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THE CONTINUED OPERATION OF THE RADIAL RAIL- WAY IS NOT ANY MINOR MATTER TO THE PEOPLE OF THE NORTH YONGE STREET DISTRICT A question of major concern to the residents of Rich- mond Hill and the entire North Yonge Street district at the present time is whether or not the operation of the Metro- politan Radials will be continued. It is a problem which is of utmost concern to every elector as perhaps nothing would A.‘ so mitigate against the proper development of this great district as the discontinuance of this transportation system. There is no single factor which tends more to build up a community than cheap reliable transportation. The con- tinued operation of the radials is threatened by the determ- ination of a faction existing somewhere to substitute a bus service. The return fare from Richmond Hill to Toronto via the radial is fifty five cents and Via the busses is one dollar and ten cents‘ 4 The b’usses were introduced as competitors to the radi- al cars some nine months ago and naturally from that time on the revenue from the radials has decreased due to bus competition. ’Now the T. T. C. has recommended to the City of Toronto THAT THE RADIALS BE ABANDONED BECAUSE THEY ARE BEING OPERATED WITH A DE- FICIT. This recommendation has been fought by the Trans- portation Committee of the York County Council ever since it was announced but the result is still very much in doubt. The representatives of the people in County Council apprec- iate the value of the radials and the disadvantages of a bus service, they appreciate the wishes of the people in the Nor- th Yonge Street District who WANT A RADIAL SERVICE and DO NOT WANT A BUS SERVICE, and have labored untiringly to have the car service continued. AUHIA.-. r‘nm L|11ULL 11 AJ vv Ana-V vuv -n- .5 n, , , W. B. Redfern who was engaged by the County Com- mittee to investigate the transportation problem on Yonge Street after a'thorough survey of the Whole situation made a report, and 1n referring to the busses said: “Since February of this year, the T.T.C. have operated a line of coaches to and from Newmarket and intermediate points; also the coaches operating to Barrie and Orillia call in at Newmarket and stop at Aurora, Richmond Hill and Thornhill, etc. The result is that there is excess transportation service and the coaches are in competition with the electric railway, and tend to take the “cream” of the traffic from the railway. The summer schedule shows that six motor coaches arrive at and lea- ve Newmarket daily on the regular service as Well as the coach- es from Orillia, and certain additional service on Saturdays, Sunâ€" days and holidays. All this, in addition to the regular radial [AGE TWO York County Council as represented on the Transport- ation Committee agree with the Redfern report. They are opposed to the operation of buses on Yonge Street and are fighting to retain the Radial Service. If the York County Council had the control of Yonge Street there would be no buses competing with and threatening the continued oper- ation of the radials. But Yonge Street is a provincial high- way and as such is under the jurisdiction of the Department of Highways which is headed by Hon. George S. Henry the candidate who is seeking re-election in the riding of East‘ York. The permit to operate busses on Yonge Street came from Hon. G. S. Henryâ€"or as he explained the other night by his deputies acting in his absence. Hon. George S. Henry assumes responsibility for the granting of this per- mit to operate busses which has aimed a deadly blow at the future progress and prosperity of this district. ‘ AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT RICHMOND HILL THE LIBERAL PRINTING C0., LTD. J. Eachern Smith. Manager Member Canadian Weekly Newspaper Association. Subscription $1.50 per yearâ€"To the United States $2.00. 5 Covering Canada’s Best Suburban Distriz“~ Advertising Rates on Application. ‘ â€"â€"1- r- vav ~~v n Hon. George S. Henry who is a member of the govern- ment which is appealing to the country with the claim that it is a courageous administration, an administration which maintains that plebiscites are un-British and that they will never hide from their responsibilities, passes up the respon- sibility for this radial situation on Yonge Street with the excuse that he was absent from the department when the permit was issued. Does Hon. G. S. Henry invest depart- mental stenographers with the responsibility to issue per- mits in his absence? What has Hon. G. S. Henry done to correct this wrong done during the eights months that he has been back in his office since the permit was issued? As far as the public knows he has not made one solitary move to help the people in their fight to retain the radials and he has allowed to continue under a permit from his own de- partment a bus service which is a very real and threatening menace to a cheap, safe and reliable transportation system in the North Yonge Street district. service The motor coach has its legitimate field of service in the transportation field, an important branch of‘which is as a co-or- dinated and supplemental service to the electric railway, but not in direct competition with same. Coaches or buses have re- placed many short radial lines with no possibilities for future development, but the electric railways are still and will continue to be the most economical agency for transporting large numbers- of people. Fundamentally, the electric railway transportation is less costly than bus transportation. Bus transportation is a special-de-luxe service appreciated by the few, but not adopted. for the many. The people along the Metropolitan Railway con- sider the radial a safe and dependable means of transportation; but, in general, they have not the same confidence in motor coaches. Motor coaches have their greatest field of service in urban and suburban traffic, but not on long haul routes especial- ly where winter conditions of ice and snow are not favourable. During the summer months, the highway traffic on Yonge Street through Richmond Hill, Aurora and points farther north is very heavy and at weekâ€"ends, congested. Motor coaches, on account of their length and width, tend to impede this traffic. The radial always has an unobstructed right-of-way, and if the radial line be removed, there will be further congestion on the highway. The radial cars carry from sixtyâ€"five to eighty passengers. At times of heavy traffic, if these passengers are to be carried by coaches with capacity ranging from twenty to thirty passengers, the highway will be still more congested. At week-ends, for each crowded radial car, at least three buses will be required to handle the same traffic; and the addition of twen- ty or thirty buses on the highway for peak load conditions will further impede and congest traffic on the highway, and, will be of no benefit to the City of Toronto as a principal thoroughfare leading to it." ‘ _- _.._ _ ---D _ H11; discussing thief question from the public platform in THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 1929 THE LIBERAL TELEPHONE u. Established 1878 Richmond Hill and appealing for the support of the elector- ate he did not give the slightest semblance of a promise or indicate in any way that he had any thought or intention of cancelling the permit for the T .T.C. to operate busses eith- er in competition with or as a substitute for the radial servâ€" Ice. The actions of Hon. George S. Henry, as Minister of Highways, is dealing with the Radial question do not reflect credit on the member of the legislature for the riding of East York. The people of North Yonge Street who ap- preciate the importance of the Radial Railway should vote against the candidate ~Hon. G. S. Henry, .whose record on this important question is not such as to warrant the sup- port of the electors of this district. In criticizing the Highways Policy of Hon. George S. Henry, Minister of Highways, f91j_its failure to pyovidc Eide- wdlksvlfor Yonge Street, The Liberal is accused of telling half~truths. The Minister of Highways also referred to it along with the Radial question as minor matters, and ex- pressed the hope that the electors would not be influenced thereby. We will state again as we have stated persistently through these columns during past impnths THAT SIDE: WALKS ON YONGE STREET ARE A NECESSITY and that the present policy of the Department of Highways has proven inadequate in that it has FAILED TO HAVE SIDE- WALKS BUILT ALONG THIS BUSY PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY. Speaking in Richmond Hill last Thursday, Hon. George S. Henry declared that he had a very definite policy for sidewalks and that he was willing to co-operate with the municipal authorities in having that policy carried out. The present policy is that the TOWNSHIPS concerned must build the sidewalks and that the department will allow a grant to them of thirty per cent. Sidewalks have not been built on Yonge Street for the simple reason that municipal councils do not believe the polâ€" icy to be a fair or equitable one. Yonge Street is a provin- cial highway and as such belongs to the province and the township of Vaughan has absolutely no jurisdiction or auâ€" thority over it. The townships are asked by the present policy to go on property which does not belong to them, spend the money raised by direct taxation from the rate- payers of the municipality and build sidewalks on provincial property. I . ‘ . . . . . . . . . . . . ‘ - , ,1 The province raises millions by car licenses and gaso- line taX presumably for the construction of highways but the present policy of the department apparently has not sufficient concern for the safety of the lives of motorists and pedestrians to construct sidewalks. It is unfair in the face of the taxation for roads that townships should be ask- ed to assume the responsibility for the construction and bear two thirds of the cost of sidewalks on provincial roads. It is no half truth that innocent lives have been sacri- ficed on Yonge Street because of the absence of sidewalks. Neither is it a half truth that mothers who send their little children to school live in dread until they return home, nor is it a half truth that scores of residents of the district can tell you of miraculous escapes from injury and possible-dea- th. IT IS NO HALF TRUTH THAT SIDEWALKS ARE A NECESSITY ON YONGE STREET AND THAT THE HIGHWAYS POLICY OF HON. GEO. S. HENRY HAS PROVEN INADEQUATE BY ITS FAILURE TO HAVE THE SIDEWALKS CONSTRUCTED. It may appear a minor matter to Hon. George S. Henry, but it is NOT a min- or matter trict. The East Vaughan Ratepayers Association represent- ing the residents living south of Richmond Hill do not think the construction of sidewalks is a MINOR ISSUE. At their meetings held during past months they have persistently passed resolutions urging that in the interests of the people and in the interests of 'Public Safety that sidewalks be built on Yonge Street. The thousands of people Who are served by the Metroâ€" politan Radial whose continued operation is threatened by the operation of busses do not think that it is any MINOR ISSUE. The Radials are very much a MAJOR issue for the people of the North Yonge Street district. Hon. George S. Henry publicly admitted his responsi- bility for the issuing of a permit to the, T.T.C. to operate busses in competition with the radials. ' Electors with their votes should register their disapproval of this flagrant dis- regard of the best interest of the district and the wishes of thE majority of the people. An overwhelming vote against Hon. George S. Henry might convince him that it is not possible to disfegard the interests and wishes of the people and expect a continuance of their confidence. Speaking in Richmond Hill last Thursday night Hon. G. S. Henry in criticizing the issues ofwsidewalks and radials raised by the people here expressed the hope that the elect- ors would not be too much influenced by these MINOR IS- SUES. Speaking in Aurora on the same evening, Clifford Case, the conservative candidate in North York stated ac- cording to press reports, that he knew for a fact that a gang of men was ready to start operations in tearing up the steel of the Metropolitan Radials, and promised to work for a good bus service. THE RADIAL QUESTION IS NOT A MINOR ISSUE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE_ NORTIfI lVllLVUD Louuu LU ALLAâ€"l A Aâ€"dv- ..... v 7 r YONGE STREET DISTRICT. The continuance of the rad- ials is of direct concern to every elector who has any inte- rest in the welfare of the communities served by this trans- portation system. .A....‘.c,w*,u The Liberal was accused by Hon. G. S. Henry of telling half-truths on the sidewalks question. It is no half-truth that innocent lives have been needlessly sacrificed because of the inadequate Highways Policy of the Hon. G. S. Henry which has failed to construct sidewalks on Yonge Street. Liquor and gasoline will not mix with safety. Resi- dents of this district are all too well aware of the actual fact that Whiskey and Gas do mix to the danger of the life and property of all who use the highway. As we watch the apparently never-ending stream of motor cars along the highways we are impressed by the a- mount of gasoline which must be consumed in a year. Yet the sale of liquor last year through Ontario Governrent __I__ t-.. ‘1". stores was same year. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30th IS ELECTION DAY. Make sure you cast your vote. THE LIBERAL, RICHMOND HILL, ONTARIO K: U1. 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