SSS

* with the appalling fact that, if a fire g
~ should happen to occur in the more set-

tiled: portion of our town, it could, and in
* all probability would, if fanned by a slight

breeze, wipe out many residences and| ~ =o ae es
5 e Sy pn a duck Jays an ege she Ss
business houses, and nothing short of a} When a due Sey pcana ces She iu
marAcle could stop st j@vaddles off as if nothing had hap-
~_inivacle could stop it. ler
Miracles, however, are poor things to} * ==" : —
depend upon, and now that we haye such) ~V nen a BER lays an ege there's a
a splendid force of water obtainable, it is) Whale of a noise.
“The hen advertises. Wenee the

~ Provincial Government make the laws

_ Sidney any good, and we give motorists
_ eredit, as a whole, of possessing sufficient

and others are now

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SIDNEY AND ISLANDS REVIEW, SIDNEY, B.C, FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1913

THE SIDNEY AND ISLANDS
REVIEW

PUBLISHED BY
THE SIDNEY PRINTING AND PUBLISHING
Company, LIMITED
Byvery Friday at Sidney, B.C.
Subscription price $1.50 per anum.
Advertising rates on application.

Notices or ads to be published Friday.
should be in the Review office by Wednes-
day evening.

A. EMERY MOORE,
EDITOR.

SPEED LAW ENFORCED.

_We notice by the Victoria papers that
seyeral perscns were recently fined for
exceeding the limit of ten miles an hour
on Beacon Avenue, Sidney, in their cars.
While we do not wish to criticise the act-

‘ion of the police in the matter, we would
“point out that spasmodic enforcement of
the law does net tend to its invariable
observance.

One of the “coups” pointed out that it
would seem thata notice might be plac-
ed at the corner of Beacon Avenue and
the East Road, calling the attention of
motorists to the speed limit. With this
we heartily agree, and inasmuch as the

by which we are governed, it would seem
to be nobodys business but theirs to erect
such a sign. Perhaps a small portion of
the $560 by which amount the provincial
coffers were enriched by the police actiy-
ities in our town for two whole days,
might be devoted to this.
~ Prosecutions such as these do not do

_sense of the necessity of respecting the
law, to require only to have the matter
brought to their notice, which would re-
move the danger to which pedestrians

streets.

THE STREET LIGHTING QUESTION

At the last meeting of the Board of
Trade the question of lighting Beacon
Avenue from First to Fifth Streets was
under consideration, and a committee
Was appointed to ascertain what subserip-

subjected on our |

| Sentlemen or lrooligans in gentlemen’s

lof fire fighting equipment, which could
| be utilized by a corps of men who would
receive instruction and drill for the pur-
pose of checking, if not totally exting-
| uishing, any conflagration which might
| occur.

We are advised that there is still room
for more names of strong healthy young
| men for the active fire flighting squad,
and that as soon as a corps is organized
| Steps will be taken to purchase the equip-
| ment necessary, which, we are informed

(=
would cost in the neighborhood of $1,500.

| CORRESPONCENCE
| The Overcrowded Cars

The Editor, Sidney Review:

Sir,—Por the first time TIT took a
ticket at the B.C.5.R. for Saanichton I
could have caught the V. & S. 3.30 p.m.
train and saved an hour, and twenty
cents. TI reached the car ten minutes
before its time of Starting, 4.30 p.m. It
was crammed full and the entrance was
fairly jammed. The conductor got up,
and as he could scarcely find room to
squeeze in he warned the people to fez0)
into the main part of car to stand along
the passageway. Three times he gently
tried to push me in, but not being an
acrobat I did not care to try to balance
myself between the seats, and I had no
right to inconvenience those who were

Seated. The passageway was filled

idney Hotel

P. N. TESTER, Proprietor

Choice Wines, Liquors
and Cigars. -

Rates $2.00 ase Day

4

SPECIAL RATES BY THE MONTH

With all sorts and conditions of people, |
Hindus, men from the cement works, |
ete. A lady I noticed who had been
jammed in the vestibule managed to}
set a Seat, probably a gentleman had |
given his seat up to her,
Were other ladiéS in the “jam.”

and there |
I told
the conductor “they’’ were abusing the
public, who would not stand this treat-
ment long. He was yery civil, and on
getting out he said; “Well, you got a
seat.” I replied I don’t blame you: you |
only did your duty.

Now, sir, for those managers respon-
Sible for this barbarism. Are they
clothes? As to Mr. Goward, he may
be only beneath Mr. Sperling, the Van-
couver manager, but I venture to say
that if Mr. Goward had come along at
the moment en reute for Abysin Cove
he would have ordered another car for |

is obtained by anyone, we would all ap- |
- preciate having any light at all on a few |

See

' ‘street to see on a dark night where the |

; tiring: efforts of our local board of trade’

- Avenue, which, no doubt, when accom-

well as real property is all the sameif it} for the
"suming fiend.

would turn out and lend a hand if’a fire
' that curiosity alone would take all our

—-6ceur, but what then?

. tions would be forthcoming. |
While no particular individual benefit | his own accommodation. Yet in order |

to grasp cash for his company he al=|

lows daily, ladies,
Hindus,
herded together

invalids,
workingmen,

fatigued |
of our street corners, which would at | to

_ leat enable all who travel along our main

persons, be |

as if were
God bless

sidewalks are located. | the workmen, they are as good as any: |
= ideais a good one, and is not a| |
matter that should be left to the busin}
ess men alone to stand the expense, but
commends itself as meriting the support

ofall residents. We hope that the un-

they SO}

many Swine in a freight car.

but as many of them are gentlemen
|

they must feel hurt at having-lo jostle |
|

ladies well dressed whilst they have to}

At the bar |
“managers” |

come in working Clothes,
of
must be found guilty and made to suf-
mean methods.
those who
the wearys One

public opinion these

may be met with the fullest support |
which they deserve, and that in the near | Society should outlaw
‘future we may have lights on Beacon | sult ladies, invalids and
on this car, Mrs. White, late of
the Balmoral, told me she had given
right-of-way through 100 acres of her

fer for their despicably
in-

lady

plished, will pave the way to a more |
comprehensive system of lighting the

: Streets throughout the more settled area. | property, yet on asking for a free pass

Se jafter the deed was signed was flatly
i THE SIDNEY FIRE BRIGADE. |refused. This lady has had to stand
The idea of organizing a volunteer fire|in the car after paying full fare, and

brigade in Sidney should meet with the |
heartiest approval and support of all res- |
idents. Fire, when it does come, is no’
respector of persons, and personal as

yet only a short time ago she had a
paralytic strolse. if after a fa-
tiguing day this lady had fallen dead
| on the car, hanging would

Nowe

be too good
“management”
path of that con- |

happens to be in the a nation of

by

But alas, for the public;
slaves will
to say “everyone | Wad every

ever be ruled tyrants.

It'is all yery well person on that jammed car

re 4 0 < |
oecurred,” and we have no doubt BUE} out and demanded more accommoda-
Then

would have had cars enough and loads

tion or their money back. they |

inhabitants to a conflagration should one

|

Sidney has pass- Hor eoons

Jiily 16; 1973)

Iss R53;
ed the stage of the little country settle-
ment with its houses almost half a mile |

apart. No. We are face to face to-day |

IT PAYS,

| At the urgent request of the adver-

| lising department, we reprint this bit |

ff logic from an unknown source:

the duty of everyone to come forward in |
the support of the movement to provide | demand for
our thriving little town with some und) dueks eggs.

hens’ instead of

| done their duty they would have got |

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