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£1250 LATE)“. Council have decided to give the street-lighting contract to the Light, Heat .6; Powér Company-An fact they have so deCided several times, for the first thing they did on re- ceiving the company’s tender was to adopt a resolutmn "that it be ac; cepted. [3E Council did not get a price on the gas for an allâ€"night everyâ€"night serâ€" vice on all or some 01‘ the streets, 'l‘h‘vy did not ask what the Light} .lleat 8; Power Company wouldj charge for current to light lamps put up by the town. The plan of generating the power in connection with the waterworks they ignored, although knowing that the only pop- ular vote ever taken on the subject demanded that method of street- lighting. When the alternatives of ‘ the case have been so disregarded, council can hardly claim to have considered the light, question in other capacity than that of comedians. But they have decided to light the streets with an unknown number of electric. lamps at $50 each. Now what is it. that. they propose to do? The electric light is a satisfactory} light. but what is the proposition? Listening to the discuss-ions of coun- cil one constantly hears the remark that this or that number Of l-aimps cannot :be afforded. Now is it pI’O- posed to light the town, or to light it only so far as it can be lit for a certain amount of maney ? Are aldermen pleased with the price per lamp and scared by what it amounts to when multiplied by a sufficient number of lamps ? That seems to be the case; for they are constantly considering not how many lamps will light the town, but how many they can get for so much money. Totals will stalk the nomination platform. Plenty of aldermen could courageously face $50 for one lamp who would take to the woods over $4,.“OU for 80 lamps. But there is no use making a bargain whose to- tals you cannot face, for it is the toâ€" tals the tax-payer will have to deal During tiations adopted the mod contrac terms Of wards. . Before approaching t-ne company at all council took pains. to adopt. a. resolution saying that they would not have the gas, and throughout the negotiations no op? portunity to adopt a motion that they would take the electric light, was lost. Much cannot be said for the method of council's bargaining. The acceptance of the company’s proposition was a foregone conclu- sion with half the council, and for the other half it speedily developed a mesmeric fascination. The conver- sion of the mayor was sudden en- ough to suit an old-time Methodist. ; from lustiiy singing the praises of the gas as the best ever, Ald. Cin- namon all at once decided that he would not have it about his place. No particular fault is being found with these somersaults, except that they were rather too sudden and energetic to comport with the dig- nity of an alderman and the impor- Iance of the question in hand. Yet. they are quite characteristic. Gym- nastics are a chief aldermamc acâ€" compiishment. It cannot be said that council went into the pro‘rflem of street- lighting very tho-roughly. In that zulpiess fashion that they have un- dertaken so many things, they drif- trd into the one scheme presented to them. without even asking if there were alternatives. But alternatives there are. and to close a $25,000 contract without examining them seems the height of folly. the method of councu The acceptance of 1 proposition was a {0; sion with half the co the other half it spec! The point here is that there is no usu contracting for a light with which you cannot afford to light the town. Sixty electric lamps will not do it; they will not light it gener- uli).'â€"si.c:ii~ing as well as it is lit noW. 'l‘h-cre‘ is no use in buying $3000 worth of electric light, for ‘it will not light the town. Council had no trouble in plotting 86 lamps, and then had no two nearer together than they should be. Likely 80 lainps would do very well. Less than that will only be a makeshift “ith plenty of grievances that will be gradually removed by putting in more lamps an an increased total cost. That is a. solution of the street-lighting problem that the toan does not want. It wants to know what it will have to pay for an adq’qhate electric lighting Rather than any inadaiuate electric system, we should prefer 20 electric lamps on Kent and William-51:8. at 375% w 1 THE STRE‘LT-L' FEIG HT Wéfifigflsw “I '7! shed Every Tz‘my are once or twice, and finally n to give the company'the was carried first, and the t he cpntract settled after- ““‘--" onnrnn rhing' the the progress of tht: mega-7 l similar resolution was iT-LIGBTIHG GOKTRAG T ifigfisfi’flfifl giV8,-29 “:575 eachâ€"0m pl'zw .W-flv'. for soâ€"the electric lighting all night on the business streets Would cost $1,500, and the 100 gas lamps on the residential streets till midnight. another $1,500, or $3000 altogether. We are not partial to that System. but it is a very possible alternative to an all-electric system that is either so small as to give a worse light than there is now, or so large as -to make exorbitant demands on Mr. Sam Parkin (Ops) : “Some years ago I was selling barley for 23 cents a bushel, and found I was not, getting; rich very quickly. One day I decided to stop selling and feed it to the pigs. I bought, some hogs and after keeping careful account of eVerth-ing but my labor in foo-ding I found that I was making about. 55 cents out of my barley.” EDITGRlAL NOTES TO SOME PEOPLE the fact that a condemned bridge has not yet falâ€" len down is not sufficient reason that it should not be rebuilt. THAT THEORY of Mr. Hardy’s, that no inspector is needed on the public library work because people can see how it is going, ought to be a very comfortable one for the con- tractors, who conduct operations with no other cheek than the strain- ed graZe of the interested but un- initiated taxâ€"payer, as he presses his cheek bones up against the heml‘ock enclosure, and conducts his observa- tions with the present fear arising from the knowledge that if any part of his anatomy is discovered inside the barricade it will promptly be kicked out. Those contractors have done enough defective Work for the to merit for themselves the town inspector's Measure of a capable a very comfortable one tractors, who conduct with no other check them ed graze of the intcre initiated tax-payer, as h cheek bones up against enclosure, and conducts tions with the present from the knowledge that of his anatomy is discc the barricade it will kicked out. Those cont done enough defective v town to merit for th pleasure of a. capable company . M â€"â€"L‘uxnp B. of the L. ll. . l'.. mil- way construction gangs is locatvd opposite Riverside cmnotcry. 'l‘lwru one can get no idea of how railway building is done through an easy country. The work is following thrrc linvs of stakes, that “run; the centre and each side of the wriu to be graded. 0n the whittled front and back of the centre stake are marked in red pencil the .‘(Icuticn and the number of feet to be filled in (=2 dug: out at that point. Theta! are down at every nun-lord fvet. They have been put there by the engfm‘ers. The construction gangs with their teams. plows and s-*:.'u1wrs (mud-and wheel) come along and do the work. There are l4 teams and 20 men in Camp B. l‘hey are in charge of Foreman Raymund \a‘lio hm had 14: years experience in such wcrk He said; “The drv weather has been greatly in -ur hunr. !i it had been wet it would have cost us twice as much to haw handled this clay. I was infchargc ~of a; gang straightening curves and filling hollows on the C. P. R. tewlctn No: 3.1 Bay and Winning ‘ balm-2": I came here. Up thére the 1mm. got $1.75 a day, were charged~$4L50 "a. pair for blankets, $1.00 nahumth for data: and 56 cénts for. mail: Hex-em they get»$2.00wte'$2.?.5 a day, ‘hav'c «bun sets found; afid‘mymlmts “if. mdnth for. doctor. The gracling. 7,7031”. this line is mostly. Jone, flu" che rails will notbela‘zd. tillv-‘Sffi‘ling. O’BRIEN-â€"At Lindsay, on Sunday Oct. 11th, Carita, infant daughter of Kr. and Mrs. Albert O’Brien. Fwd â€" . Sam. Howe: “My theory of Davey's drowning is that he Was taking off his boots to rest his feetâ€"if you want 'to be comfort- able in a canoe take of! your bootsâ€"and when he got one of! he upset the canoe, likely by try- ing to get the other off. Then he has rightcd the craft and tri- ed to get. in until he hm‘ 'to let. --V~V V,, A. M. Paton: “The success of the specialties and horse-racing at the fair, convinces me that the idea of a big sporting park which some of us advocated in the Board of Trade a couple of years ago, is a good one. I am satisfied that as the arena. of general, and all sports, it would. pay from the outset.” â€" A! Littte Local Lines FEW WORDS Died arcial Tru vul- Sale at one o'clocl; sharp and without reserve. v .v..‘ ty of Mr. Wm. Bray.~ Sale at cne o’clock on the premises, lot 12 north Portage Road, Eldon. As Mr. Bray has rented his farm everything will be sold without re- SOI‘VC . FRIDAY, OCT. 23rd 1903.â€"-By Pet- er Brown, auctioneer, credit salt.- of farm stock and implements. the property of Mr. Walter Jordan. A 1-L 01 an” FRIDAY. OCT- 13th"? bell, auctioneer.‘_ TWO HUNDRED ACRES, 5 miles ‘ lrom town. There is a bank b'urn 45 x 80 and two others. and a modern brick house, all in first- class condition. TWO HUNDRED ACRES near Beth- any; land and buildings are excel- lent. TWO HUNDRED ACRES, 9 miles south of Lindsay; nearly all clear- ed, good buildings; near school and church. ONE HUNDRED AND ‘aWEETY ACRES, two miles south of Ome- mee: well improved. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AC- res near Camcron‘; all clotujcd; good buildings. TWO 'HUNDRE’D- ACRES in the Township of Thorah, lot. 8, con. 1. Buildings good. This is a choice farm, surrounded by all conven- iences-markets. churches, schools. etc. Apply to J amen Donnell Beaverton, or C. CHI'I'I‘ICK, Lind-o say. ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN acres. 5 miles west of Lindsay. Im- proved. Very desirable farm. TWO HI’NDRED AND THIRTEEN ACRES. south half of Lots, 1], l2 and 18, beautifully situated on the shore of Lake Simcoe, 3 miles from Oeaverton; two storey brick house and a number of outbuildings. This is without exception the Best farm in the township, and one of the best in the-province. ONE HUNDRED ACREB, two miles from Janetville, 50 stores clam-ed. balance valuable wooded land: a small house and orchard; framé barn. The farm is conveniently situated; TWO HUNDRAD ACRES, in the Township of Fen-51011, seven miles northwest of Lindsay, on the lead ing road to F'enelon Falls. l-‘ramo house, large frame barn and stable all i-'n good repair. , ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY AC. RES close to the corporation of Lindsay ; brick. dwelling, barn and other buildings, all in good re- pair. This is one of. the bat farms in OPS. ALSO A NUIBER OF HOUSES for saie in town. For W partial; lars apply to C. GHIEIW‘ICK Lind: sunâ€"423m. FARMS FOR SALE 16thâ€"By Arch Camp eer. Credit sale of William Moncrief. lot. ortage Road, Eldon. a o’clock and without smm HOWEâ€"Came into tae. ‘ of the undersigned, Lot 5. Con 11, Galvvay, on or about. STRAYED.â€"â€"Into the prexmses o! the undersigned. north half, lot 6, Con. 14, Mariposa. one . ewe and lamb; 0Wnel‘ is requested to prove property, pay expenses. and take the animals away. Mrs. T. R. GREENAWAY, Woodville, Ont.â€" STRAYED.â€"â€"Camc onto of the undersigned, South Ward, near Iro or about the 18th Se red and white year-old or is requested to prc pay expenses and rem: mal. THOMAS CU Lindsay P. O.â€"-42-3. STOCK FOR SALE. â€" snoruwru Durham Cattle, male and female, several got by the sweepstakes bull “Bonnie Boy." Also a number of FARM FOR SALEâ€"Being the west. half of Lot 20. Con. 2, in the Township of Eldon, containing 53 acres, 20 acres cleared and in good state of cultivation. free from stumps ahd stones ; 10 acres under pasture, the balance timbcred. There is on the premises a frame house 18 x 24 and summer kitchen; frame stable 22 x 32: log stable 18 x 24: implement house 55 x 16: 2 good wells. Covenient to church railway station and school. For further particulars apply or write ‘to JAMES JACK, Bolsover, Ont. 42-3. TEACHER OF ELOCUTION. VOICE CULTURE, PHYSICAL CULTURE. FENClflapETC- MONEY corner ngll oer. H. N. Shaw. late Principal of Toronto College 0! Elocution. Runnerâ€"61 Cumulus; STIR". Term: made known on application. - Open for Engagements : Concerts. Recitals, At Homes. Etc. I am instructed by the executors of the will of the late WILLIAM 'l‘HORNI-IILL, esquire. to sell the homestead, being- the south part 0! Lot No. 6, nurth of Wellington-st. and labcly occupied by Mrs. Thorn- bill. This lot is splendidly situat- ed either {or residence or business purposes. There is erected on this lot a rough-cast. building 18 x 30, 1* stories high; also frame woodâ€" shod and stable. all in (air repair. The property is within five minutes walk of the corner 01 Kent and Wilâ€" limn-sts.. town of Lindsay. MISS MYSSIE NEWTON. 4.â€"Lot 5, in the 7th concession of Sonicrville. 0n thisddlot there are about 60 acres cleared, a good frame barn and Jog bongo, balance timbered land. well watered :‘ a. small creek runs throng; the lot. A my volume farm {or stock- raising. . At the same time I shall oflcr for sale some articles of household fur- nitum. Sale on Sat’day, Nov.l4,’I3 At l3“ p m. th Estate of the 1m Thomas En fish e the following valuabEe farms Prom 1.â€"â€"'I‘he west halt of Int 4, in the 5th Concession of Somervillo. 100 acres . This lot is partly cleaned and is a good pasture lot. - 2.â€"-'l‘he north hull of lot 3, 100 no- res in the 7th Concession of Samar ville. This is a. wild lot withvu- luable timber on it; - ' citor for the executors. AUCTION SALE on the premises. Terms cash, and without reserve. For turthor partloulnm apply to HUGH O’LEARY. F311,. K.C., Soli- at 10 turn. on the pannin- Lot 5, Concession 6, Somerville, Monday October 26. I903. Owner is erty, pay away. J ‘ 42-3. for pure-bred Leicester Price reasonable. CASEY, Lot. 23. Cc Valentin P. O. ~45 Executors’ Sale. Valuab 'e Farm Property ounmday at the EY mS'I‘ '- and Wifliamâ€"sts . Finder will be few #0 râ€" ‘1 white year-old amen. Own: aquested to prove property. venses and remove the uni- THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, waTED â€"F°" BcnoOl ,- .W experien- Duties to commm list, 1904. Apply stat" FOR “LE 2. SALE. â€"- Shorthorn me onto the premises signed. Georgian.st., near Iron Bridge. 011 18th September- 0“ GEO. McIIUG II. Auctioneer. general house- Apply W pnmer Lind- Lindsay If. ‘ wi‘l int: they” may nulls mm our nome outfitting d- wfl ”at you. We've gathered them from m b , fink! m and the with}: qu glitips of the mitefiibcann‘f‘“ zap ’ Tapestry Carpets, 27 inches wide. 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