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4% f '.'.. y ns " m, _ 66 '~ t"', fi;a '_/' ;i" Mm] 1 C r. Stratton. y 'l |committee .& 1 vote onthm 70. amend the Ontario fisheries act-- 'ciple of Jof" reteining the.so A la 1 ; | !called Conmee clauses. They should| rge number of private bills were ' s ¢ | advanced a stage in addition to those! |elther be retained, and if so should be| l"_;g:}t!hlrd time . | | made applicable to the City of Toronto, | ouse adjourned at 9.50. } | or should be wiped out altogether. Schomberg & Aurora Railway. I I Mr. E. F. B. Johnston, K.C., for the '-n,. Private Bills Committee's room ;Electrlc Light Company, said that the of the Legislature was crowded yester-- question as affecting that company day morning with a large deputation \should be dealt with separately. This r;-g;n th; Township of King, in the twas concurred in. C tn: which HMHon. E. J. Davis repre-- City Counsel Fullerton quoted the tln t'l'he cause was the considera-- |origiral legislation which brought the fl"" of a private bill to con-- 'gas company into existence,. The com-- rm b: by--law, and an agree-- 'pany, he contended, was established P oerZ'ey the municipality and the |\ with the consent of the Aldermen for chomberg & Aurora Railway Co., *the purpose of providing cheap gas. 7 s The original act also gave power to m uo | T:: ebl'l? rlnsa');e:c:::fl::g tge:.lt';: );el\wai:s| establish another company, He quot-- which had been knocked out by the' 'ed from the financial statements of the Court of Appeal. When the agreement company to support his argument that, was made with the railway nothing was |instead of applying profits to lower the woo hn on iontonien en oid 5D o big reserve tund, and at the same muust :ommeprfg: (1;: tg::s:l;:éfz't:pagx' time paying its 10 per cent. dividends. May 15th next, and complete it by Toronto should not be left at the mercy October 1st. The road is about four-- | of a monopoly. It was not possible to teen miles in length go ahead and deal with the gas com-- The bill was finally laid over until| pany under the provisions of the Con-- Tuesday next. ' mee bill. They could arbitrate, per-- + haps, but he did not think that any | satisfactory arrangement could be ar--I THE CITY DEFEATED. rived at. ---- | Ex--Ald. F. S. Spence said that the' Municipal Committee of the Legis-- ,Sonmee bill took 5tW3Y from "'fle city . 8 T s to protect consumers from & :r.::::.:'.l::_ 'B ':: ;' 'P""'o"' 'mo'm'%:;g. The Conmee act ought not ats the. City. | to be allowed to interfere with contracts In the Municipal Committee yester-- erlhtiel_rt!%l ;r;tgrb:lg%fl; ':(t); em::zget.he jas day Col. Leys' bill regarding the drain-- tion .belnx put to a vote, 'the clause was age of railway lands was deferred until| struck off the bill on the following di-- Tuesday. Another bill by thes same' vision:-- member, giving power to municipalities : thghgl; stléc:):;g\;:(;t?e_made applicable to to regulate the use of milk tickets, cou-- Nays--Ayiesworth, -- Barber, Beatty pons, etc., was approved of, Colonel (Parry Sound), Blezard, Bowman, Leys, in speaking to the bill, said it Bridglanda, Douglas, Kribs, Lumsden, was desirable that there should be some | ;i;tt:;;iex:cfifarmld, McKay, McKee, method of stopping the use of coupons Yeas--Brown, Carscallen, Crawford, and tickets, which, from _ frequent E:"'hfioy'PGr:"'PHOYk:f Mlfl!'te;é Mc-- * ughlin, Pardo, Pyne, Taylor--12. handling, became filthy, and undoubted The clauses relating to the electric ly conveyed germs of discases. light company were thrown out with-- The committee then decided to recon-- out any further discussion. sider those clauses of Mr. Marter's bill, remmnntnmnmmameecemeeareeamenemame which provide for the freeing of To-- ronto from the provisions of the Con-- 'mee act. Mr. H. 8. Osler, for the Gas ;Company. said that the bill was of a private nature, affecting only Toronto, and was aimed at the company he rep-- resented. Between the city and the| company there was litigation, and there were also negotiations going on for purchase of the gas plant. There never had been a serious proposition that the city should build its own plant. The corporatoin, however, was seeking, under the bill, to hold the com-- I pany by the throat, and depreciate the value of the property they desired. to buy. --