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shopkeepers and business than irtiiiii) the "I"! had failed to at. 3:510"! villages and rural municipalities werel era'ee sale no bids were received equally deserving with the salary-' or the property, while the Bale w" earners of consideration in the mat- made for tu,800, " the last callinsl ter of taxation, rose to move an tor tenders. ' amendment to the clause in ques- Hon. Mr. Matheson-an your Opin- tion. ion, Mr. Gibson, did the people who The procedure, the Premier de-l were likely to tender have fair nor' clared. was "irregular, disorderly and. tice t ,, F absurd." Objection should have, "I think they did, replied; been taken when the clause was un-; Mr. Gibson. The Deputy Minister': der consideration. If such procedure. can a statement showrng that the were followed, he argued, the House' Government Paidt spent $94,231 on _ iwould never get through committee' the Gillies Lim . 'work. . The receipts he? a??? 11ily'"ph1s , , leavin a credit o , 5 .. . " tThe colonel Wins Out. I receipgs from the rest of the limit I But Colonel Clark stood his ground. gold was $4trtt,862. (The committee stage. he opined. was' .Mr, crar.teH.y.nderetfy?d at one h ;the proper one in which to conductJ time that the Gillies limit was sup- free and full discussion of all such' posed to be a very valuable property matters. He preferred to test tht _ and that the Government had tenta- House on the proposition advanced. , tive offers of $20,000,000. " The Premier cupitulatod. Thr, "We never had any such offer, re- member. he admitted, was right in torted the Provincial s'-,1?,tb'iurer. his contention for tho vrivilvgo ol "Were you approached? . ., submitting his resolution. "There was nothing 1i,'yri.',1r:.' , 3 The Brtmc man then moved along, ".N.o, because you would never en- I.thc lines he advocated. but failed tp, tertam it. . . get a majority of tho House. l Hon. Mr. J.vPt.he.ton-c.-iDo..vou think, t ' . I , Mr. Clarke, that the Province. would Mir, Lochrancs Bill (arricd. i'have been Justified in taking twenty i The Government bill vosiovHing thr "millions for this property and salt")? fesdaiiiisiiiiii'rii of town sites. under. tht,', "gr/p/g":.," tor nineteen and a iwhich it is reduircd that ono-nuuir) a m ons . gg (of the property be given to tho' "1 think," retorted Mr. Clarke, that, 'iCrown, was piloted through t-olnmit- the Government would have been ast ice by Hon. Mr. C'ochrano. much lustifled m taking '.i,",)f/yye!,? Hon. Mr. Macix'ay asked if' it was as selling tor $80,000 or $26,000 or proposed to take tho twottty-rivo it"?! t40.000." , cent. of the land whether the crown; Hon. Mr. Mat..h.esoye--rt would have; had done anything towards develop- injured the credit of the Province for Ing the town or not. years if we..had sold this property for Hon. Mr. Cochrano replied that the more than it was worth. a Province had gone to the expense of Mr. Clarke moved a.reso.uti.0n. sec-, opening ltp'and developing. British onded by Mr. J. C. Elliott. asking that Columbia was operating under " IMr. S. D. Madden and yr. George. E., similar act. (Martell he called to Fy'e P\'lde'n("9.j I "It only applies in cases where the l It was objected that this would holdt town-site is established by privHIo up the House. "We wanted to ji/i) Fs'.i,l,l,i:i,ii:.ti", queried the, Liberal leader, through by Wednesday it we could, i ' "That's all," observed the Minister, remarked Hon. Col. Matheson. i and the bill passed. . "I don't want to hold up the, . ----------- House." said Mr. Warm. "but there -'--------r-.---.---r------ |8Pe a number ot. things here I want, , to know about." i MADE BIG PROFITS ? Hon. Mr. Matheson-ft is not part' t ' ot the business of this committee to : find out what the purchasers of these " , - _ properties. Rot subsequently. rURTHLR INQUIRY INTO tannins," Mr. Clarke declared that it was a LIMIT SALE METHODS. itmatter for the Opposition members l .jto deal with. "Our point." he ex- ', ' plains-d, "is this: We have only gone ? Opposition Members, Continue. to III-i Into three deals, within "'05" ""28 . sert the l'deals there was su sequen y mate That in f',",',?,',:,-,,??,"; Clarke Thinkst I more monev than you got for all the e rovince Lost a Great) l, properties you sold." Deal by the Sales. ': "That does not necessarily mean ' t the value was there," was Col Math- ? , Tl """-----. ,' eson's comment.d l t ie only scheduled business before' "No." retorte the member from i the Public Accounts Committ ' l Northumberland, "but people bought i terda ee yetb. the propertion at those prices." y was the consideration of a, In order to allow the Chairman of , number of accounts in connection; the committee to telegraph to Cobalt . with the Gow anda road i in order to see if Messrs. Madden and Sam Clarke 1'l,'l11 N ii', with" Mr. Martell could be located .the commit- ' or um erland) tee adjourned until this morning. . . asked for some time ago. The ac- Mr. Clarke stated that. court . counts were laid on the table by the from this matter. there were but a Chairman, r. w . . few things he and his colleagues not on . M Ferguson, but were iwould want to inquire about. To- tr e into. marrow he will ask for explanations Mr. T. W. Gibson. Deputy Minister in regard to a number of expense ac- of Mines, was recalled and examined counts of Government omcers which it by Mr. Clarke in reference to the look un1t1e.ll.tLe.,J.5t:_.,, . sales of mining property on the Gil. WWW -- -w-----_ _ lites limit. He stated that Lot A6 . was sold for $15,300, The depart- - . ment had no knowledge of any ex- V ceptional mineral deposits thereon. f "Well," observed Mr. Clarke, _ 'IE "someone must have seen something I well worth while. I am informed ' om good authority that $150,000 was . subsequently offered for the proper- j ty." i To Hon. A. J. Matheson Mr. Gibson R' stated that the discoveries on the _ Waldman property had resulted in .. better prices being offered. Many Lf tenders were rejected. . "The Government thus indirectly I made considerable by the discovery," . - i'"""',',',',',?,'"),? the Provincial Treasurer. , l "The Government apparently lost :, Ia great deal on the "aletr---that'e, Jiiiil _ iappeals to me," retorted Mr. Clarke.' t In response to a question from the! . I Chairman, Mr. Gibson said no silver; ' had yet been, shipped from the limit 7, except by the Government. ' B,' To Mr. McGarry he stated that Ad ' ill , property was let to a New York bid.' tr der at $11,000 on the ttrat sale, but;