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APRIL 27 \ G t Won't Aid Plant Proj ' Sewage Plant Project, Ni Warns Toronto Hmmnieosmommngiemmonrngss o wenmmmnmaz en in mm Undaunted by Legislature's No Item in Estimates, Pro-- Attitude, Board of Con--| vincial Secretary Declares trol Will Present Requesf' in Barring Discussion to Premier Hepbum! in Health Es tim a t es SEE ONTARIO MENACE ROEBUCK IS IN FAvOoR en mm omm I wnmmmmemmmmmmmmmmememmemmmmmmement | Regardless of the announcement | The Ontario _(;overnmmt is not credited to the Ontario Provincial | £OiNg to comnhulv' public money R A ' toward the construction of a sewage Secretary, that Queen's Park would | disposal plant for Toronto, Hon. refuse to contribute toward the cost l Harry C. Nixon, provincial secre-- of a noew sewage disposal plant for | tary, flatly informed the Legislature Toronto, Board of Control mem--| YCsterday when he barred from dis-- f .\ | cussion the plant question in con-- bers will seek an appointment this sideration of Health Department week with Premier Mitchell F. 'mtimate:. Hepburn and present the city's re-- '"There is no item in the estimates quest for financial assistance. about it and there won't be while The controllers expressed resent-- I am a member of this Govern-- ment last night that Hon. Harry ment," he said Nixon had made such an announce-- "\'v"h 4 # a WwWilli Duck-- y," argue illiam ud ment to the Legislature before the | ; _,,, (Cons., Dovercourt), "Toron-- city had even been granted an op-- 10 bes < i ueps R pays the largest proportion of portunity toa ask for Ontario Gov-- the province's income tax." ernment aid. "Why," echoed the provincial sec-- Health Menaced. retary, "your city of Toronto would The health of the province is be-- | be nothing if it woere not for the ing menaced because of the mil--| rest of the province." lions of gallons of partially--treated Arthur W. Roebuck (Lib., Bell-- sewage now being dumped daily | woods) first asked for provincial Into Lake Ontario, Controller Fred support and was followed by J. J. Hamilton contended. In view of this | Glass (Lib., St. Andrew), and W. J. situation, he said, the provincial Stewart (Cons., Parkdale). The Do-- government should share the cost | minion, said Mr. Rocebuck, had of-- of building a new sewage disposal | fered to contribute 40 per cent of plant in this city. the labor costs providing the prov-- "I'm very disappointed to learn | ince contributed half. He estimated of the provincial secretary's an--| the province's share would be $2,-- nouncement," he added. "But, at | 000.000. the same time, I realized that the Construction of the plant would government has its own financial | provide, he said. "tremendous pro-- difficulties to contend with. Even | tection to the health of the prov-- though Mr. Nixon made the an--| ince" and would materially reduce nouncement, he is not the head of | relief contributions. He also argued the government and I feel that the | that Toronto provided a heavy con-- Board of Control should still place tribution to the federal and provin-- It's request before Premier Mep-- | cial coffers. burn." Mr. Nixon declared three--quarters Controller Dr. F. J. Conboy said | of the cities in Ontario did not have the Provincial Secretary was "quite adequate sewage disposal plants and correct" in pointing out that three--| that Brantford did not have one quarters of the cities in Ontario | at all. did not have adequate sewage dis=| "If the federal government wants posal plants. And the municipali-- | to deal with it, all right. But it is ties would never be able to have not the policy of this government," adequate plants, he maintained, if he said. they were forced to shoulder the w mm menmmmmemmenemeememmmmmmmmmms mm en onmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmmmmmmzem itire cost alone. resentatives of the Fedcral and e 8 alives Propose Review Board. lOnlario Governments. Announcement that the Board of| "This board." he said. "will con-- Control will present to City Coun-- | sider the different methods of cil next Monday a proposal for the sewage disposal and present a re-- appoiniment of a board of review | port, and council will then be able to further investigate the matter of to present the best method to the Toronto's sewage disposal was public to vote on next election day. made yesterday by Controller J. D. "Only the most close observation McNish in an address to the Dan-- of Toronto's drinking water has forth Business Men's Association made it possible for us to go on (west section) in St. Barnabas Hall. with this obsolete sewage disposal Controller MceNish declared the without running into an epidemic proposed board would consist of directly caused by poor disposal," three qualified engineers and rep-- | he said.