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. " to pass an TagF",'rarprtttttstances. 6 Bt. cum". m' There swung: no complication. and 20 l In the Legislature this .mornilw an no ditBoutty it the whole bill were amendment was made to the bill cn- thrown out. abling the City ot St. Catharines to Mr. Conmee movetLthat the bill be acquire water privileges. This provid- passed. subject to the approval of a ed that in the event of the Town of majority of the ratepayers entitled to J Merritton disposing of water privileges, vote on money by-laws. Cries of "no" _ the consent ot at least two-thirds of and "lost." the Council must be had. A second The amendment was then adopted by amendment provided that property ac- a standing vote. A provision was add. quired by the Corporation of St. Cath- ed, making it clear that the exemption arines in Merritton should he subject to should only apply to soap manufactur- assessment in the same manner as oth- ers already established in Toronto. er property. The bill was then read a Mr. Marter moved to add a provis- third time and passed. ion enabling the City Council of To- _ . ronto to grant aid to the sufferers 'trum . The Les er Agreement. the Ottawa and Hull tire. Mr. Marter moved the third reading The amendment was agreed to, and of the bill eonttrmirur the agreement be- Mr. Pattullo announced that in view tween the City of Toronto and the Le- of the provision enabling assistance to ver Brothers. be given the sufferers from the Ottawa Mr. Barber (Halton) moved in amend- disaster he would withdraw further op- ment that the bill be referred track to position to the bill. The measure was committee in order to provide that the then reported with amendments and other soap manufacturers of Toronto pagei should receive an exemption of assess- . ment pro rata with the assessment of Toronto Railway Penalties. Lever Brothers. ' -. On the motion for the third read- Mr. Pattullo (North Oxford) raised ing ot the Toronto bill detains; with vio- " strong oNeetiort_to the amendment. It lations of agreement by the Street would: "'torltergrtigt 0'33"er 2, ""3302? Ragway Company, Mr. Barber moved $332112: "15nd would b: a','fttsr/,','d/',f, tint to dd a clause giving the courts pow-I _ vitation 'to them to come and locate er to compel the Street Railway Com-' in Toronto. The measure should he pany to carry out its agreement "i": labelled "a bill to concentrate the soap the Ie:.. v'pt',te,"tettt,',"l.iy,'t {1an rule or industry ot the Province in the City or aw Yd,',",?,',?),"' " Ii "g" ":3" n d l . Toronto." He was given to under-, Mr. sonmce Irfuf:'! .,t, "thin".'rfm? - stand that the existing soap manufnc- mer.1.t would ttte, away t U rights Oil tare?) 00'1"? make the entire output tor "1litri.esss)1/,leJ,/"1l,.treftr,, it not be" e o o . . - . L 'i t Mr. KTib's {,South Waterloo) thought easy to provide that tly, rights "f amt-'1' the opinion of the people of Toronto person should not be interfered rump! should he obtained upon these exemp- The Attorney-General-In 1t.heC.1 ON"; tions before the passage of the bill, that it shall not attect any existing:> which was really a bonus measure.' contracts. i Mr. Crawford (\Vest Toronto) ad- Mr. S:tryyfer-Ttat would do. t mitted that the City of Toronto had Mr. Whitney-No, "0t.}h"t' WWW" not pronouuced upon the exemption ride that it shall not .aivct.tly rights, proposed by Mr. Barber. but when it of any party under the existing cow. was suggested in committee the city's tract. l representatives assented to it. 1 . The Attorney-General admitted that; _ Calls it 1rlimi1ammlng. I the exemptions proposed were a bonus, Mr. Fay (South Toronto) said thcl hut endless confusion would result " amendment ot Mr. Barber would the bill were not allowed to pass. It carr on al intent and ur so would be unfair to grant exemption of the 1St,eiyrepuhtin/,e'. "faggot to Lever Brothers. and not to the was that when the Railway Commit- other soap manufacturers. If all me "mood to do certain things, and the were put on the same touting it would corporation brought thorn into court. , be bonusing all the Toronto. tnanu- the mu" could compel the (mummy to 9 faeturers That was 'a",1rctt,itont.t.hle, cltt't'V out their promise. At present, : but nevertheless, it T'.'?.' the situation. according to tho company's contention. t The bill might pass with a further the courts could not compel them to I amendment that the exemption should run cars on "was which they declined on]: apply to soap manufacturers now to s.t'itnnlisit a service upon. Unless "'l'i,t.'.1thuegunetleif,1,t"i, ) id this amendment were adopted, the Leg- hill it . irim . n rey sat 21t isluturc would be pi'vtcnding to con- i . piss_(. SI ould exempt the "mp tirm u right which they were not com- manufacturers from all taxes. That polling and it would be useless to pass was a Blinding thing to do, and he the bill. The clause at proscnt in the WRS ecide y against it. mu was a plece of jollylng or tlim- Mr. Crawford said that since he had tranu i " tlrtet spoken he had Jearnod that l u tur. no representative ot the City Council Attorney-General Protests. had assented to the amendment pro- , posed by Mr. Barber. and that the City The Attorney-General protested Council had not asked for it. against the marrow in which the last speaker had referred to the clause al- Indecent. Says Mr. Pattullo. ready in the hill. The anwndment Mr. Pattullo declared that it was in- would NTI the right of IryEii1,c. p3: decent to railroad through a bill like formancc to "WW stipulation .1.e., l' this. at the intiuencen of a lobby. Ho contract with the railway companyaml did not agree with the Attorney-Gen- how any person could argue that id oral that they should allow the bill did not change the contract. he cou s,-" A----------.--.,