“WALKERVILLE COUNCIL APPROVES ROAD SCHEME,” Windsor Evening Record. April 20, 1918. Page 2. --- Despite Tax Rate Increase, Large Sum Will Be Spent on Highways. ---- Although the tax rate will be several mills higher this year, owing to the government Hiram Walker & Sons, Ltd., from paying business tax, there will be no let-up on public improvement in Walkerville this year, the council Friday night deciding to pave a mile and a half of Walker road as part of the plan to build a concrete road to Oldcastle..
The town's share of the cost will approximately $10,000. it is estimated. The government will pay 40 per cent., and the townships of Sandwich East and Sandwich South from $2,000 to $6,000.
The road is under the jurisdiction of a commission composed of J. H. Coburn,. J. A. McDougallm. and Mayor C. W. Hoare. The commissioners will be notified by the clerk that the council considers the time now opportune to complete paving of the Walker road.