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-- _ eeeqepeeeemenennemennmnnmnn n .. Boara or Trade Supports It. . % A deputation from the Toronto Board of Trade will wait upon the Govern-- ment on Friday at 2.30 and support the application for a subsidy to the Ontario, Hudson Bay & Western Railway Com-- pany. : ; A Bridge QOver the Ottawa. Messrs. J. W. Curry, 'Savage and Barry, representing the Great North-- ern Railway Company, waited upon the Government this afternoon and asked for a grant in aid of the construction of a bridge over the Ottawa River between Hawkesbury and Grenville. The bridge . is intended to form part of a short rail-- way route from Parry Sound to Que-- bee, which, it is claimed, will greatly | reduce the jJourney from Duluth to Liv= ' erpool. The deputation, who were ac-- | companied by Speaker Evanturel and, other eastern members, were subjected to questions which seemed to suggest a dcoubt as to the advisability of subsidis-- ing an undertaking that would <carry trade past Ontario. ' . Railway Subsidies Asked For. | The Government was this afternoon asked to grant a subsidy of $3,000 a mile | for the first ten miles of the Bruce. Mines & Algoma Railway, and & slm?ar 4 ; amount for the first ten miles of the | Worthington & Og.?plng Railway. Both | railways are intended to promote the | development of important mineral de-- | posits. * 4 ! Municipal" Committee. | _ The Municipal! Committee continues | to make good progress under the able | and expcrlem:e% divection of the Attor-- | ney--General. his morning Mr. Mac-- ' nish's bill secking--to raise the exemp-- tion on personal fincome from $700 to $1,000 <went by the board, as did also , & bill authorizing City Councils to ex-- | erciss the powor of Police Commission-- . ers. Mr. Richardson's bill proposing | to exclude a town separating from a | county from any; share of the assets | of --the latter waghot favorably regard-- \ ed. The St. Thomas bill, providing that in the case of ¥he-- construction of boundary bridgés> the amount to be ( raised without sibniltting the question to the ratepayers shall not excoed $10,-- 000 in cities under 21,000 population, and $20,000 in cities boatween 20,000 and 100,-- 000 population, was passed, as was also Mr. Stratton's bill outting farmers' sons ( in the same position as owners' sons | in regard to statute Iabor," | Spediker's At Home. | Mr. Speakor> Rvanturel entertained '- the members of the Legislature and a | large number of prominent citizens to | &A «"Emoker" and., '"at home" in his +chambers to--night. A very enjoyable time was spent, all a reclat! Speaker's bounteous ho';',',uamy," g);}':? $§$u;i'mn's' gecl}:atlons and stories ron, and the e ning pass most pleasantly, exPu ed } Pooreremnmmmremenemmmenammame .. . |