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| _ Mr, ROBIN~ON thoughs that the original | comsract shouald be aghored to. tn:erlor roadway; that was it they honestly cycoutedfithese repalrs, I(f they refused to «xgoute there repairs it would, of course, be : ckeapger for them not to have a permsuens ro--Away. The Company could afford to ds what was right it is were true, as rumour rtiuted, that shey made $10,000 last year. Mr. FRASEER said that the fact of the Company hnvinlfl made money was no reason why th:{:hc be harassed with leglsla-- tlon, amourt of mozey they made was beaide ths &nuflw. Ho did nok belleve t .»t the Bili would prevent fubure litiga-- tior. Mr. CAMERON contended that the fact of a number of individuals petitloning the Legirla--ure for an Act of Incorporation was in effess an admlsston of the authority over them oi the body thet grauted the incerprra-- tion _ There was, therefore, no g;uilon of | Interfesing with veated trights, Tae psople " of Yorge--stiest suffered by th» dissturbance anrnd Aaviation of traffic cau:sd by the shork. comings of the Compasy, and naw it would be imposalble to ovir get a good parszwont on thke r:teck Qill an Act was ob ta'ned rettltog the dispated quostlon of | the eonsirnction of the orlsgins! agreement BHoe bhad arived ab the oouncilzsion thas this leslelation would be in tse pubite intoress, unless both partlies agreed *o some mvifig: mon of it, The Olty Hopincer {osion.t 4 taat Mr, BRKTHUNE sald that constant resort bed been--had :o sbe Court of Cancery to compel the stra«t rall way #o fulll their part of the 'ngreoment, aud ho did not wonder that the paople of Yocoge and K ing st:eerm wished to put an end to the lisizgailoa by obsainizg one Bul thas would not altow room toe doubk Tho egrooment was a lowely drawn one, and it wou'ld be well to define the :i,ht ot tho ps:tlies by an Ao}, is orier to stop lisigzation that was decided in varlou: weys at cifferent Slimes, When the or'zical corsract was drawn it was never intecded thes the seme pavomeat shoald be nsed for thirty jeers to come Tha original cout aot expresrly deciared the authority of ibe City Connsoli over the sireets and th.ir nox trol of the zopatlrs mads by the Company H:s ~ s convinced that it :d)mmunt roamd-- wey were lald down 14 would cost the Com-- Mr, CLARKE (Nor/o'%) ~onsidered the quesiicn one of equity and uot of law, He conm:stdered that whonever the rights of an Inciviéual ovunflistesh with those of the community the formes should give way. I, however, the Bill «s it stood at prosent pagsed, gmtd!n}sry .:ulg'h'hdau to the empary, ard he oug 0 ti~,. * the Company itself bo pqm meaivsy « folr one, Billl, ho thought the pluciple shou'id be sfiirmed that the olé»= bad the righs to drolde whatikind of was in the min<s of these who had made it, srd in this lighs he belHeved the Bill would be an aot of great Injustic~ the Mossrs, Kiely, That wenthe . '~ * such emi-- nest course! as Mr. K. , Ohristopher Hoblozcn, asd cthors, xos > abould bs Iald down. » -- ROULTER ex!4 the Bill woald com:-- Leo!l ue raliwey to shange the material of their part of the roag a» clton as the city chose, --H«+ oonsid¢ered this would be usfalr. psvy less as the end of a fow years than would the oonatent repaire requited by an oo of it, The Oity Eopincer foswot !-mfi if macadam were used en the street Ib wou ocrt the Company $1,000 a year per mile for repairs, whereas if a permanent roaiway ware viod a great saving would be eff.cled in bhis outley for repairs, Mr, MACDOUGALL (%imoos) held that the contract between the clty and the Mossrs, Kiely could not be regeried as an ordinary contract. It never could have entered into the winds of those who had framed the --~+--mb that the optin of determiaing :::' sde of road comstruction shoild be in the hasds <f the Company. Ar had teen s.ld4, it tho Company 1 :od the contract which thsy had voluntar. VUy arsumcd an onerous one, they woere at Mberty to pull up their rails and leave the oity. With regard to the charge of 13bbylag made against the Morsre, Kiely, ho thought ** was perfectly right that those who wore *~terssted :o an important question of this kizd thould use all honourable meauns of for. warding their views, and though there was a whisper abroad that fmproper means had heen used, be had no cognisance of the truth of such a report, Mr, BAY contendcsA4 that the Rallway Comwiites had not based the disputei elause upon the suppositlion that it was a ecorreot interpretation cf the orlginal coutract, but ugon the considerstion that it would be the most bercficlal for the publico Interents, zol Mr, GRANT sald ho thaught 1t wouli be wrong to tkrow into the hands of the City Councl!i--which was much the stronger body of the two--a power which had never boan contemplated in tke original contract The effect of the Bill would be to break the con. kract whick had bean formed, Mr, PARDEE sall that the on'y powar le't'ic the hands of the Olty Exglneor was that of deo'ding, in oase of a shange ol pavement, whetherithe old povemoat war or was not worn cut, Tho qustion was whether or not the otiginal framers of the agreement intended by the te:m pavoment someth'ng over and above ordizary macadam. Thero was no doubt in bis wind that that bad been thoir Int--stiou. If it was, the roxt thing to be oonsldarsd wars whekhber that was a reason-- abls condition, and that sould be determilaed by refer:ing to the praiioe In other large citles, They found that in Datrolt, Baffalo, Clevelen}, R.obaster, aid »ther large citle: the otrset rallweys were bound to lay down and prey tholr share of jast such a payement as the city laid. It shoul4 be ri-- msu bered, also, that the prople of Teroute bad sertasin rights is this matter as weo'l as tke streot raltway, Mr. HRUNTER sapportel the amonudment cu the ground that i6 was a correot repro-- Cuoticn of the orlgloal agrsemsas, and that i# the Bill oarrled it wouls lavelre so mua h tx;enis sa to ruin the Company. Mr. BELL sal4 that assordlog to an eut! mate ho heal makte the Company olearsa -- over $100,0C0 a _ year on their four linss, Suppsesiog that the cars made a t:ip every ten minutes over Qaesen aud Yosge atrests for 300 days every yout, %he process would amount to over $100 030, supposing that one doliar was the average amount oclisotsd on each trip, and he thought this was'a very moferate ostimate, Takirg the King=atreet aud Shorbsurne-- streot routes as filvlng half the gflm prosesds of the others, and there wonld baa total ln-- come o0' $150,0060. _ Hs ¢i1 not think the er-- ponses of the read wcoulid amouat to more tban $50,000, Aod with regard to what had been ca'ld as to the expense in which the Company would be 11-- wolved if the Bil &uud, ho _would just say that the City Cousoll of Toronts had hed a bone Ade offer at the rate of $3 50 !'. riqusare yard for blicok ssorc pavremont, bis would bring the cost to the Company, net to $40,000, as had been stated, but to romethiag like $14,000 or $15,000 pert mils. He read from the law goveralog the UOhloaze Streot Rail way Company to show tha' it was far more stringent than the provisions of k1e p:ssent Bill, Mr, WILSON said the OCommlsslones of Publle Works had given utterance to the opin/on that if the !awyers of the House could not agree upon a matler of this kind, laymen bad no> :right to open th:ir mouths upon it, This was a new docktsine to him (Mr. Wil:on), and one which he thought the lay members of the House would not like to accept. The hon. member for South Greg, although he waes a layman, had not boon de-- Rerred by the difficuliles mekt with by the Commirstoner of Pablis Works ansd the msn-- ber for East T ronso, but had settled the whole matter wikhout any trouble. avelilog oul of the rscor0, As had b:on suggested, he thought the L glelature had a porfect sIght to sebrle the matter on its mo iits and epart from wi.at mighs have been the orgin«l agreement, The onntract seemed to have been v<ry lrosely mafje, but is would not be fair to make the p:cssnt ratepayers of Toronto yay for the mirtakes made years ago by city offisials. It would bo to the inte:s:s mot on!ly of the c'ty, but in the long rmun of the Company thomusives, that they _ shoul4 be compoliel to ka abreast of the city in the matter of road imprevemcuts, The psople of Torento bad suffared very groays inconvenionce from the contition of tie atrsot crallway in the cn. and it was the duty ef the L.glelature prevent its rsourronce in the futese, Tae Company complained that if the Bill parzod Mr LAUDER sald tbat even If they ware Rravclliog out of the rscord, as had b:en