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I Tt ' _ - r... l .' DAMAGE BY TUBES. with the streetfa'flW"the ". ', ", Mayor, "the street mi"? ' is Bpec-" ially exempted from such damages. . - I know that it is said that the build- CLAUSE PROVIDING COMPENSA- {)ng 0; tubes hwas not then foreseen. . TI , , . b ut t at m g t also be said of many ON 15 ADOPTED t other things. The committee, how- F . ---------" _ eager. were not disposed to consider "to Mr. Lucas, Chairman of titel, t at matter,-and sent the clause to ' i . . " , the sub-committee to give damages l "hate Bills Committee. (gives Til-i for construction. I am still opposed l rottto Some Advice-How "ml to l, bait I realized the sub-committee) i Clause s F cou o no ng." 3 a. Amended Reads. , "We have made the whole thing l --------. 1 subject to your agreement," declared , The Legislative Private Hills com..l, Mr. McGarry. . "imitt.ee. yesterday morning "tinished it"'1 Wig} your fPP, pltis'ses and mt- F . " . . Inuses, put in the Mayor. Exxork. It eonlirnimL with two slight , "The plusses where we believed it 'txplanutory changes. the clause in the: to be Just and right; the minuses to 'Toronto bill drawn M'tho sub-commit-i [satisfy you," was the Renfrew man's r ' . ' g f? or . ("T. to 'AIV0 protection tor damages; 1r Mr. Brewster said the clause as Jwinch may he caused in the /i"riiiiirrc! ( draw" was more favOralfilehto the tion or " emu" t . ,ljcity than the majority 9 t e mem- tube ','.r,/',.'..rc,". £32.29 EliothilIEEOS-Z'll "if were will?" to .thip,k Je,?', in"; , . ., .. 3 Phe on} isnot looking fol fa.vors, iiij:,cjae? to the t'hairmutt, Hon. I. p, lsaid the Mayor. "it simply asks that ucas. and certain 0 '" 0 . . you follow the statute." in. a brief or':c'i,1,it,1,1:'m,,tct'in'h:.r,'a'"?" { ilit1.firt,t'i1tf/' said 1ooth the Mayor \IOssrs H . _ ' g. and City Solicitor' had agreed to the _ '. __. .-'. earst, McPherson, Mc- iclause yesterday. l Nuught and Dr. R. F. Preston in turn "Why should riff be tloaded1 wig? ta eacl r . or.,,' ._. . - . router rcsvorwilo itv tan tie, . a.- the lprPZZOHWd (e'tdm criticisms 'n) in; gives its?" asked the Mayor. l __ "'."" "Where have we. done that?" quer- I think you take this newspaper! ied Mr. Hrttwstrt criticism too seriously." observed "ml 1"G\ll\'e us the municipal act," asked N .. .. ' C -- the " a.vor', (hairman. As a matter of fact the! "So we have." announced Mr. leading editorial in one ot the papers Brewster. was based upon a clause that the "The 'yt.).yi/1y/, the commjltllee. are . , . _ " trying to reac l t e same on by a committee was not considering at all. diftrwent route." said Mr. G, H. Fer.. In other words," put in Mr. Chas. gitson (Grenville), "and I think we Bowman (Bruce). "the papers don't {Should stand by 1llt committee." kn . . ' . . . ,, "Hear'. tear." c orused tie tttent- :1" what thes are. talking about. eri and the clause as amended by on. Mr. Lucas, the Chairman, in iMr. Brewster was put and carried. acknowledging the vote of thanks "The city agreed touting yesterday," passed on resolution of' Messrs. Len- 1yey1 Alt'. .MMRWY' an If,. s-O-On as nox and Shaw. counselled Toronto in "In." 1i.i,rirercrli-, to be a /y",sei.),il,i') ,Of an dnlltd)P. settlement it lticks over future to bring down important bills itiie traces again. There seems to be [n time to have them dealt with satis- lilo chance lo satisfy" 'rorortro..orxfieloti, itaetorily. He thought that the city had ', in" trouUlt'. and warfare. It IS time. ilailed to consider the committee in ltlns committee assumed its own obli-' .this matter. On Friday last a new) 'gattons and proceeded to do what it clause was introduced, with no infor-l liielieves T. be ritrht..without considera- mation, facts or briefs, at 12.45 o'clock l l,tio.y for disturbers. at what was generally understood tol I Phe- clause as finally adepted was be the last sitting of the committee. "It! :asufoiluws I . . was absurd," was the Minister's com-' l , rhe corporation of t.he.Aity of ment. "It Toronto would only consider 4'10r0nto may construct. build. maltr- these matters and not precipitate im- itain and operate a system or under- portant legislation in the dying hours 'ground "always for the tt'.atyToNua: of the meeting, to be rushed through 1mm of passengers and freight, and I fancy everyone would be better sat: .may acquire. any land necessary for isfied." l :conlstructloiti1 tyc',i"?J,'antsi,,e4 thereof, In Connection Ut . Wit] or WI ion ie consent. of the Beach project. "gavt,i.thGd,1lf' 333131?) "WM" "Karma upon maki.tu,r due city was prepared to withdraw its air. "('mnensauon under the provPeHonr, of (plication for legislation, and was wil- ,the munictpah act for all land so lling to allow the matter to wait o'iiirl [taken m l/y/tye,'?,.' affected by treats- 'for a year, with a view to arrivin l lon l the construction of the railway lat some settlement "I feel satisgl SETH; 'tgeeo,.rirday Is; the (finds: fi ' ' . . . _ .- . ."'"' )3 c n erret. am (itd,.,,t,hacto,t",ig'nituretd,"titr2Jht 811:8] upon making compensation also for the clause was withdrawn , I f,.t1,e'ef,t,s,1,. if any}, suffered by any rail- Mr. W. S. Brewster Chairman of in" ",,',o,elie,a,l"i,r"s,, the work of actual the sub-committee, ' reported the $33312; 18f" the si,e/'1,i1s.'1i.maits0. $31.21: gig?" ','tg',f/"l upon to provide pro- 1onyry,t.v,:.anfl the owl-ks connected amages which may oc- therewith; provided. however that full; by reason of the construction or such damages shall not include any tte,1rwa1mecel,"trei, "g tit- "its; f,c',y2a,."tj" or .t,'e.,eet,ree,Po/' frott? iviilri, concerned the Mayor aidpa rm" lk'.ll(_e'..4ll'\ agreement the said rail- . ' l, City "an is exempt, or an) damages hw Solicitor for Toronto, and the treason of competition with such" other _ solicitors for the railway com- :lruilway company." pany. Mr. Brewster explained the i ter1'Terf'r"rttet.h'T'= Clause to the committee, section by -ee--- ------_____----_ section. The proposal, he said, was to give protection to property-owners ,The Toronto Railway Company was Le be entitled to damages which might accrue from construction of the tubes, but not from their operation. Mr. T. W. McGarry said that he and Mr. W. F. Nickle were of the opinion that the clause should go much further than it did in the mat- ter of protecting property from in- (jury. A compromise was. however,'; leftected, and agreed to by the City [Solicitor and Mayor. "Under section 18 of the agreement t