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.d' ;.'{")§ " . _ I , ' . ... , r on llarCi, . i y in all parts of the Province owing tt railways crossing streets on the level. Mr Waters briefly explained the features 0 the bill, which are, in effect. that th Council of a municipality in which n leve crossing exists should notify a railwu " the necessity ot having provided withi h V'rtys a watchman, or whatever othe Protection at the crossing is deemed no weary. It the railway neglects the matte the Council shall itself provide whatever protection may be deemed necessary, on charge the cost to the railway, the (:05 in be added lo tho taxes of the runway - It does not otherwise Tlv,; " Hon. Mr. Hardy said" t was impossible Bi to deny the truth of Mr. Waters' remarks it as to the regrettable nature of the 1"Jf'C'ltl"- " rem-es which his bill sought to provide - against. The measure was a very sweep ' in): one. however, and he thought the hon. _ q nemher would be wise not to press it upon me House. The hill raised the important _ ptestien of jurisdiction. It was not ccr-- " min whether it could upply to "'03" than ' r:' f . , , -' i., . TIt - Ontario railways as Jisttngttishw rcm ' ODtanS Jurisdiction 'Over Jo {Noumea railways. The hon. lllI'nibi'l '1" . . . . 'er Hum hurvlly r~-:ul|zwi the t'ttot'trHrllV "X 'r mink)" Railways penditure of money his hill would entail., . ' He had spoken with home railway men 'Ai . - renarvllntr tho matter recently, and thus "Ll! :'laimwl, both for tho G. T. R. and C. it. ' J ' , , r., it, that it Would cost $1,000 to i z ' ' A SUBJECT Uh DEBNI E. Watchmcn night and lay at each (1:31:33? "3 and that the cost between here and Mont: , real for either of thew railways Wouldi tlc,',',',', engail :tl'n ;-:\'I|lwnditurr of hunutiuis, of i . . t mutants o rltt urn, "lthourrh the- io ., Dangerous Railway Crosstngs l no douht that, m rpm" to ms"), of in"; (a , ', trrossinrts, thvre is no room for cont I . Lonslcier d. l There Were hundreds of crossinys with]; l no accidcnts had hnppcnml. and win-w no i stuch tiluutn-ptinti zit: [trutiuswi With, tttu's'Hr',:tr.S'. a» . . ' lici'orc such a bill could lim'tiillv law. morn - ', The House Adtourns After an Hour and! ovi't', it would liar» to hp '_Umilh_,..,,1 " u. Half's work-Several Deputationsi whpthur or not it would iN' ilelil'JltiI' to Wait on tho Government. ( Dominion roads. The "Hit itnpt'c:~'°imi would be that the Province had not the Jurisdiction. A particular phase of this - -_..- question had come before the House on a prcvious occasion. and the House had vol- Legislatlrc t'lramlser, March 12. ' untarlly resigned on that occasion what- The House sztt to: about nrt hour and a) ever rights it might have to the Dominion half tar-tiny. Sotnc roullnc business was 'to 1gr.,t'tT?tto1ti,h1hno'i, of 1htllolltlt'si, 'd,"; i., . _ . . ar' '_., .. ' I suggcs Ct o it- um, mum wr la 't Ct " Jisposcd ot and L 'yy,.'"" of bills (dint ul', _ tain an order of the House giving inform- for sucitttl tstdn:.,r. l'lir: ttlost intcnsting. lation as to the number of crossings. tho discussion of tlr. day V,'t.c' on Mr. W:tt. accidents at the same, and the cstimatcd eru' bill for the protcction of the puhlle cost of adcquate protection. On such a re- against level l'iliiWLLy "tv-ci';'.,:.,"-',. 'rv hill turn as this it might be possihie to have _ t a measure free train the objection he had "as uitlidraun my thr, doom" rva< m that raised. it was considsrcd to pin-w (0-) much Power Mr. Meredith said the matter was a in the hands ot" tho tuuuicipitlitiec, "ttdr most important ont'. He agreed, however, that the jurisusctt,on of the Province in that it would he unwise to place in the this matter our 1, dump." tccilwitvr, in hands of the municipalities such powers as Ontario is an unwitilml and uni-ct": rltt this measure contiwrvd upon thtutt. IL, point. Artur adiournmentthe Crtrvernrrwrtt thought, however, that thc tlUcStiOd vI' teceivcd a number of depututlousz. I the Jurisdiction of tin; Province in this ' matter over Dominion railways should HAMILTON BEACH. be settled at oncc. If iii" Dr. Ryerson moved for an order of the two Jurisdictions clashcd in thc matter, House tor a return showing to whom tili' .thtrvtha.t of the Dominion should prevail; island at Hamilton iicaeh is lewd; thcl but lt should at least he au-crtaincd if terms of the harm; the amount of annualI tlw l'roxinct- had the pawn". lic thouuat rental; how the lei-v wa: vhf'rtr'l ( irom the intimacy of the connection oc- whether by public aurtion or ptivittt. ltr-' tts'cort the larT,rislatr:rr, itll'i ttu. ttttirruiyal rangement [ law that there wan good ground ior con- Dr. Ryerson. thanking to the motion. tcndinu that the Legislattuc had the jur- stated that this infortnatmn 11pm inc rid. _ i:u!ictiot1 in question. lic Ain't-u] Ject was that tho island was leave! to tive' that thu pvivlhsws which had individuals for a nominal rental of $3 at "W" Rim-n a railway should not year. It was Vcry important for shutting" la. Usiri in any sens-.- to thc injury ol as the line of tiU.rht of the birds luv "i-) the irublic, but, on the other l'dn-i. rectly over. it. and ttr. Inn-ohm; oc'upyinut thotrcnt it \\otilti be unsafe to confer rp- it thus controlled the shooting of the i):ly.i on the lnuncipalitics euch lurk) paw-1'8 There Wtru persons, in Hamilton who it" wetvhcrc proposed. " any such action would bts wlllinp," to pay b.'", " thy y."- thcl "dt's'cr taken as the bill suuue-tcd it strand island during the SUZlSun; up: there win-l "V at the instance of some central at:- many who thought Hamilton should own' Ihoritsy The. present bill Would. as thc the island as a portion of its [Llrk systcm I it'llmllisiolier of Crown Lands s'n,uy,vcit'sl He further urrlrsystoorl thut thtra._ lst' m...' InvolVo cnormous expense to the rail- htd an option of rem-wing tin 1 up, mpti wayN; the expense uould ht- vcry art-at did not think thut such a stub. of ouirs) "V0" in the City of Toronto. Air. Ali-rc- should continue. I 1lit.h thought it more important to have a lion. Mr. Hardy, in rt-ply, complirnottstil 1icfinite settlement ol Provincial jurisdic- Dr. llvct'son on tho cxactnerss of his itirorri tion on tlties Itoint than 501"" othcrs that matlon. The island was less than an acre. had lsruut tvrcrtvd to the courts ', that of in extvnt, hp slid. uni he did not kn .w tho ltuwcr of appointment of Queen's that it was so \'cry valuable. for shooting Courisol, for Instance. purposm. Ir, as Dr. ltv: rs on said, it was The Attcuuwy-ta'ouvat said the power of in the pathway of the ducky. then they appoltrtmot of (moon's t'ouns-l invoked must maku a htU-iiliv' for it. The lersts, thc tfp,irts ot thc UHPDIFH t'ottritasl and he thoup,ht, was an ordinary now, and wasthcruforv of Importance. lie admit- was revocable by the Licut wtrtttt-f't,r_ornor trd the 1Iucstlron to he an important one. Cor cause or if the 15mm WW" required in but it was one which had bun previously the public sen-ion Lrour,-ht before the (lovermm-nt. Thts At- Mr. Meredith -.N"ot otherwlsc? tornt1v-GentuW then quoted thc rcport of Hon. Mr. Tlardv--i 1lo t,ot quite tittlt'm- a i'iiSt' tried in thi- Province tcn years out). her the tonne 'l'htsre iHsottte Mich 1sinti.s4rs where a man ctnployed by the Grand in the p.430. but f mm"; rrnmniwr its Trunk Railway had had his foot injured exact provisions. Ho had Hot heard any in a frog. The point was raised that the :'ornlnlaitits, he went on, and did not know frog Wit.H not constructed in accordance C that the NS" Wits wry important. He "1th the Provincial statute on the sulp- Vsoulvl bring the information down. Jcct, but it was held that the Province The order was thou passed. had no control chr Dominion railways in RAILWAY (TRUSt NG 2 . t . this respect. The case had come before Mr Waters n I?' "HPitoTrcryi'toN. another court subsequently. when Chief of iii, hill to} (lion-i "the. 3""Ull'l reading 'Justice Sir Matthew Cameron had rc- property at /a"il',,,')T"1h'.Y",t, oflli'e and marked in regard to the point that he tities, towns and at: ' it vvl crossings in would neither agree with nor dissent trom the lwnctlt "o', [ld", in". in- mentioned the proposition that the act of the Louis- t if" hr from a "demure lature was ultra vires in this wwt' The ' c.., A,