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(By T. R. Paterson, County Engineer
before - the-nturon Counq Council.)
During the latter part of 1941 many
difficulties made their ap,pearanee,
and Toad authorities in 1.942, will have
many unusual problems to 'solve, as
war purposes absorb a.a increa5i/13
share of, labor and Materials. Since
the war -started our program has been
sealed down so that we. have been
doing only about one-half of the con-
structioto previously planned, but the
scarcity of farm labor and. of rub-
ber and other materialssdemands that
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 pro-
spect.
Transportation is a most important
item, in all bosiness and in all war
`'work, and neglected roads vould be t
serious bandicap, 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 -nes had a mini-
mum of maintenance. tis imperative
that we provide a seal Coat for .sec-
tions of this road. Much of our gravel
'road must have the required main-
tenance to keep the traffi? moving.
It would appear that our maintenance
expenditures should be •higher. In 1941
we built a section of road to the Cen-
tralia Airport. The airport authori-
ties are asking to have the work ex-
tended end 'request attention be given
to the road leading to the Grand
Bend Airport. There are always cer-
tain jobs to be completed left from
the previous year, and emergency
jobs are appearing constantly.
his county has always had a low
Roads
Machinery 39,320.94 10,165.11 20,650.86 49,786.69
Gravel Pits ' 2000.00 " " 2,1000.00
-- - Shop and Garage 5,051.37 5,051.37
• -.Snow Fence 8,000.00 1,000.00 , 2,256.01 9,256.01
road rate, and during the Past it has
been fciiiiidthat the money provide
would -tiqt .cotite cover the, expendi-
tures, and we. have been carrYgnk
modest deficit from year to year It
would be better to, carry a small sur-
plus sufficient to pay for the work at
thebeginning 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 construc-
tion is kept to a minimum, it is not
certain that a reduction in rate will
be in the befit interests of the coun-
t.
•-• It wouldappear that some of those
who recommend that no snow clear-
ing be done would havestheir wishes
carried' out by force 9f circumstances,
We have been unable to secure new
snowplow equipment,' and one of our
principal units has waited two months
for parts that are apparently needed
worse In -Russia or Lybia. It would
seem unfortunate to tie up a 'whole
machine"on accoant of one part, but.
if that part is needed to 'repair a
tank,' I think there-1FM be no com-
plaint.
No municipal resorts that I have
ever seen have shown the value of
the roads as among the assets of the
corporation. Roads areundoubtedly
assets, and it must be of interest to
the public in generat-,to--know , how
the value fluctuates from year•to year,
It Ahould also be of material inter-
est to the people that may buy bond
issues. I have, therefore, extended
the accounting system to show figures
of this -nature. -NaturallY, figures on
depreciation 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 then -cads on
December 1, 1939, having regard to
present costs, obsolesence, etc.
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1940 Assets of County Roads Department
Inventory Dec. 1, 1939 Dep., Etc. 1940 Constru. As at Dec. 1/40
$1,200,000.00 $6,000.00 $53,386.60 $1,247,386,60
• $1,313,450.67
Cost of Roads For 1940
Interest on $1;200,000 at 4% $ 48,000.00
Depreciation of roads 6,000,00
Depreciation of snow fence 1,000.00
80,4411.45
$135,441.45
:Maintenance •
Ineientery of
Heads.
Machinery
Gravel ?Pits
Garages- .
Snow F_enc.e.
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' 1941
Depree, _ Plus Less Excess As at
Dec„ 1, 1940 E. Gonstru. Overhead Rentals Dec. 1, 1641
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$1,247,386.60 $12,0.00 $78,662.03 $2,259.86 $4,748.68 $1,311,559.81
49,786,69 13,729.23 20,891.50 56,946.96
2,000.00 500.Q0 2,500.00
5.051.37 3,317.47 8,368.84
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9,256.01 1,256.01 1,176.10 9,176.10
(05P tbnied'frOM rage:1)
oltinate.0W 4n1"tabaliritY New.
Zealand iwas responstble for
the 'death of thirty-three Germans at
the hands ofa young ex -fanner turn-
ed soldier, a ;eat which brought him
the Epire's•Most coveted award-.
Alfred Clive Ilulme always had
tratrtrie.with(that cow, who would nev-
er go to her shed at milking time. He
had to stalk hert using all manner of
wiles to hunt her down. As a re-
sult he learned tricks of concealment
whioh he put into practice in the Bat-
tle of Crete, when lie stalked and
killed thirty-three German snipers.
Day after day he went out alone in
the fiercest fighting and shot down
the hidden men who 14,Tfre .harassing
British troops. After he had shot Ms
thirty-third German he was wenntled
in the shoulder as he was stalking
the next Naxi on the list. Thus did
the "super -sniper," as his comrades
called him, win his VC.
Cost of Roads For 1941'
Interest on $1,247,386.60 at 4%
• DepMciation, etc., on roads
Depreciation op. snow fence-
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Maintenanee
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By considering the costs from this
angle, we see,that the county is little
more than paying each year for the
cost of that *earns service. Ratepay-
ers of previctils. years tiaid for a lot of
permanent improvements of which we
now have the 'use, i4 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 improve-
ments, and it is fitting that the .say -
lig Made possible by these former
conncils should be handed down to
future generations,
The annual report td- the Depart-
ment of Highways shown, -the follow-
ing: • °.
Maintenance, '
Snow clearing • 4 17,901.21
Dragging 14,845:71
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MONEY -SAVING
NUT COOKIES
QUICK-TO7MAKE
2 tablespoons butter; 34 cup sugar;
1 egg; 2 tablespoons milk; 1 CUP t
flour; 2 teaspoons Mask Baking .,
Powder; WI, teaspoon salt 1 cup
chopped nuts.
Cream butter and sugar;
add well beaten egg; flour,
baking powder and salt
(which have been sifted
together). Stir in'4opped
nuts. Drop- by small tea-
spoons on to well buitered
shallow pans and ba,Ice in
3i5°F-
For ever 309 Delicious and
Oconomial Reciposesond to
Magic 'Baking Powder, Fraser
Toronto.
' * it386,583.71
$ 49,895.46
12,000.00Y- .
1,256.01
76,833.39
$139,984:56
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Shen nefrvIc.e cammissInn 00 a ,1).40;
Tabruk was the ocite-of-tnnat,W
. Time- after .tImeg Wien sections -0k Arbiab -fraught the Australian arinlr:
-•htt.plateen wera:o *oft up by heavy: its first ft -.of war. This was
'awarded posthumously' to Gor-
Machine-gan .11res-Srlistbseil himself Ivos
poral John karst Edmondson. .BY Ids
would crawl forward to 'within a feW
gallantry he saved the Me. of an- Of -
yards of the etterny and harass him
with grenades, 00 that his men could, Oa", who led .Itint and oitire !others in
cOntintte their' advange. Not even a bayonet charge on a party of Ger-
serious wounds, one •in the shoulder Mans who had established themselves
inside the 1Byitieh wire at Tobruk. •
and another in the foot,- could deter
him.
Although ireuntied• in the ilea,' and
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On one occasion he was fired on by officer's help, killed the two. Germane
two Germans. ' lie. fell, his arm. badly who were.attacking him and =doubt -
wounded, and shammed death. Then, eft saved his life. Edmondson hiin-
crawling away to cover, he propped self died shortly atterward.
his rifle in the fork of d tree, and as Nineteen days of continuous here -
ism during. the. .Syrian cam -palm
'brought the V.C. to another Anstral-
ian, Lieutenant Arthur Roden Cutler.
"This officer's courage was unpara.1-
hated, hit -gallantry most conspicuous
and sustained, Ms bravery outstand-
ing." These were, the glowing phras-
es in which the Blitish War Office
announced •Cutler's •award. '
the stomacb, Edmondson went to his
the Germans came forward 'killed
them both. One of them as he fell
actually hit •the muzzle of Uilphara's
rifle.
, A third New Zealander, Sergeant
John Daniel Hinton, owes his Victoria
ty, but beoause of it, this council is Gross to prisoners -of war in. Germany.
accused of being _indifferent to the Hinton was with British and Now
war effort, lack of patriotism, and of Zealand troops on a beach in Greece'
doing road work for the benefit of when a German armored' column ap-
proached and"thte order -to retreat
:to
cover came. • -
"To hep witirs-this,qs Hinton shoal
ed, "who'll come with me,?" And he
led an attack on the German guns,
wiping out some of the crews.
Until the letters came from those
prisoners of war in Germany the
military authorities in the Middle
Hitler. No other county council has a
better record for promoting the war
effort than that IA Huron, and the ac-
cusations in the letter are Most un-
warranted and unjust, and if it were
not that some people might be mis-
led, they would not be worthy of at-
tention. •
The writer stated that the council
of which he is a member carried on East and London bad not heard about
oply maintenance work since the -war this gallant action.
started. I have seen considerable pew The first Australian airman to win
road grading being done on Howick the V.C. led a formation of five' air -
roads since that_ time — consuming oraft,,in a daylight raid on Germany's
gas, and presumably discouraging the faradus seaport; • Bremen. Four of
war savings carnpaign. No doubt the those planes were lost, but in the
councillor's vision was obscured by other plane' was Acting Wing Com-
ing many outside interests. Anyone
wishing to criticize road expenditures
could pick on Emelt-better subjects
than the council of the County of
Grading 1,426.47
Resurfacing „ 17,879.07
Culverts 4.23539
Sanding • , ,
• 71905
Tarring ........ :.........-3,42Th0
Trees 35.25
Drains 599.70
Ditching 895.44
Snow fence ' 2,180.79
Signs 35.83
Guard. fence, • -339.33
Weeds,3,326.14
Calcium choride ", 7,035.97
County boundaries 483.60
Boundary account,s '. • 186.66
Snow fence 1,176.10
Bridges 3,096.82
Boundary bridges 7.4.6
Road and bridge construe- 77,476.21
Overhead 8,273.90
Rebates, towns and villages 4,615.65
Drainage' 416.86
Gravel pits .- • 500.00
New machinery not on ren-
tal 'basis - 8,391.50
Stock balances and balances
forward from 1940 3,767.88
Land purchases '225.00
mender, Rughie ldural Edwards, D.F.
C. He dived down to fifty feet, flash-
ed under high tension cables and dodg-
ed through `the balloon barrage. Then.
Huron.—T. R. -Patterson, County En- he coolly bombed Ws bjective and
gineer. brought his plane safely home.
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$180,505.39
Less sales and receipts not
credited -to jobs . ....... 2,717.26
Less machinery operations
ledger, Credit balance ... 13,385.87
Total for subsidy :.„....$164,375.26
Amount of subsidy 82,187.6a
'Summary
Amount sAntitted for sub-
sidy - $164,375.26
New maohinery on a rental
basis 12,500.00
Miscellaneous items not sub-
jedt to subsidy • 507.57
16,756.12
Accounts receivable
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$194,140.95
Deduct: re machinery on
rental' basis 8,633.17
Amount of voucher t arts... $165,507.73
Receipt*
Levy $84,100,10
Estimated subsidy 82,30.63
Receipts for stocks aril reit-
tais 16,758.12
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$183,046.61
Deficit 2,461.17
Total of vouchers $186,561.78
A -letter from a Howick Councillor
as recently' tent , to -and published
by many newspapers in this county.
This letter complained of road work
being done in 'war time. •The work
complained of was needed,. Watt well
and economically 'done, and is a cre-
dit to' the cetinty. 'Those who bought
the machinery can show that Its pur-
chase was among the best invest-
ments the county ha,s made. The pro-
gram sof- work propotied before the
War has been red-Oced by one-half
Ince ,the war started, and with labor
becoming scarce, it probably will be
pared es far as possible this.. year.
The roadatithorities of the county
did net take on „the vrosry of carrying
out this work for their own pleasure,
but because they considered that it
was the best iiiIng-to-cla for, the comb
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Cutler became almost a legendary
figure among the forward troops_ Day
after day, night after night, he car-
ried out the most daring attacks, of-
ten single-handed. His valor cost
him a leg, but he is recovering from
his wounds,
'Still another Australian won the V.
C. in -the Syrian campaign, Private
Jamens--Aeather Gordon, He was
granted 'the award forshis gallantry
in making a lone bayonet oharge in
face of intense machine-gun fire, by
which he ipen out the gun post and
cleared the way for his comrades to
advance.
India, too, bas the names of two
of her sons on the roll. Referring to
•oaesef them, twenty -one -Year-old Sec-
ond Lieutenant Premindra Singh Bha-
gat, who won the first V.C. for India
in this war, his commanding officer
said: "His was one of tne longest
feats of sheer cold courage I have
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Again your liver pours out bile to digest food,
"get rid of waste and allow proper nourishment
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out of order Koller dikestioa sad nourishment
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decomposes to your intestines. Nevous
trouble,s and rheumatie pa,Ms arise from this
poison. You become Consttpated, stomach and
kidneys can'r work properly. The whole--
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Thousandsofpeople are never sidr. and have
won prompt relief from•these miseries with
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normally and, lasting. good health ninths.
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'-Twice, the advance car in whiCh
Bhagat led a party of Sappers Was
blown up, and each time he was the
only eurvivor. In ninety-six hours of
continuous duty Bhagat -cieared fifty -
'five miles of road of %lines so ,
British troops could pass in Wet.
"We will capture the objective,"
were the last words of Subadar Rich -
pal Ram, to whom the second Indian
V.C. was awarded posthumouslY. Of
-him the official notice said that,„"the
heroism, ,determination and devotion
to duty shown by this officer were
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ation to all who saw ham."
As second in command of a cont..,
pany in the fighting in. front of Kereinve
Ram led the foremost platoon hints
self with the greatest !gallantry.
the company commander was wenn&
ed he assumed command and led the •
company to the -final objectise. Fin- _
ally, with but tbirty men, bee, cap -Ott;
ed the position and beat back six en. •
emy attacks. _When ammunition .gatre ,
out he and his men fought their War
back through the surrounding en- "
emy. Once more he led an attaelt,
only to receive fatal wounds. •
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. the Dominion of Canada to repay in cash_ -
the full face value of the Boricl• at the time
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