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-__,_.....-----------------------------,---'-W'. t e A. SE hh &\ es | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1908 : o ~Mr. Harcourt--This fund was made - in order that it may not be neces-- 4 sary to do so, and their action is ® EVIDENGE greatly to: the advantage of the con-- 1 sumers. The mdus"K/I was l?ecn!at- - ive> and _ risky, r. arcourt h i ilimceronde inlercraten aieeas said, -- owing to _ the fact -- that ' an" n';lventulm fany_ day mniht wipe x half the value from it. At the same | Talk of Another Adjournment time the illuminfiting gas wa:h cheap--|_-- --er in Toronto than in any other cit l of House. * in America. The proposed amcnfi ment went further than ime commit-- ' o . c taxareart } tci) desgedé f 4 M § ' r. Nesbitt favored the amendment MEMBERS WANT THE FACTS| and Mr. Morrison (West Hastings) | | opposed . it. * 4 | Setmndennieteietantiiiues _ The amendment was declared lost i f E on division and the bill read a third | time. h | A Busy Day on Goyernmentf Verbal amendments were made in | 4 Bills. | committee to Mr.-- Stratton's-- bill to I ! amend the industrial schools act. t A | -- Mr. Whitney advised that instead ; oneieenes pocons > of appointing new officials, some pcr-, St. Joe Railway Subsidy to be Trans-- eaer akte Pcl'fi:fl: ionf ':gicemb; i':t'g:ted § 0_ ta * ferred--County Councii Changes Mr. Stratz%n said that was the in-- posed. _ tention. } o8 ig The amendments were concurred in ; and the bill read a third time. 3| | The House spent half an hour dis-- | $ 4 cussing the third reading of Mr. Tud-- | The Leg:sl'aturc made good progress hope's bill fixing the Playfair assess-- | yesterday with a number of Govern--|| ment in Midland. _ The bill finally pass-- ment bills, but, as the supplementary||ed the third reading. y estimates, railway resolutions, pulp || Government by Order in Council. t agreements and the Gamey report are |' When in committee on Col. Gibson's all still to be dealt with, the prospects bill to amend the statute law, Colonel for a completition of the session this G:bspdn lrl:trodu;ed an am;:g;'ne;tmzcs @4 provide that when a com CE 4 week ate POt so bright as they were. into Ontario from another Province it | The municipal amendment act, embody--| ;»;; pay a license fee as great as that | ing all the amendments to the muni--| for any similar company already ex-- | cipal act, agreed to in the Municipal 'iéting in OrgtarE), am'l_lgwmg'thet Lxeptr;- - s : Governor in Council power to im-- | (;omtm_ttce. evoked * itat deal gf pose the fee. Objection was taken by | discussion, and met with much ©PPOSi-- | Colone] Matheson, that there was too tion on both sides of the House dur--| much government by order in Coun-- mg the evening session. cil. During the discussion on the expla -- Mr. Stratton explained that the only nation of the statute law amendment purpose was to insure that companies bill in committee, Mr. Gamey made originating in Ontario should not pay his first speech to the House on a mat--| a greater fee than companies which ter outside his bribery charges. obtained a charter at Ottawa to carry The Premier indicated that the pre--| on a similar business. ced;nco for to--day would be. private| The amendment was carried. business, pulp resolutions and supply. | s x The public business could be finished | Toronto Coroner's Salary. by Thursday. Ti the Gamey evidence| _ Another amendment fixed the annual was printed it would probably take ten salary of the Toronto coroner at days or so to get it out, and the House $1,500, payable half--yearly, one--half would have to adjourn. _ by the city and one--half by the Pro-- Mr. Whitney did not think it would vince. take--that long. A clause was added giving Toronto Print the Evidence. City Council power to exceed an ap-- K k propriation of 1--4 mill for the pur-- The Premier then said they would| chase of a public library site. undertake to print the evidence, if the The time for constructing the James Opposition would consent to use th¢| Bay Railway was extended for three typewritten copies for the purposes oi years by another clause, and the limit the debate. . . of $3,000 for grants to fall fairs was This proposal seemed fairly satisfac--| struck out. tory, and the mattex: dropped. ¢ An extra clause was proposed to lut\xf;;\ I;::f}h?g:l'_jhfga'fh2°f':§siod'ya "'g:?(i extend the time for the commencement $ 5 int l { Mani in & N i1-- 10 the St. Joe Railway to the Nepi-- (\:'ag.lc fanitoulin & North Shore Rail gon or any other railway which will' * build from Lake Nepigon to the C. P.| Mr. Gamey Takes Part. R. This appéars to be the result of Mr. R. R. Game 7 f I A j e _Mtr. R. K. y objected to this. :'};; former company's uelay in build-- The C.dP. R., he sai{d, had already com-- . n & menced surveying for a coal line from _ Colonel _ '.\!ath_esons motion that Sudbury, and the people on the Island Thomas Chew, George: Chew, Man-- were anxious to be able to ask § ley: Chew and Edwin Leatherby of C:_P. R. to 'build to the 5s} 35_{ ie Midland be summoned to appear be--| .;),,, road did nou +4 . " J s Oe fore the Public Accounts Commit-- M+. R "k'c'g e tee was carried without discussion. f. NMOoM n whether _ there was . any assurance that the C.P.R. would Gas Company's Escape. build a line i1 case the Manitoulin On the City of Toronto bill com--| & North Shore Line did not. ing up for third reading Mr. Craw-' Mr. Gamey said that the C. P. R. ford moved to amend> by providing| Would have to build to the water be. that the renewal fund of the Consum--| fore long in order to get their coal in ers' Gas Company be limited to 10| that way. per cent. of the paid--up capital of Mr. Ross said he was assured by the company, so that the excess of| Mr. Clergue that they intended to build that should be applied to the reduc--| the branch from Sudbury to the Sault, tion in the price of gas, and that they now had the money to Mr. Harcourt, as Chairman of the| do it. Aiter that they would go on with Phnvat}e] Bills Lon}mzittebeé pointed out| the Manitoulin line that the matter ha en very fully ta o VR % considered in the committee. There' thgielgamcy said 'that he believed that _ J E gue Company should have the was nothing written off by the com-f { o f f preference, but the people on the pany for wear and tear, as in other island w F companies, but if they did it would| *8294, were most anxious to have a more than equal the amount, $381,-- road built as soon as possible. oclwo,fno&av at the credit of the renew-- County Councils. /: als tund. & mt ty : + Mr. Foy--Why don't they do it ? In committee in the evening Col. y co 1t i Gibson explained a= number of small,