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CHARLOTTETOWN,

PRINCE

EDWARD

ISLAND, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 1878.

NO. 268

Tue Datty Examiner §f, Lawrencg Maring Ing. Co,

} OFFICE: NGS

BUILDING, CORNER OF WATER | AND GREAT GEORGE STREETS,

ls Published every Evening.

Charlottetown, P. E. I.

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KATES OF SURSCRIPTION :

Six Months, rhree Months, One Month, «me Week,

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a® Advertising at most moderate rates.

2 DO L 2 0 50 012

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Contracts may be made for monthly, quar- terly, or half-yearly advertisements, on appli ,

en tion, W. L. COTTON, Manager, |

| 3. W. MITCHELL,

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND RAILWAY.

WINTER ARRANGEMENT.

' t'o come into force MONDAY, DEC. 24, 1877 | ' }

TRAINS GOING WEST.

watts, QUBEN INSURANCE 60,Y,

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SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL .

} Building.

OF P. E. ISLAND.

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. $120,009.00.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS: ©*

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ARCHIBALD Kennepy, Esq., President ; Joun |

i. Roperrson, Esq, ; Arremas Lorp, | Esq. ; G. D. Lonaworta, Esg.; W. E. | Dawson, Esg.; THomas Morris, Esa. ; P. W. HynpMan, Esa.

Risks taken daily at their Office, Exchange

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FRED. W. HYNDMAN, Secretary. March 25—ly law

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OF ENGLAND.

‘CAPITAL, . . TWO MILLIQNS STERLING. |

"NSURANCE effected on all kinds of Build. | ings, Merchandise and Produce. Also, on

; Vessels on the stocks.

Special rates for isolated residences, ' asses settled promptly. GEORGE MACLEOD (Union Bank), Agent for Prinee Edward Island. June, 1877—

peewee seme atetee

Clothes Cleaning Depot,

(A hove Mr. D. Farquharson s Store),

Corner or QuEEN & DoRCHESTRR SETETS.R

Renovating and Repairing Clothes. \ R. PATTERSON guarantees that no

matter how badly faded or stained gar- will restore them to their

ments may be, he original color. pt JOHN PATTERSON.

Feb. 9

25 TONS Prime Chewing & Smoking Tobacco,

SECOND TO NONE.

Sold at prices to suit the times. Give usa

HICKEY & STEWART. No. 1 Queen St., Ch’town, March 13 —Im eod

\ PM} PM. | » *” i CHARLOTTETOWN a. 10, Dp. 2.40 | Dp. 9.00 Koyalty Junctio | * O25] * 266 North Wiltshire | “2a * 28 fiunter River i 10.46 “ 4.20 Bradalbane ; * 2.16) * OO} County Line ; ** 11.28) ** 5.10 P.M. K epsingtou ia “ 5.50 . SUMMERSIDE } Dp. 2.00} “ 6.20 Wellin “* 2.45 Port Hu } “ 3.28 O’ Leary ; * 4.43 Alberton | 5.45 Tignish 6.35 TRAINS GOING EAST. var i No 2; No4 ' STATIONS. i Express | Mrxep. f | a: ALBERTON PE 585 A ; " '. | + 952 ik ill 1 3 11.07 Wellingtoa ** 12.48 = P.M. A. M. Ar. 12.35 SUMMERSIDE Dp. 2.10 Dp. 8,5 ensington * 26" S22 oan Line “ 3.30; “* 9.50 bane «© 3.40) ‘** 10.16 Hunter River , * 220) _ 10.4: North Wiltshire a 4.35 10.56 Royalty Junction a ae 11.56 CHARLOTTETOWN Dp. 2 OB} ** 12.20 Royalty Junction ee am MT. STEWART June. De. 3:50 Cardigan ” 5.12 GEOKGETOWN. Ar. 5.40 SOURIS BRANCH. Going West. Going East. tee YY ro | No. 6 STATIONS. | oF, f STATIONS.| j5°-2,, ‘i Hols. Se'w't JelDp, 3.04 Nouris iDp. 7.30)|Mt. St'w't JciDp. 3. ot Harmony (| “ 7. 56|\Lot 40 . 4.26 ss. Peter’'a | ‘' ». 10);Morell 4.32 Merell | * 9.42ist. Peter's |‘ 5.05 Lot 40 i ** 9.48|\Harmony | “ 6,2 Mt St’w’t JnciAr. 10.25) Souris 'Ar. 6.46

. J. BRYDGES, Gen. Superintendent Govt. Railways.

“Notice to the

reach the Committee if left at the Store Horne, Corner of Queen and

of. Mr. Alex.

Fitzroy Streets. Donations of money

Quirk,

N. B,—Food for the sick carefully prepared

by the Committee. Nov. 30, 1877.

HERRING & HAKE ! 306 Bbis. No. 1 HERRING, For Sale Cheap at

A, MoNBIL'S AUCTION ROOM.

25 Qtls. HAKE,

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50. BBLS. NO. 1 APPLES !

IN PRIME ORDER, SELLING FAST AT A MeNEILL’S AUCTION ROOM, We 11 Queen Bt, March WH ood

~ W. McKECHNIE Sup't. P. E. 1,

Public!

S° PPLI ES for the ‘“‘Soup Kitchen” will

will be thankfully re- eeived by them through Dr. Dodd and Mr. J.

Railway.

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| CRD 10 THE PUBLIC

\ TUHILE taking this opportunity of thank

ing our namerous customers for th iberal maaner ia which they have patron ized

OUR HEW STUDIO,

we would inform them that we have now increased facilitics for the production of first-class work, and are prepared to mak¢ vuorogeaPpus of @ Style and Qualily thal has never been before aifempled in this City.

We bave on exhibiiion, at our Rooms, a arge number of Photograps of every variety, inciuding the

BEAUTIFUL PHOT) - SNAMZEL

he most beautifal style of Photograph known, possessing a softness and delicacy of eoloring that has never been equalled. rhis elegant picture has become deservedly

vopu'ar elsewhere, ana cannot fail to be- |

come #0 here.

Though the finish cof our Photographs cannot be excelled, we would direct attes- tion to the beautitul

Glace

which we make. They possess a highly enamelled surface, and are practically indes- tructible, and will retain their freshness and beauty for any length of time. {f they necome soiled they can easily be cleaned. os they will not lose any of their beauty by wing wet, ‘This valuadle quality, com- bined with their remarkable elegance, make them very suitable for presents; while the difficulty of their production will prevent them ever becoming so common as so lessen their value. Our patrons cap nave one or all of their Photos finished in chis style—an advantage which cannot he obtain. d elsewhere. ' We give special attention to making Groups of Fam Hes, Societies, Schools, &c Our pictures of children are sufficient evidence of our success in this difficult anch of our art. om ! NLARGEMENTS, finished in India Ink, Pastel, Creyon, Oil and Water Colors, have made a tavorable reputation for them selves throughout the Lower Provinces. Parties intending to have Photographs made will find it to their advantage to sit early, as the number of our customers makes some delay in the delivery of the Phoros unavoidable. We prefer to have our silters come by appointment, Photographs can be obtained for less money elsewhere ; but in this case We ask that quality be given the preference ; as- | suring tne public that they will liad our | eharges very moderate. | i

ROSS BROS,,

Cor. Queen and Dorchester Streets, g opposite Connolly’s Bank. Sept. 19, 1877—3m eod

Pictures

¥ EXAMINER De re, Rete ical snd telegraphic

lt Contains Twenty-eight Columns, the consent of Parliament, carried on in the

The Pacific Railway. |. The Toronto Mail remarks that Mr. Me- | Kenzie has contrived in the space of four !years, and in dealing with but one great , work, to present to the country a larger and /more diversified assortment of jobs than was charged against Conservative Administra- | tion extending over a quarter of a century. Virst, there is the Steel Rails job. Three roillion dollars worth of rails bought in a falling market, when the buyer knew that

. | his purchase would not be needed for years; ithat was a transaction of anything but a ** practicaY’ man. And when it is consid- Yau lak that this mad purchase was effected ‘through Brother Charles’ firm at a time /

18°78.

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: ip ; | when Cooper, Fairman & Co. stood in need

of a heavy commission, it is indeed hard to resist the conclnsion that there was method \in the Premier’s madness. The three mil- ijions now corroding at Kingston, Victoria, iC. B., the Kaministiquia, and elsewhere, (would have staved on the inflietion of the three million of extra taxes, and would i have almost covered the two deficits of 1876 ee ‘and 1877. Then there is the Fort Frances A quarter of a million has been sunk

PURNISHES MORE NEWS, FOR LESS MONEY THAN ANY OTHER PAPER IN THE PROVINCE.

| job. ‘in that work which was undertaken without

idefiance of the law providing that public | works shall be done by contract, and perse- 'yered in after Senator Macpherson and lother experienced men had demonstzated | itsutterimpracticability and uselessness. The moncy is lost, and now the chief engineer i tells the country that all that Mr. Macpher-

nearly every one of which is in closely set READING MATTER.

j filty feet above the sea level. shew as sharp and clear on the window quoin

That ithe money paid for the town plot and the } | Neebing, in all neatly $70,000, was enor- | SINGLE COPIES to the 3ist December, } mously in excess of their actual value, no- | 1878—thirteen months—$1.00 in ad-| body pretends to deny; and after the evi- } vance. dence of Mr. Wilson, one of the valuators, : few will doubt but that an organized plan SIX COPTES to one address, or addressed | for robbing the country wan Wnedeiaielly

. ~ : Beis Ee separately, as desired, $5.4@ in advance. | : a ee 7 _ = » $5. 'carried through. The history of the selee-

. I tic fthe paper town as the termiaus has TEN COPTES to on aldross, or adresse. | aan OF ee ee er

separately, as desired, $9.60 in advanced | ¥ ee a. i the subse quent proceedings “tne enormous

FIFTEEN COPIES to one address, or | sums paid for the lots, the erection of a bo- addressed separately, as required, $13.5@ | gus hotel on the very spot in all the Super- in advance. lior region where Mr. McKenzie had to

| place the railway, and the ramifled frauds

TWENTY COPIES to one address, or) perpetrated in its sale—to warrant the be- addressed separately, as desired. $17.00. | lief that the whole business ab initio was a

deliberate ‘‘plant.”” Of the illegal payment of $109,000 to the late Mr. Foster, it is al- most unnecessary to speak. The money was paid out contrary to the law, and the value received was but slightly in excess of nil,

Here, then, in connection with the Paci- fic Railway undertaking, is a quartette of jobs involving a waste of three and a haif million dollars, equal to the deficits of the past two yeais, and representing an annual

‘charge upon the country for interest of two

| husidired thousand dollars !

‘ i : ti RM , {son said of the scheme was true. Then fig 1 | there is the Kaministiquia purchases,

IN DULL TIMES

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| Correspondence.

, Tl| «se We do not hold ourselves responsible for | the opinions or statements of correspondenis.

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Falconwood Asylum. | LRITER FROM MESSRS. STERLING & HARKIS— THE FOUNDATION STONE.

To the Editor of the Examirer.

Srr,-——As the foundation-stone of the new Faleonwood Asylum has been the subject of so much criticism, we feel that it is our duty to bring before the people an explanation of the work that has been done. Of course the grumbling on the subject from members of the Upposition is a natural phase of the peculiar sweetness of disposition to be expected in the character of that body, and therefore we at ' first imagined that there was no need of com- ing into print on the subject ; but now, that the talk about the Asylum walls has become general throngh the town, and noticing that some ambitious polyanthus has rushed into

Political, Shipping, Commercial and the columns of your paper, we think it as well

ama ty to explain matters.

General Information. ee is following is an extract from this anony- ‘mous individual’s letter, and we think it ‘rather hard on poor Mr, Campbell, whose | high-toned abilities as a political orator are | generally very well understood and appreciated

be | by those who have an ear for ‘sounding brass

,.} and tinkling symbols” :—

The Weekly 'xaminer

ia acknowledged to be ahead of any other paper in the |’rovince in the item of

LOCAL NEWS.

and is always well filled with

The debates of the Local Legislature will

oT : ate shat Mr. Campbell’s observatians on the ‘ ; ontain everything of in- | ™ark that Mr. : Correspondent will contain every & | foor of the House of Assembly, on the founda-

oe eee a tion-stone of the new Asylum now in course of — ‘erection, is what he represents it to be, unfit | for the foundation of such a mighty super- | structure.” : Just imagine the honorable gentleman in full | political posture, standing upon the founda- i tion stone of a Lunatic Asylum and making | wise observations to the effect, ‘‘that the floor of the House of Assembly was untit to be the ‘foundation of such a mighty superstracture.” | Truly this mighty superstructure ought to go ito Ottawa, where his imagined knowledge and ‘abilities may be of infinite service or the cause fof much pleasant humor to the professional arc)itects of Canada. % Now, regarding the remarks in ‘‘Lookeron’s”

A Good Story will be made a specialty.

one OY Lae

The Daily Examiner

Britain on receipt of ction j dation wall and working ot window sashes,

~ -ete., for the Asylum,, - simply —_ wirctl ‘statement he makes, and assure the public For Six Months, - =

, 90) onerally that his whole fabrication 1s the For Three Months, - - - -

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> L a political liar. Ii the man had been honest

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99) enough to come out under his own signature in ithe “fearless daily,” by which name this <4

“se 36 | known coward styles your paper, we wou

- TOS c. ; . ; — | have been able to deal squarely with him. The

‘stone in the wall is of very good quality and W. L. COTTON,

‘is rapidly hardening in the exposed parts of ‘the building. The bed of stone trom which it Manager Examiner Printing and Publishing Company,

‘was quarried was a solid table of freestone rock, having a layer of earth and strata of \haid-ned clay thirteeu feet in thickness upon @h’town, Deo. 6, 1877. it, Tha suriace of this layer of earth is about

ret to be written, but enough 1s known of }

lettet concerniug the construction of the foun- |

The tool marka

stones as they did the day on which they were eut, This is asafe and sure criterion for the durability of any stone. In scowing the stone from Rocky Point to Falconwood the greatest care was taken to keepthe material free from salt water, for one dash of this upon any speci- men of freestone, red or grey, destroys it for building purposes, None of the stone was landed on the Asylum grounds during stormy weather.

In this piece of foundation walling, 1,200 feet long and 9 feet high, which has stood the test of a severe winter, having been exposed to the weather on the inside and outside faces, there are only four window piers and about two dozen stones throughout the whole struc. ture that show any sign of defects, and the Commissioner of Public Works has the cops of our notice to the contractors on the 13th January last, ordering the removal of this

j stone and rebuilding of it early in the spring ' before any brickwork is commenced; and we

may here observe that we find Messrs. Me- Intosh and Dewar always ready and willing to attend to notices of this kind, and to perform their contract in a thoroughly satisfactory manner. ae

We have made a special examination of the wall every week during this winter, and are surprised to find it in such an excellent state.

As regards the workmanship of the wall, with the exception of the four piers above men- tioned it is of the very best description, and we have never before seen a firmer piece ot foundation perhaps, excepting that of the Wel lington Harracks in Halifax, havin superintended the construction of such build ings as the new Post Office and Club House of Halifax and the majority of the most extensive stone buildings in that city.

Mr. Campbell says that he would not build a dairy wall of the stone in the foundation of the Asylum. We feel sorry for Mr. Campbell, and imagine that such an expensive system ot farming as he surely adopts is very much out of place in Prince Edward Island, One would imagine that his residence was an old Feudal castle,

Onehon. gentlemen, by the nameof Hatceht, # rathersharp individual, no doubt, expressed his idea that none of the Island stone was fit for a foundation for the Asylum. Now, this is all abominable nonsense. A parallel case of this kind happened in Halifax some sixty years ago, when the Parliament Buildings were to be erected.

The late Mr. Archibald Scott, the Architect, who came trom Edinburgh, strongly advocated the idea of using the native freestone for the building material A great agitation was raised against the idea of such a thing, and it ‘was with difficulty that Mr. Scott gamed hiz

int. This led to the opening of the Wallace

ree Stone Quarries.

So much for Nova Scotia free stone. Now regarding N. S. ite. Two miles outside of Halifax, the whole surface of the country is covered with huge granite rocks. Halifax being situated on a neck of land that divides the iron stone formation from that of the gra. nite; and yet, in spite of this fact, the late Hon. James Uniacke, being frightened at the general cry made against the native stone, erected the building now used as the residence of the Bishop of Nova Scotia of grey granite, and imported the whole ef the material from Aberdeen in Scotland.

It is not generally known that one of the most expensive building stones used in Bos- ton, and quarried at Springfield, is almost the exact formation of our I d freestone, both in colour, grit, and the amount of silica and mica points contained. The price of the stone in Boston is $15 per ton. In the year of the American Centennial, the Hon. James Pope, we believe, tried to persuade Mr. Woolrich of the Mount Edward Quarry to trim some speci- mens of his stone, and send them to Philadel- phia; but this was never done. Asa good building material, the red stone facings on St. James’ church are hardening very quickly. The stone has been cut into mouldings and ornaments, and yet there is not one stone in the whole building that has chipped or crum- bled with frost, and the alternate frost and thaw of this winter have been test enough for any material.

in glancing again over ‘‘Lookeron’s” letter, we notice that this ungrammatical note of in- terrogation enquires ‘‘where is all the French drains 7” Weare very sorry that ‘‘ Looker- on’s” mind is not a little more penetrating. If he had the power of looking into, he would see the Fren :h drains at the foot of the out- side face of all the foundation walls, snugly doing their intended work of carrying away condensed moisture that trickles down between the earth and surface of wall in foundation ; and, if he does not accept our statement, we simply pity his unbelieving soul.

‘Lhe last portion of the letter of this one- eyed machine is a very evident lie. He says, in regard to sash-framing, ‘such work should not be allowed, nor such materials used.” The pine for these sashes is the very best that could be obtained in Quebec, and such a good stock has never before come into this Island. The contractors paid $30 per M in Quebec for it. Some of the stock, such as heavy lumber, cost $45. There are at present four hundred sashes made, and we can pick two hundred out of these without a single knot. Such an article as No. 1 clear New Brunswick pine is scarcely ever imported to or used in Charlotte- town, and yet a schooner load of the best pine that could be obtained in New Brunswick we condemned when it was laid on the Asylum grounds, as not coming up to the material _re- quired in the specifications. ——

‘‘Lookeron” ,finishes his letter by saying, “The work in the contract is unfair for the person’s tendering for the job and unfair for the public money to be spent in sucha man- ner.’ Now, we will tinish him up with a little bit of advice. If he is jealous of Messrs. Mc. Intosh and Dewar we will advise him that we have found the secret by which these contrac- tors are able to erect buildings at such low tendering. It is this: They have the judg- ment and good sense never to pay more than a dollar for a dollar’s worth of labor or material. Three or four times during this contract they have been impeded in their work by some maliciously jealous scoundrel who entered their machine shop at night and destroyed portions of their machinery, This is the first time dur.

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