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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1873-02-07, Page 4NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Firm -for Sale-- Thomas •Grieve. Farm for Sale—Adam Gray. Farm for Sale—M. Hopi. Dental Card—J. G. Bull. . Notice to Creditors—N. J. Clark. Estray Heifer—John McGregor. Caution—Hugh McIntosh. Legal Notiee—Benson & Meyer. Card of Thanks --J. Higgins: List of Letters—S. Dicksine Blacksmithing—W, J. Haute; Bruisels. Flax-B..Shantz. Clearing Sale—Duncan & Duncan. Store to Rent—John Logan. 4 Drug ii and Medicines -2---R. Lumsden. Cheap Baskets—Mr. Taylor, Exeter. Hats and Caps—Logan &Jamieson. 120 Reward—Tuckett & Billings. urn txpooitor. FRIDAY, FEB. 7, 18737 sion of the Legislature.' The report of thin Couttmittee\ u1I found elsewhere, and the suggestions there- in contained are; in the worthy-- of the consideration of the Government and Legislature. This report recommends the 'dividing of townships into wards, and that a Cormeilor be elected for each ward.* This would certainly be a "great im- provement on the present system. As thelaw now stands, a pop -dons portion of a township can debar another portion from representation at the Council Board altogether, Whereas, tinder the system propos- ed, every portion Of the township would be represented. Besides, if a Councilor la elected for one particu- lar ward, be will make it his buainess, to become thoroughly acquainted with the requirements and necessi- ties of that ward. But, under the present system, where a nnmber are eleeted for the representation of a township, one is apt to leave .duties "which should be performed by him- self to be performed by another, especially when that other is. equal- ly responsible for the performance of that duty, although .he may not be nearly so much mtetested in having it performed. Under the proposed system. each Cormciler 'tvouhl directly responsible to Plow' by whom he was elected, and would be .more likely to see that the interests of the ward in which he 'was direct- ly in tei es ted would be,properly car- ed for. It would be just. as reason- able to have our County Council re- presentatives elected by the vote of the whole people of the County, as it is to have Our township, represen- tatives elected by the whole people of the township's. If this were the, case, however, pez•son *mild say that the interests ot the several town - sin& %mild be a.a well guarded as the Y are under the present system. The reason of this is obvious. By the former, a large number would be legislating for nfenicipalitiesthe necessities and requirements of which they would be entirely unacquaint- ed with. The 'same is Low the case, only to a lesser extent, with .our township Councils as - at preteat elected. It is ferbher recommend- ed that the Deputy Reeve -or Reeves be elected by the Councils on the same_basis of population as at pres- ent. Under the present law the Deputy Reeves, like the Reeves, are elected by the whole people. :The change is recommended for the rea- son that some townships are so large and populouathat they are entitled to five Reeves, -so that every mem- ber of the Council is -a Reeve. If, therefore, the Deputy Reeves .were all elected by the people; in such townships thn ward system would be destroyed. It is proposect by .11 bill before the Leg;tlature at the present finite to give a Reeve to every numicipality, and a 'Deputy Reeve for each 1,000 qualified electors .af- ter the first thousand. If this. pro- position ,were •sarried out, there would be only one municipality in the „County of Huron that would be entitled to a Deputy Ileeve, and such as Seat., forth, Clinton Or Brussels, would be entitled to. es large representation iu the Cpunty Council as towpships like Tuckersmith, Hullett and Mc- Killop, with nearly, double or treble the population. This would be un- just, as it would give to the smeller municipalities an influence and Voice in the Council which their popula- tion' ,would not entitle them; t�. The present sysitem, ai recommend- ed by -the Committee, would be much preferable to this. The fourth clause of this report recommends that in the case of any village ap- plying for incorporation, end suCh application being granted, the Coun- ty Council shall have the power" to appoint a. valuator to make out a 'voters' -list to' be used: at the first electioh held in the municipality.. The necessity for such a clause as this was made very evident at the first election held in the municipal- ity of Brussels. There wag no guide for the Returning Officer 'to go by. He had to take the votes of all who were willing to swear that they we're possessed of property within the municipality to the required ameunt to entitle .thew to a vote. The re- sult was.. that farmers from the country who- happened to have a teath of horses standing in the vil- lage at the time were entitled to and did record their votes, and we are informed that there were some 23 more votes polled, than theie are male inhabitants iesidentwithin the bounds . of the municipality. If, therefore, a clausetsuch as that re- commended We're added to the Municipal act, proceedings such as we have referred to would be pre- vented. If there is a law in the statute book that needs amending, that law is the preaent Assessment act. There is, perhaps, not another law of the whole code- that is so fre- qneatly ancl so persistently violated. The 8rnen d WeL p )osed by tl)e committee AXOU Id certainly very• much improve it, and probably pre- vent some of the most gross -viola-, tions, but still it wild be far from perfect. indeed, we . believe it The Late Session. The session of the OountyCoun- cil which terminated on Satnrday last was an unusually busy one. - Although there was -not a great deal of discussion indulged in, quite a umber' of intporant question kere contidered and decisive action! taken regarding them. Upoe some of these questions we deem it not out of place to exprest an opinion. A resolution was introduced re- commending the reduction -of the County Treasurer's salary by $200. Ariother resolution was introduced recommending an inerease in the salary of the Engineer. Both these resoiutions were .referred to. the Committee on Salaries. The recom: mendation of the forwern resolution. was not adopted by the-Ctimmittee. •The latter,- however, was „consider- ed more favorably and' the recom- mended increase granted. The re- pertof the Committee was adopted by the Council without amendment. The salaty of the Treasurer, filet e - fore, remains as heretofore, while that of the Engineer has been in- creased by $9,00. With regard to the wisdom of this decision we fully concur. ' The salary now paid to the Cot-inty Treasurer is $1,200 per annura. We believe that. this sum is more than a fair rentuaeraticn for the work performed and the respon- sibilities in c u rred by that official. The salary .paid by the County of Perth to their Treasurer is $800 per annum. The labor to be performed in the latter case is nearly or alto- gether as great as in the former. But, while we admit that the re u n era tion of our Tioa suier is more than adequate, we do not think it would he good policy for the Conn- cil- to dispense with the services of a thoronghly competent and honest ,official, and rim the risk of having his place -filled by. an in'competent or dishonest. one, merely to effect a saving to the County of $200 per annum. With regard to the in• crease in 'the County Engineer's salary, we think it is well deserved. - Hitherto the salary paid this Official was,$9.00 per annetn. By the re- cent action of the Council, in assum- ing the repairs on a ituntber of other roads besides those -which absolutely. belong to the .County, tliet work of the Engiueei has been 11 earjy: doubl- ed. The increase- in salary, there- fore, is not in proportion to the in -- crease of work. So that, if the salary. hitherto paid was not •too large, --and we believe it was not, -- the inCreaseit not to be complained The action of the Council in re- fusing in future to keep the 'County roads cleared of snow drifts, and in a passable Condition la winter, and imposing that work upon the muni- cipalities adjoining, or the indivi- duals living upon the roads, we can- not approve of. This is delegating to irresponsible individuals, duties which the law distinctly imposes on the 'County. Simla action is certain- ly fraught with -groat danger, and may result in loss to the County. If the County had the power to com- pel Mu nicipa lit ies or iadividuels, to do certain repairs on its roads, the action taken would be -perfectly legitimate. But the1 younty has not this power. The municiPalities may, or may not do this work, as they see fit. They are in no way directly responsible for the con- sequences if they do not, and this. being ' the case the probability . is that they will leave the Work asaign- ted to thein unperformed. If, how- ever, any accidentiorslamage should occur through these roads not being .kept in a proper state of repair, the .County is directly responsible. This being the cate, it is clearly the duty of the Council to cause these repairs to be clone. , But by their late ac- tion, they are prohibited -from doing so. They have Placed themselves in a very _awkward position:. They are responsible for any damage done tla ough these repairs not being made, and they cannot compel the repairs -1,, to be made. They have become. liable for the neglect Of others., who are in no way retpoasible to them for that neglect. A epecial committee„was appoint- ed to examine lute rra i..(4401't upo the changes proposed to, be made in the ltilutricip.tl, AsJ,essment and School acts during the present ses- ON EX OSITOR, would be advisable for. the Giniern- menti to wipe out the whole thing and (frame a new measure which would more fully preyent so many barefaced violations and infringe- ments. That -this can be dune there is no doubt, and there is no act for the accompliehruent of which tbe Ontario Governmeat would be more justly entitled to credit than for a prepeaandjust .Assessaten t laett With reference to the School law, the report recommends that town- ship boards of school truetees be made Compulsory; instead: of permis- sive, as at present; that in, -the event of townships being divided into wards oue trustee be elected for - eabh ward, and that the chairman -a. eaeh ward: WI elected by the whole i people, and " that the notnination and election:be held at the sane time and place as that of Councilors. With this tecomnien- 1 dation we cordially agree., The ad- ' vantages to the cause of education which would arise from having township boards of trustees instead of tection boaa•dt, as at present, are manifold. In the first place, all the schools in a township would be pat on an equal footing.. They would be supported and maintained flora one common. fuud, :-ind.be- governed by one common body- This would do away -with the continual bicker- izigs between school trustees and township Councils regarding the boundaries of sections. Parents would be able to send their children to the most:convenient school, irre- spective of section bounds, and sec- tions would be in a like position to .avail themselves of -good teachers. Under the present law, a person re- siding near the boundarV of one sec- tion must send his children to the school of the section, no matter _though it be two or three tuiles front .hint, while he is prevented .from 'sending his children to another school which may be within easy reach: simply -because it is not in his section. -Under the proposed amendment,- this in co u venience and bardship would be removed, and he would be free to send his children to the school most convenient to him. Again, there are many sec- tions so small, that to employ and pay a e,ompetent teacher tvould im- pose a heavy burthen upop the peo- Pk of the section, conitequently, they are compelled. to put up with the services of a very inferior teach- ell-, and have the education of their children- neglected, simply because they have the misftitune to have their lot cast in a small section. This has a tendency to create, and almost invariably does ereate dis- satisfaction, and cause a desire to have/the section remodeled and en- larged so that they may be enabled to employ. as efficient a teacher and have as good a school as their neigh- bors. Other sections that are auf- I ficiently large resist the demand for remodeling, and there is a con- tinuous strife. Thus, the time that should be devoted by trustees and others interested in .the schools in devising ond carrying out schemes for the more efficient working of these school, is spent in quarreling about ooundaries, and in settling other similar disputes. Surely, then, some means of conducting the educational institutions of the coun- try without engendering these strifes should be devised. The remedy now proposed is the establishment cf township boards of trustees, and we believe it would be an 'effettive one. In the second place, it is DO too frequently the case that butlit- tle or no inte'rest is taken in the election of school trustee, and the result is that, in many iustances, men are selected for thesee positions Who are in no way qualified to fill them. The cause of this lack of ita. terest can, no doubt, to a Very great extent be accounted for by the fact that the position of local school trus- tee is of so insignificant a'id limited a nature, that but few care to put themselves to. the trouble to seek election when but So slight an honor is to be gained. Another reason for this lack of intereet may be found in the fact that under the present law the elections for school trustees follow very close/37 the elections for township officers. These latter are frequ-ently closely contested and create a great deal of interest, which when allowed to die out can- not be rekindled so soon after for the minor considmatien of electing school trustees. But, if the town- ship -board system were adopted, and the election to take ?lace on the same day as that for Municiaal Councilors' the case would be differ- ent. The position of township school trustee -wonld be as impor- tant and as honorable as that of township Councilor, and would be as much sought after, while taking place on the sanhe day the same in- terest would be taken in the one as in the other. Thus, t much superi- or alai of men Would, as a general thing be .elected, and the education- al iuterests would be better cared for and Managed. There is one .elanse ef the repora however, with whici we cannot agree. That is, the clause tecommending the propel ty qualification cf tem:tees to be the same as that at 'resent require for Muticipal Ce(uncilors, It is alr ady admitted by a majority of the • eo- ple of this piovince that it is net necessary for'a Parliamentary pre- sentative to have at propel ty qualifi- catiOn. Is it not, then, utter]) ab - wird to say that thOse who hay the power to make, unmake and an end the laws do not require to be pos ess- ed of any property qualificatio or property stake in the country, fand that, those who are only requireI to administer these laws after hey have been placed ia their hand re- quire a certain property qualifica- cation as a gua.rantee that they will perform their duty faithfully 1 If the recommendation of the re )ort were, logical, the adminittratoi of the law would be a more limportant personage than the maker of the law. Notwithstanding the -fact thit in almost every report of Comm itee which came before tho Council, rir- ingt the session, some reference was made to the expenditures conti nal- ly recUrring in connection with the North 1 -tiding Registry office, be- sides the intimation of the Wa den in his Opening address, not a si gle membee had courage to broach the bjec t, of what action sbduldl be taken to have the Ridings -rem tecli, until the last moment. As em- bers were preparing to leavel the Council RoOtn, Mr, Cress tell bi•ought in a. motion to have- a, tiele- gation appointed to proceed to To- ronto to impress upon the Go ern- ment the necessity of abolishing the office. This motion was followed by the amendment which will be een i▪ n our report. The athendment was carried. Had similar action ieen taken at the December meetin it ruight have been of some ser but we are afraid the movement has been made too late. • It is not rob - able that there will be time to ive the proper notice to have the bill introduced this session. If the nuisance be not removed this ses lOn the probability is that we will Lye to "grin and bear it " foretver. Had the Council at its prey ous meeting passed a resolution si to that which was carried at the tate meeting they would have moved the responaibility, in cas failure, from their own shoul but we are not so sure that -can now wholly absolve theme from blame. To READ a report of the proc ings of the County Council of re - e Of ers, hey ves ed- th e County of Perth, one would alMost be led to believe lhatthe scenet itt the Council Room daring the ses- sions of that•augnst body very reuch resemble those which we could im- agine would transpire in a hear gar- den. The "speak now" and "Scott murder " discussions, w ich have recently taken place in the Ontario Legislature, were mild and mannerly compared with some of those which took place at Stratibrd during the late session of the Chun- ty Council. We wonld respectfally FEB. 7. 1872. seeing that the total amount never could exceed that authorized by the ad, and that the House could at any time order the investment to cease. Mr. Cameron had threatened a division of the House upon this point, but, when it came to the scrachbe found it wise not to ex- pose the weakness of the Opposition and allowed his amendment 'to be declared lost. • BETTING ON ELECTIONS. We have had a fresh instance of Satan rebuking sin in the case ot Mr. H. S. Macdonald, the hero of the infamous frauds in connection with the South Renfrew election for the Commons, bringirThg in a bill with the professed object ef securing further purity of elections. His hill provided that any elector bet- ting on the result of an election should forfeit his vote. Non elec- tors might bet with impunity. The tone of the -debate was strougly in favor of prohibiting betting on elections, and even betting of any kind; but it was shown, principally by Mr. Freser and Me. Mr. Wood, of South Victoria, that -the bill would have an opposite ef- fect to that desited. It would en- courage a practipe something like this: A candidate could employ an agent to go through the country with a few thousand dollen, and in- duce people to take bets which every, one would know must be lost, and in this way destroy a number of votes that would be cast for his op- ponent. So that the bill, instead of epreventing betting, would actually encourage, by giving a candidate an opptirtunity to bribe people to des- troy their votes by accepting bets that they were eure to • win. This view of the bill prevailed, and not- withstanding the strong feeling of the House against betting, the bill_ was thrown out hy a vote of 40 to 11. This was the first division, of the session. It, of course, gave no indication of the strength of parties, some supporters of the Government voting for it, and some members of the Opposition against it. INTERDICTION OF DRUNKARDS. Mr. Bethune's bill providing for the interdiction of habitual drunk- ards has passed its second reading, with the support of the Government, atter a very interesting discussion: The whole subject of a Prohibitory Liquor law was more or less diecuss- ed, and the tone of the debate was decidedly in favor of suCh a law. However, that question will be dis- cussed upon its merits, as two Pro- hibitory bills are announced,—one by Mr. Farewell and one- by Dr. Clark, of Itterfolk. It is not expect- ed that either of these bills will pats this session. All that will be gained now will be a discussion and the ap- pointment of a Committne to inves- tigate the whole subject. But there are-Aiot wanting those who believe that ,before the expiration of the piesexit jarliameritary term a Pro- hibitory Liquor law will be on 011117 statute book. recommend the directors of the des- THE SCOTT MURDER. tinies of 'our sister county to pey a visit to the Cemicil of the Colinty of Huron sometime when it i in session, and take a pattern from_the orderly, courteous and agreeable manner in which busieess is con- ducted by that body. DOINGS IN THE LEGISLATURE. From Our Own, Correspondent. TORONTO, M.114.); 6, 1873. • DRAINAGE. . Hon. Mr. McKellar's* drainage resolutions have paseed. As previ- ously explained, he has two meas- ures on the subject. One gives the Government power to do the wfork- at the. request of the to unicipalities • i _ the other authorizes them to pur- chase the debentures of the munici- palities, and let them do the w4k. :Municipalities can, of course, tiake their choice which act they trill - work under. These debentures inay run for fifteen fears at five per crit. interest. The Government tic power to advance $200,000 miller each bill, $400,000 in all. But they cannot advance more than $20,- 000 to any one municipality. Two objections were raised, to these meas- ures. First, that there was da ger of creating another Municipal}Joan Fund, with all its attendant diffi ul- ties. To this it was replied tha as no municipality could borow niore than $20,000, there could be no dif- 'ficulty in collecting it, as it bec tne due. The difficulty in connection with the Municipal Loan Fund arose from the fact that no limit was placed to the amount to which any In unicipality could ltorrow. In this respect, Mr. McKellar's bill is safer than Mr. Carling's, for the latter took power to spend as much of the fund as he pleased in any locality. The other objection was to gir ng the Government power to rein:est the money in drainage, as it wa4 le - paid by municipalities. It was ar- gued that this money should go into the 'consolidated revenue fund, there to remain sobjeet to the order oft the Rouse. The reply to this argunient was that, if it were wise to make the investment in the first instatiee, it was equally wise to continu4 it, • This -matter was again discussed, on a motion of Mr. Ferguson for all information respecting the offering of a reward for the apprehension of the murderers of Thoinaa Scott. Hon. Mr. Wood's speech was the chief feature of the debate. He' showed by reference to Iinperial statutes that the criminal jurisdic- tion over Rupert s Land at the time of the murder rested with the Do , - minion Government, and that they alone were to blame for the failure of justiee. The debate was char- acterized by a goodkleal of personal crimination arid recrimination, par- ticularly between Mr. Wood and Mr.RYkueNc rit. lirAt, LOAN FUND. t is expected that the Premier will be able to amaounce the Gov- ernment scheme for the division of the surplus and the settlement of the Municipal Loan Fund indebt- ness on Friday, but it is possible it may be delayed till the following Tuesday. It is reported that the basis of the scheme will be some- thing to this effect: The aid to rail- ways, will be equalized all over the Province, that is to say, the old municipalities will receive a grant equivalent to that given to the new counties for railways, this tp•ant to be collected from 1853, when the Municipal Loan Pond was created, at 5 per cent. coirpound interest. A balance will thenTbe struck with each municipality 'in debt to the Municipal loan Fund. If it is in favor of the antnicipality, they keep it. If in favor of the Government, the municipality 'must isue its de- bentures and pay up the balance at once. This, it is estimated, will bring into the -Government about two millions and a half, and they will have about two millions of the original surplus, in all about four milliens and a half, which they will divide among the municipalities ac- cording to population. To -day re- presentatives from all the defaulting municipalities met at the Queen's Hotel, according to previous ap- pointment. Of course, their object is to make a united demand upon, the GoYeruteent for relief.- itis to be hoped the Government will re. r"in fir TinIE MUNICIPAL BILL. The Committte on this bill haytt had two sittings since the date of my last letter, They have made the following amend re en t s : Township Councils shall, on petition of a ma- jority of the electors, teatore the ward.pystem of elections. In towns and incorporated villoges an elec- tor can only vote fer Mayor, Reeve and Deputy Reeve in the ward in which he resides. Candidates for Councilors must pay their taxes be- fore they can be nominated, and 'in cities, towns and villaget, electors must pay their taxes efore the 15th of December; before they are quali- fied to vote. In townships - the -Council may pass a by-hiw, makinn the prepayment of taxes a qualifica- tion for electors. In cities Mali - ors to be elected by the people. When a man is D 0 Initiated for more than one office,- he must declare at the nomination which office he will run for. The first meanie.eof town - 'ship 'Councils to be held at 11 o'clock, instead of 2 o'clock. Power was given to Councils to reimmer- ate their heads for the services. The time for the Clerk of munici- palities to make the - statistical ie- tuylis was extended to the 1st of March. No propm ty qustlification to be required of AsseasersIt was made compulsory on County Coun- cils to aPPoint. Assessors to equal- ize the assessment. Power wait giv- en to municipalities to make invest- ments in municipal debentures. Power was also given to County Councils to borrow money to tarry on the affairs of the County till the taxes capie in. Mr. Gibbons en- 'deavorea to make it compulsory on. Count Y Councils to establish houses of refuge, but the Cotamittee voted him down, and left it permis- sive, as now. It was considered that this change involved an impor- tant principle ofit public policy, and should be decided by the House. PONTIAC. NEWS OFI THE WEE'S. The Engineers and Stokers On the Portugese railways are on strike, and all freight trains have in conse- quence been suspended. The 'United States Treasury De- partment will purchase $1,000,000 of bonds on each Wednesday, and sell $1,000,000 of coin f tea each Thmsday during this month, On Sunday the infant prince of the King of Spain was christened Louis Amadeo Fernando. Four bailers in the American Iron Works, Pittsbui‘gb, V. S., ex- ploded on Tueschiy., - tearing down the building, in which about 300 men were employed at the time. Six dead bodies have been recovered, and some 30 *minded. There are still, however, a number missing, whom it is thought lie covered up by tl dehris. Stokes, the man who has been • convicted of, and sentenced to death for shooting James Fisk, of Erie irailway notnety in New York according to the latest accounts, is in the constant receipt of letters sat - muted with poison which he has only to toneh to his tongue to insure death, but Stokes turns these let- ters over to the prison alithorities, remaiking that he does not propose to use thenin the manner indicated. Mr. Cressweli in Reply to Dr. Sloan. To the Editor(lithe Huron Expositor. I My object in insertine a letter in your paper of In 24, was to elicit some faas fromthe responsible officials of the ton. 1_ don, Huron and Bruce Railway, and was an answer to an article whith appeared. in one of the recent numbers of the Chit - ton New Era, which article I think I_ may truly say was a disguised attack on the proceedings of the Township Council 1 of Tuckersmith ; not one word was said on my part as to whether the buildiog cf the London Railway, viewing it as a pecuniary speculation, was for the ad- vantage or disadvantage of Tuckersniith. conlined my remarks strictly to the question at issue and ab4tained troni offering any opinion as to- the merit* or demerits of the scheme. The respon- 1 sible officials of the London Railway 1 having preserved an ominous silence, a_ Mr.' William Sloan, of Myth, has seen fit to take up the cudgels. No responsi- bilities attach themselves to HIM and cs ly statements he may choose to make -cannot be brought itt evidence against the London Railway men. Coirequent- ly 1 might;with perfect proprietyde- cline to enter into a controversy on , the subject with him, the more especially as Mr. Sloan mere- ly touches on the subject matter of my letter, evidently not much to his own satisfaction, and then launches out into an entirely different question, viz.: the advantages of the London Railway te Tuckersmith and Stanley. Mr. Sloan remarks that my objections seem to be as to matters detail, that I wish the London Company to show their ante- ment, and then adds that " mightbiest as well ask a written guarantee that we would get the Government subsidy," If Mr. Sloan will turn back to Inv letter he. will see that Mr. Mock, Solicitor of the Company, Stated that the agreement would be submitted for the ratiKcation of the English ehoblers in January, consequently either 1V1r. Fleek stated, what was not true, or Mr. tihetn knows nothins at .tW -about ehe matter, and at 'Air. Frock is of all men one- -who ought to know the let,sines own Company the best, and 3 lrive no w'sh to throw discredit int Mr. Flock's v.ord, I am compelled to arrive at the conclusioa that Mr. Sloan is ignora,et of Lee te:)jeet 7 I on. Whia he is A-1 'Teraark that the justas well ask a the Government, firstly in:34 :Vie. the official dee Bandlield IllaedoJ --_ the LOIltiOn. Co these gentlemen -they fulfil , the r Way act's, Mr- -necessity of th -who hoild.s it ?" s rant the neces - 1 think k ean sly] -does make a gro the road, The 't ancl solvent corp guarantee to do of their ability the same of such London, Huron Most eertainly n- dotibts on the a the report of the the Municipal I paper is pregnan on railway sche shame and disai eipalitie,s, and th , . 000,000. -unpaid stands out in g warning to post an illustration 1 Lake Erie Rail' eoe, and the to 'Woodhouse, a.iti-, $580,000 in this,. total loss. I wil: Hole E. B. Woe of Wind.hara tow Company, after on the line of rail less insolvency, a has been. finally a Speaking of the 4 says, " The Cot ,, solvent and the 1 collapsed never Speaking, of the I was caused by il. bourg and Peter 13. Wood remark Peterboro Railwii years, the 1Zice and the whole a Chaw(ry." Tbi which bias coneok London, Iliiron '. swindled the pe $700,000, After been brought bei I think that eve does make a dal' road. Our own loi - Sloan says got in idly sharper) Tnii lesson of caution Buffalo road turn Sloan 'would ler0 duty to enrich railways, which : Woodstock and I Sloan says -Wawt their money on , not be called for certain points. have done so wit' a large number ! voted to the Lo conclitionson th and for.these im , there is only a tween the Mini pany, which is .0 the London Conii ly not against ,ot. hands the fold ii' rounicipalitie.s wi till the road reael all bosh. The act township debent over to three trm, after the bonuseS that the said triii thena. WithMI " history shows i prises you willfin 'fish motives," 'I add that the croT with the Lona Railway is a ren Mr. Sloan will Ili knowing that sle to Buffalo. Mr. London Road, ai substitute, etc. ‘-, that I ani- brea - - few ebservatio* Buffalo and Lal been for years th the greater part e Perth and Br Grey and Bruce .ern Extensioa la tiered the field a - Southampton is i ern Extension -will be running -v this fell swoop tl eut off froni. -the 1 one half of the . duce a'fieree coin trade of sueh tON'l Killop, etc., irt -, Will have to Aral their -Own. NO erieli,4 Stanley.. I will -receive all great competitio ,dollar for it, all wait till next sti shown how eitr and manufacturi lieved. - The statement is blocked, and - loads detained a' ly true, but the don is in a stil dreds of loaded e and have beenfO little hope of re' novsr suppose the 'ming it would 011 the Western 1) the freight be we topsider the of this winter, h railways are 1111 I am, it appea lest the difi4ic; get it for extta . I am not so mu Man of London „Van vf onoth( 2' We are alike( whst Mr. Sloan. facts, but whit., ate not so. l'. Great NVestern. I ain tariff hal - lo= would hal: from Clinton to. per bushel; the carry wheat fn - by rail in wirite that U..: (4`i led carrier ti7 14 ea Alit sleen jmnblel no it io no other I e_irp believe they tk oo their wle kied CP.0114Y1.1 L'