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.__. a”-.. [ME xm-ianmeunn mu m»... :22; | r ",.°‘otlf,31 Ellâ€"Fur S 8. No. ‘ l‘r hue“ Mn haldlogwor 8rd ' mar» “motel, Apply to firLft‘Lg-muurv lilrnarm P.0 «wit. u _ ED ~Tuachl-r for School See. n 3 (wan. Planes out. salary. nleo l " h 3' ”my t7. WI HtNl‘ER. lflnmonnt J9" , _ __ ~ -Ewerienccd Teacher, for “he? 6 Dlztnu, for car 1900, holding ”raft“; ~‘.:.r_v. 32M per nnnum. Ap- . ,aull‘l. sochreu Sad vwa P.O. Ontâ€"wt, «figs WANTED --Twn Lady nqulml fur the Lindsey Publlc ' ' ..t ion. then 2nd Clue Curtllcuoe. ”mun . Du'ic- to commence after Apnllcotionn, stating experience untlmo' lulu, will be receive b' the l until Thursday Doc lull BOBIRT l 3.3.1., Box :76, Lindmy.â€"wl . P... AGE PIANO, Germnn make, out . bid. sweet-toned inetrument,i :hotp. For particulars applyto , .. ct... Lindsay. or Poet Printing .‘wl. ‘ v r l . YED HORSE. â€" Strayed into. .. but not 16, Cancel-ion M premise- occu- I In. Forrest, Ono Bov Hone. Ownerecn ‘ .morovmir preperty end paving oxnoueoo. 33331 O‘K'ood. Nov 28m. 1899 M. lf F98 SALEâ€"Choice farm in Ipn‘th . l Mauve”, being But Half of ”d We»: Half of Lot 12, in the 14th Cou- ‘umnln‘ zoo um; 160 acres cloned. with 'mgs thereon, bent to both echool nod Aw: nznâ€" mil 0 from [Away For fur- . zen sppTr T v C. CHITI'ICK Lindmy, or .gvner, bring on mid formâ€"w lxfinlx MEETING. Township of Ops. 'clpul‘ cleczorll o' the Towneb p of are no. Ind rrqulred, in no ordanee wl the 'Afl, :0 attend a public meeting a: the lpHsll, Ops on DECEMBER 22nd. 1899. ref One o'clock mm" to nominate duly genome for the lunlclpgl 0.10:.” of I”), eve and four Counctllon, than the necmn number of candida- ted, the proceedings will be adj horned Y. the First Day of January-3 ' she“ . pnllW'll be opened lb 9 LI”. in I 1.32 nub division of the townnn p, where we p l e :il 5 p.m ,(Sec were for poll- nml deputy returning encore). l W. F. O'BOYLI Returning 06c“. .w I“! h_ [‘99. 'l. 1513;: 3 mm mm M» the n der of the dnv. You are in a win: y u will give your hold for Chrllt- ‘i (Q . LJ’ 'I'I'LE’S _800K8.â€"â€"â€" I aim". l Olrh'OIvuAnnuel ! [null In} I' 0'" Anna“ m J M Chatter llnx Dolll. Knlck locate. But). lOl-I, , “4.. J- n- u a I'd m 4170, â€"â€" 0 P 3 h. LITTLE. multir- :;(aflu‘l.lcnery a," wry 4-\ hill: [Ill O'l.’ Chfli‘muu i c an." "” "3 â€"â€" The Canadian hello 1' ur- |" Car nerV'co clan the trav- ellcr n maximum amount of -: .m'ort at 0 minimum outlay. A thrl ugh Tour“: Our unto. frI-m the Atlantic to \he Pw‘d: C u v in un _lr.ducemen‘ hnv other Compsnv. rlll‘all Ind 000940!“ porter l. in “3.31!- szn' will glt'lly give vnu ’ ‘ Han and occure you me mmodulon tn Ql-_ I H NOT‘M’AN. A. G O'. A . l Kl: 2 Street Bar, T-vron o. TCHETT, LOCAL AGENT. 6) Kent-st. Ltnaeuy~ G 7T. ‘3‘ ___.__. ____-.___â€"â€"â€". .NllR . saW 1899 â€" 1900 as (ll New Year Holidays! CHRISTMAS Sam A: sum: msrcuss marl H d D E‘. .‘3 ‘, rum, and 25w, volrd ‘3" ".l .. .mr i Dr'c 26 n, '-r.n -t 1123‘! ZLASS ran as: WE mm. 91.2: 1_ :3r , mu: loud 25w, vulul to . un'“ 1):". 273‘. NEW YEAR SB") 2 FIR>T-C-ASS FARE Dec 34: . mu sl-t. 1599, Jan. 1“, 19w. ll ' _ '5'4'12 ‘m' l Jan, 3nd l9ll0 ' miss 3335 AND UNIâ€"mm Duct; r ‘h, m: 3 3?. :99. and Jul. ..?1‘ : '- a: l’fl :2 I'll Jun. 3?",1900. UlSIiilfli 2:. Cxualdl uu Gnoc Trunk 19m “Triad Statione in Canada to Detroit re '4“ .. I": r st'inm in Cloud; tn, It}? IO? 1:34:- 7’. .w, Xingu” Falls and Snpon' -~ .l. lug SCSOOL VACATION ‘Mclass Fare and one-third. (on 'f'tt‘J‘ls-‘m 1- .m 1). gym .gr 9 n .0 318‘ ""3“ 1.. 'r’d’e u‘ ll J-v', 17th, l9 0. “ 33CIA L 'l BAVELLEBS ' he.» S'a’ um n C undo onlv siren (I Pur :; prvspnzntlnn of Ccfllfil‘lu, Dec '“509 Inc uswe vulld to return to“ *1 Ill zit-.rmo ion from Allent- Grand . Sy-tem, wen. ‘3’ cu. ID‘c DICKSON. A, Punt in. Tomm. A. If. PATCH. Depot m l 313 abatham .. PlEEs THE ' xtvl. WHOLE NO 2101 LINDSAY. ONT. FRIDAY» DECEMBER l5. M99. J. 81::ch 8 sons. , ,1' 8 Ladies’ .â€"â€" \l' f l 4 3 Suggestions 1” .1" FORV llllllISTllAS nm~\~\~w Blouses. SHOPPERS. Ladies’ Satin Blouses. tucked across front, made of fine quality, Satin colors, red, pal pie, mauve, blue lined, special. ..$5.00 Black Satin Blouses, tucked front, lined, special.... . . ..$3 95 Colored or Black Jersey Blouses, tucked front and braid trimm- ed, special $t.85 and ...... .. .... ...... ...... ....$2oo .Ladies’ Costumes. Ladies' Tailor-made Rough Serge Cos- tumes, lined throughout, price $8w, for .0... II. Ladies’ All-wool English Venetian Cloth Costumes, lined throughout, regu- . . . . $9.90 Mantles, Capes. Children’s Ulsters at reduced prices. MEN’S NEGKWEAH for Christmas. We are prepared to sustain our Christmas , “The Puff,” “The Knot,” “The Flowing End," “Derby,” are all represented here in a variety of styles and many colorings, 25c and .. .. 50c MEN’S DOLLARS and CUFFS. 3 2lOO Linen Collars, same style as cut, tum point or extra high. turn- down style. l3c each or 2 for 25¢ lar price $12.75, for.. .. Fine Furs. Ladies’ Black Aetrach m Jock ets. fine glossy curl, farmer satin lined.- e o e e e o o $22.50 Black Opposum Rufi‘s, with four fine Sable tails, made in lat- . 33: at, lr, epociul . n o . $4. w " Brown Goat Mufi's. large size,'- splendid imitation of Sable. ..$195 Sable Rufl's, Sable Mufi's, Collar- ettcs, Caperines, Caps, and spCClal oo o e co reputation Neckwear. regular . .. $7.50 for Nobby Collars, in a variety of styles. Laiies’ inc: A SOLS Betterbéualit . Lia's Ladies 23-inch Top Umbrellas with Steel Rod, \\\1 SPCClal) . e o o o . ' Men’s 25-inch Top, Steel Rod Umbrellas, with Congo Handles and Silver Mount- Special,'... .0...0...O‘..uce$[m and lion’s UMBRELLAS. Congo Handle, with Silver Mountings, ... ..$loo les,.... ....$1 25, $1.50, $2.00 Handkerchiefs. Si.k, L «wn, Linen, in an endlessIvaricty , Ladies’ Fancy Embroidered, Fine Lawn Handkerchiefs. special, 15¢ each, or 2 {or 25c. Ladies’ Hemstitched Lawn Handkerchiefs, extra speClal, we each, or 3 for 25¢. , Men's 2) inch Hematitched Silk Handkerchiefs, with f l 2 in 1: m,$pecial, 25c. Men’s 22-inch Hemstltchcd Twilled Silk Handkerchiefs, with I [-2 inch hem, special. ... .. .. ...... 50c ””“” \v‘ “'“M‘Q-“mwv‘” HURRY UP. l and Slippers for CHRISTMAS DAY. Come and bring your Friends to the NEW SHOE great variety at HIG- ‘ -A.\l s DRUG STORE. 30 Daly House. Milka Parlor Lamps, STORE, where every GAINS in all lines 0 TRUNKS and PINLAY , dz 3“ latte. Glare Boxes, ”hill Gases. ‘1 int. Hdlr Brushes, " ll all kinds W 32.00. shoe VALISES are The bargains are all be- ing grabbed up by the know- . ' ing ones, who intend to “have a. swell pair of Boots F1; 8y dz than t: a :- “You’ll be Sorry” IF YOU DON’T want awaiting you. mnepk’imm I very apb-tnntlul grounds. l l'lffiil'nn‘é'of' railway. 1 he would like to hear representatives 2 of each give their views. and he par- ‘ . ticularly ? an portunity to express them. _Hc i wouol’d content himself thh removing 1 a few cobwobe dragged about the ques- l quarrel with the Grand Trunk involved : da ought to be proud of that great E is satisfied. and BAR. f BOOTS. SHOES, RUBBERa, CHANTLER . - Blackwell’s moon. m were granted. down expected. .:.copitalhtI-Mmdlm~,_ .â€" Tuesday Night’s Meeting at Town Hall 3 «Some Convincing Addresses. I ___..___._. l 0011 town's BEST [Erratum nEmn THE mall. I -Tbe Queetion. to be Decided by the Elector: u Whether Lindeuy Shun ' Remain what u ieâ€"A Good Country Townâ€"Or Gain New 1m and Population and Become a Rising City. That the interest of Lindsay is being private citizens of the county of Vic. awakened. to the importance of cccur- torle, ““1 I“ felt I” '1'. 1mm“ in ‘ ' . saying that. not one c to derive ‘ £1.18 connection With the Studied PC- my, Wit from hi. offlco,â€"in fact, who leny who made [lulu by the color, they had becnat a coueidcmblc large attendance at the meeting called miiznetgry lune. .Bc gutted ti; hear for. Tuesday by thq Mayor. ‘ r? "'1‘" question ”M y t ° at, the M of the i 'onul di- lnborlng interest, the steamboat men. rector. of the road. In. gathering the merchants and the property-own- wec a representative one, I‘d the od- 3 l l o *â€"-â€"l.â€"-â€". ~Oâ€"â€".â€"-â€"â€"â€" â€". ...â€"..â€".â€"â€".-.â€" ._.__.. fl... .- ”a... -o. “-1 . ”-- lhe voteuoftbomknowntobe the balance of the vote mat. be preo- Pcrhupc one- eightb or one-tenth of the voters may tlcnlly unanimous. have a pummel tutor-cot in the defeat of the bonus, and the influence of the-e must be counteracted. If: neglected the Stewart had told them that if they t opportunity it prceen might be yearn before it offered again. 'Dbcbonueoftfimmight apponra large amount to come, but when we think that it will mean only 72c on [to importance dwindlce. The crnment aubuidy would be 8120.000. the 31.000 of com-mt. or 360 on 8580, cov- and it woe certain that. 0 large PTO- portiou of the amount to be spent on construction work would find its way to Lindsay. To earn this great benefit the people were only asked to accrue the small tax mentioned. He had been told that Lindsay had taxed itself for may things. rate won high. and that the That was an addi. tional reason why they should vote the bonitoâ€"tho money spent on local improvement; but pcdtomakethctown 0 ST. TWELVE PlEEs . -wu- uâ€"s-.. .” TERMS. 81.00 PER run PAYA IL- " ADVAIOI le-ougbttobe ed to lapeethietimo. buth able to winnow the chaff from the in ElElEllEl‘lElnE LINKMMEW n two-third. majority. and deducting not quite ptntcmtâ€" reputed to back up could tell nutter wlucb' party wu in aid for a line through a rich one county such as deter, ownership of certainly adverse email roadbuildim sebum, as short lino railway. had rarely proved paying in- The town of Guelph had louilt u linewbacb’ wanntpoymg' .ood Grim-by, he be. oVed. had also ventured l 'nt to the 0. had been urged that there inroally nocom- pletiou between the CPR. and. 6.13. when both tap the come town: well, vat no t I. in the cause way. The only nettle is whether a branch 9.3. would benefit Iinduy. It the! doeired to state ml: what he knowmto “thigh“. but. I: on ltrength what be bad herd at Ottawa. that no power hereafter lt would be found; a very difficult matter to mourn government and Victor-h . While ucknowlotking that the G.T.E had done a great deal for the coun- ‘ try in come we. be thought its policy m frequently of an arbitrary. char. Like Mr. Stewart, he wed in favor of the pecplc'c control of from.- chuec' end would support governance railway. if such o policy were practical. but the time we: not yet ripe; however. he woo to a number of municipalities engaging in u cm. A: lie-had remarked at the for- ; dream delivered by Manure. Stewart, mar public meeting. Lindsay can be a. .: Boyd, McHugb and other. were prac- 3 tical and convincing. : MB. TAYLOR. The chair was taken by Mir. F. (1 ha in good county town without the C.P.R. link. but no town could attain its full growth unless carved by the two great .~ lines of railway, and he did not think : it could be denied tut manufac- turers cerved by both roads would u better position to compete better and more attractive. but did i the rite- may bemimilur, but the addi. not tend. to lower rates. but by voting tlouel 800001041000 would be a reality the bonus now industries would follow and there would be «nice but none tho can: line, and the town would the lam effective rivalry. The Whit. gain many new chi”... who would u. by line had been built as a competir‘ cume their chm of the financial bnr- road, and though amalgamation doe. ...â€"-.._._.â€"___-__.â€"_._. ._.-4 ' ' o: m ouudu no. hila- . "mm“..m~ .m ho mad that Taylor about 830, by tit time the with the world at largo“ than they are at present. An overwhelming hell we. well filled. In his opening ro- . . . i mm. m. mm»- to... ..........-. 33223.25 em: dram... .l: Pint-of than: interested in the ms- town- having two had a. big. advant- 3 198‘ 0f the by-law, and any who might age. We cannot say wohavc done our : be 09M to the chemo, to take seats beet for our present manufacturer-p . or tame we hope to attract, until we 1' on the platform The meeting woe have or to put them in commun- inot time in theluterutofO.P.R‘. con- icntion mm both of the 3M rail- v nectiou, but' in the intern; of the citi- waye of Canada. There had been 1 gm of many, Anu- ma“ um, some talk aboutlhe danger of grain . wouldboullowod to allcpeukou. The “°"“°“‘°‘ ‘9"ng “P “ ”m”- . , ford and Jenetville; if that in u cogent l question of C.P.Bt connection was one argument, who did it not prevent the i likely to have a great. effect upon the building of the Midland and Whitby future of up, town. lines? The tendency of the times into | Menus. J. D. ll‘lavelle. '1‘. Stewart, 3. bring communication with the outside Kennedy, 1‘. Brady, Geo. Mafiugb. m wide. near. man's doorupceeiblc. In. and Squire McDonnell, took oeate 1f 9 farmer an dnw tour loads 91 i on the platform. $1112 to : otorc‘lwltac at tgun‘s-ford In Chairman T lor, continu' . re. me armor y dkcn it one l marked that bzywu One of tbbngrovi- load .to Lindsay. 80 11131013 the better . clonal directors, but. first of all, he 101‘ hull. Butt when mil bcupcnd his was a citizen of the town. and no ouch "1009!-“ U” “‘th PM Vltll One may open to gonad fimt More. or the town that offers compo- argumcuts ng . . . granting the bonue, and be ”09.4 511 intact: and acbocn of up-to-datc goods! were in the same condition. In a Th0 WWII Whit!“ might bodepend- letter in Tho Evgning Patâ€"a var, 0d“! to offer ndvuntagm calculated to '31,“- letter, indeed.â€"thc writer pro. draw the farmer's trade. no matter M [o l» in a dilen;“ to "IQ where be marketed hi8 grain. no. olden. groin done not constitute all a former cells in townâ€"whit about his butler, cgge. beef. pork and the many other articles of produce! Another provisional directors were going to make anything out of the railway. l Thom was no money coneidcrutlonâ€" . the directore had simply taken an in- argument hoard m that it would he tern-t in reviving the chem for the better for the municipalltlce to take benefit of tho community without llwk and than bulld thea lino. That thought of financial gain. IO the dl- plan was in direct appeal-lo: to that I lemma of the writer woo not booed on WW, ‘0 be lb but 5! "907593106. Lindsey lf he de not mimic, the idea orig n 1:. had. bacon. n vary good [ownâ€"loo. of ed in the mind of it man who doc red the nfcat In the rovinceâ€"and all are ”I” 4510‘ 0‘ “10 ocbemo. Wk! hlld proud of it. '1' question now in. - not the argument been heard. of be- whctber the toykylyh not benefit. ’ fore! Sponge it coplngvg, M ' ’ Pubic. , u of wing the people'o franchised a. porno bollovo. we are deriving. al the anyono could beâ€"ho bellcvod Lindsay "M16 we can expect from the our- . ought to own it: watcrworke and it.- roundlng country at tho pmcnt limo. “Elm-”8 "lull: 1110!! {bun that! he and wc should now look about u! to believed th-lt the Domln‘on ought to no if there in not a memo at hand for ; own it: railways. (Applause). At the attracting new trade It uhould be 5 question to bc impracticableâ€"even if the nim of every citizen to make Lind.- ' lame limouhe believed the clock-taking ‘1’ it better town. There can b. no the munlclpnlllic. eubucrlbcd p.Irt of doubt that a manufacturing town in 3 the coat of the road. In! it reasonable the beet town to do business in, and l‘ 1 to suppose lhlt capltulmu in Panda}: we can mnlm Lindsay such u town it or oleewhoro would put money Into an will be to the advantage of all. In the cntorprmn wluch they would not be opinion of very may citizens, C.P.R.’ allowed to control f Was there n ma connection would aid largely in ac- in the audience who would do the compliehing the desired result. asman- same thing on a smaller scale! The ntacturnra would thus gniu tbc' do. only other way was for the munl01pal- sired competing line. ltlca Intercdtfd to subscribe the wholc MR. STEWART. coat of the line. Wore the people of Mr Thomu Stewart xzs first: on Lindsay prepared to say that they the chuirnmn's list and was received would 1’3" ”“00 or four times the with applause. He. began by stating amount 01:51?” bonu- taukotll. and on. that he was not a provisional direc- m" m ‘ 'u'm‘ 0 “1' “1' con- . ctruction ? , b t occu led the poslt.on of ecc- . .. . ifdl’nry",I and 3) that capacity had. of Mr- Kylleâ€" Has M! town In Cu- . d d that l" necessity given the matter a good deal na 3 one know the . _ . Mr. Stewartâ€"“f don't fifitfith‘h? {3:83:1- Estsdatei‘r‘xdth: precise facts. butvf believe eomeplacce _ . up west have done no." audience 111°“ 0‘ all ”'1‘”th and. Mr. D. Rayâ€"“London built the Port Stanley road and lost their money." Mr. Stewart, continuing, said it would be a risky speculation to on- gage in. stock they would be given common i course to follow. and be naked if the l desired that those having objections to offer should be afforded pany would bond the road to capital- into. and. where would the town be. Again. it should not be forgotten that the government subsidy was offered tion. In the first place. there was no in the effort to secure betrtcr railway facilities. nor had any of the directors any ill-will towards tho}: tadâ€"Cuna- tor Dobeon and Mr. Geo. McHugh, M. P.. on that point. had earned convie- tiou at the former meeting. They had made it plain that tbomomboreof both part ice had about made up their mind: I that hereafter only colonization roads 1 would be subsidizedâ€"and no one would l blame them for no deciding. In view! of the present being their last chance ; to secure the government aid. he nak- ed the ratepayers to consider the quoti- ticn in an earnest. bue‘mlike way. and support the bonus. as they had done before. (Applause). MB. BOYD. line. on inlly under its present vig- oroua pthallrlngcmcnt. The interests of the town and district had alone prompted the directors to set about the revival of the scheme to secure OPE connectionâ€"the town ought to have a second line. and the desire was a perfectly legitimate one. If a mer- chant. you' may in all furnaces buy one bill of goods from one dealer. and‘ an- other from a competirg firm. on It was with buaiucm men and manufac. turers. The time had arrived when we should endeavor to place our town the loading towns of the pro. :lworâ€"uo ho had rend in The Even. 3"- 3‘" 3‘» 301d. of Bobcarseomm ' p tâ€" the small cw“, No the next speaker, and be received a gmwahoh‘filmrun am with the idea. hearty gloating. In opening hauld tlnt the C.P.R. people are knocking , he appmiatod the privilege be enjoy- at our doorsâ€"it was not the case. ed in being afforded an rtuuity , d t be an understanding 5 _ . . _ limit: min and 6.113. not to 0‘ addressms a gathering of the cttt-l . . . l ' tcrcet themselves in spur l‘ncu of 5 zone of the county town. The topic Ir‘xlailvlrny, (Applnuc as Monro. Moeaom ‘ before them was an important one. I Boyd and W. T. 0. Boyd entered the, and it behoovod all to give it very! lnll).. and that was the mean a num- cerefnl consideration. Egret. bowlsh. ber of citizens of the town and county - ed to any that hudeay was the county had interested themselves in the pro- ] town; the welfare of the county was posed railway some yea: «a: The 'r wrapped up in Idndpay. and than of municipalities then approached bad .' Lindsay depended upon the general voted the bonuses naked with the ‘ prosperity of the county. .anu hue exception of Opu.: but for that the, business wan larger than it to now town and dietr‘ct would now be on. ; he mod to visit Lindsay two or. three joying the benefits of the railway. ale 5 limos ouch ‘woek: although mid-rig felt assured tint: if the people of ,on the batch: of Victoria and. Pet. One had remixed the results likely to erboro countlcu.he had found it neoco- follow they would not haven», nary to come to landmy to do bum- turnod an adveree majority on that oc- . none, and no it won with mu all over caeion. He did not blame them for , the county-their intends drewthem the reasoning that led to that. Un- , to the county town. When bobcat-d of fortunately. right after that there oppmllicn on the ground d the ppm. come a period of great financial ilulity of grain utorehoueee lolng stringency. and if Income impossible along the line. he had: considered tl to for. any further steps. but now very poormooning-thej couple of Yet. with the return of good times. the ulam and other municipalities would director-e had concluded that the time grant bonuses with no_ other object was ripe. for the revival of the scheme: than to gain better facilities for the that it it we den‘mt': "run. that! it . uhlpuhent of gram and other produce. wou'd‘beetill better now. and that the Beyond doubt the .0 along the panels of one would now support the line would come to Lin y to o the bonus heartily. Acting on that be- bulk of their buying-what atone bee not. the provisional directors secured Duncford, what otore‘ bu Junotvfllo, tho ml of the charter and gov-,V tocompatewlthnludmy'nf'nebudne- eminent grant. the necessary by-lcws . place-t Rut-mere may buy a few won't! be naubmittcd in the eeyeral _ ~ but ,munic‘pnlitleu' and " '93 the; top. the line would be undertaken at‘cnee . andccmpletcd‘lnnldoofucouple' £3 . .1 th- director! were-not o M'f‘rt- l g l for the last timeâ€"the words of Sena- ‘ 1'68"“ ‘H then and co lowor the general rate. If the citizen: of Dudley were not Will- ing to tax them-elm to attract trade, on other place. were doing cannot afford, local improvements. but, if the populaticm in to be increased. then they are right in going ahead and introducing modern improvementu. Some persons had cha the direc. toratc with being a of grasping apeculntora. whoec aim is to make money out of lln ocbcmo. That was a weak story. and it should hardly be no- marry to waste time denying it. With ' the exception of four Bubcaygcon genttcmon. end Mr. Wickham. the Icgul advioer. the provisional directors were all well-known Undoiny citizens; others. like. Mr. Headgb and Mr. Wm; Grace. took no deep on interest in the scheme as did any of the directors. The l people themselves held the future of lbw town in their own hands. The town must forge aha-id or fall back- 3 there was no middle course. Lindsay ' had improved very much in the put l few years. but union the rate of pro. green was in keeping with other towns. they were losing ground. Instead of haunting about the present project, he only wiuhod they Eocl‘l afford to engage in half-aodoncn ouch enter- prises for the advancement of the town and county. Let the people not be led astray by thooe who. for private rcnoonn. oppose CPR connection: if on polling day there was not a suffi. . eient majority. for the by-lnw he would I look upon il~ u a calamity for the town. [in rould tell them that: for want of u rnilmly be bid. been for your. curtailing hie bulim- at Bob- cnygoon and transferring it oleewluere; even now there were timber lim'u "unable MWM'JW ‘ 33%; for 80 {can to can. .u a manhfac. turer f he cculd do buinem W'lh a town ha ring competing told: he would not think of goingJ to a town huv‘ng but one road. ndony in a fine town. and has a better country trade tlmn Pelcrboro hue. True. the latter. town has rhcnp power. but lluluny would coon be able tooffmt that single with electrical power from Fenclon Falle and Burlcigh Falls. To advance «a it mould. cud is fitted to do. Lindmy must secure more indus- trice. and in order to do tint. must be able to offer competing roads to manufacturers. Towns all over Cun- ndn and the State. are making special offere‘to attract business. and if the citizen.- of Lindsay refused to vote the bonus that would give the town a big advantage over others. then Lindsay would assuredly fall behind in the rate. (Loud applause.) MB. McBUGll. Mr. Geo. McHugh. M.P.. followed Mr. Boyd and opened by stating that he was not connected with the directorate. and his interest in the echumc was the same as that of every citizen of the d'otrict to be served by the railway. When the project was first mooted a number of years ago be if an town decided to mg, l ind taken on active part. in endeavor- l ing to carry it to n cuccensful con. charc- to that mount. thou the com- l ClulElOll. beau be had looked at it from n but-incl. standpoint, as a real. dent of the town and u a property owner in 0pc. Too day he was as firmly in its favor u ever; h's only won that they had not. suc- ceeded in securing it long ago. The township of 0pc. though it had defeat- ed the scheme at that time. had not been derelict in oupportiug rail- way: in the post. Now that the pro. ject was again before the people he would ask that every ratepayen con- cider from his individual standpoint :it would only be necessary for each man to uncertain hie amt. find out what he would have to pay towards the Mann, and place the amount against the proopectivo benefits. The tax will be only 72c on 81,000, before it was 81. Mr. Boydâ€""The term of the by. law. we. 28 yearn then. now it- is 80; that account.- for the smaller tax." Mr. McBugh thanked Mr. Boyd for the. correction. Rn ere should re- member thut it will cm about half a million to build the road. and that perhaps. esoo.ooo of the amount will be spent in tlm county. Having con- uiderod what the railway in going to coat. and the mltmt advunt~gm everyone ought: to vote conscientiously disregarding tales such on had been circulated about the directors. When the Hidlnud. Whitby and V‘ctoria Railway cchemco were presented to the people of Unduey and the other muni- cipalitice the promoter: were all out. uide men; in the preeent case the d‘. rectors comprlmd ncpcnuible and wellnknown citizen. of the town and county. and the loect he could at wan that they Ibould treat these gen. tlemcn on well as they had. treated out. cider; (Applause). He was aware tint when the project came up six yearn ego Hr. Boyd had- defrayod a. considerable portion of tlm expenses out of his own ponketmnd he felt that in the pro-out case if the directors were rep-id their organization or. pulses tlmy would be well satisfied. He had heard come talk about grain start-bounce: well. the people of the country wanted value for their money on well‘ on th peeploof the town. and what they UM who batten ship- ping facilities for their gram. wood. and other produce. He bed cuffld out coufldeneqlu tho bue‘nem ability- of an mutant: to lend him to :3! t m “f film - fieleue to enact" the (5 lb. (a th. -'lhf I” will gee. troycd that competitition later on. it could not be denied that benefit con. tinned owing to the free grain store. . then they housed and reduction in rates. if the C.P.Bt came to Lindsay there would cuurcdly follow a period of grout bun’ncm elimulus. If factor-ice wot. attracted to other town. mix both great railways, why may we not not anticipate the name reeult in Lind. uyl’ He felt that the apparent ad. vantages were sufficiently adequate to justify the ratepayers in' turning out to vote for the chemo both in the town and township of Ops. (Loud ap- plume.) Chairman Taylor at this point imued an invitation to Ir. 5. J ,Fox. K.P.P and Dr. Vroomnn. the connemtivd: atandnrd bearer for South Victoria. to give their view: on the matter under dunno-ion, but neither gentlemen re. epondod. Chairman Taylor then in. vlted opponentu of the scheme to tho platform. but again there was no ro- uponee. Mr. Rt Smyth and Dr. He. Alpine were next called, and the form.- er accepted. MB. SMTTH. Mr. R. Smyth said he was not pro- pared to opouk very long. It bulbous made public that be was oppoeed to the railway. but be was not not. (up. plan-e). There in a great deal of diff. lrrenco between opposing the scheme l the railway when» carefully ’ . the council. ‘hguddn-lufuvuruftbbclmlb itself and the method proposed to attain the deeired result. Be duly rc- cognized Mr. Boyd‘d deep interest in the project. and nloo that gentlemu’l oervicea to the town for many ear-u. In proof of hi- gnod will town. n th scheme. Mr. Smyth pointed out that; '32} 'f 335.? .i‘fluwh‘fionolold-o movie! to the government praying for a renewal of the oubddy. and had been instrumental in hav‘ng a similar mo. morinl pruned by the councils of the other municipalities interc‘od. Bio ldcu then was that tho munic pnlitucu chould take clock and build the mod, I nd he did not agree with lfr. Stewart that the acbonm was impracticable; no proof had been submitted that line- oo built were not being run sumo- fully. Will there any guarantee that the GILR; would operate the road! Mr. J. l). Flavelloâ€"“You mean that thH C P. R’ will operate it I" .317. 8111th acknowledged the correcâ€" tion, and went on to any that. his no. marks at last meeting concerning Mr. AVlCl'Lh‘lm had been mlsreported. He would support the present scheme if proved to be for the benefit of the town. but at the calm time he believed lh'lt the reduction of the tax rate to 15 or 16 mills would attract more ple to the town than anything else. MR. BIGELOW. Mr. 0. Bigelow followed. He said he was entirely in accord with the idea. of having competing railways. but ho was not quite eatiufod that the people would gain their dumps even if they voted the bonuo. The G. TR. con- trolu tho- wholc territory'at present, and would make a determined effort to continue in posse-ion. The hy-law stipulates that. the C. RR must operate the road for 20 years. butbo would like to one the: term made Q years; in that case he would support the bonus. In his opin'on the tow- would certainly lone trade. and if we do not cecure competition in perpe- tuity the benefits would not warrant the giving of the bonus. Under tho byt-Ilnw we may be left with one. road at the end of 20m and unles the director. could guarantee the ex- tenuiou of C. RBI control he. would have to oppose the byJ-lw. MR. STEWART. Mr. Thu. Stewart answered Hr. Bigelow'e objection by stating that when the by-{uw woe voted on six years ago there was no reference made to n C..P.B' lance for any term. but thin tim- the council of Lindsay. in their desire to allay all fours. said ”We want to know that. the C. RR will operate the road," and the pro. vision was undo that no money should be paid until the agreement named. was ratified by the C.P.Rl management. The term named was that. selected by The directors were not in favor of the c . boliov7ng that it would hamper their negotiations. Mr. Blge‘ low wan somewhat astray in his calculation. as the clause, read “twenty yours. or more." and he was confident that when the directors came to make a bargain with the C. RE the company would eagerly await them. calves of the chance to secure .1 loan. for u long a period as possible. It would never do to fix the term at 99 years an asked by Mr. Bigolowâ€" they would go into the money market like u pig in a poke. The director. were intent. upon doing their n7 heel. for the town nv" district. f tho agreement reld 99 years the CPD might say “we. don‘t want to lease for that term -â€" 50 your. in when.“ do. sire." No person doubted that. the GP}! would f‘nd " lo thi'v interest to secure a long hound this protect for all time their nroad into GT.‘ territory. In conclusion. Mr. Stewart qucotiouod It. Smytb conceruig coma etatemente made in his addres a few: minutes before. and while at. tempting an explanation Kr. Smyth became badly “muddled.“ He not. nowlerhc'l lint be uncured come of his "facte‘ from W' 'obn :HI'M" which led an. about to mark. "I felt cure that come ‘norcbeod‘ had made the estimate." n BINNIDT‘. Ir. Iobt‘. Midlands no.- few-'0 dtutlen mu u- or "downtown-undilutefly' Weuhpl , . r v" v )- fifi-*§g ward; 4 ‘?:-fie -r IV. .gu.