{Council Increases Fee to $150; Time Glocks for Police Abolished. 1` TRANSIENTS T0 z - PAY MORE 1-`om Lo_c_A1. LICENSE W(Continued '.on page 5) . . . - V V - . . vs l\l_I N .i1{r St. Methodist; , Nov. 29, from 3 to !}\r;c+rnoa no:-CA... -.-- B.C.l.'S FINE RECORDSIN CARTER SCHOLARSHIPS Alex. Stewart of Paris was engag- ed as chief of police at a salary of $1500 a year, James Case,` the pres- ent chief, and Walter Rayner were re-engaged as patrolmen at salaries of $100 a month and John Bowman was re-engaged as sanitary inspector with a salary of $75 a month, at the meeting of the Town Council, Mon- day night. The new chief is expected. to re ort Dec. 1. Constable Rayner goes ack with an increase of salary, while Chief Case will receive a some- what lower salary than he does now. No change was made in the salary of the sanitary inspector. . rm........ 4.-..-- M Members Are Urged to `Give .A Asupport to Police. coungzu. Dl/VISION, 3. 5 Chief case; Retained as` Nights Man; P. _C. 'RaynerV " Given Increase. Ausx. si HEAD OF BARBIE POLICE FORGE u luau, .l.Il me'c1t1es me men 011 force earn thelr promotwn and uau umucu LUCKS premlses On NOV- 7 and Nov. 11, and again on Nov. 16',` and-found conditions almost the same as formerly. The store -was full of stuff, much .of which could not be described and Jamore than half of which, in the opinion of the witness, was ofno-"commercial value. Some improvement had been made in con- ditions but not what Dr. Little would consider satisfactory, the work not being done_. systematically nor in ac- cord with Dr. __Little s instructions. \He had never approved of the sani- - tarypconditionsjn the premises and had tried to `impress `Tuck with the fact that the Board of Health intend- ed to make him clean up and live like other people. .. ' ` (`.n1'rnl\nv-ni-inn .-.u. A......- __ L- .1- Duaucu J.uag1l.ol'aI; dens In Imposing" axne of $35`and $9.50 costs on A. J. Tuck for keeping a junk shop with- out the approval of the Board of Health. If you think I am wrong, you may appeal, 'continued_ his- wor- ship, but it looks to me like open de'- 3 ance of Medical Officer /of Health. This case is no different from the pre- 1 vio_us charges laid against you and I haveno course but to convict. T The (Dunn-Irina` 1nnnuJ Au "V---~-`A-- nave IIU UUUISB D111? to convict. The case "was heard on Tuesday morning and the evidence was sim- ilar to that given at previous [pro- secutions for the same offence. Dr. A, T, T.iH-In Mntf ..4...4.....'I u.-;..1.- LUV the ocwuluulla 1.01` ((18 same orrence. U1 . A. T. Little," M.O.H., stated thathe had visited Tuck s premises Nov. ` 7 an NOV 1 1 Ian!` nlho:-rs An \T...`. 1-~' I I can t see your object in allow- ing these convictions to pile up, ? "stated Magistrate Jeffs in imposing} a`ne Of nnefa nu A vucLc aa aumu urucxe you want to buy or sell, try The Examiner Adlets. They do the trick. ' ' It `cost him only 25 cents to nd al buyer. In no other way can you reach so many residents of Barrie and district for so little money. as through The Examiner. I D ____V A I -........E-,u `no uAauuuc1.'. i Farmens and townspeople both can 3 `use The Examiner Adlets to advan-` tage. Thecost is very` little-only` 25 Cents 2. Wk T1 {in 95 tun-nntlis `I -C -. :.uU cum. :5 very ur.ue--on1V gscents a week up to 25 words.` I there is some article you want to buy sell. `l'.I`V The nvnminnr Aellno-5 gsnouctm QUICK RSU.LTS ' The advertisement placed in The Examiner last week brought quick returns,"`Writ-es H. M. Stewart of Le- froy, as Mr. --.- of [Thornton llagqght the lambsvlast Saturdgy, Nov. i UUU 15. ecu ,y a uppulil-.' This. Council has listened to ailj manner` of ridiculous ecomplaintsel about him instead of listening to the I 4 Chief himself, insisted Ald. Part-I ridge. If it were put to the rate- ' . payers, 75 per cent. of them would favor retaining him in `his present. position. ` (Continuedon page *4) } `_-- ...-.Y...ua, vv_v "ALL u:lV_U HU 1'US'UlES." ; I dornot know where we failedtor` support. Chief Case, replied the, Mayor. We have had him up here` and talked to him and as far as I! know we have given -him all _neces-[ sary support. ; 'FH;u nnI1nn:1 Ln- 'l.'...L-.._.`l J "` put-a uuua 1U1' re-engagement at $100 a month and thatwas the only gures we are dealing with. If we engage Mr. Stewart we will pay the police $440 a year more than we dfd and if we re-engage the present chief at the salary asked by him we will still be paying more than we _did. I. do not believe that we should give a $1500 job to an outsider. Our own men are just as good and at the pres- ent time when -work is scarce and times are bad, we should engage .8 local man. In the citiesthe the fhrnn nnvvn +`|-`A:-u -..m.......4.:.... ---1 there is no reason why theushould _ be -allowed to-do it here." Alsd. Malcomson cut short Ald. - Walkr's encomium on the local men! 3' by svu:gesting' that he conclude his] remar s by repeating to Council ` ' what he-had said to Ald. Bricker with I regard to raids made by thepolicei on an alleged bootlegger. ' 1 "Chief Must Be Supported 4 E / No matter whom` we engage, he will not be successful unless" Council . ` backs him up, declared Ald. Part-I "ridge. The present chief `was not. supported by the Council. It was -someftimes stated that he was ap- i pointed by a majority-of one vote; i and because of that he did -not have V the condence of (Council. If that his successor, for the yote promises `to be far from unanimous. `Unless we are prepared to give him the pro- 161 A. ....L I....._. were. so, it would be equally true of ` per backing, we will have no results. ` x. J. Tuck FINED ' YET ONCE AGAIN 4J_.u..LvL. . T Heis :a married man, a Pres- byterian in religion and gidt a member of any fraternal o'rder. 1.111 In During `the war Chief `Stew- arbserved overseas from 19.16 ' to 1919.` He went over with the 215th Battalion and was transferred ' to the 38th,, with which he ,served at the front, rising from the ranks to be ; Company Sergeant-Major and` winning the Military Medal and D_0CIM< ' . E - '3- _ ---- ' ` ` uvursc U1 HIS WOTK. . The new Chief is,a Scotch-"A man, thirty-seven years of age, six feet in height and weighing 180 pounds. He served ve years- in the Fife Constabulary. in Scotland and ten~~years on `the Brantford police force. For the` past two years he has been :31: the police force of Paris,. . nt`. A - ` 'l\--_.!_ W 11 "' ` ` callus 101' me .pOSltl0n of Chief `of Police, hashad seventeen years experience `as a police officer in Canada and the Old Country. He comes to Barrie with the highest recommenda- tions" from men with whom he has been in contact in the course of his work. TIM. ........ n1.:-n 1- , r-' - -- T Alex. 'Stewart, who wos chosen from forty-seven `appli- cants for the position of Chief 70f Pli, Pm: Hot` nnunI-4nn- rm: NEW CHIEF vv..E, V-nun U UAIGV 0 John West was in the habit an- .nually of going to the apiary at New- ton Robison owned by the late Jas. I Nolan, for his `supply of honey. Nat- urally they often fell into animated conversation on the subject of bees, in which they discovered a common 'l int_erest. So when, in 1897, Mr, No-~ _-- Ian was short of hands to manage the several yards of which he had become the owner, he was led to make an of- fer to Mr. West._ This was to the ef- fect that he should_ temporarily leave his carpenter's bench and take charge I 1 of - twenty hives for a couple of llmonths at a suitable remuneration, and so help him out. With his nat- ural modesty, the Protestant carpen- ter objected that his knowledge and skill were far. too limited for the task. But his Roman Catholic friend would - have no excuse, promised him all ne- cessary instruction, and at the end of the season, as a supplement to his wages, the present of the" best hive of bees in his possession! -. The com- pact accordingly was _made, the work done, and the said hive later -landed in Thornton. It iwintered well, and the next season increased to three,- the `next to six, and so on to the pres- ent day. After all the ups and downs - of the intervening years, there are f now one hundred and eight` strong colonies put into their winter quar- ters to await the_ honey ow of next 1 sprirlgf. .. `-5 .. ~ `- 1 ... .... pen: "``I did not say anything of the kind," retorted Ald. Walker. We had their resignations and_their ap- plications for re-engagemegt at $100 a month and +}m+-umu +1.. .....1.. 4:...._- i ` Wst Bros. of Thornton, whose honey won-' the nst prize in world compet- ition in London this fall, begins with the friendship of a Roman -Catholic and a Protestant-who was an 01'- angeman at that! " 11-94 . I The history of the beie-yard of icu-`T or HIVE or BEES `WAS I-`0UNDAT1ON`7 I 01: APIARY FIRSTIN WORLD commmrzong BIGHJ by` I I Speaking under the auspices of 3! the IO.D.E. last Thursday night. I Rev; A. J. Vining, D.D., Generalusec-, retary `-01; the `Armenian Relief As-' lsociation of Canada, made a stirring ;appeal for assistance in caring for 1 the Armenian orphans brpught to V Canada by the Association. Dr. Vin- ying drew `a graphic picture of the sufferings of the Armenian .people `under the domination of the Turk, I which culminated in the almost com- plete annihilation of the nation. The attendance, at the meeting was very .small, a disappointing feature that ` was commented on by both the speak- egg` (and Rev. W. T. Bunt, who pre- si e . ; I `LT-:51-nu.-c - `DI- A1- ; _,2_ l\'I TRAGLC swam? or J 250;0_(_l_0_(_)RPHANS; :---:-- Rev. Dr. Vining Gives Picture \ of Terrible Suerings vof Armenians. mos. I-l.,HORNE}R Supervisor of Track. for C: N. Allandale, who recently reti after 54 years of service. '::'His-to`ry's Blackst Chapter `Thu n+n101v n3 A ....-_..__ -- - vvn uoavl-\r III II] (E(>'r1tinued on page 8) uawv -v_y. UAIG uuaugcu NAld.. Tyrer, too, wasted _to know why the night constables were get- ting an increase in salry. I under- stood Ald. Walker to say at the com- mittee meeting on Friday night that they would be engaged at their old salaries. I didlnot _sa_y_.an_}31_;h_i_nlg ofihe I._'...I I7 -, , .--- -.._v ...u\.;\;u_y uaugb a bait. In the year 1862 young John West was seized, like so many other youths before and since, with. the wander- Iust. He` had heard of his relatives laway in Simcoe County, and deter- mined, unknown to his family, to set out to see what kind of people they were._ He trudged his weary way to Bowmanville, where he passed the night; then, still on tandem Nature gave "him, got as far as` Davenport , `station on the new railroad of those days, whence he took the train to Al- landale. He was welcomed at the end of his adventurous journey by his kindred, who discovered the boy of fteen to 'be useful andwilling; and ever` since, on the farm, in the shop, or among his bees," he has found it `entirely to his taste _to stay in Simcoe. - ' Thornton. He was -born. in the Tp. of Hope. His father, William West, was a pioneer" of that township, where at an early d-ate he had settled on I Ithe fourth concession, along with a I number of others who had crossed the sea from their home in~England, s old county of Lincoln. It was in Hope that William West found `his wife, in the person ' of Margaret Gibson, whose mother was at Brown of "Bally- jamesdu in Ireland, an?! a sister of Mrs.` Blackstock,` nee Mattie Brown, who came with her husband, John Blackstock, into the forest of Essa in 1826. Thereby hangs a tale. 1 -n 4-`Inn no... 1000 -_-.__--_ 1-,: -vvv MOST Excl-2L1:-:N'r'i I I "A Wyevale subscriber writes: En- I closed nd order for our subscription to your most excellent paper. .We' have taken it for years and it is al-] most better than a letter to us. 9 unuel` me aeorls. . Mr. Horner moved to Peterboro in 1871 as track-man.` The rail in use then was iron, 56 lbs. to the yard, ` coupled together by iron" chairs spiked to the ties, and the guage (be- tween) was ve feet six inches. As there were other small railroads in Ontario, each with itseown guage, cars for one railroad `could not be run on another; therefore, it became necessary to standardize the guage ' so that cars might be despatched to points on other roads and thus obvi- ~ ate the necessity of transferring the _contents. I(`....A.:_..._3 - "` At that date loc motives used wood .exclusively as fuel. The` cars had pin-and-link couplers, "that is, they were coupled by a semi-oblong link andheld together by two small iron ins of about an inch in thickness. he brake-shoes were made of wood and the train was stopped by the brakemen applying a hand-brake, which duty in most cases they had to] perform by climbing over cars, piled: high with cordwood, and dropping down between to apply the brake. This was extremely hazardous and many a ne '-young` Canadian lost {his life by, dropping in between, or ,the cars leaving the improvised ;tracks `and his body being crushed under the debris; R, `,____`,___ ______, ,1 a n - - R wuss) "nub l.al_lC gxca, 65!!` ease. I _---......._, nu ucavcsuuu J.\.a.uway. Thos/H. Horner began his railwa _career at Garden Hil1,`between Port Hope and Millbrook, on the [Port ,Hope, Lindsay and Beaverton Rail- 3 way, now part of the Lindsay; Div- ` ision of the Canadian National Rail-' ways, at the age of a twelve years, in the year 1868, piling wood for the wood-burning engines which were exclusively used in that earlyage of i railroading. Incidentally; it might igbe mentionedthat the cars of that R day were of ten an'd~twelve-ton cap- | acity, with the up-to-date locomotive I (as it was called) pulling about f- lteen of these loaded cars `over the ! division----a wonderful contrast from i today, when the modern type loco- motive draws 100 to 150 fty-ton cars with the grea lest` ease. A+ +l...a. 4-4.- 1..-` ' .-- - ;_:__ . if I I xauxuauxug, 101` HIS `I_a.1ZDF}I` was 3.150 a[ ra1lroad man, bemg employed on the construction of the 011! Port Hope, Lindsay `and Beaverton Railway. Thna /I-T TJ'nmn'.u.' 'l.....-.-.. LL A--9' .u.uuI um: U.LV.IE. _ . Born in the Township of Hope, |- County of Durham, seven miles from the town of `Port Hope. on Oct. 24, 1856, M;'.1Horner naturaiiy took to railroading, for his father also 18' railrnmi rnon }\nu'nm lIVV`I$'I"`J -- Fifty-four years "is more than the average life-time of man, but when one serves his com any for the same number of years; ith credit to him- self and satisfaction to his employ- ers, it constitutes a record unique in the`rai1road world. Such -service is ther record of Thomas Henry Hor- ner, `Barrie, who recently retired from the C.N.R. Dawn .`... 4.1-- 7|" ---- ~ V" " y replied the Mayor, and that nothing ,, _. `.-=, -.. w rvnnvv Mayor Gives Reaons Deputy-Reeve Lowe knows of_ the recent robberies. and petty. thieving, has been done about them. He knows, V too, or at least the rest _of us know,` that a certain statutory law is not be- ing enforced. Mr. Stewart came here two years ago and made a very a favorable impression on the Council. He is well recommended and I am sure we are not buying a blind horse a`s Deputy-Reeve Lowe suggests. The constables will be under his direction and we hope to get more efficient service by the change.. Am m~........ 4.. _....A- I - - w `. RAlLROADlNG-"0F 1-1m _1EARs Aco H. Hdrner Started Railway Career Pi1_ing Wood for Old-Time Engines. . IIDQ (Continued _on page 7) wacxuus W110 He Was. ` Havin subdued his opponent, Mc- Master tookvhim up the road to the home of Herbert Mapes, who has a `car. They then drove into town and P. C. Rayner placed Cody under ar-` rest- ' vvvcu. mcmasuer granoea ms assail- ant and for twenty minutes they bat- tled in the dark, McMaster all the while ignorant of the identity of his attacker. Finally, McMaster getting his ngers on Cody's throat, the lat-'- ter cried for mercy, at the same -time vte1ling_ who he was. Univ` --cu`-.J.--.I L3- - V l I Michael Cody, a farm laborer, is` now in jail and will come up before Magistrate Jeifs on Friday, charged with ,assault "with intent to kill, upon information laid by Wilfred McMaster of Utopia. I Cody, it appears, according to the informationrreceived by The Exam- iner, was employed by McMaster for` two months, but not being required further was paid off and discharged a fortnight ago. I _The alleged assault is stated to -have occurred at the McMaster farm, Monday night, Nov. 17. McMaster,` lantern in hand, started out to do his! chores. Wheh he opened the stablel ; door. the lantern was lgaked from his 4 hand and three blows pon his head ' from a beam of a scale quickly fol- lowed. McMaster grabbed his assail- 7 ant and fn-r hxmni-u m:....4..... 4.1.--- 1.-.. I TWO MEN FIGHT 5 20 MINS. IN DARK; ` w nnnn --1 I IVITIIJ l\l&IVIlYlQl`Al` V T ere is a good.deal more of your- self in a private `greeting card than the ordinary kind bought over the counter. Call and see the attractive line at The Examiner. 47tfx ~-_,...-..-.. .....u Lu-DU xL1ua._y_lug11L On January 14 a congregzitionaill meeting will be held to decide wheth-5 er the ballots are 0 he signed or] i simply marked. ] ` up, .Ald. Partridgefintnoduced an. .`r you. wwuw U -villi V0 Ald. Tyrer supported Deputy-Reeve Lowe's contention until Aid. Bricker assured him that he was prepared to accept the responsibility for the re-. port, and Aid. Tyrer was satised. When this matter had been cleared. amendment to the report, substitut-5 ing the name of James Case for that of Alex. Stewart. The amendment; was secondedaby Deputy-Reeve Lowe,; who said, There were no charges. laid on the table against Chief Case;: I do not see why we should discharge. him and engage; a total stranger. Then you dismiss the constables and hire them over again at an increase of` salary. It does not seem right to ' pay $240 more and get a blind horse or a pig in a poke. - `ll....-.... fV_--.~ - - i ....._.r..., .4nuLA\puo I ` Between January 14 and 28 the! ` voting will. take place. ] T- , _ i SURE TO APPRECIATE THESE CHRISTMAS REMEMBRANCES \~ FIn.u... :..`.......-.`I J--`- -..-'--v.. \aL1n\.r|1 VUIL I St. Andrew s Church will take its lvote on Church Union in the latter half of Jan1i'ary. This was unani- ?- mously agreed upon at a meeting of 'Session held last Fridaynight. n Tnvvnnmu-v 1 I - 1' I .7-..-uuau vv \4L\r >3SlVC\lo - The barn was 30 by 50 with stable beneath. Its contents included 250 bushelsof wheat, 300 of oats, 50 of ,rye, :40 of peas, 15 tons of hay, `a fanning-mill and a pulper, while the ` stack destroyedehad 30 tons of straw. I I J -_._ ~-..-. `an... ya; Ill. DV- ~ On his return from the eld about ve o clock, Mr. Inkley was unhitch- ing his team in the yard when he noticed smoke issuing from the top | of the barn, followed almost immed- I iately by a burst of ames. It seemed but a moment until the whole upper! part of the barn was a burning mass. Mr. Inkley -ran to release his pigs inf the pigpen southeast of the barn, but was compelled to desist, the heat` and_ smoke` being carried in his dir- ection by a stiff northwest wind. All the pigs save one, however, managed I to get out A sheet of ame driven across from the barn enveloped the straw stack, converting it into a mass of ame. In half an hour the barn was burned at. Although a large number of neighbors promptly gath-I ered, all they could do was of little avail. The house and implement shed, which were to windward of the blaze, were saved. l'I'1'L,! A-` I J. J. Inkley, Anten Mills, had his barn and all its contents completely destroyed by re on Tuesday after- noon, Nov. 11. Loss on the contents is covered by insurancerbut that on -the barn only partly so ' A u x Q 1__o_ _AAL__ _,, p .1 II - - FIRE DESTROYS BARy_ND CROP Juan W135!` I The , Thornton .Bee-King, founder of `West Bros., whose Bee-kist `honey won the first prize in world competigjori this fall _in London.i CHURCH IjNlON VOTE A __ ,1__A__,s ' rs J. Inklef of Anten Mills Sucrs Loss; Cause Unknown. Official announcement was made last week of [the winners of, the Carter Scholarships -awarded annually to students . in collegiate institutes and high schools in a number of counties of Ontario, three scholarships ($100, $60 and $40) being awarded in each. Two out of three were won by Barrie stud- .ents again this year, Gordon- Channen `getting the first and Eleanor Carr'the third. The i second scholarship went to Miss E. Cavanagh, Orillia. VOW`? fan: 'antunn`;- 3.. LL- '__.- JOHN WEST ,+,,,, D... 77:- y uuaca The _play entitled An Old-Fashion- ed Mother advertised for Dec. 4 will be given Dec. 11 in Burton Avenue Methodist Church. Remember the date, Dec. 11. ' . . 47-48c The W.M.S. of Burton Ave. Meth- odist -Church will hold a bazaar and sale of homemade baking and after- noon tea. from 3 o'clock in basement I of church, Nov. 27. 47c Central Methodist Ladies Aid will hold a sale of useful and fancy ar- ticles, homemade baking, candy and `afternoon tea, in their `schoolroom, Friday, Dec. 12. All welcome. V47-50c (`nlI.... Cu. ll -A'I, 1- u pull. uaulty unrlstmas gifts, can- dues and afternoon tea, pnces reason- }V able. * 47--48 The nlav uni-iml A- nu 1n..-L:-.. .,v.. v uuoa uuuu.-:1` DB. .lV1eUl0(1lS bazaar, Sa urdajr, \ 6 p.m. Dj inty Christmas gifts, afternnnn nu. m.;..... ............ ..v\..a._yuuu_y V Don t miss `Collier Safurday, n. . R `in mm In` "1 *'` um`;- , c-.. . . . . . . u . -uucuuu "xU|; auu QUU. 41`: A concert under auspices of choir wi_l1 be held in Congregational Church at Dalston, Thursday evening, Nov. 27; Don t miss` it.` Admission 25c. mhnwn 1'v:II L- - ML - yvu v uuca lb. IIUIIIJHSIUH Z00. I - "'l`here will be a shooting match for 3 geese, turkeys and ducks at the home Iof Frank Dunsmore, Crown Hill, on Nov. 27. Everybody welcome. 46-7c nm.n. ....:..... .n-n_-__. n ---., ......-...uvu yca mnvcu. 4'16 Ben Hokeu s six-man orchestra in _Cookstown on Friday evening, Nov. 21. This is the last dance of the sea- son in Cookstown. " 47c Hot chicken supper, Union Church, Crown Hill, Dec; 3. Harvey orches- tra from Orillia and other good pro- !gram. Admission 40c an 20c. 47c A nn-.n-..J. -_...I,-. V ' ,,_..___--....-. V.-.vu u uuacu up. QILL - St. Mary s Sodality bazaar, Friday, ; Nov. 21, afternoon and evening, fan- cy goods, homemade baking, candy, etc.; afternoon tea served. 47c pan `I _T.\'l-.~.J- ~-'-- --- - " ` ` choir, Friday, Dec. 5. 476 The Women s Guild of St. George's Church, Allandale, will hold a sale of work on Dec. 2. 46-48c A bazaar and play will be held on Dec. 4 at the Union Church, Edgar. * Further notice will be given. 47c Christmas `is coming. VOrder your private greeting cards now at The Examiner. $2.00 a dozen up. 47tf _Q+ Mmmn. o...1..1:a..- 1. _ _ . . N V--- 5. vv- uv. ucncu uuc Vl.,YUL'.o We did not go into committee of the whole, `replied vMayor Craig. The chairman of Fire and Police asked the rest of the Council to .sit with his committee when the matter was discussed and there is nothing ir- regular about that. . A!.! m____ , -'-' - -`- ___..-_.-, ....uy.uuuu U1. gvuv. LU. `ilp I A shooting_ match for turkeys and l geese, Nov. 25,` at Thos. Irving s, I Stroud. 47p I Candies, homemade dainties. and I parcel post sale, Trinity Parish Hall, Nov. 27. 47c , Hear Thompson Blood, entertainer, r under auspices Collier St. Methodist choir, Friday, Dec. The Wnmnn e ('.`.nlA n[-` 04 l--u-~- - ~----~>x< imwwmwmmwwmmwmmm 'z%m&$m&&mmm&&mmg { i i - _ _ _ -` Shooting match at R. Schandlen s, j Midhurst, afternoon of Nov. 26. 47p A chnnfinm -nnn+..`l.-. ..... L.--J----A - I U uxab uamuu . , The request of Harold Earnshaw for permission to erect a sign at his place of_ business on Owen St. was granted. , I l`In_b:........1'-._ ._- -- uc avauaule sooner. ` Has this Council authority to cov-. er the re hydrants in winter? asked` Ald. Walker. The Mayor replied that he understood it was the work of the Commission. Ald. Huxtable suggest- ed covering the hydrants with bar- rels,_as he had seen done in some , other towns. .. `V A letter was received from the H`;-- dro Electric Association advising I Council of. a meeting in Toronto on i Nov. 26 to discuss the St. Lawrence power project and other questions of vital interest to municipalities using Hydro power. Mayor Craig was ap- pointed a delegate` to this meeting, with Ald. Huxtable as alternate. John Ambrose wrote asking for a sewer connectio from the new sewer "being built on garolinegand Baldwin I Sts. Mr, Ambrose lives some distance from the new sewer and offered to pay half the cost of the,connection. HIS request was granted aftersome discussion. 7I1'L'. _.,.A- ' " " - be available sooner. * `I Vaualung mem was caused by lack of hrackets. These could be made but the "brackets from poles which will be removed from the front street will` Ila... n..:- n .... -_ `I Y-vvo ~\ The report of the Works and Sew~ ers Committee, presented"by Deputy- Reeve` Lowe, recommended that the rateto be assessed against property on Maple Ave. and Mary St. for the permanent pavement be uniform with the rate assessed on Toronto St., the town to pay the. cost of the storm sewers. In reply to a question from A16. Tyrer, the Clerk stated that Dr. Simpson had signied his intention of purchasing the l_ot on Clappertom St. known as the gravel pit. . Wants Paving V Bills Ald. Walker asked if a complete statement of the account of the War- able. `He particularly wanted to know the cost of the pavement on the front street. The Clerk replied that he- ex- pected to receive the gures shortly- Ald. Lower enquired if any com~ munication had been received from the Water and Light Commission re- garding lights ordered by Council!` during the year. I have none-, 1'-.e- plied Mr. Smith. The Mayor stated that he had enquired about the lights and he found that the delay in in- . I ren Bituminous Paving Co. IS avail- [stalling them was caused by lack brackets. These: onnm Im mean I---L ' At Monday's meeting of the Town 1 Council, upon the Finance Commit.- M tee s recommendation, it was decided `to increase the transient traders li- cense fee to $150. The old` fee was $100. "TL- _.-,.- J " "' ' - cu-vonnvuvn..y JIIDIICVIIIIII These changes were embodied in the _report of the Fire and Police Committee, the adoption of which was moved by `Aldermen Bricker and Litster. Deputy-Reeve Lowe ques~ tioned the regularity. of the report, claiming that it was not the express: sion of the Fire and .Police Commit- tee but of a committee of the whole Council. Where in the rules of or- der can you nd authority to go into committee of the whole` on a commit- tee night?" he. asked the Mayor. Wu nnlr nun at.` .._...-..-:;_L,, (R