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(yanyy: ) a l m bert i i i EXPROPRIATE RADIA evnntmsateman s utm unc mm t T North Toronto Ratepayers Score Victory Over Metropolitan iuljerieiernntiantimaicnnierenhemiies * notable victory, and one wlhich pleased the monster deputation from North Toronto -- immensely, was 'scored by the city in the Private Bills Committeo yesterdu)' in connection {with the Metropolitan Railway. Tho principle of the expropriation of the railway within the city limits was en-- dorsed, and the details will be ar-- ranged by a sub--committee, . 'The committee room was crowded, ond members arriving late had difficuity in getting in. Dog--in--Manger Policy. Mayor Church declared that all that was being asked was a fair con-- sideration. "Fully 95 per cent. of the people in this room are in favor of the bill, North Toronto is served by this one line only. The company didn't pay for this franchise, and now there are 10,000 people there, the popula--~ tion having doubled in five years. "The company is giving a deplor-- abie service. The city is mow asking |for the franchise back, which didn't | cost the company anything, We pro-- | pose to double--track the street in tne middle of the road, and then North Toronto will come into its own, and we are giving the company running rights on the road. *"'Three years ago they asked the city to buy them out, but the terms weren't suitable, The com pany shouldn't be allowed to play a dog--in-- the--manger policy."' Mr. I. F. Hellmuth, K.C., for the company, remarked this was the first time a Legislature had been asked to expropriate a portion of a railway, and to leave the balance aund less remunerative portion of it to cthe company, ___He pointed out that 24 per cent. of the earnings were obtained from 'the 3 1--2 miles in the city. \Lieut.--Col, Lenuox at Committec. | Caout.«--Col. T. H.s Lennox, M.P.P. for North York, speaking for York county, said the people he represent-- led had never been consulted or asked 'gy the city with respect to their ghts. "We have never been askod 'to take any steps to urge tho com-- pany to build a double track. Wo want branch lines all over up in the country there." Col. Lennox asked that the com-- mittee ask the company to build a double track, and if necessary they could have a single fare, too. Bir Adam Beck stated that ho had been partly responsible for the bill before the committee as a solution of the difficulty in which the city khad found itself, and he maintained that the county of York would benec-- fit as much as--anybody eise.-- '"'In re-- gard to the claim of the company that the city was taking the _ most profitable part of the railway, I | would point out that when the people asked for a better service within the \Ccity limits the company said they 'could not give it because there was no money in it, and that their cearn-- ings depended on a through service." Hon. I, B. Lucas said the justifica-- tion--for expropriation at all times' was public convenience, and -- thero was nothing startling in principle, | provided the city was willing to pay. iThe committee then divided.