The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1942-02-19, Page 3• Page 3 THE EXETER TIMES-ADVQCATE Thursday, February 19th, 194$
Report of the Engineer to the
Huron County Council
During the latter part of 1941 many difficulties made their
appearance, and road authorities iu 1942 will have many unusual
problems to solve, as war purposes absorb an Increasing share
of labour and material. Since the war started our program has
been scaled down so that we have been doing only,.about one-half
of the construction previously planned; but the scarcity of farm
labour and of rubber and other materials demands that we
study the commitments more closely than ever.
It cannot be expected, however, that the demands upon the
roads will be lighter, or that the demands for improvements will
become fewer, so that those having to do with road matters have
many headaches in prospect.
Transportation is: a most important item in all business and
in all war work, and neglected roads would be a serious handi
cap, while it would not be in the best interests of the people
to permit our roads to deteriorate. We have about sixty miles of
hard surface road and this has had a minimum of maintenance.
It is imperative that we provide a aeal .coat for sections of this
road. Much of our gravel road must have the required mainten
ance to keep the traffic moving. It would appear that our main
tenance expenditures should be higher, In 1941 we built a section
of road to the Centralia Airport. The Airport authorities are
asking to have the work extended and request attention be given
to the road leading to the Grand Bend Airport. There are always
certain jobs to be completed left from the previous year, and
emergency jobs are appearing constantly.
This County has always had a low road rate, and during the
past it has been found that the money provided would not quite
cover the expenditures, and we have been carrying a modest
deficit from year to year. It would be better to carry a small
surplus sufficient to .pay for the work at the beginning of the
year, until the Government subsidy is received so that the account
would be even with the bank once a year. Considering these
things, even though construction is kept to a minimum, it is not
Certain that a reduction in rate > will be in the best interests of
the County.
It would appear that some of those who recommend that no
snow clearing be done would have .their wishes carried out by
force of circumstances. We have been unable to secure, new
snow-plowing equipment, and one of our principal units has wait
ed two months for parts that are apparently needed worse in
Russia or Lybia. It would seem, unfortunate to tie up whole
machine on account of'one part, but, if that part is needed to
repair a tank, I think there will be no complaint.
No municipal ■ reports that I have ever seen have shown the
value of the roads as among the assets of the Corporation. Reads
are undoubtedly assets, and it must be of interest to the public
• in general to know how the. value fluctuates from year to year.
It should also be of material interest to the people that may buy
eond issues. I have, therefore, extended the accounting system
to show figures of this nature. Naturally,, figures on deprecia
tion are based on estimates, but so are the figures in the reports
' of commercial corporations. In order to. make a beginning, I
have made an estimate of the value of the roads on December 1,
1939, having regard to present costs, obsolescence, etc. .
department
1949
'Const.
53,386.60
2'0,650.86
1940 ASSETS OF COUNTY ROADS
Inventory of Dec. 1, ’39 1940
Deprec. etc.
6,000.00
10,185.11Roads ...............
Machinery .......,
Gravel Pits .....
Shop & Garage
Snow Fence ...
1,200,000.00
39,320.94
2,000.00
8,000.00 1,000.00
5.051.37
2,256.01
As at
Dec. 1, ’40
1,247,386.60
49,786.69
2,000.00
5,051.37
9,256.01
$1,313,480.67
Receipts
Levy ............................
Estimated Subsidy .............
Receipts for stocks and rentals
Deficit .
Total of Vouchers
*
$183,046.61
2,461.17
$185,507.78
Howick Councillor was recently sent to and
newspapers in this County. This letter
The work com-
Interest on
Depreciation
Depreciation
Maintenance
Cost of Roads for 1940
$1,200,000 at 4% ...............$
of Roads .............................
on Snow Fence ..... ..........
48,000.00
6,000.00
1,000.00
80,441.45
$135,441.45'
Inventory of Dec. 1, ’40
1941
Deprec. etc. Const.Plus
O’head
Roads ........:
Machinery
Gravel Pits
. Garages
Snow Fence
1,247,386.60
49,786.69
2,000.00
5,051.37
> 9,256.01
12,0010.00
13,729.23
Less
Excess
Rentals
4,748.68
1,256.01
Cost of Roads for 1941
$1,247,386.60 at 4,% ..................Interest on
Depreciation’, etc., on roads ......
Depreciation, etc., on snow fence
Maintenance ..................................
A lettei’ from a
published by many
complained of road work <foeing done in wartime,
plained of was needed, was well and economically done, and is
a credit to the County. Those who bought the machinery can
Show that its purchase was among the best investments the
County has made. The programcPf work proposed before the war
has been reduced by one-half since the war started, and with
labour becoming scarce, it probably will be pared as far as possible
this year. The road authorities of the County did not take on
the worry of carrying out . this work for their own pleasure, but
because they considered that it was the best thing to do for the
County, but because of it this Council is accused of being indifferent
to the war effort; Jack of patriotism, and'of doing road work for
the benefit of Hitler. No other County Council has a better re
cord for promoting the war effort than that of Huron, and the
accusations in the letter are most unwarranted and unjust, and. if
it were not that some people might be misled, they would not
be worthy of attention,,
The writer stated that the Council of which he is a member
carried on only maintenance work since the war started. I have
seen considerable new road grading being done on Howick roads
since that time—consuming gas, and presumably discouraging
the war savings campaign. No doubt the councillor’s vision was
obscured by his many outside interests. Anyone wishing to criti
cize road expenditures could Pick on much better subjects than
the Council of the County of Huron,
Respectfully submitted,
* ’ T. ROY PATTERSON, County Engineer.
Goderich, January 21, 1942.
THAMES ROAD and ROYS
The roads at the time of writing
are yery slippery.
Motto—The most you can lend is
the least you can do.
A Victory Loan concert is being
held this Wednesday night at the
Thames Road church.
The rising sun of Japan may be
shining brightly just now—-but ev
ery sup has Its sunset.
The Red Cross unit of Thames
Road have made and sent a h'^m-
her of quilts in the past few weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Williams
and Onah were in Toronto last week
attending the Ontario Plowing Con
vention.
Mr. and Mrs. William Ferguson,
Wilbur and Roy attended the fun
eral of their aunt, Mrs. George
Leary, at Mitchell on Saturday.
Mrs. (Rev.) Anthony will
dress the Day of1 Prayer at
Thames Road church on Friday,
Red Cross meeting will follow
Word has been received that
Harry Anderson is missing after
the big air fight over the English
Channel last week. We all hope
Harry will yet be found.
The Y.P.U. of Centralia were
guests of the Thames Road Young
People last Friday. Some sixty were
present. The Centralia group had
charge of the program and Thames
Road the games and refreshments.
THOMPSON--*-RINN
A quiet wedding wap solemnized
at the United church parsonage at
Woodham when Rosie Maud, daugh
ter of John Rinn and the late Mrs.
Rinp, became the bride of William
Lloyd Thompson, son of Mr. and
Mrs, Fred Thompson, of the eighth
concession, Blanshai’iL Rev. A.
Laing officiated. The bride wore
a gown of brown and turquoise
printed silk with beige and brown
coat and hat and accessories and
a corsage bouquet of carnations.
Miss Erma Knox, wearingturquoise
crepe with black coat and hat, was
bridesmaid. Harvey Dunnell was
best man. A wedding dinner was
served at the home of tjie groom’s
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parents. Mr. and Mrs, Lloyd.
Thompson will reside on the eighth
line of Blanshard.
'‘You ought to feel honoured
young man. Do you know that to
day I have refused to see seven in*
surance men?" "J know," said the
agent, 'Tm them/’
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Painful, Pus Filled Boils
the Cause of Much Misery
If you suffer from boils you know how sick and
miserable they made you feel.
Boils are an outward indication of impurities in
the system,, and just when you think you are-rid of
one another crops up to take its place and prolong
your misery. A1J the lancing and poulticing you can do may not stop more
coming.
To help overcome boils you should purify the blood, so why not give
that old, reliable blood medicine, Burdock Blood Bitters, a chance to show
what it will do in helping you get rid of them? Thousands have used it for
this purpose for the past 60 years.- Why not you?
The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont.
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As at
Dec. 1, ’41
$1,388,553.71
$139,984.86
By considering the costs from this angle, jve see that the
County is little more than paying each year for the cost of that
year’s service. Ratepayers of previous years paid for a lot of
permanent improvements of which weznow .have the use, and is
represented by $1,311,559.81 in the statement, The earnings
that this capital should show offsets a large proportion of the
amount spent for capital improvements, and it. is fitting that the
saving made possible by these former Councils should be handed
down to future generations.
The annual report to the Department of Highways
following:
shows the
A •><
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Bridges ............«....
Boundary Bridges
Snow clearing ..............
Dragging .........................
Grading ..........................
Resurfacing ..................
Culverts .........................
San di rig ..........................
Tarring ..........................
Trees ............... .......
Drains .............................
Ditching .......................................................
Snow Fence ...................
Signs ......................................................................
Guard 'Fence ................
Weeds ...........................
Calcium Chloride ....................... ....
County Boundaries .....
Boundary Accounts .......I,............
Snow Fence .................
MAINTENANCE
$17,901.21
14,845.71 v
1,426.47
,17,879.07
1,235.19
719.05
3,427.60
35.25
599.70
, 895.44
2,180.79
35.83
339.33
3,326.14
7;035.97
483.60
186.66
1,176.10
3,096.82
7.46 ■
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Road and Bridge Construction ...............
Overhead ........................«........................ .
Rebates to Towns and Villages .............»
Drainage .... ....................................
Gravel Pits ..............................».«..»*«.«.«»
New Machinery not on rental basis .......
Stock Balances arid Balance fwd. 1940
Land Purchases .................................
Less sales and receipts not credited to jobs ..........
Less Machinery operations ledger—credit balances
$180,508.39
2,747,26
13,385.87
TOTAL tor SUBSIDY
Amount of Subsidy ....
/$164,375.56
$ 82,187.63
VICTORY LOAN
SUNDAY
FEB.22.
Pinky-white dimples; a button of a nose;
wee, slender fingers clutching at your
coverlet—what kind of a world is this to
which you will awake?
Your life, we hope, will be rich in love
and laughter. God forbid that your Canada
should ever come under the heel of a ruth
less barbarism, where babies are born to be
the future shock troops, or the mothers of a
brutal, military race*
We promise that you shall inherit a Canada
blessed with the liberty our fathers bequeathed
to us* You shall be free as we are free.
So we gladly lend our money to our country
in this crisis. We will buy Victory Bonds to
the very limit. We must and we will make
sure that the threat of a brutal way of life
is banished forever.
MOW TO JEW Y—Give your order to the
Victory Loan salesman who calls On you.
Or place it in the hands of any branch of .
any bank, or give it to any trust company.
Or send it to your local Victory Loan
Headquarters. Or you can authorize your
employer to start a regular payroll sav
ings plan for you. Bonds may be bought
in denominations of $50, $100, $500, $1,000
and larger. Salesman, bank, trust com
pany or your local Victory Loan Head*
quarters will be glad to give you every
assistance in making out your order form.
A41
SUMMARY
Amount submitted for Subsidy .$164,375.26
New Machinery Ph a rental basis 12,550,90
'Miscellaneous items not subject to subsidy 507.57
Accounts Receivable ..... ....... 16,758.12
Deduct—re machinery on rental basis
Amount of Voucher Payments ,$185,507.78
F^lfl^VADV DAM AC^vlvTvKl BONUS
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