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4 M » x . 999 , 334ul~iéy- ybreA. M.r%. IBGmeen snn mssnz «»-- HIGHER SPEED LIMIT _ } FOR TORONTO URGED | I BY CURRIE IN HOUSE AWNWG ooo en € s s . | aond as a climax he toid the members| LColonel Assails Traffic that they must be kindly to motorists| e« +» , ; because they are the ones who get the | Spolters and Magls.é 't!\eople out to the polls on election | A | cay. | trates Who Get Fee Out When Mr. Henry introduced his bill 6 6 6 on Tuesday, he simply stated that the of Fine--Highway Min-- changzes were not of very great im-- c a yportance, and that the chief proposal ister Woald Bar V ehicles was to increase the allowance of ton-- nage on heavy trucks from eight tons Over -- 35 Feet and ©! »a Joad4 to ten tons. 'The ten--ton c led Vehicl k;ad; wg;xldibc anm\c'ied on «:oriatiln roads of the Province, and to meet this situ-- ; ofipte ehicies Over ation the roadways would be divided ; 65 Feet into two classes--"A" and "B." | But yesterday the House was in--| w mm ww.l_s formed 'by the Minister that the Gov-- | 4 ernment, through the bill, was attempt-- | LlVELY ARGUMENT m%itlo bar from thle highways all ; ¥ehicles exceeding a length of 33 feet : IN LEG'SLATURE and combinations of vehicles coupled together exceeding a total length of| n €5 feet. Moreover, another section em-- The dulilness of Friday afternoon in pgwers gnunicipalit.ies ?orldering on, ?r. iclatn® irae rdjacent to, a city of 100.000 pseople| e?xe Ontaric Legislature was suddenly to set a maximum 20--mile--per--hour soattered yesterday afternoon. speed limit. It was Hon. George S. HMHenry's smendment to the Highway Trafiic Mr. Henry Explains, Act, up for second reading, that cre-- The provision about the vehicle #ted the stir. And before it got through -- lengths brought even Government mem-- this legislative stage, Colonel John A. bers to their feet, questioning Mr. Henry Currie, the stalwart Conservative from as to its meaning. He explained that *'oronto--St. Patrick; William E. N. the lengths referred to "over--all," or Hinclair, Liberal Leader, and P. W. body lengths, and that the section was Pearson, North York Liberal, were aimed at a class of vehicles that have united in unusual harmony against appeared on the highways during the nart of the measure; Government last six months, namely, those long imembers were up on their feet ques-- trucks which transport new cars and ticning the Minister about his inten-- 'car bodies. While such a method of il0on in the bill; and Colonel Currie ,transporting new automobiles and auto-- lrrd taken a stand against part of motive equipment from factory to Mr. HKenry's proposals, and he de-- dealer has been an important feature clared that in the committee he would of the automotive industry in the bring in an amendment asking for an United States for several years, it is increased speed limit in the City of more or less a new move in Ontario. *Zoronto. 'The Government proposes to eliminate So the outburst of argument that this form of traffic on the ground that vras occasioned yesterday promises to it is a menace to the general motor-- tontinue in even & livelier and more ing public. " vigorous form when the bill next ap-- But this section also affects organi-- pears in committee. rations that use on the highways trucks PR F and trailers which in all exceed 65 Motorist as Under--Dog. feet in length. A unit in the garbage It was Colonel Currie who was the: collection system in the City of To-- whief actor in yesterday's afternoon's + ronto is the use of a truck and several drama. And he was a "one--man movie--| trailers coupled to it. tone." He presented a picture, and hei _ Motorists in the city often encounter talked. Before the meagre Friday aft-- ; these long "trains." They may be held ernoon audience he presented a review| up behind them for blocks when the which might well be entitled, "The| traffic is heavy, and then when passing Motorist as the Under--Dog." He plead-- | they have to dodge the trailers, which ed for the great motoring public that | often get into a zigzagging motion be-- s "held down" by speed limits, the| hind the truck. But Mr. Henry told victims of traffic "spotters," who sum-' the House yesterday that this city mon them before a Magistrate, who'|'"service" was not to be affected by the gets his fee out of the fine. He let the, bill, in that such vehicles may be used members in on & secret, of how the !|by special permit. Highways Minister is besieged by' However, it was the "speed limit" "cranks," who: don't even own cars,||section of the bill that produced the