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Jan uary 26. | ernment to obtain a lease, and the "Beauharnois plans for construction had been aided by one of Ontario ' * & Hydro's chief engineers, he charged / ie ----s '"Here we had one of the greatest public and one of the greatest private utilities in the world, dia-- metrically opposed in their method of financing. It seems inconceivable * to me that the engineer from the public institution should put his name to plans drawn up by Beau-- harnois. He must have been bidden to do it, or loaned for that purpose. Revision Once Suggested. Mr., Henry rose to reply, Hydro he said, had once been in negotia-- mm m e mm n im omm tion, particularly with Beauhar-- s s nois, for the purpose of revision. 3 C;M:hahom on Oflf&l'lo 'The Beauharnois development was * then under construction and the es yuaro Needs Said to Be question of holding up construc-- On NOW tion had been considered by Hydro, nediiee m ut ce n ue ogs he declared. "What was the obstacle in re-- PROOF 1S W A N T ED: vising?" interrupted Mr. Nixon. ecun Ginalo t nc athc oc arnitgrmeny l "Well, we went out of office," re-- | e Hisan Ripes to "his fest lNCOME TAX ITwo New Bills Won't Be Mr. xon jumpe o his fee * * again. "You paid for power before OPethVG Until Facts you went out of office," he declared. Obf.;ned Mr. Menry said his Government | had been canvassing opinion with j C ; the thought of halting delivery. e ts idns in caviny Until the Hepburn Government ! "Where's the correspondence on e__e v bas fir it?" -- demanded Attgrney-General Loss of Civic Franchise M.Y that ?l;;-::: :r:.z::::::: '::;:: | pneninipnin Appiadh ue in ge / 4o i+ Th \heciginpit Follow Suspension of provides for the future power answered, and Mr, McQuibban con tinucd. Reb.fes Ileedl 0' Ontaflo, 't lmt m "At any rate, you were told plenty : Nikerarirecrnmmrrmmenniingams of the three power bills now and often about these contracts, but| before the | you still believed these people who P ROPOSAL IS MADE be made o;::'l:ll::ur; "::l' n:: | came here and asked you to read s mmsmmeasmmimak lrted y » | briefs about Hydro. I remember _ Committee Recommends po at Queen's Park yesterday. | once when you were reading words 5 & Before he left for Arizons, that you couldn't even u'{\derstand. That Interim ROC.IP?S Be Premier Hepburn announced that you stumbled over them," he said. Made Accepfable he would consult the Hydro Com-- fudnin'leld' .2 t mission and its engineering ltlff' The possibility that the Prov-- 'on his return, and, if not satisfied | ince would abolish the long--enjoy-- with their appraisal of the power ed right of citizens to vote in civic situation, would promptly call in elections by virtue of payment of | some independent engineer of high municipal (last year Provincial) | standing and confer with him. These income taxes was discussed at ! consultations are now said to be vesterday's session of the Clvic | partially in progress, although Act» : | Legislation Committee. ging Premier Nixon last night re--, The Government's suspension of fused most emphatically to disc\m'l rebates to municipalities from Pro-- the situation. | vincial income--tax revenues might These consultations, if they have | be supplemented by voiding of the already been started, have been . municipal voting franchise of in-- undertaken for the primary pur-i } come--tax payers, it was suggested to pose, it is understood, of meeting . the committee by City Solicitor t{:e gemands of celx};in lsefctlilom' of ; * Colquhoun. the Government's Liberal following ( j in the House. That following, un-- Based yew Centribation, ; mistakably "jumpy" on the ques-- He pointed out that the income-- tion, and wanting to be thoroughly voting right enjoyed when tge city convinced of the correctness of the | collected income taxes, and COM~) s;ang the Governmnt is Asking . tinued when the Province took over | them to take, is insisting, it is said, . the income--tax power last year, was that the alleged power shortage l tb::eg"';'".rrc:a"sg:guuon of taxes to "bogey" be disposed of to their Sat-- | With the rebates to municipalities | 1sgtaction &efo.':erit:::iy 1§feo:"::g°;g % abolished, no income--tax payments V §.°" 'te "at tg © three Bills would reach the City Treasury, and g" ing abge 9 § T led. ves. the income--tax vote might be abol-- u'"ge men(\l CVE '('l'f * tr:po leli yes; ished, members of the committee x .yl.ls en:an ng efca tnfl o agreed. However, the committee: 4 "D°U@ party caucus for foday. sent on to City Council a recommen-- 'rl\'hat idea :';s £ beent t%bandonedi dation that the Legislature be asked | owever, in the face of the genera caucus which is slated for tomor-- to validate acceptance by Municipal P hich Hyd doubt Clerks, in certifying icome voters, "()l\lw on i'llat VC i C 7 y« '}'1°' t'fi" °'l'" 7 of white interim receipts issued by: °CUY, Wl again furnis e chie o topic of discussion, whether the Federal Income Tax Offices. \ _ Government likes it or not. . Federal Officers Collect. Nothing would suit many mem-- Prior to the last civic electlon' bers at this caucus better than to 6 considerable confusion and dif{i+--| have the Government furnish them culty was caused by the statutory| with a clear--cut statement from requirement that pink final re--| Hydro's engineering staff as to the ceipts, many of which will not be| Province's power needs particu--. issued until February or March, larly in respect of reserve power.| must be produced to obtain income--| -- Whether acting Premier Nixon will | vote certificates. At that time Pro-- do that tomorrow remains to be vincial authoritiee _ promised to| ; seen. amend the statute to permit ac-- ceptance of interim receipts, but since then the tax rebates to mu--| nicipalities have been suspended. A motion of Ald. Adelaide Plump--: tre proposed that the Provincin)| Government provide information certifying income--tax voters, but the committee was advised that this was impossible, as all collections were made by the Federal Govern-' ment and the Province's sharel turned over in lump sums. }