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~ *A eemesemeesmesseeennemenenememenn e en t e e e e Geeco--feeeseseseneaifeereneinnn m e mreppreeeseeapeacereceeeeeaaaeaaaaaaaieek , FEBRUVARY ! -- ject, "and we weren't friendly to the | & : |idea ourselves," Mr. Conant said. C A Quebec had preferred to deal with * |Hydro rather than with private cor-- : | porations. | "In the Chats Falls matter we _ dealt with private interests, and the : Quebec Government was anxious to avoid a repetition of that situation," , | _ said Mr. Conant. f W ants to Know Beverage He explained the allocation of the i+ s Ottawa River power sites, Des Room Fa'tahhes in 1942 _ Joachims, with a continuous horse-- _ power capacity of 223,800, to Ontario, A question asked at the 1942 along with Cave and Fourneau, 111,-- Legislature session by Opposition 420; Chenaux or Portage du Fort, Leader George Drew, concerning 73,750, and Paquette (upper halfD), the number of deaths among bev-- | _ 19,420, a total of 428,390 h.p. Quebec erage--room patrons by reason of _ _ would get Carillon, 256,100 h.p. capa-- ejection or violence at the hands of | city; Rocher Fendu, and Bryson, hotel employees, was raised again 146,740, and the lower half of Paqu-- in the House yesterday by Col. ettse, 19,420, Drew. The answer given by the | Carillon, he explained, was more Government in 1942 was that '"it is | _ desirable for Quebec because it was not considered in the public inter-- \ _ only 40 to 50 miles from Montreal, est to answer this qu~ "on." Col.| ' _ and was 90 miles further from To-- |\ Drew asked the grow n on which _ ronto than Des Joachims. | this reply was based. _ _ Provides for Sudbury, "This question was answered in 3 Another important _ consideration such a way that it would r)n mean-- \ _ was that Des Joachims was within | ingless to put it on the order paper / _ transmission distance of the Ahitihi'i | again," said Col, Drew. \ _ system at Copper Cliff and could be Premier Conant gave an under-- § fed into the Sudbury system. Caril-- | taking to discuss the matter before / _ jlon was not within transmission dis-- | the House adjourned. _ _ j tance. The question -- was divided into Des Joachims would be the fir.<t1 several sections. In addition to af«:k- development, with a continuous out-- | | ing about the cases of death or in« _ put of 225,000 h.p. and a 300,000 h.p. | | Jury, i1 sought to learn the number \ _ peak. Cost of this power delivered | of prosecutions '\\'l.w-h fOllo_\vcd. the at Burlington would be about $16.50 | \ number of convictions oh1.an.1ed..and _ _ per horsepower, compared with the | \ the number of cases o.[ disciplinary L present price of $19, representing| |action taken by the Liquor Control a power at slightly lower cost 1o Board. users in the Niagara Peninsula. | t Hydro thinks it is possible to | -- _ make power available within two| vears after the authorization of the | f Ottawa River power agreements, 1he$ HMHouse was told, subject, of course,| _ to wartime priorities on materials, 6 though the Dominion authorities, -- pe Mr. Conant said, had intimated they _ would make materials available if -- at all possible.