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1 you vant the best oon rgoto 2 | 5 ge F. McCLIN TOCK'S hes you realize hat this means to you? Cail and soavioee yous phone 'Bell 29. | {road front their property, than a poor | purpose thereby. {i | quired to pay a special tax not im- | posed on those not enjoying the spec: batter mix, and additional cost of {ial privilege. Suit of this kind m instead of cement. 1 this connection it will be inter- ¢ esting to note the following extract rom the report of the Wayne County Commissioners : | "We are pleased to report that our decision to adopt the concrete road 2 as the standard of construction for delayed ual Wayne County has been amply justi- Convention. 1 fied by the the results. Woodward intention of the Sear! ,and Grand River Roads, built of con- | to suggest to the Couneil what they' crete, and now in their third year, are should do regarding the petition: wearing remarkably well; in fact our That is a question for the Council to! concrete construction has cost prac- decide when the petition comes before' oaliy nothing for maintenance. We them. ¥ find further justification for our policy As to the power of the Counail to in the wear and tear of the macadam issue debentures, the section of the! type of road previously built by us. Act conferring that pover was quoted The main roads on which macadam in a recent issue." construction was adopted when we There aré a few points. regarding began road building in this County, Port Perry streets that are pretty gen- hve. practically weeded resurfacing at erally coneeded: considerable expense." Bh That the streets need improve: Asd whole, we believe that the : would be the best 2 That the present method is not SB co -- the 'case: of satisfactory. . the hill at Borelia, where--macadam 3 That the money available under would bc safer. nt' system of taxation does the resent sys s : | As to the width of road, we are of not give enough cash atone time to! i iopinion that = something narrower ouncil t k enable the Council to' undertake any than sixteen: eet would meet the ihe permanent work. Either the money he ree will be raised by debentures as. now quue wellEnough. Very: few joads have a good road surface of sixteen suggested by the Council, - or" te feet. It might be that an eight foot money available annually will have to feud of Cement, with shoulders. of f be spent ee | broken stone well rolled, would serve Antal id Ng is"about an00. oo all practical purposes for a few years. an amount that would build less han This would cover the proposed stretch of road at much less cost. ~The a quarter of a mile of permanent road : i edges of the cement could be left so or over ten years to build the distance that a four foot addition could be now proposed to be constructed. a 3 y Incidentally it might be remarked made at each side when circumstances : hg hendit If that there are 27 miles of streets in a chan Po i Petry; wal 5; Mould be fenpoger stone used for the shoulders could be 8 to consiruct permanent 70a ay | used for foundation material in the on all of them unless the taxation were made $0 heavy as tv become un {later cement additions. The eight bearable. y foot cement road will afford a splen- did single track, and the broken stone Speaking generally, people would! oh gulders will be sufficiently good for sooner have a good piece of dustless oe We can see no good reason why a piece, and would vote that way if they price of $1.50 per square yaid should thought they could accomplish their {be charged if the price can be made Hence the frontage ' jat 87c per square yard at- Oshawa. tax. To have the good fou a The difference between the two prices propstty 32 ¥ i ge 2 3 seems unnecessarily large. A price property owneh = of from $1.00 té $1.25, would make a considerable margin to allow for a 2b material. Specifications should be is little or no complaint as | of o kind to procure good work, but to the treets chosen for improvem ent ji st be remembered that we have highways in 8 Yery|no excessively heavy traffic. = When it comes to letting the tenders, it may could be than the high figure named. ~ he policy of post-| Regarding the frontage tax, the ho urge this say' Reeve has pointed out that the pro- e more favorable portion of cost borne, by the frontage material tax is really less than forty per cent as ab is the Corporation pays for all drainage, As crossings, and points where the im: pe! ' provement crosses other roadways. By. Regarding the frontage tax per oot, we are of the opinion two, three, or more of hut vad Gia sequent continued liability to} would be to put down mac-| TO CHEQUE. EST'D 1073 Savings Bank Deposits bear in highest current rates. PORT PERRY BRANCH H. G. HUTCHESON, this line. To our idea th& worst fault a Council can have charged against it is the fault of doing nhthing; the fault of collecting the taxes and allowing them to be 'rittered away in repairs that are always temporary, and leave the Corporation no better at the end of the year than it was at the bogin- ning. Merély to heep out of debt is not in itself a virtue. Business men do not carry on their affairs in that manner. Many a successful merchant would find himself insolvent if forced to make instant payment of all his debts. Port Perry has one of the smallest municipal debls in the Province; and our tax rate is far from being the highest. We believe that the Council have undertaken this work of road con struction in good faith, firmly con' vinced in their own minds that they are doing the hest thing for the rate- payers, That we do not agree with, all their findings we have already pointed out, and we trust that the suggestions made may prove of value; but they will have to make their own' decision, and the people will give, their verdict at the polls next January at which time we hope that the inter-| est may be just as keen as it is now. ¢ Further, if the ratepayers are not satisfied with the policy of the present Council, they will have to find men who are will be willing to give their time freely in the service of the com- munity. Neither Reeve nor Coun- cillors are paid for their services. To any person who has followed the, proceedings of the Council it is a matter of surprise to note the scrupu-} lous care to avoid personal gain. ' We need more men in our town who are willing to make this sacrifice, and each policy advocated by the] ratepayers will need men of this character to put the policy into exe- cution. We want good roads in Port Perry, and we want them as soon as possible The columns of this paper are open to all shades of opinion, and we shall be pleased to accord every courtesy to, signed correspondence so far as our space permits, The Excursion Heydenshore Camp is the me- tropolis of the county for Thursday. Two special trains are to convey the! excursionists from every point in the county, and they hope that a general patronage will be given by all county people. Port Perry people have always con- tributed liberally to all kinds of Pat- riotic endeavors, and the raising of its own County Battalions. This will surely be no exception. "If you can 't fight, you can pay," has always been the slogan. Many have made great| sacrifices, even to life itself. For this, we need not go outside of Port Pry. So, if yon can't come, help th ad' 182nd Bn. Notes Recruiting is again in' the - ascen~ dency. Moré men are coming im every week. What is your present reason for not enlisting? Examine it and see if it has an actual existence The Battalion is securing more than twelve men per week, and now that harvesting is in its last stages, the number will likely mare than quadru- ple itself. Get ready to join now. 000 » Special recruiting meetings are be- ing held this week in the Township of Uxbridge, and next week the Township of Reach will be hearing and seeing a specially selected com= pany of entertainers and speakers. Come out to the meetings and show your appreciation of the workers of the Ontario County Battalion. Join us aud be a worker yourself for this Battalion, which 1s to represent you at the Front. 000 A draft of officers is being sent overseas very shortly. Some of the 182nd officers will be among the the drafted. goo The recent N. C.O. Class was a decided success. Capt. W. Kirk, C. S.C.L, of the P.8.1., was the examin- ing officer. Only one man failed to secure a certificate out of some thirty members. ooo Sergt Camp has returned to assist in recruiting. 000 Sergt Carnegie is assisting in re- , Cruiting in Reach Township. : 000 Pte. Hare, who has been here some weeks will return to Whitby shortly probably to attend an N, C, O. class. Agricultural Commission The Government at Ottawa intend to appoint a Commission to consider the best steps to be taken for the development of Agricniture in Canada The problems confronting the Commission are complex, and will require careful thought, money ex- penditure and the abolition of some one sided privileges which now exist. Ie is open to question as to whether the Commission will be able to take all the steps necessary to the highest development of Agriculture in this country. Briefly the hindrances to agriculture are: scarcity of labor, long hours of labor, lack of comforts and pleasures. There is no cure-all for any of these troubles, many features of mod- ern civilization entering into the pro= blem, but the keynote of the scarcity. of farm labor is found in high wages o, Offered by the city; these high wages 'are made possible by the. protection a