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May, 1914 



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Control ol Steamboat Traffic 



The Ontario Fruit Growers' Association 

 through their Transportation Commit 

 and Traffic Officer. Mr. G. E. Mclnt 

 have for the past two years been carr _ 

 on an investigation of facilities afforded by 

 the transportation companies for the hai''- 

 ling of the fruit shipments of the provii: 



Included in a very complete report 

 Mr. Mcintosh on this work presented 

 the annual meeting of the growers held 

 Toronto last November, were several r0 

 ommendatioms for amendments to the Ra 

 way Act, whereby the jurisdiction of 

 Board of Railway Commissioners would 

 greatly extended. These were endorsed ag 

 submitted to Mr. J. E. Armstrong, the 

 ergetic member for East Lambton, who oo^ 

 sented to bring them before Parliament. 



This was done several weeks ago by 

 Armstrong, in the introduction of Bill 

 85, the first clause of which compels 

 steamboats engaged in carrying frei 

 from any port or place in Canada 

 another port or place in Canada to file the 

 traffic agreements, tolls, classification 

 freights and traffic, with the Railway Con_ 

 mission. All questions of the places along 

 the line of route where steamboats shall 

 call for traffic, and the time of call, and the 

 duration of stay, shall be subject to the ap- 

 proval and control of the Board. 



It is interesting to mote that there are 

 over eight thousand boats in Canada which 

 will be affected by this legislation, and of 

 the total tonnage carried by these boats th« 

 agriculturists contributed nearly twenty pel 

 cent. Figuring the amount spent by the 

 Government in keeping up the waterways, 

 the average cost per ton for lake transpor- 

 tation in Canada in 1913 was 99.37 cents, 

 compared with 55.19 cents for .American 

 traffic. It is only reasonable to exped 

 that the people of Canada through th< 

 Government and Board of Railway Com- 

 missioners, should have a voice in the con- 

 trol of the steamboat companies, wher 

 consider that the capital cost of Canac 

 canals up to the present irae is $105, i 

 037, and the cost of maintenance last 

 alone amounted to $1,003,080. 



For many reasons, therefore, this clause 

 of the Bill is looked upon as one of the 

 most important pieces of legislation ad- 

 vanced during the present session. 



.Another clause gives the Board control 

 over all privileges and concessions given by 

 any company to any person, the Board hav- 

 ing power to order such privilege or con- 

 cession be discontinued or modified oi 

 granted to any other person. 



The last clause deals with the shipping 

 of fruit in particular. In years gone by, 

 men have been compelled to see their pro- 

 duct, which has been carefully gathered 

 and packed under the regulations of the 

 Fruit Act, thrown in and out of cars and 

 handed in a careless, reckless manner. 01 

 the total shipments last season ten per cent, 

 was damaged or pilfered. The railway and 

 express companies seem utterly incapable 

 to compel their employees to handle tl 

 products properly. This unfortunate t 

 of affairs the Bill overcomes by imposing 

 a fine on wilfully destructive employees. 



With the adoption of Mr. Armstrong's 

 Bill, one of the most embarrassing ship- 

 ping problems for the fruit industry will 

 be effectually solved. 



That it is a popular piece of legislation 

 is evidenced by th number of Boards oi 

 Trade throughout the province which have 

 endorsed it and petitioned the Government 



