seu the.bgn 3 fairly expended, next years What say you, yes ornay 7 Your sincere friend, i : BUSH\VHACKER. fa THE GREENBANK 'FESTIVAR HONOR TO WHOM HONOR TS DUE,' Mr. Editor,~8ir,--~When Dr. Brathwaite, in bis speech, made mention of the merits of Dr, Knowlys in connection with the late musical entertainment in Greenbank; he could not 'have been aware of what others had done towards getting it up or he certainly would have gj them the credit their exbrtions deserved..' Mr, Ianson, especially, are due the best tha | ofall who had the pleasure of hearing the 'mag yifiognt band of the 13th Hussars last Friday.-- | Naf being able at that 'very busy time: to get a ] Soin of Stotgement formed, he, nothing | daunted, threw. himself into: the undertaking single handed. While Dr. a was in | Toronto doing what was necessary towards bringioe the band up, Mr. Iansen was making | all brought down all his field hands and teams and in a wonderfully short time ran up the concert room, and provided sheds and tables for re- freshments. In fact did all that could be done by one man in so short p time,10 make; the affain asuccess. Wy It was at Mas. Iayso's hospitable table that | the band wereifeasted, and numbers of others be-/ sides, Who were 'upon the ground, While Mr, | y for their reception in Greenbank, Ho .