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EA PACE TWO OSHAWA, ONTARIO, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1022 -- pam oaa-- i ---- The Ontario Reformer (Established in 1871) An independent newspaper pub- lished every other day (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday afternoons) at Oshawa, Canada, by The Reformer Printing and Publishing Company Limited, Charles M, Mundy, Presi- dent, Managing Director and Treas- urer; A. R. Alloway, Assistant Man~ ager, GEO. A. MARTIN "=. Editor i SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Delivered by Carrier in Oshawa or by mail anywhere in Canada $3.00 a year, United States subscriptions $1.60 extra to cover postage. 'Single copies 5 cents. OSHAWA, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, FROSPERITY'S RETURN IS WARMLY WELCOMED "Prosperity is just around the | corner" is the Rotary Club's gloom- | dispelling and good times-inspiring | clogan, That is probably true in| many places. In Oshawa, howeéver, | the corner has been rounded, Pros-! perity is here, It Wrrived with the| avalanche of export orders for the | Gencial Motors Corporation, It has! been increasing with the ever-grow-| ing number of cars this prémier' canadian automotive plant has been! oss conditions could be tmproved and! turning ont. 1 The pay roll of this firm for one| month totalled $440,000, The placing; large amount of money ia circulation has meant good times' for ile hundreds of employees . It! has Iso meant better times for! the m vel The placing of this! w.ney in circulation causes a ripple, just as does the throwing of a stone | in the water. And the ripplé keeps! going on and on and benefits thous-| ands indirectly. i The fact that most of the cars| being made are going outside of | Canada means that thoygands of dol-i lars from foreign countries are com-! ing into this country. Thus Canada's! export trade is being developed and! the exchange situation is being ima-! moved. Oshawa's gain in the employment Ql 20 many men and women local! is also Canada's gain, for many per sous will be required to furnish ili aw materials to enable the line or! 175 to 2u0 ears a day to be turned, oul cf this pants. {2nd potted plants . tastefully around the room, ppp he------ $15,000 ADDITION TO | D. M. TODS BAKERY Mr, D, M, Tod has prepared plans for the erection of a large addition to his bakery at Bond and Prince Streets, work on which will commence as soon as weather is favorable, Mr. Tod is also installing some machinery of the most modern type, which, when in- stalled, will make it that the whole process of bread making will be done by machinery, and none of the ingredi. ents, will be touched by the human hand, The total expenditure for build. ing and machinery will be in the neighbourhood of $15,000, PRICE OF BREAD N GOING HIGHER HERE Although the price of bread has advanced two cents a loaf in Tor- onto, on account of the advance in the price of wheat, an immediate raise in Oshawa i8 not anticipated. D, M, Tod yesterday stated that if there were no further advance in the wheat price the amount of 10c. a loaf now charged here would hold, His firm was not anxious to raise the price and would not do so untii compelled by foree of circumstances, Owing to the recent bread war, he thought that Toronto dealers of late had $een losing considerable money. "Officers (Continued from page 1) The perfeetly homelike appear- ance of the spacious rooms at once appealed to all who entered, and when all were comfortably seated in! chesterfid\ds and comfortable chairs arranged at random around thc room, an informal musical program was enjoyed by all. Solos were bcan- titfully and cost acceptably rendered hy Mr. W. H. Scilley, Miss F. M. Bayne, Mrs. Russell Bale, Major Frapk Chappell and Capt.R.C. Henry, { while Mr. Thos. Ayres delighted all present with a well rendered piano solo. Major Chappell, it may be noted, sang a verse of his sojo in Gaelic, the novelty taking well. The | accompanists. of the evening were Mr. George Henly, Mrs. R. J. Bale and Mrs. R. C. Henry. The mess room looked lovely with its well arranged decorations and inviting furniture On the wall almost opposite the door where the guests came in were the old 34th Regimental colors, entwined with the King's colors. Unique were bayonets arranged around the walls in star and crescent shapes. Flags splendid adorned the walls, while palms, ferns were arranged giving the whole decoration scheme a rich setting. Conspicuous on the walis ! was an oil painting of the late Col. | Sam Sharpe, of the 116th Battalion, THE ST. LAWRENCE WATER- : WAY. Supporters of- the St. Lawrence! River development scheme cannot 'help but be encouraged in their! campaign by the initimation that President Harding is on their side. | The President is caid to be taking {licen interest in the projected deep! waterway, and to be backing the | proposal wholeheartedly. At an ' date he is expected to take up! he matter of the treaties with Cap-| ada and Great Britain, which are! Becessary before the scheme itselr | ¢an be tackled. 1¥r. Harding's attitude is certain! to inspire the supporters of an' oocean waterway to still more stren-| uous efforts, for it is certain that it will meet with strong and prolonged «pposition, both in Congress and in Dominion Parliament. Authori- tative voices have been raised, both for and against the plan, and wide difference of opinion is expressed | regarding the possibility of ocean- goinz vessels navigating the Great: Likes and the relative advantage! which will accrue over the present | routes. But the weight of opinion certainly seems favorable to the pro- ject, more especially as the water- | power that will be released and turn-| ed into white coal promises tc make the waterway practically self-sus-| taining ! Among the ingenious methods de-| vised to block the progress of the campaign for the waterway is the proposal that the United States | should acquire that portion of the Province of Quebec abutting on the! St. Lawrence, so far as it is included! in the scheme. This, the original sukgestion of Senator King of Utah, has been bettered by Representative! Ten Eyck of the Albany (N.X.) ais-| the . George McLaughlin. the work of the late Robt. McLaugh- iin, and recently presented for the officers' mess room by his som, Mr. On the mantle- piece over the fine tile and brick fireplace were the trophies wom by| never intended to pay, the 84th, and now the property of the Ontario County Regiment. A smoking room, replete with all the favorite brands of smokes, was pro- vided fcr the gentlemen. Officers were on hand to see that no stone was left unturned to make the guests feel comfortable and at home. A dance, opening with a grand march around the armory drill ball, comprised the second part of the. program. The regimental band was on hand to supply the music, which they did to the delight and satisfaction of all. At eleven G'clock there was an interval for iuncheon, which was served by the regiment officers, and enjoyed to the full by the guests. - After luncheon | C ommittee (Continued from page 1) would dig wells, and might not even taka a hath Tia Warehin remarked Reulany, although they would have ! ink as there was notring else' in that line to be had, He believed that the majority of the people want. ed to be fair. He did not think that people who in the past had been given mains at no cost to them for construction wanted this system to continue, Sixteen years of a 40 year debenture issue had gone, and the 'proposal now was that all should 'unite together and pay their share. For one common service let every what sige of main was constructed fronting his property, The mayor argued that instead of increasing the tax burden of the man who In |the past had not paid anything for his mains the new equalization sys- tem would peduce his taxes, be. cause the required additional rev- enue to make up for deficits in the system had to come from somewhere, and if not under this system out of the general taxes, to which every- body had to contribute. The Com, mission this year had to make up #13,000 more than in the past to meet expenses, which was equival- ent to two mills on everybody's tax- | es, which could not he made up in ithe present system of collecting rev- { enue. The only other alternative | was to raise the asessment of those who refused te pay the equalized rates on mains on which they pre- viously had been charged nothing, as it was shown that a house was more valuable with a water main | fronti g it than that without this 'local improvement. Dealing with the waterworks revenue, Mayor Stacey pointed out that while the Water Commission charged hydrant rental of $25 a year for each, this rfondy was actually paid by the town, so that it was simply a case of taking the money out cf one pock- et and putting it in the other. Tke¢ renta! had recently been raised to $25, and he did not think that the rental was yet high enough. Answering a question by a rate- payer as to how much revenue could be expected from the equal- ized charge of 7%ec. a foot, Mayor Stacey stated that a revenue cf nine or ten thousand dollars was ex- pected. Must Find New Revenue Chairman C. D. Conant, of the Water Commission, concurred in | much of the information given the | meeting by the mayor. Going back to 1905 he showed that all water mains for years had beep laid at tie general expense of the ratepayers Under this system water rates alone were depended upon solely to obtai revenue and pay expenses, whatever amount that was over being handed | over to the town. The position was that there had not been enough in any one year paid in to retire th: maturing debentures. Answering some who said that the system wa: | Mr. Conant took an entirely opporite view Every public utility should be gelf sustaining, those who derived the benefit therefrom should pay fts war and those who held this view should endorse the present equalization | Phan. In 1917 the Commission wae called upon to make large extension- to the' water mains, ahd im som cases 'long lengths of main had to be copstructed to serve a small pum | ber of houses. "This did not pay, sc the local improvement policy was adopted, maine being laid on the same basis as sidewalks and sewers. In one way this had worked am in- Justice even although it was correct, | enhanced the value of property and was logical and valuable. The in would . pot take kindly to: it, they, man pay the same rate, no matter| Col. Cameron; on behalf of the of-|{ Justice was that the entire cost wa: ficers of the regiment thanked all| charged up to the property abutting present for their attendance, expres-| With the result that for a four inch sing the hope that in future similar! ™ain some paid 5%c., whereas functions would be held. The officer | 30other man paid 15%. This, he commanding stated that he fully re-| contended, was not fair.® The firs! alized that only in proportion to the | thing to do was to equalize all rates manner in which the public got be- hind the regiment could ft be made a success. Twp more dancing num- bers followed, th: happy and mos successful gathering being brought io a close before midnight when th. band played the National Anthem. As the guests filed out many compli- mentary remarks were heard re- garding the manner in which the officers had carried out the arrange- ments for the evening. , Oshawa; , represent- ing General Willams, 0.C., Toronto; Lieut. Col. Lorne McLaughlin, DSO, Sonmmantilie; Hie Honor Judge MoGil. vray, Ir. cGillivray, Whitby; Lieut. Col. and Mrs. OF ; and Mrs. R. B. A F. Smith, Mrs. Capt. triet, who hae introduced 2 bill eadl-| Alger ing for the purchase by the United States of all Canadiap territory south afd east of the St. Lawrence River! and the centre of the Gulf. This! would include not only the southern part of Quebee, but all of New Bruns- wick and Prince Edwang Island, re: ducing the Canadian seaboard io the, northern shore of the river and Gulf. | Purchase, however, is hardly thé| word to be used, for Mr. Ten Eyck calmly proposes that the British debt to the United States be credited as icrous to merit attention. It probably is made to turn Canadian public opin- ing the place of Canada in the British Empire. A new hotel for Oshawa! Such a thing sounds too good to be true. Is the weather preparatory to the! approach of the March lion? x x! : a 2 58 £ i} ¥ § ; : £ E) it) » ik il hy 4 2X g 5 ) B -$ i i : g x : I I ix F '{ time of the main. i and a charge of 7i%e. for 30 year: he considered fair to all. But ths Commission wanted to do more thar that, it wanted te obtain more rev- enue if the system were to be made self-sustaining. Nine or ten thous and dollars was reguired this year more than was expected from ordin- maine passing their properties would i be required to pay the same rate per foet for 20 years, the estimated Mfe Mr. Conant said that the water rates at present were high, but to make them higher extensions, constructing tains through fields and spending thous- ands to bring in a few hundred dol- lars revenue, Dr, T. E. Kaiser, the only speaker opposed to the equal- igatica bill, launched a general ¢riticism of administration of water- works affairs in Oshawa and of the manner in which the present prob lems were proposed to he solved. At the outset he made it clear that he was not otherwise than sympath- etic to those who were seeking to golve a very complex questicn, but he, felt that there were a number of things anent this bill now before the Legislature requiring an ex 'planation for the general enlight- ment of the ratepayers. The peoyle of Oshawa had by the manner in been administered done much to shatter the faith of the people in public ownership. There had heen constructed 26 miles of water mains, or 54 miles of a frontage, and if 10 feet was allowed for every family of five, there would be sufficient mains in the town tc supply; a popu- lation of thirty or forty thousand. What was the reason for this condi- tion of affairs? Simply hecause there were men in this town who had anticipated things that did not conn to pass. There wag talk of great factories like the Massey Haris coming in, and during the exeite- ment water mains were lald every- which the waterworks system had the opinion that if the waterworks system had been administered under the rules of common law the town would not find itself facing the prob- lems so perplexing today. Taking issue with Mayor Stacey in his contention that there were maing laid in town that had not cost a cent to those benefiting there- from, Dr, Kaiser, who said that he was the first water commissioner in town, declared that there was not a street in town where a water main had been laid where the people were not penalized for it, as their asess- ments were raised for 20 years. 1f expeoted that the system would never pay. Dr. Kaiser sald he knew of instances in this town where $13. - 000 was spent to a nét revenn $509, while thousands had heen spent in other instances bringing fu a revenue of only $22. Was this the way. to extend 'a waterworks system with the expectancy that it would pay. Oshawa had been prod- igal in its expenditure for water- works extensions, expanding its sys. tem heyond the needs of 10,000 pop- ulation, and to places in the town where revenue could never be ex- pected. This state of affairs cou- the men in charge of the waterworks | finued for years, Dr, Kaiser stated, | until there cameo a time where. laying mains in fields. Thousands were spent in He was of system in past years had administ ered affairs properly, the system [con realized that would have paid. 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