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~Members of the Vegetable ‘Growers were also included in the delegation, being Mr. Furminger, Geo. McCalla and Wilfred Thompson. _ Later in the day the request was duly referred to the agricultural committee. Reeve Garlett, who preâ€" sented the resolution, stated that if a grant was made to the St. Catharâ€" ines a grant should also be made to the other societies in the county. gara Peninsula scenic, constructive and natural and haqd found it indeed wonderful. He asked that the reâ€" quested grant be made. H Reeve Marsh asked how many soâ€" cieties there were in the district. President Burgoyne â€"stated there was only one other that he knew of, one at GRIMSBY. Reeve Garlett stated there was a society in Beamsville. a Reeve Revett assured the delegaâ€" tion the _ agricultural committee would give the request due considerâ€" ation. Reeve Welstead, chairman of the Roads Committee, assured the deleâ€" gation the request would receive due consideration. A deputation from Louth aadresset the Road Committee of the County Council at Tuesday afternoon‘s s°Sâ€" sion asking the completion of the Lake Road from the "Fifteen" beach to Port Dalhousie. K eev e ariett pointed ul to the delegation that the road in duestion was not in the programme of 1919 and that numerous roads inâ€" cluded in that programme were as vet untouched. % A deputation from the St. Catharâ€" ines Horticultural Society requested a grant from the county this year for the h%ding of a fruit and vegeâ€" table exhibition in connection with the fall flower exhibition of the soâ€" ciety. St. Catharines Society Accomâ€" panied By Vegetable Growers _ Appear Before County Council _Committee Will Consider HORTIGULTURALISTS ASK FOR GRANT St. Catharines, Feb. 6.â€"The police had a busy time of it last night. So many drunks were arrested that it was necessary to hold midnight court and dispose of some of the cases. in order to get the cells cleared out for others coming in. At times there were coming in. At times there wre three or four drunks in. A disorderly house was raid ed and five men and two woâ€" men w.re taken. A carnival porty in a local hotel was gathered in; the members of it had four bottles Altngath. THIRTYâ€"SIXTH YEAR Request. 1 p°rty in a local hotel was gathered in; the members of it had four bottles. Altogethâ€" er six bottles were taken from separate individuals. PROHIBITION Garlett â€" pointed outh addressed TAE INDEPENDENT €t=â€"â€" 48 out h That the use of the Grand Jury room only be granted to the followâ€" ing associations to hold mettings for 1921, providing they pay the care taker for cleaning same; The Board of Agriculture. The Fair Manager‘s Association. The â€" Niagara Peninsula _ Fruit Growers‘ Association. Lincoln Bee Keepers‘ Association. Also the Municipal Council of the Township of Grantham to have the use of the same room at $25 per anâ€" num, and to pay the caretakAr $12 for his services. The Board of Education held their inaugural meeting of the year in the Council Chambers on Wednesday night last. Members present, G. B. Maconachie, Dr. Clarke, A. J. Marsh, K. T. Theal, A. BH.: Phipps,. W. :J. Drope, Dr. Buck. The meeting opâ€" ened with Secreary W. F. Randall in the chair. The newly elected members subscribed to the necessary declaration of office. G. B. Maconaâ€" chie was elected Chairman of the Board for a second term. Several communications were read. The committees for the year were struck as follows: Financeâ€"F. W. Pottinger, A. J. Marsh, W. B. Calder. Internalâ€"A. ~F.: Phipps,; W.. J. Drope, Dr. Clarke. Propertyâ€"Dr. Buck, R. T. Theal, Vernon Tuck. J .0. Konkle was appointed atâ€" tendance Otficer\. Accounts to the amount of $669.51, were passed and ordered paid. $10.00 expenses incurred by the Physical Culture class of the High School was ordered paid. The County Council in session Wednesday adopted the report of the Printing and building Committee. The Council also passed a grant of $50 to Reeve Richardson for his serâ€" vices on the Board of the Children‘s Shelter last year and as an appreciaâ€" tion of the time he spent in the serâ€" vice of the County and the excellent services rendered. The work ordered at the December session of this committee, re work on Jail, has been completed.: In view of the fact that the lightâ€" ing in the court house is mostly atâ€" tached to the old gas fixtures, we reâ€" commend that the council begin to re place the fixtures with proper ones, and that those in the Clerk‘s anrd Treasurer‘s offices be replaced at once. The committee vigsited the jail and found everything in a most satisfacâ€" tory condition, except some minot repairs.. Weâ€"â€"thereforeâ€"â€" rscommend the the following repair work be done: Galvanized iron top straighâ€" ened on west chimney. Floor in jail er‘s office repaired. Tanks above lavatories in corridors to be closed. We recommend that the telephone in the box at the foot of the stairs in the Court house be long distance, alâ€" so that a small shelf and electric light be put in same. The Printing and Building report was presented by Reeve Richardson as follows: The Committee recommended follows : That meetings other than the aforementioned be prohibited withâ€" out the consent of the chairman and warden, and that no political meetâ€" ings be allowed. That the tender for County printâ€" ing for the year 1921, be awarded to James A. Livingston & Sons, of the GRIMSBY Independent. Several other minor items of busiâ€" ness were dealt with and the Board adjourned. FIRST MEETING OF B. OF E. PRINTINGâ€"BUILOING GOMMITTEE REPORTS Also, the Cold Storage Company at $1 per meeting, they to pay the careâ€" taker $1 per meeting for cleaning same. ® IN THE PETERBORO FIGHT | *â€" County Buildings to Get Some Overhauling and Repairingâ€" Printing©â€"Contract for Year Comes to The Grimsby Indeâ€" pendent. N. Gordon, the Liberal Candi date : Elected in the Wes Peterboro Byvâ€"Election. as GRIMSBY started something last October when it decided to hold a Old Boys Reunion. Last week Port Dalhousie organized a committee . hold a Reunion this year. St. Cath. arines is being shaped up to hol one also as W. B. Burgoyne, Editoy of the Standard has at last got then busy by his editorials on the § ject. The latest to come into t field in Smithville, which will ~M8@ an Old Boys gathering in connection with their fair in September, It toOok GRIMSBY to wake them all up, but it is only another case of "Grimsby leads and all others follow." Last week Hugh Bertram â€" of Stoney Creek, Exâ€"warden of Wentâ€" worth County gave us a good suggesâ€" tion for our Midway. He suggests that we call the midway "Happy Hol low." Next,. Who has a better name. In loving memory of Ellen, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Steven, Beamsville, who departed this life Feb. 11, 1916. As the days and hours are passing,. And the moments quickly fly, We are thinking of you Ellen, In your home beyand the sky, In those bright and heavenly manâ€" ( There are still hundreds of names and addresses that we must have beâ€" fore the first of March. Send them in. We need them. 78 s10ns, With the loved ones gone before, You are waiting there to greet us As one by one, we reach that shore. â€"Fathr, Mother, rothers and Sisters Over thirty years ago D.: fi Schlunt left GRIMSBY. He is now a prosperous business man in D ';; troit, Mich. Last week the Old Boys Committee received a letter from him. He is coming home again nexl August. / A NEWS OF THE OLD BOYS A resident living in the east end of the township informed the Independent on Saturday that he had been witnessing one of the biggest farces during the past ten days, as regards Govâ€" ernment road building, that has yet been staged by the officials in charge of giving us good (?) roads. It seems that several cars of crushed stone have been unloaded the past two weeks at the Grimsby Beach siding. This stone was hauled to a field at the brick yard and dumped. In a short while there was a huge pile there. Now all the while teams were haulâ€" ing this stone there and dumping it on one side of the pile other teams were loading up stone on the other side of the pile and haulng it away to some point gtlst to fix up roads with. The question is, why did not the teams that hauled the stone from the cars haul it to the spot where it was being used instead of dumping it at the brick yard and then other teams come and reload it and haul it away. Wonder what Mr. Biggs has to TOâ€"NIGHT LV emmmse: 3 mm ND mm mm d GRIMSBY, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1921 INX MEMORIAM it at the brick yard and then of and haul it away. Wonder wh s economical system of handlin HOW ABOUT IT, MR. BIGGS? R2â€"â€"â€"48 Wewetiwâ€"f08 comegy 96 B mm it mm %rs‘t to fix up roads with. ‘The eams that hauled the stone from ere it was being used instead of and then other teams come and Wonder what Mr. Biggs has to MOORE‘S THEATRE The marriage of Louise Agnes, daughter of Mrs. John Collins Wilâ€" son of Niagaraâ€"onâ€"theâ€"Lake to. Mr. Harry VanAllen Grout of Montreal, was quietly solemnized at the bride‘s home, Clarence street, Mhursday afâ€" ternoon, January 27, Rev. J. W. Macâ€" Namara performed the marriage ceremony in the presence of only the immediate relatives. After the wedding dinner the happy couple left for Toronto, where they will spend a few days before proceeding to Montreal, where they will reside. Stone roads were the main topic of discussion at the February meeting of the township Council on Saturday afternoon last. The council all agreed that more stone roads were badly needed but the question of financing them again loomed up blackly. John Kemp . presented a petition signed by eight other rateâ€" payers asking that the blind road be tween lots 5 and 6 be opened and graded thus giving those residents a shorter cut to the stone road. The council are having difficulity is securing crushed stone at a price within. reason. Stone bought at outside quarries and shipped in is coming pretty expensive. An effort will be made to secure stone from the County quarry at Beamer‘s Falls. ,~ 'Sev$iu other minor items of busiâ€" ness were attended to. Mr.. Grout is an old and a brother of K. N "No" was eliminated and the disâ€" tinct assertion "Meals Served" was left, with no other change in the adâ€" vertisement. Within _ twentyâ€"four hours at least two dozen inquiries reached this office asking if the Inn had started serving meals. This is a good demonst: vtion of the fact that The Public Reads Adv°rtiseâ€" ments. IN MEMORIAM COPEâ€"In loving memory of John Cope, who passed away, Feb. 6th, 1913. Just a thought of sweet remembrance Just a memory fond and true, Just a token of affection And a heartache still for you â€"From his Mother and Grandfather. \~,y~â€"DOES THE PUBRBLJC READ ADVERTISEMENTS ? A few weeks ago an advertisement was placed in The Independent anâ€" nouncing that the Villags Inn Annex was ope.1 for the winter, but "No Meals Served." Last week the word INDEPENDENT ADS PAY NORTH GRIMSBY GOUNCIL GROUTâ€"WILSON stone GRIMSBY boy Grout. on Saturday council â€" all roads â€" were question . of loomed â€" up i1 cwmeif fames IN THE PETERBORO FIGHT| That Mr. Potts be paid $40.00 in full settlement of the claim, as the bridge was narrow and unprotected. That this council, in a body, atâ€" tend the Ontario Good Roads Convenâ€" tion to be held in Toronto, March 2nd, 3rd and 4th and that their comâ€" mittee fees and:> expenses be paid. Also, that the Treasurer be instructâ€" ed to forward the Annual memberâ€" ship fee of $15.00. That the Road Superintendent and Courty Treasurer be instructed to at’ tend the meeting of County Road Superintendents and Engineers, â€"to be held in Toronto, Feb. 28th, Mar. ist and 2nd and that their expenses be paid. | That the Warden, Chairman, Counâ€" cillors, Mitchell, Kemp, Gracey ,Fry, Garlett, Revett and Sutton be a committee to await upon the Minister of Public Works at a date to be arâ€" ranged by the Chairman asking for a better plan of distribuiing the cost of construction of roads in the Coun ty System and Provincial Highway, and that their committee:> fees and expenses be paid. That the Clerk be authorized tol notify the Department of Public Works that it is the ~intention of this Council to expend on County Roads for the year 1921, the sum of $260,000.00. That the Chairman. Councillors Mitchell, Kemp, Fry, Butcher, Bush, the Road Superintendent with a comâ€" petent Engineer, be appointed to make a survey of all roads in the County System and bring in a reâ€" port :o this Council, desigrating the roads that should be butit. the: type, width, and probable cost of these roads, and that the Engineer be reâ€" quested to draft a wall m«p show!ing the whole system with a key to the| Aifferent types of roads. The whole| map to be on a scale decided uponl (Continued on page 2) The Road Report was presented by Councillors Welstead, recomme#ding as follows: A byâ€"law was presented k Counâ€" cillors Welstead and Sutton providâ€" ing for the expenditure on County highways as listed in the Road Reâ€" port. QUARTER OF MILLION _ DOLLARS ON ROADS Councillors (Gracey, Haynes, Gregâ€" ory, Garlett and Inspector Carefoot were appointed a Committee to meet the Minister of Education re the inâ€" forcement of the Adolesent Act. On resolution of Councillors Richâ€" ardson and Garlett, Councillors Welâ€" stead, Kemp and Lane were appointâ€" ed a Committee to audit road acâ€" counts during the year. County Council at Concluding Session Passes Recommendaâ€" tion in Reportâ€"Members Will Attend Good Roads Convenâ€" tion. 2oo (tp eptpada | The Lincoln County Council conâ€" cluded its session Friday after the adoption of the Roads report and the transacting of other business. Among other things the Roads report called for the expenditure of $260,000 on roads this year. Of this amount $100,000 will be raised by debentures $56,000 by taxation and $104,000| from the Government. The County Clerk, Johnson Clench having been unable to attend the sesâ€" sions of the Council this week, it was moved by Councillors â€" Garlett and Gracey, that this Council has learned with deep regret of the illâ€" ness of our venerable clerk, Mr. Jolhn son Clench and take this opnortunity of expressing our sincere sympathy. We trust to see him return to good health immediately. « Mr. G. Wilson, representative of the Department of Agriculture, adâ€" aressed the Council on the ‘establishâ€" ment of a bureau at Smithville. He told of the course in agriculture just completed at Smithville stating that it was most successful and the largest ever held in Lincoln County, there being an average attendance of 29. In this connection a request was presented from the Smithville U. F. 0. Club asking the Council to aid in the establishment of a bureau there for the benefit ‘of the stock and grain farmers of the district. This petition was referred to the Agriculture Committee. Treasurer Camby Wismer w er appointed as acting Clerk. mald Det ernment Peterbor the Defeate indidate â€" i vâ€"Election. 11 as latâ€" 10 V he which caused a larger expenditure for dragging of clay roads. Grading was $493.60 more than estimated. Items not in estimate for Smithville Bridge $8,195.19; new â€" machinery $20,299.47. Road No. 14, Concrete !$39,064.95, balance of cost on othor suburban roads above $7,500 as per estimate $12,654.90. Paid for quarâ€" ries, $2,246.16; increasea pay for men, 17338 hours, $8,669.00; increasâ€" ed pay for teams, 9875 hours, $9,â€" 3$75.00. The general account â€" was | omitted from estimates and is $12,â€" 010.31. These items make a â€" very large portion of the expenditure and the scarcity of labor, higher cost of material, and high cost of labor, caused the large expenditure. I beâ€" lieve, Sirs, with more coâ€"operation between the members of the Council and myself, we could get greater efficiency and better results. I would recommend that if you con tract for quarrying and crushing stone, and also the construction of roads where advisable, the Superinâ€" ’tendent could give moré attention to other work. t I have the honor to ‘be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, R (Signed) P. ROBERTSON, Road Superintendent. Dated 29th day of January, 1921. STATEMENT The total expenditure for the year 1920 is $277,854.61. e e o ROAD SUPERINTENDENT MAKES HIS REPORT To the Warden and Councillors of the County of Lincoln in Councit Assembled. Gentlmen:â€" I beg leave to submit to you the annual report of the Lincoln County Road System, with statements of exâ€" penditure on Construction, Mainterâ€" ance, Bridges, Culverts and General Account. In accordance with the provisions of ‘the Act relating to the Improvement of Highways, these statements must be sent to the Minâ€" ister of Public Works when making application for the Government Grant as provided by the Act to aid in the Improvement of Highways. A byâ€"law should be passed to amend Byâ€"law No. 600, to make corâ€" rections in the numbering of the roads in the System. As the roads are now numbered they are confusing te the members of the Council and te myself. The report of Peter Robertson, County Road Superintendent, as subâ€" mitted to the County Council in sesâ€" sion last week shows. that during 1920 $277,854.61 was expended on the roads throughout the county. It alâ€" so gives in detail the amount of money expended on each road. Ir our report of his report we only show the money spent on the roads in GRIMSBY and North GRIMSBY. His report is as follows: General account .........$ 34,555.94 Road construction ........ 194,834.22 Bridge construction ...... 12,114.49 Culvert construction |..... 6,519.28 Maintenance ....,.." ../.~.â€" 29,190.08 Expenditure made under General acâ€" countâ€" New machinery .......... 20,399.47 Machinery repairs ....... _ 4,450.05 Superintendent‘s salary â€".. 2,000.00 Assistant‘s salary ........ _ 1,040.00 $2.00 Per Yearâ€"5 Cents a Copy Our systems of bookkeeping and cost keeping are not up to standard and I believe most of the Counties i the Province are in the same posiâ€" tion. This question was taken up at the Superintendents‘ Conference and considerable time was given to the discussion of the question. The Deâ€" partment of Highways was requestâ€" ed to formulate a system that would not only simplify, but would be acâ€" curate as well. T am sure the Deâ€" partment of Highways has beer working on this question during the past season and we should have a system that will be uniform for all Counties this year. The type of roads we are construct ing is too costly to construct at the present cost of labor and material We could construct some vwith a~less= er width, some with a lesser depth of material, others where the traftic deâ€" mands a wider road. We could conâ€" struct them of the lighter type, whick would reduce the cost to nearly two thirds of the present cost. The type of road mentioned above would carâ€" ry the traffic that would develop in the next four or five years, and thehph if the traffic has increased so as to demand a more permanent road, a surface could be put on then. The expenditure on road construcâ€" tion and maintenance being much larger than the estimated expendiâ€" ture you will expect some explanaâ€" tion of same from myself. On mainâ€" tenance we expended $9,730.68 more than ‘was estimated which was .due to heavy snowâ€"falls and heavy rains, which caused a larger expenditure for drageging of clay roads. Grading was $493.60 more than estimated. Items not in estimate for Smithville Bridge $8,195.19; new â€" machinery $20,299.47. Road No. 14, Concrete $39.064.95. balance of cost on othor +i L t mm t tm wo Hundred and Seventyâ€"Seven Thousand Dollars Put Inte County Highways Past Yearâ€" Staement for Grimsby Village and North Grimsby. Grimsby‘s Progressive Merchants are going to hold a Shoppers‘ Dayâ€"a big day of big â€" bargainsâ€"towards the end of the month. Watch for announcement in next week‘s paper. (Continued on page 2) 4 mnnar Ki rovwc i manen M ame~ $ mm im