_ SIDNEY AND ISLANDS. REVIEW, SIDNEY, B.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 2%, 1913 :

TH E SI DN FY YAN AND ISL AN DS proportional sum for the rest of the line.
As to the great outlay that is all rot. I

REVIEW | wish I had the chance to make as great

{an outlay for a like return. The cars on

ee ns ~~~ | Sunday were filled for the greater part
a . PUBLISHED BY . ‘of the day and double trains or trains in
THE SIDNEY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING | two sections of two cars each were runn-
COMPANY, LIMITED | na ing most of the day, two. cars. being des-
Every Friday at Sidney, B.C. patched when filled and two immediately

after. The whole peninsula and. many
iri Victoria will bless you if you will lend

“Subscription price $1.50 per anum. gp oo
your paper to the cause of iow fares. oe
Advertising rates on application. People whom I know in Victoria declare P. N. TESTER, Proprietor
W. CROUCH, | they will not travel onthe line at the .

: EDITOR. present rates and when the novelty dies
eee -out it will. react. on the B. C. E. We

The Victoria Times of J une 23rd pub- | Must now stimulate the V. & S.
Yours truly,

“ished the following item: The. town off 7
_ vhieh fe for ) . - FRANK R. BAILY.

Sidney, which is forging ahead of late,
and a few days ago turned on electric Saanichton, June 22, 1913.

>. light in the streets, has now fiscal agents
to look after its interests in the matter
“Of loans, ‘Canadian Financiers, Limited, | To the Editor of the Reveiw.. .
~~ has been appointed bythe council in that I-sent.a letter from Victoria, yesterday
capacity. - Would the Times kindly: tellusire B. C. E. train. The car was just
bes who. constitute the council referred to leaving. Cormorant. St. for Saanich, ‘as ]
: Z. and under. what act. or authority this passed. Tt was” ‘jammed full and some
“council was formed. In view of the lack| were standing. Had I wished’ to avail
of any improvement in the way of sani- | myself of this car Ishould have had the
tary and other necessities, w which have | privilege of paying full fare and of stand-
continually been brought to noticejing. ;
through these columns. We could only | When meetings were - held to. induce
wish that the above might be true’ in owners to.give a right of way, ! think |
cae every particular, in which case we could 1 heard Mr. Goward say, “We do not ex-
“gee some chance of these improvements pect the line to pay for 8 yeats.” 1. will}
‘not absolutely say this was the exact|
_ | time set but I believe it was. The line
A committee _ was: suggested at. the has been. running only a week and one
uncil of the. Board’ of cannot be sure of getting a seat in the
» “Trade held on Tuesday afternoon: to. take cars. Ihear complaints . in Victoria and
up the matter of establishing a ferry ser-| Saanich of the charges for return fares
my ies ‘from Sidney to J ames “Island. The and I was told yesterday. in Victoria that
Canadian Explosives. Company, have pur: a petition was being signed begging the tf

Choice. Wines, Liquors —
and ‘Cigars. .

- Rates $2. 00 per Day

The B. C.. Electric Railway

‘SPECIAL RATES BY THE MONTH

Moc bemg carried out.

ae “4 meeting of the Co

ooee see 4

gtecserereseseeteeeees sees es erences

chased this island for the erection of |B. C. E. R. to reduce the fares. It seems) 7 eres ee, Be ne Sele PT
there plants’ and that they will. employ, but yesterday the B.C. E.. were. suppli - 1 HEAD. OFFCE: : aoa | “¢ “CABLE ADDRESS, - ee Mra,
several hundred. men, is a reason « why | cants begging for. free land, but now it| 2 505 Metropolitan BIdg. as oo ‘Gorebevan.” 2 ier ictoria, B. C.
: Vancouver. . ae Siete oh Ce Aa ee US ta A Sidney, B.C.
7 or coe ET oo. ne ue peed re London, England.

this: should: bea “successful enterprise, is the public, and unless the public. make
at the same time ‘bringing business: into|a stand the company will treat it as they | } .
Sidney, . also increasing the population, of | did the Esquimalt . people till ‘they. ‘com| fo
Sidney. Ati is only. natural to beleive, that pelled ‘them. to. ‘deduct 50. “per ‘cent- | 4 .
families. would: rather ‘reside some ‘dis- | of.their. fares. I was told by an’ electri-| ¢ tear
tance away from a. ‘plant. of, this” kind, | cian vesterday in Victoria that it cost 1-8} }. a
‘and the fact of 'a ferry: service would not | the value. to: devélope. power by electricity |-{ Panty
Se nly 1 be of benefit. to™ Sidney’ but: a. great in place of. steam power,. also that” the ee es
‘boon to the workmen and their’ families |B. C. E.R. are. taxed.on their line. ‘from |. Jo
vho- will be employed. on the. island ~ | Vancouver to New Westminster. “whereas Pie ne EES
eee a — an here they. are. exempt. - This. is “only $. ee de Ae f
The ‘Livingston ‘centenary, - with re- hearsay, therefore: I cannot vouch for “it | ¢ Ses | S r
minders of what the: missionary- ‘explorer | but in any .case “universal disappointment bis anne se Beles 4
jg-felt at the charges. .To charge double} $= 0 ken
ot ‘Telephone 2470 and 2471

“did in revealing ° ‘the. interior. of Africa, Bote ee
“VICTORIA, 'B. e

V festern Dominion Land & Investment Co. oO.
2 eee -LIMITED - 7 OE RE ed
“With WHICH 1s INCORPORATED S

624 Fort Street

~ brings - suggestions | that the -western | fare for. return ‘tickets. has never been. iti 4 o - 7
hemisphere has: something of adark con-| ‘sorted to by the much. abused V. & 8.
“tinent. “There are™ portions of South : It you. wish to make. your paper repre- “¥
_ America, notably the region | drained by sent the Saanich peninsula, stand up for |

the Amazon, which .are as. unknown as | and back the. public in their effort to get | 2.
-' was Africa. fifty years ago, and the prob- | reasonable fares. It is” the® public -you| ~~.
ability is that: the resources. ‘are equally depend:on for support and not the B. a

rich’ and diversified. [ER - lee a Yours truly, oe
ae Cagis _ FRANK R. BAILY. ibe

@l BRA LTA R'S: STORY. :

ets oraltar has ~ been an "English on
stronghold ‘exactly, two obntucion: for it ;
was. 200 years ago that the. great ‘and
impregnable. fortress. reared. by nature
was formally. ceded: to. England. | The|$
bres aly was signed on April 11, 1713, but
was, however, only the official recog-

: “some One Has Blundered” oe

To the the Editor of the Review. - 7
Hes “The opening of the B. C. Electric. rail:
“away. overshadows | all other. “topics, and
~o-the pleasure of seeing a new line. opened
up is overshadowed by the enormous ad-

“vance in charges. Ten years “ago we
~~ ould buy a return ticket on the old cord-

an ~wood ‘express on Saturdays ‘for forty
Bu - cents, which, after ‘deducting. all: griev- nition of what had already taken place,

ve ances, was.a cheap. rate considering the tor Euglish troops wore already. in pos-
aie few. passengers. Now this new. electric session’. ‘of. ‘the mammoth’ rock, that.
~~ line opens and is crowded with passeng- guards the. gateway of the Mediter-
eys and it. imposes. ninety cents, or over ranean, and had been. pesieged In vain | |
110: per. cent ‘more ‘than. the. old: line by the Fronch. and. Spantshy * nvice

charged. cat one. time. This. has alienated during. the: ‘following fourteen ‘years | ns rere so. provils ke for: your “amily ¢ or fee: your. “business a : .

7 hole insula. the ‘Spanish: attempted to rolake the |: : me ” i ” t
Eo ee ta he old Woe f “commitments in the event of your death. Remember : :
‘more energy, a> little. more. enthusiasm | one battle 40,000 alling wore. Anglorious=: ee
years the fare was fifty cents return by | _ Gibraltar was, in. its “early. days, ‘the _ as | :

endowment policy. Rates low. All results guaranteed | ca.
“be reduced to fifty” cents and pay. a good | had a. daughter: at the ‘gourt. ofthe |: e ey ek im : S 2%

relief.” A little more enterprise, : a. little ‘Spaniah weturned: to the ‘attack, and in ae a he

a! ose lots. yet unpaid for.
ompatitor av well x a benefactor, Hom 7 lar your. middle age, or declining. years, by means of an
“a quarter what they are. now, » “It could | Spun. The arlzzled soldier. In ‘charge| J

and caused it to look to the .old line for fortress," Between. 1782 nnd: 1708 the = ae :
| mS Lay up a competence. for ea
‘can yet: make the .V. &Sa profitable ly, defeated and routed by ny garrison of pee i
‘this line when: the passengers were about | gute. “whieh. kept. the Moora out of), i”
in policy.

return... The enormous increase in fares | Spanish queen,” “phe king wronged her | $ |
by the. electric line, which will not issue | and the old: warrior in: revenge. atood | Jor i |
--< yeturn tickets at a- fare and a half, is.a| pack ard let the Moors, through. Spal’ | P © Seeman ee neuer iapmliieiaonaae
plow to real estate, » blow to the poorer) nnd many a weary year of nirunale told mas ———
~.. glasses anda blow to its own prestage, 88 | got tne m owt nsiiin,

-.. tt appears that money first, money. sec: |
“ond and then one half... We know’ the|™
7 ‘dissatisfaction the’ company 4s giving to |»
“Victoria where many travellers “are come |:

‘Sidney Board of
we pelled to stand: for Jack . of accommoda: | re |

| es WES STERN DOMINION LAND AND STENT | qq
: ay stg tale nee. ni cena ee - 7 ee ri : | | eee ae te et 3 SOMEA ANY, LIMITED. — fate = state ’

at the very start of the new line it seems | trade. will beheld on ‘Thursday, July & “OA Fort #8 V Victoria, 2
“as if it would pay, whereas. the-plea, was in Berquist’ 4. H all, at Spmeou . iy

Sy “that. it would not pay for many years, :
Phope you will assist the campaign for} _ GORDON DIXON, _ Pm
ee eee Cpecret tary.”

= -offty cent fares from: ‘Saanichton:: and. a

“Sole Agents for Vancouver Island

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