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r,ecei_v;e'i_V _a .heai'in_g~ but I may; B ` don. sidered my comma-ttee.. . . ~ _Rpqrts of `Coi1f1t`x1ittees_;. banana, Tl-[E cpunrv or smcb A3; _____-----___----_--_--__---------------.-5------------------ The V Hospital By-Law. Y"o'ursV tnjly, I A V ~Cresw1"cke &_ Co. 31: -th ucawuu W: iettlng tne'contract forl _. bu: gonsidered by ?eommettVs A ` e 'I'6_vn`i e P`?`?Pr, V 363% printixgs. ? On'motion of Aid. Bnnett and Bidwell recommendation `of the ac- ceptance of the -six gentiemen nam- ed as `Park ' Commissibzjers was `adopted. , * i . `..--r-v-u -Benne werr committee be in.- estructed to have :Bx"'adfdrd `St. -sewer ;;con1p1`et"ed' so as to `be use F-DCODIC 'SOon"as n'nca3hln- % `and McDougall"movedi. ,that- the se d by , vv-u-ycvbwu BU 65 '00 UC. use `people as soon` as posszble. 'l1.+'.+1....'L.n--n---...-u' V-r ` - {question r"'1,'.-V V`-V virus! -5 `1JU33l_UlC. - 30th 11'B,,t't--Movd'- that. Of letting. the fcont:-act `. A _ . . _; Ald; Wesley inquired if anyvother name might be substituted for one .of ..those already. designated bv the Mayor, and _on beingeinformed that 'all or none had -to -be accepted? the `Works Chairman resumed his.seat `Vvsggi-the simple ejaculation squelch- vv lull `ed 1" .. -- . -....-\.uunxLvuI- ` [\.5i1lll 3L I VBidwe-11 Young i Black. Bothwell ! Sprott Wesley. I Fraser Hinds Leslie . McD0up;all Evans Horseld Craig-7 Bennett May0r--8o ' The- original motion was declared carried and Alex. Brownlee will x the sums you will pay` to. the public c_oe.rs for another year. . Park Commission. _ The Mayor s nominees for the Parks` Commission are Messrs. Geo. tVickers, D. H. MacLaren_. H. E. Jory, vC.--R-. Latimer, `G. R. Warnica "and John Little. _' A . A . uluu oncauurg UI me Dy-13W. l ' `Craig-Blac.k-`-Moved in `amendment `that the name of Mr. A. -F. A. Mal- comson be inserted in place of that of Mr. Brownlee. v in 335%: Bothwe11-Frasex`--Moved for the .third reading of the by-law. `(`.f'n;rr-11'an`r;,_l[n...-..! 3.. `-...-.-J--`AMI Aidfwsx} here m-oved to lay the matter overand nish all other business. ' This was done.. i `The Assessorship. A draft of a by-law appointing an (assessor for 1911 was read as pre- ,pared' by Chairman_- of Finance IYoung. _ In it the space for the name of the assessor was left blank and also` the salary. .T.hese blanks, the Mayor ruled, would have to be lled with some name, and Ald. Young supplied? the name of Mr. A. }Brownlee and the salary $450.00, with conditions same a.s last year in regard to return: of roll by a certain date, ` M 7 ---- ._--so i cvecvexv/e~Benn`ett--Voti-ng on this iwould `simply mean votirgg oni if Vsolicitor Boy,s said what 15 report- ed or not. I can t vote on that ad I am not trying to block this thing. Let the committee make some re- commendation. - ----_:---c -v- w--JJ $ VVI I-IKLI I\vkI\II `I Dep.-Reeve V Craig-Then you don t believe the -Committee? I j`NA"l. Evans-I--If this report_dis not satisfactory, you can appomt an- other committee._ Ydu have got `it Just as we got 1t.. Aid. Evans here moved that the report be_ received for consideration |by Councxl. T ,,,__,- _-. -... ggrrvugs \r| BIBIDIIIDFI. I50 { Ald. Young and Hors-eld were both prepared-_to make motions to rnd a way out of the difculty, but as this was out of order they were debarred. ' . f'|_A 1-; .. -ava or ' \l\aIJ(IIl\a\l. - Reeve Bem_1ett--IfV'Committee can-i not give their opinion, what use is rt brmgmg in only a verbal `feport. 11.... 1)-..- r*.._:__ ma, - I Aid, Wes'le3r.-En.quired what the committee was for if not to bring in a recommendation and`lAld. Bid- well thought they should have some course to" advise after consulting the Solicitor. V Aid. Horseld added that he thought if he had been delegated with this responsibinlity he would bring in some kind of a report,` either for an appeal or against it. E A11 \7_,,,_'` 1 77 5` _i v- ---v--. Mar. .Bennett-I would` like to see the report. There is no recom- lmendation as to what action to take, `and I don t see how ynu expect us ;to consider something which is [not before us. Dep.-Reeve `Craig--If the Coun- cil thinks the Committee are going to take the responsibility they are greatly mistaken. . 1'; . -n ,,,,:__- vvv -van: III-U JIVU IIIQIGQ Reeve Bennett-A.-lthough out of order,'I would like to say that this ybeing an important matter, involving `further "litigation, the committee gshould have handed in a written re- ;port. ' ' A11 ,,_-__ re 11-0 - a - thjs committee, here added that it" might cost less but not more. _--wv\v\.| talus. -&llUv rf .]_ett_in_'_ thefcontract `for .pr1ntx;3 ._ be on:s_idetd by ! `eommi 12:15.; - THE DOMINION. OF CANADA OUR Dtfvhc. v A division resulted in` a majority! of 7 of the Aldermen favoring an appeal, which may be considered a pretty strong endorsation of the May.or s stand in the matter ever` since the verdict was given out. The vote when polled showed the following: against an appeal: Evans, Leslie, McDouga__ll-3. ` ` For an appeal: Bennett, Craig; 1Young,_ Black, Bothwell, Sprott, pW_esley, Fraser, Hinds, BidweI1- IO. I ,,--, ..---. ..... ;\.aun.. I _ _Ald. Wesley moved that the Com- ?m1tt_ee` ruse and report progress,` -and the _Mayor resumed the Chair.- E A gene M ....... us-.u '\,uuuulI.LCC OI the whole} to consider the recommendatioma with Ald. Bidwell in the chair. The -matter was pretty thoroughly discussed for over half an `hour. as few passes between those holding: strong views on the matter p-ro andl con, -being the result. I AIJ 11 --.,. ....v..nu uu tllc DCIIIIC, L 1' Then Alrl. Evans nresented. a mo- tion" that his committee. after con- sideration would recommend. that no action be taken. This gave the Council something to work upon and they thereupon went into Committee of the Whole` tn onnehimo Hm -n--.----- - LA" . v... ...- u.._ cunts `lllblllls. t Ald. Young said` that he had al- ready taken his life in his own hands `with a certain class of the commun- itv when he had moved for the, adoption of the report appointing an assessor. and thought this com- %mittee should do the same. TL , A - . - I case came up for its second innings i of the night. "A motion to refer the matter back to the "Committee for recommendation was made, some Aldermen apparently being unaware that this was the last opportunity 1 for an appeal, as the time was up on ;Tuesday, Jan. 17th. `The Mayor,` `however, informed them that it was] ,now or never, and that a decision must be arrived at at that meeting. A1,! 17-----. ,_' .1 . 4 - A V i a ` ,_-__ 'vu\aT uv uvlrn I `Some difference of opinion arose! as to the number of votes required` to makea victory. for local option! lMr. Creswiircke thought 17 were re- quired but His Honor said his opinion was that Mr. Boys -conten- tion of 13 was the correct gure. j The result of next Monday s de- liberations will be looked forward to with considerable interest. --- ---v..-.._u-J anvnu as 16051). As reported in last week s Ad- vance, 'Mr.- Boys, K.C., represented the optionists " and Mr. Creswicke thoseopposed to the passing of the by-law, The questions of disquali- ed voters casting ballots, voting after 5 p.m., etc., as reported last week, were touched upon, but, as in` -so many other similar cases, the ar-' gument resolved itself into a legal, lbattle, both counsel quoting rulings in former `Eases, and discussing the] question of the jurisdiction of the "presiding Judge to act. ' .,._W_ ..,.. - ------..- .-..~.n.u a ucanug nerore `His Honor Judge Wismer on Mon- day afternoon; buf not much pro- gress was made, and the hearing was 'adjourned for a week, coming up again on Monday next at 12.30. An _n-A_L-J A `Applicatioh For Scrutiny of Ballots! J Not Far Advanced at Last V I I The` `applieation_for ea` scrutiny of ! the ballots cast at the local option contest received a hearing before! I-T'nnn.. `I'...I..- 1173-.-- ~- " LOCAL OPTION 7 % APPEAL POSTP D LowmzrLoo1l: _- 51:00.7-stand 50 nAj.coNY: $1.00, '15,` soc. GALLERY: 25 .5 ?9\%3".`F`i49Y- 1? FIRST TIME GRAND . . . . TUESDAY, 24 OPERA HOUSE JANUARY crunmou. M6nday s`vl-i;a-'n1:g. First T nne 1n: Barr 1% ENGAGEMENTJS P n 1 N C 1-: s s IN zvmns AT To R ONTO xy. Jan. 20th, %atA VVaIlsiBrs.~ A53'!!~% VDOLLAIR pmclas ` 1 $1.00 PERIANNUMV m _AovANcz ( CINGLK COPIIC 'I NIIt.ClNT. , : What He` Meant. Wife-eI don't see how you sayathat Mr. Whitechokcr has ieeminate way of talking. He a very loud voice. Husband- mean by an effeminate way of t mg, my dear, that he talks all time. I At the Penetang Ontario Tank- iard games on Tuesday the Thistles vwere drawn against Barrie, \/Vebb Idefeating Hogg by 20 _shots and [Boys putting Malcomson out by 2. :ColIingwood defeated the Thistles `yesterday by 2 points, thus winnting ?out the district. They will now play 101? with other district winners at ; Toronto. I I Thomson had told his friend Kell- er that he was going to take a walk at I0 o'clock last night. Washing- ton street was covered with ice- `When he crossed this thoroughfare at Mohawk street `he slipped and fell iforward. `He sustained an unusual I kind of a skull fracture for a fall- namely, a three-inch break of the lfrontal bones. As Colonel Baker" `he had hppeared-` with every big c_ircus in the world. During the _holidays he worked here as a floor lwalker in the_r'Sweeny `department store._: The story of the fatal accident which befe'l Arthur Thomson, who was born and spent his early days T in Barrie, .is given in the Toronto Globe, of yesterday in a special des- patch-`_, from Buffalo. Everybody in Barrie knew the familiar `gure of "lon.g Art.` -Thomson, who was a son of Mr. David Thomson, for many years a locksmith he_re. Several years ago the family moved to To- ronto` and since that date little has been seen of the giant in Barrie. ,He was thirty-three years of age. The_Bu'alo despatch dated Jan. 17th, says: Arthur Thomson of To- ronto, Ont., known professionally as :Colonel William Baker, a seven- foot four-inch giant, fell at Wash- lington and Mohawk streets last `night and suffered a fracture of the ,skull. He died at the Emergency Hospital as a result of his in- zjuries. Deputy Medical Examiner H-owland was noti.ed, and issued a certicate of accidental death. The `body was taken in charge by John Keller of No. 42 Broadway, whom `Thomson was visiting. The dead iman s parents are Mr. and Mrs. ,David Thomson -of No. 40 Stafford street, Toronto. vv u.|l\\. store..; ..__ ctIRLINGiV5}.T PENETANG. tin `\VI(\.. t Thmson, 7~ Feet 4 Inches Tall, Fell-on Slippery{Pave- ment in Buffalo. 4 .5. 11C [1215 Husband-I talk- the aundl U. week. They Hogg and Barrie Club I. H. Webb can (III has Ill nnu. _ L`I.' I611 , J"NI-.'v 1'0; % L. F. ADDISON ' Teacher of Violin Open to receive a. limited number of Punlls during` the winter season. For terms applyat Residence. 6 Collier st.. Barrie. or PhoneV8'll.< Pa O. ' ' rwv .v n way No.` vo-you-vvuvvawsavn Ill uulwll \II All IIIIBC amounts. on the security of good farm mort- ages. McCAR'l`HY. BOYS 8; MURCHISON. unlon Street Barrie. . -- - IVINIIVI-I l\I h\Il'|IV' We have a large amount of money to loanl at lowest current rates.either in small or in large nmonu 1/rn(`.AD'l`n'v Rnv 2. Mrtnnurenu Highest price 19 cash aid for good cedar ahinle bolts, dc}1v_3red n Barrie or at any G/1`. . siding wxthm one hundred miles of Barrie. J. H. CLARK, Shingle Manufacturer. Barne. Ont. tf 1 UVVIIHH l _ . . _AND TPAKE NO'l`IClC that after the expira- 7 non of four weeks from the date of first publi- I cation of this notice. the said Company will ap- } xly to the Board of Railway Commissioners for anada. under Section 22?. of the Railway Act. to authorize the construction of the said spur in accordance with such plan. prole and book `of reference. Dated this 31st day of ocember. 1910 A NI(1lYQ `IKn1l'1 l)(`I1V TAKE NOTICE that the Georgian Bay and Seaboard Railway Company have de ositcd in the office of the Registrar of Deeds or the County of Simcoe. at the Town of Barrie. in said County, 9. plan..prolc -and book of refer- ence showing proposed spur from 9. point on its line of Railway on the west half of lot fourteen (14) in the fth Concession of the Township of Toy. in said County ton. point on the Victoria. Harbor Lumber Company's riding on lot thir- teen (13) in the seventh Concession of said Townshi g A "fl ' A L711` \Tf\'I'l"E `Mn? n'fnu I-I-tn nvn:nn, The Annual Meeting `of the Shareholders of I The Barrie Curling and Atnletip Club. Limit- ed. will be held in the rink premises. Clapper I ton street. on Wednesday evening. January 25. - 1911. at 8 o'clock. for the puruose of receiv- ing Lhe report of the Directors for the past year. electing a Board of Directors for the cnsuing gear and general business. ' . J. Grasctt, Pres. A. Brownlee. Sec. Barrie. Jan. 12th 1911. Applications for position of Assessor for the I Town of Barrie. will be received at the otce of the Town Clerk. up till Monday, January, 16th. M12 o'clock, noon. ' '5 I\I\\7\"lIT" Condensed Advertisements under tqis head 950.: 3 times. 500.; payable strictlv in advam-oi AN 1 DJU-A uuleuluuy IUI` ury K0008 . Elllli have ex erience. Aygply stating salary to- DEVLIN 8.: . URCHISO . ~ 3-3 I[1lJl1- l IIUIVLVD BUB OA.l.ll!l'"'L/llU.lUU_ yuuu b bulls and heifers b imuorted sxre. an cows in cult to same. A so Yorkshire swine. I both sexes. Prices reasonable. WM. 0.` \MYT.Q\' Ru GNU 'll".nnr nu. 9.4! n 8.30-Ho!y Communion. 11.00--Morning Prayer and Sermon. 3.00-Sunday School. (Bible Classes)_ 7.00-Evensong and Sermon. Suonrrnonns FOR sALE--cho1ce youn ! sire. nnuvn In tun`? n unnnn Lynn `In-\vvlrn'h{IIn nnrlnn I ---- vuuuj IF`? Ii % ' P. ocounu. Proprneoor; \_ orp. crrv MARKET" ~ W` -' ' " no V mm 3 m.,.':'.'~:,'.:';,*.m::,.,*f.:.';.'%.s:....... R.m,..a'2u. and Refumished Throughpnti A LII BBX{`8- l"l'lCl3B T8351 W1Lso:~' *8: son, East om. 2-5 MA R *H'5`Te L K '-gasp; I Bu.`-`-3.. -5 ANTED--A saleslady for dry goods Minot Agply sala1;yto- '\`I4`YTI' T\V 9. IPIYDIVLIYQIIK vu- red en's the hat ' 1:19 ; 1 I ne 0 of` Ian` tori " WHEN TRAVELLING Wm-s'r `BE `Stat AND STOP AT THE ' - - Interest compounded at highostj current rates. Money may be with drawn at any time. T Iarrle Branch- W. D. MORTON. Manager sunnn, JANUARY 22nd THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EPIPHANI. to help` `yourself and otAh~e'rs.- it s only the money you save-i1'ot~ the money that slips through you! ngers. :; : !'~ "_" fJ' " ` You will nd a Savings Account bu great help in accumulating this power. Why not start Om: now, in this Bank? . 6 L V Trinity M Church Money is Power} 2-3 in-:Nm:Rs wApgVf;__I>' Llast: . D!`.0 sod M ram JMJKSON NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. VOL. LX. NO. 3 .- WHOLE NO.'3987J`l THOMPSON CREW, Pululuun. ., , .. J; - MONEY TOTLOAN - A I.`....... -...___._A_ -j ____-__ Rev. E. R. J Bmes. vim. CEDAR WANTED ,__,._ 1.. ___i, ,, muuu. M281-Vuuwc" PORTRAITS AlV\1UD IVLULVIUIIJ/`[11. i Solicitor for The Georarmn Bay 8; Seaboard Railway Company. hall tors any 1086 at c4im;$'.l\.`A` MAKER V OI ' '0CCYllU(3l'o LUIU QXNGUS McMU RCHY. Ihfnu Inn TBA rln.-\nnInn R. E. DONN ELL. (`Jo LJ I4- Clerk. VH1- U Mp Some 30 cases were dismissed-. The number of transients -given sheiter decreasedt from 565 in -I909 `to 312 in "1910. 4: so qoors of stores, etc., had been found unlocked. n " n conclusionk the eChief,_ Con-stable congratulated the Town n on -the .a':b: ; sepcee,:o f% `s'eri`o_us crirne, thjus ,_ :nain--t `,:tggr_;r;g`..:Q. r. ..cha`rate;-_e .a.A;qn of the- N xposf n_1;aes1`v+ai3:1'.i'<`41:ii.=___ig" `t"o wn_s:: 1 ` A 'iX71ii 7'5$nm mthu }ate`4 b cl _ V - -9--. Thlius .n'u_mber was an increase of 58 convn~ct1_ons over 1909 amithe re- 3o'r1':) aldsg. Owing (liargily-, [.5113 cu . o `mcx-ease :11 run 5- an breaches` `of lq uor lvicense act, an in- crease of 29 m, `the former and.%I6_in the 'la_t.ter., '~ \ N Chief King -reported the statisticsl .for convictions, etc., in the Police `Court as follows: Assault I6,""Adul- terate-d Food Act I, Breach of Town By-laws 21, Bad language I, Carrying Fire-arms I, Disorderly Conduct 3:. Drunks 76, Dog By.-`law `.31, Fruit Marks Act -1, Moving Pic- ture Act 2, Petty -Ti-espass .1`. -'Rail- way Trespass Act `[2, Theft I8. Vag- rants I7, Liquor License Act 29. A total of 232. . ` - ` ran in '1 . ' - I ` ` I ""J' . I Applications for -the position. of assessor were read from Messrs. T. Will Willers, A. F. A. Malcomsonl and A, Brownlee. (The application of Mr. F. M. Smith was handed in at last meeting.) T /N D 910 -J---\u,\-o _ I Communications. From . Dep.-Registrar McCullough giving statistics of births, mar- riages and deaths as returned by. the ?Town Cle'rk, as follows: births I60, marriages 89 and deaths IIO, a total a of 359 for whichthe clerk" is entitled- Ito the sum of $71.80 being 20c. for -sury. each registration. Clerk Donnell said that although -e:~:1titled by law to this sum he had in previous years ` always placed .it in the Town trea- I... nu, pun-IL . us uuc guCCllS..Cl.UIC| 'Co., a lease, showing three tenants, was shown him a.nd he had no al- ternative. At ` Allan s Hotel the same thing was the case, and at the Anderton Brewery he was referred to the solicitors, who gave him the names of the heirs from the will, and they were placed on the list. It did not put one on, except An- derton, without being'told= from the` party direct that he was the person to be assessed, and, if the names of these executors were on, the [Clerk should not have put them on the voters list, said Mr. Brown- |lee, I did not know and the law- [ye-rs themselves did_ not know, ap- |parently. It took,the oath at 'the Clerk s oce before starting out with the roll and have not, know- ingly, violated it in spirit or `in deed` since." .s--e -------5 ---v y----- .y~Iu 69 assessor, taking exceptionwto some! in~nuendoes and insinuations that lhc had made unfair and partial as-t sessments,as published in a letter`ap_- pearing in the local press about Nov. 10th. These assertions he unquali-I edly denied, and after explanation of his methods of placing names on the roll, only personal verbal state- ments being accepted, he stated he had followed the course pursued by his predecessors. The letter referred to charged. that 34 names had` been` wrongfully placed on the 'lis_t- Mr. "Brownlee defended his action in placing the directors of Barrie `Tan-I ning Co., the Barrie Carriage Co., the Spencer Co. and the Barrie Gas] `Co. on t-he roll, -saying that they had` all voted out money by-laws pre-i viously,'and he pad `followed thel \same "course, no word ever being, Tsaid against directors. In the case of the Barrie Brewing Co, which is n_ow a joint stock company. he had` placed the directors on. What ~would"you gentleman do? asked Mr tit-nun-ulna TL- ("_..__I, 15-`! I `lulu J\lI.I svuucunau uU' aaxcu Mr. rownlee. The Can'ada Rail-' way I ews Co. was also referred to. In the case of t-`lye Queen s .Hotel (`A 9 Marina 1-Ln...-on... 41.....- A.....-..L- H5-B inst ber. of nin Mr. Brownlee addressed the Coun-I cil, upon. n_vitation,- `and spoke of" his work during the past year as 4._I_:.. _, I M:-. A. Broivnleegets the asses_- sors-hivp on a close vote of 8 to 7. _--- v VUV UV"V5'\l0 } ;The appeal will be entered and thegcase may. get a hearing before three judges in Toronto in Feb- >rury. ' ~ ' Monday night s session. `of the` .Coun`ci_il proved to be most interest-' ing for the half-dozen spectators in the gallery, the report of` the Special Committee which inter- viewed the Town Solicitor re ad- viIsab`i1ity`ofA appqalinga the verdict of the -Gossling case being the head- pliner, with the appointment of Van assessor a close second. Only Three Aldermen Vote` ;Agninst- Motion to Appeal--Brownlee Gets Assessorship on Close Vote- . _ Park Commission Appointed By the Mayor--'ol'_lney Are Geo. Vickers, D; H. Maclaren, H. E. Jory, C. R. Lntimer, G. R. Warnica Jolin. I.ittle-Mayor' also Member of Com- e _ . t t mi_$sio:;f-+l-lospitoal By-Law Vote Questioned. i in-u:' Ircntsfs `oh u:::1--- - ._ _ _ -_--u-u-vvvo | Ald. -Evans presented a verbal re-I port-of special ~comn'1ittee appointed- !to interv1e'w-Soli~cit`or' `Boys in re- gard -to expediencypof appealing the verdict of. the" Gossling case. ?-He related his interview with lsolicitor, V in brief, somewhat. as follows-: `Solic- itor 1f_eIt' that T own had . good sraundsf f9r 3 an 1 oapmefali,` giving` as .'r`a.sonsl,.' fst, ..th;_`at `negligence, -of ,the _T-own. h_.a`dg1'xo't b` 4 ` " - :-vv us.-\.nunua\..u uy any ICCUUHI. We intended to make It clear in. our last letter that what our clients wanted ' to be satised of was that by a l comparison with the list of voters [as kept -by the poll clerks no onel not interested-_-for instance a "ten-` `ant-voted. We are assured that a number of tenants did vote and of} course_ if our request, whichseems. to us to` be `a reasonable one, is not` `complied with we will have` totake] [other action. The Council have nownotice of "the contention and any steps to issue debentures upon the by-law_'in question will be ob- jected to and`-steps taken to prevent payment of an.y moneys. ' What we suggested `seems to us to `be a very simple and` inexpensive way of assuring the Council that they were doing right when their at- tention has been drawn, `to the mat- I `by.-law. a _ _.l. ` .. `,A` . _ .1 I` |ter in acting` anynifurther upon the B ARR1E.couNTY OF SIMCOE. ommaxo, JAN. . |.they do claim is that persons 7Reeire Bennett gave notice of ai rant-voted. A We assured have no right tovote` on this ques-, motion that the assessor for I911 be tion did vote on it.- This would not! not allowed to have access to last be determi.ne`d`by' any recount, We yea.r s- roll, the Clerk here inform- intended it mg Council that last . year's eld book had`_not yet been returned. a"`Get it in at once, said the Reeve. the. on a division the`cou,`,c;;1 lined up as poll no__ as f0][ows;_.. not. interested-for ten-`For Amendment `A Against V Bidwell vote of] Black whi.ch._seems. Snmtf V be Is ` complied we Mcponnau other action- Council -have ' Hnrsnld contention Craig_7 any `steps to debentures 1..- - n ion oual. Lucrc I135 -DCCII any CI l'Ol' ; in the countrof the ballots, but what .they persons who vote `so 1-IAl>nu-on}.-J.-n*.I.'L-_` .--A- ~ "" ______... -v rue. ;-. an};-U AUl\.\-u Our clients will be satised if ,yourself and some one representing them and some one representing .those interested in the passing of the by-law were to meet and go over the ballots used with the pollbook. This would bean inexpensive man- ner of dealing with the question and would satisfy our clients; and we presume the Council will only want! to give the by-law its nal reading: `and pass it "if it has been properly carried. Will you kindly lay this before the Council at once and ad- [vise us what decision is come to? Yours truly, Creswicke & Co. V ~ `. Jan. 13th, 1911. Dear Sir,-Yours of_ this "date to hand_. We are quite well `aware of Sect1on 189 and its provision. You, apparently mi-sapprehend. the object of our letter. Our clients do not say that there has been any error in the cnnnfxnf H... 1.91:... 1.... ...:.-. Barrie, January 11, 1911. Dear .Sir,--We -have been asked by clients to investigate the Hos- pital By-law -recent-ly voted upon. _According to our instructions there. were a number of persons who had no `right whatever to vote on this question but who `were given bal- lots and did` vote. Our clients, , whilst opposed to the passing of the `by-law, are only interested to the extent of seeing that it fairly pass- `ed. We write on their behalf there- fore to notify the Council that the! passing of the by-law is objected to and that it will be the subject of legal contest if any attempt is, made to put it into force. | IN ;' As noted in The Advance last week there are objections to the payment of the money voted to the Hospital, and the following letters will ex- plam themselves: ' .. --- -..--- rnavvuj annvuvlilo. I Ald. Leslie enquired if there was any overdraft in the E. L. Dept. and -Reeve Bennett _objected to the question saying the Mayor or any `other member of Councilhad no [authority to give information on the nancial affairs of the Dept. any more than in regard to the Board of Education. ` --_r vvownp an annual ' AA:-eport from the '.Electric Lfgbhtel 1Dept. showed net prots of $2,100. ` Some .13 customers were on at rate and 10 were usmg power motors.. ALI" 1'.---:2- Sanitary` Inspector; Penton , asked for an increase in 'sala'ry.d His com- munication stated -. that` during the: past year he had received $300, from; which sum he; had to: pay for a, pound "for dogs. His time is wholly.` taken. up_ with vthewxvork, and when`; the increased cost of living is con- sidered, he felt that he should re- ` ceeive .better.. ten:-uneratinn for the ~ `work expected of him. ` .. ' ll!`- al- L: 6!` at not