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agrenmont made with the park Citt- mi.smioners seven years ago and minim! by the Legislature. and that on foil- um to do so the monopoly right shall immediately torminate. Pen-imp; it would be just as we41 to call the atten- tion of the House to the agreement as it stands. It wrra!d be renwmlwrvd that in 1892 an agreement was entered into between Mr. Rankin of New York, Mr. Stetson of New York and Mr. Mtaw. who was at the time United .that in or Ty within 'rt'oposed -tng of th, given not "w--." cunt) and" terminate." That has been the km-m-l of the con- tention of the people at the county, that the power company shall be com- pelled to live up to the tormsyot the Mr. German. in moving tion, offered the lmpux tance tion at issue as an excu ins: up mare of the tame " than was his (-uitom. H "mt in order to twine his m can! to the matter but the opinion at the people whom he represented In the Legislature. he quoted from a letter which he wrote on the "22ttd of December last, in which ho assurvd tho Attorney-General that "neither [iv nu!' the people of the county'dtvshvd in prevent the company from tlrwohriCnt electric power at the Falls. but they did insist that the spirit as wcll as the letter at the. agreement must be com- plied with or the exclusive poww- of the company to use the water of the Niagara Falls shall terminate." timc. (m'erer of gold in November, 1867. but Arpt his discovery a secret until other independent discoveries had been made and until after the department had ordered an Investigation. His iltmt com- mttnitrtttion to the department was on March 27. 1869. when he asked that the patent should issue to himself and Geo. J. Cook. who was to pay for the lot. Punk became the pur'chaser on July 9, 1369. at public auction, of the west half of lot 10 an the tenth, concession. int 8 on the 9th being sold at the same power of Niagara Fund. at was not his desire. nor that of any person in the Niagara district. to )rrr-vent the Canadian Niagara Power Co. from de- veloping power to the greatest extent which it is possible tor them to do, and as an evidence ot that and to show that it is not only his opinion in ro- gard to the matter but the opinion at the Deonle whom hp rnnv-numnma Iv. tu., . In answer td Mr. McLaughlin, Hon. Mr. Gibson gave the details of the sales of certain lots in Marmara, stating that Mr. Miller had on April 2. 1869, made a "To". to the effect that Geo. D. Hayes tePpeared to have been the first din- as Lil Niagara al the monopoly the tkits In Marmara. 'ower 19 question of the Ut?Vt), tric power at Niagara he isatrl, one which has Krezltar-or lass extent top some considerabl» public resolution yr )me t latter evt Nlagt ot, the "inter- -'e of the (1110 use tor ta ot the Hun He oxplnim Inpment. - he in V (my the ro.ilolu tt' six ll ll "sum Consul at Toronto. whereby they obtained. in edngtdertttiott of the pay- ment of 825.000 to the park commie- sioners. the right to the exclusive use of the waters of the Niagara. River within the park for development of el- ectric power. Whether that agreement was good or bad, perhaps it was not nucssary there to discusis. It was an agreement that at the time it was made received the sanction of one of the most eminent statesmen of this country. the then Premier, Sir Oliver [ Mownt. and was also sanctioned by Sir I Wm. Meredith. then leader of the Op- 'position. and by the Legislature and I the country. In the light of subse- uuent developments they Knew now that it was not as bnneftcial an agree- ment for the Province as it was thought to be, by reason of the mono- .1301): " creates. Had the company ' carried out the agreement in accord- i once with its spirit and shown a do- termination to so on and expend any considerable amount of money at Nia- gara Falls or evinced any intention of going on 'with the work. the question of tho value of the agreement to the Pvo- vince Would not he under discussion. Tho company. it in true, paid $25.00) rental annually. but they have done no- thing at all towards developing power. I and from present indications 'do not intend doing so : and it is because they are simply ticim.r up tho Niagara Falls pmrr-r on this side of the river that this excitement has grown up in that part of tho country. The company claimed to have done a very considerable amount. or work and spent a very consiticroblc amount of money in car- rying: out thcir obligations under the ttgTreomrmt. lie did not know whether they could discuss that Question advan- tageously. but the best cridcncc the mcmhcrn of the Legislature could have on tho subject would be to visit tho nrouud and am for tin-n1selw-.<. if {my lilt'i|l|)'.'l' could find anything that has int-n dunc by the company in that di- rrctiou ho would be entitlcd ton chromo for his survicce. Tho tompnny claimed; to have spout a tum.uiti.-tvalrie amountl of mum-y, but tin-y had not sttent $1,000 in actual. positive work. True. they' WW" WWan tt routnl for the pur- Disc of holdingr their ntnnnpuly. but have practically done nothing. Votin- an aura-111cm with the Park River Electric Railway Company the com- pany have exp. wit-d morn or losa mow-v1 to WWW") sumo powcr, but that is til-I tugctiicr apart and leitIe) from tho', terms of the :urrccim-ut. lit-wind dig- o"i11",'ivi'U'i'," hrrlr-s, to ascertain the Jcpth ' illth tho rank Is to bu found no actual work luts hm." done. transnvu-d was wmvr-rtod into " mlhlh- park. which is a ct'eUlt to the locality and to thv I'mvlnm'. and which is spl-'ndidly managed. Tho I'm-nit ot tho ostablislttttont of the park has beam that tho nresvnl nssr'ssnmnt "Mun of the town is (IN-roused about $500,000. which is certainly a very considopaLh? sum. F'tovevul large businesses which were Ostubllshod tin-w were blotted out. and tho people ongazed in them went to the other aide of tho river. Had it not boon for the ostaht.itehtncant of' this park mesa men'xygmg have been Wh, of tht thero in tho par ' Town of was a g u-tod was " tho " few hole Ht tho I Flt park was gnatinn l was established n rpm-t Niagara Falls in which vat deal of hushwss converted into a public a vredlt to the locality uvlnm. and which is used. The I'tsult of tho 'ausod. , but that is al- asldo from tho .t. Beyond dig- m-tnin the Jopth to be found no 1 03