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4" Feb 25 - | 2~ SUUGHT UNDER B"-'L 'Good Roads Delegates Are P ; M T e en Urged to Maintain Air Board Inquiry Did Not _ Railway and Municipal, Construction s 4 s | Blame Pilot, He Board Would Super-- ! ----_--______. Claims vise Licenses ADDED GAS TAX UPHELD 1 § REPLIES TO HUTCHINSON -- ON ROUTES, RATES, ETC. .. Appointment . of a non--political Lexisi mmmatentamens w:gr and traax:pg)tation prt;blems and egislature allegations of Earl A bill to place the operation of all act in an advisory capacity to the Hutchinson (Labor, Kenora), that the +/ 4nterurban busses and trucks under Dep?rtmat:ilt of edmghvl'gys' was A Sig Hamilton all--metal machine which 3 gestion Mess e W McKay of p * the jurisdiction of the Ontario Rail-- Elgin, editor: of Municipal World, ;arnetd four mcmbers of the Ontario way and Municipal Board was intro-- rfimem&% :nr&filgeggfteih tco ct).lr}e ore & y » " a > : .' ': & > w Rainb'nLaSke r"cf ;0 ]""f t ld:a h? in f duced in the Legislature yesterday by tario Good Roads Association in ¥ e crash late last summer Arthur Ellis (Conservative, South Ot-- _ Convocation Hall yesterday afternoon. was an "orphan" type of plane, tawa). . The bill would affect the To-- Members of such a Commission would totally unsuited to forestry work, and ronto Transportation Commission, and })e able to make a study of each prob-- built by a United States concern every bus and truck operating in more em or proposed construction first-- | f N : th 3 hand when conferring with the rep-- no longer doing business, was ans-- 'han one municipality would have t0 _ recontatives of the district involved | wered yesterday by Hon. William secure a license from the board. and make recommendations o the Finlayson, Minister of Lands and The legislation provides that the _ genartment as to contracts, classifi-- Forests, with the claim that Mr. board shall fix the route or routes t0o _ cations, etc { Hutchinson, "as usual, does not know be followed and also tariff or toll of While placing emphasis upon the what he is talking about." charges for the conveyance of PAS-- _ need of economy in connection with Mr. Finlayson submitted, contrary sengers or goods. 'The board is to road construction, both Premier to the Labor member's story, that the have power to grant such license George S. Henry and R. M. Smith, Air Board inquiry into the fatal ac-- ?'henever it finds that such operation _ Deputy Minister of Highways of On-- cident, placed the responsibility for -sbllllec?;)ar}'_tor convenient for the _ tario, urged the delegates to bear in the same on "flying misjudgment" public ben«L11C. mind the number of families depend-- by the pilot, and made no reference The board may also make such rules . ing upon this work for a living, and whatever to "any unworthiness" on and regulations as it may deem advis-- _ to endeavor to "keep things function-- the part of the sfhip In fact. stated able relating to the equipment and ing in something like a normal man-- Mr Finlayson lhé (")11[1'0"%' were operation of any motor bus or motor ner." found to b%' in eood workinge order truck and as to the license fees to be "The more we do along that line." § i f nrough which charged, subject to the approval of declared Mr. Henry, "the more confi-- even after the pile--up through the same by the Licutenant--Governor-- -- dence we develop among our average the plane hf"? passed. _ _ Bullders in--Council. citizens. I trust you feel there is a e xo Eoi es liine 1n The bill in no way interféres with _ responsibility. Where economy is not l of '!1'(:' machine, are still Op':l.'lt.ng nln the existing rights of muniCipautieS 3molute]y necessary, it is best for us lht.,' United States. and are recognized, to grant franchises for the operation to carry on and function in some-- Sald. Mr. Flnla_\'SOH, aS. one of the ef motor busses or trucks withln the thing of a normal Cha'l'acter, that the leading ';')roduceys of aircraft. The boundaries of the municipality. In _ COnfidence of the people generally will "crashed" machine, prior to its last effect, the Ontario Railway and Mu-- be maintained. o flight, had been operated in the On--| nicipal Board would be given jurisdic-- In his address, Mr. Smith directed tario Air Force for two years, and tion over motor transportation systems -- Attention to the fact that last year it had done some 700 hours in the air, over the Province similar to that | W25 estimated that 25,000 men were with the pilot who met his death in which it now has over street railways, Chéaged in highway work, which | the crash in question, putting in most Officials of the Toronto Transporta. -- Meéant _ that 1?0'000 persox}s were | of that flying. tion Commission in charge of the Bus Affected by -- highway devye opment, | "Against Mr. Hutchinson's charges _ Division, questioned last night by The . While he emphasized that work could | that the Hamilton was difficult to Globe in connection with the above be done at an extremels{)elow cost. ' land on either pontoons or skis, and bill, preferred nct to make any state-- La.sé, 3;"-9'1' f'heh cost hhad ;en 25 per that control of it in the air was ren-- _ ment at the present juncture. prar s ase! [ ine %ee ders were Lwer dered precarious because of its short an s year the tenders were lower Nes than even in the past. y ; & T wing space and its speedy motor, Mr. At another juncture, Mr. Smith Finlayson said that three similar ma-- stated that. as the Gf'ade brossing chines are being operated . at . the FPund had been badly depleted, it present time--on skis, and t.h.at pilots would be impossible to carry on,the of the service, without exception, have work of eliminating level crossings repeatedly testified that they art until such a time as the fund was re-- among the finest ships to handle in plenished. existence. Hon. F. G. MacDiarmid of Rodney, ym Elgin County, First Vice--President, re-- marked that there was a definite re-- lationship between the gasoline tax and the maintenance of highways as distinguished from construction. In his Presidential address, John O'Reilly, of Lindsay, Victoria County, % suggested an additional tax of two cents per gallon on gasoline to assist | county and rural sections to meet the -- | costs of highways in Ontario. He de-- 'I m | clared that a readjustment of costs| ' was necessary as the county and rural sections felt the burdens of these costs | land that the Government no doubt| lwould be justified if it increased the tax two cents to help them to bear : | that burden.