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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 12 Apr 1901, p. 2

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- T to trtatiott grounds south . 3Nd.tt. l St'L'ti2'hg, Pacific Railway tracks th" '27:," 'd ' - , . . F ' 7, ptaee IRI ", with'ont the consent of the city was t 0 y n e hands of the can. -» ' , rri ed _ outs authorities. who would charge "C 'ration Counsel Fullerton te tflea'.' and $8 a ton on the rails to be - 0 " osed a section will"! mun e - . - 'tIta,"')',",',",,:', which the line paBBet' 2,,',i; 33:35 "e; I'idif'l" you tttttat not the right to authorise the company to C,x,,'."f,'tulltl, i are t oseb control of use any motive power within their wa to ev dn th er Lt,',',',', lo the rail- boundaries and the clause was finally 'tr, W a e e cus oms dues, ' ..-.." it shall. r. tLrren--at the City of Toronto passed as follows: Electric Y does not want the railw be the motive power used by the com- pared to withd th tg; we are pre- Dlny on Yonge street and within tl Mr. F'al'tr)'flll"s'l./.'ll,wte,u'll may; present or future limits of the City o committee had so dealt with the meas- Toronto. . V gem" _tto safeguard all the interests allties. e cl y. Rights ot Munich) The amendment was lost on the fol. Mr. Hill. m, p, P. (West York). lowing 1ivit8.yc-zyavarruitidiGr", Beat.. objected to the clause giving to ty (Parry Sound). Charlton. Colo- the city ong tat the aw":;eratg .quhoun, Conmee, Davis. Fat-well, Gra.' n an . 'i"l'r"gf.uitatea'? t"Jr',',t'ii'uu, and switches. "slim. Guibord. Louthrin. McKay. Pat- such work in the city to he done to the I 1:110. Reid (Addington), Richardson, satisfaction of the Engineer. Every 1 _usseli, warden-ML. . municipality affected. said Mr. Hill. I Yeas-Beatty tLesedt0, Brown, CNN" should have the right to decide as to. {out Fay. Gallagher, Hill, Hislop. whether such work was Ittrt,'tittg,v, :?,,?hr.t"r, McLaughlin. Pyne. Whitney ' the territory wit n- - , ' , toa"rch',gi"eft,'i'.'" The clause was Toronto Again Defeated. amended so as to embody Mr. Hills Mr. Crawford then moved this suggestion. 'mendment:--T'ttit, act, so far as " con- A lenfthy discussion followed on fers any power, right or privilege to be section o, providing that no Connec' exercised within the Cttrof Toronto, tion shall be made with, steam. rail- shall not take effect until an agree- ways. and this was tttsilly amended ment has been executed by the City ot so as to wmalte It clear that the com- Toronto. the Toronto Railway Com- pany is not authorized to connect with pony and the company. and then only any other than electric railways within upon the terms set forth in such agree. the city limits. Mr. C. C. Robinson. ment. on behalf of the county. asked to be Mr. Fullerton desired to say some- allowed to introduce an amendment at thing on this point. There wereAoud this point. Mr. Hill said that he under- cries of "question," 'hueation," from a stood Mr. Robinson had "alright. to ap- number of members of the committee. pear for the Council, as he had not However, Mr.artillerton insisted on be- been authorised by the Legislation Como ins heard. He represented vast inter- mittee. Councillor Evans. who was ests, and did not think it fair of mem- present. stated that Mr. Hill was mis- bers of the committee to howl him taken. as Mr. Robinson was authorr down. iaed by the County Council to act for Mr. Wardell. M.P.P.. said the etU"a them. Later it was found that the, legal representatives had no rights point Mr. Robinson had desired to in- over members of the, committee, and clude was fully covered in the bill, could only be heard by their consent. and it was hot pressed. He opposed the amendment. The clause empowering the company Mr. Fullerton replied that the amend- to purchase the Schomberg a Aurora ment was necessary. because clause tt Railway Company Wat, amended, " of the bill Fltich had been puled by as to provide that in case the the committee gave the company Metropolitan increases its trof- power, without reference to the city, to flee or the character of m. cars. erect a station in the city boundary. their speed and other regulations "a. north ot the C. P. R... track. cesssry for the protection of life and. Cries of question, "ttttesuon," were property shall he subject to the ap-; uttered with renewed energy, and the proval of the Lieutenant-Governor in} Chairman, Hon. Mr. Dryden. put the Council. i amendment. which was lost, on the al t the City following divuiottv- _ Aga nit . Year-let/ty (Leeds). Bridgland. Mr. Marter, M.P.P.. moved that with- Crawford. Fey. Gallagher, Hill, Hislop. in the present limits of the City ot MttrterMcLauqtan, Pattullo,Pyne,Ru.- iToronto the Metropolitan and all sell.--12. ( hallways now or hereafter operated or Naytr--Barher, Beatty (Parry Sound), -'owned by the company shall be deem- Bowman, Brown. Cl1yu'ttott,'Co1quhoui, ted to be street railways. Conmee. Davis, Farweli. Guibord. i This led to a long and warm dis- Louchrin. McKee. 'l'/f.f..Yi Pardee, Reid icussion. lion. Mr. Davis f,',t','g,f.""2, (Addington); wnrdeti.-- 6. , ost xtraordinary provision. e In": his said. taken the attitude The Committee Adjourns. throughout that the rights of the Mr. Hill, M.P.P.. then moved that the 3municlpalities concerned should be company should assume the retrrtottei- protected. and Toronto's rights bilities of a railway. and be liable for iwere fully guaranteed by the any damages caused by the operation ibitt as amended. The proposi- of the bill. i tion now advanced sought not only to, Mr. Crawford. at this point, said that give the city all rights now, but tor the House was in session. and. the com- all time to come,' inside and outsidel mittee could not legally continue. He . i of the city limits. asked the Chairman's ruling on, this

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