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--=-=-T-""-e"dreuer.?rffffr'tt', ._.:_-:_--_--;::-:.-t.__.___ 2 a " V _ "i )1 F a l J, FL DAY , FEBRUARY 22. 1889. Li-----;----------------"""'"-"" __- . . he institutioh' Pt' , n , , y , , i did not work well. In t " LEGIDLAI t) Itll. named, for instance, it had been abandoned _ after a trial of several years. \Vhsrte'zer the s stem of tenderin however he on ANOTHER SHARP DEBATE OVER THE found practicable and glidvautagebus it had ESTIMATES. been adopted. ------.--r_ Mr. Clancy was still unconvinced, mg h h Hi . is concerned shoul Cost of Education and Public Aceonnte t',ae'dp'2d/lhtl ill?" they were not im. - The Contract System - Joint used upon by quality of goods, and Mr. Stock thtmptsntea--Mr. Bvan. Itll',' replied again to the effect that the "g'/nR1hTg2'li2,',','.'" I experience of the Government had shown tr ' the wisdom of the course they were pur- ernment Bills suing -t',"t'g,r.'" Mr. Meredith wanted to know why a certain Mr. William Crackle, who figured -----_ in the Central Prison industries as a mason , FEBRUARY 21, 1889. at 8550, should also figure as in receipt of The House wt" it, Committee of Supply ::;::i:.:;"aii:ti::3zizionii°.:;.:t:;.i'::1z "sin all t.h.is aiternoon. The criticism of paid on account of extra services in connec- the Opposition on the various item! ot the tion with the Reformatory at Peuetangui- estimates was continuous, but not par- shone, the asylum boundary wall and for ticuliuly sharp. A good deal of the ques- othar matters. . . . tioning might much better have been done, ' "d,,","',"),.'? Hd.i'"iyt1u'r1tll, 1'(l var??? . , '.' t .' ' . . " e, .l'eroll ".pt"'"Itly., MI the l'ublic Accounts Corn Mr. Wood (Hastings) and Mr. French mittee, and was easily disposed of bv the representing the Opposition, and Mr. Drury Government. When six o'clock came Mr. and Mr. Ross the Government. The criti- Moredith showed unusual eagerness for tlt," W" ttot "rr "t.etive,. though during work, and wanted to sit again in the even- arsonditliliizecdiisi'dlgaiillyiifi:"thyd'nbi'egtoiii inr.'rhic1y seeing how often uutung tly 'thand, took occasion to remark that,the new ""10" up to the present tttno the Opposi- iguana of bookkeeping inaugurated by the tion has been left to tho guidance of Mr. I reasurer in his own department was notl Creighton, was, to say the least, a little Osgood "the old. Mr. Clancy, too, was odd. It had the eifect of eliciting from the till dite.tiatied as to the mdtie of purchas~ Attorney-General the remark that he did gsnpplies, and Hon. Mr. Hardy, for ll", ttot expcct tho orsisiott to be prolonged by nefit, gave the House a full shetcn'of the , the House not sitting that evening, nor did thoda of the department Mt this Par- i, ,he expect the session to be a long one in calf:- ti it f th I A l i any case. on is iem or e nsane sy umi "m1. 1tF.AtHNCR. London was reached, Mr. French drew '; The following bills were introduced and '.,t,"rtt1','l ct, fitt§tem0ma c1"et11tli ill! , read a timst t'mo :-- por by 0 . tiring on the i isposa o Respecting the debt of the City of sewage of the London Asylum, in which foronto-llr. O'Connor (for Mr. Leys). took occasion P comment adversely To amend the Municipal Act-Mr. Field. Pfln the plymbiy of the insti. Respecting the City of Toronto-Mr. E. T tion, Btt.g.ge"mg tttat " might pro- F. Clarke. 0 " epidemic. Mr. French pointed out Respecting the Ontario & Ssult Ste. at there had been an epidemic in the 3Grie Watar, Light & Power Company - netangiiishene Reformatury, due also, it Mr. Lyon. said, to the nature of the buildings. Respecting the Board of the Baptist Con. wanted to know what action the Gov, vention oi Ontario and Quebec _ Mr. inent intended to take in consequence of Dryden. report. i To amend the Municipal Act-Mr. Me. l .Hon. Mr. Fraser replied that Col. War. Kay. i had been asked to make a report on Respecting damage to land by llomliug in i disposal of the sewage of the London new districts-mon. Mr. Hardy. i lain, and not on the internal construc- Respecting the Muuicupality of Neebiiigi Ft of that. institution. lie, opinion on --Mr. Counters Utter point was probably a very hastiy 'riir. AGRICULTURAL CoLLFyifr. t'ghoa"v1,t,'1e1y,eJ,oht1lt {if :'Lellgll'm " e , . , . I l , I ' I Hon. Mr. Drury moved the loiiowmg rs- oted to it the same a',1li,'d,"t"l/'ieu"/,1't',l1tl) I 'ttloci-,-- ll - " . o he had devoted to the sewage qua l n the one". no l ratitr an tnler in l . . , _ , Council,upprorcn lryhis Honor ihe Llruirr.tsuu_ 'll',", Patlt rate l l tuo Lotylon "sy- Governor on the 20th din of Urlohcr. was, such popu ution had sltor; tt a continual de. i Order bring to the {chop-in; Mil-ct : -ipois ilie for a number of years past and was ', recotnuwttctttio of the ion rable the Minister at . " . rt" ' ot Astricttlttwe. duh-d lbih Ortobvr. 15:36. the ' . very .tyili"c.totry, Pun)". AS 'r t'uttttnitt.ceot Council whim that the "grog. 'so-called epidemic in the Pcnetaugui- ' {neat duoul .liilnc 150m, 13133 in copy of which is . Reformatory, it had been suggested iurelo annexe: l " [we " tho ("i-riiorniu-n of . , ..t ' . ' t tho City ot iiiii-lph and 1ut May-i2). for Uni " had been due to "Hum . dtimt'.' lil sum," of "w". to tho Agvicultuvul, Cohcge MM ternal sti iictiire of the institution. 1A'_xtroritrten.tal Farm, be aporuscd of by your or these supposed defects "ore actu- Hunor, sinned to thvtnttitication tucweof by th ponnibig or not for the diphtheritie "(Naive Assembly. . . k was aquestion which hail not The resolution carried without common ided, md "we, would be decided, I COMMITTEE or SUl'l'lX. ere was a possibiiiiy of its having ' The House then went into Committee of m the m""".'." suggested them, do. Supply and resumed consideration of tho 9tt remedied. . estimates. The sum of $538,372 20 was i3ir. UNIX, foliowcd " voted for the Department of Education, the . Kerns consort/mv, particu- ' chief items being $240,000 for Public tsud the London asylum. attain i Separate tschools and $90,000 {or High i schools and Collegiate institutes. The total I amount voted last year for the department l was $581,412. There was little criticism _ over the amount. _ The next estimate was of $756.03" lo for maintenance of public intstitnr,ouss, the amount voted last year being swarm 50, When the item ol $105,157 for the Toronto Asylum for the Insane was reached, Mr. Clancy asked on what principle supplies for this institution were purclsaaod-were thee tendered for or not ? . Hon. Mr. Hardy replied that fuel was tendered for as a rule. When that article was required for an emergency now and than, the oilicial concerned made the best bargain possible without tulvertising for tenders. No tenders were asked for beds and bedding or for groceries, but the best bargains possible made from wholesale houses. Mr. Clancythen proceeded to argue that this system ot purchasing was a long stand- P ing grievance, and that all the supplies needed should be tendered for. Hon. A. M. Ross replied Ar reciting his experiences in connection with the Guelph Agricultural College, and showed that in respect to many articles the tender gym",