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yib unxausn ,The Barrie. Gas _Co. is_ one of the oldest -companies; d_oing`-`buss: iness in town. ` John.Sh'ortreed, Sheriff McConkey, Nathaniel Dy.`- ment, D Alton McCarthy. _and other leading men organized the company with. the object of fur; -nishing Barrie with illuminating gas, a convenience then enjoyed only in the cities, With the ad- vent and rapid growth of elec,-` tric lighting, the popularity of gas as an illuminant waned, el- ectricity being cheaper and more convenient. Of late years. gas has ceased to be a serious com; petitor with electricity for light- ing purposes and the etforts of the Gas Co. have been directed towards developing the use of gas as a fuel. This field, the Electric Light Dept. seems con- tent tq let the Gas Co. have to itself. As far as. can be seen there has been no `attempt made by the Dept. to push this end of the business, nor even has any great encouragement been ex- Hear them at any `;`I-I`is Mat:er s ' Vojce dealers" . % 923 270 Mstr Voice7" . ;Ba`rrie7 `Dealer . Write for free 5! dur'450'-page Musical Ency- clopedia lioting over` Vidtqr Records. . Twelveainch. double-uflde_d Vltor Record` ` Lenoir Street MONTREAL Two Exquisite Red Seal Records }c[zo.%~v;cKaRs V i=WereL ed the Tovvn to'_take`ov_er the gas `plant, it would mean a considerable reduction in opera- ting expenses, particularly in the wage bill. As the heaviest sea- son for fuel gas would .be' the smallest for the electric lighting and vice versa s-ome .of the em- ployees could be used _-in either department. By_ using electric power. (now going to waste in the day time) for runningthe fan at the gas works a saving of `fully $500 `a year. could be effected. Under municipal control the gas plant would also escape taxes b-oth<-local- and provincial. The savings enumerated should make possible a reduction to the for- mer rate under present condi- tions andstill further `reductions when the costs of materials drop back to normal; auuuu/as vv Ln. a.;.-uu-u Before takmg over the busi- ness the Council would have to satisfy itself on several points. (1). The condition and probable V The Gas icolis. Proposltlon . it In a very fair and reasonable letter, the Barri'e~vGa`s`.Co. broach- ed to the Town Council at its, last meeting the suggestion that the Town should purchase the gas plant and operate it'_under the same management as the waterworks and electric light de- partments. , - - A FIT... Dnnn:A (1:-an I-`l'\ 1'5` t\'l'\l\- n-9 tended to those who were inclined to do- their cooking by electricity. U-nder,the: present regulations, the p_.r-ice of,a range and instal- lation. is almost beyond the man of. average means. With gas, the installation is much ..less expen- sive and with " `reduced rates that would come under municipal ownership there would be a big growth in business. `Irv | UIIIEUU } Reinald Wefrenrath 45 I09 Reinald ~Werrenrath - ' LiMiTEl5` In the removal from Barrie of James Vair the town loses one of its oldest business men and most progressive citizens. I Mr.'Vair has been intbusiness here since: 1880_and has always been a live wire. -He has shown himself a manof ideas with the courage of his convictions "and boundless energy to back them up.. A public-spirited citizen, he has devoted much of his time to fur- thering the interests of the town as he saw them, serving as Mayor and also as councillor, as well as Opposition agreed. ` -Minister sa-id n this would apply ' selsh purpose, During the last night of the recent session of the Legislature the Government" proposed that bye-elec`tions during the _war should be dispensedwith and the The Prime only in the `ease of deaths for he did not mean to have it apply in_ cases Where men wanted to be appointed to otces,` or for any _ Mr. Rowell said that, personally, he would much prefer being engaged in patriotic work at this time-, than in taking part in bye--elections and he agreed to the proposal. ` l -The small amount of insu\'- ance that has been carried upon the-puh1ic.'schO,Q1s and contents, as shown in the report presented to the Board of Edudation , is not at allgereditable toa body of bus- iness 3men. Had it not been for _the -collegiate fire it is probable that the old order of things would `nothave been disturbed. ` Now it s up to the Town Council to increase the insurqnce on sever- al of the municipal buildings. The Board of Education is g 4 ing to wait until it has th(e/- port of thearchitects as t the amountof the B.G.I.~salvage be- fore taking up the question of a new site. This is wise, for the advisahi1it.y of re-building on a: new site must to a large extent "be determined by the value of the ruins. - P`ar.t.._ofV the .Production . and Thrift campaign this` season; should be the thorough spraying of all fruit trees. Last year theg unsprayed apple crop_ was al.. gmost -a complete loss, so badg were the various posts. 4 I Orillia has $22,627.34 taxes outstanding. What will it be a year-hence, with a taxvrate of 37 or 38 mills, whih Mayor Curran tells the _rzitepayers they may` expect `this. year ? f The question is one of the; most important to come heforeg the Council in several years and` the strongest `possible ommittee` should be appointed to enquire, into the whole situation. . -= COMMENT OF % uncut, vnnsgvvxl rt-_uu A n u v v-vunsu wuvnn auv practically valueless. _ . 1"-iWith_ conditions as they are ',t'oday,. it.-would beigood business. for the Town to purchase the gas plajnt if it could he hadxat a rea- ` sortable price. . It is,not, how- eyer, easy to say if the advan- tages to be" gained in` the imme- 'di_ate future` `would warrant the `risk of having the Plant rendered, obsolete in a few years through! some great improvement in elec- trical heating and cooking `de- vices. ~ '- A .u *__:__.:% _. `'W . Scone frm the Big uslcalbomedy, The Million Dollar Doll," aiytho Grand Opera House, Barn-lo, next` Wednesday, April 18%?! . on various.oth-e1-_1nunicipal bod- L ies. -For many. years he has been , one of the largest buyers of farm ,produce in this district and has iplayed a large part in building Cup the local market. In other ' ways Mr. Vair has made his cit. : izen.ship countoin Barrie and he ' has the best wishes of the towns- ' people wherever his future lot I may be cast. 3 The recent death of A. Mcmm,` president of. it the advertising` agency in Montreal that bore his g name, has made necessary a re-; organization of the executive. This has been completed, those who have been ass-ociated with! the business taking the import-! ant and responsible otlices. Thei members are J. N. McKim, pres-[ ident and treasurer; Mrs. Anson McKim, vi-ce-president_: W. B. Somerset, =general manager; H. E. Stephenson, secretary; C. T. 'Pearce, Manager at ,Toronto: Thos. Bell, Manager at.Winni-~ peg; W. Keehle, Manager at Lon- don, England. Appreciation of the'value of advertising space in local `and home papers of modest -circulation, always a strong fea-4 ture of this agency's policy, will be as marked as ever under the present management. This rm was the'pioneer advertising ag- _the Finance Department which it I ( c shows that more ~than $500,- ` 000,000 has been saved by the,` people of Canada during the past two ..years., The total savings in_. Canadian chartered banks at the 1 end of February amounted to 'An evidence of prosperity and thriftamong the pe-ople of Can- ada is seen in a recent report of ,$1,300,000,000, as compared with ` $1,100,000,000 at the same date} in 1916, and $.1,000,000,000 ini` 1915. This shows an increase in; `the savings -of the people during? the last two years of no less than} $300,000,000. In addition, near-.9 ly 80,000 war savings certica- tes, aggregating $5,500,000, and five-per-cent. debenture stock totalling $8,500,000, have been? sold by the Finance Departmentf" To these gures should he added` the amounts of the, warloans of 1915' and 1916, which aggregated` $200,000,000. 1 , "l. ency of Canada and while pros-- pering itself has contributed in; large measure to the prosperity of hundreds , of newspapers through the business. its splendid, organization has been able to: secure for them. I The enclosed is sent as news- matter end not as an advertise- ment and it is understood there is to be no remuneration to be given therefor. How frequent- ly this comes to the newspaper; offices few outside those at the. editorial desks. have the slightest idea. It is a.daily occurrence, a daily reminder that some yet think the newspapers easy. And lthis is not the whole story. There `is something more. VVith the little i"ntifn`a`t ion that you" are re- ceiving something for nothing [GEORGE GREAVES, Agent, Phone 534 ' Fiv`e-passengenleft-' ` hand drive; center I control;' four-c_y'lin- der motor cast en . bloc; circulating splash lubricating ` system; therm o'- ay :1 ho n cooling ystem:Lonnecticut -` Ignition; gravity feed gasoline system in r~nu|- .0-Innrivp Waltz from D;igo'a Serlenaclf Anna I The Car of (fdmfort The 1917 Gray*Dort is essentially a com_fortab_le car--_ e--comf:ortable because there is plenty of seat and leg room both backhand front. -comfortab1e too, becnise of "its 50 inch full. cantilever springs which make it on _of the easiest riding cars on the market a any price. `V ,o The price. $885 is within reach of most folks. ' See this car at our showrooms. to do something with for nothing goften coines a column or more `of reading matter, all, of course, at the editor s disposal, but really to be inserted in the col- Zumns. of his valuable paper. When, oh, when will the would- ,he publicists at the expense of -others realize that newspapers are commercial propositions and not whoily philanthropic organ- izations maintained simply for the pleasure and pastime of !those outside the editorial tgchairs? ' Friday, Apr. 20 I-- Chas. Cun- ningham, lot 17, con.` 12, Vespra, farm stock and implements. Sale at 1 p,m._ W. A. McC_onkey, auc- tioneer. - credit Sale Inspr,-.c I Ii ' /1`e,misku, .resid(:nt` WTN0 no .- spread `r - xx` Ia:a~\,`,_ of \\ b iake part ()1 grew Wed no; waltz n-om uugo s aerenaae . 2 _ M Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra; 35615 Havanolu-Fox Trot Joseph C. Smith and His Orchestra " yars U I` bury H) I?l1f)li(f . .PreVNn1 the pus Prov i 111' Wall. I Barrie 1 years,n ing vu Ho w childx-on llvi g :1 dencc i the (`sh TfAOI"V'tu 1 he was the ten sch Lmls ing wil deed;t` st`: torafo s_{.am!:uf l` `.` C`- and th bf: H`!- \`suc-` tefs at him -0tt'a \_\(u gof SW21 Old Black Joe (Violin) . 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