Ee SEAL BRAND COFFEE Recognized in all professions and walks of life, as the leading coffee in the best grocery stores of Canada. 2 and ground 1 pound cans In %, Whole also Fine Ground for Percolators, pulverized -- CHASE & SANBORN, MONTREAL. 162 EEE THOMAS COPLEY =e T---- THE FAREWELL OF MAYOR SUTHERLAND He Reviews the Financial Situ Deterrent to Crime---Ci THE DAILY BRITIBH WHIG, MONDAY ADDRESS | ation---Well Lighted Streets a vic Museum ard His- torical Monuments. Poet v great hon any town the case of Kingston, y appreciate us my efforts have been, will be complishing some d he betterment neral 5 Indeed Head of mear towar of eivid fe in ge Before passing the itement J wish to thank my collea ies fh council for their co-operation this past year, and although we have t always seen eye to eye with each vet I feel it was a matter of cy or proecedufe which caused any difference and not the spirit of antagonism, and although we are not able to have peace throughout the Empire at present, yet, I was pleased to see that we were all big enough and broad enough to forget our little differences and approach the close of our term of office and on to yearly BU other pol had 1 nport | porary arrangement the step proy ur pre ade the 18 ie H00 eCog: tary city insure taken at ouadition NETH SYSLEIN WAS we could 1 ns best it money what This approxi we had expenditure warranted which meant $2 the iy over in consider insured health budget however ganitation Incinerator This shows an extra ost of S00 over the first estimate bu extra sum 1 consider wisely spent led to more sanitary condit arbund the plant as with the extra ons cost the yard and approaches were | day, | front conereted which prevented the a 1 mulation of droppings 1abled the whole yard surface flushed at regular intervals It also enab ed | those in charge to handle the gar-| bage with greater despatch, which meant a saving in time which means money Altogether 1 consider ti extra expenditure a good investment as it has the tendency towards san tation and effeciency When we con sider we have an effecient plant cost ing in the neighborhood of only some $9,000 odd dollars we are indeed fortunate its capacity is sufficient to take care of the city's needs for vears to come and when compared | and to be | them t | sidered | took step | secured | where | point {all these waterlots 7 making iding 'line and bein the numbers ana extedd Lands Of Occupation i'n i t lmportan houg heen a toward lement of I was unable te ring a final settlement before my fice exp » lands ractically re some few elving some these I regret that erms years eons ago he way of through upon looking he city WO1 some the 10 Se¢ ove 1 TOOK the Government ted wit for n the hundred derably u tere 8 nave the « o far, some od of waterfront lower harbor, beginning at a mid-way between, the two 1 ks the Dominion Textile property This a most valuable to the city and with the deep ening of the Welland Canal will give what the city so badly needs tao namely the city's own water This property can be improv ed at practically no expense by filling in with the City's ashes and other re fuse which is not taken to the incin erator, and when the inner harbor dredged the refuse can be placed within this area and in a very short time a most valuable property he ob tained for the city In fact I feel the necessity so great for the city to own n the lower har suggest that steps them as wel] all the marsh lands either by pur chase or by arbitration. The longer t i= put off the more valuable they become and bes they neighborh some feet of ixteen n the ol spile do asset would to secure bor that I taken be as will ide are Lascetic, , DECEMRER 27, 1915 A Liberal Education. That tin. 1 think, bas bad a thor ho has been tra Qody ts the aod does wi! bac whose engine, w strength, and order; re lke a | steam engine, to be turned to any kind | of work the gossamers as | well as\forge the anchors of the mind; mind is stored with a knowl- edge the great and fundamental | truths of pature and of the laws of stunted but n edu 80 bis as 8 We inteliect ith : Die of i a mooth svorking Ady and enin whose of her operations who, ful life whose passions are trained to come to one no is of and fire heel by a vigorous will, the servaut of tender conscience; who has learped | nature nd to to love beauty, whether of all ot art; to hate ail yvileness wot others as himself I cot no other liberal man and had a H has Henry celve education. -- | Thomas 1Xley in "Lay Ser Trees ard Fools. destroy ind destr tool run mld still They could chased | trees if they they ved and bunted down hs Tong 4s fun or a dollar could be got out of their bark Any can cannot away wi be hides, branchit borns or magnificent bole backbones that plant them. " Nor would pl { much toward anything like the noble primeval forests Dur Ing a man's lifé only saplings can be | the place of the old trees that have more than of the trees trees Few ntir getting back grown in tens of centuries old. It mike been destroyed 3,000 to west took yeurs some in woods- that are still standir perfect strength and beauty, waving and singing in the mighty forests of the Slerras. God has | saved them from | these in cared for these trees drought, disease, avalanches and a PAGE LEVEN CLR ELLE ES Chiistmas and New Yea Holidays ; Ww und Fripp Ticked il He dl SINGLE FIRST CLASS FAR 1 gi g a EL TE It bears the Seal of Purity All over the world the name Sunlight lor purity in Soap 0,000 guarantee Purity something Gre an adver- tisement. It marks the high standard we have set for oursels you the best laundry soap it is possible to | produce at any price. Sunlight 5? Soap ( The kind yon are looking for 1s the kind we sell. Scranton Coal Is good Coal and we guarantee ANS FARE ren AND stand Ou Ol iS than LO BIVE New Koute to Western Canada TORONTO -- WINNIPEG Via North Bay, Cobalt and Cochrane Finest Equipmeni--Splendid Road ec wv. Toronto 10.45 Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday ar. Winnipey 3.50 Thursday, Saturday and Monday Coune eg aving 6.00 Suskatoor rmed Tickets to Through Prince George Prince Rupert, Alaska Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle and San Francisco netables and inf Telephone 987. 19 e straat prompt delivery. BOOTH & CO, Foot of West St. the holiday season with nothing but the best peace and will to wards all Of the Civic when the carpen- tempest en on all kinds also hard- All orders trafr and birt from Only thousand ng. leveling floods, fools Drop & card | anything done cally 'nothing to-day Hoe Estimates giv t repalrs and new work; woud floors of all kinds cities we as mud This we do had ost with plants in other find ours has cost only half size | paying pre { the city's revenus them do g n of good cannot save Upcle Sam can want sr he not Museums And Historic Monuments, Employees I can as plant' of similar wi receive prompt sttentlaon 0 Quesn Hireat of the LADDER relieved in Each Cap- 7" sulo bears the (MIDY name &3~ / Beware of ity tn --------------_. Farm forSale 100 acres, 12 miles from city; good buildings, plenty of water, some wood, $4,750, easy terms. Farm 300 acres, log house and barn, on shore of a beautiful lake; good fish- ing and hunting, $450, W.H. GODWIN & SON The Oveat ish aN dency, loss Heart, Faili for. One will - druggists or insiled in pla cick Who pamphlet nea ted ICING CO.. TORON? 0. ~~ [reremeeeeee SOWARDS Keeps Coal and Coal Keeps SOWARDS. in old pitatio Memory. Price $1 per bos, Ny oy New Fruits 8 all kinds Package for Overseas Our Meat Department stocked with the best. Give us a trial order. 490 Princess St. i ct tarsus Bulk Oysters Dominion Fish Co. PHONE 396. PHOTOS ! THE COOKE STUDIO Has Removed to 159 Wellington Street, One Door South of Brock Street. 8hoo Remedy 'Tones and invigorates the wh Dervous system, makes pew Blood Sus, COnires Nervous + thy siz lease, six will cure. Bold by ab) BE i Raf (Foro orp Wingo 18 ------ say too much. There is no city, be it large or small, where you will find their equal. Courteous, efficient and obliging, the city is indeed most for tunate in the personal of tg eclvic staff During my term of office Mayor and also during my term Alderman, I owe them much wish now to express to them warmest thanks The approximate floating liabilities as Dee. 1915, and assets against such liabilities for Kingston, is as follows ull statement of the }1st applicable the city of on Liabilities, Debentures and Interest due Ist Jan, 1916 $50,139.62 Guarantee depo Sits mn ac count of con tracts ete Trust funds House of In dustry, Skin ner bequest ate Sinking fund | collections | Unpaid counts ., 1,900.00 - 2,268.29 ac- 650.00 61,504.02 Assets, $12,629 Taxes outstand ing Bills Rec Accounts Stock Local ment Balance fancy The above some $4,900, 6,000 Rec improve works defeci $ 4,980.60 shows a defeciency yet considering the year in which we have just lived 1 think the statement a good one and that it amply demonstrates the fact that we as a council practically lived 23,061.00856,923.32 | up to our motto of "economy consis tent with efficiency." When I had the honor of coming into office I found we had approxi- mately an overdraft of some $18,- 000.00 to face, but of this amount re were able to place the sum of $5,- 100,00 in debentures. This was the amount passed by the council of 1914 towards the Patriotic Fund and which reduced our overdraft to some $13,000.00. Some of the main items of extra expenditure this past year are as fol lows Tarvia Garbage Incinerator Street lighting Board of Works, grant $1,800 2.500 2,800 2,600 additional 1,600 Total $11,100 To offset these amounts we were budget general expenditure some-- | $2,800; and had an increase ingen- | | eral revenue over | mate, which was | very conservative | 300. Leaving approximately a deficit of some $4,900. It is only proper to take each of | these items mentioned above and an- our budget esti- put purposely on a alyze them and ascertain if these ex- | ar not, | | penditures were warranted and we will now proceed i take | them in rotation to Tarvia. This has caused an additional ex- | penditure of some $1,800. Personally I do not approve of this type of road- | making in a city such as Kingston. | True it costs less to put down, but its | maintainance is practically the same {@s the more permament types, be- sides it has to be continually renew- ed. In a city such as ours I approve of the so called permamvent types, and from what I can learn sheet as- phalt answers all our purposes and in addition to its wearing qualities has cheapness in its favor. ---- Under extra expenditures the sum of some $2,500 is under this head- ing. Sanitation is one of the first considerations of a city as the health of a commuaity is the first impor- tance. Unfortunately our old gar- bage collection was not satisfactory | and when needed mest completely broke down with the result that tem- of | | able to place in debentures from our | 3. H. PICKERING, Prop. Phone 530 basis some--8$3,- | would not have been able to it not been for the sacrifice of time and energy on the part of Aldermen Wright who gave both freely willingly without any cost whatever to the city WE owe h much { nd and and ndeed | the Department of the Interior Street Laghting his a most important ment of civie administration and any thing spent In this line, when done judiciously, is well invested Well lighted streets are great deterrent to crime and mean a smaller force and a higher moral great eivie asset, but while pend large sums on street yet we should ascertain that getting all we are paying for towards this end meters and should be installed in the city eng neers office which would show that we are getting full return for wnat we Mre charged for. This and a writ depart a police 8 ex ton we lighting art and dials we ! fered already, several good pleces I am pleased t report that the Minister of Militia has stated h lingness that the city should 4 ninety-nine year lease of the 0 wil receive Tower | in Macdonald Park and all that now { remains | from [his of 8 the formal transfer ind I feel sure, In fact have been for display as soon as the building ready, and these will be followed many others. Thu providing a able place historical object can be viewed which will add great ly to the city from a tourists point of view It only needs such a building to unearth rare and interesting pie ces of our early days Health Of The City The general health of the city dur ing the past year has been excellent and while it has been above the aver his not all been due to hy suit whera good age it tery contract with the Public Utilit'es J luck but a great deal of the credit one of the first steng of the coun should b neoming Board Of Works, This extra amount was asked for to enable them to purchase an oil spreader and attend to other matters pertaining to their department, and while 1 opposed the purchase of this piece of machinery yet council ruled otherwise and this accounts for some six hundred dollars of this amount Fortunately when the budget was struck I insisted upon a very conser vative estimate being placed on our revenues. This is it should be and it is gratifying to know that do- ing so has enabled us to recover this means sums sufficient to offset our increased expenditure of about $4,900 a conservative estimation of revenue is not only wise but sound financing as City's High Financial Standing. It is most encouraging to those in terested in the financia' standing of the city to note the high position in the world of finance which we enjoy We placed this past year some $106 - 145 worth of bonds which were sold at a rate averaging 5 3-32 per cent This is a splendid record and most gratifying when we consider the rates obtained by other muniecipali- ties namely: Windsor 6 per cent, To- ronto, London and Hamilton, 5% per cent and Ottawa 63 per cent. Aside ! from the financial saving it reflects greatly to the credit of our City Treasurer and his depariment and shows that the Finance Committee watched the markets closely and took advantage of their opportuni- ties Bonded Debt Of The City. The total bonded debt of the city as on the 31st of Dec. 1915 is $1.- | 726,428.48 and is made up as fol- lows: €ivic bonded debt outside Util- ities $1,105,620.48; Civic Utilities, $620.908, total, $1,726,428 48. As the indebtness of the Light and Water Plant takes care of itself out | of earnings they do not concern us | as to the tax rate and all we have to | deal with is the sum of $1,105,520,- [48 * During the next nine years the payments on many of our bonuses | and otber issues of debentures will | cease aggregating in the neighbor- hood of some half a miliion dollars, and if a period of economy is main- tained, and this 1 advise, a systema- | tic scheme for permament pave- | ments can be undertaken with safety | and no danger of encroachment en | the tax rate. This is not enly build- | ing along the lines of the city beau- | titul, but along the lines of sanita- | tion and in the long run will be the | more economical. | There were several schemes which I would like to have seen under- | taken this past year, and amongst | them I might mention the following: Street Re-Numbering. This is badly needed and 1 had hoped the Board of Works would have brought in some recommenda- tions this past year. I bad infended laying the matter before council he- j fore the end of the year but other | Watters pressed it to one side, but it will hdve to be dealt with sooner or ! voter and the earlier the better | There are several ways in which it is due to our lock!' Board of Health and its methods To its efMecient Health Officer and the Board in gen-, eral the city owes much 1 cannot pass this department without special ly mentioning Mr. Blackall whose serviced not only here, but in connec- tion with the incinerator has been most valuable. When I first took up the question of an incinerator some pears and a half ago it was Mr Blackall whose advice 1 sought Collector's Rolls, The Collector's rolls I am pleased to state are in excellent shape. Tha. return are fully up to last year, which was an exceptional year, and the percentage of outstanding taxes is extremely small. This is not only gratifying to the city but reflects greatly to the credit of the Collector Mr. Newlands and his department Business Conditions. Business conditions in the city are fully up to normal and in many lines are above other years, Most of our industries are active and the ge neral tone sound and good This | is indeed most gratifying and en- COuraging There is work for all who are willing and able to work This with the distribution of Patrio tic monies will /atleviate the general distress with which we have had to contend in other years In drawing to a close allow me to again thank you for the honor you extended to me in electing me to the Mayor's chair for 1915, and I sin cerely trust that ere another year comes around that Peace will be restored and that our brave sons who so nobly answered the Empire's call, bringing not only honor and glory on themselves but the Domin- | ion which they represent and the! Empire as a whole, will be safe at home once more, and that the com- ing year will be one filled with bless- logs and prosperity for voy all My! The bill-board man, I will agree, Is a conceited pup, c For, while he is well posted, he Need not be so stuck up. --Cineinnati Enquirer. | On that same bill-hoard man we think Must sympathy is wasted. For though he never beats his | boards, { Quite often they are pasted. --Memphis Commereial Appeal. | The billboard man has luck to spill, | 'If he should care to boast it, { For while we have to pay a bill, ! He merely has to post it. SE ---- } The Bueglar's Little Joke. | "My good wan,' said the kindly | visitor to the burglar in the pail who! had been caught with the goods: | '"Can't you see the error of your ways?" "There have been times, mum| when [ couldn't, but this time~ It looks like I'm open to comviction. i CASTORIA For Infants and Children in Use For Over 30 Years | Always bears i the x | | er--Cincinnati Enquirer. | bogus rare book must be a very indig- nant bibliophite." that.--John Muir Saw the Practical Side Ideas of advancement in South Amer [ca are aesthetic io the United States they run along practical lines As an indication of tbe uses to which apital has been applied In South Amer len and the difference in temperament | of the people of thut part of the west ern world as compared the habitagts of the United States a story told of Bra dtian promoter aud an Amerlean pros it one of the new cities which while with in 3 a meeting between a pector have recently sprung up on the banks | f the Amazon pointed | with pride to a firetentious yverjooking the mighty river and asked I'he native aperi house the stranger if the site wus not superb 'Well, said the man from one of our western states, "1 think it a wighty fine place for a sawmill." would be The Varying Cost of Education. A certain Yale graduoate, for many ! years a member of the faculty and always a close observer of the homo undérgraduate, once (in a moment of exasperation, we take it) let drop a significant remark. The burden of the | rewark was that a majority of the students attending Yule ought to be taxed some several thousands of dollars 4 year in return for the privilege of attending eollege, while the remaining small minority should be paid double that amount fof contributing them: ¥nives to the undergraduate communi ty Without doubt this observation, like the famous reports of Mark Twain's death, was slightly exaggerat- ed. But it was nat wifbout its very considerable modicum of truth.--Yale Alumni Weekly. | "And what do you do in the dull sea- son?" we asked the fool killer, | "What dull season?' exclaimed the fool killer. ! "Why, when the man who rocks the | boat and the man who didn't know ft was loaded quit operations. What do yof{ fio then?" "Oh, T get on the trail of the man who knows it all," replied the fool kill- Always Busy. ---- His Modest Request. A man once asked Thackeray to lend him 5 shillings, which he would con- vert Into £20,000. Asked how, he ex- plained that he knew a young woman with £20,000 who he knew would mar- ry him if he asked her, but Le had pawned his teeth and wanted 5 shil- lings to redeem them in order to pro- pose effectively. ---- Two Kinds. "That man who paid a fortune for a "Well," replied Miss Cayenne, "there are bibliophiles, as ther there are what Josh Billings would have called 'bibliophools.' "--Washington Star. Deed of Daring. "Have you 'Deeds of Daring?" In quired the lady in the book store. "Yes, madam," responded the bright clerk. "There 1s a little pamp'.iet en- titled 'Wow to Call Down the Jani tor.' "~Chicago News. ---- Anatomically Speaking. "Every one has some secret sorrow," said the philosophic friend. "Yes; even the fattest and joiliest of } 0s has a skeleton In his wmidst"-- Cleveland Plain Dealer. --_---- Lest a Customer. Lady (ordering boots for her hns- bandi--Do yon keep men's boots? Bhopman--No, madam. but we keep 5 to mines in women's. ~Londog Opin. n. Most stout women strut into a room umder the impression they bave poise when #t is only aveoirdu- pois. Married men are not so very bad off, they always have the last word Ma. rms Have Your Clothes Looking Their Best For the Holid Dry Cleaning will do this PFOoRTLAND MONTGOMERY DYE Fry WORKS, |) Cerehasintne ee J. B. Harris, Prop. Phone 1114 25 PRINCESS ST. 25 From ~N7 c'rench Stettinn London Liverp'l Liverpant London Losdon re Zee AN OW Pressing and It 0 api I \g « The Allan Line, 95 King Si. 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