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Price, No. 1, $1 get box; No. a, 10,degrees stronger,$3 per box. 0. 1 or 2, mailed on receipt of price and two Rent stung? The Cook Company Wind 1' Ont. @- cs. 1 and 2 sold and recommende By all responsible Dmgglsts in Conant. N0. 1 and 2 is Sold in Lindsay by S. Perx'in. ’\. Higinbotham, Morgan Bros. and R. Gregory, druggists. Lave J unction . Arrive m J uhction A Who st. Bmcmfl ) We gin-a hundsmneopen ,« face, Polished ’ ,_ , ' Nickel Watch, Ameri- _ ' eun Lever Movement 7 ( for selling only 2 doz. packages ofchet Pa. must fragrant varieties or all colors. You can earn this time Watch in an afternoon by setting to Work at once. Mail us this advertisement and we will forward the Seeds. sen them. return the money. ‘5”.‘1 Wu gmmntce sale deliv~ cry of your \"atrh at, once. \\ nte to day. as the season {or scmngsccd in 5mm. Seed Supply 00.. Toronto. STRONG AND VIGOROUS. Every Organ of the Body Toned up and Invigorated by Milburns Heart and Nerve Pills cum all diseases arising from weak heart, worn out nerve tissues. or watery blood Mr. F. W. Meyers. King St. E.,Berlm Ont., says: “I sufl'ered for five year: with palpitation, shortness of breath, sieeplessness and pain in the heart. but one box of Milbnm’s Heart and Nerv: Pills completely removed all 1211959 dis- tressing symptoms. I have not sufiered since-taking them. and now sleep well and £99] strong and vizorons.” WEST END STORIS Telephone 82 .Cook’s Cotton Root Compound l. 3.4150 RAILWAY, a. r. a. manor. WATCH L F. t 0. SERVICE. LOCAL T! M B-TABLB .................... ?$(_)p.n. ......l‘l 00:.n 11 00:4! .PD. 5 15 On Saturday night the lighting negotiations took an acute form. They were conducted at short range -â€"in close quarters in fact; for the company and council met and debat- ed terms and prices for more than two hours. Messrs. Sadler, Needler lieesor and Solicitor \Stewart repre- sented the company; the council was reinforced by Solicitor Hopkins. ’The company‘s lawyer read a. statement which included the prices for both street and domestic lighting. The final figures for the latter were the old ones of $45 for arc lights and $8 for incundescent. The price for domestic lighting and the general THE COMPANY AND THE COUNCIL MEET terms of contract offered may be gathered from the statement, which is as follows : as possible and among other things gave way to them as to turning the incundesunt lumps on and off. That was the last time we met the com- Inittee. “e Were not innth and Ldid not utttnd any meetings of the tconnnittee after that. Afterwards twe hCard a stteet rumor that some ;me1nbers of the committee proposal one: mg 840 for the arc lamps and $7 for the incandescents. In View of all that had taken place we could scarcely credit this rumor until we saw it verified in the letter of your solicitor to you dated 14th inst. We observe that there is no report before you upon this from the comâ€" mittee. We need scarcely say that, we were surprised that such a reâ€" duction should be even suggested at this late day. We cannot here disâ€" CItss the matter of price, but we asâ€" sert that the prices agreed upon last fall were very low and that a con- tract upon those prices would be a splendid contract from the standâ€" point of the town. Compared with lthe prices paid in other places our offer is exceedingly low and any per- “son who has any expert knowledge of the value of these lights must tell sou th_.t the lights are cheap at the prices approved at the public meet- :ing- last November, viz. $45 and $8 3respectively. We made our lowest ‘ofier then and cannot in justice to ourselves recede from it now. To the Mayor and Alderman or Luv town of Lindsay: Gentlemen :â€"â€"We wish to address ourselves to you concerning the light.- ing of the streets of the town. After much negotiating between the special lighting committee and the company we arrived last November at the price of $45 each for street are lamps of 1500 nominal candle power, to be kept lighted from dusk until 1 a.m. each night and we also arrived at the price of $8 each for 16 c.p. incan- descent lights to be turned on and off each day by one of the town officers. A number of members of the com- mittee had requested the company to come down to $45 as the price of the arc lamps so as to be able to close a contract. When the above. prices were arrived at they had the approv- al of the committee and since then .m nthmâ€" nrices have been mentioned Solicitor Stewart Reads the Company's Ultimatum al of the. committee and since then no other prices have been memionod much less discussed between the com- puny and the committee. We thought then, and still think, that we ought to have received a larger price. for both of these lamps but in order to arrive at a conclusion we agreed to accent the prices named. ‘ At a public meeting held on the 27th of November last the whole. matter was pretty fully discussed and a resolution was carried by the meet- ing approving of these prices and instructing the committee to enter into a. contract at those prices pro- vided a satisfactory arrangement Could be made with regard to (lo- mestic lighting. Some days after that. meeting a draft of the proposed contract was delivered to us with the prices therein specified at $45 for are lights and $8 for incandescent lights as aboxe mtntioned, only that it did not provide for the incandes- cent lights being turned on and oh" by the town and it was upon this condition the price had been fixed at $8. We object to the substance and wording of clause 14 of the .contzfiagt and say that. it is unfair. 'Wé are asked to purchase new the very. best We discussed the terms and con- ditions of the contract with some members of the committee and withâ€" in a few days after its receipt by us handed back the draft contract with certain proposed alterations, but there was no question over the fig? ures $45 and $8 by either side. The matter lay dormant pending the municipal elections and since then the committee, with instructions from the council, met the company when a good deal of time was spent in dis- cussing the various provision: of the contract, but the prices therein con- tained were not questioned. At this meeting we endeavored to meet the. requests of the committee as far Statement Mayor and Aldermen of the lamps to be obtained in the market to put the line in a firstâ€"class state of repair and further the town may at any time during the continuance of the contract:- require us to change the location of any Of these lamps‘ and also put in additional lamps and at the end of five years from the time of entering into the contract we are required by clause 14 to remove all ;our plant of every kind and des- .criptien which may naxe been put 'up and solely used for lighting the streets, and this notwithstanding ‘that some of the lamps and some of J the poles and wires at that time may be almost new; and that all the lamps will be as good as new, for these lamps after five years use are {as good as new, and many of the 'poles would be as good as new, and all would be in fairly good condition. We are asked by this clause 14 to expend a considerable amount of car»; ‘ital in the purchase of new plant and‘ tin the repair of the present street plant and in advance place ourselves in the position of having all this dead stock upon our hands at the end of five years. W‘VCI‘O clause 14 to stand we would have open to us at the end of the contract one or other of two alternatives, either to accept such price for the portion of our plant used for street lighting only as the town might arbitrarily offer or otherwise to take down and carry ‘auax that portion of our plant. which means to depreciate its value very much and to give it what is popularly called ”scrap iron" value. We are not willing to submit to this but we are willing to make. a fair and business like agreement in regard to this. If at the end of the con- tract the town wishes to go into strret lighting on its own account it seems to Us fair that you should talu- from us such portions of our plant We object also to clause :21 of the agreement which is as follows :â€"-"It is also agreed between the said par- ties that the High Court of Justice for Ontario shall from time to time due full jurisdiction, power and authority to decree and enforce specific performance of this agreement. and to (1m ‘ise and order szpuial renie dies and means of enforcing any 01 do: r j1.dgnient, and also to assess and adjudge spot i 11 and substantial ‘ damages for any breach or non-perm; f()I‘lll‘dllL'tf or failure to carry out or‘ abide by any of the covenants, agreeâ€" ments, provisons or conditions here- in contained, as they may see lit. notwithstanding - .nv rule of law or practice or any leg ".11 rules as to dam- ages.” This 'clause is something; unique and original. We are willing to submit ourselves to the law of tlu-j land but} we'are not willing to subâ€"1 init ourselves to an unknown scheme which shall bei devised by one or more individuals in' future without either your or our approval. h Sometimes entails much litigmion and heavy cost to interpret the statute law of the land. What this: clause might be said to mean and' what it would cost to find that out;- is difficult to say. We confess qur, own inability to comprehend its meaning. The courts already have full jurisdiction in the premises and we doubt either your power or ours as are suitable for other brancnes of our business at a fair valuation. Rates for Domestic Lights Concerning domestic rates we proâ€" pose to fix the maximum rates for private consumers at 131/2 cents per 1000 watts with 20 per cent. off if paid within the first ten days of each month. which is equivalent to IOcts. net; and we will place churches and lodge rooms upon the same schedule as residences. This is a very sub- stantial reduction in the metre rate to churches. You will observe that the contract provides for a rate of 8 cents net for municipal buildings inâ€" cluding the public library and tire hall. “e “ould be glad to make the rates lower but we cannot. see our way clear to do that for the present. at least, We will make a. further re- duction of 20 per cent. to hotels and business establishments using our light. regularly throughout the year after midnight. So far as large con~ sumers are. concerned that; must. be left as a matter of special contract with the company. The giving- of flat rates gcnerally cannot be based upon any sound business principle. A flat rate encourages extravagance and Waste in the use of light which means a waste of power and money. We believe that if all or nearly all our customers were using light upon a flat rate it would result in a waste of at least 25 per cent. of power over the power which would be required for extra rates, whkh would mean the withdrawal of probably 75 hp. from motor purposes during the hours of the night. You Can figure for yourselves, gentlemen, the number Of wasted dollars which that. repreâ€" sents. We are firmly convinced that except in special cases and for small consumers there should not; be any more {lat rates granted and if the municipal corporation stood in :31!‘ position we would as stoutly adâ€" vance this idea. Wfiw portauce the other matters of detail Can probably be arranged between us. In conclusion let us say that, throughout these negotiations we have endeavored to deal fairly and liberally \\ 1th the toun and we wish to so continue until the end. Yours truly, The Light Heat Power Co, Lindsay (Limited). WM. NEEDLER, President. ~ T 1105:. SADLER, Vice-President. B. F. REESOR. Manager. to give them more jurisdiction than they possess by the written and un- written law of the land. This is not intended to be an ans- \Wer in full to the letter of your soâ€" licitor, nor to fully discuss the obâ€" jectionable features of the draft con- tract. We have touched upon those Which appear to us to be of first, im- Mr. Stewartâ€"No. We heard that it might be offered us. We have till now had no chance to reject it, but. we now most emphatically refuse it. Will Not Come Lower The Mayorâ€"Was there no ofier of $40 and S7 ? Ald. Jacksonâ€"Winn was the last contract made ? Mr. Stewarthov. lst, 1892. It expired in 1897. In 1825 the pres- ent company took over Mr. Recsor's plant and with it the contract. Ald. Jacksonâ€"4Vhat. price do churches get now ? Mr. Stewartâ€"15 cents per 1,000 watts; we propose to make it 10â€"- a reduction of 50 per cent. A1d,.Jack50nâ€"â€"Will you have no flat rates ? Mr. StewartmNot after this. Solic Hopkinsâ€"We can gét. it unâ€" dsr statute in spiLe of you Mr. Ste“ artâ€"J tell y,ou Vou \\ on '1 get them Solic. Hopkinsâ€"It, would not, 1)! (Ln: in a. year. I could act for 1110 company and block it for (in: years. Mr. SLmvartâ€"No you couldn't. Solis. Hopkinsâ€"Look at Toronto. AH. Sinclairâ€"That, is different n} toguther. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"Could"you value the sinet plant ‘? Ald. Sinclairâ€"£703, 1 can. So'lic. Hopkinsâ€"There is no telling how the courts may interpret 111:: (‘onnlce Act. It seems to my 111111 the town cannot put in a plant. vim- or the street plant; or the \Vhoic plant At the end of the contract we might ofl'cr and the company say “arbi- trate" and after the expcnsa and do- Mr. Stewartâ€"A man like the mayor or Mr. Waiters would sctLlc iL in half a (lay. . iay of an arbitration. Uh,- cmnpamy mighL we say, “We will nut sell at all." ll; is the' proper thing 10 scnlc nnw, that, the contract will have us clear to acL at, its expira- Liun. , A 2 M1". Stewartâ€"That is nonsense; Solic. Hopkins-â€"â€"It isihc opinion of the lost. lawyers. ‘I will admit, Mr. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"But. we can com- pel them. Mr.~SLcwarLâ€"â€"-You need not come here and talk that way. “'0 are tryâ€" ing to reach a settlcmcnt: “hat. is the use of talking about what you can do in spite of us. Solicitor Ilopkins-â€"IL is better fur us to fix now what will be clone, at the end of the time. 11' iL is lez'L to 111* Connlce Bill there will be lots of Lmuble and expense finding out what it d3es compel; and even to get an arbitration to decide the value of the street plant if we were required to make an offer would be expensive and tedious. Mr. Stewartâ€"We might want Lin-m for other lighting. But nmlur the contract, you could order us a your bz-fure it cxpirch to put up 1,000 feet of wire anywhere and at the end of the year make us take it down again. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"I am only stating a fact. The Conmec Bill Mr. Stewartâ€"We object {o the {lguse of the furmal contract, requir- iiig us to remove the poles, wires and lamps at the and of five years if tho contract is not rtnewcd. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"Yes; by statute thn company could refuse to let us. Ald. Sinclairâ€"I am not up (m 211'- statute. Solic. Hopkins â€" That was un- derstood at the public meeting. Mr. SLOVVvJ'Lâ€"-I don't think so. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"Yes, and I \Vnuld stick for it 10 the last. Ald. Sinclairâ€"The poles and win-s won'L hinder the town frum muting- in its own plant, thVn. Solic. Hopkinsâ€"We don't. Want un- sightly poles left there after the «run- lract anyway. The Mayorâ€":«What docs I’ctorhom' pay ? ' Mr. Stewartâ€"They get a, 2.000 c. p., all night, service for $65 per lamp. “'0 would rather do that. Mr. Stewartâ€"Why do you want, us to take them away ‘? Mr. Recsorâ€"We offered that. for $10 a lamp more. Ald. Sixu‘laiPâ€"Ji'hat is “hat I Want to know. (Continued on Page ‘30) THE DISCUSSION these negotiations we med to deal fairly and 1 the town and we wish re until the end. Yours m-ht, Heat; Power Co, NEW PROPRIETOR Haring uken over the above Livery B an has made vest unpm :ements and has now one o! the most complete and up-to-dete livedes in town solicits e shue of public pettonsge Comfortable Rigs, Good Horses, Polite Atten tion wdl be the motto of the new proprietou'. J A1185 WORKMAN This signature is on every A130:} 9! the genuine I -..._A.:-_- 9.5. â€"Drop in and see the improvements. REAL ESTATE, LOAN AND GENERAL INSURANCE The undersigned has opened 060:. afiWood- ville md Lindsay. and is prepued to transact I will visit my Lindsay ofice EVERY SATUF. DAY. It is situated in the rear ofthe Dominion uh. entrance from William-39 Putin wanting to buy. sell or rent Farm. V’dhgeor‘rmproperty.shouldcallmdseeue. Being uqntinted with neatly every man and receiving prompt attention. Charges moderate. ' It tones up and restores the stomach to normal condition so that it digests food without causing discomfort. Here’s proof posxtivc: Miss Maggie Splude, Dalhousie, ND" wrote the following: “I have been a suflerer from Liver Complaint and Dys- pepsia. for the past two years and felt very miserable. I could not take much food as it hurt me to eat. My friends said, ‘ Why don't you try B.B.B.’ Idid so, using two bottles, wk... made such a complete cure that I can now out any- thing I like without it causing me dimom - fart " tort; The pain, nausea and dis- tress that Dyspeptics suffer after every meal can all be permanently removed by Bur- dock Blood Bitters. SOLID Wegi rethlsbcautlmlSOHd Gal-l ninzsct with a ruby com and two puns. {or selling only lime“ Putin: Beau- ty Pins at 10c. amt. Thea Pins are {midml in gold and enamel. pn- fli‘y en gnu d and no: uly carded. thme w a Sr t. The) are such sph- and“ value our axmt-x sell them inalmmtov cry house. Stud us this advertisement and we Z will {award the Pins. Sell (In-m. rrtnrn the money. and this beauti- ful Solid Gold Ringwi‘l he sent 3. on ' y In turn mail.n1nohm-Iy free. nonunion Smelly (0.. Box 34 Toronto. (an. I sell Grain Farms. Timber Lou, Grtzin Fans, Private and Business blouse. and Lots. EPPS’S 0000A Hurt To Eat. inseam: short. Seed Supply (26.. Toronto. (an. It EPPSS 8000A GRATEFUL COMFORTING Distinguished everywhere for Delicacy of Flavour Superior Quality, and Highly Nutritive Properties. Specially grate- ful and comforting to the nervous and dyspeptic. Sold only in é-lb tins, lebelled JAMES EPPS 00., Ltd. Homescpathic Chemists, London. England. BREAKFAST SUPPER Al t‘le Livery and Boatding Stables. just nonh of the Academy of Music. F6 . éEE] ~> , [fl We give this hnmtifiu // ) ‘ Solid G: M Ring. :1 at. wixh Pearls. lur selling on] 15 [xv-Rug“ or Swu‘t Pm Set at. 10“. eurh. Each paI'kazvcoutainsasplemhdmxx. Lure ut’the must. fmgmut vane- rics. ofall culnmi. Man! In: this advertisement and wc- will (ur- ward the Sceds. Sc-ll than. re ‘ mm the mom! . and this bran Yiful.SuIid Go 11. Pearly-t, Rina , , null bewntyon,mre1‘ully pack- ' ’ cd in a \‘clvezmwd box. Write to day. Ihc season {or vi!- Large stock of mouldings always on hand at - Oil Paintings Colored Photographs Small Photo Frames AND STATIONERY STORE JAMES WORKMAN J. C. EYI€ES 6E0. A. LITTLE’S SOLID GOLD‘ SEEDS THE WATCUMANâ€"WARDERL 0,. fl; 33:1 BMW workman, t1] 9M0” manta compare price- bdore PM, woufi-Intbwdthowolw mmwmm -n J. 1;. EDWARDS m Mechanics Tools Violins, Bows and Strings Banjoes and Strings, (initars and Strings Mandolins and String Aut0=flarps and Strings ' (iramophones and Records. Lindsay Marble Works; ROBT. CHAMBERS Headquarters for all kindsf of Bud Sarnia 3nd American Con! 01“! BOUGHT AND SOLD 0" 00" MISSION k prepared to furnish “be put" of L‘rdm'fi ”3% m uoscum‘fi .-I_ both Mable 3nd Gm. mrmnpuy given on m “we!“ um. um. Topu, Wash rope. Mantle 5““ __..l_-. J. G. Edwards 6: c0 My Musical Guuds F St nckâ€"â€", Specnal Low Prices AXES, CROSS CUT SAWS, CIRCULAR SAW 8, SCALES, WASHING MACHINES. WHEEL- .. BARRO WS, CECE: SIGN OF THE MILL SAW Mouth Organs and other {astu- ments, Music Books or Sheet Mgsic got on shortest notice. McLENNAN CO. w v , Ihavcanumber of fist-class houses 319”; , to rent. They u: principally b'id‘dw' loaned. Prices nag: from $1.000 1° 5"“: I also have a number of choice Wm.” or rent. They are well simmed Ind a: good state of cultivation. App}? ‘0 4 T cfiififdfi LiNDSAY Hard Coal. Steam Coal. Chaxcoal. Gr“ Coal, Blacksmith Coal REM. ESTATE You: house will be more Minn- able sad the danger {tom cold *_ ceased if your doors end vim ue protected with WEATm STRIPS. They sure much game way of fuel and don’t cost much either. A Dollu buys lots of Wenthn Striping end save; My times its cost. IRON. STEEL cLENNANMO, 3500111 51m; 01- K231 ' Builders’ flardwaié W “cm ROBT WEHAMBERS PORTLAND!) CEMENT mm: CLAY FIRE BRICE‘ Toronto Mr. 1 John M 10, for like hav score 0 gift the Rod's c: school held in neighba and Wh nioelv the E9 McGee, at pr95€ Mr. E hockcs held by IV on F family : Sort hw‘ they 1‘0 v: ithout {RUSK courtes‘; E beg-firm Currie, ‘ Bay 3‘ 1899. ‘ the {an 0n N 'anning‘ SORT ievi \‘ Miss 3.11165 sit Ml