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The Island Farmer, Sept. 10, 1940

Official opening of the Western Road in 1940

I. . .have decided to try my hand writing a letter in regard to the paved highways, which have been kept open part of the time, up to now. I have been informed that this intermittent service is to be discontinued, leaving the roads completely blocked to traffic. . .The mode of trans- portation of horse and sleigh and a horse cannot go very far on eight or ten feet of soft snow which is the average depth on the western road along here, due of course to the cuttings piled up by the snowplough. We had open roads during the past week Tuesday night, but Wednes- day morning we found a storm raging and the road im— passable and the residents along this road bound in to their homes and we still are as the road is still blocked, and the mail man has not been able to make his rounds

since Tuesday.

Just what we would do in case of sickness I don’t know as in many cases it would be impossible to get a doctor, we’d probably die without medical attention. ..

Do the taxes on the gas consumed by eight or ten cars pay for the operation of this machine (snowplough) on the road in this section of the province? This service was never desired up here and now that we have it many have expressed the opinion that it is a disgrace to any party...

In a subsequent issue of the Summerside Jour- nal two residents of Tignish responded to Wallace Thomson’s letter:

In the S ummerside Conservative Press of February 29‘“,

1940, an Elmsdale resident was speaking about the pave- ment and I find it my duty not to let such talk go on

because it is not Thane Campbell’s fault but the people

of Elmsdalc. If the roads are impassable, it is because

you are too lazy to get down to hard work and shovel the snow. I don’t blame the mail courier if he does not give you your mail until your muscles get stronger...