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THE GRAVEL ROAD

Facts Concerning the London
& Port Stanley Road.

Ot. the 26th of Skptesber, 1850, an order wm
pMsed by the Exeontlve Conncil atd approved
by His Bxoellenor the Oovernor-Qene al the
came day, transferrlog the London and Port
Stanley gravel road betwe-n Lood <n and Port
btanley, and that between Lond n and; he
boundary lire of the coanty of Oxford and
Delawarebrldxe to the county cf Middlesex
for the Bum of £1,500, payable In debentures at
ten years date, bearing 5 per oeno. Interest.
This vested the right of the road In the oo nty
of Middlesex.

In 1853, after the division of the oou-ittes, a
meeting was held by a jalab oommlttee to ad-
just the deb betoeea the two oaunties. Pre-
paratory to the diBsolatlon, a resolution was
curled that in apporilonlDg the cost of the
county rt.ad betw en 1 ondou aod Pore Stanley
between the two c lUntUf, the original cost of
and repairs to the road up to Janoary, 18 >3, be
divided according to the number of milei io
each county, and alio la apportioning the tolls
between the respecttve counties ihao each be
credited with the amount of toll received at
the different gates in the county The total
amount p<id by the conn'y of Elgin to the
county of Middlesex, as per this agreement,
was t he sum of £-,0 0; of thli 98,220 was fjr
that part of the gravel road within the county
of Elgin,

During the yaars 1833, 1854, 1355 and 1350 thtl
county ret ioed possession of the road, and
collected $3,159 toll, and expended la repairs,
etc., £5,015, leaving a dtflcit of £1,556, or
$6,224. liii§, a<ded to t>-e amount paid to the
county of Middlesex, shows a balance as
against the road of $11,414.

Onihel6raday of Feb nary, in the year
1857, the county council leas d all of tbe roads,
brldgi s, cDlvertg, toll houses, toll barns, and
all rights aod privilexes and appurtenances of
♦he same to Robert Hepburn, cf the town^bip
ot Yarmouth, for 199 years from the said date,
for the sum of £1,010, or $16,i 40, p yable during
twenty years, wit/h Intereat at 5 per cent The
la^t pa/ment was made on tbe 23rd day of
January, 1876 ; the total payments, principal
and interest, amounted to $25,180.

About the year 1875 or 1876 si-ma nemb is of
the county council ascertained that tl»o county
of Middlesex did not pay to the Dominion
Government the amiunt provided lor in order-
incounoll above r ferred lo, and believi g
tha^ as the county of Middlesex had not paid
for the »oad, th y tbouU refund to the county
of Elgin the amount charged thert f jre in said
settlement of debt at t e dissolution o' tbe
counties. Con Iderable corresponu - nee was
entered Into b tween ihe wo counties, and on
one occasion a meeting of jjlnt committees
was be d, and the county tf KUin agreed to
accept the principal su n of $8,220 Id settlement
Of their claim agii jsi Middlesex, The Mldd e
■ex oonimlttee reported that ib y were not in
favorofnfui dug the money, that th y were
etiUliable to tbeQeveinmeut. and would pay
over the amount when called vpon by the
Oovi-rnment. The n atter was brought before
the Local House by Mr. Hodgtnp, then member
for West Elgin, and an Invesi^ation made as
to the exact pot Ition of the account b tween
the Qovernment and tbe county of Middles x,
but owing to tbe cbtnge that aroje br the
Cottfedt ration of the Pr vinoea and the traag.
fee of the documents relating to each province,
pat'Uculara in reference to the accounts were
not forthcoming, Ihe county counoll, at a
later date, consulted the late James Bethnne,
Q 10, ol Toronto, who advised ibem that tbe

county ot Elgin had no ol im agal.g' the
coi2nty of Middlesex, that the county ot Mid-
dlesex might be called ui/on to pay the ainonut
at any time. Ihisendeltbe dispute between
the two counties in reference to the amount)
paid for the London and Port Utauley gravel
road.

Various committees have been appu^nted
from time to time to coiiBlder the advisabiUty
of purchasing ihd lease of the gravel rojul
fromtbi lessee, and removiag the oil, and as
theJnnes sslon of the county council the
r port of a spei ml committee appointed to
etqnlre Into the advloablllt> cf punhaala* tha
Loudon and Port Stanley gravel road was
presented, amended In committee of the whole
and adovted as foluwa : "I'hat ,hla counoU
pay one half the purchase money for the Lon-
don and Port Stanley g.avel rood ; providing
the 11. unipipallties of Yarmouth and tjoatb-
wold and the cliy of Sc. Tuomos mane up the
other half, and provided the road can be
boughi at a reasonable price, not to exceed
$14,060, auo that tbe u atter lo laid over until
the Nuvembur session to give the represeuta-
lives of the InteTesttdmuuicipalilles time to
ooi,fer with their coosti.uenti and wUh the
owners of the road, and that Bayham pay one
thud and the oo.nty the balai,oe of the cost of
thslr road.

In looking through an iniix ot the etatntei
for any poB»lble legklation effecting this road,
I find that on tbe Wlb of May, 1863, an act was
paraed to coatioue in the corporation of tnu
county of Elgin the management and control
ot that portion of tne London and Port btanlry
roadlylng wUhln tbelimiceof ihe city ot Be.
Thomas, no onat ii U poMlble that if the tolls
are removed wltt-ouj an express agitement
trom the city of St. Thomas in rtferenoe to the
maintenance of their share ot ihe roads and
bridges with n the corporatlor, the same as if
the act had not been passed, the county might
still oe n quired lo wholly maintain sold loads
and bridged.

Statement shonlng the position of the gravel
road account considering compound interest
onine re<eipi8 and payments from the
year IS'i? u.) lo and iLoluding thd year 1891.

Amount paid county of Middiesox $8 2M

Delloit lu toll I'oad expense account at,

time of caiti in i837.,., 6,224

Total ooBt of couaty when sold liMi

I This calculated at 5 per cant, compnutd
interestforSlyea-s, 13 7io I8ili, amounts to
$75,831.

Amount to be paid under lease $16,010.

This oaloulatett at 5 per cent, compound
lntereBtfor34year», 1857 to 18SJ1, amjunte to
$81,210.

Leaving a balance n favor ot the road ot
|8,37l>, which represtnts the amount with
Interest added that tbe ooun y bos recelvea
from tbe road. This, of course, should be
credited to tbe different muniolpi\lltle8 each
yiar la same proportion as thdV ^aid county
rates.

The average p-oportlons paid by the town,
sbipi of Yarmouth and South wold during said
114 years Is about three-eighls ot whole county
rateso that :hepse towuships have received
$3,141 of amount to oredit of the road account,
leaving a balance of $5,238 divided among ihg
remaining munlclpiklltles.

K. W. MoBay.

County Oleik.
St. Thomai, Aug 13, 1892.