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Port Perey submit the follwing in: 'Port: Pe i ng to ald scheme much as possible'of the road from ¥ t, at a' 'cost not exceeding in the Port Perry Star. is likely 'that 'the Cotincil can 'pavement this year. i of the pavement from 16 fest ding to location of pavement. This will 0 feet, according as the discretion of the be assessed as a age' rate agaiast pro" , but the municipality will bear all the cost' of _ The Act gives the municipality power to ie frontage lots have no. value, ystem, and is | + fact that the A orig properties are increased in value '| aboye "other properties: more than the special tax imposed. Where the 'neighboring have no value the Council will no "doubt see' that As to the War "The war does not relieve the Council of their obligation to make good roads, or to do their necessary business, por does it warrant the Ccuncil in fall behind, while Oshawa, Lindsay and Whitby are stead- The County neil can ds the Gove nuent A of County Good desire. At present there seems to be no likehood that they will 50; If they + future adopt: ithe scheme this Courcil has faith that they will & assume our ood roads and those of other Snicipalites where they are Th Council bave Fons considerable time to the "various systems of con- ction and decide in favor of cement. Cement construction. cannot ' be 'I said to be in the experimental stage. - Some of our crossings have beén down about ten years and have needed no repair. The present proposed cement : will be much better built than the crossings referred to. Broken be used instead of gravel. - One course cement throughout, and a t ll be employed. Cement pavement cost 'of pared to the variolis types of macadam roads | in their Reeve, George Gerow, and in James Waddell, two lly talented in cement construction, and we are cil can: with their assistance build whatever er pavement lished estimates. =. 'REEVE : GEORGE GEROW 'than in - EAD OFFICE = TORONTO ; his & RESER amy od pk BAA Fund has To accumulated from Surplus rnings Tint @ source of strength and stability, t establishing Y' "PORT PERRY BRANCH 1 Mr. H utcheson followed, and said that the system. "of "allowing the, Council to issue debentures without the vote of the people, would put the town into debt. '% War will make the taxes high enough without assuming additional expenses. = Debentures are Talling due and money must be pro- vided to meet them. . The railway debenture debt will be paid this year, and the annual payment of $8000 to meet this debt can now be used on the streets, and will keep them well up to the township standard. © Mr Hutcheson considered. that cement wis too costly to put on the sireteh of road between Beare's farm and Widden's comer. Frontage tax could not be collected on long stretches of that particular piece of road. He believed that tar bound macadam would be a more suitable and less costly road. A word was said regarding the idea of employing the consta- ble as road commissioner. Mr Nesbitt is a good constable, but he had not applid for the position | as street commissioner, nor had he claimed special qualification for the work, and he should not be expected to under= "take this responsibility in addition to all his ether duties The speaker pointed out that the ratepayers along the line of the propased local improvement might appeal to the Ontario Railway Board to restrain the Council from going on with the work. This was provided for in an amendment to Section 9 of the Highway Act. Mr Leonard was asked to speak. He said he had no wish to put a damper'on good roads, the matter for discussion was the question of cost, -and the style of road to be adopted. = He noticed that the Council had re- paired Water St. leading to Scugog Bridge. Gravel had been used. Why not use cement, if cenfent was the best? , In the County Good Roads Systems, macadam roads are built, and they ought to be good enough for Port Perry: Taking the figures of the Deputy Minister of Highways, he showed that macadam road costs from $2500 to $4500 per mile. Then with the Council's estimate for cement road, he figured that the cost sould be $9000 per mile for a ten foot cement roadway. 'In his estimation itl would be better for Port. Perry to delay action until we can take advan- tage of the County Good Roads System. "In that case our $3000 would be supplemented by $2000 from the Government, making $5000 in all per year during the construction of good roads by the County. The question was asked as to whether the $3000 formerly paid on railway debentures would be actually available for street improvement, or if they would have to be used to pay other debentures now falling due. Mr Leonard replied that the debenture holde carry the amount for a longer term, and that the $3 "be made available for street improvement, ould 'be induced to JO could in this way Continuing, he said that if the Council were sure that cement would be the best to put on Port Perry streets, they should be willing to submit the matter to thz vote of the people. The power of the Council has not been understood, or there would have been a better turnout at the first meeting held to discuss the Council's plam. Reeve Gerow briefly outlined the work of the Council jn investigating the various kinds of roads, and their findings in the matter, The Corpor- - ation has been threatened with suits for damages owing to bad roads, and the present Way of doing it is both expensive and dangerous. "He had hoped to be able to build a piece of road which the town could hive up to or turn down as they chose.: The Council could not by any possibility spend $$25,000 or $30,000 this year, nor did he expect that the amount advertised woule be spent, as they expected to reduce the width of the cement roadway from 16 feet to.10 feet, which, of course, would materially lessen the cost of building. As to the matter of frontage tax, hewas willing to leave that to the decision of the people. Mr McIntyre said it would be better to spend $30,000 within a short time, than to spend $3000 a year for ten years, The work could be more 'cheaply and effectively done as-a continuous job, than to do it in pieces. No contractor would bring in the heavy machinery required for 'permanent road building, if he knew that the expenditure would be limited to $3000. Mr Parrish praised the Council for having made some move toward obtaining good roads: It was more than other Councils had done. But he felt that the plan outlined was 100 costly for Port Perry--too far in ad- "vance of the roads cf adjoining 'municipalities. The amount asked by the Council was too large to be used for experimenting in roads. He believed that the road chosen by the Council as the starting point of their proposed / Improvement was very unsuitable for cenient, as the road is low and would be difficult to drain.. A macadam road would be more suitable. introduced the following resolution, which was carried -- Moved by Dr. low, seconded by Mr Vickery, "That, it is the feeling of this meeting the Village of Port Perry should be under the Good Roads System." © Mr; Hutcheson then introduced the following resolution: "That i the Council; that they are absolute- excess of the