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"timber limite. @na that the "tories, and that a 1arger grant be made gnu:m meurfi_b'g to take upm toward the Provincial Labor-- \ # Umorty 'Eomplzing with the settiemen The resmien in repiv. prominedsstere 1 1 7 '}f regulat ons. > his attention. _ He was of opinion gm ¥s Niagara Falls Park. there was little necessity for fire es-- #*> The report of the commissioners for capes in schools, any one of which 'I the Queen Victoria Nlaxadra Fati'l: faabrll; 'O?"éen gggil:q}ied 'I"ge"::crt%mutle: in case 7 y 4 + {v';'r g'oen.) el&';.lgga't':);.lai T?::s commis-- would rece('\:'e instruct!on;y og fg":?»;? oc im ty h troudhuyeiears flce ie tea ie non ie | en taken by e Ca C A a !Power Company to carry out the works ;ftd ox'arhe wmol:it useful tplns that could |laid down in their agreement with the is ws 6 eth 0uf be to enforce existing * e \ Government. The request of the On-- h o the fullest extent, and in this = tario Power Company to bring the e hoped all would work in harmony,. *# 'watem of the Welland River to the park Imnpinintaresntemzemmee verer wesee ,r to be utilized for generating electrical} < ienergy by underground tunnels instead ; f of by canal as originally agreed upon| 4 is under consideration. _ The recelpfi' % for the year were $66,001.03, made up P as follows :--Rentals from Canad!an' 3 Niagara Power Company, $153,000 ; On-- t tario Power Company (two years), $30,-- F R IOOO; Niagara Falls Power & River | Railway Company, £10.000 ; Zyback & d \Company (museum), $8,200 ; wharfage i | privileges, $312 ; tolls at islands and | Brock's monument, $2,025.10 ; sundries." | |$404.58.._ The expenditures totalled |$57,208.59, being $9,233.27 on capital 'st-gour)_t for permanent improvements. . "351 7,025.15 on maintenance account ; in-- 8 Itt'rest on overdrafts, coupon _ interest $ and charges on bonds, $24,219.42. The 4 'caeh in bank on Dec. 31st was $8,733.04. +( | LABOR LEGISLATION. | | «e I Premier -- Ross _ Asked to Make\ |\__ Changes to the Factory Act--Ad-- | ditional Inspectors Suggested. ll i Last night a deputation representing the organized labor bodies of the Pro--| vince waited upon Premier Ross and| asked for several changes to the fuc-' | lories act and for several general addi--| | tions to labor legislation. On the depu--| | ation were H. Obermeyer of Harmilton. R |\ Chas. March and Wm. Henderson of| a Toronto, members of the. Executive: | 10 Committee of the Trades Congress of 4 Canada, and R. K. Cox, J. Gardner| #n@ C. Wheat, representing the Toron-- to Trades and Labor Council. They a presented the Premier with coples of © resolutions passed 'at the last confer-- ¢ ence of the Trades Congress, which in brief suggest more stringent regulations % regarding the employment of children in factories, better conditions for wo-- : men employees, and protection against l fines or discharge of employees who, in -- #spite of orders of the employers, absent themselves from work on siatuitory f holidays. They also asked for the ap-- J pointment of three additional factory inspectors. -- It was further suggzested by the Toronto Trades and Labor Coun-- # cil representatives that provisions be @ made to safeguard the health of blow-- ers, finishers and mcetal polishers ; for s the placing of fire escapes upon schools and all other public buildings ; that the departmental stores be compelied to live up to the law calling for seating »24; accommodation for their employess ; #= that shops employing less than six men 7 in certain trades be considered as fac--