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'75 can a Year in Advance, $1.00 ifNot So Paid Hirer SMtheranâ€"It does not :14 HMSAY, m“ “WA.“ ”#591,93- lovr us to issue debentures. so we ho comAcr 0F CEMENT WALK .. .. . ~ AWARDED AT A SMALL mas 3.1mâ€" a The Clerkâ€"About $150. . fiior MSoothcranâ€"It not be sub< . . ' nu one. The public libmrv Ir. J. .l. Millafiotthc Contract 1m tender neither that nor the tow ”3““ "“3"" be “mm“ “’0" that ‘Thcn there is a deficit from lost your With the who have policy for me to An, mom ERS DAuo flTERS W. Notwithstanding Christmas. Ve cannot t 50c, 75c ‘ and $125 25 at $1.00 Kid, sizes hat it is ific Tourist Car is 9.1 appointments to alace Sleepers. It crfectly ventilated, vi and upholstered. partitions, which 'LC') at night, make .i E: no obstructing (lay, and insure cuCh berth by .Lcizic Agent will particulars " ,-:::L;.od,Ltion iz‘. A,C.P.A. Toronto CHETT CPR. l lectricity ' .xii aches Still. The . modern 'n use of Eight- l 1 15*};L> f). . grunt-st, :‘ «11.12in to -, ’.".ic'k Cure > '1 piz‘allcled diva: Saviv ... . :(l dispel 1;.3 :..;:‘.d on the LIQUID "".;~\a-s all other 'v'~'-'""‘.l power it. :1':l;.\'i>’_ Neuralgla, Lac-<5, Fever, Old . l"-,'L1;LL:'3 diseases: J wek troubles 54:43:: is subject.- ."Iu :: is equally. Electricity ZRIICZ’WI CURING. ‘ Pains, (Iougbsr :curz'irtg in every: universal housev 3.9:": a, family has ' '. triw‘er be With" , by the name oi ringia, Paralysis. Logo, Pleurisy, 01" l‘iin‘cS ; no matter .35 are called' 01" may be, What, the IILl RF. This Electricity l31TH ITS MAGLr iElt. “Ctrician S. Ca: inL‘Lory. LindsaYd‘ icLLcrs should 1)? s3, s4, and $5 itle ' :1 Receipt of Pricc: from Toothache} other aches 011‘ ~‘ e Liquid Electric or CHARGE b3! aboratory. Ad.“ gistered) .OgiMll ’ 9‘ son of 1903. Our goods are durable and economical and soon pay for themselves. It’s a good thing to know how to select good values for relative outlays, this we venture to say we do. , A splendid line of Ladies 1-4 Ribbed Heavy \Vool Hose, made of well-scoured yarn at per pair 2 5c. Ladies’ Union and All-Wool Undervcsts in Fine Ribbed and Plain at 12 rag 15c, 20c, 25c, 40c, 50c, 75c and $1.00. Pcnman’s and Drawers, beautifully finished. and one of the best lines of underwear on the market, per suit, $2. 50. T he balance of our Flannelettc Underwear will be sold at very much reduced prices. DRESS GOODSâ€"We are clearing out the balance of our Winter Suitings.‘ A very special line of 52 in. Heavy Fine Venetian Finished Suit- ings, to clear at per yard 42c. 0’lOUGllllll 8: Mdlllllll Cash and One Price I:I.I:I:|:I:I:I . Q." - . .. g x V/ __f' . ’8‘”. -â€"L, ' ..FOR FUR BUYERS- A skin to brgraded No. 1 must to full prime winter can ht. We usually cok to the fullness or compactness of the . r, the larger numberof hairs to the square inch as the first essential of good qu lity ; next in sequence of selection theFur;goodd1-ossingcor- taumng as wall as young also essential to produce good garments. It is many years of experien lethal: one may become . ' with their several properties and values, and is able to judge the same preperly. ive stiles, advantages which cannot _ with ouses that handle «anything in general and m particular. “ NasommrmluLâ€"Lm are mu stock. Jul-l! Short Jackets, slum Concetta, W or Surfs. w.- Fnr lined (hamlets, dud (Indus Mulls, Fl!" If!" “I“, StomCollarscfc. ' ‘ ” ‘1 Armstron _; inc Natural Wool Undervests. ssmwmssum 4bNINU‘D‘D‘DNIADGDA.A|fi.qp.y czl - O o 0 O 9 I.- D O o o 0 a Q o c -.s.I,-,I.-,u.o o o I...- ‘ h '0‘. u o t v c 9 a n o I ‘ “'“v'c'c'.- Why Suffer? ondbromidesandwill consent) in“flattenntcffects when taken. Box of 15 Capsules 25c E. GREGORY, Want-38mm! CANADIAN i It is more than a waste of money to give Condition Pcwd' r of doubtful value. You are out your money and your stock sufâ€" fers. You can absolutelv relv u n THE OLD ENGLISH CON- D TION POWDER. It is a modern, different and better stock powdo r. Its super- ior merit has been fully proven in a hundred tests in this locality Cr sts no more than the ordinary kind. 20¢ per ll, 6 lhsfor SI.“ l. HIEINBUIHAM DRIISGISI - ”“08“!“ ' '4‘"! MC Len nan Carpet Sweepers Meat Cutters Axes Leather Mitts Saws ‘- l“ 45000 Feet,“ Thirteen warm-'- m lotus BYLIW mm â€"-+-â€"â€" Council is Divided as to Whether Another Vote Should he Ta- ken on itâ€"A Road Roller in Favor Council met in committee on Thursday nightâ€"in one of 111050‘ committees of which there must be] so many to get the things done and in the way that the council outliucsf These meetings will be all the more numerous by reason of the snail speed in which business is done in them. For example: on 'l‘luirsduv night a. letter from Mr. A. I). Mullon protested against having a ceuu-nt walk past his property. Mr. Mul- lon's neighbors had petitioned for the walk as required by law, and coun- cxl had no option in the mattcr ; yct. knowing that, the nldermcn wasted 2O uninutes studying over the streets in that vicinity and discuss-3 lug Mr. Mullon’s letter, instead of going on to matters that. Could be dealt with. Alertness and desputch are the great need of the new body.‘ The business of this town has be- come t00 voluminous to permit of irrelevant matters and side-issues, either in committee. or at council. or course the alderman will find out‘ Ald. O'Reilly moved that he be given of $3000 We might issu . c dcbcml ms the contract. and the motion was ‘for that. I seconded by Ald. Robinson and car- ried. Hr. Chamberlain said that when Ald. O'Reillyâ€"Not by any means : that deficit has either got to be paid by a higher rate or handed over to he had seen what good walks had next year's council. Jenn built, in Lindsay he revised his opinion as to what price he could tender at in this town. Mayor Sootheranâ€"Tbat is your opinion. I was sayingâ€" Ald. O'RcilIyâ€"Wcll, I huu‘ a right. Aid. O'Reillyâ€"And yet there one to express it. people who say our walks will not stand. Mayor Soothcmnâ€"ch. you huvo. but ll. would be bcLu-r not to fulcr- Mr. (.‘hombprlainâ€"Thcy talk nonq rupt. sense. The mayor discovcrcd that the 1500 feet of walk to be built. in front of tho hospital had boon omit- ted. by a clerical error. from the list supplicd the Toronto him. Mr. (,‘humbcrluiu said he budcomv down under summons to album the (‘hulmcrs' trial. He knew nothing of thc cuSc and lmd in Icuvc a gang of 30 or 40 mr-u at work in tho city. He would send the town a bill for his hotel ex]:cnse and the loss of time from his duties in Toronto. ,Ilis company would bc glad to top-- dcr on the good Lomls whcn the town, wus ready to build tbmu. Mr. L. V. O'Connor usknd that, Mr. A. J. Graham. clothing mcr~ chunt, be allowed to put. his ndvcr- tiscmcnt on the strect sprinkling cart. for five seasons on condition that hc keep the cart wcll puintmi. Mr. Weldon Brown said that Mr. A. I). Mollon bud writtcn council protesting against a cemcnt walk in front of his place. Mr. Brown cxâ€" pluined that Mr. Mullon. Mr. Killublv and himself Were the only persons concerned. The latter two bad pc~ titioncd for the walk according to law. and wanted it built. Ald. O'Rcillyâ€"We have no power that. they “Ill never overtake the to interfere with a legal petition. busineSs ahead of them unless theyl For some time, however, council do business at high pressure when struggled with the geography and they meet. lwalks of that neighborhood bcforc Awarding the contract. for the 45" realizing that it Was poor 10 o'clock 000 feet of cmnent. walks to be built. next summer, was the chief busincss done at Thursday night's meeting. A rather important discuSSion on the good roads Question took place also! There were several tcndcrs in for; building the walks. The prices rLsk-‘ cd Varied betwccn 12.85 cents and‘ 14.5-8. The Forest City Paving Comâ€" {pany of London made the low offer. but had bad luck with their chcquc which is required from each tcnderer as an evidence of good faith. and is to be " First the Forcst City peoplc forgot. to enclose their choquc with the ionâ€" der, but finding that out wircd that. .) per cent. of the tendon, and that there Were matters needing their attcntion. Mr Lockwood appeared to say that. a letter in the Evening Post made him four that the trainmcn might not be given thc council chamber to hold their bull in. Coun- cil promiscd to repeal thc byâ€"law forbidding the hull being used for such purposes. GOOD ROADS AGAIN Mayor Sootbcrun-From what I hear tulkcd latcly. I bclicve SQSJIOO ‘by-lnw for good rcmls would now bc carried by tho pcoplc. 'l‘hc peopln seem to have con-lidm‘cv in us:I it lthink it Was .1 lack of ('untidcnm- that they were forwarding it. When I ,w..- °:'¢':'.‘: 3'91'0': : 3 0°. ‘ PILKIE WILL GET INJUNCTION AGAINST BUILDING THE WALKS Q If Mr. Pilkic's opinion is Correct, the Mr. J. J. Miller's contract would be no good they will Iikcly never be built. out his prcrwnt resolution On Monday Mr. I’ilkic said to built, according to the spccilicn build ucxt summer’s will not 31 good walks according to them. dered for;thc contract ; are to be could not last, and I pieces}. The specifications Cull 2 of sand and 1 of cement. durable walk. So sure uml ’9'3’0'3'0 'I'O°2°6°: O 0 3°96... until council gets 0. capable MMWO¢O€ 1*”? O°:*O'1°O'3°O°:°O'1'O°: 1 1 . . l 1 ZOO ’O'ZWZ'O‘2'O'IWZ'O'1'O2'O‘I thus on which it is proposed to and. It is not possible to build but, I know that. Walls built as these would not build them to go to for 7 parts of lake shore gravel, 'l but mixturr- 209%.. O .0 0°. 0 'o walks providud for in ; and if hc curries '0‘3‘0 o .. '0 the Watcbmun-qurdor "\Vulks $06 If it had been I \xould huvo ten- '9 O .0 “O o .9 O O '0 will not make a that it will not. that I will not. t of walks made of it. I shall ' forbidding the work matter.” 0.. O .0 '6 0.0 .0 O O ._.___â€"â€"â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"-â€""â€""â€"â€"- of $300, and counci tender invalid. This contract. was the nowfamous one that was award- ed to Gen. Coombs and taken study from him because Chalmers had arâ€" ranged to be his partner. The price then was fourteen and three quarter cents. This time Chalmers had one an eighth lower. Mr. J. J. Miller asked thirteen and a quarter cents. The Toronto Construction and Pav- ing Company were represented by. Messrs. Orpnn and Chumbcrlnin of that city. Their fender offered to do the work for a lump sum and named a rate pcr'foot for only the varia- tions from the exact 45,000 for-t of walk to be built. That is vital: the tender forms called for, and as the Toronto men were the only ones w ho had conformed to it. they suggested that theirs was the only b0mL fidc tender. Council ted: the opposite view, however, and said that, tenders at so much a foot had always been accepted. and that to find out that the lump sum was only a matter of multiplying the number of feet l-y the rate per foot. Mr. Chamberlain. a most courteous gentleman, and evidently an expertâ€"â€" he Was official inspector of walks in Toronto for years-deeply impressed the council by his remarks some of which were not at all flat- tering to the tender forms and speci- fications supplied by the town. nor. moreover, to the council's method xpress terms of the tender form in awarding the can-- He assured council that. such heard of Chamberlain for 13; edits l meats. Aid. O'Rcillyâ€"Whom do you moan? 'or Soothcrnnâ€"Wcll, poople did not for aurc that Mr. (‘hal- mom would not be commissioner. Ald. O'Rcillyâ€"Thcy knew that he was not commissioner when they voted. and was not thought of in that connection. I would oppose submitting a by-low for money to build good roads. The peoplc have rejected it twice in a few months. They knew what the alternative plans of providing money for roads Now I favor putting one of those into operation. Let us build Kent and William-fits, and put. the rate high enough to pay for them. That is what the people chose, and I believe they will endorsc us if we do it. I would votc against a 825.- 000 byâ€"law myself ; it is not cnowzh money. Ald. (‘inndnionâ€"vDiffcrent pcoplc have lately told me they had chang- cd their minds on tho road question and Would not support the by-lnw. Ald. Maunderâ€"I have heard the same. Ald. Rollnson-Lct the people who want the by-lnw submitted put up the cost of doim,r so. in case it is defeated. It would b0 foolish to go to the expense of submitting the byâ€" law after it has been voted down twice since August. Ald. Storcrâ€"Let us get a steam roller and do what we can with it on all the streets. Next. year we might get an appropriation and build some roads. Mayor Soothcranâ€"We could buy the roller and have 82 .000 left to build with. After that more money could be voted. Ald Statorâ€"We and pay for it in It could be used on t Let Mr. Miller total struts with good effect. cc according to the tender i. into his tender. Then if belo' w his company’s tender ~Mayor Sootheranâ€"You- would pay lthe outside price buying it that way -â€"at loan 6 per cent. on the balance .Ald. Cinnaelond we can borrow money on deben- ’Ald. ()'l{ciIIyâ€"\"ou interruptml mu. \ou are not chulz‘mau loâ€"night any" way. Mayor Soothuranâ€"Thv m.) b]:â€" laws might be submittwl wiz'n lha} onc- for rcuds. Alli. liobixisouâ€"â€"N0w, '5” on (Yip-i]- ly. Ald. U'llcillwao, lot Snullu'l'utl talk, Mayor Soothurunâ€"I um tliz'owqb. Ald. ()‘Ilcillyâ€"Go on and h.l_\’ Mum: more. AM. Robinsonâ€"I 11m in i;'.\l)l' of go«.d strccls, [out aflcr l but: sun the town curvcd uml mm up without any systom :1! all. I will oppose any more cxpcmlitunn anti 1 think if I got out. and work ugunnst it. as I did before, I can (ll-{cur ix, Ald. Cinnamonâ€"l fail to sm- .mjc argumcnt in that. “'0 ”um um roads, and if thc byulaw was (ll-11:1!- cd Ict us submit il again; gm the money and make tho roads 1h.» town nccds. It Can be Llonc for lilllv. if any, more than we a‘rc paying now for patching. I hear dozens any they have faith in this CUllllCll. and I think the by-Iaw would carry. Aid. McWattcrsâ€"A fcw may say they will, but we blue no ilSSIlrilllCl‘ that thcrc is any considerable chuugc in public sentiment. but llu' I‘D'fL'llL bad defeat looks the otbcr why. Ald. O'Rcillyâ€"Oftcn the man who tells you he would votc for it. has no vote on money byâ€"luws. 'I‘bc proportyuowocrs knew as much “bum, tho Case at tho rcccnt you- as tb-Iy can be told now. I don't bulicvc in adding our deficits to thc town's bonded debt either; I could give the names of those who sat in this counâ€" cil ycars ago and got rid m" the doâ€" licits that way. Last year‘s counâ€" cil had a deficit left to it ; thou cxâ€" trns by reason of incn-uwd Cost oi lwblor and material. and (bailing with snow storms and floods incn-usnxl it to what it now is. Ill-t us pay it. off. or hand it down to mm _\mu".< council. Alli. Mcl'l'attcrsâ€"lt would lw foul- ish to ask for $25.0(m for n .11.» I would vote for STSJNW or Slimfl'l”. llu! wc should have good l't‘.l<l)tl 10 bvlicvv that. thc people want to vote. the moncy bcfca‘c wc submit tln- I1}- luw again. Mayor Soothe::mâ€"Tbcrc buvw no debenturcs issued for l‘.u:‘.l.i::u' debts sincc lH‘IT. All. ()‘lit-illy. Ald. O’Itcillyâ€"Thcxc was tlun, Mayor Soothcrmuâ€"No, tlum- was not. Alli, (l'IIcillyâ€" When was thu (ll-lit. consolidutcd ‘.’ 'I‘Iu- ('Ir-rkâ€"In IR92. Mayor Soothcranâ€"I know not in thc- council. Ald. Storcruâ€"Lct us gm :1 sit-um rollcr anyway and mnkc snlm' mmls. We Could, with it and tho gl‘mlvr makc a big improvement on own our clay streets. Ald. McCracâ€"You can run it for $5 or 86 a day ; a horse roller Costs $10 a day. Ald. Storerâ€"Wc can run the steam roller for $4.25. It takes only om- man to run it, and it will draw the gradcr. We should got a Buffalo- I’itts at $3.400. We could use a, bent link and run the rollcr in the middle of the road whilc it was drag- ging the grader along tbc road-side. We need a Iii-ta] roller. [ know something about a railway locomo- tive, and I know I could run one of these stcnm rollers. Mr. Chamberlain hnd l‘Oâ€"(‘llh‘l‘l‘d the clerk's office. and. when askcd his opinion about the rollcr. said that on ordinary 154m] rollor would- bc continually getting mired on our clay streets. An 9 or 10â€"10“ wido rollcr was the thing for our clay streets. Three mcn must be counted on ‘ one to run it. his assistant and a night watchman. Ald. Scorerâ€"0h. there is some gravel on nearly all our streets, Wa could keep the roller in the cen- That woul carry it all right. . Chamberlainâ€"0h, perhaps. Aid. McWattersâ€"How Would you get a 15â€"ton roller over the buidgc? Ald. O'Reillyâ€"Thc ncw Lindsayâ€"st.- bridgc will carry it, and thc govern- ment is going to build a ncw swing part next summer. We should get a footâ€"walk put on the west side of our part, so that tho govmnment will make their part with a walk on bath sides. Mayor Soothemnâ€"Wcll. as to the sum we should ask forâ€"l dc- not ob- ject to making it more than $251100 if you wish. Ald. flounderâ€"As far as the poop‘ le's talk goes, they will talk in favor of which ever side they think the one they talk to is on. Aid. Cinnamonâ€"Surely tbcy will say what they mean on such a. mata tar. Ald. O'ReiIIyâ€"It would be just as enable to ask the people it they had changed their minds about clcct- ing us, as to submit that, money by- law again so scan. Md. Robinsonâ€"Well, we must do Kent-st Way with screened gra- lll' “ I \‘C n s