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* bcane sai :P NK ) K imessar -- 'E" """""T e# A i -- i: ,"'w" k '_ ' :~' e 4 ; se i 3 is IANNOT GRANT FREE SITE (gay THEY ARE OVBRTAXED|| 70 BE FIRYT MOTOR ROAD e" I, 4 * 2 M tth. & ; 14q WWercomudiedl 4 & j ols amenie ceraitnanegen ting dmadee n prprafine $ ' j 9 ; _ CLAUSES OF PETERBORO' BILL 'MANUFACTURERS woULD AMEND |[ sILL WAS REPORTED BY THE LEG-- WERZS STRUCK OUT. ,: ASSESSMENT ACT. _ ISLATIVE COMMITTEE. 'l, emmeese ; mueas t s ce r »vnimmcvogoms wien oo uce ned wer e we me _|Created a Dangerous Precedent,.SAId the |\ Memorial Presented to Members of the \Kingston Bill to Purchase the Street $ !._ Chairman of the Private Bills Com-- | Government by a Deputation of the ' Railway of That City is Also Ap-- F | mittee--Other Clauses of the Bill % Manufacturers' Association--It Will proved of--The Capital Stock is to Held Over for Two Weeks. § be Considered. be Largely Reduced. . a--_--. _ . ' i A + 6 3 ¥% f The Private Bills Committee yo»tc:r- f The Parliamentary Committee of :h(:i The first railway in Canada to be op-- day took up the P.etel'bOl'O ceity b']ll' t Canadian _ Manufacturers .\ssuuiatit)ui crated by motors run by gasoline gener-- consideration of which }.1:}:1 "b"en] d;. E\\'uit(-d on Hon Messrs. Haana and Foy | ating steam, with a speed _ of thirty i ; 1 f re clauses ; ; s * Journe('i Th e Surch. *"l f the old sug-- | yesterday, and presented a momurmli tmiloe. will be the Port Credit, Bramp-- authorizing the purchase c; * * gf |asking for some amendmenis to the As--| [ton :4 (Guelph Road. The company's ' » »* > » se I ale t o a a i ' erlcompany's lands for the purpose o | sessment act. They were told that some bill provided in the event of the gasoline # giving a site to a new company. | ut »oints brought up would no doubt ' M ts § dnb un $ "The company wants a free site, and | of the points brought uy YA t : | method failing for permission to de-- iwe want to give them a free site," said |»¢ considered by the Municipal Com--| velop water power and to utilize steam. E4 64 fag i1 j 'er to Mr. | mittee with other proposed amendments, | | The bill was reported by the Railway . _ City Solicitor Hall in answer Mr. j EC ittec of the Legisial rith the : |\ In part the memorial presented stated ; | Commi ee of the Legislature, with the Mathes. ; is' that, "While we approve of the princi-- ; | reservation of some details for the de-- ' "Mr. MacKay has discovered what is ;) tha o y aApPI o_ nettuen| | cision of the new general railway act _ wanted," said the Chairman. "It is most ) ple of the business l&l.\.un i sll')rtltU\C [ ' board, and steam will not be permitted. "objectionablc from every point of view." / for the tax on personality, we feel con-- L'I'f}m road will run through -- Brampton, f | _ _"If the committee are wisely minded, i vinced that the basis--of the business m'\' :(:(-ml-\go'mw.n ar;d( \(t(t)? f 1 l;.c <'a;.).|§.zl'l __ithey will strike out the clauses,' Sa'd'i-v-'amst manufacturers (namely 60 perf| ~tpr is .$!0f),(()7). with bonding privil-- / the Chairman, who stigmatized the pro-- . | "8 4 ; ul n/ eges of $25,000 a mile. . Brampton, f " sal as a Dl(;St dangerous precedent. . cent, of the reality assessment), is 't"')' though only twenty miles from Toronto, ipoThe three clauses were rejected by the ; high, When the present lu\'\' was being | has been inconvenienced by want of ac-- ';committee. which was unanimous. I'J'mmvfl thu_basis of the lnl#lll('"s.tiil-\ n 'i(-mm\mflafiun. The new X'Oat! will rom-- | _A lively discussion occurred over the lnmmuacuu'mg plants was joriginally | | edy this, Port Credit was included as 'ele'ctric power clauses, which, with the |placed at 50 per cent. of the realty 28| 'a lake port in order to meet . vessels bonnsing and drainage and purity of |sessment. Later, and apparently with-- | trading for a large Philadelphia firm. s f\\'atcr supply clauses, were left over for |out reason, this was raised to 60 per . The commltu.-e .t'atlhed the purch;ofe \two weeks. The city had asked the | cent." + by the city of Kingston and the vil-- 'Peterboro' Light & Power Company for | _ Investigation would show that Ontarioi | lage of l'ortsmth of .thd: lsgngs'O_n, t ~ia rate to quote manufacturers, and this | manufacturers paid from 30 to 40 p('1" 'E]'ortsmouth & Cataraqui hhfc-trm Rail-- had been refused. Solicitor R. M. Den-- |cont. more taxes than those of Quebec. | way Company,. The terms lt'f('hhh"lh('. 'ristoun for the company, admitted that |This not only seriously handicapped bus-- reduction of the canitalization -- from | 44 9 L | + PM i8 k + 5 t s > » » " [ out of 8,000 possible horse power 6,000 | iness, but (!1s.¢'om'aged the erection 9f | $200,000 to $90.000. $50,.000 of which will 5 | were going to waste over the dam. Mr. subatantrfl factories and warchouses 3" || be preferred. and $40.000 common stock. 'MacKay roundly denounced the attitude |the Province,. The law, the memorial | j rmeveasangincem | of the compan}' in withholding quota-- | stated,. also _ discriminated mJu_rlouslyig erermean i trons from the city 'The : Otonabee 'fla between incorporated companics audl * | & -- ® eady taken one | Partnerships or individuals. | & 5P;m.i: (c?::tl:;:grshafsmfile?hg Peterboro' I Complaint was made that the. ]a\\'I 'gom' any !compo]ling manufacturers to give mfor-! | T]?n f\figlo-:\morican Fire Insurance | Mation as to employees' wages for a§~' 'Comj)any sustained heavy losses in To--;| sessment of income was neither fair or !l. to's big fire. and proposed a reduction || feasible, many reasons being advanced | f 'vu;". ?ta[geto(v-.k in a bill which was re-- |for this. The manufaf:turcrs were, hpW- Oor(tz?ll by the committee. ever, willing to furnish complete lists o Paipoozlo'e a municipality created last |and allow assessors to get information year by a division from Neebing, wishes |at first hand from employees. It was to issue debentures for certain extra0r--'| also urged that employers should not be j dinary expenditures necessary from compelled to deliver assessment notices l floods, and for road improve_x'nont M& |and tax bills. ( chinery, to the amount 0; $' '(':00' a'!d omm mm esmm f the committee reported the clause in their bill authorizing the debenture by-- MUNICIPAL BILLS. ¢ ' . Clauses validating tax sa.les were ; f ze } ' La,::ended to enable the redemption of the | Legislative Committee Discusses Some lands, and were so reported. and Holds Them Over. | : mm -- In the Municipal Committee of the : Legislature Mr. Eilber's bill proposing: * (Government inspection of houses of re-i > fuge, and to compel contributions to-- | } wards maintenance by inmates who were i found to be possessed of property, was | 3 ; 'hcld over for future consideration Mr.! f ' Hoyles' bill amending the assessment act' by making the minimum assessment of ' a small businesses $100 instcad of $250 was held over, after a general discussion of 4 the assessment act, in which varied views were expressed. ~ *tay * 8 ~ » s [ -- 45 nind... . .. on woommnte