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H _ __. -..u\ ulc plant over at a fair valuation. Later", the Electric Light Company amalgamated with the Gas Company. The town now seeks to take over the electric light (ing plant. and submitted a bill to fur- ther their intention under their Con.. tract. The Gas Company oposed the bill to the extent of prohibiting the municipality from engaging in any other than public lighting. The bill was adopted by a vote of 15 to 1.2. l Members Want More Printed-Shan. non Timber Limit Sale. COPIES OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS On motion of Cot. Matheson. seconded by Mr. Lucas. the Putme Accounts Com- mittee of the Legisisture yesterday passed I. resolution authorizing the com- mine: to recommend to the House that in future 5,000 copies ot the public ac. counts be printed instead of 2.000. as at present. Orders for the attendance next Tuesday of Crown Timber Agent Gnrrow or Webbwood end the cutter who super. was? the .2116:l tgf lit'.",; Builicsn, in one. nect on w e when timber have been issued. " e, 7.-.. u. we Village of Niagara Falls, for the purpose of extending its boun- daries to take in the sites of the three big electric power companies. The tare ritory asked for comprises 243 acres, lying partly in the township of Stan:- ford and 30 acres in the present town _ of Niagara Falls. The town and the, Village have thus far failed to agree! upon terms of amalgamation. The committee thought that a city would eventuailv grow up around the his: power plant, and deemed it best that the present two municipalities: should be united. The matter was 'iiuiiourndd till next Wednesday to ai- 'ford them an opportunity to agree upon terms of union. , l In loot the town of Listowcl made l a contract with a private individual.; granting him an electric light iran- chise. on condition that the town have I the right to. take the plant or" "' An hour and a half was 0 by the Private Bills Committi Legislature yesterday with a mitted bv W.M. German, MP. half of the village of Niagar for the purpose of extending i; 1daries to lake in the sites of t, big electric power companies. 1 ritory asked for comprises 24: lying partly in the township 0 ford and 30 acres in the Preset o.f..Niamdii Falls The .0..." " Bin Before th, , tend Village i well Electric _ mlu"'fl"iii""'""iiTi'i'"i'r'i'an . ----- lTOWN AND VILLAGE ORDERED I, TO FORM UNION. I Tho. Legislature's Committee on Agri- lcutture and Colonization organised res- Eterday, Mr. w. H. Taylor of North ;Middlesex was unanimously elected Chair- (man, on motion of Hon. Mr. Dryden and Mr. Pettypiece. The committee was ad- dressed by Mr. R. H. Cowley. M.A.. Pub- lic School Inspector of Carleton County. who advocated that agricultural topics he more practically taught in the public Schools. and suggested that the commit-i tee ask the Minister of Education to co- operate in the work. It was decided to ask Prof. Robertson. Dairy Commissioner. to nddresn the committee on the subject on Tuesday next at 1 p.m. A large num- ber of representatives of the Farmers' Association will be in town on that day, and they are invited to attend. Address by Mr. Cowley-Mr. Taylor is Chairman. thisuiiaiCdiTer; the necessity is no great enough for each to erect a sea arate one. I _ m- .-.-.._-..- w - m-.. -_, ....-- ot the municipalities within the county. The County Judge will then take the necessary steps to bring about the erection, subject to the site, plans, etc., being approved hy the Lieutenant- Governor': in Council.' One or more Soynties will be allowed to unite Ior AGRICULTURE IN SCHOOLS. w... u [)th present two municipalities united. The matter was till next Wednesday to ai- _ an opportunity to agree s of union. the mat the town have the plant over at ater, the Electric 'alternated with : Legislature to Ex- Boundaries-Lista. Light Bill. Committee of the was consumed bill sub ,, on be bifl fur- the Hon. Mr. Davis thought that time. at least. every safeguard , be given to the public. 'The bill was taken up Claus. _ ,.rv.. n aykle casion to hold speed trials, upon c tion of putting the road in shap racing. They objected to the c providing that large numbers be played across the back of the vel for the purpose of iyentiiicatilh, a would be easy to identify the veh insase of accident. the speed limit an hour should 1'hey wanted also a s_tretch of road I Mr. T. H. Preston (B up his bill to regulate motor vehicles upon pul The Automobile Club ha tives present. They wen to many of the provisior but hoped that any n from taxes should be use movement .of roads. thought that. so long driver was the only occ med. i.e., "or within Cl a mile oi mm min - V ... ...', ""'"'"'Pc1 Mr. Powell, on behalf oi Ottawa, proposed an amen riding for the payment of a traders of a transient natu not rent premises and canr charged for a license. They get at the traders who tc at a hotel or boarding hens in a retail manner. This l touch commercial travellers , merchants. The clause was ', able one, however, and wi drafted. ,7;....._. my a "133. I Mr. D. E. Thomson. K.C., on behalf of the city dealers said they were will- ing to accept the Attorney-Gen- eral's clause and hoped this would be recognized by the committee as an evidence of their good faith. Mr. Caswell, City Solicitor of To.. ronto, said that he had been instructed to ask for full power to go into the fuel business. After hearing the discus- sion, however, he would not do so, as he thought the city would be con- tent with the Attorney-tune/rits clause. i The committee favored this view, and l the three bills were dropped. The At-i _torney-General's clause will therefore; be included in the municipal act. g Mr. Powell, on behalf oi the City of' Ottawa, proposed an amendment pro- viding for the payment of a license by, traders of a _t.ransient. nature who do "no 951.5 -»_AUA Mr. Trowem, for the Retail Mer- chants' Association, said that the muni- cipalities should have come to the coal merchants and offered to recoup them for their losses if they would keep their prices down during an emergency. instead of going into the business themselves at a loss. Nr, n N "'- The Municipal Committee of the; 'Legislature yesterday took up the; question of allowing municipali-l (ties to go into the fuel business, as: ';proposed in bills by Messrs. Preston (Brant), Powell (Ottawa) and Hendrie (Hamilton). Colonel Gibson proposed a clause which would' enable the municipalities to go into; the fuel business. subject to the con- sent ot the Lieut.-fioirernor in Coun- cil and l, two-thirds vote of the Municipal Council. He thought they' could depend upon the criminal law to p..revent any. combination of dealers l;0}{lmg__up prices. 'MUNICIPALITIES AND THE - FUEL BUSINESS. Attorney-General Provides a Clause to the Municipal Act For This Purpose-Automobile Regulations Transient Traders-The City's Bill To-day. sent. They were not' the provisions of the bill. that any money raised should be used for the im- -0f ro'ads. They also DR Mlilfllllillnllig, stem nature who do i and cannot now be tnse. They wanted to rs who took rooms rding house. and sold er. This would not travellers who sell to HUN? was not nt (Brant) brought le the speed of public highways, had representa- I the vehicle clause will (l, as it vehicles i for a should opposed a suit- be re- dis- by ' -- e. AcplCSCntatlon to this comjen- tion is as follows: Every church and society is entitled to two representa- tives, and each church and society hav. ing more than fifty members is entitled to an additional delegate for each ad.. ditional fifty. The following organi- zations are entitled to representation on the basis nameds County, City and itt view of mi Alliance has call temperance work in Toronto on w the Guild Hall, tion is as follow "Witty is entitle tives, and each cl ing more than an "__ --..J an urc {51011. The Gamey charges. and discussion and action resulting t from, had interfered with the Go ment's plans and with the busine the House. The temperance bill one of the measures delayed. He not consider it practicable now bring down the bill and have it as discussed by the .LtgisyaturdUii'i, country as it ought to be before I passed. It had, therefore, been d ed to hold over the proposed me: and introduce it early at the session." l "The Government had i introduce a measure of ad useful legislation. It wou sirable and necessary to h; measure before the ngse k to allow pf its receiving consideration by the membe cpuntry. There' had been ', lull, which_the f..tverntt.ten.i P.ected to introduce early t slon. .The Gamex charges, iiiscussion and action result from, had interfered mm. a- A deputation from the Dominion A1- liance waited on Premier Ross on Wednesday to ask what the Govern- ment proposed to do about the pro- mised legislation dealing with the liquor trade. The Premier replied in part as follows:- . I Temperance Legislation Lea: tests Against Delay, but it Justification of Th; Aims. (lit (?lilllPlilfljRilg I LEGISLATION. Too Late to Give It Consideration. GAMEY CASE THE CAUSE Premier Lays Bill Over Till Next Session. The City of Ottawa's bill before theI Private Bills Committee asked for power to issue debentures for $10,000 for twenty years for police station ex- tensions, $20,000 for thirty years for l main drainage construction, $60,000 for (thirty years for a smallpox hospital, I and $50,coo for forty years for extend- ing water mains. The $10,000 for police, station extensions was struck out, and! the $60,000 for smallpox hospital made |for twenty instead of thirty years. .A 'clause was included allowing the City ito issue debentures for $10,000 for gtwenty years for a Fat Stock Show gbuilding. The Council of Ottawa was Also given power to devote $10000 for I the relief of the fire sufferers. The bill {was adopted, with these amendments. The City of Toronto's bill will be taken up first this morning, all except the gas company and the elec- trigal cqgrgy plauscs. ems-5c. The fine for going at a spa? faster than 15 miles an hour was re- duced from $50 to $25. The bill will come up, again. Alliance has céiiéd' __-- "nu udVC I by the Legislature ( it ought to be heft t had, therefore, be 1 over the proposed luce it early at t) workers this ,reply, the . H-o-'u "Ill Wednesday, May I], M.cGi!l street. lecessary to have such a " the House long enough its receiving the fullest by the members and the are had been prepared a " "flyernn.ten.i had ex- [cred with the Cavern-I 1d with the business of! 1e temperance bill was' iuresdelayed. He did' '. practicable now to? bill and have it as fully! e, Legi§latpre-and the) Convention a convention of ' which will he h had intended to , of advanced and It would be de- 'resulting -therc wcnuon of all :h will be held 3 May 28th. at ure-and the before being been decid- League Pro . in the ses- Pominion but Sees in Their Own tl measure the next Proper The the