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. sA "E:'",{'Q'V;:"'"Tv:, T muceal comens _ | TORONTO--HAMILTON -- HIGHWAY, BILL NOW READY FOR FINAL | READING. The special committee that has been considering the Toronto--Hamil-- | ton Highway Commission bill has !put the finishing,.touches on it, and the House will now put it through | the final stages. | The -- committee yesterday made' two important changes. One of these 'puts upon the shoulders of the Munl-! _cipal Councils of the townships be-- tween the two cities the responslbillty! for distributing the cost of the work | |apart from the set contribution each | [township makes. The original bill | 'assessed the property--owners directly | \benefited by means of a frontage and |acreage tax. The farmers taxed op--/ 'posed this, requesting a wider area ; |over which to spread the tax. The committee's amendment puts the | 'whole thing in the hands of the | Municipal Councils. The Commission will fix the amount each township is , expected to raise. | | The clause providing for mainten-- | ance after a& period of twenty years . was struck out. Hamilton protested | against the two cities being respon-- ; 'sible for maintenance after that per-- | {fod. The townships protested that | lthey should escape if the cities did, | |and the dispute was settled by strik-- 'ing out all reference to the road after | twenty years. . The groposal of thei Civic Gulld: that the Commission should> have the right to make the roadway 100 feet wide, instead of 66, was turned down, but Mr. McGarry's suggestion that the Rallway Board should 'have power to decide if widen-- | ing was necessary was adopted. i | WATER FOR YORK TP. CcoUNsEL GEARY HAD APPLICA-- TIOX TO LEGISLATURE t y THROWN OUT. f Corporation Counsel Geary suc-- | _ ceeded before the Private Bills Com-- mittee of the Legislature yesterday in having the application of York township to compel the city to pro-- vide a water service thrown out. Dr. Forbes Godfrey (West York) and Mr. Geo. 8. Henry (East York) fought hard for the life of the bill, but the committee thought they were asking too much. The city members strongly opposed the bill. Hon. J. J. Foy, Hon. R. 'A. Pyne, Messrs. Hook, Owens, Price and Russell as-l sisted Mr. Geary. | Mr. W. H. Price, member | for | Parkdale--Your request practically | means that you are asking the cit,\" to supply water to an area in the! township of twenty miles long and 1,000 feet wide on three sides of the city, making an area of twenty--five acres, or practically the same area as a city of 50,000 people? Mr. Stair--Yes, that is about what it means. But why shouldn't the city supply the water. They do it lmme-l diately after annexing these districts. Mr. Geary pointed out that the bill l sought to make the Ontario Railway | Board override the municipal act. | Dr. Godfrey contended that it was| understood a year ago that the par-- | ties were to get together. "The | question should be settled here," said' Reeve Griffith. It was. |