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Mt. He wanted to know 'el;l::::.uw l:':ti%l;n? to the !('}overnment. why the company couldn't be given There should have been no condi-- consideration, and then, when the f & tion undertaken to grant water pow-- time came and it detal"ted, it would er to the successful tenderer, particu-- be time to deéal with 1t Why --_ larly in view of the public owner. should it construct the mill . until ' 8 ship policy of the people of Ontario _ it knew the Hydro power would be regarding power." ret};ly'\{ohit? th (Port Atthur} mad & M. Hogar ort Arthur) made 3 Tried to Remedy Mistake. > a statement before his address that, € The correspondence showed, said although he was & friend of Mr. ; Mr. Dewart, that the Government Carrick's, and associated with him, & recognized its mistake and set out he had never had five cents, and { to remedy it. He read a letter from didn't intend to have five cents, in-- Bir Willlam Hearst to Carrick, March terest in the Carrick land, the Pic 27, 1917, and a letter from Mr. Fer-- or Black Sturgeon River limits, He guson the same day, in which, said | wanted the present owners to get a Mr. Dewart, Mr. Ferguson said: "Ana | square deal. ow agreed with you -- 1' . e | s + :;SO\TLrnmeE:n, through the HMydro-- | Agreement Improvident. electric Commission, will arrange for '"'The -- whole dificulty centresg the power.. . . . We naturally in-- 'arnuml an obviously improvident fer that such will be satisfactory to agreement,'" said Hon. W. E. Raney, you and your associates.'" \ There could be no doubt, he said, Two months later, said Mr. Dew-- | but that Mr. Dewart's criticism of &rt, Marks assigned to Carrick, and | the extension agreement was amply the next day the agreement between | justified. The clauses of the exten-- the Government and Carrick _ was | sion agreement contained nothing signed. | binding Mr. Carrick --to anything '"'The acceptance of Hydro power | whatever, he said. This agreement through this arrangement was & con-- | should not have been signed without . dition precedent to the making oP | the municipalities ana the Hydro be.-- the agreement, and so under'a:tooq ing parties to it. | by Carrick and his associates," said "T:)e oontcselrr:titor}x1 ot; the concession-- f, aire is now tha e is not compelled !31"' Dewart. | to do anything until the supx?ly of | Would Get Power Elsewhere. | power is on the ground," proceeded | Mr. Raney. He then reaqd a letter [: »PFour months later, proceeded Mr. ; | written by himself last January to lhowun. Carrick's solicitor wrote to 'thfi hm}r;cesslionailrlfl's solilc!tors. iin e moes & e 16 whic °e _ virtually served an ult. | the Government asking l('!'a?ih i 'matum upon them either to (ake take power -- elsewhere, w °"t power at cost or to take it at a con-- malt alter the agreemen tract price Since that letter had !;:il({;::i t,(?y the licensee with the l been writted there had been confer-- j | Government." -- Premier Hearst had | ences, but the department had made i | then written to Sir Adam Beck sug-- no great departure from the princi-- ' | gesting a new arrangement and sug-- ple daigq down in it. The Govern-- | gesting also that Carrick had com-- ment would be willing to concede | pleted his organization. Sir Adam something to get the matter settled. i replied that Carrick had not sub-- . Mr. Raney then moved an amend-- mitted the names of his company, ment that the agreement be taken :though the Hydro was prepared to under the careful consideration of [enter into & COntract. Sir Adam the Lieutenant--Governor in Council, hathy rart after consultation with the Hydro. | Lointed out also, said Mr. Dewart, | | the dificulty in the way of Carm Mr. Fergusqn s;;]oke on the'amend-[ lrick obtaining the Kam. power, and ment. He said that there were let-- p es k * h ters on file to show that the Hydro | asked for the production of the op Id b dy at tain dat | as that . Carrick had for power w ou e ready at a certain ate, 1;:_:'\"']' the Iam. Power Co and that the company };md to be C 54 vag ady, too, when the Hydro was |__Mr. Ferguson, said Mr. Dewart, Nerdy» 4 '€ | sent a copy of this letter to Mr . ::;géd Ilér.vv%ae:gltlslgght :}?nastay't}l:;ge. | Carrick's solicitor. The only refer-- was no obligation on the part of the | ence to any reply, he said, was in concessionaire when he knew per-- | the o lorandum -- of Mr. Grigg. fectly well that the obligation was | | Grigg stated in this memorandum, the Government's right to cancel the | *x sai}:i .\{ra Id)ewart', 4 tlll,a;; il}"lictk concession at any time. | C acknowledged receipt o eck's let-- | C£ | ter, but objected to furnishing se-- Drury Makes Denial. ! | curities and .(,'luimed that it waS| No# one letter was on file trom! ©3 j (comrary tot his agreement with the| these people to the Government to | | Government. say that they undertook to use is 5 | § l H,\}',dro, said Premier Drury. The' f | Denounces Mr. Grigg. | Government was holding them to }tlhe | _ _Mr. Dewart took a fiing at Mr. nse _of Hydro. 'They claimed that . & | Grigg. -- "If for no other reason than ! they could go anywhere t};ey Ii}ge(i because of the gratuitous advice' for power, and had asked or ta a e that Mr. Grigg gives to the present | to test the matter in the courts. s 7 Jex Jnw A p % ""We must insist that they use Hy-- f | Government, evidently acting as' h '" .Said the Premmicr "butl x | counsel for Carrick and pleading a | dro power," sa e 7 f | before we resort to drastic legisla-- | 4 'case for him that does not exist, tion that might shake the faith of , ?sxp;a:isp:)(;::gnthls';:;ealtfio':xn'?t e investors in the stability Otl(tihe Pro-- ! [ Mr. Dewart maintained that all 'f;:gs---r'%x;tnu::soull)?-o?filc? usgzlleri}t's' | through Carrick's correspondence I'Z\gislgtive powers to cancel an | | morred that he wits duting anin pok T omcs 52 aet on npraigentiho" +450 °I, hn Ame P rer et an arrangemen i :;';16:1 t}';"kt('fs natnd i";.;ts unwilling 8:; po""l? nto0 &f;"x'zxnge=me.=ntl gan be aririv- ! y e to enter into an Agreement | at," said the Premier impressive-- R | with the Hydro. | f'fl' }'n may be time to take some | "Ontario has not received what it other action." ' lshould from these limits, and they intommmmmmmmemmemenemmemememmmnenand I |are not entitled to consideration of T * };\I;is I})Iousc and this Province." said Mr. Dewart f * | Ferguson Raps Dewart. | Mr. Ferguson likened Mr. Dew-- | art's address to one argued before J | & jJudicial tribunal. He declared that 3 |\ he was asking the Government to ' § take a preposterous attitude. _ If E | the men dia not implement their : !pr.omises the Government could pen-- N la]_lze them by cancellation or other-- ,wxse. Mr. Ferguson argued, how-' ever, that the company still had; s time to live up to its agreements | and to be ready next fall when | Hydro was readys The Black Stur-- | geon Rivep limit, he said, had !hmusht the highest price of any [limit up to that time, The Gov-- e@rnment had decided to proceed with the Hydro power development of |the Nipigon because of the large ; block of power which would be -- ; < taken by the company at the lim-- s its. Next came the financial situa-- ) A tion resulting from the war. The E* previous Government. he declared, x had used good business judgment. -- d Addresseg such as Mr. Dewart had P s e ~-- [maés h2d an undesirable effect on . Fy--pove / e ar ; _ e % o mmTTTTTTmTk