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     Neil Cheverie 1931 for 12 years 
     
     Pius Cheverie 1943 to Present time, 29 years 
     
    
   
   
    
     The mail is delivered to Joe Conway's, Elmira P.O. since 
     
     1971 by Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Conway, Souris. Pius Cheverie 
     
     delivers it through the eastern districts to South Lake cross— 
     
     roads and before this time, as far west as J. F. Mossey's. 
     
     (There was an early post office at Franklin Morrow's). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Railroad 
     
    
   
   
    
     In the first survey, 1907, it was thought that the railway 
     
     would go by way of St. Catherines and Greenvale to Elmira but by 
     
    
   
   
    
     a second survey in 1908 it was decided that it would go through 
     
     Harmony. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Using Crosscut saws and axes, men began to cut down the 
     
    
   
   
    
     forest, making a trail 100 feet wide from Harmony to Elmira. 
     
     This was in 1909. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1910 two brothers from Whitehead, New Brunswick had 
     
     the contract for grading. There were also sub—contracts and 
     
     Mooneys from Peakes dug a cutting by hand. Some did the work by 
     
     steam shovels. Two of these large steam shovels came to Souris 
     
     by scow, one was taken apart, loaded on a truck wagon, and hauled 
     
     to Munn's Road where it was used to dig a large cutting. Dynamite 
     
     was also used for digging. The grading was completed in 1911. 
     
     This was followed by the laying of the narrow gauge track in 1912, 
     
     and the regular train started to run in November of the same year. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The men who were laying the tracks lived in tents at Munn's 
     
     Road. There was also a camp or cook—house with a good cook. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Dinner was 17 cents. Board, for the week, was $3.50, and a man's 
     
     wages were $1.75 per day. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Gravel for the cement culverts was hauled from where John 
     
     J. Macdonald, North Lake, now lives by carts to as far west as 
     
     East Baltic. Much care was needed in the selection of sand, and 
     
     after several tests in different locations, it was decided to 
     
     take the white sand from the beach at North River, below the 
     
     property now owned by "Carl MacVane". 
     
    
   
   
    
     A special train was used for going to the Charlottetown 
     
     Exhibition and the return fare was $1.00. The first conductor 
     
    
   
   
    
     was Thomas Stanley, from Souris, on the regular train and the 
     
     first engineer was John Millman. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In 1910 Fred MacDonald, Souris, had the contract for build- 
     
     ing the Elmira Station. John M. Clark built the engine house in 
     
     Elmira, and also East Baltic Station. The first coal shed, 200 
     
     feet long, was built by John M. Clark's son, but it blew down and 
     
    
   
   
    
     another one was built. The first station agent in Elmira was a 
     
     man by the name of Large.