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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1881.
THE HURON SIGNAL, FRIDAY, OCT. 14, 1881.
hours worth $600a gain would be effect• I The question was, shell we be forced to
RAIL OR WATER.
water -works y
ed in insurance by the introduction of i maintain the tanks 1 To his wind there
of full $1 i50 per year. An I was uu great difficulty m aettiug bah
additional inducement was the proannity (ioderich 26 years ago, and was sorry to would consider the practicability of ex -
of the hydrants in case of fire, even to , have to say that his high hopes sit the I tending the line lakeward from Elora- A
those a ho did not use the water furdomes- (growth of Uudench had not been malts- retire rad from the berth or north-east
tic purposes As to the aces, the water- ed S think would have tu be dune would not militate against the commer-
to help the town upward, --let us, one prosperity
rate would be about $3 or $4 per tap for and all, put our shoulders to the wheel.
a year, and the water could be kept run (Cheers). If we did w, we amid acoum-
ning all the time if found necessary. phial both object.. He was in favor of •
Grand Rally in the Town Hall on
Tuesday Evening;.
l
Wiwi wiSiIRO Railway er Waterworks
sir Reset -fie aee.ekes ea tie t eeatlea
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THE RAILWAY QUESTION.
At last the railway agitation has taken
hold of Goderich. Time was when the
question of a competing line entering
the town from the north side of the
river had to be discussed with bated
breath, but the meeting on Monday
night put the quietus upon the pre-
judice against a road from that direc-
tion, it ie to be hoped, forever. In
our report of the meeting, which will
be found elsewhere, the utterances of
earnest, thinking men upon the subject
are presented, and the manner in which
the majority of the sentiments express-
ed was received proved, beyond a doubt,
that the speakers, when they alluded to
the necessity for, and the possibility of
getting a competitive railroad, struck a
chord in accord with the popular heart.
1'ursuant to a call from the Mayor, a
public meeting was held in the Town
Hall on Tuesday evening last, for the
purpose of discussing the railway and
waterworks questions and obtaining a
public expression of opinion thereon.
The hall was crowded to the doors --an
indication that showed conclusively that
popular interest had been amused. Even
before the meeting was called to order
groups of eager men could be seen con-
gregated at different places earnestly
discussing the principal topic of interest
—the getting in of another line of rail-
way to Goderich.
At 8o -clock the Mayor was called to
the chair, and he at once explained the
bject of the
ng.
t
ad been
ocalled because thereto were Itwo schemes
of magnitude before the ratepayers of
the town. and it was only right that pop-
ular feeling should be tested. The ma-
jority of the Council had already approv-
ed of the submission of a by-law favor-
ing the getting of waterworks. A com-
mittee had been appointed to look into
the matter and obtain estimates, and he
thought the people should have offered
them the opportunity of endorsing the
action of the Council, or acting other-
wise. The Council did not wish to waste
the people's money, and if this meeting
disapproved of the action' already taken,
no expense would be incurred in the
matter. He alluded to the recent dry
weather which had obtained, and show -
railway and waterworks. He tame to
signed by George Stephen, President of
the Syndicate, sled controller of the C.
V. R., which stated that edtately
atter the New Year! the dirvetorate
He had learnt from Hon. John Hibbard bulway to give coenectton with the Sail-
board. Either the Credit Valley or th-
that the Port Huron water -works were T.G & B. would give us direct come
self-sustaining in two years, and the municatiou with Toronto, and thence to
town was in a position to buy up their
bonds, but the bondholders were un-
willing to part with them as they were
drawing a good rate of interest. There
was another feature in favor of water -
True, there were two questions of its- the necessity for having an eflinent
portance before the meeting, but there water supply, if the people thought the
was no doubting which had the prefer- town could afford to get it. The railway
ence with both speakers and audience, question was also looming up, and al -
and had the questions been separated, though there was no definite schetfie,
yet the time seemed to be propitious for
instead of being i•eiued in the resolu-
lution, unanimity would have been
the portion of the railway ,,reject,
while a stubborn division would have
fallen to the lot of the water works scheme.
149 better advocacy of the waterworks
system could have been put forward
than thstof Mr. Joseph Williams, who,
on the occasion, . proved that he stood
• with the foremost members of the Coun-
cil, so far as lucidity of thought and
clearness of expresion on public mat-
ters were. concerned. Although a new
man in municipal ,life he gave evidence
of being, possessed of the requisites for
a useful municipal legislator, and it `is
to be hoped he will for some years to
come aid in shaping the • destiny of the
town. But strong as his advocacy of the
waterworks was (and it- was beyond
question the strongest given at the meet-
ing), his utterance on the railroad ques-
tion was far stronger, and when he
hoped that first preference would be
given- to the railway
easily be seen that the
echoed "Amen" to his
Another railway is
Goderich. The people-
now
eople
now alive to that fact,
sured, are willing in
cal pros
p. of Goderich, and if a ine
were built (rum that side, rid did • them- I -- - -
peting trade with the G. T. R. the G. I On Monday sfternuuii last, the tlee-
W. R. would eventually be forced, to tors of the township of Colborne were
self protection, to build the twelve wiles addressed by Hou. Sir Richard Cart -
between Goderich and Chutes'. The wright ii the Township hall. There was
Syndicate, he understood, conteruplatet a ¢,„,a attemdabce from Colborne and
building a line of steamers to run be adjuinine ,nunicpalities, sod all present
seemed to take a drys, interest im the
hon. gentleuau'a remarks. Mr. Win.
Young, Reeve of Colborne, occupied the
chair, and introduced Sir Itichard to the
meeting. ,
After saying that he appeared before
than accordiug to prowise,tu discuss the
public questions before the country, the
cbauces of a be abs before deciding od
any douse.
Yours truly,
hate. W. Jusolstre'ola
THE SMITH'S HILL MEETING.
•.s. air Richard t'artw rigid betlsre W
f.r.11l fir fits.
the east. If we carried •railroad schetne tween Duluth and a ( auadiau port 00
and waterworks together, twenty years I Lake Huron, and if the C. V. It. could
from uuw we wuuld rejoice that we went be brought to Goderich, se would also
for both. (Applause).
Col. Ross would like to see both ob-
jects attained, if it were possible, but his
preference was for another railroad. He
thought the estimate for the waterworks,
$50,000 was rather on the low side; still
if we could afford it, an efficient system
would be a boon to the town. A resident
of Sarnia, in speaking of the waterworks
of that town, had told him that he paid
$10 of water rate, but was so satisfied
with the system that he would not fore-
go
orsgo the privilege for double the cwt. He
(the speaker) had also been told that the
water rate not only paid the interest and
sinking fund, but yielded a revenue over
and above. He thought that the com-
mittee as, inted by the Council should
works, and a must important one, viz:
the necessity, from a sanitary stendpeoint,
for obtaining pure water. Physicians
had told him that the reason we did not
have typhoid and other fevers was in no
way due to the water uf the town—
which was of a moat injurious quality,
with few exceptions—bat to the fact
that the clear, bracing, healthy air uf
the place helped to fight the sicknea• off.
Objection had been taken to the propos-
ed scheme because the town would have
to borrow money to prosecute the work.
But when so remembered that no great
enterprise was ever gone on with with-
out the aid of borrowed money, and the
additional fact that the twu greatest na-
tions in the world—Great Britain and
the United States—were most heavily
in debt, the objection to using bor-
rowed money, did not, appear to be a
very serious one. He had no doubt if
a bonus of $10,000 was offered to a coru-
pany to construct and run water -works
in Goderich as a private speculation, the
offer would be "jumped" at by more
than one company. The committee did
not initiate thus matter without having
strong reasons for going into it, and
without strong hopes of its ultimate
success. Loud applause.)
Mr. Jordan, the seconder o,f the
niotion in the Council, said Mr. Williams
had put the matter so ably that it waa
not necessary for him to do anything but
endorse the statement. If there were
any present opposed to the scheme they
had better speak now.
The Mayor suggested that some one
present a resolution to divide the meet -
in,;.
Mr. Spence was opposed to water-
works, if there was a limit to our ex -
agitating for another connection. At
penditure except by special legidation.
the present time there was only one He was in favor of railroads, and would
trunk line, but ° the Syndicate contem- go in for another line heartily, even if it
plated running a through line to the sea- took all the property he had to bring it
board. If such a thing occurred, we to Goderich. (Applause.)
ought to hasten ourselves - in the matter. Plattrworadvocated the construction
ugof wateks in the town. The facts
The Credit Valley Railroad was likely given went far to put the matter in a
to become theproperty of the Syndicate, favorable light. The value of the town
and if -We could divert the line to Goder- property would be enhanced if the water-
ich we would be able to have direct eom- works were built. He looked upon is
meeting,
petition to the seaboard The question of
e_
before the ratepayers was, what scheme
ootain the Syndicate pent. He had ag-
itated the railway question from the
day he came to Goderldn to the present,
and was pleased to note, by the temper
of to -night's meeting, that others were
also deeply interested. What W114%ant-
ed was for one and all to stand shoulder
to shoulder, and work unitedly, and if
they worked well and leyafy in the in-
terest of the town, Guderieh would have
• second raihrey before two years, and
not only take her place once more with
the prosperous towns of Canada, but
even realize the sanguine expectations of
Mr. Platt, and ere long join the sister-
hood of progressive Canadian cities.
Mr. Campbell then stated the position
he took at the Council Board on the
speaker went on to point out the
iujustiee of the datives of extra -
Caliente made ade against the Mackenzie
administration, showing that while Sir
L Tilley had himself declared that the
ezpenditwe ought net to exceed $22,-
500,000, he had asked $26,600,000 for
1882; also that while Dir Juhu Mac-
donald had added $10,000,000 to ,the
annual expenditure in seven yews, Mr.
Mackenzie, in spite of the enormous lia-
bilities he had to face, had only added
$200,000 in four years. He further
showed that the whole increase of the
public debt in the four years Mackenzie
held office was due to the necessity of
meeting the engagements inherited from
the previous administrstiou. The tariff
was next discussed, the speaker com-
menting uu the gross injustioe of its pro-
visions to the largest classes of the Do-
minion, and especially to the farming
community, whip had received none of
',renamedthe ',renamed benefits. He exposed
the absurdity of the allegation that the
price of wheat or of any other of their
products waa increased by the N. P,. er
that the home market promised to them
had been provided, and pointed out
that the wily way ill which they could
receive an equivalent for the protective
tax levied on them for the benefit of cer-
tain specially favored manufacturers
would be by paying a direct bonus out
of the treasury for every bushel of grain
they raised. This, it was true, would
come out of their own pockets, and
nothing could more forcibly illustrate
the inherent absurdity, as well
as the injustice of the whole system,
than that fact. He looke 1 upon it as a
gross infringtuent ($ the natural liberty
of the people, and asked .what possible
compensation `cunld be given to the
lumberman, or the fisherman, or the
go on with their enquiry, and let us knew water -works motion, and spoke et some
at a future meeting what the ant of the° length in favor of the Credit Valley
work would be. On his own premises he road.
had a small system of waterworks which At this stage wine cross-firin_ occur -
had cost him a great deal more than his red, relative to the submission of Mr.
proportion would be for the proposed Cameron's motion, in which Messrs.
system. The water of the town,in many Cameron, Geo. Acheson, Ross, Saun-
instances, was not good, and at times, den, Crabb and others took part, until
when • rumor of typhoid or other fevers finally, Mr. John Acheson proposed that
was started, our American visitors were some arrangement be come to between
deterred from coming during the summer the movers of the motion and amend -
months. If it were onlypossible to at- meat whereby a unanimous vote could
tain one object, he woud prefer the rail- be given by the meeting.
road. At present our buyers were at a Mr. F W. Johnston was the -text
disadvantage for want of shipping facili- speaker,and found fault with the calling
ties, and we must get a competing line of the meeting. Meetings of this kind
before the matter could be remedied. He were not usually called except, for pur-
instanced Clinton, which at one time was poses of indignation. After explaining
considered doomed by having its trade the action of the Council on the water-'
cut off with two railroads passing north works question, he finally settled in on
and south of it, To -day it was, perhaps, the railway question, and said that the
the must progressive town in the county, reason Goderich lead heretofore been
and although grain markets had been unsuccessful in previous efforts to obtain
started at Brucetield, Londesborough, a road, was because of the want of unity
Blyth and other points north -and south that bad prevailed. With unity they
of it, he did nut believe there was a soli- could accomplish anything, without uni-
tary resident ot Clinton who would be ty nothing could be dune.
willing to go back to the old order of The following motion was then. put
things, and be without a competing line. and wined unanimously.
Our lumber dealers also suffered fromthe "Resolved that in the opinion of this
lack of shipping accommodation, and so meeting the time has now arrived when
did every branch of business in the town. the Town of Goderich should adopt a aye -
Our market would not stand the price ,tem of waterworks and additional railway person of fixed income, for increasing
withClintnn,torrour shippers had to hold, facilities, and that the committee ap- the cost of every article they had to
waiting for shipment, and could not avail pointed by the Town Council to make the purchase. The Syndicate bargain was
themselves of an sudden rise. When necessary enquiries u to the cost o1 such next taken up, and the points against it
there is only one line of railroad, and the waterworks, be requested to ascertain were forcibly put. The Government
shipper is forced to avail hirnself of it, what railway connections can be moat ad- had acted in a most high-handed man -
the company knows his position, and vantageously secured, and that the mayor ner, and had endeavored at first to
will suit themselves in the matter of fur- be requested to call a public meeting, to crowd the discussion into nine days.
as the starting point o nishing accommodation, knowing that he consider the report of said committee. But the Opposition, after hard fighting,
rich towards being a city. (Cheers) has no option but to bide their tune. The meeting then adjourned. has succeeded in staving otf the close of
This meeting was a representative one, The route of the proposed line was the I the debate some five or six weeks, so
should be first taken up—railway or and comprised every element amen; the Rea cute of tion. Tu have it come that the sentiment of the people could
waterworks. He was not adverse to ratepoayers One speaker, it was true, from the south, connecting with the G. COMMUNICATIONS.. be obtained on the question. But even
had cried out, "Oh, the poor man 1" but W was out of the question. The G
waterworks, but he was very rtrengly in that seine gentlman wonld
then, despite the fact that petition after
not give a
W. R. would do nothing towardWe do not bold ourselves respondble for the
s con- opinions of our lArrespoadeats. (ontribu petition against the project was submit-
ted, and that a better offer was nude to
build the road, that 3,000,000 acres less
land. and $3,000.000 less money was
required; that no restrictions were asked
favor of a railroad. We could not take
up both schemes without applying for
legislative power to do so. If the water-
works were adopted the $50,000 which
we were now in a position to apply to
public objects would be spent, and if a
feasible railway project was brought
dollar to advance the pre spenty of Gode strutting a need, and we need hope furl tors to this department must confine them -
rich, if he could help it. (Hear, hear.) no help by way of bonus from the muni- I .clew to public questions, and be brief.
If waterworks were built we could get cipnalities outside of Goderich A nod
fully $5W a year from the G. T. Y for I I To the Editor of the Signal.ilio
running in a north-easterly `direction
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their water supply, beautiful fountains I would be more likely to prove a success, Sta—In your edition of last week,
would play on private lawns, cur Square and a connection with the T. G. & B. at
could be made attractive, and our busi-
ness
Wing was quite passible. This
mess men need not have their goods would connect us at Toronto with an eas-
before us the abiliL of the town .urn as- .puiled,were opposed nor need the residents_hyo last of the tern trunk line. There were some who
7 . to the line from the north,
sist it would be militated against. 1 ��
town be choked with dust. summer we swallowed more dust than but fohis own part he was in favor of a
Mr. Mosely asked what would the we did victuals (Laughter and cheers.) , competing road? no matter from what di -
proposed water -works scheme cost ? Over $20,000 had been spent in drains I rection it carne. Hear her,. The wil-
e Mayor thought the amounto to tanks, teal and other etceteras, end,. h ld be our first choice and the
3 K �what had we to show for itl 'The ranksroad
Th M h ht f sou
special rate for interest, sinking fund, alone had cost $7,000,and we would soon 1 waterworks the next. He did not think
hays to renew them, at an additionalex- we could burrow the 850,000 at 5 per
rase. Tho subsoil of Goderich was so I cent., but even if we got it fur 6 per
porouss that the water was not properly (A t isue�,ould not be prying too dear.
filtered, and the consequence was we ase.
Williams said the estimate he had
were daily drinking poisonous water.
To his mind, the Mayor's bill calling this
meeting had a tendency against the
waterworks, which the project did not
deserve. The works while in construc-
tion would put money in circulation in
the town. The waterworks would help
tit develope the town. They were a ne-
cessity, and we wanted them. By water-
workkand other public improvements we
would" make our town a city. ' (Hear,
hear.)
nice would be about $5,500
scheme, it could , .
Mr. Mosely said that in England it
large audience was the rule to keep the expenses against
prayer. the parish as light as possible. Some
a necessity to iI foolish schemes had already been enter -
of the town are I ed into already, and the hardworking
and we are as- f man had, been taxed to meet the unne-
every possible country expense. They should not go
way to assist it. But we fear the coup-
ling of the two schemes at the Monday
meeting will, militate against the rail-
way enterprise. Although both were
billed for discussion at the same meet-
ing, they are not twin schemes, but
are separate and distinct in every par-
ticular. A railroad is a creative power
for trade, and is a necessity that traffic
may obtain; waterworks are not in
themselves a creative power, but are a
useful institution in a progressive town.
Herein lies the difference between the
two. Let the electors carefully think
th e matter out.
This week we have not sufficient
space at our disposal to enter more
fully into • discussion of the subject,
but our readers can rest assured that a
full ventilation of both of the important
questions will appear in the columna of
Toe Sweat in due course of time.
00461$Oh Township.
The Holmes,ille .Nethod iet Anniver-
sary meetings were hell in that place on
Sunday last, and waa followed by a tea
meeting on Monday evening A geed
time is reported. Speakers. Bev.
Thomas of Clinton, 11. C. minister,
Rev. Livingssten, oft Bayfield, t,atether
with Rev. Mr McI)•.nagh. 1.1 (Tolson,
and wr. Edward. On Thursday night
• social was held to finish the well filled
baskets of the ladies who baked. Tete]
proceeds about $101)
i
nto,the -nater-works schomo until trey
had the money to meet it Everyone
who voted for the , scheme would be
helping to rob the child of the hard-
working man of its Sunday dinner.
At this point a little commotion was
raised by the audience, and the Mayor
called "order," and stated that a full
and free discussion must be allowed.
Cul. Ross thought some of the Council
should state what induced them to come
to the decision they had already arriv-
ed at.
Mr. Williams, chairman of the water-
works committee, thought the mover
and seconder of the resolution asking
for the submiasion of a by-law, should be
the proper penins to make explana-
tions. However, he had no abjection
to state what he knew of the matter.
The committee had received informa-
tion in effect, that the cost to secure
water -works accommodation from Bri-
tennia R -ad to the river s'ould be
' about $50.000. it would .eke $2,500
annually for interest, over $1,600 for a
sinking fund, some $1,500 for salaries,
and $300 for fuel, making in all about
$(1,0(10 a year to 1* raised. Water
works, however, were usually self-sus-
taining after the first year or two, the
water -rate making a good return. The
average assessment per ratepayer, if we
take 1,200 freeholders and our present
assessment roll as a haaie, would , be
On Friday last three funerals t i.iteed about $1.000. The additioraal tat,
the cemetery of Clinton, t sen at the same
hour and the (other m the afternoon.
The persons were the bite Mr. Samuel
Strom of ninth eoncess,on, John Alex-
ander's only child, of the seventh non.,
and Mrs Holmes, of the Huron road, at It that way- The richer men were
sear Clinton, all of Goderich Town- the principal property holden in the
d.tp mann and they would have 10 pay the
The ra.iinsui hridg. at 14olrnee.,lle hulk of the tat Besides that. the in-
*" miaplstad noon Runday last, by a gang tmduction rat an .ffielent water works
dna. •las who worked all day No council- redeem would lessen the rate of 6re m -
war tee tell them owas Anodes What
render hearted ennnr,i ,nen , serener by so east one-third. on a
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therefore, would be One-half rent nn the
dollar, car $5 per year on every $1,000,
It had been said it would come' hard on
the working man, but he did not look
Mr. (deo. Acheson wished Mr. Platt
had brought out his gust of eloquence
some years ago, before we were saddled
with the $15,000 debt for fire prevention.
He could not see that the waterworks
would give any employment worth speak-
ing of. But he wasin favor of railroads,
and would go in for a competing line most
heartily. During the past summer his
attention had been drawn to this matter
by personal observation. He had asked
manufacturers to lucate their workshops
in (e derich, and they had declined to do
so, because there was no competing line
with the Grand Trunk. He had for some
time been connected with the only enter-
prising manufactory in Goderich, and
had discovered that they suffered con-
siderably when they came into competi-
tion with factories which had choice of
railways, owing to having to pay addi-
tional freights Now they shipped at
Clinton, because there were competing
lines at that point, and, despite the ex-
tra teaming, they made money on the
tratia•ctinn. While not opposed to wat-
erwnrks,he considered them of minor im-
portance in comparison with the getting
in of another railroad. (Hear, hear.) He
advised the ratepayers to go for a rail-
road, for he did not think they could
get both. At present he was not pas
to state what line we should try
car, but his feelings prompted him to look
towards the G. W. R. He coincided
with a great deal of the remarks made by
Mr. Wiens, bot did not think it pos-
sible to obtain Moth another railroad and
waterworks at this bine. Get the road
Ant, and the increased prosperity would
wen being the waterworks to a osmoses -
fel issue. (Loud applause).
Mr. M. C. Cameron said Mr Williams
deserved credit for the careful manner in
which he had pot his satrenent iso the
waterwnrlts question. That gentleman
had, however, ooitbed to state what
would he steed by not haring to replsee
the present tanks The councils daring
the neat year. no tletibt had done their
hest. Mut he thought a mistake had been
made when the tank. ware put down_
madewas based upon ■cttaal offers.
When he was on his feet before, he dealt
merely with the waterworks question,
and he now proposed to say a little upon
the railway (natter. Of leis owu busi-
ness, the lumbering interest, he could
honestly say that if they had better ship-
ping facilities 'their present - business
could easily be trebled. Some years ago
he had prophesied that an annual trade
of 60,000,000 feet of lumber would
be done in Goderich, but so far they had
not reached inure than 17,000,000.
However he had yet a few yuan of the
ten to go, and if they got in a competing
line, his prophecy would be verified.
(Cheers.) 50,000,000 feet shipped at
Goderich represented $150,000 paid out
in a year for handling, which would ma-
terially assist the business of the town.
So much trouble had been experienced
in getting cars for shipment that they
had been forced to send lumber to Buf-
falo by their own schooner. A short
time ago the freights were 9c per 100 lbs;
now they were 12c. During the season
he sold a $6,000 order to an American
buyer, to be delivered at Buffalo. After
the freight had been settled, the question
of shipment came up, and when the tar-
dy action of the G. T. R. was spoken of
the purchaser exclaimed, "Remember, I
want that lumber delivered during my
lifetime." (Laughter.) He cited
another instance when $250 in freight
was saved by not shipping by the Grand
Trunk, and contended that no town
flourished when wholly dependeet upon
one line of railway. Clinton, with its
two lines, had purchased more ;ember
from them this season than any ether
point. The question now was, water-
works and railway,or waterworks es rail-
way. Mr. George Acheson liked both,
with a [preference, if anything fop rail-
way. Tom Moon had said of his two
loves
How thappr would 1 be with .tithes.
Were t other dear charmer away.
and this couplet applied 10 Mr. Acheron
'Laughter.` Ile Mr. Williams) would
prat the Credit Valley R. It first ed all
the linea & straight -edge from Tansy.
to
Goderich touched Elora. The more
railroads a town had the more prosper
ous it was. (A pplause
Mr. 8. Platt also aoldresae.l the rate-
payers on the railway question. and vitt
°mealy advocated the onestruetion .f s
peened line
Mr I) Mc6illiciddy explained the
feasibility of getting in the reedit Valley
mad from Slone and stated that at
Friday last he had twrei.ed a letter
which contained- minutes of last meet -
theand that the gentlemen who made
the offer were d g the most solvent
at the continental stock boards, the
advice of the Opposition was repelled
with scorn, and the Government majori-
ty hastened forward with their enor-
mously costly project. In England due
notice was given of any great project
deeply affecting the interests of the
coountry, and an opportunity for obtain-
ing the opinion of the public on each
ing of Council, I noticed my name
among others as ,voting against the
preparing of a scheme of waterworks
before submitting a by-law. Which is
not correct. What I among a few
others wanted, and voted for, was the
preparing a scheme and. obtaining all
necessary information, and particulars,
before submitting . the by-law, think-
ing it not beet, to ask any consider- question of importance was always &c-
stiun from the town, until we had corded. In conclusion the speaker re -
something to place before them; which feared to the Senate and said that yen
we hove to have soon. I also stated t
at the meeting that the pipe leading if it were retained, it should not have
into the lake may de -c,00xl, either the power to interfere with the action of
the popular representatives, or of ob-
made of staves, or the wood tubing structingthe+will of the people —a dan-
manufactured for such purposes, mak- emus seer which it had alreadyy ezer-
ing it much cheaper. Details will be Cued on one or two . opasions He con-
cluded by saying that the people of Cana-
da, were nut free to buy or sell, but were
fettered in their dealings; they were
subjected to tyranny from corporation
rings, manufacturing rings, and railway
rings In the old country they were
trying to make themselves. free from such
tyranny, while here the people were
bending their necks to the yoke. The
Reform policy had been equal rights to
all men, and the spirit of true Reform was
not tobedeterrel because one man oer'one
ministry had fallen. (Loud applause.)
At the conclusion of his address a vote
of thinks to Sir Richard was made by
Mr. Charles Girvin, Reeve of W. Wawa -
nosh, seconded by Mr. John Morris, of
Colborne, and favorably commented
upon by A. M. Roes, M. P. P.
The meeting, which was it highly suc-
cessful one, was then brought to a close.
forthcoming at an early day, from the
committee appointed for that purpose.
CHAS. A. HruasR
[In reference to the above we would
simply say that the division list was ob-
tained from the Council minute book,
The error, if it be one, is not ours]—
Eo. SIo14AL
The railway edemas.
GousstcH, Oct. 13th, 188)1,
To the Editor Huron Sipaol,
Sta,—As it seemed to be the unani-
mous wish of the people :present at the
public meeting held on Tuesday evening
last, that a railway was desire for the
town, it would not be amiss to make a
few suggestions aa to the routes we might
adopt, it) order to give the people time to
think them over before our next meet-
ing, which will take place when theCom-
mittee has reported to the Council. The
railways that we may connect with are
the Great Western, Toronto, Grey and
Bruce (in connection with the Northern
of Canada), and the Credit Valley.
Connection with the Western can be
made at Clinton, Hensel) or Exeter.
Connection with the Toronto, Grey and
Bruce, at Wingham, through the town-
ships of Colborne and Wawanowh, and
thence to Toronto. Connection with the
Credit Valley do Blyth, Brussels, Lis-
towel to Elora, thence to Toronto, or to
Woodstock aur Exeter and Mt. warys.
The question of a bonus will also arise in
connection with the route chosen. If by
the Western, which has now three lake
fronts, vis : Saugeen, Kincardine, and
Sarnia, we run to Clinton, we can expect
no bonus from Goderich Township or
Clinton. If to Hensel] or Exeter, none
of the township. or tillages would Rive a
bonus, as they here already granted it to
the Western. 1f by the 'Toronto, (trey
and Bruce, we could expect • bonus
from the Town of Goderich, Townships
of Colborne and Wawanosh, and the
Town of Wingham. if by the Credit
Valley cin Elora, Prom the Town of God-
erich, townships of Colborne, Hallett,
Norris, Grey, Elms, Wallets, Naryhnr-
"ugh, Peel, Pilkington. the villages of
Blyth and Brussels, and the towns of
largeListnh and dmigh or et WoodstockJ• WILSON
large Fxinuses might he etpootactnl fracas,
the townships smith of us, Exeter, Si .
w arys and %Cnndstoeh. 1 simply ask the
Wad nrs t. eonslder these routes and M Isemer$Riau. Carefully area red
J. t'. t aerie'. sale List.
LT Parties getting their hills printed at this
office will get a notice in this department razz
of r.harge..
Saturday, Oct. 15 --Peremptory sale
of horses, Cows, sheep etc., at the Agfi-
cultural show grounds in the Town of
Goodench. Sale commences at 1 o'clock
p. m.
Friday, Oct. 21—Credit sale of choice
farm stock on the farm of John Millien,
Lot 9, an. 6, Colborne. Rale commen-
ces at 1 o'clock p. m.
Saturday, Oct. 29—Mortgage sale, at
suction mart, in town of linderich, of tho
Carey farm in the township of Ashfield:
sale at 1 o'clock p. m.
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