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EonE mWw "omis#ionr. in the scheme in reference to muni-- basis of the rale, it became still > 3 } j t cipa itles on the line of the Canada Southern e theu read x st¥tefient !howi:lgc'?h:'::::fi Railway. St. Thomas had given $25,000 of several Isrge towns, the rate of taxation f tov ard : the construction of that line, %}3!1 charge:ble, asd the amount left for ordinary C unty $200,000, Townsend Township $30, -- c:md.itum, from which he argued that there | 000; Dcreaam, snsbooo; South Norwich, existed the preatest want of uniformify | $15,000, and Essex County a large amount; in the rate of assessment He strongly ob-- and these municipalities had a just "8":' to jected to taking the assessmont of last year f the $1,000 a mile allowance, even m'fd'h" as the basis upon which to work the two | # road did not run in the directionof the inland cent rule, He' thought that $2,000 a mile | waters. There were other municipalities was a totally inadequate allowance to muni-- | which vere not fairly dealt with, cipalities which had aided railways, and §\ such as Eldon, Bexley and b?m"'- furthermore, be said it was unjust no consid-- | yule, which had _ given hfifi w eration was had to the proportion which the in aid of the Nipissing 1d way, &A «an ount granted bore to the whole cost of the | they were told they cculd not reccive yailway. He thought that the legislation P |2 anythirg «n accouat of their b(',:n""" b: aSecting the town of Prescott should be § | cause the read bad ,M s&: toovemm:nh roved to be not only injurious but unjust t ald. Surely they were "] i ns of s:;"m °d ge!on the relief should have been claimsa t consideration as the ? od th':ro sh .fi on that ground. He also claimed that Ham-- Thoran, "h'::'l "'3": be mm'"' littl L iltcn had been relieved on wrong grounds t thouget the "&3: ned rul in.b wfo Tt bad not even the same claim that Prescott | for the Prewer i. T Lore Wat AnDthc had. 1: had been fully aware that the legis-- of P"""':""".D 'mfi das. "u:'l";: .;m t:: lation was about to take place. Hs then | agrmbact of fnjustico «on .fl nBRecOw proceeded to cbject to the mode of dealing | scheme ;:zi:';:n:':':lm:"kz:mn with Pete:boro', Bra.ntfou{il, slnd the furon $ eastern + . and Goderich division. He claimed further , Pfiw""':;':' "tg Brookp npulv|:g>.--tzd'2thpe|i|rr consideration for the city of London. . If ex-- $ | Ie fl. clg r m:'ne What ception was made in any case it should b« | debt hou,. been 0:18! a °:'" .' e in theyl'e imusic: x ade in favour of that city, which had been $ 1Cs was bLot rmu cb fgr their ben:gfc l most libera'! in the aid which it had given to i 't 'u. wh at'of t--lHways,. -- There. was oth" al! public wouks _A short time since a Bili | 1 -- C ' apou-- o menk v as pas:ed through the House, granting Aid f important fature of the scheme which ao the Port P.rry apd Whith Fail wa t worked urju«tly, and that was that nothing on acorust -- of ya teohnicnl' ditficultg | was given bo municipelitiss which bat o¥ which did not bring it under the provisions ( g:!l.dde? lu&:. ¥Tl.;?'§ra:;1tmgm I:n:::: of the Railway Aid Act, and that also was a bou'd 3" be 'aken into consideration, and tecbhricsl difficulty in connection with Lon that no munic palities but those who assisted don's debt which he had alluded t» _ He { railways sho. H'l receive compensation; yet | did cot thivk that the scheme was a fair one, | Dundas wa> to be allowed for the construc-- | ® o fn;' as t":. °',ty he represented was con-- k tion of the Welland Canal. Huron, Grey, | cerned in 'parricW ar, Poj Pertb, Has* ngs, Northamberland, and Dar-- Dr. WILSON said the Government were "a bam bad spent money liberally in gravel Gererving of great credit for bringing down a 1 | z0ads and a: ould receive something therefor, ! amh.mo oi such maanitude. which nad eiven | l $ as ther« roads tendced to the benefit of the ratisfaction to a I? majority of the people 1 whole Province. Lincoln county was also of the Province. reference to the case of mnot accorceu justice, although as much en-- London, referred to by the previous speaker, i Ritled to cousi eration as those municipali-- he bore no ill--feeling towards that city, but, ' ties which bas borrowed money from the en the contrary, was prejudiced consider. ' Municipal Lo: n lund to assist railways, ably in its favour, and he ¢iul not think that 'The inaeb*o~> eass of St. Catherines outside of : _ the proposed legislation would injuriously the Loan Fw» d was $150,000, and the town sffeot its prosperity. _ According to Mrc. 4 had sided the Welland railway believing Wood's statement, London held $175,400 of | § that it wo= d be a benetit; but on the con-- | first mortgage and $200 000 of second | trary it was an injury. Injurious legisla-- ] mortgage bonds. . He now learned for the 1: tion also had aff cted the town, and its se-- | first time that London held $275,400 of first curities had be--n swept out of existence St mortgage bonds, as had been stated by tho Catherines was just as much entitled to $3,000 | l previous speaker. . The London and Port amJle as any ot'ter municipality. If the | Stenley road had been of absolute necessity scheme shou!d be enforced as it stood at to London, and as it had been runsing for L . t prerent, the result would be that St. Catha-- \ years a revenue must have been derived from rines would becomecrippled financially, and | it Now, the county of Eigin's bonds, on ac-- | utierly ruin=d. Tie town would not pay | count of that read, were*worth $45,000, with the $165 (0O0 whatever the consequences the game interest upon them as those held by might be. + he machinery of the law might London; and he thought it would be found be enforced, but the town would not p:ly the that that city was not too heavily burdened -- amount cemanded. _ The speaker concluded by the $486,058 now due by her to the Go-- $ his remaks by ntatini that he objected to | verpment, and she held bonds of the railway | the whole +chrme because its provisions to & far greater amount than Eigin. 1t would : were not call. d tor on account of our present have bieen far better if the town of St | | f financial position, and there had not been Thomas bad adopted the course taken by | sufficien inf rmation given to enable the other municipalities in regard to their | House to c me to an intelligent conclasion debts, and then better provision would now | in regard to the matter, The result would | be made. 'The whole debt of that town | be that before another year amendments to bad been incurred on account of the London | the sch: me would have to be made, altering and Port Stanley Railway, and her prospsr-- | ' it materiallv. _ There were incqualities in it ity had been greatly retarded by it, so that | | which should be adjusted before it received if London claimed further consideration in | ' | legisiative sanction. -- respect of that rosd, St, Thomas had a still | | l Mr. MER}FDITH said that the question | greater claim. He was not disposed, how-- | | must be 'ooked at not as between an ordinary ever, to find any fault with the schome, | ! debtor ard creditor, but as involving the ! which he thought on the whole was justly | :'x'o-:' ;i.'mortt.n' interenftst l:h.:' could affect | framed. i ' e a'fleent portions 0 e Province. He . SEX id that all were agreed | believed that in the fi"'&:"' the Govern-- thsh:rth?iet:'l(e)ge::ldcft the .Lliunicipll g[:oan P ment which first loaned these moneys was, Fund debts should take place as eurly as } to a great extent. responsible for the present possible, and the Government shovild be ' unfortunate position of the fund, because woorde('l every assistance in dealing with ; a they hac not placed a limit :{,"'," the amount the question. _ He disagreed with the mem-- ' ' to be borow--d by municipalities from the ber for SouthVictoria that the oluer sections fund. Ne believed that the present Govera-- I | y \A of the country would be dealt with more | ment ba not taken the proper spirit of the liberal'y by the scheme than the new dis-- | Act of 1559 in taking it as the basis of the tricts. " He reminded the House tlist the | schem.: whi h they submitted to the Gouse, early settlers of the country had undergone He dic not believe that the Act of '59 was | reat bardships and had opened the Province consid: red at the time as a final settlement fiy scttlement _ The claims of the older sec-- of the incenteduness,. He contended that the tions should be fairly considered, as they %wo cent rule. although on the face of it a had keen. The mémber for South Victoria ! E fa'r ore, would practically work most un: was in favour of having the surplus applied | m justly in the case of cities, It did not pro-- as a fund for Common School purposes, but |\ _R yide for an <quitable argessment. And when by doing that the indebted municipalities | the arsem--ment of 1872 was taken as the would not be relieved. The member for Lincoln bad made many objections to the | scheme, but he bad not proposed one him-- | self, Mr. Rykert said he thought that the a question should be allowed to remain untouched until the Arbitration mat: ter between . the provinces of On:-- tario and Quebec was settled ; but by that method of prodedure it might be many § years before a settlement could be had, and in the meantime the indebted municipalities would be dragging along under the weighs of