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March 1A | _ $96,000 ideni i f Widening Bill Hepburn Explains Hydro Sent to Committee _ # » # | Engineers' Salaries ~--_----_------___-- | wenmenentenmmmmeemmmmmememem Opposition members in the Ontario' Premier Hepburn, in the Ontario _ L*@!Slature yesterday urged careful L"uu:muy"ugw. wes asked by consideration in committee of a City' | Leopol acaulay, _ (Conservative, of To i \South York) to clear up what he re-- ride nonto bUI secking the right t'°i garded as conflicting statements in widen thoroughfares as "forced" im--| connection with Hydro engineers' provement, without a petition from n}afi. Kitoen owners affected. It was maintained % ey--General." Mr. Mac-- th A ; aulay said, "has stated that the sal-- at the biil might work hardship aries haven't been reduced. and the on property owners by forcing them Premier stated according to a news-- to bear the cost of a widening which parer report, that they 'had ail yeen : ! qy " b° Of 1O beneflt to their prop« reduced to $5,000. just * T ights $ Now just who is A similar bill was killed in commit-- "The refetrence I made," declared tee last year, when it was suggested the Premier, "was to the action of that it was an attempt to gain au-- the Hydro Commission in putting all thority to widen the thoroughfare past engineers receiving over $5.000 on a the home of the Hon. G. Howard Fer-- day--to--day basis. That was done and guson on Avenue Road, north of St. there has been a saving already of Clair Avenue. $96,000. I want to say also that the The bill was given its second read-- Ontario Hydro is not yet finished ing and sent to committee. It was with this question of salary revision." introduced by J. J. Glass (Liberal, St. | Mr. Macaulay objected to a previous Andrew's), who declared that owners statement by lan Strachan, (Liberal, had the right to appeal to the Railway St. Georges') that he (Macaulay) had and Municipal Board in respect to suggested that Hydro purchase state-- the advisability of a widening and| ments had been secured from engi-- also in respect to levying costs. | neers after they had been threatened Leopold Macaulay (Conservative, with dismissal. South York) maintained the bill "What I did say," explained Mr. should state that such improvements, Strachan, "was that such a suggestion designed mainly to aid traffic, be from the honorable member from undertaken at the expense of the city South York. was grossly unfair and and not the owners on the line of unworthy of him." the improvement. Objection Raised. When Attorney -- General Arthur Roebuck rose and asked permission to table answers to several score of ques« C tions, all pertaining to the dismissal of Magistrates in Ontario, the Opposi« tion Leader raised his objection. "It has been the time--honored cus« tom of this House to have the answers i read," Mr. Henry declared. "In mm" way we can grasp the salient po af No. 1: Magistrate ----, to-- 0 n "BStI nns and know immediately if the questions gett':e!:'s:'?{h other Magistrates, was re-- puarinde rvaice Abgus wl ons sns lt t + poril tired in order to facilitate reorganiza-- ent Premier, in tabling the questions tion of the magisterial system. _ His Hestirmers ces nevieureamnrgs as he did some days ago, is attemPt® _ "" /; _« were not needed after the = s ing to inject the rules of the Ottawa& feorganization. . Answer No. 2: No. Tories Oppose Tabling _ Parliament, in sofar as they favor Bm | | Whsver No. 3: ....... Answer No, 4: % s I object to this Shovening'm of an-- The Mtion is abolished. The munici« Answers to Dismissals swers to questions on the table by TREPOFTOU 'F 3X corved by district * the Attorney--General. trates. Answer No. 5: Answered They Queried Premier -- Hepburn denied the M"by Niso 4 Ahswer No. 6: Answered Semmmmninpeoemmmmeeramemene charge and then from the Govern-- by No' 4,2 ment benches came the word that Hon. Harry C. Nixon was grinning RESULT CALLED FIASCO _ the answers would be read. when Mr. Roebuck read the answe" for an hour and read these answers, W. H. Price in the Opposition smiled REMIER MITCHELL _ declared the Attorner--Cont'th 85 25-- ay'the ninth or tenth repetition. s commenc + F. HEPBURN in the regard to the Magflseratd,es'wer:w idetn- Hepburn Indignant. i i tical in every case and for twenty-- ier Hepburn jumped Ontario Leglslature five minutes the Attorney--General wst?xgdfe:elz Prem eP yesterday abruptly halted reeleq off the answers. "This fiasco and waste of time what he termed ""a fiasco clock _ and | squirmed restlessly r?l "It may have been an established and "waste of time" pre-- their seats, but the Mtorney-Ges;'eu' practice to read these questions, but nas showed no mercy and merely it will be suspended for the pres-- cipitated by Hon. George complacently as he read virtually :ho ent, at least. _ For the moment the S. Henry, who insisted same answers over and OVer A§AIM-- _ ;)lernment is not prepared to anSWeT '% * s Questions Similar. any more questions. The Cabinet will written answers to Opposi-- i confer as to what the procedure in # # * On 21 pages of the order paper dlure Will be." tion questions be read in the oppwuog hf}f 'mfix;ibed fifty» In answering Mr. Henry's' charge, «+ k six questions inquiring: m'? '~.* |Premier Hepburn declared he W detail and ,nOt tabled Magistrate of -- was dismissed; we!}' willing to h';?/e the questions made The Premier's action came a half-- there any charges; what was t}is u; «orders for return," but pointed OU6 tion charged him with an attempt to is his salary; ?and what are his travel= _ | /--; ns recorded in the Votes and PFO# ling expenses cedure, constituting a House record, mmur:mo::ag': ow "he sat Interpolating only the varying P®ODOF / if tnis were done. He repeated (92 e r names the Attorney--General --foo his action in tabling the answers 0 denied by the Pfem*l"- who maintain= | 'Sheey, after sheet from the PrIM® S oo3 Snoiny questions was mere i9 cce snn ennite the sfiaue of ns | Minister. and read the ANS%E!!~25 . | save valuable time of the membe!s. wholly to expedite of the _ requested by Mr. Henry--al0ud. Legislature.