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2 % O e en aen P **vf-------------------*--------'?------- w > * * # Fad & flq"'d'la}' /P(thf Eo + e + | wuetomevitdin mm on . s % ALZ! iirah is + L ' | io ennnn ns ¢| * ' ® # # HENRY DECLINES 'Action Delayed Pending Visit ( ' of Civic Deputation to | ! Hieencaidi lc i s deve ue rmarerts _ Ex--Ald. A. E. Burgess is forcing the' | city's hand in connection with the pro-- | posal to secure a bridge over the West-- | ern Gap to the Island and' permit the ie uns lc cratermnats | operation of street cars, to do away ' wlg{h tthadpresent férry service. a i 1 66 esterday, at a conference regarding AbOUt One'flflh Dr0p In at the bill to legalize the payment of feg;y 1| deficits, at the Parliament Buildings, the W|" EXDortS Over former Alderman suggested thiat né) ac=-- tion be taken until after the civic depu-- | LaSt Year tation had been to Ottawa asking for . l w inz nnamee ftlfie cost of the bridge to be placedtin | 'this year's supplementary -- estimates. L.C.A. APPEAL --QUERIES: |This was agreed to. Then the former Alderman asked the Board of Control Mss aiaene i to send the Geputation down tonight. On the ground that the Ontario Mayor McBride opposed this in view of § the fact that the members of the depu-- Hydro--Electric Power Commission con-- tation have not been chosen, and the sidered it unsound tactics to expos® appointment with the Minister of Public details of its contracts with consumers ' Works has not been secured. or any other business arrangements Apparently Queen's Park is awaiting with them, Hon. George S. Henry, Act-- the result of the visit to Ottawa, and ing Prime Minister, declined yesterday the legislation is in danger of being de-- before the Legislature to answer the | ferred. question of P. W. Pearson (Liberal, | _ Ald. Stewart, at the next meeting of North York), as to whether the Com-- Council, iptends to ask a number oi mission sells "at will" power to the questions regarding ferry operation. fie Canadian Niagara Power Company. wants to know the remaining lifetime Mr. Henry did state, however, that of the ferries, the probable amount of the Commission, under a yearly license new capital required to maintain the |from the Department of Trade and ]s,ervice. and the amount of insurarnce |Commerce, exported "at will" power-- | carried against loss nf life in case of an '{mt is power that can be shut off at : accident on the bor'~. Any moment--to the extent of 427,-- 293,000 kilowatt hours during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1928, but that f during the fiscal year up to the last of January, 1929, the export of this class of power was about 85,000,000 kilowatt hour less than during the cor-- responding period a year ago. Government replies to Opposition in-- ® terrogations furnished the bigger part of yesterday's House bill of fare, with Hydro matters occupying the lion's share of answers. Mr. Henry in-- formed R. F. Miller (Liberal, Hal-- dimand) that the cost of the construction of the Hydro--electric transmission line from the Ottawa e | River to Leaside, including right of way and rights to erect towers on pri-- j lva,te property, had amounted to $2,-- * 757,212.20 up to the end of January of "this year. Of this amount $100,000 re-- L | mains to be paid. The Commission, he | stated, has not fixed any rate of pay-- i ment to farmers for rights to erect and lmalntain towers. Appeals Under L.C.A. | Attorney--General W. H. Price stated , that two applications have been made to him by informants or complainants for | leave to appeal to a County Judge from | dismissals by Justices of charges laid | under the Liquor Control Act since it 'came into force. One of these appli-- |cations was granted He said that no i eX appeals have been made by him or by his direction from judgment of County Court Judges as provided for by Sec-- tion 139 of the Liquor Control Act. He 'said that four appeals have been made (by convicted persons with leave of the --Attorney--General. Mr. Henry informed J. G. Leth-- y3 j bridge, Leader of the Progressive party, 'that the cost of grading on Provincial \ Highway 22 from Hickory Corners to . § € the town line between Middlesex County and Lambton County, cost $28,099.17. This work was done by a contract, given to Johnson Brothers. He said that ©1,560 cords of crushed stone or 9,752 tons, had hbeen used on this piece of road, costing $25,169.27. He said that 920 cords of gravel costing $5,520 had also been used. One private bill, four public bills and six Government measures were given , second reading during the afternoon, | and one Government bill passed Com-- 4 mittee of the House. Two new bills to amend the Municipal Act were in-- troduced A