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In place since we entered I“, [more will occur before an- I clap-es. We do not know Wages will be, and it’ 8 well, b be kept in ignonnce of the r of I” is but dnwing to a [with new resolutions. new .new aspirations mny of us the new year. Many changes the time for making good Many will resolve to cut habits and lead better tions of this kind are all rly made and properly most people are liable to however entered, the new lly a rontinuation of the nently no better, and often ‘ The drinking man may k and the user of tobacco - way his pipe. They [nay '. um: and Prudent. I. DECEMBER 31. MB. id'g'es for: a. few days, but 0! back bone they soon Ito their old habits and heir old ways. Ito discourage the making utions. Some will adhere I made at this season of I] become better men and use of their adherence. resolutions will be a influence they exist ed in the future to l take courage and ‘ example_ of pne, per- ’Y “W rm. . THE I, but to others it may Io! mishaps will fall to blast their brightest Success may fall in the lie, but most of us must no of our own fortune. Prosperous and Happy I our Readers. boy considered as weak After all it is doubtful me by making fun of the ood resolutions to be ken before the 1 days. Here hoping for better more than they enjoyed The ideals of some will hp, about adozen for pgh trustees to fill the ieast and west wards and two for the north ,nominations on Mon- I well attended. and II manifested in the be town. p nominations to the :csme in by degl ees. e was up there wexe Brthe mayornlty, tyo inations were declared 5‘ Officer Vollet was hcbairp He wasted no vies, butimmediately siting Mayor, Mr. W. D an account of his us year, he followed 't his usual custom of us of the standing of previous yeaus. howevei, he went ”)6. and showed the town on the 15th of n considerably better be same date on either more. He also pointed a {or I“ was 2; mills um and one will lower The assessment of the [as lower than former- i of hotel and other he hotel licenses this Wluble to the extent owing to reductions of local option being The disposal of the {and all subsequent on with it, including CHRONICLE _. so few traihs were minted out also that h were not found to be plan. the Commission whet! for a better . The sum of 3400 on by the Company , street end lower the street crossing. ‘hen the Gardnxa ly-Iaw was heingspb- {and it as his opinion; id not be sufficient to ridge with its necessary retaining walls. Plnns I- were received. and not on the whole work D. The Council subse- ned foe tenders. One Mk1 end McDonald mummy-woman I was found to be in rubeqnently tendered pue- accepted. but “I. pd £030 on with the in in connection with street crossing were Lénn account given of a. alwa 9 make a good I at t 9 nominations, I no exception to the “ter a few preliminary b be inted out that of 908 was six 01 iollars gyeater: than med an item of Mr. which was gone into Dreferred also to nego- Woodstock Company blocate here for the lactating casters and pd expressed it as his Ian industry would no town. The Local subsequent efforts to lo defended as a town the costs incurred, 50 or more. had to be In funds. Owing to a did not carry costs. pn resulted in the I defeated when the D town were sufficient costs in connection lf and Mr. Brown as he Council to appear my Commission, by Bad that an electric tailed and maintained iompuny. which they p a sufficient guaran- ’ATIONS. further negotiations at $2150. Reference was made to the letting and construction at the realm fllls by walls. the making of labor, the appointment of himsell as superintendent or inspector of the: work and other matters in connection ' therewith. The total outlay amounted to some- thing in the neighborhood of 85M. and the additional thousand dollars would have to be provided for. As ten thousand dollars of Furniture Fac- tory debentures were' falling due in June next, and the town was not in a pwsition to redeem them, it was decid- ed to submit a By-law for an extension of time, and to add to these the thousand dollars shortage on the pro- vision for the bridge. This makes $11000 of debentures to be voted on. extending the time over a period of twenty years. He thought the rate-, payers would consider this as a good business move and accordingly vote in favor of the By-law. In his final appeal to the electors he referred tohis two ears of office as Mayor. and thong t the time long enough for one man to hold the posi- tion. He had decided to run for the reeveship, but it was not because of any spirit of opposition to the present Reeve. Mr. Saunders. The people, he said. knew the abilitiespf the two BppésiBQâ€"candidates, and should choose the best, which was none too good. Mr. S. P. Saunders, a candidate for re-election to the Reeveship, thanked his mover and seconder, and launched into a municipal address, of very marked improvement on his first efforts of three or four years ago. He seemed to be quite cool and collected in his review of the year’s work. He at once started in to score Mr. Calder for his “smoth statements” in regard Another By-law to be'votea on at the coming election was for the grant- ing of a fixed rate of assessment on mill roperty recently purchased .by Mr. i ('Gonan, on which he was to erect an oatmeal mill in the spring. The present assessment of the property is about $800, the fixed assessment for a period of ten years is $1000. This alone will be a financial gain to the general funds, and the school tax must be fixed according to the assessed valuation of the improved property. to the town’s financial condition, which, according to his view, was in very poor shape. The town. he claim- ed, didn’t have enough money to carry on its business in 1908. By the first of July the school moneys were used, the town account was overdrawn and a thousand dollars had been borrowed from the bank. so that the town was $5400worse than nothing. It takes, AAA AAA ‘ 1..“ “An $5400worse than nothing. It. takes, he says, _between 310:002 9m! $11,000 to run the town. and this together with a debt of $5000 to be made up left the Council in such a position that it would he necessary to raise about $16,000. But Mr. Calder o posed the raising of this sum. and $l)2,000 was decided on. Instead of a. rate of 22 mills being sufficient, it would be ac- tually necessary to levy at a rate of 25 to 30 mills for sufficient money. He referred also to the action of Mr. Calder in the ap ointment of Mr. Kingston to act in Sefense of the Local Option By-law, instead of giving the work to one of our own local men. He also reviewed the (beam Separator dealings and how an attempt was made to transfer some of the town moneys from the Standard to the Traders Bank. The meeting of dele- gates from the Council was not pro- uctive of much good, and after taking from the interview the amount done by Mr. Miller there could not have been much done by the representatives from the Council. He also ‘took a crack at Mr. Calder in his attitude in relation to the Gal-afraxa street bridge and the way in which he was appoint- ed to the position of inspector of the work . After referring briefly to the two By-laws to be voted on. and facetiously remarking that Mr. Calder had always some factory scheme to bring before the electors at this season of the year, he gave an account of his attitude in the County Uouncil in reducin the county rate and the extension 0 the Registry office. He concluded by wishing the electors the compliments of the season and asking their-support. Mr. Wm. Laidlnw, a candidate for the Mayoralty, said. on rising, that he had a peered before the electors on sever-a previous occasions, and that he had been defeated about as often as he was successful. He gave credit to such men as Mr. Calder and Mr. Saun- ders, who were willing to sacrifice so much of their time for the well-being of the town, and regretted that other able men were not willing to act in a similar capacity. After expressing his friendship for Mr. Calder and Mr. Saunders. his former opponents for municipal honors, he entered into a brief criticism of the way in which town affairs are administered. He thought the town should have money enough to run the affairs of the town for a year ahead. Thought this was the right principle. He expressed regret at the way in which the Mayor and Reeve of last Council differ over the town’s financial standing, and be congratulated treasurer Jackson on the slain and intelligible character of the nancial statement in the hands of the electors. He objected to the transfer of $350 from the granolithic acccunt to the general account of the town, and to theborggwing of 350(1) by thetqwn it} 1908. He objected to the giving of grants by councils out of a depleted treasury. and gave as examples the grants of $100 each to the Librar , the Band and the Cemetery Co. Objected to councils borrowing money or other- wise contracting debts that would have to be paid by some future Coun- cil. Thought all debts contracted should be paid by the Council con- tracting same, and in that Council’s year of oflce. He objected to the Council nding more for the bridge, ap roac es and retaining walls than h been voted them in the By-lew. The proper way, he thought, wouldbeto go as for on their fund. allowed and then go beck to the people for s vote of more money. Pereonolly _ he_ expraeed no_ opinion .1681? illâ€"é bridge: but. hoped it'wu 3 good one, which would be 3 grant he to him in selling cement, as only 4 barrels were wed in its construction. Did not think she Coun'cil mined in getting ogpqglive plan! A, Alpaciflw I.__._ __J fincfluny noting He objected to the combini‘n of the By-lnw to extend payment 0 Furni- ture Factory debentures and the 81000 of a shortage on the Bridge By-law. Thought both By-laws should be selfâ€" ante and voted on separately. e favored the McGowan By-lnw and hoped to see it carry. In closing. he said he was on friendly terms ‘ with his opponent for the Mayorslty, Mr. Black, and expressed his willingness to lend him a horse to carry voters to the polls on election day. Mr. Wm. Black. on rising, told the audience that he did not seek nor want the oflice of Mayor. Had no thought of entering the municipal field till pressed into the service by some of the good business men of the town. Now that he decided to allow his name on the ballot he was oing to fight to the last ditch and h full confidence of He bought and sold the Guthrie property when no one else would touch it. He owned considerable property here and had made some unprove- ments. He bought and sold and re- bought the Durham brick yard, and he had a fair degree of success in everything he undertook. True, he had no municipal experience in Durham. but had previous y a suc- cessful munici a1 career in a much larger place, W ere there were several industries, some of which he helped to have established. He was now a resident of Durham for about eleven years, and regarded itas the best town he ever lived in, than h be had lived in such laces as St. homas, Toronto and ontreal He referred at some length to some of the racing events of a few years ago, and the part he took in them. He was loyal to the town of Durham. Had some influence in the starting of the Furniture Factory and other industries. Mr. T. R. Whelan being nominated as a candidate, both for the Mayoralty and the Council, was called on as the next speaker, and entertained the audience for some time in a general review of some of the council matters for the past year, taking special de- light in scoring Mr. Calder for acting as Inspector of the new bridge. The following are the candidates :â€" Mayorâ€"Black, Laidlaw. Reeveâ€"Calder, Saunders. Councilâ€"T. Whelan, T. Morton, B. Sharp, E. Kress, A. Robertson, A. McLachlan, G. Furneaux, R. Uochrane. Trusteesâ€"North Ward, 0.1L. Grant and J. P. Hunter: East Ward, H. Al- len (accl); West Ward, J. S. Mcllraith, bemg returned to the head of the council table for 1909. re-electéd. N ORMANBY. Reeveâ€"A. Schenk, ‘ re-elected by acclamation. Deputyâ€"W. Umbach, re-elected by acclamation. Councillorsâ€"W. Kenna, R. Shiels, -- Baetz, R. Barber. EGREMONT. Reeveâ€"W. Hastie, re-elected by acclamation. D9 uty â€"Jno. McArthur,J. R. Philp, (LVJJY Robb. Councillorsâ€"D. Hunter, Geo. Loth- ian, Chas. McRohb, Thos. H. Wright, W. Watson and J. W. Walls. BENTINCK. Reeveâ€"J. S. Wilson, Mark Willis. Deputyâ€"Dodsworth, Brigham. Councillorsâ€"R. Grierson, George Noble, Alex. Wilson, R. Leslie, G. Harvey, W. Lunney, J. Murdick. GLENELG. Reeveâ€"E. Hunt, A. McCuaig. Councillorsâ€"Malcolm Black, Jose h Firth, John A. McMillan, John c- Nelly, Thos. Nichol, Wm. Weir. In addion to the election of muni- cipal oficers. the electors on Monday next will be required to vote on two by-laws. As these may not be fully understood and as their'defeat would be disastrous to the town at the present we shall endeavor to explain them so that all ratepayers ‘ may be prepared to vote intelligently. One By Law is for $11,000 It will be remembered that ten years ago a by-law was passed, granting a loan of ten thousand dollars to the Furni- ture Factory, and debentures were issued to raise the money. These debentures were spread over a period often years, and the interest only paid each year by the town. The ten years term w.ll eXpire next June, and the principal of $10,000;will have to be paid. To meet this obli- gation the Council wishes to issue new debentures in order to pay off the debt maturing June. If the By- Law should fail to carry the town will be obliged to pay 03 the whole debt, and it cannot do this for want of funds. Most of the citizens know that the new Garafraxa Street Bridge cost the town about 31000 more than the 84000 By Law that was passed last year authorizing the Council to issue debentures for the payment of it. This extra 81000 has been borrowed from the bank. and will also have to berepaid. To cover the whole in- debtedness. that is to redeam the Furniture Factory Debentures and to pay the debt in the Bank. the rate- payers are asked to vote on aBy- Law, authorizing the Council to issue new debentures for the amount of 811,000 and extending over a period of twenty years. This will eneble the town to pey o! the debt now neerly ell dne end give them twenty yeere to pey oi the debt incurred by the issue of the new debentures. The By-Lew mnet 'vv be carried to sure the payment of e debt of 811.000 during the ooming you by e direct to: on the people. Vote {or the 811,000 By-Ley. With "cord to the other By-Lew, which given It. KeGowen 3 fixed mount of 81.000 e you on the mill property on‘yhiAch he in to er_eot “I out and mill more need be but nty little aid. The prom"! u it how studs ha been mound n Ion-thug in the neighborhood ‘of VOTE FOR. THE BYLAWS. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE (anon! purposes is to be 81000 if the ByJuw cutie-pa Magda! next. _:I. A.-. ”J -- "Du-v- 'â€" The mill to be erected will cost from fifteen to twenty thoussnd dollsre. For school purposes this property will he messed the some so other property in town. 30990” it be assessed annually It ten thous- end dollsrs and suppose sgsin the rsce required for school purposes be six mills on the dollsr, the new im- provement will yield 9. revenue to the town for school purposes of sixty dollsrs s yesr. This will make the tatsl tax incresse of somewhere between sixty snd seventy dollsrs more than we derive from the prop- erty as it now stands. The mill will be a large building with a capacity of two or three hun- dred barrels per day. The cats re- quired to supp'y this mill will be produced largely in the country round Durham, and a permanent market where good prices will be given will be established here. The oats must be drawn here by the farmers and the money paid here. It is oulv natural to suppose that part of this money at least will be spent in this town to the benefit of [every business and business man in the community. As the matter ap- peals to us. the farmer who grows anu sells oats will be benefited, and the town will be benefited by having the farmers come here where they will receive and spend part of their money. In short it will be a mutual benefit to the farmer and the busi ness man. The large amount of oats that could be manufactured in a mill such as we expect to have will make it imperative on the owners to control the local supply for which they will be able to pay a better price than the ordinary grain dealer. who would have to pay freight to ship his oats to some outside point. Moreover, should the By-law carry and the mill be built, a large amount of work will be provided next year for both laborers and artisans. A very extensive dam will have to be made. and a railway siding will have to be constructed. Vote for the By- law and let us add the new industry to our town. It will swell the general taxes slightly. It will increase the school moneys very materially. It will create a home market for the farmers’ oats. It will bring trade to the town. It will furnish alarge amount of employment during the construc- tion period. It will furnish perman- ent employment for those required to keep it in operation. It will increase. to some extent. the papula- tion of the town. It will be a benefit in many ways. Let us Vote for the Bylaw. We take no chances by doing so. To the Electors of the Township of Glonolg. 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