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"PREMIER GIVES © APPEALS AGAINST [ k 99 | m "MONKEY WRENCH | BIGGS SUPPORT ' e esatest t | | Nixon Deprecates Renewal 0 | : ; | | s « | SS Exmss ial Reception Hospital | 'Stands Behind Minister in' | Debate | g h _ Connection With Roads | 0A deporaimy febresoming wanioust POIlcy | !association;s in Toronto and Ontarlo! e [ § | yesterday asked that the Govern--| 3 ' } ment assist in the purchase of a site l HESITAT'ON ON LEFT: \near the University of Toronto and | sW ! | General Hospital for the proposed s | Reception Hospital for mental cases. a "Roads for all the people rather [It. was told by Hon. H.°C. Nixon, : than a few people" is Prcmier: | Provincial Secretary, not to "throw s Drury's conciso declaration of policy | 'a monkey wrench into the machin-- e . as announced in the Legislature yes-- | | ery l')y blp(-kim; ".]-(' proposals of the . ; | ¢ity," which has given a site at Trin-- ; : terday. The Opposition parties ap-- | ity Park. . pear timid about breaking into any | | ___Mr. Nixon said that the argument M great criticism of the bills brought of the deputation that the hospital \» in by Hon. F. C. Biggs, Minister of | ~should be near the University for > Public Works and Highways, but educational purposes had its merits, they are keen about small matters, [ and _ would be _ considered. He n and hint at a kind of general doubt | \ thought, however, that the crowded s as to whether Mr. Biggs can swing | | section of the downtown district y y his program. Premier Drury stood' | where the site proposed was located right behind his Minister yesterday, | | was not so desirable. The policy, he * and on the general principles of the | said, was to get plenty of fresh air ~--_ K bill gave it a lift, which will {mr'eal! and light, and hu"'t: rural conditions. y to the general public at least. He| |\ __Dr. Harvey Cldre, Superintendent s said it was not fair to spend town--| of the present Receiving Hosvnital, ts ship money on roads outside the | |quoted some interesting figures 65 township. | showing that care in the early stages 19 "Nor the cities ?" queried Major | saved many from the asylums. He "y B Tolmie . } argued that it was impossible to '"'Nor the cities," admnitted thc' R limit the patients to Toronto. He e : .' Premier, although he made a slight | s saw great educational> needs in the ;{~ difference, in that cars from cities'l mautter of mental diseases, stating fes: were constantly going out of the| that in this matter only a limited . city. number of physicians were fitted. "And back," finished Major Tol-- | "*We want all doctors to know about es mie. | mental diseases," he said. o Ferguson is Skeptical. | Need Training Facilities, ~8 Hon. G. Howard Ferguson had | _ The speakers for the deputation, -.,'_ doubts. His first doubt was about |which was received by Hon. K. H. * the Dominion grant being assured. | Grant, Minister of Education, as well $ He was informed that the good news [ as the Provincial Secretary, were :-- k was true, and that the grant would [D..A. Dunlap, Dr. A. McPhedran, Dr. bs be forthcoming. His next doubt was Geo. 8. Strathy and Dr. Horace L. 3 as to whether the Dominion fund, Brittain. Dr. McPhedran was in A applied to 1,800 miles of Provincial |favor of having the Reception Hos-- N roads, would be sufficient to make | pital near the Ciene ral, as it could the 40 per cent. of cost promised by use part of the equipment of the lat-- ; 2 the Minister of Highways. He figur-- ter, and because if isolated it en-- [ ed it out at $3,300 a mile. He was \gendered public antipathy and '\".'LLS' 3 also a little fearful about the Pro-- regarded as an asylum. a A vince taking over these roads and s | __Dr. Strathy argued the need of} ~% paying maintenance costs before University association, which would | E. ; construction of the better highway make for a better tr: ',-,,;,,g';,f medi-- s was started. He could not see the cal students in mental diseakes ina | wisdom of that plan. He could see also give the hospitzl the U,(m ;,f w a tremendous expenditure without University facilities~ Dr Brifiain | oc P -- v C w aCil i. 4 » »¥itCGHain 3 any roads being built. thought the University should have a The Province, he said, should not the same connection wit} the oib n take over maintenance until the hoap}ial as it had witl io hh NEWw T x 7 1 § it h: th the General. 3 ® roads had been actually built. The br. E. E. King argued that they + policy of the past Government had could not throw J,;"Lilv, p Hoe t PBmpher s e been to go more siowly. if ; p Luie {rinity site S if nothing further were coming im-- i y Responsibility Lessened,. mediately. He fsavored a site near| e the University and General HMHospital, s _\ .@--It would not have reileased the however. Dr. Hincks said that four * municipalities from responsibility sites near the General Hospital could | i until actual construction was com-- be purchased for less than $100,000 b "a Ifileat'gd} gHOth?;l'Cl'.Gthe COflS(zl'Vati(;/f;' 3 each--the 'amount requested from | e > eade ave e Government credit +0 > de F a PakA > for an ambitious program, and se ((Vew(putauon.' > td hoped it could do what was pro--' No iess o s ' mised. -- 4 Mr. Biggs pointed out that the a new program lessened the responsi-- 22%g bility on Provincial highways from 4 1 60 to 40 per cent. and of municipal-- e f ities from 40 to 20 per cent., the dif-- * e : j fererce coming out of the Dominion grant. N 4 When rEéferring to the 1,800 miles f € of Provincial highways the Premier was irnterrupted by Hon. Geo. Henry, | » + ' who said they were tourist roads. | + "No, market roads--a very dif-- | ferent thing," said the Premier. > : 1 Major Tolmie pressed for an ex-- | > ¢ planation as to the difference be-- | f tween market and tourist highways.| « Jt¥ He wanted the Premier to tell what': class of road was proposed and® the estimated cost per mile. | As A. M. Rankin (Frontenac) | € moved the adjournment of the de--| bate at this time, Major Tolmie de-- | ferred reply until the debate is con-- | tinued . f & cJ