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t"" _.-------" \ _ E ' A tlurc), Jrch . h u T g a V} _ q--------- Deputation Representing 26 __ Premier Ferguson Gives De. Munioipalities Waits Upon tails Regarding 1lapious Government i Enterprises Concerned PROTEST 20 P c LEVY i, "W" to tluestion.s of F. G. . . lSaiidy (Progressive, South Victoria), --------- Premier Ferguson. in the Legiesla- To a deputation. representative of "net yesterday, named the gas plant; 26 Ontario municipalities, which 'fetf,'2i"ruor,',."tri1ytaoettii1fr's,ettr.woart/i, waited on the Government yesterday plant, the, street railway in Peter- to press for relief from the custom- horo' and the Campbellford pulp ary payment of the 20 percent. share mill as those assets acquired under of the cost of suburban roads, Hon. tt,l,ys,'tt/t2/egieh,ofa/te,uiehnt,titti 1:352:33?) , "a ' . . . :7. . ire J b v ' ' George F. Hem}: Minister of Inch- lthe distribution or development of ways, while holding that the inipost iysuir.o power, are still owned by the was equitable. promised that an or. 'tProvince. With the t,xeptior.1 of the fort would be made by the Govern. gapanee gast péagt, all, he "'hifat"Ti ment to find some solution to ('Olil- 'tivlu.T,T,U,1t y Ot on Jen plaints and.to afford ttliref it it was In 1926 the Cobourg gas plant at all possible to do so. ,showed a loss of $3,504.55; the 0511-! Cost of Civic Services. gawa. gas plant a profit of $10,698.42; I . ithe Peterboro' gas plant a. profit of': The ground on which many of the "S,714.35; the Campbellford pulp mill municipalities, based their argument a loss of $46,341.84; the Cobourg was that.crost in .the operation ot waterworks a profit of $3,627.90; the Hut: serVices had increased so dur- Peterboro' street railway an oper- Pf, the last ten years that they found ating deficit of $33,833.20 (With in- it difficult to raise revenue sufticient terest amounting to $16A90.67). to meet the added expenditures. According to the Prime Minister, Hamilton. as represented by Con.. these items Included charges ot $58,- troller NN liliam Morrison. hold that 217.52 for power supplied to the pulp the /d0 per vent. Dayiiient was an in- mill, and $14,546.11 to the Peterboro' justice when it twa.ti.considered that street railway. for which power no the operation of CIVIC services had other market was available. These, steadily Increased. Mr. Morrison rc- litems, less power, showed a surplus, , feiied.'to the Government's dr-ter- 'he said. for the pulp mill of $11.-: inmation to reduce the municipal in- $7513. and an operating deficit of, come tax. as another Instance of loss $19,287.09 for the railway. Profit or; or .reienue. and remarked that it .loss had been credited or charged to: . wus easy for the Government to ease 'the operation of the Central Ohtariol the burdens of the people at the tquiem properties asawhole. ' . ?Xliense of the municipalities. llaiii- [l C" ilton. he said. had so far paid st,- 436,700 for outside roads. When the 20 per cent. levy was placed on the municipalities, none had anticipated V the great increase in automobile traffic. He inferred that it the roads were not paying an adequate return _ to the Province, there should have - been no cut on motor license marks . ers. While admitting that his city. because of its good roads, would benefit greatly from tourist trattle, I Mix. Morrison claimed that it was paying more per capita than any . other municipality.