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| Ln, F')', ' _, llllwl. I . , l {xiii hNTI' . I , T: 'sr' ' . ' , ' Victory Before the i l I,' . T ' . I i . "hate Bin: Committee. ) i "ee"",, ---------"--- ' . i '3? ' l RIGHTS OF SHAREHOLDERS 1 l r o ' i i i i i _.-----.--. t . i 1 i. 5 t r lPreihier Whitney States They; l i, Will be tafeguarded. ; 1 -..--------r-- i ' Preamble of Bill of City of Toronto Ap f proving of the Principle of Exprtr .i. priation Approved of-Some Amend- i ' . ! masts Will be "itiade--Oetails to be ', .' l i , ' Given To rli-lr. ? ' i I .-_ ----.-..'- l, i 'llw prunmlm- vi thts city'., "WWW"; I Mir-n I.ill W',isT tuutuicd -vr'rtorduy 35101-2 i =nrmn 'oy {hr Private Bills (fonnnittetgé I wind {ho- tir," Mun» in thr "up hf Ihol j, ':t'sprtrpria'titut oi tin" 'l'nl'uuiu i-Liwtricg , _ Light Co. "In umwu'd. i he vote wail I .1:ii:.x~u aim-r A n-nmikuhlc debut». ini , , whit-h Hm. J. P. Whitney pm] Mr. li' _ P.(iroham spukv with a vigor that ihoy i l i, haw éi'idum mwllod in the debates oi!, i,tlu' {in-ago. Thr. rights of the hhzll'P-i l :huhinrs r.iil be :Lb-(Yiill.f'i)' safn-,ruardtul.': I Tlits (:mnrnmrnt "or" lint humunu-vxs.' 1hr i'l'NNi'T dwimw-d. Tho rights, ntf "tr'ty mam. "(mum and crhihl "ill he: safe. Mils Mr. li. P. lirahom's coutirnm- i 1ory 2trFlriitl 1'. i, ' The prim-ililc of expropriation was i approved hy adopting 11w fuilmving l clause in tho pi'muihln of the hill .' i l, "Whereyu tin: Ihutit-ipal 1'oworarion! E "st' tin, l ily of Toronto has. by petition, i, E l:m_\'rd fur srrpeial logiShIliun in ro-spm-t, i -m' in" wwml mattvrs hmx-iuaiicr irti , forth: and "hen-m rho said eity wpi'e- l bouts: that it =houhl be permitted to nx- l propriate the property of the Toronto lilvclric Light Company, 'I.imit(-d. and ootunir? tho same 5% a municipal con-f corn." , 10119} at [0.30 tiptoils, oi' tha GOV-i "rynv.Ptrs. proposed amondmonts will Mi melrmittcd to the eommittrso for up! prom}. , The Case for the City. l Corporation Counsel FvlVrtcm. for,, _ .tlu' (in. proceeded to sham that thri idea ot expropriation of water a ml l, I plants. was nu no" thing. i Mayor Cuiit.ssirorth said ihey my", ro-i presenting thn my of Torouto and serv- l, mg the publio interacts in asking for the ' pawmg of. this bill. At prvsiiut, "my! were paying ~almost double the price) Hwy should tor "loetrir, light. If the; l?"P"tsv was worth what the company rimmed, they would he paid for "'4' otherwise they would be paid only its propt't' value. i Mr: E. Fi.. A. Du Vol-net said that 'll Trim" Portion ot tte. press had hinted , Ily) th.e "ompany: which he reprosvnted. i lvtre ?irnIrcorhiscr,r to the committr-oi "' get}, their switcher. To trottti.,r l, oat-o Ir.", contract would be the Wurst; advertisement this country ever had." yr. "UFO" E. Walker said that ho wk f not. Interested, nor wad his bank. but he 5 belly-Lei] ths." there were many things' l "'ll' "lf not been thought of. i l th mighty. Ptout.tt asked that some of j l Als", "tgi' might be enumerated; 2t f'PthOpL had thought. of 'several:' f1'i,tf'l'i-a"f in,tlyded in the bill. ( . l _ Mr. Talko.r did not specify. but, con-i