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(51) C 'i0027| To His Excellency the Right Honorable Sir EDMUND WALKER lV£.Aiy, Baronet, Governor General of British North America, ^c, ^-c, and the Honorable the Executive Council of Canada, In laying the claims of Paisley to be selected as County Town of Bruci: before your Excellency and Council, it is res- pectiully proposed to show that it possesses the three following mos imporhtnt advantages in a degree superior to any other locality in the County, viz ;— ^ 2nd. A peculiarly advantageous and accessible position as re- gards Roads, and 3rd. Superior natural advantages which fit it t117""tu^ ' i"T '"^ ^'"P"'^"* commercial manufacturing rown These different positions being proved to the satisfac- lon of your Excellency and Council a favorable decL. on L anticipated on the ground, that such selection will subserve ^Lh"r?''r.^ convenience of the greatest number of he inhabitants of the County, which it is conceived, and respect- fc'"^"^'' is the real and all-important poi U for coS- 1st. Paisley's central positon on the map-on referring to the accompanying Map of the Conntv nf R.„L ;♦ wM' C thcki i>r>:«i^.. !• . •' — ---^i^v-jit AiLi De Seen ^hat Paisley, hes partly in the Tovfnship of Elderslie, and pa tly m the Township of Greenock, (the latter being the een- :?nt J^'^'I^V '^", <^«"«^y)-that it is only half a mile dis- ant from hs Township of Bruce, and half a mile distant from he rownship of Saugeen.-that it is two and a half miles dis- tant from the Township of Brant, five miles from the Township of Arran, and eijht miles f.om the Township of Kincardine' ^ePgth of one lownsh.p Irom it on the South, is the Township The central position of Paisley is equally remarkable and apparent when its distance from the different surveyed ViUac^es in he County is enquired into. It will be found that it is fifteen miles from Southampton, and fourteen miles from Port Kl<.in on the North, seventeen miles from Invermay, and eighteen miles from lam on the Northeast, sixteen miles from AValkerton on the Southeast, thirteen miles from Newry, eighteen miles from Teeswater, and sixteen miles from Riversdale, all being directly South-twenty-five miles from Kincardine on the Southeast-- Tiineteen miles from Inverhuron. and sixteen miles from Port Bruce, and the same distance from Malta on the West, while the position of Largan in the Township of Huron, near the ex- treme Southern boundary of the County is counterbalanced by l? J''''^"/,? * of Ohphant, in the Township of Amabel on the K u.f i ^"^ ^I"^ ^"'^^ ^^ ^^'« P^^'^t i« Perfectly barren, and unmhabited, and must continue to be so on account of the bar- ren nature of the soil. It will also be seen that the Village of Lockenbie, on the North Branch of the Saugeen, lies quite cou- tiguous to Paisley on the East. . 2nd. The peculiarly advantageous and accessible position of Paisley as regards Roads,~whether those are coiisidered which are already formed and inmrnvprl or the- ,- -^ formation, is equally remarkable.-The Elora and Saugeen t? the cen- i mile dis- itant from miles dis- rownship incardine, than the Pownship orthj that able and Villages is fifteen Klgin on 'en miles erton on iles from ' directly theast — rem Fort t, while r the ex- mced by 'I on the ren, and the bar- illage of ite con- position isidered »urse oi laugeen r Road, which forms the central street of the Villnffc is thp Jno » ingKoad through the County from North to South, ind the onlv direct route and main artery which connects Lake Huron with Ontario. It will be seen that the Durham Road intersects tbi, leadmg thoroughfare tlurieen miles to the South, and the Sa. geen and Owen Sound Road, nine miles to the North-the !./ nation of Paisley, thus lying between, being such as to balance as It were, these two interests. The Road between the 8th an" 9th Concessions of Bruce, now in course of improvement w.>h Its continuation across the Gore of Greenock t(. Paislev .nl nects that point with the Saugeen and Goderich Road and'lLT direct to the Lake Port, to the West, while its control*' t Goldie Street, and P-sing through Zock.^t w^^^ Eastern boundary of the County through the centre of E?drrsfe and thence connect with the Garafraxa and Sydenham P J in the County of Grey. It will likewise heseZth!l7h T ' Line between the Townships of Elderslie and R^L' .1^" continuation through the County of G^y^^tL^r rnlld Road . (now under contract by Government) connectrwfth^h Klora and Saugeen Road, two and a half miles to the So v of Paisley-this line being as near as can be in the centre of h 5 County not taking into account the uninhabitdTd barren Townships to the North. The line between Lots 5 and 6 1^ Greenock, from the Durham Road to Paislev. is now ac^u^l v under contract for chopping, clearing and ' Lr dgTnrbT the Township Council of Greenock, while the Town Unh.l Greenock and Bruce, and its c^ntinuatLns Wet^G^^^^^^^^^^ Kmcardine and Kinloss. connects with the Durram Rorfar' M I «s regn ds ordinary roada. '«'' ^y Government, in the !>pnng of 1856, (the first sale having taken place in the Syr ng 8 of the present year,) .since whicli time it has increased more than any other vilU.ge in the County, and this in spite of the exceed I nj,'ly bad state of the times. The attention of your Excellency and Council is also re- quested to the fact, that although in former years— when Rail- ways were not dreamt of, and roads>ere of the worst dcdcrip- t on— jt was deemed advisable to locate County Towns within reach of navigation, it has latterly been found advisable and ne- cessary for the general convenience of the majority of the popu- lation, to select central, inland towns, as is instanced by the selection of Milton, Merritsville, Cayuga, Simcoe, St. Thomas, and Chatham as County Towns of their respective Counties, not to mention the fact, that a site on the Lake has never been mooted for the County of Peel. It would not be in good taste, neither is it intended to draw any marked comparison between Paidey and any other locality which may compete for the advantage of becoming the County Town of Bruce, but as what are considered the very superior claims of Paisley rest entirely, for the reasons and facts above stated, on its affording, both presently and prospectively, the most convenient site for the County Town to the greatest num- ber of the inhabitants, the following remarks are respectfully offered in conclusion. Localities on the Lake Shore contend, that having the command of navigation, they are more accessible, and would therefore afford more convenient sites than inland towns. The iallacy of this argument is apparent, quite independent of the fact, that navigation is seldom available much over fi/e months in the year, and can never apply to a County like Bruce, the Eastern boundary of which, at its greatest breadth, lies nearly forty miles frona the Lake, and when it is remembered that the inland nonulation mfmi nfm^oaariUr in^^^^^^ ^.,-,v . 9 rnpiclly nnd progressively than on the Lake Shore, for the three foUowin,. most palpab.e reasons :-lst. It is wel known hat eonsucrab o tracts of h,nd skirting the Lake in BrucoTre „n- .ettlecl and must contmne to be so on account of the barren na- ture of the soil. 2nd. All the streams which aiford privileges br mauufacturmg purposes to any important extent lie towa^s the centre and East of the County, and Crd. It is well under- Ton f T ''"'"',' *'"^ '"^•^ ^^ ^"--^ -•!' -n il. d, not only for he general service of Bruce, but also in order to draw as much trade as possible from Grey. Again it is contended that a point to the North of Paisley and on the coast will be more central, in view of the extension of the County to the extreme Northern limit of the Indian Penin- sula. In reply to this it is only necessary to remark, that it is well known that all the Townships to the North of Amabel are entirely uninhabited, and must continue to be so, on account of the absolute barrenness of the soil. It is likewise argued, that a point either towards the Northern or Southern extrernity of th(. County ought now to be chosen, as this County being too large must u Itinmtely be divided. Finally, in reply to iMs it is anT- wered that it is with the present the inhabitants of the County have to do and that they have spoken out most unmistr-.eably against such an idea, and have refused to countenance such su eidal policy, to gratify certain localities in whose favor no better argument can be advanced. For all the above reasons, to which may be added, the great natural beauty of Paisley, at the confluence of the R vei^ Sau geenand Teeswater-the high, dry, and undulating character mitfed T ' 'v ''f '''''' '' ^^^^^^-^^ i« respectfully sub nitted to your Excellency and Council, that the selection of 'ounto bL^^^^ '''''''' ""'"^^^ ^' '^^ -^-^itants of the