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AT THE FORKS OF THE GRAND A year later, in April, 1913, a construction gang of 200 men began to fell trees in Burt's Grove (about a mile north of Paris), and with the help of a steam shovel, two donkey-engines, twelve gravel-cars, and a number of teams and wagons, to grade a roadbed. In No- vember, i913, a gang was cutting a tunnel through the railway embankment in Paris. By March, 1914, the line from Brantford to Paris had been completed as far as the Governor's Road; and about two-hundred men with three steam shovels, three mogul engines, and a string of gravel cars, Were cutting a roadbed between the Governor's Road and the railway embankment. A month or so later, the cars began to run into Paris. When the Lake Erie and Northern tracks had been laid between Paris and Galt, the Grand Valley Railway Company found that it lost money on this part of its route. Therefore, in 1918, it sold the Paris-Galt section to its competitor. However, Grand Valley cars continued to run from Paris to Brantford until the summer of 1929. The Automobile When the automobile made its debut into the columns of The Star-Transcript in July, 1905, it arrived as an object of deep in- dignation- indeed, as the proper object for a volley of shot-gun blasts; and it made its debut indirectly through a news-item from the Burford Advance. One day in July, three large automobiles roared through the main street of Burford at forty miles an hour. A bellicose dog (reported to be valuable) rushed out to challenge them and was run over and killed. A team of horses showed the whites of their eyes and galloped away, smashing their wagon to pieces. And almost before the great I cloud of dust had begun to settle, infuriated villagers were holding indignation meetings, and together with farmers along the highway, were talking of using guns to bring "such American gentlemen . . . to a standstill". The editor of The Star-Transcript implied that he was entirely sympathetic. In June, 1907, the editor again expressed indignation. He report- ed that after dark a large automobile had sped into Paris from the West, bounced and rattled down Church Street (perhaps the steep grade was too much for the brakes) and, without sounding its horn, crossed Dundas Street "on the dead jump, narrowly escaping a passing rig." He protested against "the reckless manner in which automobiles are handled by visitors passing through the streets of Paris," and demanded that the authorities do something. "The speed at which some travel," he said, "make it almost impossible except for an exceeding nimble-footed person to get out of the way". In July, i9go8, while deprecating the new "craze and nuisance", the editor again demanded that the authorities should regulate the automobile, and alluded to some of the reasons for its being con- 232