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PAGE TWO I pray Almighty God that the words I write in this house may be pure and honestâ€"that they be dictated by no personal spite, un- worthy motive or unjust greed for gain; that they may tell the truth as far as I know itâ€"â€"- and bend to promote love and peaceâ€"- amongst men. RADIAL SERVICE 0N NORTH YONGE STREET SHOULD ' BE MAINTAINED The proposed abandonment of the Metropolitan Radials and the substitution of a Bus Service for the North Yonge Street district is a prepostrous suggestion by a Transportation CommissiOn which has apâ€" parently got the “bus bug” to such an extent that it has been carried away beyond the realm of reason. , To introduce a bus service to carry the passenger traffic now carâ€" ried on the radials would be the heighth of folly and in total disregard of the safety of. those who travel Yonge Street. Anyone who has any idea of local conditions can picture the congestion on Yonge Street on a summer week-end or holiday when there would be busses sufficient to carry the passenger traffic plying their way up and down the al- ready too crowded thoroughfare and stopping at every crossâ€"road and street. It would be a condition which we feel sure men of reasonable judgment would never inflict on the general public. ‘ A bus service on North Yonge Street in the winter time would only be an interrupted and unreliable service. Ice storms, and snow storms have visited the district in the past, and we presume the T.T .0. cap- able though it may be, makes no claims to an intervention with Proâ€" vidence in this regard. The winter months make travelling by bus a precarious and dangerous proposition and perforce many times an im- possibility especially in the northern section of the County. York County has had reason to be thankful for a transportation system on Yonge Street in the heart of the County from end to end and should make a very vigorous fight against any attempt to rob the County of this asset. York County has every reason to be disappoint- ed with a Transportation Comniission which after a few months of op- eration is willing to throw up the sponge and abandon the radial serv- ice with an alternative proposal of a bus service. HIGHWAYS DEPARTMENT SHOULD TAKE A MORE ACTIVE INTEREST IN PROVIDING SIDEWALKS 0N YONGE STREET Three accidents to pedestrians and one fatality on Yonge Street in less ban a week brings to attention once more with startling empâ€" hasis t e need of sidewalks. People who walk on Yonge Street are taking a chance with their lives every day in the week. Anyone who has walked on Yonge Street after dark knows it. THE DEPART- MENT OF HIGHWAYS KNOWS IT AND LONG AGO SHOULD HAVE TAKEN ACTION TO SEE THAT PROVINCIAL HIGHWAYS HAD SOME PROVISION FOR PEDESTRIANS AS WELL AS FOR MOTORISTS. The failure of the Department to do so is evidence of a weakness in the policy of road building in the province of Ontario. The matter of sidewalks on Yonge Street has been leftmg‘the mun- icipalities of Vaughan and Markham and according to regulations the Province bears thirty per cent. of the cost of the work. To their cred- it the Township councils of Markham and Vaughan townships have gone thoroughly into the matter and a start has been made on the work; The Township councils’ delay has not been due to the fact that the members do not appreciate the great need of sidewalks in the inte- rests of public safety. Delay has been due to the fact that the con- struction of even a cinder walk from Elgin Mills to'Langstaff is a very difficult and expensive undertaking. There have been many difficulties foreseen in contemplating the work which the average man passing up and down the street does not see. Expensive fills have to be made and the matter of getting material on the ground in many places is a problem, culverts have to be built and in some places it is practically impossible to build walks without putting tile in the ditches and filling them in. Such a program presents an expensive undertaking for a township council. The Department of Highways lay down a policy that they will pay thirty per cent. of the cost providing that the locat- ion and construction is satisfactory and with that apparently wash their hands off the whole prOposition. It would appear that the deâ€" partment has little concern if sidewalks are ever built on Yonge Street. The department has plenty of time to make other regulations and de- mands regarding the construction of roads but apparently turns a deaf ear to the appeal of pedestrians for some accommodation on the high- ways. The department sees to it that culverts are built, demands that proper drainage be secured, demands roads a certain width, but ap- parently takes no interest in demanding that sidewalks be provided for pedestrians. Yonge Street is a provincial highway and conditions as they exist here are probably not paralelled anywhere else in Ontario. We sub- mit that the Ontario Department of Highways should take an active interest in _the construction of sidewalks on Yonge Street and that there should in this case be some variation in the fixed policy and that the province should be mfi‘e generous in the matter of a grant to the interested municipalities which are called upon to do the work. _In any event sidewalks must be built in the interests of the preservation of human life The people of any community should work together for a definite purpose. That purpose should be the ADVANCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. The common purpose is hardly dis- tinguishable from the purpose of each individual. That which benefits the individual usually benefits the entire community and that which benefits the community reacts to the benefit of the individual. PROS- PERITY AND PROGRESS comes to those communities whose citizens have their eyes fixed on 3. COMMON PURPOSE. Success crowns the efforts of the man of purpose and the community vn‘th a COMMON PURPOSE works as one man. The definite establishment of a COM- MON PURPOSE in Richmond Hill which will be the aim of the Board of Trade will increase business, create new industries, bring in new residents and in fact perform miracles in communitx betterment. LET’S WORK FOR A COMMON PURPOSE Bus service on 'Yonge Street at its best is a poor substitute for Radial Service even at its worst. A radial service is SAFER and SURER than a bus service. North Yonge Street district wants a SAFE and SURE transportation system and should oppOSe any attempt to grant permission to the T. T. C. to operate a Bus Line instead of radials as under the present franchise. Established 1878 I AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL . THE LIBERAL PRINTING co. LTD. ‘ J. Eachern Smith, Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Subscription $1.50_ per‘y‘eagâ€"To the United States $2.00. h: _L__: -n North Yonge Street wants a radial serviceâ€"not a bus service LET‘S ADVANCE WITH A COMMON PURPOSE “Gags; 'Ca'n'édé'EBest Suburban District. Advertising Rates on Application. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, 1928 THE LIBERAL TELEPHONE 9. DO YOU REMEMBER This \Veek of 1893 I When the Rising Star Lodge of Victoria Square prepared for the Pleâ€" biscite Campaign, which was held in the Temfierance Hall, the speakers for the first evening were, Rev. Mr. Dean and Rev. Mr. Vickery, of Richâ€" mond Hill and Rev. Mr. Nicol and‘ ‘Rev. Mr. Ritter, of Unionville. When Mr. J. Peterman, Blacksmith \of Edgeley secured another shop on the 3rd con. of York. When in Richmond Hill, John Clifford, aged 10 years, youngest son of Mrs. Wm. Clifford passed away. When the sporting fraternity of Victoria Square met to test their skill at off hand rifle shooting. After fif- teen rounds had been fired a meeting was held in W. Meek’s hotel to con- sider the advisibility of forming a club. Officers were elected as fol]. owszâ€"President, J. C. Jenkins; Viceâ€" President, James Lever; Secretary- Treasurer, W. Scott; Committee of management. T. Frisby, A. McKay, John McKenzie, Geo. Browne and J. Trudgeon. ies. When at Sherwood, township of Vaughan, Margaret, wife of Edwin Campbell. Among those, present were noticed, Messrs T. McCormack, H. J. Saigeon, C. H. Keffer, H. Franks, M. Powers, J. McNeil, R.-S. Thomson, Wm. Clark. Silas Shunk, W. Body, J. T. Saigeon, W. Hanna, J. Caldwell and a large number of ladâ€" E. Carver, passed aw 25 years. DO YOU REMEMBER This Week of 1903 When at. the residence of the bridâ€" es brother-in-1aw, Mr. Cline, Toronto Junction, by the Rev. '1‘. Campbell, of Richmond Hill. Mr. Thomas B. Ludâ€" ford was united in marriage to Mrs. Jane Sivers, both of Richmond Hill. When the opening of Maple school was held. The exercises of the after- noon commenced about 2.30 by the Principal Mr. Elliott calling upon Mr. Leeds Richardson, secretaryâ€"treasur- er of the school Board took the chair. Prayer was offered by Rev. C. A. When a boiler exploded in Cane’s factory, Newmarket, killing two fire- men and injuring about a dozen othâ€" er employees. When the local Conservatives met in the Temperance Hall, here and elected officers for the yearhas follâ€" owszâ€"President, J. H. Sanderson; Vice-President, F. Sims; Secretary. Isaac Crosby; Treasurer, P. G. Sav- age; Chairman of Committees, W. H. Pugsley, H. A. Nicholls. When Mr. J. Bentley, of London, England, and Mr. Ross McLennon, of Napier, New Zealand, students of the €Canadian Horological institute, Tor- onto, visited Mr. Jerry Smith’s watch- lmaking establishment. ‘ When this week the thermometer was down below zero, but the skating rink was not rented. When at the Epworth League, Miss Gertrude Derry i‘endered a piano solo Topic “'What the Bible teaches us a. bout giving, was give by Mrs. Sloan; also Miss Winnifred Hume contribut- The people‘kawho asked for bread and were given a stone have nothing on the people of York County who expected from T.T.C. oper- ation of the radials, BETTER CARS, BETTER SERVICE AND LOW- ER FARES and received only a proposal to abondon the line and subâ€" stitute a bus service. When on the 3rd con. of Vaughan, Ellen, relict of the late Thomas Curâ€" ran passed away at the age of 96 years. Interment at Thomhill ceme- tery People of the North Yonge Street district hailed with delight the announcement vii-z“ +he Metropolitan radials would be operated by the m m n rm” nonn‘o “mm oinn tn exnect a faster serviCe and a direct T.T.C. The people were given to expect a faster service and a direct service right down town Without changing cars. New and better cars were proposed, and many improvements in operation were expected. None of the proposed improvements have been noted. Has the T .T.C. made any constructive effort to make the Metropolitan line pay? The introduction of busses on Yonge Street which is now overtax- ed by motor traffic would be the heighth of folly and in total disregard of the safety of motorists and pedestrians on Yonge Street as well as passengers using the busses. York County should oppose to t] T. C. to scrap the radials and retain a bus-line. Some time ago it V tion,â€"â€"“How long muat cents ?” The hitâ€"and-run motorist who has humanity and decency to return to the be dealt with lightly by our courts. ’How many more lives must be vided for bedestrians on Yonge St! The number of motor accidents on need of greater police protection. The highway officers is entirely inadequate When offending motorists are dealt lake captains found guilty of negligence t a vocal solo. Mr. Jennings presid- THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, “WAY BACK IN LIBERAL FILES” ay at the age of it was aptly said and at this time can bear repetiâ€" ust our highways be stained by the blood of inno- to the last ditch the proposal of the T. stain the franchise for the operation of be sacrificed before Street? ' This Week of 1908 When at Gormley, Laura, beloved wife of Joseph Heise passed away in her 26th year. _ \’ When the Vaughan Township COun_ cil met with members present, Mr. Isaac Devins, Reeve; D. C. Longhouse Deputyâ€"Reeve; J. A. Cameron, Wm. ‘Thomas and J. S. McNair, Councillors When the drawingâ€"room was cro'w- ded to its utmost when a piano recitâ€" al was given by the pupils of Miss Millie Trench, assisted by Miss Mary Trench, soprano. The following were the pupils taking partâ€"Miss Irene McMahon, Miss Marjorie Wright, Miss Irene Cosgrove, Miss Annie ‘Richards, Miss Elsie Brillinger, Miss LWinnifred Hume, Miss Jean McDon- ald, Master, Ernest Allan, Miss Ruby lRichards, Miss Luella Johnson. When the following interesting program was given at the Richmond Hill High School, E. S. Cox, Presiding ‘Recitation, by H. Hislop; piano solo N. Brydon; Essay, S. Connell; Essay, G. Sloan; Reading, Irene Douglas; Essay, M. Cowie; Vocal solo, R. Little Mr. Weatherill, principal, acted as critic. When the W.C.T.U. of this vill- age met at the home of Mrs. Soules. When Rev. T.W. Duggan, of Toronâ€" to spoke at a Temperance meeting. A solo was rendered by Miss Glass. Mr. G. S. Sims occupied the chair. When Rev. Mr. Currie, of Sarnia, preached in large and interesting congregations here and at Thornhill Presbyterian church. not V scene Yonge Street motorcycle p: in the face of t with then ’0‘ So farâ€" and yet so near! ing. 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