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p a " * eoe -- SEC \ INBCOCE M I sbir lssn iestichceugeememmeanlecauaiiion ! PRIV ATE BILLS COMMITTEE % ; " S CommISSIOH GIVEs TORONTO THE COLDb Mr. Rowell Says j SHOULDER. | * Stedtibid ues tiinsarscsieiccmmnselatuesacy \ is Given Too Much Power. ' Toronto had no chance before the Private \ n pge on io onndt ie noge . | _| Bills Committee of the Legislature yes-- ' | L terday morning to secure the right to I| | I take over a portion of the Mimico line ' SHOULD BE lNDEPENDENT- 'inf the Toronto & York Radial Railway. ] '\ From the first the city's representatives \| |ifm-ml a hostile committee. Street rail-- l, * way officials were on hand en masse, A 5 If Municipalities Are to be Controlled l,l:ll'flo deputation from Etobicoke filied the $ * c hrck s »| room and made the place look more like :! by -- Power Commission They , | a country fair than a legislative hall. To i should be Represented on Board 'u question by a member, "Does the rail-- | | «__--Mr. Gamey a Police Magistrate. way render good service to .the public ?" ¢ ' a universal ery of "Yes, yes," indicated that| ] d \tulk and argument were useless. | | | | Mr. T. Herbert Lennox (North York) | ' In moving the second reading of l"_"" not think it fiir to give the city the | §'nis bill to amend the Power Commis-- fmh' f" fnrkc» f'wr fh') line ""t_h"'" 61** | B1 t s 4 s islature. ' ing the township of Toronto notice, I | sion act last night in the Legis | _ Corporation Counsel Drayton made an \Hon. Adam Beck pointed out that the gmrnmt plea to take ovrer a portion of the ( ;cummissinn was now supplying .power | lines. _ He showed that the city was not ifrom Niagara Falls to nine cities, | endeavoring to secure franchises through |fourteen towns and six villages. Dur-- | the municipalities, There was not one 'ing the year contracts had been en-- }fi\'o-'-"mlf plece in it f':" the city. | Ai-- | tered into with seven municipalities, | though the Etobicoke ( ouncil at first turn. | * 7 & F ( as ( 7 1;;"](] thirty other contracts were now }:,]'.',t:]:f' ltt]':QSp,r-',],;:,l,g;:l].,"". it was now in , | pending. | '"Why do you want to take over only a t One of the chief obstacles to t.he '[p'o'-(- ?7" was asked of Mr. Drayton. {extension of the work of the commis-- # "We are perfectly content--to-- take over l sion was found in the existence of | the whole concern," replied Mr. Drayton. Illpri\'alpl_\'-()\\']]('(l piants. In some | "*Our applications have been for the whole !('asos one of these would acquire the \mnd not for the part." It was impos-- '| business of . its rival, and exclude the ; sible to take over the whole line with-- -'munivipulit.\' from enjoying the bene-- f out authority f"'f',n the Legistature. _ He se a nce (sslon's; System. In | was unable to give a gaurantee that the fit 'of the commission's &3 tara | city would take the line off the highway. other cases good water powers were, '.'l'ho objection to the proposal which was i;i\:ii}ul)lw, controlled by the (Zoyorll-.' borne in upon the committee was the ef--| | ment or the commission. | | fect on Toronmto township, which would be | With the view of affording addi-" | served by a three--mile stub, the city oper-- tional protection to human life, the| | ating eight miles of the line. powers of the original act are en-- ! Mr.~Chisholm.of Etobicoke said Etobi--| larged to make the provisions include | coke was too small a municiaplity to take wiring of buildings, that shall . be thenline over "Then I6t the StFONCer brought under inspection of the com-- e ."" ns e t neer. cinf a il #¥. mission. Control of rates is extended municipality take it 't\('r_. :m'd we will have to include municipalities generating, public.ownership, which is the slogan now * receiving or distributing . electrical adays." power. When a surplus is found, the tmmtm=eamaaamamemaiaen commission will have power to order a in . its application and disposition. The clauses dealing with the plac-- | ing of wires and cables underground 'm'o jJustified in that poles. on the streets are unsightly, they are a men-- ace to public safety, and occasion loss when there is a fire. The commis-- sion may order wires to be. placed underground if a municipality offers to construct the conduits. '.\nothm' Commission Suggested. Mr. --Rowell objected to the prin-- ciple involved in the bill in increas-- ing the power of the commission over lthv municipalities. He thought that | the municipalities should have repre-- : sentation on the commission if the| | '(-nnnnissiuu were to eontrol their af--| | fairs. If these powers were to be| | vested in any body they should l)(-'l |given to an independent commission| :lik(--'- the Dominion Railway Board, in! | which the people._had confidence. Mr.| * | Rowell suggested a Public Utilities: f | Commission, to which all such mat--| ; | ters should beventrusted. ' Mr. J. A. Ellis. ¢(West Ottawa); spoke of the benefits resulting from municipal competition in power and light, and referred to the success of the system in operation for-- seven years in 'Ottawa. A & l Miy be More Salaries. t In explaining the hill to provide a Lsalary ° for Hon. Adam _ Beck, Sir 'Jumos Whitney intimated 'that they might in the --future provide renrun-- |eration for the. other members of the l Hydro--electric Commission. | In speaking 'of the "bill to appoint a member of the House to report on | the new territory to be added to the 'Province. Sir _ James Whitney added la. clause giving Mr. Gamey powers of a-- Police Magistrate-- while conducting : | his party. ue * y | | \ The Legislature adjourned at. 12.40 ' \ this morning, after passing the main \ estimates : for<1913. * ' e