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died on Friday, h, 1914 away; a man who gave his f this Province. ~ He gave Premier: of Ontario, that his words can reward him now, but onor, and the development ' of his greatest crown of fame. © Everything ment off well at the aninbal Port Perry Fair held here. last Friday. The day was Tne! puttin trifle cool but not at all un:' larger than last' year--some- in on Thursday afternoon ahd: y. The vegetables and fruits to think that such-splendid po- ood. As long as we can get there will be no danger of potatoes good, but in almost lent specimens shown. % at 'made one Hungry fo see line of vegetables th ; Three beautiful caulifiowers took first § i Fruits. was aowell teprosented as sipples were concerned, but } "there i a Garcity of other lvarieties; © : Cire cont Are conlt d be excercised in nam- The ladies are taking hold of the Fair very well, and some fine ; specimens of fancy work were shown, also a tempting array of cooking. . There is still room for. more. ' Every exhibitor is a great help to the Fair ; and the Directors feel that this part should be encouraged. As will 'be seen in the Prize List which follows, the exhibits 1n all lines 'were numerous. It was a good Fair. : The Balloon: Yes, the Balloon went way up, taking the young lady with it and she dropped back to Port Perry clinging to a parachute landing near the corner of Clark and Caleb street incidentally knocking a board or two off C. L. Vickery's fence, getting her ankle sprained and her arm "black and blue from elbow to wrist, 'not advertised" but just to show it was real; the balloon fell i in Mr, Brent' s orchard, on the Avenue causing The young woman who made the ascent was not however Dorothy 'Devonda, riot that it' made much difference to the crowd, as pretty girls pink tights. lo look pretty 'much alike, especially a half a mile | in the air, 3 . Before. out fair by the rope cutting when she was about 50 &, her fall with full force as the satuchite does not open in this h his artist: Mat on Tuesda; eve arrived later bringing af an extra balloon and the two can; when ane remembers the preva-- = EE-- At the Hydro-Electric meeting held in the Town Hall, Port Perry, there was a good attendance, not only of townspeople, but of ratepayers. from the Township of Reach. Sir Adam Beck was expected to address: the meeting, but owing to the fact that he is extremely busy in military matters, he was unable to be present. Mr. H. G; Hutcheson was chairman, and introduced four speakers. to the audience, the first of whom was Mr. A. F. Wilson, *of Markham. This gentleman dealt with the financial side ot the question under dis- cussion, and pointed out that every one of the thirty eléctric railways, under observation by the Commission, is running at a profit. After making provision for all contingencies of wear and tear, fluctuation im traffic, etc., the Commission estimates that the earning capacity of the Toronto--Port Perry system will be about $776,000 and the running, expenses about $756,000; leaving a profit of some $20,000. This surplus is to be returned to the people in one of the following, ways --By branch extensions; reduced rates; or cash reduction of taxes. Upon an undertaking such as this, the Government is asking the co-operation of the municipahties through which the railway is to run. This co-operation will mean the issuing of debentures by the municipal- ities according to a schedule prepared by the Government. The amounts of the debentures required to be issued by Port Perry and Reach are $113,338 for the former, and $235,722 for the latter. / These debentures will be held by the-Government as an evidence of good faith on the part of the municipalities. Bods will be issued and sold by the Government, and these bonds they will also guarantee, For security there will be; first the railway itself, next the municipal deben- tures, and finally the land. The debentures will never be sold unless there is a deiicit, and the municipalities refuse to make that deficit good. The proposed radial railway scheme has been pronounced financially sound by the Government and the Hydro-Electric Commission. Mr. Wilson considers that this district is eminently suitable for a radial railway, because it is self-contained and able to supply the neces- sary freight and passenger traffic. ; Mayor Carter, of Guelph, was the next speaker, and he defined his position well when he said he was strong for public ownership of public utilities. He is an eloquent speaker of fine spirit, and the keynote of his speech was struck when he said-- "Don't be selfish when you think of it." Don't begin quibbling: Jook at it big. We have given bonuses to pri- vate corporations, and they have held us up. Did you ever try to col- lect a claim against a railway? And did you ever have thal claim settled as you felt it ought to be? We have made all our millionaires by giving them franchises, and we haven't made any without." I know what I am talking about; I can go down the list if need be and prove it to you. Now we are being asked to vote something to oufselves. Are we going to be true to ourselves and to our 'children? Or are we going to vote bonuses to private corparations and get nothing for ourselves? Are we going to continue to let our Members of Parliament feed private corporations with big grants, and when the opportunity comes to get something for ourselves, turn it down? Some have thought that this is a poor time to bring on this Hydro- Elecric vote; but the British slogan is "Bnsiness as usual--attend to it," and that slogan should be ours.. The prosperity and growth of your town, and of every town, depends on a few men with vision--men who are not selfish. 4 You'll regrét it ever after if you. vote this railway down. We, up in Guelph, wanted to get a chance to vote on this proposition first. = We wanted to give it a bumper vote. 1 had a talk with Sir Adam Beck about it, but he said, "No," that you people came first. If you turn the proposition down now, you'll be sorry, and the day will cothe when you'll want to get in on it, but then you'll have to wait your turn and plod along at the same old gait, while other districts are forging ahead. We wanted to get a chance to vote on the proposition first because: we know what a good thing it will.be. Up in Guelph we had an electric' light and heat plant that was doing an annual business of $37,000 a few ears ago. The. city took it over and last year we did a business of $180,000. The old price charged was 15c per kilowatt. At the begin- 'ning next year the price will be between 3c and 4c per kilowatt-- : about one-fifth of the old price. © When 'Guelph took hold. over this dlectiic Tight plant, we had to issue debentures to thé amount of $350,000, didn't have the at our back ke you var OF conse there were people