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SATURDAY,-- MARCH a m . ! j cCu l N THE (; A"SE Hydro--clectric Expenditure. l $ ___'In Committee of Supply, Mr. Row-- § ell pressed for details of the expendi-- s ture covered by the item of $3,117,-- 000 for the Hydro--electric Power ' Commission. _ The amounts werei $388,000 for Niagara Falls trans-- woemesmasmmmmsmntzamsmnase mission system and $728,000 for trans-- l ~ former -- station. Th$e Eugenia Falls 5 «. s system, for which $650,000 was re-- Allan StUdhO'me Divides House quired, Sir Adam -- Beck said when * # completed would represent an invest-- on Moratorium Bill ment of $900,000, and the total devel-- opment would be 10,000 horse--power. | The new office building on University | e m CC averue was to cost $125,000, and an| additional property on the rear run--| MR LUCAS CRITICIZED ning to Murray street had also been | * secured to provide for extensions. | Discussing the Hydro--radial situa-- maesius, serk itznnmamecogans tion, Sir Adam said the Toronto-- | Whitby--Markham projJect was still© k tei is ELAE s raiting a ly from ~the Federal Leader of Opposition Presses for De waiting a reply ) 6 + bigeg s Government as to its policy towards ; tails on Hydro--electric Expenditure, grantirg a subsidy, All estimates so --Sir Adam Beck Explains--Capi--; f;;r ag::figq;gs'reb}?afgg %pe éffalgrfififll'f tal Expenditures to be Curtailed. ; and while the money would not be re.' | quired this year, there was some hope | that the Federal authorities would | express an opinion with relation to | the application. Mr. Allan Studholme, the Labor| AI:D Explai member for East Hamilton, was true Sir Adam Joxpilains. to his colors in the Legislature yes-- Sir Adam intimated that the work o ts i6 irda of bringing the report of the Hydro-- urdz.iy atterncos, @h4 01'1 the j thl;; electric Power Commission down to reading of the moratorium bill di-- the House in time to be of service to vided the house on a motion to have the members during the session was| . ¢ j toin: | lauses relating to distress caus-- delayed owing to the municipal years thebc o ce qtrickengout and give' the not clogsing until December 31, and he ed tY t'f*" & § £he Iifl 'to nose suf thdoug]tlt th(tzhsutggestior; W{)rfthy of con-- protection 0o se sul-- sideration at municipal fiscal years fering from unemployment. The bill throughout the Province should close' was the first measure of the session ?ntli\'?l"'e;;'b%r 30 Eio enable the proper | to be given:'a third reading, as Mr.; eInrrgpl;)r toear:llgtlfér question by Mr 3 Studholme's motion was lost by 53 ) Rowell he said that no upplicatio!i! to 12. Mr. Wm. Proudfoot (Centre had it()ieon madebth the Commission to spohns ith T. consider a public--owned . telephone ffruron) .stood _ : sppnsor B M system in connection with other Hy-- Studholme for the proposal to make dro--electric enterprises. the benefits accruing from the mora-- y haw Pinaxli torium measure available to those Question of War Credit, who were not able to prove their| Before the commiitee rose Mr. plight was directly attributable to the | Rowell revived the question of the war. ' Governrr:ignt asking the--House for a' No V o Workers. war credit, in any sum -- reasonable, No '\alue t . ¢ f 5it ' r}:'hl(flh. he said, would be gladly voted. % When the bill was in commil ee | 0o fo'llowrthe extraordinary -- method Mr. Rowell drew t'h(; lAtt\torllG;& -(xt'(!ll;g gt last'yeu,r and appropriate money eral's attention to a tx tmer: made 'Y' passing Treas_ury warrants was at the Trades and Labor Congress straining the audit act and abandon-- that he }(il;lh'. Lfiafi) r;ad aflqumtteig lngmia, sc;)und_co.nstitutional principl_e. :fi:t\\tgffk )ru w'?'l;xe( léid(c):r %Of 'tfleueC)p that ?t \:glnf:g:)OTxigz;sur?r f;'ephed P ow ers:. * P = & ssible o oresee fios:;iogx asked the .\ttorneyr-tGene'r'fitl = \\;lhat,l if any, ammgnthwould be need-- at was a correct report. | ed. n _ any event the money would {rlxlaybilz;z"a (-orr«l»cxli'xs};\rplx-{(;)t'a:?finflgf§ b}(: rfguirgd ondly tas (lr(ilroumstances e I1," remarked Mr. e sly-- snould arise, and it would be folly to la\ "but! I as? lnm-l tl_ltiu.ll(,the Attox-ney-! To 4 to the Hfius?1 and a}tlsk for three, reneral would adimit it." ive or seven hundred thousand dol-- Mr. Studhoime immediately fol-! lars. i lowed. and read the newspaper re-- 4 . port referred to. "My opinion is Total Appropriations. whether he said it or not the state-- Replying to a furthor interrogation ment is a fact anyway," declared the by Mr. Rowell, the Provincial Trea-- Fast Hamilton man amid laughter. surer intimated that the total ap-- "*It is no earthly use. It is not worth propriation for the year, according ihxt;r]tnr:(ix usedl.)"u')lll'.llgtu;}lh(:l'n;e sar:g g%otheT(ilstimates, was over $14,578,-- some ig ~about la sharks i f e e estimated ev money lenders, and then moved thatj $10,003,378. Hé l?et'errgd el\x};'l.e R'c'»vv':: the words in clause 6 which made itl ell to the statutes to ascertain the necessary to prove inability to pay as probable statutory expenditure. being "directly or indirectly attribut-- Mr. Rowell poi'nted out that if thei able to the present war'"' be struck statutory expenditure this year was out. fiq'ual H) tl;a: of last giear it fwou}:d' Disclaimer Fr Mr. Lucsas. ring the total expenditures o the ne"an """'G tr Il"':'" Province for 1915 up to $19,000,000. e Attorney--Genera ere inter-- '"How does my hon. friend contem-- vened with a disclaimer of the report plate making up the difference be-- wdhitchh théxd been alluded to. He stat-- tween the estimated expenditure?" . € at two men had called upon him + > + yvhcn he was on his way to a meet-# Capital Expenditures Curtailed, ing of the Private Bills Committes, **By some legislation," replied Mr. ?l?gmhe ;};:e;:t a ;ew lninltl)tes fv:ith %Iy;cGarry. "and _ by ecoxmhmilzlin%". % ey made a number of re-- There were many ways in whic C quests which went a great deal far-- hoped to make ends meet. He in--| ther than anybody had suggested in timated that, following the practice . _ the House, and he told them -- he of recent years, it would be neces--! could not recommend that the bill , sary to raise a loan. There would bei should go any farther. 'The -- state-- an added revenue from special taxes, | ment he made was that he thougsht j he hoped to economize, and probably | the bill went as far as any Legisla-- * the Government would not use all the| ture ouggt to go. money appropriated in the estimates. h;'lt't.lrx. T. Ham (South Brant) fav-- But they would have to provide for gre } e amendment of Mr. Stua-- Hydro--electric extension, for the T. i:éme'b }{q did not think it should be & N. 0; and other services. But cap--| umbent on workingmen to go to ital expenditures would likely be cur--| the courts and prove that on account tailed. * of the war they were in these diffi-- _ The Toronto--Hamilton _ highway culties. '"It seems to me," said the bill was taken back to committee to men}ber for South Brant, "that this insert an amendment providing for. bill is one for the protection of the | the width of the road as sixty--six> speculator and the land shark. That| feet, excent where engineering neces--, is all I can make out of it. The spec-- | sities required a greater width Such! lator will be able to go i | extra width 1 i f gis I go in and prove the Ont would be determined by, not.'?ue where the workingman can-- l Board. ario Railway and Municlpu'