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7 ; P R Moeee 6 yas e o 4 /fl\ouigpdhe said Mr. Spracklin's men : e nnk e required extra cars. Mr. Spracklin [Confer Govem'ng Powers ' simply gave vouchers for the various s > f i ccounts, an 1 > | On Ontarid Arclntectsi mss d the amounts were , ] * # 4 | In the Legislature yes.terday I[-! Spracklin Paid Hallams. . !P. Hill of Ottawa West mtr()(lU('(l'gl Witness could not give any in-l 7 a bill which, if put into effect, will | formation as to payments made by | place Ontario architects upon much' Mr. Spracklin for travelling expenses | d ons ngetene "of comtomnk. new.| Bs Leason thege tyo mex were paio|. sions pomosso'd' flf' ('0'.1"':((']'::"':":)0";;'! by I\1r.'Sm'éck']in; instead of ;lilr)'::ct' | |ers. The '_"(""';""';'n';r of Jive. com. by the department, was because they | | icroation of a bo 6 di' aAL _' were engaged by him and subject to | posed of architects of standing, ap di (Seal 1 hi or. p I;fi\lnted for five years by the Gov--| ismissal by him. (Spracklin had + 'ernment, with one retiring each DO'W'»"; to hire any assistance he re-- !yoar. Licensing powers would be quired, _ R 3 'conferred upon it, and provision is Atitention was -- called by _ Mr. > 'made for penalties to be imposed | Dewart to a payment of $432 for | upon persons not registered and not! ; wages for two detectives, the "in--| licensed. Persons who have hith--| ;?i(i.f?nta;;')il?.f!'_rlses\'l for\ the two men erto been engaged in architectural| 'L<;lsrls:i"";';5c-;.i~bnl-9 1;)11.)];1:w:1t sa;l l}i es + secuvye risty: + as ace any chec work i coan tS:\'fut;w r:;fi:,?f;;:,t::."'for'\ on the expenses of these operators, the paymen ameieWererericomincrncuree as, when they had to pay high price: * C C for drinks and bottles of whiskey, Proposed Leglslatlon their expenses soon ran up. It was 6 quite impossible to check up these To COl'ltl'Ol Gas Pl'lCe expenses, IJf the department re. | u. i tan s t 69. quired the men to supply -- hote] A special (-nmmnl.u of the ],Af, vouchers it would mean that they islature will deal with Hon. Harr;y might be detected as operators, ills' w Gas Control Bill, which i isSlate in the Hands of ise 34 Regarding "Flying Squad." will place in the hands of the Min-- o : ister and a gas referee control over Mr. Dewart Y'PfC'!'le"] the witness ¢ the production and distribution of to a payment to W. J. Ward of gas, and the right to fix prices, ir-- §$1.000. i respective of contracts and fran-- Mr,. Mowat explained that Woard chise agreements. After being given is a Sergeant of Detectives in Toron-- second reading yesterday, it was to, and was one of what was knewn sent on to the committee, which as the "Flying Squad." which was will be composed of the following: under the direction of Mr. Corley. Hon. Mr. Mills, Messrse. Crockett, The $1,000 was a payment in ad-- $ Stringer, Tolmie., Cooper (Welland). vance, as Ward hired any men he Henry, Allen, Brackin. wanted. Ward used his own car, wnmmmsnmeaseneinn nmmmmmempermemmmammmzes: | and was allowed $10 a day for it. 33 Replying to Mr. Homuth, witness 66 | said the '"Flying Squaqa'" cost about $2,000, and the convictions they ge.--| * cured realized about $1,100 in the | I way of cash,. There were fifteen con -- victions, but thirteen of the offend -- { ers wentiAio jail. If they had all paid | their fines the '"Flying -- Squad" | would have proved a good invest-- | Reemssomeocmmsmumomeme ment for the Province. / & | Expenses of Corley's Sleuths come Before PUbhc Ac. COOPER REPORT ON CH[PPA'!A counts commlttee KNOCKED lNTO COCKED HAT . ' Interesting facts as to some of the Q i methods of paying for the enforce-- is t L ' ment of the Ontario Temperance 4# ununmcomapomemngs Act were brought to light bofore the . !EHYdl'O'S Estimate Of COSt j Public Accounts Committee of the ' o Legislature yesterday whon Mr. J. | and Tlme and Govern- F. Mowat, Chicf Clerk and Account-- | ment" ACtiOD in Going ant in the License Branch, was call-- ' a 2 f j ed to give evidence in regard to cer-- . | Ahead Are Fu"y Vlndl- tain "payments to inspectors and ; c others. | cated? Says P remicr Mr. H. H. Dewart, the Liberal | Dl'l.ll'y Téader, took charge of the examina-- | I -.---U-----.." tion of the witness, and called at-- tention to an item of $1,674.49 for R GLOWING REPORTS travelling expenses paid to Revy J. | O. L. Spracklin. IN LEGISLATURE '"'"Who is Mr. Spracklin?"' asked Mr. Dewart, naively. | tss "He is a specially appointed Pro-- ; Developments sinceo th= receipt * vincial officer, l::ppomted tempor-- last spring of the Adverse Cooper @ My," lie e witness, | $ ariiy,' weplied * ; report on the Chippawa power plant ; Rather Fine Motor. | have completely justified the Hydro Mr. Mowat, replying further _ to | Commission in its contentions and Nn Dewart, said a car was supplied | vindicated the view of the Govern-- to Mr. Spracklin for the special use | | h h ded wit] a ? of his district. It was a Paige tour--| | ment when it proceeded with the ; ing car, the entry being for $5,007.-l !Work. declared Premier Drurvy,. in | 60, charge%};]le to lf!W ;mfoxt';:ementv I:cliscusslng on the floor of the Legis-- n account e invoice for e car| A ~ Favirmn | ns f $ C rt, showed the price to be $4,700. the | ,lature last nvxght the .(o'or.»er repo . balance of the amount being for ex«' which was very pessimistic of suT = w tra fittings and $201.60: for insur-- css in connection with the big ance. The car was purchased ex-- 'project. f pressly for Mr. Spracklin--and his! a f + squad. The witness admitted that,' The report made last fall vstls. he | the Paige is a very high--class car. | adimitted, "kept careffMlly under | Mr. Dewart read a number ot| | cover"' since then. To have pub-- ' ftems from which it appeared that| lished its contents, he-- declared, ' MY. Spracklin charged $1.50 and $2| would have injured the credit of the ' per hour for the use of his own car. Province and made more difficult This price the witness considered the already hard work of financing cheap. C the project. The Government, he The depar;tment also supplied Mr. maintained, was quite justified in C Spracklin with a gasoline launch, at the course it took with regard to a cost of $3,500, for use on the river. the document.-- Mr. Dewart also called the attention j of the witness to frequent charges Taken Quite Seriously. for taxis, but Mr. Mowat could not w 5 h ; f ' o w A iatever the opinions of indi-- f u. . . o9 say why--the taxis were required, s iduals in the Government might 3 mm is § m is2 22. m t en e ooo s Wese oo mss