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TWO I often wonder where Superintendent of Works, Randall, GRIMSBY, finds all the stones he has scattered along Elizabeth and some of the other streets in the village. I do not know whether Superintendent of Works Randall engages the small boys to carry stones and place them on the streets, or whether he has the teamsters do it---but I certainly do know that they are there all right, and in profusion. . Now we have the broken stone, instead of being a nuisance on the im- mediate road where it was put, scattered over the village square of about a quarter of an acre. to the great annoyance ot every automtWilitst travelling, and to the absolute danger to every rubber tire passing over them. The road foreman, or superintendent imagined that automobile tires would drive two and three-inch broken stone into a road surface as hard as a. rock--- but the road-foreman was wrong again. I spoke, in a previous issue, of the power of observation that was a requisite qualification in a road superintendent; and I surely think Superin- tendent of Works Randall is lacking in this power ot observation, or he could not drive over the streets ot GRIMSBY every day and Mil to notice the stones big and little that are scattered on our thoroughfares. None of the stone has ever become incorporated" into the road-bed, but the automobiles passing around this curve have smashed their way through the broken stone and are running on the old road-bed; while all ot the stone is scattered all over the beautiful square lying between Snure’s Store and the Hotel building-about seventy-tive feet away. . It I were a villager of Jordan, I would sue the road-foreman for damages Sor defacing the beautiful square and placing a dangerous obstruction on the streets. , ti ii), 65 Ci 6) E O O t Q Q) (E) O . This stone had been dumped there because the many automobiles passing around this curve had worn two deep grooves in the stone road. If Superintendent of Works Randall has the power of observation he ahould have, and notices these stones,he is very culpable and negligent that In these columns; last week. I referred to a couple of loads of large broken stone that had been dumped on the road, at the curve in front of thrure's Store, Jordan. Ft] [i) 7 tf 'tTtWtTtthtMt_t XE! . cE6XeoXei6yg)@e6XeoXi)@e@@CoXi)eXox.KoXoXoDC9XoXoJ@eXtxoJee . H. P. SHEPHERD & SON POTATOES are sewn seeding. 's, THE PEOPLE'S PAPER ESTABLISHED 1885 JAS. A. LIVINGSTON & SONS, Owners and Publishers. PHONE 157 DOMINION, DUNLOP AND K & S TIRES AND TUBES ALWAYS ON HAND. l, Issued every Wednesday from the Office of Publishers, Main and Oak Streets, Grimsby. ' GARGOYLE MOBILOILS, ARTIC "A", MOBIL "A", MOBIL "B" AND TRACTOR OIL, POLARINE OILS. OUR HARDWARE WEARS 'Phone 21 to Baldwin's Hardware THE INDEPENDENT CoXeeoXoXeoXoXoXoDCoXeJeJeXo0e%eee . iCéWétr7d4trketetrRC4krRCRCRéeR?Ré2yRrkCé2yAitrYtk,e' We JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, General Manager J. A. M. LIVINGSTON, Business Manager J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor have another small ittOt ttltt WEBB KNEE?! L, Mitt - "The Store of 1001 Things" O TELEPHONE 36. per shipment of Potatoes which we , or $1.35 per pk., suitable for m $175? mn GRIMSBY, ONT. 'tl WttittIttrttDtltt, Mtti tt Grimsby MRI . © 9 ' ' © - Mr. Oliver has just completéd the imp] has made a very good job of it. The road h -and we look tor this stretch ol r.oa.d' to be (t", 6) J iiibny SALE ms & $11 If a man put his hand into the Government “can” auu. puller. v... Twenty-five Dollars, he would simply be a thief; and no one would be in- jured to any extent beyond the loss ot the money-but if a man does Twenty- five Dollars worth of useless work on a- road, he is not only a thief of the people's money, but he is leaving a source of danger on the road, and a menace to everybody who travels over it. This is quite true, and yet every farmer who leaves a big stone on a roadway is leaving an obstruction that may cause death or injury to one or more people; because there is nothing more dangerous than large stones, to a motorist: lying on a mountain road which he has to come down, very often meeting othe' travellers and having no choke of road, he must keep to a limited space whether he strikes the Powlders or not. The farmer, or teamster, who leaves large stones lying on the roadbed on our mountain and hill roads, has some semblance of an excuse. Because he uses these stones to block his loaded wagon with, and then, ot course he moves his team off and leaves the stone lying therep-and his excuse is that it is impossible tor him to remove the stone, and look after his team and load at the same time, on a bad hill. . - wagons, but is is not a real excuse-only a. makeshift-tor every farmer driv- ing heavy lords up mountain roads should be provided with a proper wooden block, attached to the end of a two-foot stick, with which he could block his wagon without stopping, and remove it and place it on his wagon, when pass- Ing on. . Aside from this, I cannot conceive of a man's eye being true to nature who can pass up and down a street and leave big stones lying upon it, with- out making an effort to clear them off._ _ _ _ _ - A stone on the road is only most serious consequence to th It is easy to talk about thrift and economy, and conservation but I know of no other source of waste and destruction that is so prolific at the present time as stones and clods lying over streets and roads-because it is impossible to estimate the loss and damage they cause to automobile tires in the course of a year. he does not have them removed. Formerly it was the custom of a great many farmers and teamsters to have a stout piece ot wood, with a spike in the end, attached to the rear axle of their wagons, and which would hold the wagon on any hill; hut this system of blocking wagons has been entirely abandoned, and the farmers and teamsters simply resort to the methOd of grabbing a stone wherever they can, from the side of the road, and placing it as a block to their wagon-wheel. An odd farmer carries a wooden block; such as I have described but the men who do this do not amount to over one percent of those who use our mountain roads, I 7 _ ., 1 i: A bolt is only a little thiiig, trtrtyit machine, somebody is liable to he hurt Were I Superintendent of Works of the Village of GRIMSBY, I would take pride in having the streets without a single stone upon them,--but at the present time it looks as if somebody took a special pride in keeping the streets littered with stones. . Imthis connection, it might not Street-the one and only paved street How large, sharp stones reach this pavement is a mystery to me, but it is a fact that large, square-cornered, sharp stones, as well as stones of other shapes, are lying all over this pavement on Mountain Street at this writing. Many of them look like stones that might have dropped from stone wagons passing up the street, but I am surprised that the boys and men living along this street are SO lacking in their conception of the eternal fitness of things as to allow these stones to remain there, as they are not only most unsightly, but they are absolutely dangerous-mee- many of them are big enough to throw the steering gear out of a motorists hands and cause his car to swerve to one side or the other. greatly to the danger of pedestrians, drivers ot horse vehicles and drivers of other automobiles. In this connection, I might ay that Mr. George Oliver, tendent of the road-work betwe GRIMSBY and Beamsville, small stones removed from the surface ot the road between GRIMSBY Bearh; much to the delight of motorists and othe These are little things---but it is the little thin life that cause the greatest amount ot Wuble‘ loss We are not educating our people, nor are our children being educated, and they are growing up careless and indifferent to almost everything that is good and respectable. - ", 7 _ _ A A A A _ F Mr. Oliver is now as good a job on that Several motorists live on this street, conspicuous amongst whom are Lawyer McConachie, Miller Wilcox, Real Estate Agent Swayze, and Manufac- turer Richard Theal; and it seems strange to me that these men would pass up and down this beautiful street constantly, and allow these stones to lie un- molested. In thisrage of automobiles every child should be taught by its parents never to throw a stone or a stick, or any other article, onto the roadway; and they should also be taught to pick up and take away from the roadway, every stone, stick or other article which they might see lying there. We are constantly talking about educating our people, and educating our children; hut this is pure bluff and hypocrisy._ _ I hope Mr. Oliver will give a little BPO GRIMSBY Beach and Beamsville, as, in m stones scattered all over the road. _ A ' This is caused by the careless work of teamsters and others, dumping quantities of stone tar in excess of the requirements, in certain spots and these stones were overlooked by the road-foreman, and have become scattered all over the road, greatly to the annoyance of the travelling public. June i--1i'WDAW--On this date, I will offer, subject to a reserve bid, the part of lot six, concession one, North GRIMSBY, belonging to the J. W. G. Nelles Estate; upon which is' situate a fine, modern brick dwelling house, brick drive-house and splen- did other outbuildings. Terms: Ten nor nnnf nf nnrnhase at time of. sale; This piece of road will never be really satisfactory t there is not one single, solitary stqne left upon its surface per cent. or pur balance as arra ston, Auctioneer There is now a system, on some parts repairing holes; and I would just like to say in that business. - _ _ _ A ' First-Never use into the roadbed---tl" Third-Be most particular to see that enough water cause the finishing material to properly iset--and always b oft the surface. leaving it neithentgoAhigh nor too low. I noticed road repairing wt the Jordan Hills; and it has ty probability, not prove a success . In the case of the work that hasleen done in front of Snure's Store, Jordan, where the large broken stone was dumped on the road, the people paid tor that work and have never had one cents worth of value in return tor their expenditure-the money- was wasted, the road has not been im- proved, and a great obstruction and annoyance has beenleft on the road. tttttttttllt _ If a man put his hand into the Government Treasury and pulled out Twenty-five Dollars, he would simply be a thief; and no one would be in- . , A; ---- mi--. ”mm: um Inns: nf the moner---btlt if a man does Twenty- If a thing is worth doing at engaged in this work are drawing have a right to demand first clans The farmers make the excuse that {hey requirct.heystones to block their second-Always THE INDEPENDENT, GRIMSBY, ONTARIO purchase “ranged. lse large, broken stone, as large stone will not incorporate the finer the,crushed stone, the better. ' Dad is only alittle thing, but xence to those affected. use plenty of finishing Piattr1al-that engaged East of GRIMSBY Beach and we hope he makes section as he did between the Beach and the Village. it airing which has been done lately, on the East side of it has been done very indifferently and it will, in all ted the improvements on this piece of road and The road has been oiled-in some pleces, twice little special attention to all the road between as. in many cases, there are bunches of loose 1Wng- all, it is worth doing well; and the men the people's money, weekly, and the people service for the money they pay. rim ermegh out ot an important part of al tte out of place to refer to Mountain in the Village, most other more mon manger, or ey Where there are two or more colts to run together, they do better than where there is but one during the seasons in which they can spend a great part of the time at large, but in most cases it is better to have each in a stall by itself When in the stables This applies, especially at feeding time, as it is seldom that each gets its proper share of food when two or more are fed in a com- hat enough water, or tar, is used to tret-and always be careful to smooth dgh nor too low. Gsrv' satisfactory during this season in a comm cases, one , or becom, than his si correspondi ot the provincial highway, ot a few words to those engaged itm 0011111101 and 1nd other travellers even separate man- ton compartment. In tats taster than the t; "boss", hence gets hare, while the other ccider to drive over, _ until u is. stone dust no is superin- as had all the 1RIMSBY and rate man- lent ot Paper Is Going" Up In Price Every Day Our Job Depart- ment Is The Best In The Fruit Belt Until complete plans are matured covering the collection and re- mittance of Exise Taxes, the following instructions are issued; for guidance of those interested:--- The Taxes are to be Classed as Follows:---. LUXURY TAX As per section 1 of the resolutions. MANUFACTURER’S TAX As per section 3 of the resolutions. SALES TAX As per section 7 ot the resolutions. LUXURY TAX is payable on the lst and 15th of every month. MANUFACTURERS TAX and SALES TAX are payable on the 1st of every month. TAX COLLECTED under each of the classes above mentioned shall be shown on separate entry forms. That is to say, no entry will be accept- ed to cover more than one class of tax, even though the person may be paying on two classes at_the same time. A TEMPORARY FORM is being prepared to be used for the collection of all taxes under the resolutions and under the special War Revenue Act and Amendments thereto. Thege forms will be made available tor use of the public in this division comprising the counties of Lincoln Welland and Haldimand just as soon as same can be received from Ottawa, and be distributed. ENTRIES for Luxury Tax must be SWORN to, and shall be accompanied by (a) The duplicate sales slip or invoices to which the entry refers, and (b) an accepted cheque or cash for the full amount of the tax. ENTRIES for Manufacturer's Tax and for Sales Tax must be SWORN to, and shall be accompanied by fa) a sworn statement by the Manufac- turer or wholesaler as to the total amount ot sales shown by his sales records and the total amount of tax due on same, or a certified state- ment of the Chartered Accountant in the employ ot the Manufacturer or wholesaler as to like effect; and (b) an accepted cheque or cash for the full amount of the tax. NOTE-cheques should be drawn to the order of the Imperial Bank on account of the Receiver General of Canada. ALL ENTRIES are to be filled out in duplicate and by the person paying the tax. THE SWORN declaration 'called for many be made before any Inland Revenue Officer, Officer ot Customs, Commissioner of the High Court od Justice, or Justice of the Peace. THE STATEMENTS for the above mentioned counties, inclusive of the cities therein are to be forwarded to the Collecotr of Inland Revenue at St. Catharines. The checking and classifying ot sales slips will be done Inland Revenue Office, St. Catharines. May 3lst, 1920 at the Department and any corrections or enquiries necessary will he subject of future correspondence with the Department at Ottawa. These taxes are held to be in effect on and after 19th May, 1920 C. A. HESSON, Collector. Industrlal Department Toronto and WInnIpog IIIII furnlsh full portloulon roprding land In Westorn Canada avallablo for farming or other purposu. Sun. Mon. Wed. Fri.--Canadian National all tho way. Tues. Thurs. Sat.-ltia G.T.. T. & N.0., Cochrano thenoo O. I. In Tickets and full information from nearest Canadian National Railways' Agent! ----- or General Passongor Donal-tubal. Toronto. ADVERTISE IN THE INDEPENDENT EXCISE TAXES Order That Job of Printing--NOW THE INDEPENDENT Lincolns Leading Newspaper Wednesday, May 26th, 1920