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WWW 5 _ pe paced. on munieipalitlss | and would not & _too high, or en-- oi rraa k riving to bolster up manu-- 152 f t ce.dvauxtflfin- mtm- ! factu which under the present so-- orce ex t i clat gestion which he would like the House he conditions in the country could not and the Government seriously to con-- 'be successful. slier. . He would like to see the whole The bill was referred to the Muni-- subject of assessment l;::tll tautlgn cipal Committee. s i in a comprehensive way PY ' | | the Legisiature. Bither a committee | e Crcle Path BAL 9 | Legislature or a commission ApP-- |; | r. Stratton moved | gf,fi,htid bgy this House should be em-- ; ing of his bill respecttilr:: a:;md reta'? 2 | powered to deal with the question. . He The bill in effect proposes to authorize was not in favor of myul(comrdls,siog!: municipalities to construct a,n:il n?;;:? as a rule, but such & commission mis tain on the highways cycle paths, those | coliect a mass, of. information | that using them to pay a license fee which | s es n inpreediapioyrene, onl m ax ols ce | ::nltl:.ii\'eugf the great banking and Prov!rlx)ge; * m%teogiitihgsrgx'rt:g::ughg e tor! | financial interests, the municipal insti-- . 'those riding on the path Wa"mne for tutions, the agriculturists and the lab-- 'license ; pedestrians not to b out a oring classes. If such a suggestion [from using the. path M(x)~ §tba.rred were carried out it would, in his opin-- |after Speaking to the moticn ratton, ion, lead to a system of taxation that ! ed the Suggestion of the 8 ea.kaccept. would be a great deal more rational and | the bill stand for further cg 'der Loh fair, and more founded on the prin-- | of some clauses which thr:,s seratli(o'n ciples of jJustice and equity. The muni-- thought were hardly in order peaker \cipalities, by means of bonuses and ex-- | _ Mr. Conmee's bill to amend the i 'emptlons, often tried to galvanize into cipal act was referred to the comur'\ = life little industries that were bound to tee. _ The bill has for its obje:t"r;}:; go to decay. It was a waste of money | simplifying of present machinery for to try and put life into industries | the adjustment of differences in which, owing to modern _ conditions, | where municipalities desgire to buca"fis combinations of capital and concentra-- ectric light, gas or water Wox-ky 'Of tions of energy and resources, could not make new z';greements with com 8, l0!' be put on ]thelr teet'ag:un. Itt wc;:ixld lt'e controlling such plants and '\)\?'l?ose: * better to leave private enterprise to agro ul 4 guide industries into a natural chan-- (MSST emients are about to expire. nel. Councillors and Contracts. | ; Other Opinions. Md!'- Carnegie moved for the second ' 1 Mr. Whitney was surprised that any ;gsmo% %;S:lsic?g;lp'g:&?"c"& t:;t l'l"em_' * person who had voted in committee for have shares in an'y compan at'x !'Ot granting bonuses should be found pro-- contracts with the munlclp "%" B*ng posing to do away with tax exemp-- Hon 1\'". Hardy t'hovg'htpfitlher% 'ought tions. to be ;=ome. atly c : particularly special reasons shlg\(;lr«\i' bg'rf,;roa(}'e'z'so:afog'uoz::%};t m: h:l:g for altering the law as it now stood. He ' question in regard to the right of the g:i(:.:iogok';%wa;h%;rtz: I;I}(lm.se was ipli'e' ; people to pronounce upon tax exemp-- advanced by 'MF ('amegls proposition 4 :inns. The bill might go to commit-- Hon. Mr. Gibson and Mr. Conmee ex-- | ee. s ts Mr. Conmee did not know where they flfjgsa'}t,fg';'{i'n""" to the bill, which | . could find a better commission to deal * M Nok ' C £ Mr. Mutrie's bill relating to thel | ::"g\'t the matter than the Govern-- | Gwueliph Fat Stock Club and Mr. Strat-- ) | ' 'nt. ; ton's bill making it clear that tenant ' 3 Hon. Mr. Hardy said the same un-- | ho % o . | ' certainty in regard to the matter existe | {g' ers SOnS'tBi.nd ovi\rll'ers sons are i"l | ' ed in any State of the Union or any | e same position with regard to sta-- | ; other country. _ There was always dis-- | tuée labor l\}iere nle)?l(li a'Secondytlme. | satisfaction against some clauses of any | everal private bills were advanced a | assessment law. -- If the whole House, | stage, and at 6 o'clock the House ad-- 6 irrespective of party, took the matter | journed until Monday. up they could perhaps attain a lawl Overcrowding of Cars. which would work with more equality. i | If it was, however, made a party ques-- ' The Private _ Bills Committee | tion and the dissatisfaction of certain threw _ out the _ bill _ respecting | classes against particular clauses tak-- | the Toronto Street Railway Com-- en advantage of by either party, irre-- | pany, &and which was in effect gularities would continue to exist. Until the outcome of the '"no seat, no fare" ' they could arrive at some way of l cry. Not a single member of the Com-- | straightening up the irregularities they mittiee had a word to say in favor of could not arrive at a satisfactory so-- the bill, all being seemingly possossed 'tution. For instance, at the present with the desire to get rid of it as rap-- i time the man who had a fixed salary idly as possible. The most important was at a disadvantage 'with the man clause of the bill read :--Cars are not twho was assessed on income. In the to be overcrowded. The number of lflrst case the taxable amount was eas-- passengers to be carried by each class !' ily obtainable ; in the case of parties of cars shall be such as the city may with incomes, varying from year to | from time to time by law determine. ear, th u ot be correct-- Another clause provided for a transfer year, the amount could n 6 |ly arrived at once in five times. | from an ordinary to a night . car, pro-- | _ _Mr. Hoyle was in harmony with the | viding that the passenger has paid his ' sentiments expressed by the gentleman | fare on the ordinary car before the 'who introduced the bill. He consider-- ; hour of midnight. The bill also pro-- ed, however, that some restrictions | posed that the design of the cars be determined by the City Engineer or --_'m'&_--_'wm"mm;__--