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Ontario Scrapbook Hansard, 5 Apr 1901, p. 6

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The committee decided, however 'to ity pany." _ _ _ _ 0. l._ 170 discuss the question clause by ch;:le. o The scity. '"Wmum =" and passed the first one without ob-- egainst . reference -- to-- otests that the jection _ It is as follows:--The company 4 g"?'-;w!'?' and also arfi not bind th shall have the power to connect its Council of to--day shou -~~?.: 2 ETE tracks with lines of --tracks on the \de Awenty-- years henob. . ."°i2100. <0C~ streets of Toronto now or hereafter op-- | o oys Pppneeenm s erated by the Toronto Railway Com-- ] pany or. any company, corporation or persons operating such lines of track and to run and operate its cars ovei , such lines to and from any point there. on, in order to convey passenger and freight traffic from the company's lin< to and from any point in the City of To ; ronto, and for such purpose to use the ' electricity used in operating the lines e of track on -- the streets of the City of c%J Toronto. Clause No. 2 was not passed. It is a Ytenewal clause,with powtgr to the Lieu-- tenant--Governor to arbitrate in case of disagreement. Mr. Pattullo, M.P.P., C€ suggested 'the addition 'of the words "or arbitrator appointed by the Lieu-- tenant--Governor in Council.'"' Mr. Foy, & M.P.P., thought a Judge should be t ( . Lk -- Vhusada. 4 Still Another Delay. i5 ® / Mr. Marter, M.P.P., vigorously pro-- Ly--_~ tested against proceeding further with /O the measure. It was unfair to Mr. Ful-- lerton, who had not had time to digest [ the contents of the bill. but who would f be held responsible by the City Council [(-Cd 2 /'[ s if anything affecting 'Toronto's inter-- * % ests should slip through. He suggest-- ed adjournment. Mr. Fullerton said 4 that he and President Warren of the mtc Metropolitan Railway Company had U ues managed to draft a bill embodying all / the points in dispute with ~two excep-- P tions. After some further discussion it ao*" was agreed that the matter should be a* again taken up by the committee on / Wednesday. Messrs. Fullerton -- and Warren will meantime present a draft bill to the Law Clerk of the House, for printing, and Iif tiiey fail to agree on the points st!ll in dispute these will also be prm(%d and laid before the committse with the bill. 4 I Points in Dispute. It is stated that the two points which 4 * &re in dispute gre contained in the fol-- lowing clauses :-- .'"The terms upon which and the ex-- tent to which the powers and rights conferred by section 1 hereof are to be 'exercised until the agreement, govern-- Ing the Toronto Railway, and set forth In the schedule appended to 5S Vic-- toria, chapter 99, shall expire, shall be such as the company and the munici-- pal Council of the City of Toronto and the Toronto Railway Company or other company, corporation or persons oper-- ating: such lines of track on the streets of Toronto may agree upon, and in de-- fault. of agreement, as may be from time--to time determined by the Lieu-- tenant--Governor in Council. f \~~"The rights conferred by the first sec-- tion of this act #ghall cease at the same time is the rights of the Toronto Rail-- way Company under the said agree-- ment ; provided that the City of To-- ronto.shall have the authority by by-- law to declare that the said rights shall be extended. for a further period of twenty years. upon terms to be deter--

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