Voices of the People

Nova Scotia House of Assembly Petitions and Correspondence

13 December 1811

Petition of the Grand Jury of Halifax County to the Lieutenant -Governor drawing to his attention the bad state of Water Street "for want of paving and repairing". … "It is the principal Street of Thoroughfare in this Town for wheel Carriages loaded with heavy goods and stores of all descriptions, both for His Majestys Sea and Land Service, and also of the Imports and Exports of this Town." "…the constant passage of heavy carriages" has rendered inadequate the amount of statue labour allotted to Water St. by the road commissioners. They recommend paving the street.

Reference: Nova Scotia House of Assembly Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series A volume 17 number 122