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P "*"'--'-- * ® "a t 4 * CC FE ' o R THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 192. BILLS FOR CLEAN--UP \ ; wamn mm cce uce comms 4 lv;rm;la nave to transfer at the city | C + mits, and all express and freight One Authorlzes Clty to Pur-- :Vou{'d have to be brought downgby ruck, pending some other arrange-- chase Power Systems, n;t)etnp A s}imilar condition would obtain on the other division. Impor-- the Other the Purchue tant as it is for Toronto to acquire # these franchises, the logical out-- by Hydro of Radials -- + come, it is stated, is that the Hydro-- * radial scheme be approved so that Date Of Tl'amfel' De- the necessary entrances to the city-- from the west along the lak h # » g the lake shore pends Upon Legulature $ ' uln(}l tovf(:r the Harbor Commission | s right--of--way to the downtown term--, ActIOn inus, and from the east, as provided | in the Toronto Eastern plans, with al j FUTURE w cut-loff for the Metropolitan di\'isioni at York Mills to connect with the r DEPENDS ON .. Torontp Eastern in the Don Valley--| SUTHERL.AND PROBE 1 would 'giveiuh ser;:u'ate entrance onI a private right--of--way for all these S reu it ie ce aiarceiavecine lines into the heart of the city. Pas-- $ sengers from beyond the city limits At a conference between the on the Metropolitan, for instance,! Hydro--electric Power Commission would reach their downtown desti-- | and the Board of Control yesterday nation in from twenty minutes' to a' |afternoon in the Hydro offices the ha]f-ihoxln'l's less tiyae thtan t\voqlld be, required by using the street railway, ltw'o draft bills to enable the city of with its two--score and more stops | Toronto and the Hydro--electric from York Mills to Queen street. | Power Commission to complete the kKingston Road Connection. + purchase of the Mackenzie com-- For the two mil f street rail wo miles of street rail-- lpanles were approved, and have been way to be left on Kingston road, it is-ent. to Premier Drury for introduc-- is proposed to connect this with the tion into the Legislature. | high--speed line running parallel to l One 'bill authorizes the purchase! Stct).xvx;elé Te Nes hcré)ssilr:g_d Queeg, | stree y an overhea ridge an by the city of Toronto of the dis-- skirting the waterfront on a right-: tribution system of the Toronto & of--way to be acquired from the Har--| Niagara Power Co. and the Toronto| bor Commission. ' Electric Light Co., or such portions| n thne omm or posnaro has aimesoy | as may be agreed upon between the' 3';"' }ihe ie Roge oc ind on P c oti t ruge t 16 ' posited its debentures with the city and the commission. The de--| Hydro--electric Power Commission' bentures to be issued 'by the city for | for its proportion of the cost of the | these assets, including that portion | Hydro--radials. _ If the Sutherland | %f the MetNDOlitfi,n division of the Commission ever reaches the point oronto & York Railway within the" where it makes a report to the Gov-- city, are $7,811,295, which is the ernment, then the future of the - bmitted in the original pro-- o questi f | ;';:;tigun v»;hole question can be determined P along with a solution of the entrance Acquisition of Radials,. problém of the three radials that R . | now reach the borders of the city. The second bill is to authorize the With regard to the Toronto Sub-- Hydro--electric Power Commission to urban Railway, which is owned by acquire the Metropolitan, Scarboro'| the Dominion Government, and the and Mimico divisions of the Toronto Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto & York Radial Railway and operate Railway, these lines will never be them on behalf of the city of To-- bought cheaper than the price at ronto. There is a provision, too, for which they are now offered to the allowing other municipalities who Hydro--electric Power Commission may be interested in these roads to acting for the municipalities. come into the scheme later on and| -- penmnnmmesmmmemensen e mm mmeme im nc onmmemmnma m mmmmmmnmmmmmane momenmmomememmm pay their share under the terms of, the Hydro--electric Railway Act. | 7 7 | Up to the point that legislation | will probably be secured there is progress to report in the "clean--up'" transaction. When the actual trans-- fer will take place is a question. The agreements between the Hydro--elec-- | tric Power Commission and the To-- openuacapan menctanes | ronto Railway Company and its sub-- | t sidiaries, and between the Hydro-- Dr' Stevenson Sees Needfor' electrico Power Commission and the city of Toronto are only in tentative New Board Of form. The delay is said to be in | connection with the schedule of censors | properties which are to be conveyed ; mreamemmmenmsantas | to'g\; Hydr't().d ith 5 3 | The "movies'" were the subject of | en asked w regard to the a brief discussi Y i | Kingston road controversy, Bir Adam last night d ;m in + 1e. Legxslaturc; ; Beck said: '"'This and other matters 1e uring consideration . o ¢ are all subject to future negotiation the estimates. _ Mentioning in par-- | and agreement." ticular a film produced to combat | | venereal diseases, Hon. G. H. FPergu-- | Hope to Avoid Transferring. | son denounced it and all kindx'ed, The Hydro--electric Power Com-- films as ."nauseating, and revoltingi mission, as trustees for the city of in their influence on the public that Toronto and such other municipali-- . yiews them." He added vehemently: ties as may become partners in this '"'Despite what a number of doctors undertaking, will operate the three and nurses, and others who are nei-- railways, that is, the Metropolitan, ther doctors nor nurses, but faddists, Scarboro' and Mimico divisions, to |\have urged that people should be the city limits Within the city |educated by driving them through what happens to these lines in the 'the slime of immorality, to my mind future is a matter of conjecture. The |it is wholly wrong." present transfer of passengers at | Dr. H. A. Stevenson (London) also the city terminus is something that Eprotested seaipst _ the Apparenily lit is desirable to overcome. It is looke system of censorship, and de. | pointed out that the Metropolitan clared that it was time the Province division, with its 50--o0dd miles to -Of 1 t t nt o nemw Censor Roard: Lake Si if marriage mockeries and scenes of e mcoe, would end at York i Mills on Yonge street home destruction continue to be dis-- This is at least seven miles from fitauysz(: in fhe public --picture play-- l'the heart of Toronto. Passengers .----------------__._....__________' | e e