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' ' B B y R MOeryy Te ' ' P % a ,4 »," ' f nesda\g, M are h # 4d . s | t %, i !\Jv\ur\chlmv\'-'o-'-- w areggnarymuu'y | suiuy Kuie Nee us CY e Y Nuay urt Nuk® Nuby med +t ts ** ** ':' "'Z 'Questions That Preceded . 'Questions That Preceded / _ Resi 1 f Mr. L | ; w _ Resignation of Vir. Lyons$] ; "l" .O\..\l'\l"."\l'\lt\.fi\l'\l"'N.\l'\..\"\.('\l"l' \"\'l\!l\l.\ll\." ' Following are the questions of Progressive and Liberal members of j f the Ontario Legislature which preceded the resignation yesterday of Hon. James Lyons as a member of the Ferguson Cabinet: Robert H. Kemp, M.P.P. for Lincoln, asks: (1) What Government contracts have been given by the Department of Lands and Forests to ' the McNamara Construction Company or to the McNamara Construction, 4 Ltd.? (2) What was the amount (a) of the tender, and (b) the amount $ actually paid by this department in each case? | % s *k » D. M. Ross, M.P.P. for Oxford North, asks: (1) Did the Minister . of Lands and Forests offer the City of Sault Ste. Marie to pay half the cost of paving Wellington Street in that city? (2) Is Wellington Street a residential street? (3) Did residents of that street petition against the work? (4) Are there two other parallel streets within about 100 | yards? (5) Did the Minister of Lands and Forests open the tenders? : (6) Was the McNamara Construction Company the successful tenderer? (7) What was the amount of its tender? Was it the lowest tender? ' (8) Did the company do the work? (9) What was the amount actually ' paid to them for the work? (10) How much did the Government pay? (11) Did the Lyons Fuel and Supply Company, Ltd., or Hon. James W. ' Lyons, or any member of his family, supply the cement or tiles for the y * work? (12) How much cement and what quantity of tiles, respectively, ' were supplied, at what price, and what was the total amount paid by the McNamara Construction Company to the Lyons Fuel and Supply * | Company, Ltd., or to James W. Lyons, or to any member of his family, in ' respect of this work? | ¥% % l t D. J. Taylor, M.P.P. for Grey North, asks: (1) Did the present Gov-- ® ernment purchase land in Sault Ste. Marie to extend the Court House grounds? (2) If so, how much land was purchased, from whom, and at what cost? (3) Did the present Government purchase land in Sault Ste. Marie for an aerodrome site? (4) If so, how much land, from k j whom was it purchased, and at what cost? (5) Did the present Govern-- ment purchase land in Sault Ste. Marie to extend the jail property? (6) If so, how much land, from whom purchased, and at what cost? (7) Did the present Government pay half the cost of paving Wellington Street in 4 Sault Ste. Marie? (8) What was the length of the pavement? (9) * «l What was the amount paid by the Government? (10) Does the Hon.! ' James Lyons, Minister of Lands and Forests, reside in Sault Ste. Marie? ' (11) Did he recommend the expenditures above mentioned? (12) What ' other capital expenditures have been made by the present Government ' in the City of Sault Ste. Marie? | # s % %% | A. P. Mewhinney, M.P.P. for Bruce West, asks: (1) Who was the ' contractor who constructed the aerodrome at Sault Ste. Marie in 19247 1 (2) Did he purchase materials from the Lyons Fuel and Supply Company, ' Ltd.? (3) If so, what materials, and what was the total amount paid to § the company for the same? ' # "e % t \ Mr. Kemp, M.P:P. for Lincoln, asks: (1) Did the Government build an aerodrome at Sault Ste. Marie? (2) If so, at what cost? (8) Were ! tenders called for? (4) Who was given the contract? (5) What was | the lowest tender? (6) What was the amount of this contrect? (7) | What was the amount actually paid for this work? (8) Where are the | items to be found in the Public Accounts, giving pages, names and amounts? (9) Did the Lyons Fuel and Supply Company, Ltd., furnish any of the material for the work, and at what cost? Tk %t * % Mr. Kemp (Lincoln): (1) What was the architect's estimate of the cost of the Government aerodrome at Sault Ste. Marie? (2) What was the contract price for the work? (3) Who were the contractors? * *# % *# # ' J. G. Lethbridge, member for Middlesex West: (1) What contracts & }for road building have been awarded by the Minister of Lands and | Forests to the Walsh Construction Company? (2) What were the| j | original contract prices pursuant to tender in each case? (3) What were| 'the amounts actually paid in each case? (4) What persous acted for | : the company in making and carrying out the contracts with the Govern-- ment? (5) What other persons were known to the Minister as having | an interest in the company or in its profits? ¥k :: > NK s|-- ; _ t * ¥ x 'h" '.? 6 ® s '