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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1875-07-02, Page 1R75 the depth forenoon .he bottom a for some to draw il that he 1iei.iket mil ma be- liseovered !ieing that e, Robert te assist ,ottorn, he called to t they did, of the to thus botli )m of the es present ailars, but ring made she bodies, ma.le to t:ueil met tijourn- Nem. Ail ve in the e read and c hsnald, rs. Walk - o let the tei• 5- and Moved i Wm. el on the - Fel rru ary ▪ the Gave be paid I Sec-. s ?elver- „ war tea it vtling, ete Ufl.r rod ; tLt 1 2i 'eraveling, Pepper, per rod ;. Es at1 30 graveling, r & Me- t 9r; Efl gravel-, ; Charles -at $2 per ravel at - t. ekes, 25 voril ; E. ; Duman Utnean ancan Me - Sparks, culvert, vert, 17 ; '• Donald Murray,; Walker,. ; thet this a-eain eried. • Clerk. ;le Strat- :•sotiations i...oute time: eth shops, Tht =son Ls en Mon- t the terms ;- w1re/0 of works in the 1st or, v, &e. , re - The ine to th:e. ed. The 1.111g order, ,175 t2O� be coming has been e Stratford taking by, loyalaw ;mated te. :eration, I1ing to mtend to ; having a r the oeca- T. Duncan If the rale! aa- --- Henry 01/. 12, in eep, whielt 19.8n, and' maknrg It tee, valuable \1 ulhol- 'tie-. The t Jr.rilga Of tar, 1.0I: - the Man- e 30, sees til further services, r at their • give him .ther lone- r.- stay. rent of t, vulsh,nia qurcle./. • w4.,rst rihe asee e are spe- Le, till: A 4t1"CrA ii•!hlr• K•r:c1:1"e!, prat -tire .r plainte •xxIrene ; fur ,'S11 1(9 LH- •• • he dna r with +PA 3,1d. tient. one, the ,•;1,t Men t 01:t1 a at • regard - prof La.t1.711 :an at te hire, itlt1' his Eat nal I r; A H. WilL01.14 NO. 395. 11.14011-. COUNTY COUNCIL, coNTINUF.O- FROM LAwr TitURSDAY, (Nilo 24, 1875. The Council held but a short sitting treday, the time of Councilors being chiefly' taken up Witt} the equalization, The Warden occupidd the Chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read Red confirmed. netissrr rstsiniliaTioer Ain sOcIETY. petition from Mr.. Braith -taite, Sec- etary of the Immigration siJid Society, of Hallett; praymn for a grant to the Society, was read. and referred to the Finallee Committee. eott.ssrv ENarisisiticht REPORT, The following report of the County Edgineer was read and referred to the Road and Bridge Committee. the Warden and Council of the (rowdy 0f : GENTLEMEN : The bridge crossing the Little Bayfield River, on the boundary between lirty. and Stanley, had the cen- tren- bent eared, away by the ice at the ring -freshet. I had it replaced imme- diately -the water in theStrearn was suf- ficiently abated to allow men to work. The bridge, however, requires new abut - mai anda light truss on top in place of a centre bent, The ice on the rivers IIONV forms, to such thickness, since the country w4s cleared. of timber, that the system followed. hitherto of building on bents is no longer safe. Another: bridge of the same kind, on the SauhleRiver, betweentthe townships of Hay and Stephen, also had 4 centre bent driven out by ice and driftwood. This bridge was- removed several years ago from a deviation road to the straight line, when the townships graveled the boundary, , and was probably not set quite low enough. The structure is of pine timber, now quiterotten. The whole bridge. will, therefore, require rebuilding, The bottom of the river is here a soft allu- vial soil, and the foundation of the new bridge will have to beset on piles. The bents of the bridge crossing the Baytield River, on the Third. Concession of Stanley, suffered. in some degree from. the ice, which was unusually heavy dur- ing the past winter. This bridge was repaired three years ago, at a cost of me hundred and fifty dollars. Vith some farther repairs it will stand another year, probebly two. The new bridge at Turner's mill; a few miles further dosva the same sti earn, lost several strut braces, and. One principal brace of reek elm timber, eleven me ies square, was shattered to pieces. The tlam forty rods up the streams had given way. and a heavy accuthulation of ice and driftwooi came down with such force that it moved the whole super- structure of the bridge twelve or four- teen inchee from its place. The B istichl bridge at the mouth of the river escaped with but little injury. It is, however, getting old and shaky, ancl will neeeasarily have to be rebuilt very soon. tit to the present time, it is not known how far up stream the harbor isaprovffinents will extend. The bridge will therefore have to be kept in repair on its present site until the work at the harbor is more advanced. At Wingham I have examined. the site of Graham's bridge, and. also the one at Fisher'. At Graham's the bottom is soft and bad, and. it will be very ex- pensive to nut in. a firm foundation. The bottoni of the river in the Lower Town is hard and. in every way suitable for a bridge, and although the stream here is much wider, the cost of building will be very little,more. Another bridge at Wingham, on the gravel road crossing the north braneh of the river, is in want of a new snper- structu re. The piers and abutments are of cedar, land comparatively good, but the pine Stringers are no longer. safe. The finer, which is quite new, may be used again; a new hand rad and cord pieces only are required. This bridge has floor spans of forty- ti ve feet each, three piers and two abutments. Total length, about two hundred and twenty- five feet. Ball's bridge, on the Maitland River, thee miles from Manchester, requires a few flooring planks and someother un- impottane repairs, Frem twenty to twerity-tive dollars will probably do all that is requisite. The bridge at Port Albert, built six- teen years age, is in need of a new super- strueture. I had. what 1 thought was sufficient timber taken out in winter for this purpose. The people in. the neigh- borhood, however, want more than: is really neeessary ; more than I feel in- clined. to .give without express instrue- tons from the Council. At Manchester a stone pier and two spans of the bridge were carried away by the spring freshet. The original done pier, Cuilt by the Government twenty ytars ago, gave way, and took the bridge with it, I had examined the bridge on March 23, ten, days before the accident (recurred. There was no appar- ent failure up to that time. The pier loakcsi the same as it had done for ten years previous. No doubt the intense frost in !winter was the primary cause; when th 4 thaw came it showed a rent through its whole length, from one end to the other. This is the only serious loss the (i'ouuty has suffered from fresh- ets for uineteen years. A great part of the iron has been recovered, and some part of the timber. The timber is of lit- tle value,- hut the iron can be Used again. Mr. Pope, the contractor by Whom the approaches were built to the bridge be- tween Grey and Howick, last fall, claims - the twenty-five per cent. held from him for putting into the embankment a cer- tain quantity of old timber, in place of earth. He claims on the ground that the embankment has not sunk. But the tiraber is there, notwithetanding, -Another difficulty of the same kind oc- (arred at 1:`,xeter bridge, where sixty dollars was withheld from the contractor, 35 compeusation to a pereon for damage doue to a buggy. No satisfactory evi- dence, however, can be furnished to Prove thecase against the contractor. The stone pier built at Ben Miller's bridge, only two years ago, had a large piece knocked off the front; when h )en - ed up, the inside masonry was fou to• be of the very worst description, Me, Vicar, the contractor, ,a man in. whom I had. every confidence, behaved,. -ii the worst .possible way, having filled the middle of the pier with debris and c ther rubbish from the old wall. H the nail is worth anything, steps should be t• ken to male him repair the pier at his cost. All of which is -respectfulle mitted. A.. BAY, County Engine • Bum SCHOOL GRANTS. Moved by. Mr. Fisher, eccondet Mr. Garrew, that the Goderich and. ton High Schools be grantedthe sui $400 each, the usual grant. Refere the Finance Committee.' ADVERWINO. TE'NDERS, Moved by Mr. Mullen, seconder. by Mr: Simpson, that the -County Eng neer be and is hereby instructed to advertise for all tenders for County work at east two weeks previous to the letting of the same, in whatever paper is at the ime doing the County printing, along vith the printed notices -Carried. A LOCK-tr FOR WROXETER, Moved by Mr, Gibson, edeendec by Mr. -Gana, that the. sum Of $201 be granted to the village of Wroxeter, or a lock-up in that village, on the same con- ditions as previous similar grants Car- ried. LETrER FROM COUNTY, TREASCTREI . The following letter from the Co mty Treasurer was read and referred to the Finance Committee: Co e TV TREASURF,R'S O'FFFIr June 23, 1875. To the Warden ana:councilorti : 1 beg to report the state of the fin, ',lees of the County at present • Amount due for Courity :Rates of From Hullett $ , 500 : ” MeKillop . 752 32 , Stephen , 3,602. 83-$4,S15 J5 Cash in Bank 5,7'6, 43 own sub - r. 674. .$l0,6' 1 58 Due to local munis cipalities, from non -- resident taxes collected as per schednle ....$9,102 51 County schoolgrant to Stephen 452 00- 9,5. Available Balance 4 51 I beg toremind you that the ba of the Gravel Road Debentures, aun hie to $260.000, fall due on July 1,-- on, hl° , lievee intended that these shall be met he of one hund by a new issue of debentures to that xp d on the bound amount, it will be necessary to app y to ara H n and uron' ' 1 • ' t 't next teplre, the County of end n equal amoun vitt). a number of ot rants, Were referred `onimittee. rim FINANCE ente SEAFORT.EL FRIDAY, JULY 2,. 075. hat the- Ceunty of Perth, or the town- hip.5. of Elms or Grey, grant a Millar , moult, and that the ' ineer et the entre t for the erection Of the )ridge, o soon1 as he receives w Men noti e from leice ill tee 'ha no tic ion be he conclit on has fig he. Clouncil er:eitrarratcyi r, ask- akeeo e at Manchester. rhat the r. Armstroete ma( e by mo ave :tare+, bridges ere 'tea or r salt n the township'of six ieldb l. 'Ovid rig the briclg s are Of crip ientionedin t ng t le G unty, bridges ioriiii of Mr. Hays, re at rac rtaiii snow r Nt mime to the to have eitl ieh iidges at Wit nded that F soon as the e of Grey that triplied with, ' n the motion of , porary equest ion, to paired grant- • he de - e by-law assault. That the mo - 'Y to double , be g 'anted, inhtion er 'Grab gh re -1rue ELA N 81(-TEttitties, Pritdisittiee. ,so n 'Velar, in atlynnoce, ng, .Thepillowing is the vietions advertised in such papers as bearing interest at 6 perl• 'cent. All of i Saturday morn report as finall The commit e 1 the awes . municipalities Huron, for the adopted • '6 they see fit. which is respectfully subinitted, ee have car fully examila 13Y-LANYS READ. A. S. lfseHE , Chairman. nit. rolls o the various Ity-lawe to equalize the assessments, STA'rniviT oit Com EcTioNs omprising he County of fur raising the Counteerate, and provid- Prom non-resident lands from January year 1.874, and heve alio ine ter a double track on. snow readsten 1 to April 3(1, 1875. ma e careful U mparisons rolls and those of the yea yet r • Committee are hap eh much ni ore,nearly • n of the Cohnty than years, and the result tee'- labors appears in p te) ari. one n hereto annexed. Fromthx schedules it NI ill be at once ;apparent thit an increase, a iiirat sight perhaps erronrous, but yet, s on ref ings, r's b omm so pas a by-law to or the people wh in's bridge. Th rend that the the bridge on the tta d McKillop, S han non's motion as 110 may thin the bridge in Ho rj Cook's motion, be cover rd. In A ace. ,to the Engi eer s reptrt, the vt iiittee regret to le rn (that si many r• esl -have been dama red by th spring e et, I and recomme d that t ie En - r nee his own discretion in repair- n e bldges he has. eperted n, and h 4:w 11 attend to ny bridg s that tv rider the jurisdieti 11(.4 the County, o so far b erned, I om the n nee to a bridge, t ornmit- t ed out I e r. Pone' f( re ebu err oad 'rah om ave ull 1r. uil hat .1 fa A tefer Com 1 rid res ine xngt hat re nd a f 'Fr or uilt, it sh 's bridge be 'outwit of Turn - open a uitable f rmerl r used intnit ee re- ou iy E igrneer ou ary tween referrer to. in rePaired or re- ndeessar ; also vick, refe red to b •tween such road north. of Seafortls from Seaforth Ashfield 1875, which to 1Valtere on the Clinton roead from Colborne_ a, to ehy ap- Clinton try Myth, and on the London Clinton... correct vain - hose of pr df your (.1•01111 - the schedules in ur opinioin justifiable, under all the road from Exeter to the boundary of -Goderich Town Middlesex ; also, to establish a, public `` Township fair in the Village of Brussels, were read Grey. and passed, 1 • A GOOD IDEA. Hay. I Howiek, • 461 04 100 02 . 46 60 1,111 80 . ... 41t212 , 132 24 2,131 66 Moved by Mr. D. D. Wilson, seconded Hullett . .......... , by Mr. Cresswell, that the Registrar of lelelCillop c . this County be re nested to make out a merles e c r umstances, !I has been made in the schedule of all th sales of lands that seeedey et. alized vales over those assessed, cjir Committee, believing that the only safe method of rendering equal over the vi hole County the assessfnent of the oahty rat es is to fix sueli rates upon ie basis of actual rather hie, have proceeded, as le, upon this principle. etend to sat' that the e take place after 1his date, during the Stephen. . a ti a ebp them in repai 14 leas s tje stiperstractures ate con uit any special ins ructions f ilttee or Council, lit refer E?ote's claim on cor tract on ick the be retai d that A vi th -Com Ain etweea Croy and Hoa ee reehriameed that $2, f the eentract price, a e paidtLetbalance on. give reeeipt in full. he BeiMilier bridge, ret i that Mr. Alc ondition that 10 r In reference to . it East Waw he. eominittee re- i 1.eetry. r, in Atli '111 the 1 We ha,ve o no neer had such co -1114110d, should !. r 4ate into •th lay erected such a_ ri iseriable i ice° of , s vol.' es he pier at t is I bridg ,lorn, nitte . recommend tMt the elm 14 if the Engineer thinks it )10, r if lit would likely be suite' ade by us, is the actual han fictitious ar as practie- We do not ualization, as cash value of e, -County, bt4t we believe that wetave Preached stroll actual dash' value as rly as, with the material before us- e results of the assessmeOts in some in - a ces being More or lees defective - 4 possible. The result has not been a hed, we on assure you, without reful and laborious consiclerAion, and, hit() we do not expect that all the mu- eipalities will be satisfied,' we think we ve reason to hope that the majority ill concur with us in the opinion that ir desire to do even handed justice has en aCCOMplisbed. While complimenting tile various mu- cipalities upon the great advance tow - honest asseesment, as pparent from le rolls of 1876, we yet de in it our duty Still further secure this est desirable d ; to remark that the e is yet room ✓ considerable improver ent in this di- ction in several instances, particularly nosh, Morris and Turn - 7 07 ew supeedructure, ance Taos. Salr unt- ! n Lan 876, Movcd by Mr. - Bro in Loint Eng d, andit b `r 1 ) e- Ir. Greenway, that t • 4 c meeting for an act to authorize such new issue of debentures. I think ti ell should ask power in the act to the debentures payable either in land or in Canada. I believe it be advisable to have them payab Canada, if the state of the money ket at the time we require to reali them woukt warrant us in expe ,ting about par for them. - I think, con ider- Mg the punctuality with which we have always met the. interest on our pr sent issue, that sterling debentures cou d be I 'exchanged_ with the present • holde .8 at par. But debentures payable in Eng- land, involves the payment of COMM B5i011 to -01.11 :agents for paying coupons and the cost of exchange for -retinal') , but as an offset to this you must 1)6 tr 111 mincl that if our new issue . is' so d I Canada, we will have to pay cost f re - milting funds to meet the old, not • ma- turing in England, which would b save ed. if the new were sold , there. TI e act should, however, give the Couneil ewer I to issue either in sterling or curreu y, as the Council may hereafter decide. A. M. Ross, Treastt er. BOUNDARY BRIDGES. - Moved by -Mr. Shannon, seconded by Mr. Gibson, that the Clerk write •o the Clerk of the County of Perth, ci Mug his, attention to the !decision of this Council at its January meeting; re ating to bridges on the County boundar line, intimating that unless that decisi n be catried out, that the Warden take steps to have it done in the meantime and that the Engineer let the bridges: hove referred. to, as the public safety ,i en7 dangered-Carried. INSPECTORS TO BE APPOINTF.D. Moved by Mr. Elliott; seconded by Mr. Willis, that the County Engineer be and is hereby instructed, that where pub- lic works of any kind whatever are be- ing carried on . in the County, causing anti considerable expenditure of !public funds, a competent inspector and judge of such work, or material shall be placed in charge of the work so that proper material may be used, and the work done in an effident manner in the future -Carried. eau- nake ' Eng- - e in I ma r- ,e.on Does Item- eninees. Moved by Mr. Gaunt, seconded by Mr. Girvin 'hereby ifist!that the Engineer be and is tueted to let the contract of ON, Choi O4,tehrs. n, seam is iouic ed elollar ry line 1 at the Limbo • This er t foe to the i.EP RT. The following repor of the Jommittee was read : itted from. township the schedule, unieipalities, veral columnof the forin adopted and The ; u ed during recent years. j We have not ier be distinguished, for insta ice, between advise,- c eared. and un leered land, a dietinction, le for 0, n w that wood land has become BQ valu- e le, more 110 111111111 than real ; nor have man. e shown the inerease or decrease of the le e puilized °vet or under the assesse led by value. The tables are in each case given, I grant , to be a d such ieereese or deer°, se is therefore a mere matter of calculati n, quite open • et+ -3 It the curious upon tjLd face of the ear of. s hedule. These changes have consider - to x - a ly lightened the labors of year Com- e otiog, n ittee, without in any Way, so far as eanitne . s e can see, impairing the usefulness or inane i.c mpleteness of the resu t arrived at, : a d, we hope; will meet with the ap- 1 ' p oval of thed Council. he following inanCe i a e the schedOes .• The Finance Commi tee repor as foi- s OWR : !T4at the petiti n Jf .1\1-r , Gran - -r, cif Breese's, askinglmp or consatiok or lot wrongfully sold. fos taxes be in t iranted. 'With reference, to ti e cor - nunteation of B. V. E lett, ask'ng fc r ,oin ,ensatioti for Jol n C;hite ick, ,.cf rueefield.,evho gothis leg- brok n whi e rosiJ.ing the temporary hr. Ige ov er 13.13 - dd. River, south of 'lir one t e Co - ittee reeneamend the Cokincil o take o eetien1 in the matte . , The ;ommi - ee iceoii1nicnd that t e $1300 as ed. for )), the TE wn Clerk of toderieh for I crest oi the nurchas Money of the Northern gravel road wen the time of he purchase, in Deem ber, 187 , until he issue of debentures, in 'July, 874, be ' lot paid. NA ith refere cc to the pplica,- ion, of Afr. Braithwait , isking for aid to the Hallett Inunigra ioi Aid. the 'Committee recom en that i be greeted. The gran to the ( and e Clinton 1-ligh Sel ools wa mended. The Cernmit ee recoil that the several motion asking f clary line `grants be not aequie also, that the several 1 otiens as repairs en and rebuilc ing of b bridges, be granted, anl that th eer be instructed. . te xitteiiil to bridges. .A. munber cif aeeoun recomme (led .for payment. - A. S. FisuEni, Chai FISIIER'S BRIM; F. 'AGAIN. .goved . by Mr. Black,' seem Mr Henaiegs, -that, at the first meeting , of the Turnberry Council, ineby-1 w shall i be passed, to open the s reet' on t e south ' side of the Maitland River, oath - of • 0raben-1's bridge, to he I:south end cf ' Fisher's bridge, near th village f Win hate, antl as soon as by-law iS delivered to theEnaitieer shall adv and, let the Fisher brid understanding that th arta by•law is satisfaet , 1 PRODIGAL EXPI Moved by Mr. Gib building two bridges on the botridary Mr. Hu . ter, that the' loc$ ne ,spapers line, between West Wawanosh and the , advertising County Co ncilmee4ngs And township of Kinloss, providing the Iowa- the exan inations of s hee'd teaohers be ship of Kinloss or ,the County of Brace paid $1 for each Cou icil ntaeting and pay one half the cost, 'and that the Clerk t 2 050 for examinati n jof teachers:— furnish a copy of this motion to the ,1 ,,...;,.i 11 `ociety, no aid oderich recom- mended_ r bean - year 1875, in the several munialities Turnberry. in the County, providing the Warden and Tuckersmith, 1 Clerk can make a averable arrangement Usborne • • • • • • , . regarding cost of said schedule. Such East Wawanosh schedule to be employed by the Equal- West Wawanosh ization Committee of 1876 -Carried. I Exeter f_e HUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. I Wingham . LL approved : The- followingdocuments were read I ESTIMATED EPPENDITLTRE FOR 1875. Administration et Justice.... $1,000 GO Inquests. . .. ,.. • 100 00 Jail, ... , ... .. 1,800 00 Miscellaneous and ;contingen- eies . , 1,300 00 Jury. , . . 2,200 00 Stationery and printing900 00 School management 1,800 00 Lunatics and. charities 250 00 Salaries and Commit fees4,600 00 Repairs on County buildings430 00 Supplementary grant to vol- unteers. . . Goderich iia igh gehool, 407000 0000 Clinton High School.„ 400 00 Discount and Interest, 450 00 Grants to Agricultural Socie- ties30000 Lets, Costs 10O00 Gravel Road. Debenture In- terest. 140,100 00 Northeru Gravel Iltead Deben- tura Interest........ _ 1,200 00 Northern Gravel Road Sink- ing Fund , 1,000 00 Town Line Appropriation.... 3,000 00 School 7,946 00 Engineer's Estimates , . ... 15,600 00 Total. ... „ $61,246 00 Less Revenue from Licences.. $450 00 Less Registrar's Fees........ 503 65 Total.. • $953 65 Total Estimated Expenditure $60,292 35 To raise this amount will require an assessment of 2 1-7 mills on the dollar of the equalization. ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE Of the amount required for rebuilding end repairing bridges in the County of Huron for 1875 Rebuilding Manchester bridge $5,000 00 Rebuilding Fisher's bridge, W' gh „ . _., ...... 2,000 00 eFeemetnegteett,-;e2W5,6catt. ' ;Rebuilding Exeter bridge.- . 1,180 GO s g • RebuidingApproaches to E x- a_.eee•i .t eter bridgev150 00 .- Bridge on McGiliray Town at e • •, : : e3 tsa 0 Line , 275 00 0 5 . ,, ,v W Bridge on Hay and Stephen ,- - . • - 6' Boundary .. 150 00 H Bridge on flay and Stanley e: , Boundary,. :150 00 ... , . . • „ . Bridge.at ilenfryn - 300 00 80 00 • • .. . a . . :a '4 • .... P ggs:tittisagt4tit igillEtAltiEggin 5 ! ,rsle e eft r L.: LC Lo Oa t>7 LC co C> Floor on Brussels bridge 1 Bridge on North Branch; ' in gham 'Bridge between Ashfield and Huren , .. • • . • • • 175 00 Bridge between Hallett and 474 00 ". eKi Hop st Bridge between Wawauosh and Colborne 157 Two bridges on Ashfield. Road e, e "0 Port Albert Road,....... e•.P Bridges on County of Perth rt• Boundary. a • Repairing Ben Mi ler bridge.. ltepairing bridge in Howick... Bridges between V 'est Wawa- . nosh and JCinloes. Bridges now under repairs... Repairs to bridges not here specified . 1;036050 0000 Items paid to this date d• C.D --J.-3 s-• )-11-1 1--• 0,1-3 Z 1,4 .• C) -.3i Z c11-4 cG r 7.3.;0 ttg"g8-26-2.8§72 el T660E G=C•C CT)CC) • : • ri•••A 1-•• 1-•• 1•••, t-• 1.3 0 • , C,CC2 td - _1— • -a Le?. Cl 4.11 ;'•• 8?..-51?3,8rt-SO13‘88ESZI F". ss ced. in, ing for g '•-tt „.._,Ft ;telt ft t!, re t i'. 1 f2eVe' 18:1 1„,1K4 H c;.:•.z .-_-,,,,a b:..y.-.s.,:, :A c, 4.62 -Pe- .--.0 c" undary ae. 2 , Engin.- tees -0 :eat te ette-atet. aece es he said a •••••,,,t-ls..$8 a....z„....,c,c,. wqt...tgt..i....to Evil iiiF s . were -i-4 - ss mase •n... et ded 10y : coPy of the said 10 kicanet Clertr, rt se for tenders e 4t one on the 'Mine I accept ry!-Car ied. • N F. • 011i secor ded by Reeve of Kinloes, and a copy of the by- law to the Clerk of Brace -Carried. The Council, on motion adjourned to _meet on Friday morning. Firmer, June 25, 1t75. Council met pursuant to adjournment. It was Moved. by Mr. Ford, seconded by Mr. Keys, that 200 copies of the municipal law,- relating to Voting by Ballot, be printed, and, s.ent by the County Clerk to the Clerks of the different municipali- ties for distribution to the sciveral Re- turning Officers -Carried: REPORT OF ROAD AND BRIDGE COMM TTEE. The report of the Road and Bridge Committee was read; and after sundry amendments was -passed as follows : The report of the Road and Bridge Committee, After being amended, reads as follows: It is recommended with re- ference to, the motion of Mr. Watson, re; lating to the Henfryn bridge, that the sum of $300 be granted towards the con- struction of the said bt dge, on condition, , '11.ovet, ' by Mr. Mu Aire, Wa, son, that this Co neil do assume the cont •ol and keepine i repair of all the Coa ty roads, as t 0 e eame should be urn er-th sitpervision of tie CoUnty En - gin er. Lost on a divi io by a majority of 4. . r DANT FOR RIF E ilIATCJI. eve(Iby _Mr. Lee -ie, seconded by - Mr Willson, that. the sial sum �f $300 be rant d to the 33d battalion, for. the an suaj r Re match -C ried. . EqUALIZA"ToS. he f lowing repor of. the Equalize.- tio 'Co mittee was r ad. The Councils we It in Committee of the Whole, Mr. S4nno in the chair when the report. wa4 dis ussed, and va 'o -tis amendments to it 'pitopoSeCl by M .1 'Creswell and others. I All the amen meats were voted do*n, and the repo was finally sus- tained without alteration. After passing the report, the Council adjourned until , I TILE COUNTY nofu4. en seconded by .i.-.1.1.-. •-• •-A..1.-• F.-, I-•• 1.-01-,;-.1•• ik i••••••4 =7.* •-•1 CD -4 t1/4. ::".• PO p -4 4,... i•-•• --•-c'0":„ 1--, C. 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I TRE 1LD ToLL HOUsES. Moved by Mr. Strachaa, seconded by Ir. Shannon, that the Engineer be in- truded to have the toll houses and gate •sts removed off' the gravel roads ire- ediately, as authorized by a minute of his Council Passed at tliq last December eeting-Car 'ed. 'r Li T OF co.svi mONs. -A report 01 a special 4omnzittiee, ree- mmending t at the Waitden and Clerk emorialize he Ontario 'Legislature to llow Coulee to have the lists of eon - 0 1 a 00 200 00 250 00 265 00 785 00 50 00 50 00 230 00 750 00 Total .$15,600 00 REPORT OF FINANCE COM3IITTEE ON ES- TIMATES. The Treasurer's estimates of expendi- ture for the eurrent year, amounting to $60,293, making ti .e Coanty rate very nearly 2 1-7 mills on the dollar, have been considered. The Committee regret that the sum necessarylo -meet the cur- rent expenses could not be curtailed. Though about C„;5,000 less than last year,. it is yet very large. This is owing, in part, to the increasing number of boun- dary line bridges required to be con- stricted, repaired and rebuilt. It is feared that, unless the large and expens- ive bridges be constructed so as to be more durable, the yearly estimates must increase rather than diminish. We would recommend that the Clerk or En- gineer ascertain whether durable iron bridges cannot be built at a moderate cost, and report at the December Meet- ing of this Council. Believing as we do, that, had the Manchester bridge been built in a substantial manner,. it would have rernained good for several years, we would therefore suggest that the County Engineer or some competent overseer, earefully watch the building of all 1 bridges in every department of the work, and see that the contractors per. form their work in a thorough and sub- stantial Manner. With reference to the debentures ma- turing on the 1st July, 1876, for the gravel road. debt, the Committee rpcom- mend that the Warden and Clerk be au- thorized to petition the Legislature to pass"an act to enable this County to is- sue new debentnres for the redemption of those above Mentioned, said deben- tures to be payable either in England or in Canada, or a part in each country, in 20 years or some intermediate period. The Committee Would also suggest that the Treasurer communicate with the holders of the old debentureand ascer- tain whether thy will accept for them,1 at par, new debentures, due in 20 years,' . . 9B6. 260 71 479 48 118 00 261 66 2,15S72 42 20 9 98 -.....2384 369 1652 • 12 24 9 12 Total ........ , , , ........ t$9,1op 51 /ewe tellltinta T. The Council at liaIf-past 9 on Saturday • morning adjourned to in et on the first Wednesday in December , ' Elgin County has purchased 50 acres ! as a site and a farm for a poor house, at 1a cost of $3,000; the buildings to be lerect- cd thereon are estimated at $5,000. 1 -One morning latelyit young man named Moses Stiles was f und dead in an ice ouse in Tilsonburg. It appears he canie to town, got drunk, and was help- ed into the ice house, where during the night be breathed his laett -Hall a dozen Port opera, afflicted with a desire to double their wealth in a week, went into the recent Wheat "eor- ner• _in Ghicateo, and came out minus half a million dollars. They now look pretty "sick," and it is dangerous to say "wheat earner" is. their Presence. , --There is quite an,' excitement at Horse Creek, in the township of ?lent- agenet, about four miles from Ottawa, over the discovery of a gas spring. There are no signs of vater, but gas rushes out with great force from &hole in the ground. ,Last 1riday, a twelve feet tube Was inserted a, the gas set on fire. At last accounts it is etill burning as when firsb lighted. ' -Three young men named Charles Hill, John Galbraith and Abner Whiting, lost their lives by being suffocated in a well in the Township of West Williams, near Parkhill, ou SYetiiiesday of last week. The cause is a tributed to the plesence of carbonic acid gas in the well. The circumstances at ndant on the calamity are coincident ith the Papple tragedy in Tuckersinith the following day. --An experiment is about to be tried in shipping live cattle from Ontario The leaders in fred Reeve and f Toronto, and f Ith150° D°hehladilli°trio. a This will be e from Ontario, -enture will no ave an effect ock in this to the English markets. the enterprise are Mr. A Mr. G. P. Frankland, they have chartered. one Line steamers. to carr Liverpool at an early da the firet shipment of catt and the :result of the doubt. if successful, 011 the raising of Province. -A farmer residing near Clayton, in the county of Lanark amed Whitton, last week gathea•ed a out a quart of potato bugs, and without consideration threw them into the seri I barrel tehere the pig feed was kept. he pigs were afterwards fed from the barrel, and in a short thne two died, hewing strong symptoms of being poise ed, and as - 110 o ther cause could be ass; ed, it is believed. the bugs poisoned them. Farmera should make a note of this, and careful how they dispose of these pestjs in the future. -Mr. John Ridley, of he Fourth Con- cession of Grey, near Trowbridge recent- ly caught a large lynx, in a wolf trap that he had set in a swai p. Going out with his rifle one moraine, he found his lynxship with his foot ca ght in the trap. The animal at once showt d. fight, advanc- ed toward Mr.. Ridley; rheu he sent a ball through hie head. hen measurecl it was found to be twe feet in beiat, and four feet eix inches yin length. it. very much resembles a tter in color and appearance. Mr. Ridie3 had previously found several of his 1 mbs with their throats cut, on several 4ieasions, and it, is supposed that the lynx which he caught has been satiat mg his blood- sucking propensities on 1 he animals. -On Thursday aftetin on of last week a terrific storm of ligh ning, wind, and. rain passed over the vill ge of Bradford, doing great damage to iuxnerous ingot, completely destroying "the Town Hall, and causing the death of a young man named A. Wood, besides injuring several other Grammar School pupils, who, with Wood, were 4ssembled in the basement of the Town all, where the school is held. Very f rtunately there Were only ten persons 1111 the building when it fell, otherwise the 1°8134 of lifo. would have been rnuc1 greater. The entire roof and one of t e massive brick walls crashed through t e floor upon the unfortunate scholars, anl3. it is little less than miraculons that th d entire company werd not instantly killed. l -Quite a panic was aused in Fore- paugh's circus while oi exhibition at London on Thursday of est week. Very suddenly, as the performance was at its height, the air darkened, -the lightning - flashed, the wind roae, r in fell in sheets. The canvas was lowere4 to prevent its being carried off by t e wind, and at length fell down with a crash over the menagerie. All at once, terrified by the storm and the crash, the animals began to roar in chorus, as if Bedlani had been let loose, Ladies fainted, children screamed, and a large number added to the terror and confusion by rushing for the doors. All present became soaking wet. By the great presence of mind of the keepers, however, in immeelirotely elosing the ogee and reassuring the peo- ple, order was restored One lady died suddenly from the nervous shock receiv- ed during the panic. Nothing otherwise serious is reported. tr, ,