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ADVANCE BILL Light Middle Road TO CANCELPLAN Said Effecti in F Experimental lighting on the] that erection of reflector buttons Middle Road has proved Ssatisf@¢-- | arong the shoulders of the roads - | tory, Hon. T. B. MeQuests MILIS: | would be most satisfactory, and Mr. Feacls ter of Highways, claimed yesterday M ten 'placed their CO5t at in the Legislature as Leopcl))ld Mfac- bCQue;gO P ite. -- Mr. Mataulay ® * i lay, Conservative member for | about per mile. r,. Macau Queen * P'rk Comm'fi" ;';:fi\ York and a former Minister | suggested the Middle Road lighting Approves Le gislation . of Highways, questioned its effec=| cost was approximately $10,000 per in B t f d tiveness in view of cost and other | mile, but the Minister believed it . in branttord Cases faCtOrs. was only half of that figure. fnetamaasas "Why, you have got so many The discussion arose out of cc:rl:l- | lights out there you get cross--eyed | mittee debate on amendments to the AFFECTS FACTORIES |:)goki:1g at them," claimed Mr, Mac--| Highway Traffic Act. Opposition C tottat* aulay. "In my opinion, if there were | criticism was direct.ed at a .cllusot Private Bills Committee of the rower.lighls they would be more :;lh.1:215 ::oluolgg ;::rgsltfe?')eratmn 0 i is n . f f{ective." &s & as 35 feet. Ontario I.Oglslal'ulc yesterday ad-- € Mr. McQuesten agreed the lights '"The other night, '.fald 7. 1e Kgn- vanced legislation for Brantford were rather bright, but still main-- | nedy (Cons., Peel), "I was passing which will have the effect of can-- tained they were particularly e;ffec(; Olne of dthosfl zrfia:.hlfln:r :1}(\)11;nigtswoa: ~ o 'p wie hyx tive in fog. The placing of colored | the road, and, whe her 8 (e-";:bbp?:-'a']gf;ne'T~tls.- ue ..were lights at intersections had been a | because I was coming from a Col'?- eC * con. ie city's Council and satisfactory experiment, the Minis: | servative meetling, I ran into t : a number of industrial firms which ter believed. ditch for the first time in my life, were credited with full payments of Mr. Macaulay said he believed _ The bill passed committee stage. taxes when, in fact, the payments were less than the amounts due. "The Mayor and the Councilt are to be congratulated in attempting € + | to correct a very difficult situa-- teruscasc= -- Explanation of Bills ; Minister of Municipal Affairs. "They * f | come here and admit frankly that -- * o 1 something was done which should -- «t not have been done, and do not con-- |s R e u ' re d Of M.L.A. s done it in any way." The Council's plea was presented -- s ; ,_ e tsmm by Mayor R. J. Waterous, who said Bills introduced in the Legisla-- some of these tax concessions were ture by private members must, in fi,;'"p"";'r:i"':;mb':f:'f'e :: ':':"mfl?: 3 future, be explained by their respec-- were not on an equal basis and it tive sponsors _at first reading, if . appeared that some were granted such explanation is asked for, it when firms threatened to close up was decided yesterday. °""I"':l';:; °:;t°;e:"l"'i:""~'; as right: 19 The practice in the past has been give these factories a receipt in full f(:ri M"('.!::,?:n;'fl::'e b(iiT:w:ttoti::; for taxes when in fact their taxes re.d'}n '" asked to do s0, bUt No are not fully paid," said the Mayor. RCInE: b < ked of Through a series of conferences, explanations have been asked o he explained, a plan was drafted :'"s introduced by private mem-- i raramu e A w ko ers. lermine «the Sereenioge "of . ie "While it may not have been the whole amount due for taxes in the practice in the past.i ?lny miml;g years 1939, 1940 and 1941. Under it, has the right ana privilege of as it was s'uggcsted that factories ing for an explanation of a(x;y bill, | should pay the full amount of their :\2:;":&'5:';2 s:ii(\i'aifr:l;ierog;g: | laxes on the full assessed values of burn f their properlics. during thqse three 'I'hl» question of explanations ::ars. ":_ esltdml;atgd }:e efi"g ss;,;'f arose from the insistence of Leopold 3'2Xe£ueth ould > °cr"'l'°' aseqa by $eth Macaulay (Cons, South York) that | ®f y "WZ t fi pa.;,'r'n gts. d" h id the Attorney--General explam. sev-'l "that it awe n't :i 'h:nar'\d w: 'f,aa'm' eral measures which he had intro-- | it «~orrectc:51 ma';' say I have had guced, It ;:;m'ld nott be nfcgss;(y, w § to ask a nister to explain his seronal Iriends in thise "~ °* fegisiation, Mr, Macaulay maintain-- «4 8 < S% i s Mayor Waterous admitted that :g;mg'g::x':l:?:;:s suid: & some firms had threatened to move The Speaker said it had not been s out if the Council's policy was rec-- 4 ept in -- unusual * * tified. The bill was sponsored by the practice, merant 4 Louis Hagey Liberal memb t cases, to have private members ex-- Brantf d' ¥» emoer 1or plain the purpose of their respec: r/i\mi.ml.-:l.liott Peterborough, newly ie measures}.) 'l:.remi.er He;()iburer: chieel i raw dn disagreed with this view and r almteddchanrma_n of ;heh coll;nlmntee. called that the entire question had ;'fg::; tr;z:n;g:is?atitono o'tL 19};; been thoroughlyfalred in the House s ew years ago. made unlawful the granting of fixed ofTfizmrsn:en';:r the: called for a assessments by municipalities com-- show of hands on the question of $ peting for industries. Any action having private members explain since passing \-- that . legislation, _ Dills at first reading, and it Wissent $ ' & + an withou * toward extending fixed assessment approved the P terms, was therefore unlawful, he 7 held, and he opposed the principle of returning the factories to their full taxation status over the three-- year period. s N