All one quality Strictly high-grade Best by test no sngwestions is a self advertiser once @ chanteto get in its bust ver Vol ton. or two. If a "down to the ground, in 7 dellar--tha eoal mam hasn't ho i hy an. oo, gars 0 I an 5 ul. ow"s v. for, the frst Jap in the % Ro na' frome uw that case gn L tune awaits vou ow the day Forder a sample . CRAWFORD, FOOT OF QUERN ST. hl ~ Children 'Straw Sailors. 'ew les at Campbell Bros.' Rurows hagl07. provi. to. thy nrope i : to il nl but fifty -cioh and © Australasia one hall. ws tonight, 7 to 10. 2 shirts, worth 75¢., |THE DAILY WHIG. expenditure" from August 1st, 1904; to | hoped. uf | the seventeen months they have been ore and Too | #8in in the number of gas and elect: ic British Whig Publishing Co.. Limited. Edw. J. B. Pense, Managing Director. *"Opifer per Orbem Dicer." Municipal Enterprises. (Article 111), ; Phe discussion of the public utilities ended in Article Il. with reference to the changes and reforms which had been offected during 1005, and at an, the end of the year of $31,077.84. This indicated a heavy drain upon the cur- rent account, and the average con- sumer of light, heat and power can sce that with a continuance of that policy there could not be the reduc tion in the tariff for which he fondly | Before taking 4 look at the scheme which is pow before the people, it may 'be to briefly review the pro- gress which has been made in comnte- tion' with the lighting plants durisg under municipal rule, ending with De- cember. Has there been a verifieation of the promises held out to the elec: tors or property-owners when they were induced 10 vote 'yen' unoi the 'proposed by-law ? n Up 10 the end of 1905 there was a consumers--235 of gus, and 189 . of electricity, or' a total of 392. There would have been a greater number of consumers had there heen an exten- sion of the mains and the possibility of 'totnection with them. The same re- mark holds good with regard to the eolectric light. In some streets the ser- vice was not obtainable because of the absence of feeders, The wants of the people will be supplied 'by the proposed extensions, particularly of gas, since it is planned to cover a large portion of the city not now traversed by mains, and a sense of economy will probably sup gest the use of gas for cooking pur- poses to a very large extent. The price charged for illuminating gas by the company, was $2 pe: thou- sand feet, and for electricity lic. per kilo-watt. The price now charged by the city for was is $1.69 per thousand and for electricity 12¢, per kilo-watt. The saving to the consumers, in pun sequence, during the one year, (1905). is estimated at $8,581.21. "The saving in gas is 85,343.70, and in el cirieity, $3,267.51. This is_exclusive of the bene fit conferred by the readjustment of the street lighting account. The city committee of last year took into consideration the expression of the council, that there should be a reduction in the cost of this service, The charge had been $72 per lang per year, and this, on investiga tion, was found "to be a high figure, The committee then proceeded deliberately. It procured data from a number of cities and towns, and with this information and the experience of the department before it proposed that the rating henceforth, and indefinitely, be 862 per lamp per year. This means that for the former ap: propriation, and which was regarded as reasonably satisinctory, twenty one new lamps have been added. Eg timating their value at $62 cach par year there is a savine of $1,302, and if this sum be added to the $8,581.21 already cited there is a total saving to the people, the city, of $9,883. 21. The eh an, evidence in itself of the gain by municipal ownership, and it is only a foretaste of what some people really expect, Every dollar that can be saved in expense, and in the dividends which formerly went fo a private corporation, is a dollar in the pockets oi the constm- . Naturally enough with an increase in the: consumption of light and 1{ does not rest upon a on the This proposition, i} at once release over six hundred met- 1 for illuminating, a drop in the price of gas and electric city. He has not, we fear, the diplo- macy of an experienced fancier or he would not make any promise which secure founda- tion." The Whig has been examining into the matter and it finds that whatever the future may evolve it would be rash just now to figure upon reduced rates. The expert adviser jof the city has, however, in view a con- of another kind. It is that the nating as well as heating purposes. wie dhe Fat % if successful, would «ry, al an average value of $7 each, or a total value of over $4000, There is a const k 1 for of the city council, remarked that be- | shout as | gos He sold at a level rate, for illumi-| for $228.000. That. the government The Arctic Expedition. 1 ¥ 1 : is 4 in Arctic | barons, «dukes and other notahlés in a Tt in: vecalled that] wir ie pore gol ib ne | marriage, and accipted an 'editor. The the first quarter of last year the Rot ie lish; Capt. Pernice had a | ¥oman showed in this her: geod sense prevailed, cond in the first great ambition. I was to find the | and courtesy. ' an Jha lie Jew rales north pole which so nny other prot The Advertiser is not pleased be- t men ha ve solight in vain. When cause Mr, Beck has not locited a chairman of the light, heat -and | Legan' his agitation in favour of that school of hygicne in London. Didn't scheme' he was discouraged. It seemed 'promising as Wellman's tour in an aigship. But. the dilerence between the expeditions is this--that the Aretio was for a public purpose, in the interest of discovery, while Welliman's is in the interest of science and art, apd particularly the art--of advertising. The federal government reluctantly consented to grant £100,000 towards the expedition. This was to cover the total cost of ship, contents, and crew. The appropriation was exceed- "ed, and accounts were paid, it' scems, had nothing to conecal is indicated by the fact that it has published the accounts in full, and they are giving the opposition great diversion. The quantity of liquor put aboard was seeming] The account for more meters, and it must be met in some manner. The present plan is to buy more meters. No man wants two of them in his house at one time, and there is no way of avoiding this while there are two prices for gas, one and the other for heating purposes. To place six hund- red meters at the disposal of the de- partment would be a boon, inasmuch as they would be sufficient in number to meet the growing requirements of the department for two or three vears. This is a subject which will stand examination, and the Whig hopes 10 hear of more respecting it. The financidl statement in 1905 run: in a most condensed form, as follows: Revenue. From Gas From Filect ricity - on From Rentals .. Total ... Expenditure Working charges, Gas $18,671.80 Working charges, Electricity 22,205.00 General expenses .. ...... .... 6,792.38 Total :... " $47.6068.08 Separating the gas and electricity accounts the Whig finds that the bal- ance to the credit of onc is $9,221.52, and to the credit of the other, $7,076.- 70. Together there is a total of earn- ings over working and general expens es. of SIG208.M. Agaipst this are charged the interest and proportions of debenture debt falling due in 1505, $11,485.10. This left a clear surplus of $1,918.12 on the transactions of the yrar. . {The Whig has been asked if the con- sumers are to get a refund, direct ly or indirectly, of the moneys spent in 1904 and 1905, for 'permanent im- provements." The snswer is that some of the improvements were not perman- ent. They were temporary, and such as the state of the plants for the time being necessitated. Again the people in buying the property made no allow- ance or provision for contingenciis. The original by-law covered the bare cost of the works. 'There was nothing in it for stock or tools, fur repairs, or for new material. The city for{unately became the financial backer of the de- partment, and tided it over its difli- culties. Meanwhile the whole outfit had to be lifted out of its crippled posi- tion, and there was no help for it, in the absence of capital account, but use the current revenue, and as far as needful, to borrow from the hank. The overdrafts at the end of 1904-5 have thus heen gecounted for. The idea of a ' refund cr a rebatg, therefore, for the benefit of the con- sumers, is out of the question. The X1,077.31 has bern permanently in- Vested. It represents in some. degree the contributions of the consumers to the education of the ownership. It is 4 pits the consumers of citv in public of course, that gas and electricity are practically paying for this object lesson. Butit connot be helped. The city came into the possession of the plants without knowing anything ab- out them. It had to learn a great deal. The committee of 1904 had the temerity to make an attempt at over hauling the machinery and to extend the service at a cost of $130,000, and the elections put it out of business at the end of five months, Another year went by without results. The al- dermeh have been studying the situa- tion and they are studying it still. In time they may understand it. But the system of control is faulty. A change in committee annually makes for weakness which must be corrected some day. Until an ideal method is fqund and adopted the people are ask od not to be too exacting. The London Free Press is troubled because the liberals are not as good as they should be towards their lead ers. What about the conservative lead: ers and their followers ? Did you ever hear things that weren't pleasant ? The great grievance of the Toronto News against Mr. Ross and Mr. Har- court, is that they did not resign in 1902, because they had u small maj- ority of the members behind them. Only that and nothing more ? power there had to be an increase in the revenue, This increase is reckoned «| by the difference in the collections of | quarter has and the § = 'or gas it au: North Renfrew will presently te the scene of a hot campaign, Who will win the seat held by the late Hon. P. White ? There is great speculation as 'lantic, he gly 3 theso was $1,514. There was $1,900 worth of Bovril, £2,000 worth of to bacco, and pipes, cigars and cigar: ettes by the case. The inference is that the crew (thirty-two in number) indulged to excess in liquors, and that its voyage involved a waste of time and money. The exhibit would have passed with a caustic criticism, but the Opposi- tion insinuated that there was "graft": in Hé Ese, and that it is doubtful if all the goods for which ship or its en The premier met that charge in"the only proper spirit, He ordered an enguiry, and the ste- ward of the Arctic and his employees can be depended to tell all the facts. It seems that these Arctic trips ne- cessitate the consumption of stimu- lants in large quantities, and it may be that the explanations now called 10, SATURDAY, MAY 19. the government paid ever reached the | the world, rejected counts, viscounts, Mrs. Beck bring it the blue ribbon from the Montreal horse show ? What more does the city want ? Watertown expects one- of the great military camps for which conoress has appropriated. $700,000. We'll ro over and see that camp. We want to sow the American soldier as he is. Pictures don't count for much. The earthquake settled the United ' States senate in favour of the seg lev: el canal at Panama. If it bad at the same time settled the senate on the railway anti-rebate bill the president would bave been happier. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. A Disappointment. Weekly Sun. The railvay policy of the néw gov. ernment, both in taxation' snd the subsidizing of railways, is a distinct disappointmé Still A> Large. Toronto News. A man put $1,000 on thé collection plate at one of the Hamilton church: es last Sunday. The police have a de seription of him, but he is sull at large. > Room For All. Toronto Star. 'lhe military camp at. Petewawa will contain sixty thousanil ac the idea being to have a place biz nQurh to hold the headyuarters stafi's opin: ion of itself without bulging. Foster Keeping Quiet. Hamilton Times. Foster stays away from the house now since his abusive attack on Sif ton in connection with the North At: lantio Trading company. He says he is sick. He'll be sicker when Sifton gets through with him, if he dares to for may put a mew aspect on things. | In the meantime the Arctic accounts | bear a suspicious look. | I Wily James.J. Hill, Canadian capitalists have great rea- son to suspect the intentions of James J. Hill, the great railway maguate. | His lines have tapped Canadian terri- | Toryspot for the benclit of this coun- | try but o f his railway enterprises, though incidentally the dominion has its advantage. Mr. Hill has been ered- ited with some new scheme of vast | proportions. He has been jealous of the C.P.R. and its southern connec- tions, and has béen playing a diplo- matic part in the interest of business. Some time ago it was announced that he was going to invade British Columbia--if the C.P.R. did not avoid the southern territory' which he re | garded as his own. The blufi did not | have the desired effect, apparently, | and so Mr. Hill, during a visit to] Winnipeg, as the guest of the Can- adian club, let off some additional "fireworks." Winnipeg has no casion, it is presumed, to discourage any enlerprise which means its en- largement, and Hill's new transcon- tinental line, the Great Northern, will bave its ecastern terminus in the prairie city. ' It is announced, by Hill, that in a vear from next fall, or as soon there after as the Grand Trunk Pacific has been built from Winnipeg to the At will be ready to deliver freight by his line to it at Winnipeg. There will be no more lines north 'of Lake Superior, he says, which means that he going no further cast than Winnipeg. One would fancy that he, an American, with all his interests below the dividing line, was wrapped up in the future of Canada, that he regards its future as glorious, and that he wants a hand in its development. But that is surely a mistake. Hill is not building up Canada with his rail- concern the Great Northern, and anything he does will have its aim in contributing to its prosperity. He is believed to have in view the building of a new connecting link along the Red River and any freight his transcontinental, if built, would carry eastward would be de- vemrted southward, probably to Du- luth, there to give traffic to the boats in which American capital and labor are concerned. oc purposes most ways. His plans Editorial Notes. Ab, so the scandal the conservatives at' Ottawa, are working up is based on stolen letters ! As much might have been expected, * - : -- The Mail regards the members of the Ontatio government as 'the greatest political agpwegation of the kind alive. And they are wonders--in more scnses than one. -- Rev. Mr. Salton, of Ottawa, is au- thority for the statement that not a Methodist in Céluda, layman or min ister, is keeping the 'rules of the church. Well, well, Senator "David regards the senate as the safeguard if not the salvation of the people in a parligmentary sense. All senators seein to have a somewhat similar iden. Ther are "it." EE . 10 the result, Miss Krupp, the ~ richest women in ia - : & (even to such a flourishing institution | blamed, but athletics and sport of all accept that gentleman's: challenge. Case Of Pilfering. Brantford Expositor. It seems that some of the domia- ion immigration officials. in; Great Britain have been travelling in third- class railway carriages and charging the comtry up with cost of first-class transportation, or about double the money. This is @ very polite, and per- haps not imcommon, form of pilfermg, but it is piliering just the same. QUEEN'S WANTS HIM. Has a Offer. Ottawa Journal. Percy Lee has an offer from Queen's University, but for a multitude of rea- sons he likes Ottawa very well, and it will require very strong inducements to draw him away from the capital, Percy Lee Kingston as the Kingston scat of learning sup- ports. : His connections in this city are both numerous and important. First is his official post as physical director of the Ottawa Young Men's Christian Asso- ciation; then he is president of the Inter-Association Baseball league; sec retary of the City Association Fiithall league; member of the Rideau Canoe Club Aquatic committee, and several other offices in various athletic or ganizations claim him as a most cap- able incumbent. Should he find it ob- ligatory in the best interest? of his own welfare to depart, he could pot he kinds in Ottawa would feel his sence, ab- ---- Attend Baseball Meeting. Members of all baseball clubs will ing to enter a league to play off the matches any time other than "Satur- dav afternmpon, are requested to at tend a meeting for the purpose of forming a lague, Monday wivht, at cight o'clock, at the Y.M.C.A. It is thought likely the business boys of the town will be willing to 'enter teams. 'About The Hlorse Races. At a meeting of the horse race com- mittee of the Victoria day celebration these judges were appointed : D. Dul- mage, Belleville; J. L. Boyes, Napa- nee, and Dr. Bell, Kingston. L. Guess was appointed timer and Dr. Morgan, clerk of the court. The named race has been changed to a three minute class. Gift Of Two Footballers. L. 1. Day presentéd two fine fool- bal's to W. H, Godwin, chairman of the Board of Education property com mittee, for use of school boys. Mr Godwin gave one to Frontenac and the other 14 Victoria school. Mr. Dav believes in interesting the school vouths in the kicking game. Mr Godwin is open for similar donations from other citizens who wight wish t,, chow their interest in school athletiss, -------- Inspector On War Path. The word has gone around that the taverns must be closed tight on Sat urday after will summons offenders. Higher{o some bars kept wide open rs night, ard with lights going tdo. The mspector feels that the latitude he gave was imposed ubon. Now, he is out with his battle axe, "and intimates that there will he a police court case if liguor is handed out in prohibitec hours. Light In Weight. Lizht in price, Campbell Bros.' hats. ------------ Coal dust, mixed | with salt. water, and made into lumps, "will found very bank fires at night. : A perfect fit guaranteed when you gt classes at Chown's Deng Store. Neither male nor female eonvicts Or prisons are permitted to see a wirror during the period of their in- carceration. . > . London's the past and good-sized useful to lord mavors 'have. during 7 pam. or the inspector |¥ em The M. D. Bibby Co. CRESCENT BRAND." " --_-- The H. Db. Bibby gq, ¢ Shirt Sale--69c. To-morrow morning sharp at 9 a.m. we will place on sale 400 SOFT BOSOM SHIRTS, plain or pleat- ed fronts, separate cuffs, made by two of the best shit makes in Canada. Name of maker stamped with the maker's name on each shirt--"TOOKE BROS' Regular prices $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50. Sale Price, 69c, ALL THIS SPRING'S PATTERNS. THE H. D. BIBBY (0. 1 0 Pt up to £0. terial, large ice airy, ELLIOT 77 Princess Street. Celebrate! FOR $5.00 «good try. We'r strongest test. ok decade, collected : more th 20,000,000 for charitable Purposes,» £ In high-class shoemakiy & i i tisfying yoursel! I ye " Bore with s and will only welcome THE CANADA METAL CO , William §°,, Toro Phone Main 1729. ; Refrigerators We carry' a large assortment of re frigerators, ranging in price from, 8 Special Features They arc all made of the best ma- lined chamber, mineral wool filled, perfect circulation of cold dry air, which renders it' per- feetly odorless and with galvanized iron, cleanable flues, free from musty T BROS "Phone 33 Celebrate! Fireworks! Fireworks! CET READY FOR VICTORIA DAY We have the largest assortment of Fireworks and De- corating Materials in the city, consisting of FLAGS OF ALL KINDS, BANNERS, WREATHS, STARS, RED, WHITE AND BLUE WREATHING, FIRE CRACKERS, CANNON CRACKERS, ROCK- ETS, ROMAN CANDLES, VOLCANOS, SERPENTS, STAR MINES, PIN WHEELS, SEARCH LIGHTS, TORPEDOES AND TORPEDO CAPS AND CANES, ETC. J. 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