Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

5 December 1808

Memorial of Simon Fraser of Pictou, on behalf of himself and several persons of Liverpool, England, who have undertaken to build a salt works at Pictou, upon which they have already expended upwards of £1600. "That in addition to the great sum of money already expended, it will be absolutely necessary before any Service can be derived to your Memorialist and his Partners either to make from the Salt Spring to the Sea Shore, (which is a distance of about Four and a Half Miles,) a Road lines of each Side with Plank, on which the Wheels of the Waggons may run which are to convey the manufactured Salt to the Sea Shore; or to construct and lay Wooden Pipes the same distance, to convey the Bring from the Salt Spring to be manufactured into Salt at the Sea Side; The expence of either the Road, or Pipes, is estimated at Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds Currency." and asking for a grant to pay for such a road. Signed.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 15 number 117