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mt t e s 0 f T. -- 4 Py 5 : 4 was found to be so strong against it that K -- tradistinction to those of dwellers m. it was not pressed durin;fiutgsoasion, and [ & : towns and cities. _ 1t he understood the the matter was allowed to drop, 1t was P wishes of those whom be represented lne;'e t {elt that the railway mania in tge country t they were not in favour of fubsolbut.:i{' should be checked, and that it was not t doing away with all market fees, bu advisable in the interest of the country 1 $ was certainly unfair that a (ee should boe l to multiply railway charters to the extent % paid on every 25 cent article brought to | that they had already ob:ained, It was $ market, _ Another unimistakable griev= | manifestly improper that a railway should _ F anco was that a farmer dnvuu.through & be allowed so close alongside of another ks 1 1 town or the corner of a town with a load already constructed, 'The city of London > 4 of wheat should be compelied to come to was weil supplied with railways, and it 4 the market and submit to its regulations, was largely supplied by the Great West-- a E-- He belisved the Gra_ugors of Kigin ta-- SHll RaiTway. The amount of capital in. 4 f voured not the abollllon, but the read-- vested in the Great Western Railway was e justmeat upon a fair basis of the market no less th&n $50,154,000. A great many es foss| Affhale Lt of the stockholders of ihis road lived in 8. Mr. COOK thought that market fees | Great Britain ; many of them depended on sr;: were an imposition upon the farmors, _ A ' | the income arising from this investment, is 3 e large revenue was derived from the leasing | and yet not one cent of dividend had been the butchers' stalls, and all the lhehgr received from this road, except a dividend §# 3 the farmer received for the fees they paid ' of five--cighths of one per cent. in 1868, n $ was a space of ten or twolve feet square in | The _ Great Western had contribuied which their wives could soll their butter, largely to the development of the western y M:z. DRYDEN hoped the Bill would go peninsula of this country. They bad s ; to thse Committes, and that it would be intersected the country with branches to modified there to suit the views expressod accommodate the different sections of the by hon, members, country desiring to be accommodated, Ihe C Mr, WATERS took a simitar view. real object of ( this B.lll was to keep the ps a 1 The Bill was read the second time and charter alive till pusmeu \:iou'ld revn.v.e, Y referred to the Committee on Municipal whnen they may build "b°hr°a partly or in 1 -- f | Amendments, whole, alnd then af:n'::e xtm?fit rmit[ Vl::::e;n 4 * TD I 8 Lt "p% t them ous * C s | "'"" ASSESsMENT acr, :yelblllruown that this road could not ever f | _ _ Mr, LEES moved the second reading be run as an independent road. He hoped fet of the Bill to amend the Assossment Act, that such a large investment as had been S f ,explaming its provisions, placed in the Great Woestern would hayve |__Mr. WOOD hoped that the Bill woula fair play at the hands of the Logislature, f 7 | go befuoro the Committee on Municipal If they were ever to have a proper railway f | 1 | Ameadments, as its provisions wouid re. system in this country, and have their 94 | j | quire to be carefully considercd. railway bonds stand as high as they shoulid [ | i | The Bill was read a second time and re. in the E"g"'h- i mnnpcogte, muat.dmcon. fti?"'f l terred_to the Co ; ieiranteaiasele naumpteajereaestinaties «©*~~----tinue the practice of giving charters to . { '\ * *-""""-----m'"" e ies smm iN every railway scheme that started up . & | wo ¢ -MrfiB'PGKLFE moved ~the second f Mr., CASCADEN seconded the amend. o | | reading of the Bill to amend the Assess. // ment. He remarked that 'the city of as ' moent Act,. «le explatned that it was in. London had never petitioned for this rail | tended to exempt from seizure for taxes way, nor had the town of St. Thomas. | those goods which were now cxempt from '1'h§'whole demand for the road came from : sersuto for dout, small municipalities near Loudon, which pe Mr, WOOD sard that counctls now had hoped to nave the terminus, and irom the e the power to order that taxes should not bo | smal! band of speculators who were pro. '5«; collected from indigents, n power which he | moting the scheie. 'The existing romds [# belioved was exercised yery wisely, _ 'The furnished abundant accommodation for eftect oi the proposed amendment would the section of country interested, and perhaps be that the taxos of ihe tenant why then should they muliiply new ; would be thrown upon the real estate, schemes and initiate ruinous compett-- ® f which would be a great injustice to the & tion, Under Great Woestern management t * landlord, | tha city of London and the town of St, & The motion was lost on a division. | Thomas wore geit'ag a yearly rental trom !§ SEIZURE OF LODGERy' c@coops. | tuebLondQ? ?hl::(li l'(;rnlwbt:::jll?y'li:)tudl,] :\nl(x,i':;; , i ) ¥ ) e c m ¢ s |P Mr . MONK moved the secona reading l?lsnt( %roo.-'mmxy fey 'had " not." realized ic 'g of the Bill to protect the goods of lodgers ns 4 "' r of dividend HMe _ denrsed i $ against distress for rent duo to the supcrior * | °,"° ." a t His le b t grv -n'in' f | landlord, _ He explained that it was in-- * ie Nint u,l "'N:.'d u' t f ,,Ovn Lth.: ; | tended to provide that upon a lodger sery. | 2100 promot'm.' _" ul . m, 12 & | 1 E; im ; | London and Port Stanley undet its now q | $ ing a declaration upon a guperior fand-- 're excessiv vd said he I lord authorized to fevy for arrears ot rent, 5. tA & toanagenientiworo Ll' aria ;. 'H cat ,. setting forth that certain goods distrained could produce ""'"'A" C "."f."'l'","' ig 8 ll" f were the property of such lodger, the | _ rates were "".!""'"".' hk o MA mara porer t landlord suould have no right of scigure, * this London A mnetion --scheme yere «one $ C a natk bn with, it would shut out the possibility © uo roak y hkure be made, the land: w©i getlii '., municipal aid to the extension 1 C »Ald illeg aclliug ' «lli):ldr:r;(tmd be bld Jo be guilty 0 Ategat bf the Credit Valley Railway from a 5 ThoAHIL was tefdrtedl. 16.A 8 uo f Uarge section of country, and that road j a Special Com. (was one in which the whole ot * + imiftes. PRIVATE Woestern Ontario was interested. _ The e y P t BLLL, k]rcnl Westormn had been running the line y The Bill to amend the Act incorporat . between London and Port Stauley at a 11 } ivg the Win. Hall Peterboro' Protestan t great loss, and ho would like to know why t § | Poor 'Trust passed through Committee, the House should administer another blow ¢ | EO 1t being 6 o'clock the Speaker left the to that corporation, in which so much 'a 14 A chair. eapital was invoested. e } ty Alter reooss, V Mr. MNEREDITIL said he was 'in favour Y PRMVATE BILLS, of this toad because it was in the interests Tat . s f not only of the city of London but of the : f The House went into Committee, and whole western section of the Province. * [bX * reported the t_°"_°"L'"g Bills :. 8 f Me objected very strongly to the buiton. 1 -- To '".cofp'"""f ' e Saruia and Petrolia holcing and lobbing which hou, members f Railway Company, l had undergone during the last tew weeks x f Respecting the construction of a branch at the bands of the de ion | $ iPla s & putation of the Belleville and North Hustings Rail. from St,. 'Thomas, and of th CB i way to the Village of Iweed. -- _ tleraen w.ho were i Aeari ty C a g Rg P A wA & promoting the interests «l LONDON JUNCTION RAILWaAyYy co . of the Gréat Western Railway., -- He asked th v Mr. WATERS moved the second read. hon. gentlemen to approach this question [# ing of the Bill respectinz the Lon don upon its merits, and not allow themselves } 1 Junction Railway Company. to be influenced by considerations which } 8 y Mr. MILLER moved " 'That the Bill be might have been urged upon them by out--' | x not now read a second time, but that it side parlies. _Dr. Wilson, the late member e be read this day' three . months," for East Elgin, who had been lobbying & _ HMe stated that some years ago a charter hon. members against this Bilt, had in s f was granted to this Company. | Subse. 1872 taken an entirely di.fl'cront ground . $ quently the charter expired, and a year wien it was proposed to build a branch of ' | & . c.sZ. ago a Bill was introduced for the cons the Canada Southera to London, for he | f * § sideration of the House, having for its had gone strongly in favour of that scheme, | object the granting of a tenowal of char. and had opposed the London and Port b L ter. 'The sense ot the House, however, Btaniey ; and he had taken this samo