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Laa diagrammas suivants illustrant la mithoda. ript 1 2 3 32 X 1 2 3 4 5 6 y\}-\ i '/( To the Honourable The LEoialiATivE ( Burgesses of the Province THE PETITION ofthelnhal HUMBLY SHEWETH, That great inconvenience has hitherto been and stil the City of Montreal, and other populous parts of its Dist Roads, which every regulation heretofore established has pre Vance that is nearly, (and threatens to become utterly) insi by Law to keep in constant repair the Roads in front of thei 'iHAT the level state of the Roads in the Sister Provinces, tawa River, demonstrate incontestably that this inconveniei Country. , ■ THAi- your Petitioners are therefore fully con,"inced, that i ■ Carriages, similar to those used in the countriesijust mention That your Petitioners are aware that it is a ^ of driving the horses abreast, than to the constij Nova "Scotia and New Brunswick (where tlie si those where they are used abreast. That the Road Act, as it now exists, is harj their property, whatever may be its situation, formation of their Carriages, "cause the evil comj revailing idei iction of th )W is equally [ang and un( the numb tained of, an That your Petitii wellknowing the df^at bulk of feel that the grand o - they have in view, calbnly be atta ment, fiom which persons using the kind of CaUage herein (je to your su p at the Pub Your Petitioners, therefore (with due defere that the Winter llouds shall be kept in repi Lands j;r:d Houses in proportion to their respet ye Fronts ; j roads, liigh runnered Carriages drawn by horse single or a Shafts or pole, or cross bar (when the latter is $d) shall not The benefit of adopting the use of a Sleigh, . constructed being driven abreast, a ridge is formed througl lie length of er Canada to participate upon equal terms witl hpse of the 1 of" which they now are (owing to th«r — -^-*='^-i -Ib-^- ^ . vantages of being suitabla for roads beaten by 1 rses singly, i And as an effectual means to secure the prop r and cheap out expence) your Petitioners further respectfu ill the usual maimer, tliat, on a day to be fixed. y propose, tl; he keeping i: judged to the lowest bidder, who shall be requii d to give go And in order to afford every facility to the a|j:omplishmen model of the Sleigh, which tliey have now the Hnor to recon persons shall be permitted to have free access. | Your Petitioners beg leave most respectfully b express the proposed Lawto the Province at large, it may i the first ins satisfied that tc^ benefits it will be found to coifer upon thj minds of the whole noimlatinn. and thu" ovorv AKio/^ti»»n tr» t You II Petitioners, in conclusion, beg permission to remark, Cil in tlie Ckcmins de I.igue, which are the great Thoroughfar ijur cun tiity be, iiiastmich us those who are bound by Law t // M' . ry) y^^. .^- 5 The LEGisliiTivE Council, and to the Honourable the Knights, Citizens and gesses of the Province of Lower Canada, in Parliament assembled. ION of the Inhabitants and Citizens of the District of Montreal ience has hitherto been and still is experienced by the Inhabitants of this Province, and more especially bv those of ther populous parts of its District, from the inequalities (commonly called Cahots) in the surface of the Winter >n heretofore established has proved insufficient to remove, and which increasing with the Population, constitute a grie- reatens to become utterly) insupportable to the Proprietors and occupants of Lands and Houses, who are compelled •epair the Roads in front of their premises. ! Roads in the Sister Provinces, in the neighbouring United States, our own Eastern townships, and those on the Ot- :ontestably that this inconvenience is solely attributable to the low, close-runn ;-id Trains and Cariolcs, used in this therefore fully conHnced, that this evil can only be effectually remedied by an adoption of open, high-runnered Winter ed in the countrieSjJust mentioned. aware that it is a Prevailing idea, that the excellence of the roads in those Countries is imputable, rather to the mode than to the constriction of the Carriages ; but this objection is fully refuted by the fact, that in two of tliem, viz. ivick (where the snfjw is equally deep as in this Province) Horses are driven singly, and tlie roads are quite asgood as in reast. ' now exists, is harajiing and unequal in its operation, all persons being obliged to keep in repair the Roads In front of be its situation, cause the evil com the number of Carriages that pass it, and no distinction being made between those who, by the ined of, and those who, by using the high runnered Sleigh exclusively, do not contribute thereto. ill ■kno\ying the ^^at bulk of the population to be attached by habit to their present description of Winter Vehicles, y have in view, cailbnly be attained indirectly, by subjecting those who use them upon the Public Roads, to an assess- ing the kind of Caiifiage herein recommended shall be exemp . J (with due defereme to your superior wisdom) beg leave humbly to recommend tliat the Road Act be amended, so II be kept in replr at the Public expence, and the Fund therefor be levied by an assessment upon the Occupants of ion to their respedye Fronts ; exempting therefrom, (as before proposed) all persons who use exclusiveli/, upon the said ?s drawn by horser single or abreast, with the Shafts or Pole affixed to the Runners in such manner as that the said vhen the latter is «d) shall not hang lower than the bottom of the Vehicle. e use of a Sleigh, 1 constructed as to answer upon the Winter roads ' i Upper Canada, (wliere, owing to the Horses is formed througlllie length of the road) is an important consideration, inasmuch as it will enable the people of Low- 1 equal terms^wiUihose of the Upper Province in the Transport business between the two Countries ; a source of profit J u> tho ua0 lA^liifiSiilMtucau) in » great measure deprived : — A Sleigh upon tUe pl-n now proposed, possessos th d. roads beaten by I irses singly, and of being easily adapted for travelling, on those beaten by horses driven abreast. prof r to secure the I further respectfu a day to be fixed, vho shall be re qui^d and cheap repair of the Roads (until the general use of high runners shall make them good with- y propose, that some time in the month of October, in each and evevy year, public notice be given he keeping in repair the public Roads in each parish shall be separately set up at Auction, and.ad- ' to give good and sufficient security for the due performance of the Contract. y facility to the aitomplishment of the desirable object of this petifion. Your Memorialists would also suggest, that a ey have now the Mnor to recommend, should be deposited with the Inspector of R oads in ^^^} ^J :^ ' ff !^^'!»^"^ ^'^ lave free access. | "^''**''*^*'*'''WKHB|(||j^ i most respectfully b express their hope and desire, that should you iij your wisdom deem it inadvisable to extend the at large, it may i the first instance be applied to the District of Montreal alone— Your Petitioners feeling perfectly II be found to confer upon that portion of the Province, will, in the course of a few years, convey conviction to the . and ♦I>u« i^vorxT }.u\onni\n tn thp un'»'«»»^al ad'*"*'"" of thfi measure throu