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maintenance cost, per mile, for 1§‘i§'wvu5,-s $-:177 And what is the cost of this maintenance, per mile? I judge is must run into the thousands of dollars; while on the Torontoâ€"Hamilten Highway, the Mn en in flms c e e ds onl 3 ce 00 dA o + T in o 4 SATC en This fact, alone, should open the eyes of t Minister of Public Works, and Highways, Ontario The expenditure of all this money gives us whole of the amount spent is‘charged to Maintenar If this road, upon which such a splendid lot of materi which so much money was carefully spent, has gone toâ€" days of the completion of the work, what, in God‘s nan tion twelve months from now? + This proves conclusively and without a shadow of a chanre for contraâ€" diction my oft repeated statement that macadam road is useless for carrying automobile and truck traffic; and if the engineers in charge of this read have a grain of sense they will report, at once, to the Department that further waste of money should be stopped. There was a very heavy traffic over this piece of road on Saturday, dast, and especially so in the afternoon, and driving over it from the ecost, towards GRIMSBY, at seven o‘clock on Saturday evening. I was amazed to find the amount of destruction that had taken place during the day. % se t uk oo t & &# ow o# & c# What were only little depressions in the morning, were dugâ€"out holes in the evening,, and to my surprise at one place I noticed a hole five or six inches deepâ€"right into the jbroken stone foundation. When the rain came, last week, a night driver could detect many depresâ€" sions and wavelets, and these showed that already the smooth surface of the road was partially destroyed. After ten days, it places here and there For the first ten days, after the completion of the repairs, the road was in excellent condition, and a motor vehicle could go over it at almost any rate of speed, very smoothly. As soon as it was completed it was thoroughly oiled, and under conditions of ten years ago this piegce of road would have stood up, in perfect condition, for at least three or four years. 6 Under conditions of today disintegrating badly already. ‘This made; at the time one to drive over. © A good coating of broken stone was followed by a finer coat of broken stone the finishing coat, with lots ‘The big roadâ€"spiker was useq to break done thoroughly and the materia wias wel then rolled down. T cce o c e o Te o ie o 0 pre d | NCR CC Sn Se m n en ATRL MAE NE MECEN â€" ARIEN Coke : E_4 HEAKE, and the splendid way in which it had been repaired, under the supervision of roadâ€"foreman George Oliver. The piece of road from GRIMSBY to GRIMSBY Beach teach the Deputyâ€"Minister of Public Works and Highways, O engineers under him, that they are engaged in a gigar wasting money. TWO And this is only road repairing Issued every Wednesday Oak Streets, Grimsby. ’I":vno x\?f_lf,s“ ago I made complimentary remarks about this piece of road THE PEOPLE‘S PAPER \â€" h JAS. A, LIWNGSTON. & SONS, Owners Industrial Department Tororto and wlnnlp;g will furnish full particulars regarding land in Western Canada available for ftarming or other purpeses. THE INDEPENDENT days, i 6 bure â€" 0 nvouce aromrme JAS. A. LIVINGSTON, General Manager J. A. M. LIVIN GSTON, Business Manager J. ORLON LIVINGSTON, Editor or CGeneral Passongor Department, Toronte. roken stone was then added, thoroughly rolled; and of broken stone with the roller kept going; and then lots of water, was added. , a most excellent piece of road, and an enjoyable this money gives us no permanent road. ‘The charged to Maintenance Account. TELEPHONE 36 it has already started to go to smashâ€"and is from the Office of Publishers, Main and No mm l mss U 3 smm to break up the old macadamâ€"this was wias well spread by road machines, and _ Works and Highways, Ontaric, and the are engaged in a gigantic scheme of of material was put, and upon _gone to smash within twenty God‘s name will be its condiâ€" the Deputyâ€"Minister, and the o0, to the fact that the road we ESTABLISHED 1885 and Publishers. Corner should I wish here, Mr. Editor, to pay a tribute of respect to the memory of the departed ,whom I have known and ‘been intimately acquainted with for 9 years and I have ever found him a kind and obliging â€" neighbor, a man of sterling character and ~true ’ On Sunday evening, May 30th a service was held in the home conducâ€" ted by his pastor, Rev. J. A. McLachâ€" lan of GRIMSBY, assisted by Rev. T. Ratcliffe of the Baptist Church, GRIMSBY, and early on Monday morning the remains were taken to Picton for interment. A service was held at the home of his brothers Benâ€" son and John Ruttan,|, conducted by Rev. A. Brown, D. D. of Picton and the burial took place in Glenwood cemetery. He leaves to mourn his loss, in addition to the two brothers above mention@d, his wife and little son Harold. Some months ago his health began to fail and internal trouwble compelâ€" led him to seek expert medical aid and for some weeks was a patient in St. _ Josephs Hospital, â€" Hamilton, where the most skilful physicians and surgeons in the city gave. him the best and most modern treatments known to the profession. This howâ€" ever proved unavailing and on May l1th he returned to his home with the prospect of an operation in the near future. This however, was not to be for on May 22nd he was taken ill with pleurisy, developing . into double pneumonia and as the end drew near he was ready and willing to depart and ‘be with Christ, which was far better and at six o‘clock on Friday morning, May 28th he passed peacefully away to the home beyond. Dear Sir:â€"On May. 28th at 6 o‘clock a.m. GRIMSBY East was calâ€" led upon to part with one of its best and most highly respected citizens in the person of Mr. Charles N Rutâ€" tan, who was born at Adolphustown on May 5th, 1862. His parents were Elisha Ruttan and Susanna Outwater of good ol U. E. L. stock who held from the Crown the title to the "‘Old Homestead" where as a boy and youth Charles spent the: early years of his life. Here, too, under the influence of a christian home,\ he sought and found Christ as a perâ€" sonal Saviour and became an earnest faithful christian. On February 2l1st 1911 he married Edith Mabel Johnâ€" son, second daughter of the late. H. M. Johnson of Hallowel: Township, and soon after setled at GRIMSBY East and became one of our successâ€" fu} and earnest fruit growers. Editor of Independent. If the Deputy Minister of Public Works @nd Highways, or if his engineers had enough gumption to save«wgapmm, % tifiey would,. when the%v werZ repairing a road, put on a topâ€"coating of taxrvia, following the heavy founaâ€" tion beneath, and thus they would get lg surface that would carry traffic as the old tarvia road from Vineland to Jordan does, which is in almo:s as good condition today as it was four years ago. Deputy Minister McLean is an appro, e man, bu f ? class who claim that his father had carried the Srist to ut;eh;iilsl }ffie,l,y zs tltl: a bushel of wheat in one end, and a stone in the other to balance ?‘fewg on the horse‘s backâ€"and if that system was £00d enough for the Father it is good enough for the Son. 8 t te i8 In addition to this Biggs is an un "knowâ€"itâ€"all" kind; and the ordinm'w and road construction, and what ro will not, in five minutes, than Minister B the Minister because he will poohâ€"pooh pass over them. f [ Tok As far as Minister of Public Work he is a man of the future. If he fin -fié not find them out, he will never know th themâ€"he has all, yet, to learn. ied As far as Deputy Minister ~ opinion that he is a man of the past. _ bound macadam road to carry teamâ€" trai building to stand up under hea to building to stand up unudel; l:_es:% , 1 While it has been my opinion, for y adam roads will not stand up under auto forced upon me, until recently, that a go not carry heavy truck traffic, and remai after completion. ~= 1e l I must assume that Deputy Min entirely ignorant of these facts; and I of this highway have not reported the I attribute the great difference in former‘y good road to the use of tl the Beamsville piece, and which does. I drove over both of these pi Street, GRIMSBY, is as smooth as. condition today as it was a year ago,. The piece of road at Beamsville. e worst pieces of road on the highway, and it is unsafe and danger man to drive an ordinary motor car over it at a greater speed than. r fifteen miles per hourâ€"as a matter of fact this piece of road at B as all gone utterly to smash. The piece of road on Depot s;, over it during the summer months, motorâ€"drivenâ€"but is not subject to Each of these pieces of road ha The piece of road at Beamsville has the through automobile traffic, and R passes over the highway. M The stode road built on L‘? C also well constructedâ€"but I do not piece built at Beamsville. R To show how destructive he; just likfi to compare a piece of s year, under the supervision of W. Village; with a piece of road buil the West entrance to Beamsville It is just about a year since t] the time of construction, I made a road built by Mr. McComb at Bea the best piece of stone road built on need on this highway is a road. fifty dollars, per mile, per annum; of dollars, per mile, per year, for there is no road at all. * The money spent on this e:ixi been quite sufficient to have '”v:.; and as a result of this wastefulness and not one foot of permanent hig . is still going ahead as rapidly as po DEATH OF MBR. RUTTAX THE INDEPENDEN f road at Beamsville has '.'....:' ft- ifference in the present . 1e use of the heavily lac which does not touch th * * * oz #% % * * Â¥ z.x = _opinion, for years, that _up under automobile tra ntly, that a good waterâ€"} ffic, and remain in good :tl‘..‘.:;{l‘t. Deputy Minister McLea: facts; and I am amazed t reported these facts to th *\ * «* * * * t [ * * nister McLean is concer of the past. He knew h rry teamâ€"traffic, and tha: r heavy automobile and ; r heavy automobile and â€" * *‘ * *# * *# # #/ ’1 *# Public Works and High If he finds out & thing ] rever know themâ€"and ur D. ‘ 4 ‘3«'"{ $ok # # *# # 1,‘ zgs is an unapDroachap1, _ ordinary man Who knoy d what roads Will carr in Minister Biggs do s in 11 poohâ€"pooh the rinion x \* s# %# # # l' as n is an approashable ma ther had carried the gris A motor truck designed with speâ€" cial squipment hag brought a new era in which ice cream is delivered Designed for rural work and fitted up with a dental chair, an automoâ€" bile dispensary operated under the Pennsyvania Department of Health is making a four months‘ tour throughout the State. The traveling laboratory is the first of its kind in the United States under State ausâ€" pig\fl- See Enlighten Thy Daughter at Moore‘s Theatre on Thursday â€" and Friday nights of this week. Dr .Douglas (i. Storms, one of the physicians at the private screening of Enlighten Thy Daughter last week said "It gives the vital inforâ€" mation neglected by the clergy and parents for all too long a time. If boys and girls were told how they are made, and about the functions of the body, and why, thers should be fewer, if any, Lillians and no opâ€" portunities for vyampires like Dr. Palmer." ‘"Boys should be taught to lead clean, beautiful lives, for they have their future in their hands. It is not only the poor boys and girls who make mistakes. These .things hapâ€" pen to the wealthy ‘but they have the money to hush up their scandals." â€" "The situation is even worse for boys," said Dr. Seippel. "Boys need as much care and training as girls, but they get less of it. They aren‘t taught there are ‘consequences. No one tells them they pay with their own respect and their bodies. In my hospital experience I have had many boys and young men say to me, ‘O, if only my father had told _ Audrie A. Chase, well known speâ€" cial writer of the Chicago Tribune, obtained an interview from Dr. Clara P. Seippell that is particularly apâ€" plicable to (the wonderful health film, Enlighten Thy \~Daughter, which was shown at the Temple Theatre, Hamilton. Enlighten Thy Daughter drives home a great lesson for mothers ang their daughters but it also impresses on young men the necessity of purity of sex. g" k in worth, whose word could be Gependâ€" ed on at all times (I wish we had more such men in our community) 1 have been in Church fellowship with him for many years and always found him a faithful and consistent member of / the Methodist Church, a true christian at heart and a kind loving husband and fatherâ€" How greatly we need more such men in our community and in the World toâ€" day. > one, $ Gone from his hearth and home, Gone to that bright forever, Where sorrow is unknown. â€"__ Yours truly, Gone to the grave is our loved mt state of these two pieces of laden trucks which pass over the GRIMSBY piece. . . SBY, has a very heavy traffic den vehiclesâ€"both horse and eavy truck traffic. affic is, to stone roads, I would GRIMSBY, which was built last juperintendent of Works, of the ‘ervision.ot John McComb, at > same time. PURITY OF SEX er constant traffic for one year. cerned, I am strongly of the w how to ‘build a good waterâ€" that is the exitent of his roadâ€" Ed truck traffic. d truck traffic. _of road iwere constructed. At ese columns that the piece of ; splendid one and was about last year. * uk hat ordinary waterâ€"bound macâ€" {itltaflic; yet the fact was never erâ€"bound macadam road would it aintenance cost is less than road that now costs thousands â€"and at the end of the year on Saturday, last, and Depot nt and practically in as good ompletion. ry all the ordinary local traffic all the heavy truck traffic that RIMSBY, by Mr. Randall, was t nearly as much money as the ible manâ€"â€"he is one of the lows more about stone roads, arry traffic and what roads in five days, cannot approach ons of the ordinary man and Hamilton to St. Catharines has roadway for half that distance; o piece of good road anywhere wasteful expenditure of money ean, and Minister Biggs are ighways, Biggs is concerned, g he will know it; if he does up to date, he does not know | that the engineers in charge the Ministers. SBY, ONTARIO condition for three months A. Greenwood. and frozen at the same ‘time. 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