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- bridge as two specific instancél. m- ' [for ten years. and that the total lite I 7 _ . . . . 3' ..', upon counsel tor the Street Car Cont-, |Wty for Toronto be placed at No, l, puny said his clients were thet to l M}. Crawford pointed out that the, oxtcnd across; York street. but had een hon improvements would not be of any threatened by the railways with an . use unless a swine bridge were built, tnJunretiott if they did so. 1 'Further. the Railway Committee of the t=tr...tert.te.e'."=e'e.er.T-"='S'2 V Privy Council would likely require the city to build such a bridge. Mr. Hattuilo, North Oxford. claimed that the extension of the reduction in taxation to other soap companies would be a gross injustice to manufacturers in the same line of business in other parts of the Province. Mr. James Scott objected to any com- promise exemptlng other manufactur- iers. Let the agrcoment bc dealt with wn its merits. }- Mr. Pattullo moved that the agree- ment be considered without referent-oi to other manufacturcrs and this was concurred in. z. The Agreement Passed. l The agreement was then ratified, with the understanding that the 'e"'xC'l pendituro upon dredging and piling' and other works should not exceed. $ti€|.t.ltm. and that the expenditure for! keeping the Don channel open should; not exceed $1.500 annually. l The committee refused to give per-i mission to use part of Stanley Park; bvtween King street and Wellington; avenue. as u cattle murkct and iiril clause was withdrawn. I Other Powers Fought. ; The chum s in the city's bill rclatil tsi to' the Laidlaw letters. the Gas (t,'/f') pany"s plant. buildings and renewal fund. proposed penalties for violations' by tho Street Hull's try "whip-tiny of their .ng'reenmnt. the development of ciet trio. s-nergy by the rin and the issue of $3".-i "00 Worth of 1lt_tupet1 for St. Law-l pence Market builuinp, stood over until; Ito-day. I t The committee refused by a Vott' of 'lh to so to give the my tho right to: :cmpmvtr any Other company to lay: Itltl\\'n new lines and to extl-nd the exo. irting sm'vitt-H. or to unilcrtuku- such) works itstwlt'. proxizlml lh ~11: were Hog-t lust or refusal on thr: 1vurt of the' 'Dr-, Irunto Street Railway I'trinrruit.v. Thr-' ivute stood :-Yeus---Cruwforil. Itruv.it-'i 3403'. Fullis. Fwy. Germ-4n. Jc-ssop, Mar- ;tcr. 3tiscamphell. livid (Durlravn)--1.). Nuys-Auld, Barbi-r. i"arscalion, ('olquhouir t'onmeo. Furwell. Fox. Graham, Guilmni. Hill. lluylc. McKay. McClev. Puttullo. [inns-ll. Smith. Thompson; white-IS. Mr. S. H. Blake. QA'., mt behalf "fi the t-ompttny. urgurd that the pmsnr' asked for would destroy the cunnmny's? flurchise. He Iiprr"scutml $H'tltiit'illlil nf' debenturc holdcrs in Great itri'ain.i who had "dvat-1 their money on thrs' stunt-Ah that the frarwhlsr' ".tnui'l imtf bc interfered with. l Mcssrs. Ban-her. (Winnie-0 and Pat-- tullo suported Mr. Blake's view. while Toronto's vt'prwssetttutlvtus strongly "on-l tended that tho Pity should be Macmi' in " position to compel thc company to) improve and extend its scrvicv. i Mi. Blake denim! that thv company! had ttrrtrsrul to t'XlJ'nti i171 sirvirrr. and: Mr. Fulltlrmn then min-rim! to thi- (loin, rarll strr-t bridge and Yuri; strcri