, 1889-10-23

Administrator of Mt. Pleasant, but If there
should come another person in that SituA.
ton, the owner OF Mt. Pleasant would
be cut out of road to those lands. He
thought the road should he continued as
public road at least up to Mt Pleasant.
End Member for FrelerikSted's Country
District WILSON: Well, a< Q,rart3r Oh.
Ger in that Quarter it would b. his duty
now to explain, that 3 months ago he had
proposed to the parties intere ted that this
road be thrown out no objections were
made; he spoke then with the Chairman
OF the Road Commission aud be said he
(WilsOn) should bring the matter before
the Road Commission he bad done so and
the Commission agreed to the proposal.
That ROal hal not been used for up
upwards of wears, none of the par
ties on wIose allotment it was, had spent :.
a single cent on the repairs hence it was
an injustice to other parties who had ROAD
repairs to make in the Quarter. The homo.
rable Member TOR Christi III 5te rs C'ln-
try District (R sphleD WIS then in the
Commission aud raised no objection now
it appears all the objections are to come
forward.
4th Member for ChristiAlsted's Country
District (Ra2hGcL) said he never for one
moment thDlght of THAI land of Mt. Plea
SAINT and plessenS, when the Question OF
disseminating this r0at was b"1Ight MP;
but rs no| h3 was aware of it. he thought
it but right to call attention to tho imprO-
priety Of cutting out the OwnerS Of road
way. That the r0al has not been repair
ed during the last road assessment is no ar.
gument, aS long as the road is and hts
been u public road. lie could not see the
use Of throwing it ont now.
Bril- MamDtr for F'pl3riI3re Ia C1Iltrv
District (He,0itN said he agreed with the
last Speaker; on tho whole it iS Ii wrong
custom thai has commenced OF late to
throw out portions of tho public roaSlS:
Even it roads be not used i'll the nome IT..
they may be required at u later period, If
cane cultivation Come up again IN hose
places. The owner of Hard Lnh0ur" llIaS
great many stock, and they must uSe That
road, especially in the event Of Mt. Plea
SAINT closing mp a road, which Is otherwise
now open. Moreover there should be IL
road to Mt. Pleasant. And again FEB lrd
LAOour" Road be thrown our, there are other
roads, for instance that leading to "Allah-
dale, which should he thrown out too;
they arc both StOck Estates; but the
public road to the one is mGint sil1d, the
other thrown out. All these things are
going to create confusion ami dlSagreable-
ness in the Quarter.
3rd Member for Christian sted (~StakcmGnn).
said he could have no opinion how far the
roads in question should BE- public roads or
not. But whether it be public or private
would be no weigh, so long as the road
had been used for a long time by the pub
lie generally ; as long as the right of way
has been acquired, it must continue,
whether the road be public or private;
hence it does not make much difference to
wayfarers if tue road be thrown out OF The
list Of public roads.
9Th Member for ChriStiansted's Country
District (RaphaeD said he supposed 90
wears undisturbed use of the road gives
the right in question but when the state
of the road becomes such, that you can't
drive on it, the right ceases practically
and the road will become so very SOOn, II
not repaired under the general road work.
IIo holds that as Mt. Pleasant having
about rs to 100 acres of land to which the
only proper access is by the road you want
to throw ont, AMI rs Mt. Pleasant pays
taxes on that land, it should have IL right
to Lave a public road, the same as hither.
to in time immemOrial. The land Is not
now in cultivation, bat that is no impor-
lance.
The Governor said he agreed. with the
view of the last houourabIe Speaker, but
the Estate will be having public road even
if the change be made.