A History of Elmsdale , West, and Brockton , In 1865 surveyor Henry Cundall walked the trail from Elmsdale to Campbellton and said it was "barely pass¬ able". In May 1866 it was noted that Mr. John Burke was paid for cutting windfalls on the New - apparently attempts were being made to improve its condition. j By the 1870s the province had begun "Road Sales." The Supervisor of Roads advertised in the newspapers for the repairing of roads and bridges to the lowest bid¬ der at Public Auction. An example of a Road Sale was found June 12, 1890 in the Summerside Journal: ...Wednesday 18 June at 8 o'clock a.m., , from Campbellton to Alberton at 10 a.m., at 1 o'clock p.m., from at Wells O'Brien Road at 4 o'clock p.m. at 5 o'clock p.m... The survey for the Great was finished by 1827 and tenders were called for its construction late that year. The first segment was from Miscouche to Portage , and by 1830 it was completed to Cascumpec , but the settlers along the route were not satisfied with its condition. A petition sent in 1831 to the House of Assembly asked that more work be done on it. It stated that the road from Cascumpec to Charlottetown , more than eighty miles, was at times impassable, and even if it was fair at times, a trip on horseback to Charlottetown took five to seven days. The road West became known as the Great . Although we still refer to it as the or Route 2, it was officially re¬ named The Veterans in 2003 in memory of our Island veterans. Road Sales. district no. a , TUK ,Subsi.nhet will sell at Pubbi Auction to the lowest bidder, the repairing of the roads and bridge* in the above named District as follows, (IN MONDAY the 16th of June, it <B o'clock a. m., commencing at O'Leary Station , , at 9 o'clock a. m,f , at it o'clock a mM from D. Currie 's to line at Lot 7, at 1 o'clock p. m., road from to , at ; o'clock p, m. TUESDAY, 17th June, at 9o'clock a. m,, from to \ frem Bloomfield Station to Campbekon at 11 o'clock a. m.; at 13 o'clock p. m.-t from Campbelton to Mmv inegash at 3 o'clock pan.; at 4 o'clock p. m. WEDNESDAY, 18th June, at * o'clock ft m.t ; from Camp¬ belton to Alberton at 10 a. m,; at I o'clock p. m.; from to Wells O'Brien Road at 4 o'clock p. m.; Elmsdale cross at 5 o'clock p. m. THURSDAY, 19th June,at 10 a. m,, Alberton to Gordon's Bridge; at if o'clock a. m., and ; at 13 o'clock p. n% Streets; at % o'clock p. nx, road from line of Lot 3 by New Bridge, Kildare to Alberton . ■FRIDAY,*** June, at o o'clock a. m.f ; at 10 o'clock a* m. to line of Lot 10 ; at t* o'clock p. m. road from Gotfs Bridge to Mso^airstoAAdfawfeiaso&Rliod JAMES vbmi The Summerside Journal, 12 June 1890 An ad for a "road sale" in the Elmsdale area in 1890 29