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: « SATURDAY, JUNE 10, Tlnrd Reading Given to \|means of a deposit of bonds form--| Aye s | 11ng part of the purchase price, the | Premters Enabllng Leg.' > due carrying out of any such de--| $ a i' % cision, the amount and terms of the | islation and Civic Assess-- deposit to be settled by you." I % Mr. Fleming further states that ment Dept. Nottfies Prop- the company is willing to embody| the offer contained in his letter in a erty Owners T'lat Yonge formal agreement, and concludes: _| S R & '"With this letter forming part ofi freet econstruction '8 'the understanding between the com--| t B * F IA pany and the commission, I see no o begin--IF orma gree-- reason why the agreement cannot' * be signed and delivered at once,| ment SOOn .to Be Slgned |and just as soon as this has been wmemn n mm mm mm mm | 'done 1 am prepared to enter into | |an arrangement, on terms mutually| OBJECTIONS WA,VED \satisfactory, with the commission | |and the city whereby, pending the: By RAILWAY COMPANY carrying out of the agreement, the | henecuews !city can be put in a position to pro-- gy !ceed with the double--tracking _ of Premier Drury's Radial Bill, as | Yonge street." amended to facilitate the "clean--up'" |__Mr. Fleming's letter means, in ef-- deal, was given third reading in the | fect, that the Toronto Railway Com-- Legislature yesterday af : l erts wil} Ee A Pn sA ® M y afternoon, with |\dertaking to adjust all minor mat-- no discussion and without a dissent-- !ters arising out of the purchase deal, ing opinion. ?'nd p;ocged at once with th% execu-- $ ion of the main agreement between t sn Within a week, if hopes are realiz-- the Hydro--electric Power Commis-- ed, the double--tracking and paving sion and the Toronto Railway Com-- of north Yonge street will be under D:ny. waévirrtxg al:o all objection to way s the city fo with taking possession | b:}\'i at?cor\clxng to a statement made of Yonge street and proceeding with y Mayor Maguire last night. | the double--tracking and paving. Around the City Hall, in Hydro Works Commissioner Harris and circles and at the Parliament Build--| general tah;.lla'na'gr Couzens };)fl the 4 in ranspor on Commission held a| ings there were many expressions of | conference yesterday. Notices have relief that at last the way was open been sent out by the Assessment De-- for concluding the largest purchase partment to the owners of property of private power and traction prop-- | on the west side of Yonge that the he Dominion of C a city will at once enter into possession | eriiee in giC f anada. |of the strip of land necessary for The recent acquisition of its street ; 'the widening. Only two buildings: railway lines by the city of Detroit| !north of Christ Church are yet to| does not measure, in terms of dol--| + |be moved, namely, a hardware store| lars, as high as this purchase by the south of Chaplin crescent and the city of Toronto. ] ;Ba.nk of Montreal at the corner of It should 'be only a matter of days| | Roselawn avenue. before the formal agreement be--, | _ So far as the Transportation Com-- tween the Hydro--electric Power4 |mission was concerned, there were Commission and the Toronto Railway |yet three points to be taken up, said Company is 'ready for execution. Be-- 1 | Glenaral Manager Couzens. . First, fore signing it Sir Adam Beck will |\the commission must get formal per--| 'ikely forward it to the City Council 'mission to go ahead on Yonge street. for approval, and once that is given i Second, the centre of the widened it will be signed by all parties. It |street must be cleared, by moving| will be some time, however, before !the Metropolitan tracks to the west. the bonds covering the purchase will --' Third, the commission must know| T be ready for delivery, and pending ' what the city intends to do with the| this, R. J. Fleming, General Man-- 'fponlon of Yonge street lying between ager of the Toronto Railway Com-- 'Farnham avenue and Heath street, |-- pany, in a letter to Premier Drury, \ where the widened portion com-' '\-- states that he is prepared to waive | mences. s | | _ all objections to the city taking pos-- |\ _ A month's notice, only, is required / - @ gessten of Yonge street forthwith. \ before possession can be had of| ' _ _ _ Mr. FPleming's letter, which is \ Christ Church, but it is probable suf--| " _ dated June 7, reviews the original 4 }ficient width will be available by re-- ' . offer made on December _ 3, 1920. 'moving the atep-:irhonTthe ea.stia::dei [ * "Erocesamas nava bean mol of the church. e Transportation | ; Frocsedings mave Peen gOink . On \ Commission is anxious to have a, § spasmodically from that date until lconterence over the proposed loop | i ,the present time," he says, "but the at Lawton boulevard. It is pointed | 5 iend is not yet. I firmly believe tha,t,t ' out that it would not tbe t?xceonoem}t(i:?é 'had there 'been any keen desire| »a} present toer(:'?:era,ue to Ston 26.| !.ma.mfested by the commission to | Y on6s® sireet .$ P ° i have the transaction consummated, | No Time to Be Lost. _ it could have been closed up in one-- -- / _The Transportation Commission half the time that has already been i has a}l the;1 rails z}m(mii mz:terial n:f[re:-f i ( sary for the wor n store on Mer--| ' epent upon it. _I have gecured the 'tonyiitreet. Within an hour of per-- consent of my directors to say, as I | mission being given by the city the do now, that as to any outstanding icommlssion viviltl h;a.ve iitss tmen i at matters arising under the agreement, | | work. The intention is to _ start \___ _ whether relating to title or other--| | three gangs, one at either end and wise, which cannot be settled be--| | the other midway. The total dis-- tween the solicitors for the respec-- | tance is approximately 18,000 feet, tive parties within a time to be fixedl' | and each gang should be able to ex-- 'by you, this company is prepared : | cavate and concrete 600 feet a day. | to leave all such matters to the final | This will make a total of 1,800 feet | 'de'cision of yourself and the Hon. W. § daily, taking about two weeks. After E. Raney, and to accept and prompt-- the concrete is laid it will be left \ly carry out such decision. The com-- | ;! three weeks, to harden, and then the \Danv is also willing to guarantee, by | | service can be resumed. The double--| pens I " tracking will proceed somewhat in | pycl * advance of paving on the east side,. . |