A History of Elmsdale, Elmsdale West, and Brockton, Prince Edward Island

MR. Emma: ' I, am summed to thank they are trying to force antemehfles on again By all means. try and run them in thin air. but leave the roads far as

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, t, . The Island Farmer, 23 April 1913, p. 3

A “Letter to the Editor” against the operation of automo- biles on the roads

At the first session of the Legislature on July 14, 1912 the Automobile Act was repealed. This was the first day on which autos were allowed to run anywhere in the province since 1908. At first automo- biles were permitted to operate three days of the week, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Automobiles were prohib- ited on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays because large numbers of horses assembled in various places like market days and church services. In August 1916 the Island Motor League was formed to work out a compromise in which auto- mobiles would be allowed on the roads. In spite of an anti—automobile committee’s objection on Monday, June 11, 1917, in response to numerously signed petitions, all roads opened on Lots 1, 2, 3 and 13, and from Montrose to Alberton, from Alberton to Elmsdale, then from Elmsdale to Day’s Corner. Notice that the road from Elmsdale to Profit’s Corner was not open to automobiles at that time.

The Motor Vehicle Law for the province of Prince Edward Island came in the form of a handbook, first in 1913, with amend- ments in 1917 and 1918, with regulations. The index of this handbook contained 69 entries. Some of the entries had as many

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