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l _ i .. -._.- '31" i i l , 1 THEN REVlVED TAXES a PROPERTY . . ' Chas. Swa ze's i Pg,itltty,r..,e, Defeats Londonl Held tlg. for-Agendment! 1 Gas Bill, Later Brings _ . MUD. 1 It Back Mon Today 3 l ------------ l hm l Primarily intending to alleviate} lk. K. HOMUTH PROTESTS financial teonthitionty in Stamford, i' l l. township. although " proposal was E After killing the London City Gas gin. 'z'ee,n2'lt1,o,.'ee,t,ttdoni, Charles i Bill on second reading in the after- Fall: i' tr d Tit,',', er for Niagara 'noon, the. legislature last night rc- y Lu 6 , I (Luce into the Legula- stored the bill to the order paper Pr y seer a}; an amendment to the because Charles McCrea, member for r ower I',',"',',",',',',',,?: Aet which would l Sudbury, sponsor for the bill. was not leg: 'd', if), 2eg' d'Treo'i,efta'ne,t, i in his seat at the time. the measure . lquil'ed in any municipality on the If,: , was Voted down. sessable value at the time of taking 3 The afternoon proceedings with over. l I p O . t lregard to the measure, which would 131.133; sing Hggrmécmg- FE;;:181:;§ lpermit the London City Gas Com- Withheld approval or disalaprovall l pany to charge up to $1.55 per 1,000 pending negotiations between thei l feet of gas. were very short. In the t/'pJ,,treN'hticil,typf,.yg1, an? rthelcmini- l , "H . ' ' .1JarmtCnaduaaitS,i l absence of Mr. McCrea.. Hon. Thomas were under way and might obviate l ICrawford moved for second reading, the necessity for the proposed'! and H. A, Stevenson. London, moved change. The Premier rather agreed' ' that. the Dill be not reported for Bee- that some municipalities were hard ' " . . [l hit try the loo of taxes when the ' onu reading. On a, snap vote the bi l Hydro took over private properties, a i was then killed by a vote of 26 to 15. and thought some equitable arrange- But at the evening session. K. K. meant could be worked out. tam out is particularly affected Homuth. Labor member for Water- , _ . loo who was not present in the i)ffioeiung,tt1,.?:.,'ii, Swayze, the Hydro - ' - _ A . ou _ -,.. g g ' afternoo.n, protested at the afternoon '?uhauh11el"fltnji" in 't1fi71,1,1nts,l'heipyo",t, I 'dit,."',",,",",',)),';',,.'),?",',')'),' 'r"/',t,/dir/nfitdd- Cl1c: 0:3 "In?" the jii'ii'i:'/'ti,') . Jr ' " 'm"""., ueo to an were paid. r uested that th measxre b not digit. "(tn i hi 0b st to1 wire Ho- l Other Hydro amendments pro- WI n s a se to . A . , lpoaed by Hon. Mr. Carmichael, pro- muth understood that Mr. McCroa! {vided for the creation of rural had an understanding to that effect districts on the approval 'il"TKT, glitclisthe Government Whip, Andrew ILieutenanit-eGove r-trt-C il and, Mad-licks who was also not pres- under ago???" with the municl-i ent in the afternoon, agreed that the 'l'lln,fd,f,,'ll'er,'ll Cl"lvf1%1',rg,'h,2e, afternoon action with regard to the in thickly populated townshi one measure was directly contrary to ai the appointment of policé 2:11:21: Eerigtem previously made by Mr. Mc-) (tru/fri",, "1;!er Commissioners. . - ' lt e tter amendments were Hon. Nelson Parliament, Speaker, ', , , while not.attempting to make a rub, i1yar.T,h1'tuot2f? Swayzes was held 'ing to restore the measure to good I y. lstanding on the order paper, said he 'thought, in view of the Understand-3 l ing Mr. McCrea had. members might' 'permit the bill to go back on the) order paper. Premier Drury con-l curring. that course was adopted,; although not without protest from 'Dr. Stevenson. who said he would, have nothing further to do with it. l Toronto-Suburban Bill I Suggests Putting Curb Given Second Reading! On Municipal Borrowing Second reading was given in the) During consideration in the Leg- t Legislature ltttgt night to three: islature yesterday of Hon. H. C. t measures: A bill to amend the To-r: Nixon's bill to amend the Assees- l ronto-Hamilton Highways Act,) . 'ment Act, H. P. Hill, Conservative I . whereby the Government can accept; 'member for West Ottawa, urged the resignation! of its cihntnismion:,! (upon the Government the advisabil- another to enable the city of Toronto iity of taking steps to place a limit to purchase the Toronto & Suburban 'upon the amount of the debenture , Railway and allow the Hydro-elec- _ indebtedness which any municipality l . . . t ', should be allowed to assume. He tric Commission to operate it, and a lquoted Ottawa statistics. showing, third to permit the Government to; that debenture debt had increased :asalst. to the extent of a sum not! 130 per cent. While, population had ;exceeding 50 per cent. of capital" increasedI only? 13,per cent. sinceI coBt, townehip ttnd urban mm- 133;; at1Ji,on'i"',yQilunea"u" We . polities in the construction and g ' . ' i erection of rural power trttnttmi,qtticn lines. - Hon. G. H. Ferguson asked Hon. D. . . Carmichael to consider the insertion got a clause in the bill to attttu'ttt rural municipalities erecting power transmission lines. whereby this 23- . _ 7alstance would also be extended to' private agencies, provided the con- ' tsumer secured the benetit of the . subsidy.