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ImMi fir^ «(% lull filltti if % 4«ihK l«i)|tk t|i»t Tmur PwlitiQiwm omm* nqMotf^^ 1^ l«»ve to o«U Yoor EM^snoy'i attthtim <»A)M»«Mfii|)iii|it^ JIW^^ ai* tin Trwit unilmMing A period o# tmrnty ycidMi' ' Th« inaUlity of the Tniat to meet ita engegemeato iadtioed yotw I^Httonen to inquire iirtDtlieateteofitseffiiira Mdthe result of their inveetiMtkm Hee^eiMi'vinced them that unhMa Uw Oovemment wnd Legialature oome to their relkf during the pteaeot Seaseian, your P«tition«ra will be expoeed to most serious losaei. The Quebec TUropike Tnvst is uot a private undertakiug managed bj* parties having a pcouniaiy interest in the sMune, it is a public undertaking whose real and personal property is vested in Her Mi^esty for the public uset* of the ^vinct and wjbntnisterad by tht fixeoutive thmiurh Trustees who have no material mtenst in its prosperity and'ove.' whom the Bond Holders have no control whatever. The Jdemtmindttm will show that at all times the Government have assumed the management of the fkffkirs of the Tnnt nnd allowed no discretionary powers to the Trustees and heeded not their remonstrances, when warued by them that the new and teneated burthens imposed by the Legislature would ruin the credit of the Trust; it wnl ihow likewise that the Legislature has in sevend instances, by giving undue pre- feMffitces to Debentares of a posterior date and by ohamng the North Shore Trust with th^ payment of the £40,000 spent on the South Shore ltoad«> deprived your Petitioneie of fM|ttirad rijI^teAtid *#■ MEMORJLNDXJM Oir TBI SUBJECT OF TKK (Dttrte €wmk Crast. The Qaebec Tarnpike Tro«t was . RbllBhed in 1841, by the Ordinance <.;^^ "JIJ- 4 Vio. C. 17, of the Special Council of Lower Canada. biuh*d. Tlie Governor was autlioriaed to appoint Tru»tee« for opening, mailing and prop.rtyT.rt. keeping in repair oeruin kwIb leading to the City of Quebec and to acquiio for ^J;^"-* that purpose real and personal property "to be veiied in Hifr Mnjeity for the public «M« of the Prooince. subject to the management of the Trustees." The following ruads were placed under their control, viz. : 1 The Cove road, including Kilmarnock 8 ™- I 3 The St Louis road to the North Western extremity of Cap Rouge bridge 7 "» \ 8 The St Foyei-oad * 4 m. ft Indudmg La Su6de road 2 m. A " Champigny road 1 m. | 4 Tlie St Charles and Lorotte road 4 m. k 6 Tike Beauport and Montmorency road 6 m. ft Beingatotolof 31 mil. The Trustees were authorized to raise by way of loan, on the credit and £S6,ooo. security of the tolls, a sum not exceeding £25,000, to" defray the cost of op»^ning and macadamizing the above 31 miles of roads, but ns macadamized rouds cannot bo built under £1000 per mile, that sum was insufficient. However, during the same year, the Legislature passed the Act 4 & ,5 Vic c. 4. 5 v. c. 78. 72, adding to the 31 miles mentioned in the Drdinnnce, 3 A miles, including three expensive bridges, which were all in a delapidated state. Scott's bridge was immediately rebuilt at an expense of £1000, the whole adding a further sum of about £4500 to the indeljtedness of the Trust. Against this extension, as also Ro«d. eitend- against subsequent ones, not carrying with them any pecuniary provision for tiit-ir '^• construction and maintenance, the Trustees remonstrated, but instead of placing at their disposal the necessary funds to enable them to meet their engagements and to make up for the deficit, the Legislature in 1843, passed tlio Act 7 Vic. c. 14, exempting from toll vehicles conveying manure, or parties to Churchy on Sundays and Holidays, thereby entailing an annual loss of about £100J. In 1845, Mr. Chauvoau, the member for the County of Quebec, re- i846. ferred the subject of the Quebec Turnpike Roads to a Solect Committee com- posed of members residing in Quebec or representing the adjoining Counties. whoae inhabitants were peti^#ag for the reduction and even, the entire ■ V ». w. nVntiHon nf the toll*. hnA iinon tho Cnmniittoe'i recnmrnendntion, the jjovommciit TttU*r.d9. Tttu iinit X2'>000, with the revenues of tolls, hMving prored inmifRrlent to R.«d.MHid completo the nt thttirindebtedneae. The reduction of the to]h.in Tirtua of the 8 Vio a OA, hjul ttfected no ma- tciiaily the revenues of the Tirutit. that the Trustees, through iheTr Secretary, informed the government of tlie fact, in the montliH of July and December of tlint year, with n request that tliuy would pay the interest due on their Deben* tures. The interest was accordingly puid Uy Oovemuiont. Notwithtsanding thehr fioanoial embarniimnientSt tiie TruHtees hr.d pushud tlieir workii forward so vigorouHly. that l>y the end of 1 84(», they had completed all the roiiiU placed under their control, exct^ptio;; howwer the Miampigny Hill and lied Uriuge road, wbich could not be made for want of funds. This ina- bility on their part to go on with tho road caused complaints to be brought bvfore I'nrlinment, urging the Lcgislnturo to direct tho Trustees to build it without further delay, and petitions, in great number, were presentitd, ankingfor a reduction of the tolls which had already been lowered by one half. Qovem- nioni, no doubt with the intention of coming forward in time of need to relieve the 'i'lust fram its embarrassment, acceded to the prayer of the petitioners. These petitions were therefore referred to a Select Committee nod a bill woe brought in with the sanction of the Executive, substituting a lower schedule of tolln for the one in force, without any regard to the representations of the Trustees ihiit the foiiiier rednciions had, already affected very materially the revenues of the TruR* The jCSOoO roqufrt-d for biiflding the ChampJgny Hill road were not even nntlinrizod to be borrowed, but an order was transmitted to tho TruHtees by tho Hon Mr. Attorney General 8mith, the leader of the Lower Canada sec- tion of the Ministry, to auply the revenues of the toll bars towards macadamizing that very expensive road. In obedience to the Attorney (leneral's order the road was commenced some months later. In 1847. numerous petitions were again brought in praying for a further extension of the maoulamized roads and were referred to a Select Committee on motion «»f Mr. Chauve.^u. There were throe members of the (government on tlie Coniniittee, viz, the Hon. Messrs. I.)aly, Morin and Aylwin. In tlteir report tho Uoniniiltce expressed a hope tliatatthe next session, the Government would take the subject into consideration, and would bring in a bill for the improvement of ^h? existing system. It, was not however until 1849 that the Government brought in tho bill recommended by the Committee. The subject was not referred to a Select Com- niitiee. but on motion of the Hon. Mr. Blake, a member of the Cabinet and Soli- citor licneral for Upper Canada, the House resolved itself into a Committee on the 8ul>jcct and re|H>rti. Mnmhrra of Oiilt nnCiTO- iiiitifo. 1SI9. IS V. r. MR. l).lf|.||'Kl' UriU «. '*$ ' .i«.M!«*(|,<«f«.PiS>«''»*MilWM»^' fli!>l(»ii*f««.iw>«r'« i ■.X ^ a.'TlM'BAniportrMtotlMChftteau llichetChriMiniU...«».k 6 m. I a. TIm Cltariwbourgrood from t|ie < hurplv to tb« Loratt* Indkn Vtl- l«go •• •'.•• • 4 in. I 4. The road from tU IndliHa VUl«gi to the Roote de I'EgUte &. Tba Hftid Hout« deTE^iM (the lungth of the rooda .Na 4 and 6 if , included in No. &)...».».. , ,, [ 6. L'lJrrai6re road to the Oo'.nnii»Hl(Mier'f Uridira •.....«•.... . • . . I n\, % **^» "f^" 7. Tl.t. St. Koyo I., id t.» tli^ top of C.iroiige Hill 2 m. I '"""'^" 8. The enm road from 8t. Foyo Church to 8t. Loui» road 1 m. | 9. The Ciiiwitmdext^ded I m, J 10. The extentlon of Cljarletbonrg to St. Pierre I m. i 1 1 . The Sii^de rooil oxtetided in the direction of St. Auguitfai church. . 1 m. Total 27 ro. J Tlio TruHt^flii were fir»t winired to l^suo Dehontttrei to the amount of **■*"*• JC25.0()0,Hiid then to piiy the full viiliio of »ho Mri the hiiiu of^ O.OHJ. anil out of tjio balnnco X 14,916, to build 3 'I iniluii ot roads, requiring n cuiiital of tit luaat .i'27,UD(). Unablo to como lo tornn w* h the proprietor* of tlio Bridge nnd therefore to cinruply with tlio requiremoutaof the Act, iho Triisloes hud to await tlio ncliou of l)ie Leginlaturo. ' > Toroaiovo nil diffiwUy.the uogl,J out of tho JC2.').() lowiinlu mi. oponiiijif Hill m'loailitiniisin;^ ilio ro^iU, iml'tli) b.ilin !o towardd purtili;i.-'ihH„...i ..r •inewon'o. ' ' •■ ..,„.„,,j ,,,,,...,, , » «..uti.»rbuiU. At the timo of the pnwlng of tUf twt> U«t Acta and until they were acted a aio .,f rowii upofV in liS.'VO, Qiieb»c pwHesied a syirtoiii of m I'-rtdmulajd rosida Huperior to any '"•*"• other in Canada, embracing' all tho main roiuls (Chivrioabourg roiul excoptml) lending to the city nnJ forming an nggrog.ito. length of a'oout -iftmile* with a lai-go. number of dxpqnsive bridgun, mostly all built aneiv, and «n income which ought to hftvo yhjld 'd anniully £m(H). hut whUh was oonsiderHbly diminished by tho riidfuotioh of the tolls and their entire abolition in certain oaaes, thereby with- drawing, for the benefit of the public, tlio liberal aid granted by Govornmont to the TruHt. Even .with thia rexluced revenue the Trustees would have been able , to kuep tho bridges an 1 roada in good order, and pay the salaries and wftgea of t\\6\r einpioi/6,1, until the gradual increase Of the tolls would hiivo. allowed thdrh. from time to tjme, tO go on with their gradual extenaion, with respect to which no dOiibt can be entertained, as their roveniies Have coit- • giderably increased. Instead of allowing matters to remain in that state the Government and Le- Tow oitMi- glslature hive thought proper to impase on the Nor'h Shore Trust in the short »'°°' "' 'o^*- space of four year^t. and in addition to the 35 mi' !3 t Iready macadamized, the building attd tnacadamizing of 12l)| miles of road, ^.ji of which, on the South Shore, equal to an oxpoiwiituiie of £ I20,r300, besides a sum of £14,030 expended in bridging the Montmorency Jtiver. In obedience to tho law, Dorchester Bridge was purchaaed and rebuilt at BridX'"- an expense of £10,084, representing aniutorost of £600 per annum. <'^'»^- This acquisition might have proved a considerable source of revenue to the Trust, had not the toll bar on the Beauport road been removed, and had one been placed on the Charlesbourg road. The year after the passing of the Act 12 Vic. 0. 115, which had imposed issi. on the 'Xrust the obligation of buildiog 27i miles of rojad; The Ilonblo ih: ic w fk. •. oymrwm Mfloadtd bf ttoHmbto. Ik« OMBBMniMr of Vu\Mt Works. Mr. ClMboioob«lMirofUMgov«niaB«BtBOT«d ^ HosM iaio A ComniMM to ooMUtr tU MpcdiMMT of MtMdlnf tho prorWoiw ot tho TurapUM Road (MBbmmo.— Tho Hon. Mr. Atlomoj- Qonanl Buidirin. br ooismuid of Hit EmoIImmj, rtoooHModod Um malUnr to tbo oomidoration ortlM Boom. Bmo- liMloM wort rtporlod Mlhoriiinf • forthor Imm of £10000 OobonturM, roqitii«d to oomphlt Um 174 «lki of roMb ordorod la 11949. but •! tho mum tin* ad- diiV *** iaUoariaff niadi* rU. . IbWMii. 1 From fha Mid of tbo U mik lo Lafraaod, dioik lirn«li(nt o# to«rirdi laka B aauport and towa; Ja Stonahaa, in all 9 IVom Ofhl Mill. Anoianna Localta, to tto St Oabrial and Oodarrilla road In. Noata 4a la Mlbtoa, or 8t Jaeqnes 8 m. I ba road ordorod by tha Munleipal Coanoll sittiaf at Charlaiboarf to ba opanad batwaan that parish aad 8t Amwoisa 2 m. m. i I foniiDg a total of. 17 m. 4 Tbooa resolatioas ware embodied in « bill and again increased tha liabilities of tha Tmst to the axteot of £17.fiOO. &•• ▼b. «. r Act was passed by tae LeifisUtnra daring that session, raqoiring I to issue £5003 of Debentareo to purchase p^i rebuild, for th$ mfet^ Another Act was thaTmstees jffjiy' and advoMtagt of tk* puhlie, the Mtntmorency Bridge. ^^ hat brid the time to its proprietors a net revenue of aoout £100. added to IVvst a sum or £14080. rtha It was in 1858 that goTernmsnt4 to the South Shore Roa^ 'ifca i aapO B sabllities of tha Trust MVi*.a.< 3 m. 8 m. 5 m. Tha Hon. Sol. Gen. Chauveau. seconded by the Hon. Mr. Morin, the leader of tha Lower Canada seetion of the Cabinet, moved tha House into a Committee to take tha subject of tha Trust into consideration, sod the Hon. Mr. Hindv, the Pramiar, by command of His Ezoellenoy, recommended the sufaject matter at. the motioD to the ooosidaratioo of tlie House. The Committee reported resolu- tions Uiat were embodied into a bill which received the royal assent The Act ordered the following roads to be macadamised on the North Shore. 1. From la Jeona Loratto to the rivw Jacquei Csrtier near the catholic church 2. The Cove road to the Oarouga road 3. The Mul road betwaen Quebec and Montreal 4. Tha Belvedere road 5. The by-road to be opened between St Foye and Little River. . . . . t, Tha Si Claire to St Joseph road 7. The Boorg noyal road •>•. ....»•>.. .••.... ......... 8. The Route de la Commune from the Baauport hirhwsy 9. Tha by-road leadiag to Laval commencing at ue Beauport high- way 10. The road from the St Louis road to the Cove by .St Richard church with the Hill cost equal to 11. A road to be opened between Little River and Charlesbourg 12. The road from Petit Pr^ to Sault k la Pnw 18. Tha i^proaches to the Montmorency bridge £750. equal to .14. Tha St Foye church road to the Cove roM u m. 1 m. 8 m. 2 m. 2 m. 8 m. 1 m. 1 m. i 8 m. i m. i 2 m. 4 £»,oet. Bebg in all about 82 m. | And representing a sum of £82.600. For the purpose of opening -and maca- damising Um above roads tha Trosteas ware oireeted to lune £80.000 of mn wmm DcWiMfMi OB Om MM ItraM M iIm pivdadliif CAM, ^MOO «# whtoh w«ra t0 b« approprtoted lowMdf IndkHnf » ntw Mdg* on tbt MontaMmey rircr. Tlitii lb* 8tk aMtkm ol th« Act ordtr* Um foUowtof iwat m th« South 'j^a^^j* Mtow to b« itwM hi MtM d , vfeit ^ - ^ I. Tho Btfh and BMrtiBrtBt nwd JJ » { 1 TIm tt AuMlnt Mkd St. Hoary roMl i 18 «• • 8. Tho St Wool*! rood • 1® "»• » 4. TI»f«i4l|»ptMI«if»wl»i*wo«in»rd........ ♦•» ^ ■»• InoU 48 n. * To boild M wmy miko of wodo tbo ThMtooo wwo diitetod to toiuo £40.0iK). oT Dobwitoroi, but tho Act offored to tho TraitoM no otW tooroo «rf rovonuo tluui tko pw ooodifof tlw WD ffttM tbout fo bo oroaod en tho Sbnth TmlMtar- d«MdbirO«ir. MviDtnito prorvad wttk tb* "Mtd*. Oil tho JM of Jaly, IMS. oboat flvo woolw, after tbo obovo Act h»d bor come kw. tho Tnmtooo addroMod o lottor to tho Provindol Bocretwy. to tho tho oflfect thftt thoy woro wflHng to go on with tho worki on the South thoro, M Mme loareo of rovonno might bo oxpootod from the toU bon, bat m to the aaUUtiiNiol SSI miloo on tho North Bhore, wUoh wore ordered to be bniit ■imtsl- tMMooaly Md fer^ioh-DO poonoiMy provinon had been mode, they prayed for inatrttotioiw ao to what thor ot^t to do, b aa modb a* loetbao of roads ordered by antorkir onMtmonta haa not even boon contracted for. Tho Trnatooe at tho Muno tine Mtbuiitted to gOTemmont that a large iaano of Dobenturot nunuant to the now Uw would load to the deitruction of the credit of tho Trurt and tho ■wpon^ of itt oporatiora. Tho nnonatnuMM havwgbeoo submitted to His ExooUonoy. in Council, the Provincial Soorotary.tho Hon. Mr. Morin. after three w> •^ deliberation replied on the 10th of .'Ibguat. that the Legislature having enacted that oeitain road« vhould be placed under the control of the Trust and improved, it won for them to give effot to that proviiioa (ui soon aa poatible, ard that ther^ wae no difference between the North and South Shore* roads. The TruBtees. in obe- dience to the order* transmitted through the Provhiciol Secretar}-, roplted " that they would proceed to tho improvement of all the roods wUh allpomble deligence." On the 17th September the new Provincial Secretary "expressed hisde«fa« thmim!*- ■ to know, for tho information of His Excellency the Administrator of the Govern- JJSfjJ'tuf^ roeut, whai bid been done by the Trustees on tho letter from his department ootiMwofk*- dated the 10th ultimo." The Trustees answered " that immediately after the receipt oi tho Provincial Secretary's letter of the 10th AuffU8t,steps were taken to carry on tho improvements designated and that the roads were then being sur- veyed. ' Bottdo* tliofle offioif>l communications, the Trustees, during numOrous private httervinws wore again and again requested and even pernstintrly required to go on with tlM works. But enough has been said to show the ;o\ . oment's determination to proceed with them, although aware the Trust r ►"Id not con- tinue ito operations without diroot legislative aid. It was under those and similar circumstances and with the oonvictiou that the Debentures carried with them tho responsibility of the Goveromen', that they were taken up by the public as thoy were issued. The financial affiura of the Trust as communicated to government previous sute oranm. to th«» opor.'ng of t^e * easion of 1854-6. and exhibiting, after deducting salaries, ^o'°tot"'^ expense of maintenance and payment of interest, a defidency of Jb5899 p«r m«ot annum, led to beli(«ve tliat the Legislature would come to their relief during the foUowmg sosMon. Tolki •4. .'*A'' Tnut. fiqiutiM to Xorth Bhon. £4900. I'OB' Pwli»iii«i)t did oomt to tho relief of thei«9!oQec of Qrown Lands, Beconcle<) by the Honble, the Post Master Genera), and reaohtiions wisre rep«nrted incr^oUhg the rAte of^oUs. but aboHfthihg; the i^pidly innrf asiiuf foot toll on Dorchester Bridge. The resolutions were embodiisd in a HiH whidl received the Royal Assent. The result of the new tariff was an incTfiaee in the yearly revenue of 'JS2500, still leaving anannual delicieney of i£3^99.. It was jkodpujbt with a view of meeting it, mat this 'Fruatties were aiMhptixed by :th'» Aoito deposit their Debentures in the B|^)|(8,utxlJto draw such stiDijs. as they^ might rf^qxiire from diiie to time to pay accumulating inUpest. In the tnean Httie the source of revertue expecttd from the toll bars on the >Soath!Sho|« Dot having proved remunerative, and tht> Truftees j;epn9«M>ptlng the Nortii IShore, seeing their inability to nay the interest on the .£40000 expunded u&the >South Shore ro^ds, pctiiioned rarlianien| fo|' a aeparatiun . of thoi Truot. and Mr. Evanturel, nn independant member oi' the House, miule uii8U'jce.»sft;l' attempts in 1856 niid 1857 to have a Bill paMsod for tiiiit puipone ; however the Government, at the end of the nession of 1857 allow-ed -the Honlilo.the Coni- miseioner of PubHc \S orks to bring in a bill for establisliiiig two sepamte Trusts.' iWT. By that Act (20 V. c. 125) tho North Shore lVu»t is most unjustly made, auvio. e. 1%. liable for the principal and' intorest of uU Debentures insnod and all dclUs itntl, Sepantiiuiof UabiUtie. oontiTicted up to the time of separation; and for^ the exponiie of uU suits pending. To the £l2,OQ0 Dtbentured iiutlu» ih given over the £40,00i) expenUed'in nuieuduuiiiung. these last s^entioned roads, to tiie great detriment of the bond hdders. The North Shore Trnstees are empowoi-ed to issue Debentures to the further amount of j£450Ufof rebuilding the Aloritmoreu'cy bridge and tcV Ihes^e' Uwbeu- tares an undue pryferenco is also given ; the Ti"U.stfe8» arn likowisw empowere I to' issue Debentures for another sum of .£55i)0; out of which, about ii4UO0 wer6 authorized to bo applied in paying the interest due in July 1U6T,' without an;^'^ provirion being niade for the reimbursemunt of tuat sum, or'evehi for the pfkymen't of the interest thereon. ; ...' Such has been the nature of the relief extended by Government to the Quebec Turnpike Trust, after having takun the nianngenient of the Trust into its own hands and brought it to the briiik of the precipice," whilst aware of the ina- bility of the bo