HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1896-11-13, Page 100
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SATURDAY
BARGAIN DAY
COMMUNICATION.
BIG DY 0N SATUDAY
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Kindly allow me space fur a few
worth in reply to ;,favor McKenzie's
letter of hist week, re Public, Works
(onanittee.
I shall take up his aecusz tions
I against the Gonxmlttee as they are
numbered.
No.1. It Was very important the
cement should be thoroughly tested
'As soon as it was laid on the.ground
t a sample was procured by the In
a specter and forwarded at once to th
School of Practical Science at Toren
'to. As soon as the test was com
plate, the result with Mr. Wright'
!report thereon was sent to the Clerk
±The test and the report were both
highly satisfactory, the fee bein
;$10. Mr. McKenzie says this wa
contrary to clause 14, this is jus
what clause 14 required the Inspee
to do.
1 No. 2. No two engineers were
paid for making a,ny* survey plan o
;specification in connection with ati
' of the contracts. Mr. McKenzie en
gaged Mr, Bolton to make the sar
vey for the sidewalk on the woe
side of the street between John an
Victoria streets ; he did this withou
'authority from the Public Work
Committee, the Council or the pro
perty ownera and for this interfcr
tame of Mr. McKenzie's the pro pert
owners on that portion of the stree
had to pay more for laying out thei
r sidewalk than the property owner
ion the opposite side.
No. 3. It is not true the speeifiea
, tion called for oak, but as no partie
lar kind of oak was mentioned, ant
t a the contractor, consequently, wa
going to put in red oak, both th
• Inspector and myself considered roe
elm preferable and so allowed it 1
'go hi, although red oak may be o
I more commercial vaitne, I am still o
the opiniu)r that rock elm for thi
Kenzie's is yery furf'etched to say th
pnrpo se is preli:.rrtbic to red oak,
1 /cc. 4. 'Phis statement of Air. M
. least and I doubt if ai.�• good bus
ness ural, in the Town of \Vinghau
' will agree with him on this poin
• It would be eq\i1 to saving that
stonemason had no right ti, eharg
• for the window area in a Mone wa
built by hint as a foundation under
• building;. The contract entitled th
contractor to. all surface measure
tnents.
1 No. 5. This statement of Air. Me
• Kenzie's is quite untrue. Tender
received for the a ori: were as fo
• lows: Grant & Co., 20e ; Sind
`" Baryticca, 14•1c; 0nelph .Pavemen
• , Co., 14e.; A. uraham, 13/e. Mr
Graham's tender being the lowes
• and most complete in every respec
' was accepted.
i No. G. For this contract the Cuel pl
Pavement Co.'s 'tender was half
• cent below Mr. Graham, but th
, Committee could not have accepte
• { it at any figure, as this company re
• a. peatedly refused to give bondsma
as required by the agreement.
• Although this was the first work,
, of the kind done in Wingham alto-
gether, there was a large amount in -
0 volved and although the members of
the Committee had no experience
5 whatever in the building of grano•
Iithie sidewalks, 1 defy anyone to
show where one dollar was spent in-
judiciously, or one dollar pad over
thecontract price, except what Mr.
McKenzie himself was responsible
for in his great anxiety to supersede
the authority of the Public Works
• 0omtnittee as before referred to, and
I defy anyone to show where a
cheaper work of the kind has ever
been buil.,, taking the quality into
consideration. I have"seen the pri-
vate opinion Air. McKenzie got from
Mr. Dickinson, but not knowing the
form in which the questions were
submitted I cannot come to any con-
. elusions regarding it. The Mayor
.signieg an order for payment of
money is a mere matter of form, it
is the council that decides whether a
bill should be paid for or not and so
far its I can prevent it, Mr. McKen•
zie's private legal opinion will not be
paid at the Town's expense. The
town has no law on band or will it
i have any, The payment of the ten
per cent., about whieh Mr. McKenzie
has so mach to say, if the Committee
erred it was an error of jndgment,
s made with the object of saving the
i property owners six per •cent. on this
' amount. The saving goes into their
pockets and is a clear gain. Ilaving
!moo of first elass security as a
guarantee of this work, outside of
the ten per cent., the Committee saw
no good reason 'why they ahottld not
iake advantage of the contractor's
offer and nye this money for the
property owners; it gores into their
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pockets and is. a clear gain to them.
Perhaps this is the very reason for
Mr. Meh.enzie's objections.
The Technical point raised about
building sidewalks in front of public
buildings, further than the street
limit, is all bosh. It is a miserable'
attempt of Mr. AleKenzie to give the
Council trouble but he will not suc-
ceed. If Mr. Dickinson were asked
for his private opinion on this matter
I kenture to say he would as11 it is a
thing that should never have been
stirred up. It is an insult to suspect
these property owners of dishonesty
as Mr, McKenzie appears to do.
While this gentleman is critizing
the action of the present Public
Works Committee, it may be inter-
esting to take a peep iuto his own
transactions when he was chairman
of the Public Works Committee and
a member of the Council some time
ago. here are some samples.
'Town of Wingham, to George Mc-
Kenzie, to work at water.tank
and pump &c., $10, certified, car-
ried. Signed, George McKenzie.
Here is a member of the Council,
hiring himself', keeping his own time,
(if ho had any) fixing his own wages,
(a lump sum) certifying to bis own
account, and pocketing ti'e money.
The legality of this act was not' sub-
mitted to a solicitor. Yon may look
in vain for a parallel to this case le
the whole municipal government of
the Town of Wingham or to either
of the two following cases,
I would like to ask Mr. McKenzie
how much of the $32, boundary Iine
appropriation belonging to the town,
he spent in making the drain through
his own farm, near the cetnetary, in
the interest of the town and how
much of this money he kept to him-
self for superintending the outlay.
Another action' of this gentleman
will show how he would let contracts
in the interest of the town. The
ecuncil decided on an extension of
the waterworks system, involving
considerable expenditure. Mr. Mc-
Kenzie let this contract, he let it
privately, he did not even consult
the Committee or allow anyone in the
towu or outside of it to figure on the
job.
I will now leave this gentleman
to use his bloodv weapon, as he has
threatened to do, and when he has
dulled it on the heads of the mem-
bers of the Public Works Committee
I shall have more interesting matter
for him.
J. Gomm', .r,...
Chairman Public Works Commit e,
MARNOCH.
It is our sad duty this .week it
1 chronicle the death of an old and
respected Citizen in the person o
Mr. James Henry, who departed
this life on Friday Morning last to
the age of sixty-five years, after: a
lingering illness of over two years
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.Any one of these items is irnportan
enough to create a sensation,
but all of them together
should c.own the store
as it has seldom
been Crowded
before.
These pods will not be
on sale until Saturday.
:;0 pieces fine Dress Goods, all
wool, regular 50e. fur 25e
.6 :pieces Fan •y Tweed, extra
heavy, worth 30c., Saturday 19c
6 pieees 52 inch Tweed Dress
Goods regular $1 Saturday 55e
20 pieces 32 inch Shaker Flannel
regular 8e. Saturday. 5e
6 pieces 54 inch Table Linen
regular 35e. Saturday 2
6 doz. Napkins, very tine Linen
regular 13e. Saturday 5e
10 doz. ladies' Wool Hose, reg-
ular 1Se. Saturday • 12 ;e
15 doz. ladies' • heavy ribbed
Cashmere I1ose, worthc0e35e
10 doz. ladies' Cnrhwere Gloves
worth 300. for 19c
50 piece Fancy Ribbon, short
ends at 3 price
50 pieces narrow Ribbon, regu-
lar 4c. Saaturd.ty le
Plies of Pins and Hair Pins
regular 4e. Sa rday ie
Clothe ins at 6 doz, 5c
s Ft y Silk, regular
5c., Saturday Iantles, openttl up this
kg wet k very latest in black and
colored. regular, $6 50 for$4.O
10 ladles' heavy Beaver Coats
worth :„il for $4.9
8 doz. men's Brace,, worth 25e
Saturday 12ie
50 pairs of Fine Shoes button or
Laced worth $1.75 for X1,35
.26 pairs Men's Fine Shoes r•egu-
Jar $2 50 for $1.75
10 doz. white Shirts worth $1.25
i- for... , , 90c
• s5 doz. new Soft hats, just
opened, worth 1 50 for$1.10
`25 heavy Frieze Ulsters, regu-
lar $8, Saturday.. ... .$5.00
2013oys' Suits i•egtelar $3.50
$3 75 and 54 choice for`... •$2.49
8 doz. ladies' Kid ()loves regu-
lar 75c_ Satturday 48e.
5 doz. men's heavy Fleece,
Lined (sieves, worth � 1 for48e.
10 doz. gents' 4 -in hand 'Pies
regular We. Saturday . , 25c.
5 dtz. gents Tine (.ilderwear
worth 75e for.. - 50e.
fi Extra Fine Fur Caper, good
wearru:.r (may. salon lined,
regular$10.50, l aturslay,. . $8.50.
10 Lattio;' Astrakan`At.tntles
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worth $32.50 for ... , , ..... $•291150.
GREAT REDUCTIONS 13 CARPETS
7 pieces fine Brussels, 6 pieces
all wool, 4 pieces Union, 6
pieces of tapestry, all at Bar.
pin Prices on gaturday.
All goods sold on the money back
guarantee if yott want it. Conn
a, see what its all about
at M. H INDOWS.
THE CENTRA[.
OPPosite the
RE &ItKET SQUARE
Warrants first Blass Bread and
Cakes of their varied kinds
equal to any city, Puff 4
Pastry extra fine.
WEDDING CAKES
OR'NAM NTING
that cannot be excelled outside
of any eity, and done so
reasonably that it will
always pay you to
have it done at the
CENTRAL BAKERY
All orders 1 romptly attended to.
I am constantly making and or-
namenting Wedding Cakes
which proves our efficiency.
The Central Bakery has a far
and wide reputation as a first-
class bakery,
Returning thanks to my num-
erous customers for their past
patronage and hope for a con-
tinuance of the same.
I,anr
A. J. NIC CLLS,
WINGf.�. L, ONT;
Note some of the bargains at
S. CRACEY'S FURNITURE 8 RE,
A $13 Sideboard (oil finish) for - •.. $8.50
A. $12 Sideboard for . , . , , , .... , .. , , , , , ,. 8 ,0o
A. Bedroom Suite (3 pieces) bedstead 6 feet
high, mattress springs, two chairs and
a pair of pillow sham holders for 416.50
A $26 Parlor Suite (three pieces), .. , $22 00
A $53 . Parlor Suite (five pieces) spring seats
and spring backs covered, in, volour velvet$47 00
82 75 large oak Armchairs for . . , ..... , , . $1 75
Rocking chairs for
WE DON'T WANT TO BE OUTDONE ON PRICES
Beautiful Parlor Pictures just here from:: Cincinatti. Call and
see us for anything in the Furniture line from a common chair
to a Parlor Suite,
If you want a good well made Lounge, Couch or Chair (we
do our own upholstering and will guarantee all our work). Call
and see what we offer.
THIS IS A
a1�a1r� Com,
of perfect •pants v rheas . you f
buy ours; made'to order. .As
easy and as free -the first tim.e.j
you put them on..as though C
worn a- month --still fitting, [A
the way new pants should.
An old Greek water clock
° was a most ingenious affatl',
f but was unreligble " and far
from a hantl.�sonie article.
t What a change in 2,000 years.
Now we oiler you reliable
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Mr. Henry was one of a family ,tof
twelve children, who are all living
except one, and who are now all old
men and old women. It is not Of-
ten we see the Great Reaper sparing
so large a family to old age. Mr.
Henry leaves a widow and an un-
broken family of ten children, two
of whom are in Washington, three
in :Manitoba, one in Essex, one in
Puslinch and three in Wawanost,
Mr. Henry came to this township
from Puslineh about thirty-five
years ago, and settled on the farm
on whieh he died, when it was all
bush, After enduring the , hard-
ships of pioneer life, be succeeded in
making his farni one of the best. in
the township. Mr. Henry was kind
husband an a loving father, and a
good neighbor. The funeral which
took place on Sunday was largely
attended,
The Christain Endeavor Soddy
of Calvin Presbyterian chureh pur-
pose holding an open meeting on
Thursday Sept. the ninteenth when
the Rev. W. H. Geddes of St. Cath-
arine, former pastor of the church
will give an address. We tinder
stand there will be a collection tak-
en up for some of the missions,
factory clocks tor $ .00.
WATCHES,
CLOCK S,
.JEWELRY
and SILVERWARE
In the same proportion.
WATOU REPAIRING
CLOCK A SPECIALTY
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G1CC Rims
$2 50TIlUNKSPOR $1 75
2 75 " " 2 25
300 " 245
4 00 " " 3 25
5 00 " " 4 00
G EO. GOOD.
NEW MACHINE SHOP1
Mr. Bryan has declined the offer
of Manager of the law department in
Siegel Cooper & Co's big store, de.
partment, deelaring that he means to
give all the time he can to the advo-
cacy of bim.etalism. An offer of
$25,000 a year must have been,
tempting to a man whose income as
a lawyer could hardly have exceed»
cd that amount..y, i3at from a polio•
cal wand point M`rr, Bryan is pro-
bably wise.
on corner of
VICTORIA ST.
R, W. RUNCIMANis pre-
pared to do all kinds of repair-
ing on rnachineryat reasonable
prices.
CASTINGS of all kinds
supplied on short notice.
Will pay cash for Wrought
and Cast Scrap Iron.
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All o ,the newest, arriving
now every day. Drop in
on• " rour way down town
and. take a look.
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Has just passed into stock for the Fall Trade
Nit '.ar- `' I..`: XIV
FLANNELETTES, SHIETING5,
GREY COTTONS, 8 14 and 9 1-4
Twilled and Plain Sheetings, Pal
Print and Dress Goods, Blankets anal
Fall Tweeds, also in Reader.rade
Clothing and Fall Overcoats.
A Clearing Lot of UNION and TAPESTRY CAR-
I'1"TSs. See them if in need of a Carpet, before purchasing.
HOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS. --..Some very new
and nobby goods.
Also a lot of SOFT and STIFF FELT HATS from
25c, and up.
A car of CHOICE TIMOTHY for fall seeding on hand.
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