opening up all drains and culverts, and grading the shoulders with clay and gravel to fill all washouts or ruts as they appeared. From report of William H. MacDougall , Engineer, , June 30,1945: Special Wartime Expenditure. Project No. 6— Ellerslie Station to . The road leading from Ellerslie Station to the , 3 2/5 miles in length, now carries an abnormal amount of traffic, as it is the natural supply route for the Mt. Pleasant Airport, Ellerslie being the nearest railway station to it. The experience of previous seasons had shown that the ordinary gravelled road would not withstand such traffic, the road being practically closed during the spring season. In accordance with an arrangement made with the Dominion Government to pave this road, contracts were entered into to prepare a stable subgrade and to lay an asphalt pavement on the gravelled subgrade as approved... The opening of the paved roads for car traffic in the spring, and the plow¬ ing of the roads leading from Summerside to the Airports during the win¬ ter, was attended to by the Department. Three snowplows were kept avail¬ able at Summerside for keeping these roads passable. About 25,000 lineal feet of snow fence was erected along the route leading from Summerside to the Airports at St. Eleanor's and Mt. Pleasant to help reduce the snow drifts. Parts of Deputy Minister 's report to Minister , G.H. Barbour for year end¬ ing March 31,1948: Snow plowing of our principal roads now is an accept¬ ed feature of Public Highway Service. As a measure of its effect on the busi¬ ness life of the Province, extra gasoline tax receipts show it to be a surpris¬ ingly good investment. But the added benefits to a rural community in mat¬ ters of health, religion, education, and social life are incalculable. Once experienced, they tend to become indispensable. Plowed roads bring with them the problem of ice. To combat this condition we have been using sand with calcium chloride, sand with salt, and salt alone in different localities. From report of W.H. MacDougall , Engineer, , March 31, 1949: —One mile of cold mixed asphalt pavement was laid in the village of Valley . This work was done by the Warren Paving Co . Ltd. From report to Hon. H.H. Cox , Minister of Public Works & Highways, from Deputy Minister , March 31,1950: Snow fighting is steadily expand¬ ing. As more roads are plowed, more traffic moves, and we have icy roads which must be combatted by the use of sand and chemicals. Present indi¬ cations are that in the near future, we will have to eliminate ice from all our 86 Roots & Branches